Thursday, December 21, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/20/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

Sasha_Lapuhin (Chess.com 1805) - JimWest (Chess.com 1996), Chess.com 12/20/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nd4 9.c3 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 Be7 11.f5 O-O 12.Be3 Nh7 13.Nd2 Bg5 14.Rae1 Bxe3+ 15.Qxe3 Ng5 16.Nf3 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Qf6


18.g4 g5 19.fxg6 Qxf3 20.Rxf3 fxg6 21.Ref1 Rxf3 22.Rxf3 Kg7 23.h4 a5 24.a4 Rb8 25.b4 axb4 26.cxb4 b6 27.Rf2 Ra8 28.Rc2 Rxa4 29.Rxc7+ Kf6 30.Rc6 Rxb4 31.Rxd6+ Kf7 32.h5 gxh5 33.gxh5 Kg7 34.Rg6+ Kh7


35.Re6 Rb1+ 36.Kg2 b5 37.Rxe5 b4 38.Re7+ Kg8 39.Rb7 b3 40.d4 Re1 41.e5 Re4 42.Rxb3 Rxd4 43.Re3 Rh4 44.e6 Kf8 45.Re5 Ke7 46.Kg3 Ra4 47.Re3 Rb4 48.Kh3 Ra4 49.Re5 Rb4 50.Kg3 Ra4 51.Re3 Rb4 52.Ra3 Kxe6 53.Ra6+ Kf7 54.Rxh6 Kg7 55.Rg6+ Kh7


56.Ra6 Rc4 57.Rf6 Kg7 58.Rg6+ Kh7 59.Rg4 Rxg4+ 60.Kxg4 Kh6 61.Kh4 Kh7 62.Kg5 Kh8 63.Kg6 Kg8 64.h6 Kh8 65.h7, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

predmax (lichess 2170) - JimWest (lichess 2160), lichess 12/20/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.e6 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Be2 Kf8 11.O-O Kg8 12.Ng6 hxg6 13.Bd2 Nc6 14.a3 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 Rd8 16.Bd4 Nxd4 17.Qxd4 c5 18.Qa4 b6 19.Rad1 Qc7


20.c3 Nh5 21.g3 Nf6 22.b4 Bg4 23.Bxg4 Nxg4 24.bxc5 bxc5 25.Rb1 Ne5 26.Qb5 Nf3+ 27.Kg2 Nd2 28.Qb7 Qxb7 29.Rxb7 Nxf1 30.Kxf1 d4 31.cxd4 cxd4 32.Rxa7 d3 33.Ke1 Rf8 34.Ra4 d2+ 35.Kxd2 Rxf2+ 36.Ke3 Rxh2 37.Kxe4 Ra2


38.Ra7 Kh7 39.Kf4 Kh6 40.Kg4 Rc2 41.a4 Rc4+ 42.Kh3 g5 43.a5 g4+ 44.Kg2 Rc2+ 45.Kf1 Ra2 46.a6 g6 47.Ra8 Kg5 48.a7 Ra1+ 49.Kf2 Ra2+ 50.Ke3 Ra3+ 51.Ke4 Ra4+ 52.Ke5 Ra5+ 53.Kd6 Ra3


54.Kc6 Rc3+ 55.Kd7 Ra3 56.Ke7 Re3+ 57.Kf7 Rf3+ 58.Kg7 Ra3 59.Kh7 Ra6 60.Kg7 Ra3 61.Kg8 Ra1 62.Kf7 Rf1+ 63.Ke6 Re1+ 64.Kd5 Rd1+ 65.Kc4 Ra1 66.Kb3 Ra6 67.Kb4 Ra1 68.Kb3 Ra6 69.Kb4 Ra1 70.Kb3, draw.