Friday, November 24, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/23/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

ArmaSecreta (Chess.com 1927) - JimWest (Chess.com 2040), Chess.com 11/23/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nf4 h6 11.Bc4+ Kg7 12.Nh5+ Kg6 13.Nf4+ Kh7 14.Bf7 Nc6 15.Qb5 Qxd4 16.Bd2 Qc5 17.Bg6+ Kg7 18.Qb3 Ne5 19.Qg3 Nfg4


20.Bxe4 h5 21.O-O-O Qxf2 22.Qb3 Qb6 23.Qd5 Qd6 24.Qb5 c6 25.Qb3 Be7 26.h3 Nf2 27.Qg3+ Bg4 28.hxg4 Nxe4 29.Qb3 Bg5 30.Nxh5+ Rxh5 31.Qxb7+ Qe7 32.Qxe7+ Bxe7 33.Rxh5 Nxd2 34.Rxe5 Bf6 35.Rf5 Nc4


36.Rd7+ Kg6 37.c3 Re8 38.Rf1 Bg5+ 39.Kc2 Ne3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2156) - kuzmentiy (lichess 2154), lichess 11/23/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Nbd7 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O e5 8.c3 exf4 9.Bxf4 Nh5 10.Be3 Nc5 11.Qc2 a5 12.d4 Ne6 13.Nfd2 b6 14.Bxh5 gxh5 15.d5 Ng5 16.Bxg5 Qxg5 17.Nf3 Qe3+ 18.Kh1 f5


19.Nbd2 fxe4 20.Qxe4 Qxe4 21.Nxe4 Bb7 22.Rad1 Rae8 23.Neg5 h4 24.Ne6 Rf7 25.Nxg7 Kxg7 26.h3 Re2 27.Nd4 Rxb2 28.Ne6+ Kg8 29.Rxf7 Kxf7 30.Nd8+ Ke7 31.Nxb7 Kd7 32.Rf1 Kc8 33.Nxd6+ cxd6


34.Rf8+ Kb7 35.Rf7+ Ka6 36.Rxh7 Rxa2 37.Rxh4 Rc2 38.c4 a4 39.Rd4 a3 40.Rd3 Rc1+ 41.Kh2 Ra1 42.h4 b5 43.cxb5+ Kxb5 44.h5 Kc4 45.Rd2 Kc3 46.Rf2 Rd1 47.h6 Rxd5 48.g4 Re5 49.h7 Re8 50.g5 d5


51.g6 Rh8 52.Kg2 Kb3 53.g7 Rxh7 54.g8=Q a2 55.Qxd5+ Kb4 56.Qxa2 Rg7+ 57.Kf1 Re7 58.Qb2+ Kc5 59.Qc3+ Kd6 60.Qb4+ Kd7 61.Qxe7+ Kxe7


62.Ke2 Kd6 63.Ke3 Ke5 64.Ra2 Kd5 65.Ra4 Ke5 66.Ra5+ Kd6 67.Kd4 Ke6 68.Re5+ Kd6 69.Re1 Kc6 70.Re6+ Kd7 71.Kd5 Kc7 72.Re7+ Kb6 73.Rh7 Kb5 74.Rb7+ Ka4 75.Kc5 Ka3 76.Kc4 Ka2 77.Kc3 Ka1 78.Kc2 Ka2 79.Ra7#.