Thursday, September 21, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/20/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1935) - Xdevesh_pathakx (Chess.com 1772), Chess.com 9/20/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 Nc6 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Bd3 f5 11.Be3 O-O-O 12.O-O Bxf3 13.gxf3 Bxe3+ 14.Nxe3 f4 15.Bxe4 fxe3 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Rae1 Kd7 18.Rxe3 Ke6 19.f4 Rhf8


20.Rc3 c5 21.Rxc5 Rd7 22.Rf2 g6 23.Rc6+ Kf5 24.Kg2 Rdf7 25.Kg3 Rb8 26.b3 Rb6 27.Rxb6 cxb6 28.h4 h5 29.Re2 Re7 30.c4 Ke6 31.Rd2 Rd7 32.Rxd7 Kxd7 33.Kf3 Ke6 34.Ke4 a6


35.b4 a5 36.bxa5 bxa5 37.a4 Ke7 38.Kd5 Kd7 39.c5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Zenon_004 (lichess 2159) - JimWest (lichess 2120), lichess 9/20/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.c4 d5 7.cxd5 Qxd5 8.Nb3 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.Bd2 Bxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.c4 Qf7 13.Be2 Nc6 14.O-O Rad8 15.d5 Ne5 16.Nd4 Bc8 17.Bf4 Ng6 18.Bg3 b6 19.Qa4 a5


20.Nc6 Rde8 21.Rad1 Bg4 22.Bxg4 Nxg4 23.d6 cxd6 24.Bxd6 Nf4 25.Bxf8 Rxf8 26.Nd4 e3 27.fxe3 Nxe3 28.Rde1 Nxf1 29.Nf3 Nxh2 30.Nxh2 Qg6 31.g4 h5 32.Rf1 Ne2+ 33.Kg2 Rxf1 34.Kxf1 Ng3+ 35.Kg2 h4


36.Qd1 Qe4+ 37.Nf3 Qe2+ 38.Qxe2 Nxe2 39.Nxh4 Nc3 40.Kf3 Nxa2 41.Ke3 Nb4 42.Kd2 Kf7 43.Kc3 g5 44.Nf5 Ke6 45.Nd4+ Ke5 46.Nd2 Nc6 47.Kb3 Nd4+ 48.Nxd4 Kxd4 49.Ka4 Kxc4, White resigns.