2 PCG Games 6/29/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

gsm51 (Chess.com 1797) - JimWest (Chess.com 1941), Chess.com 6/29/2025

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.Qf3 Qxg5 11.e6 Nf6 12.cxd4 O-O 13.Bxe3 Qg4 14.Be2 Qxf3 15.Bxf3 Bxe6 16.Bxb7 Nbd7 17.Bxa8 Rxa8

18.d5 Bf7 19.O-O Ne5 20.Rfc1 Nfd7 21.Bd4 Nd3 22.Rcb1 N3c5 23.Rb5 a6 24.Rxc5 Nxc5 25.Bxc5 Rb8 26.h3 Bg6 27.Rd1 Rb1 28.Rxb1 Bxb1 29.d6 cxd6 30.Bxd6 Bd3 31.c5 Bb5

32.h4 h5 33.f4 g6 34.Kf2 Kf7 35.Ke3 Ke6 36.Kd4 Kd7 37.Ke5 Bd3 38.Kd5 Bb5 39.g3 Bc6+ 40.Ke5 Bb5 41.Kf6 Bd3 42.a4 Kc6 43.Kg5 Bc2 44.Bf8 Kd5 45.Be7 Ke6 46.Bd6 Kd5 47.Kf6 Kc6 48.Ke5 Bxa4

49.f5 gxf5 50.Kxf5 Bd1 51.Ke4 a5 52.Kd3 a4 53.Kc4 a3 54.Be5 a2 55.Kb4 Bg4 56.Kb3 Kxc5 57.Kxa2 Kd5 58.Bf4 Ke4

59.Kb2 Kf5 60.Kc3 Bf3 61.Kd4 Kg4 62.Ke5 Bd1 63.Kf6 Bc2 64.Kg7 Bb1 65.Kh6 Bc2 66.Be5 Bb1 67.Bf4 Bc2 68.Be5 Bb1 69.Bf4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

egregiouslytalented (lichess 2097) - JimWest (lichess 2051), lichess 6/29/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6

8.f3 exf3 9.gxf3 Qxe6+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/28/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

kos123r5 (Chess.com 1896) - JimWest (Chess.com 1922), Chess.com 6/28/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Nd7 9.d4 e4 10.Nfd2 d5 11.c4 Nf6 12.Nc3 Qd7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Nb3 b6 15.Bf4 Rf8 16.Qd2 Kf7 17.Rac1 Kg8 18.Ne2 Rac8 19.Ng3 Bg6

20.h3 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rc8 22.Rxc8+ Qxc8 23.Be5 a5 24.Qf4 a4 25.Nc1 Qc2 26.Nce2 Qxb2 27.Bd6 Bxd6 28.Qxd6 h6 29.Nf4 Kh7 30.Nxd5 Nxd5 31.Qxd5 b5 32.Kh2 b4

33.Nxe4 Qc2 34.Nc5 Qxf2 35.Nxa4 Qf4+ 36.Kg1 Be4 37.Qe5 Qxe5 38.dxe5 Kg6 39.Nc5 Bb1 40.Na6 Bxa2 41.Nxb4 Be6 42.g4 h5 43.gxh5+ Kxh5 44.Kh2 Kg5 45.Kg3 Kf5 46.Nd3 Ke4 47.Nf4 Kxe5

48.h4 Bf7 49.Nh3 Kf5 50.Ng5 Bd5 51.Nh3 g6 52.Nf4 Bc4 53.Nxg6 Kxg6 54.Kg4 Be2+ 55.Kg3 Kh5 56.Kf2 Bd1 57.Ke1 Bg4 58.Kf2 Kxh4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

HossamEE (lichess 2063) - JimWest (lichess 2051), lichess 6/28/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Nfd2 d5 7.c4 c6 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.g4 Be6 11.Qa4+ Nc6 12.Nb3 Bd7 13.Bb5 a6 14.Bxc6 Bxc6 15.Qa5 Qxa5 16.Nxa5 Bb4 17.Nxc6 Bxc3+ 18.bxc3 bxc6 19.Ba3 Kd7

20.Rb1 Rab8 21.Kd2 Rb5 22.Rxb5 axb5 23.Bb4 Ra8 24.Ra1 Ne8 25.Ke3 Nd6 26.Bxd6 Kxd6 27.f3 exf3 28.Kxf3 Ra3 29.Kg2 Rxc3 30.a4 bxa4 31.Rxa4 Re3 32.h4 h6 33.h5 Re7 34.Kg3 Rc7

35.Ra6 Re7 36.Ra4 Rf7 37.Ra3 Rf6 38.Ra7 g6 39.hxg6 Rxg6 40.Kf4 Rf6+ 41.Ke3 Re6+ 42.Kf3 Re4 43.Rh7 Rxd4 44.Rxh6+ Kc5 45.g5 Re4 46.g6 Re8 47.Kf4 d4 48.Kf5 Rg8 49.Kf6 Kc4 50.Kf7 Rxg6 51.Rxg6 c5

52.Ke6 d3 53.Ke5 d2 54.Rd6 Kc3 55.Rxd2 Kxd2 56.Kd5 c4 57.Kxc4, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/27/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

notmyhome (Chess.com 1827) - JimWest (Chess.com 1953), Chess.com 6/27/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5

6.Bd3 e4 7.Bb5+ c6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2054) - bair999 (lichess 2013), lichess 6/27/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.c3 O-O 7.Nf3 Nh5 8.Bg3 Bg4 9.Be2 Nxg3 10.hxg3 Nc6 11.Nbd2 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Qb3+ Kh8 14.O-O-O Ne5 15.d4 Nxf3 16.gxf3 Bb6 17.g4 Bg6 18.Nc4 d5

19.Ne5 Qg5+ 20.Rd2 Kg8 21.Qxd5+ Bf7 22.Qe4 Bg6 23.Nxg6 hxg6 24.Bc4+ Rf7 25.Qd5 Qxd5 26.Bxd5 c6 27.Bxf7+ Kxf7 28.Rd2 Bc7 29.Kc2 Bf4 30.Rhe1 Rh8 31.Kd3 Rh3 32.Ke4 g5

33.Rf2 Bg3 34.Ree2 Bxf2 35.Rxf2 Kf6 36.c4 Rh1 37.d5 c5 38.b3 a5 39.Rd2 Re1+ 40.Kd3 Ke5 41.Re2+ Rxe2 42.Kxe2 b5 43.a4 b4 44.Ke3 g6

45.Kd3 Kf4 46.d6 Kxf3 47.d7 Kxg4 48.d8=Q Kh3 49.Qxg5, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/26/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

linhk31 (Chess.com 1797) - JimWest (Chess.com 1979), Chess.com 6/26/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nfd2 d5 6.Nc3 c6 7.Be2 Bc5 8.O-O Ne7 9.Na4 Bb6 10.Nxb6 Qxb6 11.Bh5+ g6 12.Bg4 Na6 13.Kh1 O-O 14.Bxc8 Raxc8 15.Nb3 Rce8 16.Be3 Qc7 17.f4 Nf5 18.Bf2 h5 19.Nd4 Nb8

20.Nxf5 Rxf5 21.Be3 Nd7 22.c3 Nf8 23.Qd4 a6 24.h3 Ne6 25.Qd2 Qe7 26.g4 hxg4 27.hxg4 Qh4+ 28.Qh2 Qxg4 29.Qg2 Qxg2+ 30.Kxg2 Ref8, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Bispo_c4 (lichess 2002) - JimWest (lichess 2049), lichess 6/26/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.Ng5 d5 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Ba4 O-O 10.Bb3 Bf5 11.g4 h6 12.Nh3 Be6 13.Nc3 Nd7 14.Nxe4 Nxe5 15.Rg1 Nf3+ 16.Ke2 Nxg1+ 17.Qxg1 Qc8 18.Nd6 Qd7

19.Qg3 Bxg4+ 20.Kd2 Bxh3 21.Rg1 g5 22.Qh4 Qxd6 23.Qxh3 Rxf2+ 24.Kc1 Raf8 25.Re1 Qf4+ 26.Kb1 Rf1, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 6/25/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1975) - juanjose22 (Chess.com 1892), Chess.com 6/25/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 a6 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nf6 8.h3 Bd7 9.f5 Nd4 10.Bg5 c6 11.Qd2 b5 12.O-O-O a5 13.Kb1 a4 14.a3 b4 15.axb4 Bxb4 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Qe3 a3 18.Nxd4 exd4 19.Qxd4 Bc5

20.Qc4 axb2 21.d4 Qb8 22.Na4 Ba3 23.Bh5 O-O 24.Rd3 d5 25.exd5 cxd5 26.Qxd5 Rxa4 27.Qxd7 Bb4 28.Qxa4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Declined

JimWest (lichess 2043) - Rasmanov (lichess 2079), lichess 6/25/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Be7 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 c6 7.c3 Qc7 8.O-O O-O 9.f5 Re8 10.Kh1 Qb6 11.Qb3 Bf8 12.Qxb6 axb6 13.Be3 d5 14.Nbd2 d4 15.cxd4 exd4 16.Bxd4 c5 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.a3 Ng4 19.h3 Ne5

20.Nxe5 Rxe5 21.Nf3 Re8 22.Rac1 Bxf5 23.Nd2 Be6 24.Nc4 b5 25.Ne3 g6 26.Ng4 Bxg4 27.Bxg4 Rad8 28.Be2 b6 29.Rf3 Bg7 30.Rc2 Bd4 31.h4 h5

32.g3 Kg7 33.Rf1 Re6 34.Kg2 Rdd6 35.Rf3 Rf6 36.Rxf6 Rxf6 37.Bf3 Re6 38.Re2 Re7 39.g4 hxg4 40.Bxg4 Ra7 41.Kh3 Ra4 42.Bd7 Ra5 43.e5 b4 44.a4 Ra7 45.e6 fxe6 46.Bxe6 Re7 47.b3 Kf6 48.Bg4 Rxe2 49.Bxe2 Be3

50.Bf3 g5 51.hxg5+ Kxg5 52.Bd5 Kf4 53.Bc4 Bd2 54.Kg2 Bc3 55.Kf2 Bd4+ 56.Ke2 Bc3 57.Bb5 Bd4, draw.

2 PCG Games 6/24/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

robinpg (Chess.com 1793) - JimWest (Chess.com 1977), Chess.com 6/24/2025

1.Nf3 d6 2.e4 e5 3.g3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.c3 Kh8 9.Nh4 Be6 10.Bg2 c6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Qh5 Bxh4 13.gxh4 Nd7 14.Ne4 Nf6 15.Nxf6 Qxf6 16.f3 Bf5 17.O-O-O Bg6 18.Qg5 h6 19.Qxf6 Rxf6

20.h5 Bxh5 21.Rhf1 Raf8 22.d4 e4 23.fxe4 Bxd1 24.Rxd1 Rf2 25.Rg1 Re2 26.h4 Rff2 27.Bh1 Rc2+ 28.Kd1 Rxb2 29.Kc1 Rxa2 30.Kb1 Rfb2+ 31.Kc1 Ra1+ 32.Kxb2 Rxg1

33.Bf3 Rg3 34.Bh5 g6 35.Bd1 Rh3 36.Bg4 Rxh4 37.Bc8 b6 38.Bb7 c5 39.e5 dxe5 40.dxe5 Kg7 41.Bd5 Rh5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ViVoM (lichess 2014) - JimWest (lichess 2049), lichess 6/24/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d4 Be7 6.h4 fxe4 7.Nxe4 Bg4 8.Be2 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nxd4 10.Ng5 c6 11.c3 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Bxg5 13.Bxg5 Nf6 14.Qf5 O-O 15.Qc2 Qb6 16.O-O-O Nd5

17.h5 Rxf2 18.Bd2 Ne3 19.Qb3+ Qxb3 20.axb3 Nxd1 21.Rxd1 Rxg2 22.h6 g6 23.Bg5 Rxg5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/23/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

cesapego (Chess.com 1876) - JimWest (Chess.com 1964), Chess.com 6/23/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.h3 c6 6.d4 e4 7.Nh2 d5 8.Ng4 Nd7 9.Bf4 Ngf6 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 Be7 12.Be2 O-O 13.O-O h6 14.f4 exf3 15.Bxf3 Bh7 16.Nd2 Bd6 17.Nb3 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Ne4 19.Bxe4 Bxe4 

20.Qg4 Qe7 21.e6 Rae8 22.Nd4 c5 23.Nf5 Bxf5 24.Rxf5 Rxf5 25.Qxf5 Qxe6 26.Qf2 Qe3 27.Rd1 Qxf2+ 28.Kxf2 Rd8 29.Ke3 Kf7 30.g4 g5 31.Rf1+ Ke6 32.a3 a5 33.Rf5 a4

34.h4 gxh4 35.Rh5 Kf6 36.Rxh4 Kg5 37.Rh5+ Kxg4 38.Rxh6 Re8+ 39.Kd3 b5 40.Rb6 Kf4 41.Rxb5 Ke5 42.Rxc5 Rb8 43.Kc2 Ra8 44.c4 Kd4 45.Rxd5+ Kxc4 46.Rh5 Rg8 47.Rh4+ Kb5 48.Rb4+ Ka5

49.Rb7 Rg2+ 50.Kb1 Rg1+ 51.Kc2 Rg2+ 52.Kg1 Rg1+ 53.Ka2 Rg2 54.Rf7 Rg5 55.Rc7 Rh5 56.Kb1 Rh1+ 57.Rc1 Rh2 58.Rd1 Kb5 59.Rd4 Rg2 60.Rb4+ Ka5 61.Rd4 Kb5 62.Kc1 Rh2 63.Rd2 Rh1+ 64.Kc2 Kc4

65.Rg2 Rh4 66.Rf2 Rg4 67.Rh2 Rf4 68.Rh8 Rf2+ 69.Kb1 Kb5 70.Rb8+ Ka5 71.Re8 Kb5 72.Kc1 Rh2 73.Re5+ Ka6 74.Rd5 Kb6 75.Rd2 Rh1+ 76.Kc2 Kc5 77.Kc3 Rc1+ 78.Rc2 Rh1 79.Kd3+ Kb5 80.Rc8 Rh3+ 81.Kd4 Rh4+ 82.Kc3 Rh3+ 83.Kc2 Rh2+ 84.Kb1 Rh1+ 85.Rc1 Rh2

86.Rg1 Ka5 87.Rg5+ Kb6 88.Kc1 Ka6 89.Rd5 Rg2 90.Rd2 Rg1+ 91.Kc2 Kb5 92.Rd5+ Ka6 93.Kc3 Rg3+ 94.Rd3 Rg4 95.Rd4 Rg3+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

VGM2200 (lichess 2070) - JimWest (lichess 2059), lichess 6/23/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.O-O Nc6 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.f4 Bxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.Ba3 Re8 13.c4 Nd4 14.fxe5 Nxb3 15.axb3 Rxe5 16.Bb2 Re8 17.cxd5 Qxd5 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Nf3 Bd7

20.Kh1 Bc6 21.c4 Qf7 22.d4 Bxf3 23.Qxf3 Qg6 24.Qxb7 Rab8 25.Qd5+ Kh8 26.Qxf5 Qxf5 27.Rxf5 Rxb3 28.Rxf6 Reb8 29.h3 Rb1+ 30.Rxb1 Rxb1+ 31.Kh2 Rb4

32.Rc6 a5 33.d5 Rb8 34.d6 Kg7 35.d7 Rd8 36.Rc7 Kf7 37.c5 Ke7 38.c6 Kd6 39.Rc8 Ke7 40.Rc7 Kd6 41.Ra7 Kxc6 42.Rxa5 Rxd7 43.Ra6+ Kd5 44.Ra2 Ke5 45.h4 Kf6 46.Kh3 Kg7 47.h5 h6 48.g4 Kh7 49.Kh4 Rb7

50.Ra6 Rc7 51.Rg6 Ra7 52.Kg3 Ra3+ 53.Kf4 Ra4+ 54.Ke5 Ra5+ 55.Kf4 Ra4+ 56.Kg3 Ra3+ 57.Kh4 Ra5 58.Rf6 Ra7 59.Rf4 Kg7 60.g5 hxg5+ 61.Kxg5 Ra5+ 62.Kg4 Ra6 63.Rf5 Kh6 64.Rf4 Rb6

65.Kh4 Ra6 66.Re4 Rb6 67.Kg4 Ra6 68.Rd4 Rb6 69.Rd5 Rb4+ 70.Kf3 Rb3+ 71.Ke4 Rh3 72.Kf4 Rxh5 73.Rd6+ Kg7 74.Kg4 Ra5 75.Rd7+ Kg6 76.Rd6+ Kg7 77.Rd7+ Kg6 78.Rd6+ Kg7, draw.

2 PCG Games 6/22/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Spielmann64 (Chess.com 2037) - JimWest (Chess.com 1998), Chess.com 6/22/2025

1.Nf3 d6 2.e4 e5 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe5 Nf6 6.Nc4 d5 7.Ne5 c6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.f3 O-O 10.fxe4 Qe8 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Ng4 Qg6 13.Be2 dxe4 14.O-O f5 15.Ne5 Bxe5 16.dxe5 Be6 17.Nxe4 Nd7

18.Rf3 f4 19.Bd3 Nxe5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

denmeng (lichess 1949) - JimWest (lichess 2060), lichess 6/22/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Ng5 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Ngxe4 Nxe4 9.Qxe4 Qxe4+ 10.Nxe4 Nxd4 11.Bd3 Bxf5 12.Be3 Bxe4 13.Bxe4 Nc6 14.O-O-O Be7 15.h4 O-O 16.h5 Bf6 17.g4 h6 18.f4 Rfe8 19.Bd5+ Kh8

20.Bd2 Ne7 21.Bb3 Bd4 22.c3 Bb6 23.g5 Nf5 24.gxh6 gxh6 25.Rde1 Be3 26.Bc2 Bxd2+ 27.Kxd2 Ng7 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8 29.f5 Re5 30.f6 Ne6, White forfeits.