2 PCG Reversed Games 3/20/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1950) - Albertoaraujo67 (Chess.com 1830), Chess.com 3/20/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 Qb6+ 9.Kh1 Ng4 10.Qe1 Ne3 11.Bxe3 Qxe3 12.f5 d5 13.Qd2 Qxd2 14.Nbxd2 f6 15.g4 Nc5 16.b4 Na4 17.Rac1 Nb6 18.Bd1 a5 19.bxa5 Rxa5

20.Bb3 Kh8 21.Rb1 Na4 22.Rfc1 Ba3 23.Rc2 Nc5 24.Ne1 Rd8 25.Kg2 dxe4 26.dxe4 b5 27.Kf3 Bb7 28.Bf7 Nd3 29.Nb3 Ra7 30.Rd2 Nxe1+ 31.Rxe1 Rxd2 32.Nxd2 c5 33.Bd5 Bxd5 34.exd5 c4

35.Ne4 Kg8 36.Rd1 Kf7 37.d6 Ke8 38.Rd5 b4 39.cxb4 Bxb4 40.Rb5 Ra3+ 41.Ke2 Rxa2+ 42.Kd1 Rb2 43.Rb8+ Kd7 44.Rb7+ Kc8 45.Rc7+ Kd8 46.Rxc4 Rxh2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2115) - stefan9822 (lichess 2065), lichess 3/20/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 O-O 7.f5 d5 8.Bg5 dxe4 9.dxe4 Qxd1+ 10.Rxd1 Bb4 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nf3 b6 13.O-O Bb7 14.Nd5 Bc5+ 15.Kh1 Nd4 16.Nxd4 Bxd4 17.c3 Bc5 18.Nxf6+ Kg7 19.Nd7 Rfd8

20.Nxc5 bxc5 21.Bf3 Rd6 22.Rxd6 cxd6 23.Rd1 Rd8 24.c4 Kf6 25.Rd3 Ba6 26.Ra3 Bxc4 27.Rxa7 d5 28.exd5 Bxd5 29.Bxd5 Rxd5 30.h3 Rd1+ 31.Kh2 e4 32.Kg3 Kxf5 33.Rxf7+ Ke6 34.Rxh7 Rd2 35.Rb7 c4

36.a4 Rd3+ 37.Kf4 e3 38.Kf3 Kd6 39.a5 Kc6 40.a6 Rd2 41.Kxe3 Rxg2 42.Kd4 c3 43.Kxc3 Rg3+ 44.Kb4 Rxh3 45.Ka4 Rh1 46.Rb3 Rh7 47.Rg3 Kb6 48.Rg6+ Ka7 49.b4 Rh4 50.Ka5 Rh1 51.Rg7+ Kb8 52.b5 Rh6

53.Re7 Rg6 54.b6 Rg5+ 55.Kb4 Rg4+ 56.Kc5 Rg5+ 57.Kd6 Rg6+ 58.Re6 Rg8 59.Kd7 Rg7+ 60.Re7 Rg8 61.Re8+ Rxe8 62.Kxe8 Kc8

63.Ke7 Kb8 64.Kd7 Ka8 65.b7+ Kb8 66.Kc6 Ka7 67.Kc7, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/19/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

bassproenjoyer (Chess.com 1948) - JimWest (Chess.com 1938), Chess.com 3/19/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.d5 f4 7.dxc6 Qxg5 8.Bb5 b6 9.Qf3 Be7 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 O-O 13.Bd2 Nf5

14.g3 Nd4 15.Qd3 Qh5 16.c3 Nf3+ 17.Kf1 fxg3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2115) - sKotfIsh (lichess 2156), lichess 3/19/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Neg4 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Qe2+ Be7 10.Bc4 O-O 11.Qf3 Bf6 12.Ne2 Re8 13.Bxd5 cxd5 14.O-O Qe7 15.Nbc3 Ne3 16.Bxe3 Qxe3+ 17.Qxe3 Rxe3 18.Rae1 Bg4

19.Rf4 Bxe2 20.Rxe2 Rxe2 21.Nxe2 Rc8 22.c3 b5 23.a3 a5 24.Rf5 Re8 25.Kf2 Rd8 26.Nf4 b4 27.axb4 axb4 28.Nxd5 Bh4+ 29.g3 g6 30.Re5 bxc3 31.bxc3 Bg5

32.Rxg5 f5 33.Ne7+ Kf7 34.Nxf5 gxf5 35.Rxf5+ Kg6 36.Rc5 Re8 37.h4 h6 38.g4 Re4 39.Kf3 Re1 40.h5+ Kf6 41.Rc6+ Kg7 42.Rg6+ Kf7 43.Rxh6 Rh1 44.Rc6, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/18/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1971) - Albertoaurajo67 (Chess.com 1812), Chess.com 3/18/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d6 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Qxe2 Nc6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.O-O Qd7 9.c3 O-O-O 10.b4 Rdf8 11.b5 Nd8 12.a4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Ne6 14.Be3 h6 15.Na3 Kb8 16.a5 Ng4 17.Bd2 Ng5 18.a6 Nxf3+ 19.Qxf3 Ne5

20.Qg3 b6 21.d4 Ng6 22.c4 h5 23.h3 h4 24.Qf3 c6 25.Nc2 cxb5 26.cxb5 Qxb5 27.e5 d5 28.Rfb1 Qc6 29.Nb4 Bxb4 30.Bxb4 Rc8 31.Bd6+ Ka8

32.Qxf7 Nf8 33.Rc1 Qd7 34.Qxd5+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ulfheddin23 (lichess 2096) - JimWest (lichess 2116), lichess 3/18/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Bxe7 Nxe7 8.Ng5 d5 9.Be2 O-O 10.h4 h6 11.Nh3 Qb6 12.Qc1 Bxh3 13.Rxh3 Qxf2+ 14.Kd1 Qd4+ 15.Qd2 Qxe5 16.Qc3 Qxc3 17.Nxc3 Nd7 18.Kd2 Nf6

19.g4 d4 20.Bc4+ Kh8 21.Ne2 Nxg4 22.Nxd4 Rad8 23.Kc3 Nd5+ 24.Kb3 Nf4 25.Rg3 Rxd4 26.Rxg4 e3 27.Rf1 h5 28.Rg5 g6 29.Bd3 Re8, White forfeits.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/17/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1978) - SadanandaKirtania (Chess.com 1902), Chess.com 3/17/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 Nc6 7.Bg5 d5 8.Qf3 dxe4 9.dxe4 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nd2 b6 12.O-O-O Qe7 13.Bc4 Bb7 14.Bd5 Na5 15.Bxb7 Nxb7 16.Ne2 c5 17.Ng3 Rfd8 18.Nh5 Rd6 19.Nxf6+ Qxf6

20.Nc4 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 b5 22.Ne3 Rd8 23.Nd5 Qg5+ 24.Kb1 Nd6 25.g3 Kf8 26.h4 Qh6 27.f6 gxf6 28.Ne3 Ke7

29.Rxd6 Ke8 30.Rxd8+ Kxd8 31.Qd1+ Ke8 32.Nf5 Qg6 33.Qd6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

tupalupa (lichess 1981) - JimWest (lichess 2109), lichess 3/17/2025

1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 e5 3.d3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.c3 Kh8 8.Qb3 c6 9.e4 Qb6 10.Nh4 Qxb3 11.axb3 fxe4 12.dxe4 a6 13.Nc4 Be6 14.Nb6 Ra7 15.Rd1 Nbd7 16.Nxd7 Nxd7 17.Nf3 Bg4 18.Be3 Raa8

19.Ng5 Bxd1 20.Rxd1 h6 21.Nh3 Nf6 22.f4 Ng4 23.Bc1 Rad8 24.Bf3 h5 25.Bxg4 hxg4 26.Nf2 exf4 27.Bxf4 g5 28.Bc1 d5 29.e5 Bc5 30.Rf1 Rxf2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 3/16/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

jasogor (Chess.com 1963) - JimWest (Chess.com 1999), Chess.com 3/16/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.f3 Qe8 12.fxe4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nxe4 14.Rxf8+ Qxf8 15.Bd2 Qf2+ 16.Kh1 Qh4 17.Be1 Qh6 18.Bd3 Bf5 19.Qf3 Bg6

20.c4 Na6 21.Bxe4 dxe4 22.Qb3 Rf8 23.Bg3 e3 24.Qxb7 e2 25.Nf3 Qe3 26.Qxa6 Be4 27.Qa5 Rxf3 28.Qd8+ Rf8 29.Rg1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Revenant3000 (lichess 2038) - JimWest (lichess 2116), lichess 3/16/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qe2 a5 8.a4 Na6 9.Bb3 Nc5 10.Bc4 f4 11.O-O Be6 12.d4 Bxc4 13.Qxc4 Ncd7 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Rad1 Qb6 16.b3 O-O-O 17.Nb5 Kb8 18.Nd6 Bxd6 19.Rxd6 Qc5

20.Rfd1 Qxc4 21.bxc4 Kc7 22.R6d3 h6 23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.Nh4 Nc5 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Rxd8 Kxd8 27.f3 Nxa4 28.Nf5 Nb2 29.g3 a4 30.gxf4 a3, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/15/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

maturner (Chess.com 1829) - JimWest (Chess.com 1981), Chess.com 3/15/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ng5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.Nh5 O-O 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Ng4 f5 12.Ne3 Qg5 13.Nxd5 f4 14.Ndf6+ Rxf6 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.Bc4+ Kh8 17.Qh5 Qg6 18.Qxg6 hxg6 19.Bd5 Nc6

20.Bxe4 Nxd4 21.Bxg6 Bf5 22.Bxf5 Nxf5 23.c3 Re8+ 24.Kd2 Bc5 25.Rhf1 f3 26.g3 Re2+ 27.Kc1 Bxf2 28.b4 Ne3 29.Rh1 Rc2+ 30.Kb1 Rxc3 31.Kb2 Rc2+ 32.Kb3 b5

33.Rac1 Rxc1 34.Rxc1 Nc4 35.a4 Be3 36.Rf1 Nd2+ 37.Kc2 Nxf1 38.Kd3 bxa4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2100) - roma1375 (lichess 2258), lichess 3/15/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 Nf2 8.Qf3 f6

9.exf6 Qxf6 10.Qxe3+ Be7 11.Qxf2 Be6 12.Qxf6 Bxf6 13.Bxe6, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/14/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Jashmaster2018 (Chess.com 2017) - JimWest (Chess.com 1992), Chess.com 3/14/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Qd2 O-O 10.Be2 c6 11.O-O Qa5 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Qxc3 14.bxc3 Nbd7 15.Ng4 Nxg4 16.Bg4 Nf6 17.Bxc8 Raxc8 18.Rab1 b5 19.Bf4 Nh5

20.Be5 Nf4 21.Rfe1 Ng6 22.Bg3 h5 23.a4 a6 24.a5 h4 25.Bd6 Rf6 26.Bc5 h3 27.g3 Rf3 28.Re3 Rxe3 29.fxe3 Rc7 30.Rf1 Rf7 31.Rf2 Nh8 32.Bd6 g5 33.Kf1 Rxf2+ 34.Kxf2 g4

35.Bf4 Kf7 36.Ke1 Ke6 37.Kd1 Ng6 38.Bb8 Ne7 39.Kc1 Nf5 40.Bf4 Nd6 41.Bxd6 Kxd6 42.Kb2 Kd7 43.Kb3 Kc7 44.Ka3 Kd7 45.Kb4 Kd6 46.Kb3 Kd7 47.Kb4 Kd6 48.Kb3 Kd7 49.Ka3 Kc7 50.Kb4 Kd6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2105) - Ildar_63 (2157), lichess 3/14/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 Ng4 6.Nh3 dxe4 7.dxe4 Qxd1+ 8.Nxd1 O-O 9.f5 g6 10.fxg6 hxg6 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.Nhf2 Ndf6 13.Bd3 Bd7 14.h3 Nxf2 15.Nxf2 Bc6 16.Bh6 Rfe8 17.Ng4 Nxg4 18.hxg4 Bd7 19.Bg5 Kg7

20.Bh6+ Kg8 21.Bg5 Be7 22.Bxe7 Rxe7 23.g5 Kg7 24.O-O-O Rh8 25.Rxh8 Kxh8 26.Rf1 Be6 27.a3 c5 28.c3 Rd7 29.Bc2 Kg7 30.Rd1 Kf8 31.Rxd7 Bxd7

32.Kd2 Ke7 33.Ke3 f6 34.gxf6+ Kxf6 35.b4 b6 36.Kf3 Kg6 37.Kg3 Bc6 38.Bd3 a5 39.Bc2 Bb5 40.bxa5 bxa5 41.Bb3 Bd3 42.Bd5 Be2 43.Bc6 Bd1 44.Bd5 Bc2 45.Bc6 Bd3 46.Bd5 Bc2 47.Bc6 Bd3 48.Bd5, draw.

2 PCG Games 3/13/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

CarefreeStrawberry (Chess.com 1923) - JimWest (Chess.com 1990), Chess.com 3/13/2025

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.Kd1 Bg4+ 14.Kc2 Bf5+ 15.Kd1 O-O-O+ 16.Nd2 Nh6

17.Qc3 Rxd2+ 18.Qxd2 Rd8 19.Qxd8+ Kxd8, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Kai2701 (lichess 2083) - JimWest (lichess 2099), lichess 3/13/2025

1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 e5 3.e4 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.dxe5 Bc5 7.c4 c6 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.Bxb5+ Nc6 10.O-O Nge7 11.e6 O-O 12.Qh5 h6 13.Nf7 Qe8

14.Bxh6 Bxe6 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Qh6+ Kxf7 17.b4 Bd4 18.Nd2 Bxa1 19.Rxa1 Rh8 20.Qf4+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/12/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

seanrob1 (Chess.com 1893) - JimWest (Chess.com 1975), Chess.com 3/12/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bb3 Na6 6.O-O Nc5 7.Bxg8 Rxg8 8.b4 Na6 9.a3 f4 10.c4 Bg4 11.Nbd2 Be7 12.Bb2 Rf8 13.Qc2 Kf7 14.d4 exd4 15.Bxd4 Kg8 16.Bb2 Nc7 17.Rfe1 Bf6

18.e5 dxe5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.Rxe5 Qd7 21.Rae1 Rae8 22.Rxe8 Rxe8 23.Rxe8+ Nxe8 24.Qe4 f3 25.gxf3 Bf5 26.Qe5 Bg6 27.Ne4 Bxe4 28.fxe4 Qd1+ 29.Kg2 Qg4+ 30.Kf1 Qd1+ 31.Kg2 Qg4+ 32.Kf1 Qd1+ 33.Kg2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2090) - MoebiusO (lichess 2189), lichess 3/12/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d4 f6 8.h3 Ne3 9.Bxe3 fxe3 10.Bb5 fxe5 11.O-O Be7

12.Nxe5 Rf8 13.Qh5+ g6 14.Qxh7 Rxf1+ 15.Kxf1 Be6 16.Qxg6+ Kf8 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Qxe6 Qe8 19.Ng6+ Kg7 20.Qxe7+, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/11/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1977) - bassproenjoyer (Chess.com 1939), Chess.com 3/11/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.f5 d5 8.Qc2 dxe5 9.dxe5 b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Nbd2 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.O-O-O a5 14.g4 b5 15.h4 b4

16.g5 hxg5 17.hxg5 Qd8 18.Nc4 Qb8 19.Qh2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

PriZrak900 (lichess 1976) - JimWest (lichess 2109), lichess 3/11/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.Re1 Be7 7.d4 e4 8.Nfd2 d5 9.Bb3 Nf6 10.c4 Bb4 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nc3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 O-O 14.h3 h6 15.Nf1 Kh8 16.Ne3 Be6 17.a4 Nc6 18.Qe2 Rc8 19.Qb5 Qd7

20.Nf1 a6 21.Qe2 Na5 22.Qb2 Nxb3 23.Qxb3 Ne8 24.Rb1 Nd6 25.Bd2 Rf7 26.Ne3 Nc4 27.Nxc4 Rxc4 28.Re3 Qxa4 29.Qb2 Qc6 30.Rg3 b5 31.Qc1 Bc8 32.Qa3 Qf6, White forfeits.