Tuesday, December 26, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/25/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

loundraw (Chess.com 1763) - JimWest (Chess.com 1947), Chess.com 12/25/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5


7.Be3 Bxe3 8.Nf7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2154) - Talipov_Rauf1947 (lichess 2117), lichess 12/25/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Nfd7 6.d4 c5 7.c3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bc4 Nc6 11.Nge2 Qh4+ 12.g3 Qh3 13.Nf4 Qh6 14.O-O Bxc3 15.bxc3 Ncxe5 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Be2 Bh3 18.Nxh3 Qxh3


19.Qd4 Nf3+ 20.Bxf3 exf3 21.Rxf3 Rad8 22.Qa4 Qh5 23.Kg2 Rfe8 24.Bf4 Re2+ 25.Rf2 Rxf2+ 26.Kf2 Qxh2+ 27.Kf3 Qh5+ 28.Kg2 Qe2+ 29.Kg1 Rd5


30.Qxa7 g5 31.Qe3 Qb2 32.Rf1 gxf4 33.Qxf4, Black resigns.