Tuesday, October 3, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/2/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

xcorpion1978 (Chess.com 1842) - JimWest (Chess.com 1886), Chess.com 10/2/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Be2 Bb4 8.Bh5+ Kf8 9.Nf7 Qd7 10.Nxh8 Qxf5 11.Be2 Nc6 12.O-O Be6 13.Nb5 Rc8 14.c3 Be7 15.h3 h5 16.g4 hxg4 17.hxg4 Qh7 18.Kg2 Qxh8 19.Rh1 Qg8 

20.g5 Nh7 21.g6 Ng5 22.Rh5 a6 23.Na3 Bh3+ 24.Rxh3 Nxh3 25.Kxh3 Qh8+ 26.Bh5 Rd8 27.Qg4 Bf6 28.Bg5 Rd6 29.Bxf6 gxf6 30.g7+ Qxg7 31.Qxg7+ Kxg7 32.Rg1+ Kh6 33.Kh4 Ne7 34.Bg4 f5 35.Be2 Kh7 36.Kg3 Rg6+ 37.Kh2 Rh6+ 38.Kg2 Ng6


39.Kf1 f4 40.Bg4 f3 41.Bf5 Kg7 42.Bxg6 Rxg6 43.Rxg6+ Kxg6 44.Nc2 c6 45.Ne3 Kg5 46.c4 dxc4 47.Nxc4 Kf4 48.Nd8 b5 49.Nf7 e3 50.fxe3+ Kxe3 51.Nd8 Kxd4 52.Nxc6+ Kc5 53.Ne5 Kd4 54.Nxf3+ Kd3


55.Ke1 Kc2 56.b3 Kb2 57.a4 Kxb3 58.axb5 axb5 59.Kd1 Kb2 60.Kd2 b4 61.Nd4 b3 62.Nxb3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2114) - PoolRobbo (lichess 2086), lichess 10/2/2023

1.e3 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.c3 exf5 8.Bxf5 Nc6 9.O-O h6 10.h3 Kh7 11.Nbd2 Nh5 12.Bh2 f5


13.exf5 Bxf5 14.g4 Bxg4 15.hxg4 Nf4 16.d4 Qd7 17.Nh4 Nxe2+ 18.Qxe2 Rae8 19.Qg2 Qe7 20.Rxf8 Rxf8 21.Ndf3 Bf6 22.Bg3 Na5 23.Re1 Qd8 24.Qc2 Rg8 25.Qe4 Nc6 26.d5 Nb8 27.Qe6 Nd7 28.Ng2 Nc5 29.Qe2 a6


30.Bh4 g5 31.Bf2 Nd7 32.Bd4 Bxd4+ 33.Nxd4 Ne5 34.Qe4+ Kh8 35.Nf5 Qf6 36.Rf1 Qg6 37.Qd4 Kh7 38.Ne7 Rg7, Black resigns.