Saturday, December 30, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/29/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1984) - arrchimedes (Chess.com 1899), Chess.com 12/29/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qxg4 Bxb5 9.d5 Qxd5 10.Nc3 Qd7 11.e6 fxe6


12.Nxb5 Qxb5 13.Qxe6+ Kd8 14.Bg5+ Kc7 15.Bf4+ Kd8 16.O-O-O+ Nd7 17.Qxe4 Qc6 18.Qxc6 bxc6 19.Nf3 a5 20.Rhe1 Be7 21.Ne5 Ra7 22.Nxc6+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Artshakir (lichess 2139) - JimWest (lichess 2185), lichess 12/29/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Bxb4 d4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qd2 e3


11.fxe3 Nxb4 12.Qxb4 Qxe3+ 13.Be2 Qc1+ 14.Bd1 Qe3+ 15.Be2 Qc1+ 16.Bd1 Qe3+ 17.Be2, draw.