Saturday, December 23, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/22/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1940) - arrchimedes (Chess.com 1929), Chess.com 12/22/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 d5 6.fxe5 Ng4 7.Nh3 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Bb6 9.c3 Ngxe5 10.d4 Bxh3 11.gxh3 Ng6 12.Bg2 Qh4+ 13.Ng3 O-O 14.O-O Rab8 15.Qg4 Qe7 16.Nf5 Qe6 17.Bd2 Nce7


18.Rae1 Qxa2 19.Nxe7+ Kh8 20.Nxg6+ hxg6 21.Bc1, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Borhanalimolla (lichess 2111) - JimWest (lichess 2147), lichess 12/22/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.c4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 c6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bb5+ Nc6 12.Qa4 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Qd6 14.Ba3 Qxe6 15.O-O a6 16.Bxc6+ Qxc6 17.Qxc6+ bxc6 18.Rab1 Kf7 19.Rb7+ Kg6


20.f3 Rhb8 21.Rc7 Rc8 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.fxe4 Nxe4 24.Rf3 Rb8 25.h3 Rb1+ 26.Kh2 Ra1 27.c4 Rxa2 28.cxd5 cxd5 29.Bf8 Rf2 30.Rxf2 Nxf2 31.Bb4 Kf5 32.Kg3 Nd3 33.Bc3 Ke4 34.Kg4 a5 35.Bxa5 Kxd4


36.Kf5 Nc5 37.g4 Kc4 38.h4 d4 39.h5 d3 40.g5 Nb3 41.Be1 Kd5 42.Bc3 d2 43.Bxd2 Nxd2 44.h6 gxh6 45.g6 hxg6+ 46.Kxg6 h5 47.Kxh5, draw.