3 PCG Games 2/17/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

KShan03 (Chess.com 1911) - JimWest (Chess.com 1923), Chess.com 2/17/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nh4 Bg6 8.Nxg6 hxg6 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Qg4 Nd7 11.Qxg6+ Kd8 12.Nd2 d5 13.Bb3 Rh6 14.Qg3 Ngf6 15.O-O-O Nh5 16.Qf3 Kc7 17.g4 Rf8 18.Qe3 Nf4

19.Qxa7 Ne2+ 20.Kb1 Nd4 21.Qa5+ Kb8 22.Rdf1 Rhf6 23.c3 Nxb3 24.axb3 Rxf2 25.Rxf2 Rxf2 26.Kc2 Nc5 27.h4 Rxd2+ 28.Kc1 Nxb3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ptrax (lichess 1959) - JimWest (lichess 2069), lichess 2/17/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e3

10.fxe3 Qxg5 11.exd4 Qh4+ 12.Kd2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Saadhanaa Ashok (USCF 1639) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Parsippany NJ 2/17/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.g3 a5 8.a3 Na6 9.h3 b5 10.Ba2 b4 11.axb4 axb4 12.Nb1 Bd7 13.Nbd2 Nc5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.g4 Be6 16.Bxe6 Nxe6 17.h4 O-O 18.Rg1 Rxa1 19.Qxa1 Qa8

20.Qd1 Qa7 21.Nc4 Nd5 22.Bxe7 Qxe7 23.Ncd2 Nd4 24.Kf1 Nxf3 25.Nxf3 e4 26.Ng5 Ne3+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/16/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

TlalocCueJr (Chess.com 1933) - JimWest (Chess.com 1921), Chess.com 2/16/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.Nh5 O-O 10.Qd2 Qs8 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nxf6+ Rxf6 13.Qg5+ Rg6 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.Qxd5+ Qe6 16.Bc4 Qxd5 17.Bxd5+ Kg7 18.Bxe4 Nd7 19.c4 Nf6

20.Bf3 Bb4+ 21.Kd1 Bg4 22.a3 Bxf3+ 23.gxf3 Bd6 24.h4 Bf4 25.Kc2 Rd8 26.Kc3 c6 27.Rae1 Rd7 28.b4 a6 29.Re6 Kf7 30.Rhe1 Nh5 31.R1e2 Bc1 32.a4 Nf4 33.R6e5 Nxe2+ 34.Rxe2 Re7

35.Re4 Bh6 36.b5 axb5 37.axb5 cxb5 38.c5 Bg7 39.Kd3 Rd7 40.f4 Bf6 41.f3 Bxh4 42.f5 Bf6 43.fxg6+ Kxg6 44.Ke3 Re7 45.d5 Rxe4+ 46.fxe4 Be5 47.Kd3 Kf6 48.Kc2 Bd4 49.c6 bxc6 50.dxc6 Ke6

51.Kb3 Kd6 52.c7 Kxc7 53.Kb4 Kc6 54.Kb3 Kc5 55.Kc2 Kc4 56.Kb1 Be5 57.Kc2 b4 58.Kb1 Kd4 59.Kc2 Kxe4 60.Kb3 Bc3 61.Kc4 Ke3 62.Kb3 Kd2 63.Kc4 Kc2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2059) - Jim2500 (lichess 2051), lichess 2/16/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 h6 9.h3 Bd7 10.f5 d5 11.Qc2 dxe4 12.dxe4 Nh5 13.Kh2 g6 14.Bxh6 gxf5 15.Bxf8 Qxf8 16.exf5 Qg7 17.g4 Nf4 18.Rg1 Qh6 19.Bf1 Bd6

20.Qe4 f6 21.Nbd2 Kf7 22.Rad1 Rh8 23.Rg3 Nd8 24.Nc4 Bc6 25.Nxd6+ cxd6 26.Qe3 Ke7 27.Nd4 Bd7 28.Ne6 Nxe6 29.fxe6 Bxe6 30.Qxa7 Bc8 31.Qb6 Rd8 32.Qc7+ Ke8 33.Rxd6 Rxd6 34.Qxd6 Qg7

35.Bb5+ Kf7 36.Qc7+ Kg6 37.Qxc8 Qe7 38.Qf5+ Kg7 39.Bd3 Kg8 40.Qd4 Qd7 41.g5 Kf7 42.gxf6 Kxf6 43.Rg6+ Kf7 44.Qf5+ Qxf5 45.Bxf5 Nxg6 46.Bxg6+ Kxg6 47.Kg3 Kf5 48.Kf3 e4+ 49.Ke3, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 2/15/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

GGMasterB (Chess.com 1810) - JimWest (Chess.com 1933), Chess.com 2/15/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.Bxe6 Qf6 9.Bd5 Nd8 10.Nc3 c6 11.Bf3 d5 12.Bh5+ Nf7 13.O-O Bd6 14.f4 O-O 15.fxe5 Qxe5 16.Bxf7+ Rxf7 17.g3 Rxf1+ 18.Qxf1 Ne6 19.Bd2 Rf8

20.Qg2 Bc5+ 21.Kh1 Rf2 22.Bf4 Nxf4 23.gxf4 Qxf4 24.Qh3 Qf3+ 25.Qxf3 Rxf3 26.Re1 Kf7 27.a3 a5 28.Ne2 Rf2 29.d4 Bd6 30.Ng3 Bxg3 31.hxg3 Rxc2

32.Rb1 a4 33.b4 axb3 34.Rxb3 b5 35.a4 bxa4 36.Rb4 a3 37.Ra4 a2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Haari Muthukumar (USCF 2314) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Parsippany NJ 2/15/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.c4 c6 10.g3 O-O 11.Bg2 h6 12.Nh3 Nd7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Qd4 Qa5+ 15.Bd2 Nc6 16.Bxa5 Nxd4 17.O-O-O Ne2+ 18.Kd2 Nxe5

19.Kxe2 Bg4+ 20.Ke1 Bxd1 21.Kxd1 Nc4 22.Bb4 Rfd8 23.Nf4 a5 24.Be7 Rd7 25.Bc5 Rc7 26.Bd4 Nxa3 27.c3 Nb5 28.Nxd5 Rf7 29.Be3 Rd8 30.c4 Nc3+ 31.Ke1 Nxd5 32.cxd5 Rxd5 33.Bxe4 Re5

34.Bc2 Rc7 35.Bb3+ Kh8 36.Ke2 b5 37.Ra1 a4 38.Bd1 Kg8 39.Kf1 g5 40.h4 Kf7 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Kg2 Rc6 43.Bf3 Ra6 44.Bd4 Re7 45.Bh5+ Kg8 46.Rc1 Ra8 47.Bf3 Ra6 48.Rc5 b4 49.Rxg5+ Kh7 50.Bc5 Re8 

51.Bxb4 a3 52.Rh5+ Kg6 53.Rh1 Rb8 54.Be4+ Kf7 55.Rh7+ Kg8 56.Bc3 Rbb6 57.Rc7 a2 58.Bd5+ Kf8 59.Bxa2 Rxa2 60.Bd4 Re6 61.Kf3 Ra3+ 62.Be3 Rf6+ 63.Kg4 Ra4+ 64.f4 Rf7 65.Rc8+ Kg7 66.Bd2 Rd7

67.Bc3+ Kf7 68.Be5 Ra3 69.f5 Rad3 70.Bf4 Rd8 71.Rc7+ R3d7 72.Rc6 Rg8+ 73.Kf3 Rd3+ 74.Ke4 Rgd8 75.Be5 Rd1 76.g4 Re1+ 77.Kf4 Rf1+ 78.Kg3 Rg1+ 79.Kf3 Rd3+ 80.Ke4 Rd7 81.Kf4 Re1 82.Rf6+ Ke8 83.Rh6 Rf7 84.Re6+ Re7 85.Rxe7+ Kxe7

86.g5 Rg1 87.Bd4 Rd1 88.Ke5 Re1- 89.Kd5 Rb1 90.g6 Rb5+ 91.Ke4 Rb1 92.Kf4 Rb4 93.Ke4 Rb1 94.Be5 Rb4+ 95.Bd4 Rb1, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 2/14/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1927) - jadallah1947 (Chess.com 1774), Chess.com 2/14/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 Bxg1 5.Rxg1 exf4 6.Bxf4 c6 7.Be2 Qb6 8.Rf1 Qxb2 9.Nd2 b5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Rb1 Qe5 13.Nf3 Qc3+ 14.Kf2 d6 15.Kg1 Bg4 16.h3 Bh5 17.Kh1 Nd7 18.Nh4 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 O-O-O

20.Nf5 Qe5 21.d4 Qe6 22.d5 cxd5 23.Qxb5 Nb6 24.Qc6+ Kb8 25.Rxb6+ axb6 26.Qxb6+ Ka8 27.Qa6+ Kb8 28.Rb1+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2067) - Vladimir-1957 (lichess 2038), lichess 2/14/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Bc5 6.Nf3 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.Be2 Nh5 9.Bg3 O-O 10.d4 Bb6 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Qc2 a5 13.O-O-O Ba7 14.Kb1 Nf6 15.Bh4 Qd7 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.h3 Bh5 18.g4 Bg6 19.Nh4 d5

20.Nxg6 fxg6 21.Bb5 dxe4 22.Nxe4 Qe7 23.Rde1 Qf8 24.Rhf1 Nxd4 25.cxd4 Bxd4 26.Bxe8 Rxe8 27.Qc4+, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/13/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1922) - Sorcerer_23 (Chess.com 2002), Chess.com 2/13/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bd7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 e5 9.a4 exf4 10.Bxf4 Nh5 11.Be3 Ne5 12.d4 Ng4 13.Bd2 Qe7 14.Na3 Qxe4 15.Ng5 Bxd4+ 16.cxd4 Qxd4+ 17.Kh1 Nf2+ 18.Rxf2 Qxf2 19.Bxh5 gxh5

20.Qxh5 Bf5 21.Bc3 f6 22.Nf3 Bg6 23.Qd5+ Rf7 24.Qxb7 Re8 25.Qb5 Re2 26.Rg1 Be4 27.Bd4 Qxf3 28.gxf3+ Kf8 29.Qxe2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

rajaranizaara (lichess 2079) - JimWest (lichess 2065), lichess 2/13/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.f3 exf3 8.Qxf3 Nf6 9.Nf7 Qe7 10.Nxh8 Bxe6 11.Be2 Nc6 12.Bg5 Nd4

13.Qh3 Bxh3, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/12/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

nyinaymin (Chess.com 1968) - JimWest (Chess.com 1921), Chess.com 2/12/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.Ng5 h6 9.Ne6 Bxe6 10.Bxe6 Nbd7 11.b4 a6 12.a4 Be7 13.Bd2 g5 14.d5 cxd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 Nf6 17.c4 Nxd5 18.cxd5 O-O 19.Rc1 Qd7

20.Qh5 Kg7 21.a5 Rac8 22.Bc3 Bf6 23.Rfd1 Rc7 24.Rd3 Qf7 25.Qe2 Rfc8 26.Qb2 h5 27.Bd2 Rxc1+ 28.Bxc1 Qc7 29.Bd2 Qc2 30.Qxc2 Rxc2 31.f3 g4 32.Kf1 gxf3 33.gxf3 Bd8

34.Ke2 b6 35.Kd1 Rc4 36.Rc3 Rxc3 37.Bxc3 bxa5 38.bxa5 Kg6 39.Bb4 Bc7 40.Ke2 Kg5 41.Kf2 Kh4 42.Kg2 Bb8 43.Be1+ Kg5 44.Kh3 Bc7 45.Bh4+ Kg6

46.Be7 Kf7 47.Bg5 Ba5 48.Kh4 Kg6 49.Be7 Bb4 50.Kh3 a5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2059) - R1440_R12K1_P (lichess 2085), lichess 2/12/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ng4 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bd3 Re8 11.O-O Nf6 12.e5 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nd5 14.Bd2 Nde7 15.Ng5 g6 16.Ne4 Kh8 17.Nf6 Rf8

18.d5 dxe5 19.fxe5 Ng8 20.Bh6 Nxh6 21.dxc6 bxc6 22.Rf3 Ng8 23.Qe1 h5 24.Rd1 Nxf6 25.exf6 Qe8 26.Qd2 Kh7 27.Re1 Qd7 28.Re7 Qg4 29.Rg3 Qh4 30.Rxg6, Black resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 2/11/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1913) - sac-is-cool (Chess.com 1754), Chess.com 2/11/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bd6 5.fxe5 Bxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Bg4 12.Be2 Nc6 13.Nc3 Bxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Qxe5 15.Kxh1 O-O 16.Nxd5 Rad8 17.c4 Ne7 18.Bf4 Qe6 

19.Qe1 Qxe1+ 20.Rxe1 Nxd5 21.cxd5 c6 22.dxc6 bxc6 23.Bxc6 Rc8 24.Be4 Rc4 25.b3 Rd4 26.Bg3 a5 27.Re2 f5 28.Bc2 g6 29.Be1 Rfd8

30.Bxa5 Ra8 31.Bc3 Rf4 32.a4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2054) - skaushik2k10 (lichess 1987), lichess 2/11/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d5 6.e5 Ng4 7.d4 Qh4+ 8.g3 Qh5 9.Nf3 Bf5 10.Bg2 Be4 11.h3 Nh6 12.O-O f5 13.exf6 gxf6 14.Nc3 f5 15.Ne5 Qxd1 16.Raxd1 Bxc2 17.Rc1 Be4 18.Nxe4 fxe4

19.b4 Bxb4 20.Bxh6 Nd7 21.Nxd7 Kxd7 22.Bg7 Rhg8 23.Be5 Bd6 24.Rf7+ Ke6 25.Rf6+ Ke7 26.Rxd6 Raf8 27.Rh6 Rf7 28.g4 Rgf8 29.Rf1 e3 30.Rxf7+ Rxf7

31.Bf1 Kd7 32.Rf6 Re7 33.Be2 Ke8 34.Kg2 Kd7 35.Kf3 b6 36.Kxe3 c5 37.Bb5+ Kc8 38.Rf8+ Kb7 39.Rb8#.

2 PCG Games 2/10/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

sillygambitaccepted (Chess.com 1917) - JimWest (Chess.com 1931), Chess.com 2/10/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Nc3 c6 6.d3 Nf6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Ne2 d5 9.Bb3 Bd6 10.Ng3 Bg6 11.Re1 Qc7 12.Ng5 Nf8 13.c4 h6 14.Nf3 d4 15.Nxd4 O-O-O 16.Ndf5 Bb4 17.Re2 e4 18.Bd2 Rxd3

19.Qc2 Bxd2 20.Rxd2 Bxf5 21.Nxf5 Qd7 22.Rxd3 exd3 23.Qd2 Qxf5 24.Re1 N8d7 25.c5 Nxc5 26.Qa5 d2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

miguelon54 (lichess 2018) - JimWest (lichess 2055), lichess 2/10/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.d4 fxe4 9.Bc4+ Kh8 10.dxe5 exf3 11.exf6 Qxf6 12.g3 Re8+ 13.Kf1 Bh3+ 14.Kg1 Bg2 15.Nd5 Qd8 16.Nf4 Bxh1 17.Kxh1 Nc6 18.Qxf3 Ne5 19.Qd5 c6

20.Qd4 Nxc4 21.Qxc4 d5 22.Qb3 Qb6 23.Qf3 Qxb2 24.Qd1 Qe5 25.Qg4 Qxa1+ 26.Kg2 Qe5 27.Qh4 Qf6 28.Qh3 g6 29.Qh6 Qg7 30.Qg5 Re5 31.Qg4 Re4 32.f3 Rxf4 33.Qxf4 Rf8 34.Qd6 Qf6 35.Qa3 Qxf3+ 36.Qxf3 Rxf3 37.Kxf3 Kg7

38.Kf4 Kf6 39.h4 h6 40.g4 g5+ 41.hxg5+ hxg5+ 42.Ke3 Ke5 43.c3 c5 44.a4 a5 45.Kf3 d4 46.cxd4+ cxd4 47.Ke2 Ke4 48.Kd2 b6 49.Ke2 d3+ 50.Kd2 Kd4 51.Ke1 Kc3 52.Kd1 d2 53.Ke2 Kc2 54.Ke3 d1=Q, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 2/9/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

mosa1352 (Chess.com 1876) - JimWest (Chess.com 1916), Chess.com 2/9/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.Nc3 Be7 8.h3 h6 9.Bd2 Nd7 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.O-O-O O-O-O 12.g4 Bh7 13.Kb1 Kb8 14.d4 Bf6 15.Ne4 Bxe4 16.Qxe4 d5 17.Qe2 e4 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Bxe5

20.Rhf1 Bf4 21.Bxf4 Qxf4 22.Qe3 Qxe3 23.fxe3 Rgf8 24.c3 Kc7 25.Kc2 Kd7 26.Kd2 Ke7 27.Rf4 g5 28.Rff1 Rxf1 29.Rxf1 Rf8 30.Rh1 Rf2+ 31.Kc1 Re2 32.h4 Kf6 33.hxg5+ Kxg5

34.Rh5+ Kg6 35.Rh3 Rg2 36.Rh4 a5 37.a3 a4 38.Kb1 b5 39.Kc1 Re2 40.Rh3 Rf2 41.Rh5 Rg2 42.Rh4 Kg5 43.Rh5+ Kxg4 44.Rxh6 Kf3 45.Rxc6 Kxe3 46.Rc5 Rg5 47.Rxb5 Kd3

48.Kb1 e3 49.Rb4 Rg1+ 50.Ka2 e2 51.Rd4+ Kc2 52.Rxd5 Ra1+ 53.Kxa1 e1=Q+ 54.Ka2 Qb1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

pub673 (lichess 1986) - JimWest (lichess 2050), lichess 2/9/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.Bxe6 f4 8.c3 Qf6 9.Bd5 Nd8 10.Qa4+ c6 11.Bb3 Be7 12.h3 Nhf7 13.Nd2 O-O 14.Nf3 Kh8 15.h4 a5 16.Bd1 b5 17.Qc2 a4 18.a3 Ne6 19.Be2 Nc5

20.Nd2 Qe6 21.d4 exd4 22.cxd4 Nb3 23.Nxb3 axb3 24.Qd3 Nh6 25.f3 Qg6 26.Kf1 Qg3 27.Bd2 Qg6 28.Qxb3 d5 29.Bd3 dxe4 30.Bxe4 Nf5 31.Rh3 Nxd4 

32.Qd3 Qf6 33.Bc3 Rad8 34.Qb1 c5 35.Qa2 b4 36.axb4 cxb4 37.Bxd4 Qxd4, White forfeits.