Wednesday, November 15, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/14/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

MM599 (Chess.com 1940) - JimWest (Chess.com 2018), Chess.com 11/14/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 Nf6 8.Nc3 Bxf5 9.Bc4 c6 10.O-O d5 11.Be2 O-O 12.Qe1 Nbd7 13.Nd1 Rae8


14.Ne3 Bg6 15.Qd1 h6 16.Rc1 b5 17.a4 a6 18.axb5 axb5 19.Ra1 Ra8 20.b3 Nb6 21.c4 Rxa1 22.Qxa1 Ra8 23.Qc3 b4 24.Qb2 dxc4 25.Ndxc4 Nxc4 26.Bxc4+ Kh7 27.Ra1 Ra3 28.Nc2 Rxa1+ 29.Qxa1 Nd5 30.Bxd5 cxd5


31.Qa5 e3 32.Nxe3 Qe4 33.Qa1 Qd3 34.Qb2 Be4 35.h3 h5 36.Kh2 g5 37.Kg3 Kg6 38.Kh2 Kf6 39.Qa1 Qxb3


40.Qa6+ Kg7 41.Qb7+ Kh6 42.Qc6+ Kg7 43.Qd7+ Kh6 44.Qe6+ Kg7 45.Qe7+ Kg6 46.Qe6+ Kg7 47.Qe7+ Kg6 48.Qe6+ Kg7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2165) - bulmacacanavari001 (lichess 2142), lichess 11/14/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 d5 7.Qf3 dxe4 8.dxe4 b6 9.Bg5 Bb7 10.Nd2 Qe7 11.O-O-O a6 12.Ne2 b5 13.Ng3 b4 14.Nh5 Nbd7 15.Bc4 bxc3 16.Qxc3 Bd4


17.Qg3 Nxh5 18.Bxe7 Nxg3 19.hxg3 Rfe8 20.Ba3 Nc5 21.Bxc5 Bxc5 22.Bd5 Bxd5 23.exd5 Rad8 24.Ne4 Bd4 25.f6 g6 26.Kb1 Rxd5 27.Rh6 Be3 28.Rxd5 Bxh6 29.Rd7 c6


30.g4 Bf4 31.g3 Be3 32.g5 h6 33.gxh6 Bxh6 34.g4 Bf4 35.g5 Be3 36.b3 Bd4 37.Kc2 Rc8 38.a4 c5 39.Nd6 Rf8 40.Ne4 Be3 41.Kd3 Bd4 42.Kc4 Rc8 43.a5 Re8 44.Nd6 Rf8 45.Kd5 Be3 46.Ne4 Bd4


47.Re7 Rd8+ 48.Nd6 Be3 49.Kc6 Bxg5 50.Nxf7 Bxf6 51.Nxd8 Bxe7 52.Ne6 e4 53.Nf4 g5 54.Ne2 g4 55.Kd5 e3 56.Ke4 Bg5 57.Kf5 Bh6 58.Kxg4 Kf7 59.Kf5 Bg7 60.Ke4 Bd4 61.b4 Ke6 62.bxc5 Bxc5


63.Nf4+ Kf6 64.Nd5+ Kf7 65.Nxe3 Bb4 66.Nc4 Ke6 67.Kd4 Kd7 68.Kd5 Kc7 69.Kd4 Kc6 70.Kd3 Kb5 71.Kd4 Bc5+ 72.Kc3 Bf2 73.Kb3 Be1 74.Nd6+ Kxa5 75.Nc4+ Kb5 76.Na3+ Kc5 77.Ka4 Kc6


78.Nc2 Bc3 79.Nb4+ Kb6 80.Nxa6 Kxa6, draw.