Sunday, September 24, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/23/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1919) - Japes84 (Chess.com 1881), Chess.com 9/23/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 d6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 g6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bg7 7.c3 Nbd7 8.O-O c6 9.Kh1 O-O 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 d5


12.fxe5 Nxe5 13.Bg5 Nxf3 14.Qxf3 dxe4 15.dxe4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Veluyadav (lichess 2102) - JimWest (lichess 2121), lichess 9/23/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.d4 e4 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Bxg8 Rxg8 10.Nfd2 d5 11.c4 Nd7 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Nc3 Nf6 14.Qb3 O-O-O 15.Qa4 Kb8 16.Rac1 a6


17.b4 e3 18.fxe3 Qxe3+ 19.Kh1 Qxd7 20.b5 Ne4 21.bxa6 Nxc3 22.Qb3 Bc8 23.Rxc3 Rd7 24.Rcf3 Qe2 25.axb7 Bxb7 26.Rf8+ Rd8 27.R8f7 Rd7 28.Rf8+ Rxf8 29.Rxf8+ Kc7 30.Qc3+ Qc4 31.Qg3+ Kb6


32.h3 Qc1+ 33.Kh2 Qc7 34.Rf4 h6 35.Qb3+ Ka7 36.Qa4+ Ba6 37.g3 Rf7 38.Rxf7 Qxf7 39.h4 Qf2+ 40.Kh3 Qf5+ 41.Kh2 h5 42.Kg2 Qe4+ 43.Kh2 Qe2+ 44.Kh3 Qb5 45.Qc2 Qf1+ 46.Kh2 Qe2+ 47.Qxe2 Bxe2


48.Kg1 Kb6 49.Kf2 Bc4 50.Ke3 Bxa2 51.Kf4 g6 52.Kg5 Bb1 53.g4 hxg4 54.Kxg4 Kb5 55.Kg5 Kc4 56.h5 gxh5 57.Kxh5 Kxd4 58.Kg4 Ke3, White resigns.