Wednesday, October 18, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/17/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

ScorpionKing08 (Chess.com 1977) - JimWest (Chess.com 1910), Chess.com 10/17/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.d4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Nd5 fxe4 7.Ng5 Bxg5 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qxg5 Qxg5 10.Bxg5 Nxd4 11.Nxc7+ Kd7 12.Nxa8 Nxc2+ 13.Kd2 Nxa1 14.Rxa1 h6 15.Be3 b6 16.Bb5+ Kd8 17.Rc1 Rh7 18.Bc6 Bb7 


19.Nxb6 Bxc6 20.Rxc6 axb6 21.Bxb6+ Ke8 22.Rc8+ Kf7 23.Rc7+ Ne7 24.a4 Rh8 25.a5 Ke6 26.Rb7 Nd5 27.Ba7 Rf8 28.a6 Ra8 29.Kc2 Ne7 30.b4 Nc6


31.b5 Nxa7 32.b6 Nc8 33.a7 Nxb6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2117) - ayatnajafy (lichess 2153), lichess 10/17/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Bc5 6.Nf3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Nbd2 Re8 9.Qc2 Ng4 10.d4 Bb6 11.h3 Nf6 12.O-O-O a5 13.Bd3 g6 14.Bg5 Kg7 15.Rhf1 h6 16.Bxf6+ Qxf6


17.Ne5 dxe5 18.Rxf6 Kxf6 19.Rf1+ Kg7 20.d5 Ne7 21.Nc4 Ng8 22.Nxb6 cxb6 23.Qb3 a4 24.Qxb6 a3 25.b3 Re7 26.Bc4 f5 27.d6 Re8 28.Qc7+ Kh8


29.d7 Bxd7 30.Qxd7 Nf6 31.Qf7 Nxe4 32.Qxg6 Re7 33.Rxf5 Rae8 34.Qxh6+ Rh7 35.Rf8+, Black resigns.