Friday, November 3, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/2/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1930) - Tariqkhan99 (Chess.com 1876), Chess.com 11/2/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 g6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Bg7 6.c3 O-O 7.Be2 Nh5 8.Bxh5 gxh5 9.Qxh5 Qf6 10.Ne2 Nc6 11.O-O Ne7 12.Bxc7 Qg6 13.Qxg6 fxg6 14.Rxf8+ Bxf8 15.Nd2 d5 16.Bd6 Be6 17.Nf4 Bf7 18.Bxe7 Bxe7 19.Nxd5 Bg5


20.Nf3 Bh6 21.Rf1 Rd8 22.c4 a6 23.h4 b5 24.b3 bxc5 25.bxc5 Rb8 26.Ng5 Bxg5 27.hxg5 Rb2 28.Rf2 Rb1+ 29.Kh2 Rd1 30.Rf3 a5 31.a4 Kg7 32.Nf6 Ra1 33.Nxh7 Bxc4 34.dxc4 Kxh7 35.Rc3 Rxa4 36.c5 Rxe4


37.c6 Re8 38.Kg3 Kg7 39.Kf4 Kf7 40.c7 Rc8 41.Ke5 Ke7 42.Rc6 a4 43.Rxg6 a3 44.Ra6 Rxc7 45.Rxa3 Rc5+ 46.Kf4 Kf7 47.Ra7+ Kg6 48.Ra6+ Kg7 49.Kg4 Rc4+ 50.Kh5 Rc7 51.g4 Rb7 52.g6 Rb5+ 53.g5 Rb7


54.Rf6 Ra7 55.Rf7+ Rxf7 56.gxf7 Kxf7 57.Kh6 Kg8 58.Kg6 Kh8 59.Kf7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Dyeuz (lichess 2104) - JimWest (lichess 2148), lichess 11/2/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.O-O f4 7.Bb5 Qxg5 8.d5 a6 9.dxc6 axb5 10.Qd5 b6 11.Nc3 Bh3 12.g3 Bxf1 13.Kxf1 Qg4 14.Nxb5 Rc8 15.Bd2 Qh3+ 16.Ke2 fxg3 17.hxg3 Be7


18.a4 Qg4+ 19.Kd3 Qf3+ 20.Be3 Qf7 21.a5 Qxd5+ 22.exd5 bxa5 23.Rxa5 Nf5 24.Bd2 O-O 25.Ra7 Bd8 26.Rb7 Ne7 27.Bg5 Nxd5 28.Bxd8 Rfxd8 29.c4 Nb4+, White resigns.