15/10 KIA 1/30/2021

King's Indian Attack

JimWest (Chess.com 1942) - ilongavab (Chess.com 1972), Chess.com 1/30/2021

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 e5 4.d3 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.e4 O-O 8.Be3 b6 9.Qd2 Nd4 10.Bh6 d6 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.Ne2 Bg4 13.Nfxd4 cxd4 14.h3 Bd7 15.c3 dxc3 16.Nxc3 Rc8 17.Rac1 Rc5

18.d4 Rc7 19.dxe5 dxe5 20.Rfd1 Qc8 21.Qd6 Rfe8 22.Qxe5+ f6 23.Qd6 Bc6 24.e5 fxe5 25.Qxe5+ Kg8 26.Nd5 Rb7 27.Nf6+ Kf7 28.Nxe8 Qxe8 29.Bxc6, Black resigns.

15/10 PCG 1/29/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

janeymacfeck (Chess.com 1850) - JimWest (Chess.com 1933), Chess.com 1/29/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bb3 O-O 12.Bd2 Bxb3 13.axb3 Ne6 14.Rae1 Nd4

15.Nxe4 Nxc2 16.Re2 Nd4 17.Re3 Nxe4 18.Rxe4 Nxb3 19.Bc3 Nc5 20.Re3 Rae8 21.g3 Bxe5 22.fxe5 Rxf1+ 23.Kxf1 Ne6 24.Rd3 Rd8 25.Ke2 Rxd3 26.Kxd3 Kf7 27.Ke4 c6 28.h4 h5 29.Kf5 g6+ 30.Ke4 Nc5+ 31.Kd4 Nd7 32.Bb4 Ke6

33.Bd6 a6 34.Ke4 Nb6 35.b3 Nd5 34.b4 b6 35.Kd4 Nxb4 36.Bxb4 c5+ 37.Bxc5 bxc5+ 38.Kxc5 Kxe5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 1/28/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

badsha8 (Chess.com 1894) - JimWest (Chess.com 1926), Chess.com 1/28/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Qd4 c5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.Qe3 Nge7 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.e6 Qa5 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.c4 h6 15.cxd5 cxd5

16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Qxe4 Ba6 18.c4 Qb4 19.Be3 Qxc4 20.Qxc4 Bxc4 21.Rfc1 Bxe6 22.Bxc5 Rfe8 23.Re1 Ng6 24.g3 a6 25.a4 Bf7 26.a5 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Re8 28.Rd1 Bc4 29.f4 Bb5 30.h4 Kh7 31.Rd6 Nf8 32.f5 Nd7

33.Bd4 Nf6 34.Bxf6 gxf6 35.Rxf6 h5 36.Kf2 Re2+ 37.Kf3 Ra2 38.Kf4 Ra4+ 39.Kg5 Rg4+ 40.Kxh5 Rxg3 41.Rh6+ Kg7 42.Re6 Rg2 43.Re7+ Kf6 44.Ra7 Kxf5 45.Kh6 Ra2 46.Rf7+ Kg4 47.h5 Rxa5 48.Rg7+ Kh4

49.Rg5 Ra1 50.Rd5 Be2 50.Rd4+ Bg4 51.Kg6 Rb1 52.h6 Rb6+ 53.Kg7 Kg5 54.h7 Rb7+ 55.Kh8 Bf5 56.Rd5 Rxh7+ 57.Kg8 Ra7 58.Ra5 Kf6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ravshan2 (lichess 2084) - JimWest (lichess 2236), lichess 1/28/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Qd6 9.d4 exd3 10.Nxd3 c6 11.Bf4 Qd8 12.Ne5 Bd6 13.Bh5+ g6 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.Bxg6+ Kf8 16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Qf3 Kg7

18.Bd3 Bg4 19.Qe3 Re8 20.Ne4 dxe4 21.Qg5+ Kf7 22.Bc4+ Be6 23.Bxe6+ Qxe6 24.O-O Rg8 25.Qh4 Nbd7 26.Rae1 Rae8 27.Qf4 Qe5 28.Qh4 Qg5 29.Qg3 Qxg3 30.fxg3 Rxg3 31.Kh2 Rg6 32.g4 Kg7 33.Rf5 Re5

34.Rf4 e3 35.Kg3 Nh5+ 36.Kf3 Nxf4, White resigns.

War Games

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War is a chess game.

15/10 PCG 1/26/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

rookcheck (Chess.com 1931) - JimWest (Chess.com 1930), Chess.com 1/26/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Bc4 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.O-O Rg8 10.Re1 Be6 11.Bxe6 Qxe6 12.Ng5 Qd5 13.c4 Qxc4 14.Bf4 Nc6 15.d5 O-O-O

16.Rc1 Qxd5 17.Qa4 Bd6 18.Be3 Qa5 19.Qb3 Qd5 20.Qa4 h6, White resigns.

15/10 PCG 1/25/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

RHorst02 (Chess.com 1900) - JimWest (Chess.com 1993), Chess.com 1/25/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Neg5 exd4 7.Ne5 Bb4+ 8.c3 dxc3 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Nxg6 cxb2+ 11.Kd1 Nf6

12.Qe2+ Ne4 13.Bxb2 hxg6 14.Nxe4 dxe4+ 15.Kc1 Qg5+ 16.Kb1 Rh7 17.Qxe4+ Be7 18.Qa4+ Nc6, White resigns.

10/5 KIA 1/24/2021

King's Indian Attack

JimWest (lichess 2216) - Mailagrimjain (lichess 2094), lichess 1/24/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nbd2 a5 8.a4 Be6 9.c3 Bb6 10.Qc2 Bg4 11.Nc4 Ba7 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.Nxe3 Bd7 14.Nh4 g6 15.Nd5 Re8 16.Qd2 Kg7

17.Nf5+ Bxf5 18.exf5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Ne7 20.Bxb7 Rb8 21.Be4 Nxf5 22.Bxf5 gxf5 23.f4 Qf6 24.Rae1 h5 25.h4 Rg8 26.Qe2 Kh6 27.Kh2 Qg6 28.Qf2 Rbe8 29.fxe5 Rxe5 30.Qf4+ Kh7 31.Rxe5 dxe5 32.Qxf5 Rb8

33.Qxf7+ Qxf7 34.Rxf7+ Kg6 35.Rxc7 Rxb2+ 36.Kh3 Rd2 37.Rc5 Rxd3 38.Rxe5 Rxc3 39.Rxa5 Ra3 40.Ra8 Kf5 41.a5 Kg6 42.a6 Kf7 43.a7 Kg7 44.Kg2 Kf7 45.Rh8 Kg7 46.a8=Q, Black resigns.

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2 PCG Games 1/22/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

33867ty (Chess.com 1951) - JimWest (Chess.com 2007), Chess.com 1/22/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 Bxf5 8.Nc4 d5 9.Ne3 Be6 10.Nc3 c6 11.Be2 Nf6 12.Bh5+ Nxh5 13.Qxh5+ Bf7 14.Qg4 O-O 15.h4 Be6 16.Qg3 Na6 17.a3 Qf6 18.Ne2 Rae8

19.h5 h6 20.Rh4 Qf7 21.Nf4 Bf5 22.O-O-O Nc7 23.Rf1 Ne6 24.Nxf5 Qxf5 25.Ng6 Rf7 26.Ne5 Nxd4 27.Qe3 Qxe5 28.c3 Nf5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

surajit-1961 (lichess 2135) - JimWest (lichess 2204), lichess 1/22/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.O-O d5 9.Bb3 Nd7 10.c4 Ngf6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nc3 Qd6 13.h3 a6 14.Re1 O-O-O 15.Rc1 Kb8 16.Qe2 Rhe8

17.Qf1 h6 18.Rcd1 d4 19.Ne4 Bxe4 20.dxe4 Nc5 21.Nd2 Nxb3 22.axb3 Rc8 23.Nc4 Qb4 24.f4 Qxb3 25.Nxe5 Red8 26.f5 Qg3 27.Nd3 Rc2 28.Re2 Rxe2 29.Qxe2 Qe3+ 30.Kf1 Qxe2+ 31.Kxe2 Nxe4 32.g4 Re8

33.Kf3 Ng5+ 34.Kg2 Re2+ 35.Kf1 Rh2 36.Nf4 Ne4 37.Rxd4 Rf2+ 38.Ke1 Rxf4, White forfeits.

10/5 PCG 1/21/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Anar_20000 (lichess 2154) - JimWest (lichess 2205), lichess 1/21/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc3 d5 7.f3 Nf6 8.Be2 Nc6 9.fxe4 dxe4 10.Nc4 Qxd4 11.Bf4 O-O-O 12.Nb5 Qxd1+ 13.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 14.Bxd1 Nd5 15.Bg3 a6 16.Nba3 b5 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Rg8 19.O-O Ne3

20.Re1 Nxd1 21.Rxd1 g6 22.Nb1 Bc5+ 23.Kh1 Re8 24.Bg3 e3 25.h4 Bxc2 26.Rc1 Bxb1 27.Rxc5 Re7 28.Re5 Rxe5 29.Bxe5 Bxa2 30.Kg1 Bc4 31.g3 c6 32.Bd4 e2 33.Kf2 Kd7 34.b4 Ke6 35.g4 h5 36.gxh5 gxh5 37.Ke1 Kd5 38.Ba7 Bd3

39.Kd2 Kc4 40.Bc5 a5 41.Bd6 axb4 42.Bg3 Kd4 43.Bf2+ Ke4 44.Be1 Bc4 45.Kc2 b3+ 46.Kc3 Kf3 47.Kd2 Kg2 48.Kc3 Kf1, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 1/20/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

gamechess247 (Chess.com 1907) - JimWest (Chess.com 2002), Chess.com 1/20/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Nbd2 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Nd7 11.b3 O-O-O 12.Qe2 Bd6 13.Rd1 Ne7 14.Bb2 Bc7 15.a4 g5 16.Nh2 h5

17.Rd3 Nb6 18.Rad1 Nxc4 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Rxd8+ Bxd8 21.Qxc4 Bc7 22.f3 Qd6 23.Nf1 Qg6 24.Qe2 Ng8 25.Nd2 Qe6 26.Kf1 Nf6 27.Nc4 g4 28.hxg4 hxg4 29.Qd3 gxf3 30.gxf3 b5 31.axb5 cxb5 32.Nd2 a6

33.Ke2 Nh5 34.Nf1 Qh3 35.Qd5 Qg2+ 36.Ke1 Ng3 37.Nxg3 Qxg3+ 38.Kd2 Qf2+ 39.Kc1 Qxf3 40.Qa8+ Kd7 41.Qd5+ Kc8 42.Qa8+ Kd7 43.Qd5+ Kc8, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

fynjy-811 (lichess 2094) - JimWest (lichess 2201), lichess 1/20/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Be2 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be3 O-O 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.Qd2 c6 9.h3 Qa5 10.g4 Be6 11.O-O-O Nbd7

12.Kb1 d5 13.Ng5 Bf7 14.Nxf7 Rxf7 15.Rdf1 Bb4 16.Bg5 d4 17.a3 Bxa3 18.Ne4 Qxd2 19.Nxd2 Bb4 20.Nc4 b5 21.Nd2 h6 22.Bxf6 Bxd2 23.Bh4 Bf4 24.Bg3 Bxg3 25.fxg3 Rxf1+ 26.Rxf1 Rf8 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Bf3 Nb8

29.b4 Ke7 30.Kb2 Kd6 31.c4 bxc4 32.dxc4 c5 33.b5 Nd7 34.h4 g5 35.Kc2 Nf6 36.Kd3 Kc7 37.Bg2 Kb6 38.Bf3 a6 39.bxa6 Kxa6 40.Bg2 Ka5 41.Bc6 Kb4 42.Bf3 e4+ 43.Bxe4 Nxe4 44.Kxe4 Kxc4 45.hxg5 hxg5

46.Kf5 d3 47.Kxg5 d2 48.Kh6 d1=Q 49.g5 Qg4, White resigns.

15/10 PCG Reversed 1/19/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2015) - danzha (Chess.com 1861), Chess.com 1/19/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.f5 d5 8.Qc2 Ng4 9.h3 Nf2 10.Rh2 g6 11.g4 dxe4 12.dxe4 Qe7 13.Rxf2 Bxf2+ 14.Kxf2 Kh8 15.Bh6 Rd8 16.Nbd2 f6 17.Be3 Bd7 18.Bc4 Be8

19.Bd5 Bf7 20.Bxf7 Qxf7 21.Qb3 Qd7 22.fxg6 hxg6 23.Qc2 Kg7 24.Rg1 Qe6 25.a3 Rd7 26.h4 Rf8 27.h5 g5 28.Nf1 Ne7 29.Bc5 Rfd8 30.Bxe7 Qxe7 31.Ne3 Qc5 32.b4 Qb6 33.c4 c5 34.b5 Qa5 35.Nd5 Qxa3

36.h6+ Kg6 37.Rh1 Rh7 38.Rh3 Qa5 39.Rh5 Rf8 40.Qc1 Rxh6 41.Ne7+ Kh7 42.Rxh6+ Kxh6 43.Qh1+ Kg7 44.Nf5+ Kf7 45.Qh7+, Black resigns.

15/10 KIA 1/18/2021

King's Indian Attack

JimWest (Chess.com 2013) - mikhael1963 (Chess.com 1864), Chess.com 1/18/2021

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 c5 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 Nc6 9.c3 Nd7 10.Qc2 b6 11.Re1 Bb7 12.a4 Nce5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Nf1 e6 15.Rd1 Qe7 16.Bf4 Rfd8 17.Ne3 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Rd8

19.Bxe5 Bxe5 20.f4 Bc7 21.e5 Rxd1+ 22.Qxd1 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 Qd8 24.Qxd8+ Bxd8 25.Nc4 Bc7 26.Kf3 Kf8 27.Ke4 Ke7 28.b4 cxb4 29.cxb4 Kd7 30.b5 f5+ 31.exf6 Ke8 32.Ne5, Black resigns.

10/5 PCG 1/17/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Vagner1 (lichess 2097) - JimWest (lichess 2202), lichess 1/17/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.Bb3 Bxf5 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Ba4+ Nc6 11.Nh3 Bb4+ 12.Bd2 Bxd2+ 13.Nxd2 O-O 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Nf4 Qd6 16.Ne2 Rae8 17.h3 e3 18.fxe3 Rxe3 19.O-O Bd3

20.Rf2 Bxe2 21.Rxe2 Rxe2 22.Qxe2 Re8 23.Qf3 Qb4 24.Qc3 Rb8 25.Nb3 Qxc3 26.bxc3 Ne4 27.Rc1 Kf7 28.c4 Ke6 29.cxd5+ Kxd5 30.Rf1 Rb7 31.Rf5+ Kd6 32.Re5 Re7 33.Rxe7 Kxe7 34.Kf1 Kd6 35.Ke2 Kd5 36.Ke3 Nd6

37.g4 g5 38.Nd2 a5 39.Nf3 h6 40.h4 gxh4 41.Nxh4 Ke6 42.Kf4 Kf6 43.Nf5 Nxf5 44.gxf5 a4 45.Ke4 a3 46.Kf4 h5 47.Ke4 h4 48.Kf4 h3 49.Kg3 Kxf5 50.Kxh3 Ke4 51.Kg2 Kxd4, White resigns.

10/5 PCG 1/16/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

vafer88 (lichess 2120) - JimWest (lichess 2204), lichess 1/16/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bc4 Nc6 12.Qg3+ Kxh8 13.Bg5 Bg7 14.O-O-O Bf5

15.d5 Na5 16.Bb5 b6 17.d6 c6 18.Be2 Qd7 19.Qe5 Rf8 20.Qe7 Ng8 21.Qxd7 Bxd7 22.f3 exf3 23.Bxf3 Nc4 24.c3 Ne5 25.Rhf1 Nxf3 26.gxf3 Rf5 27.f4 Nf6 28.Rfe1 Nd5 29.c4 Nxf4 30.Re7 Rxg5 31.Rxd7 Rf5 32.Rxa7 Rf8 33.d7 Bf6

34.Rd6 Be7 35.Rxc6 Rd8 36.Rc8 Nd3+ 37.Kc2 Nc5 38.Rxd8+ Bxd8 39.Ra8 Ne6 40.Kb3 Kg7 41.Kb4 Be7+ 42.Ka4 Kf7 43.b4 Bd8 44.Kb3 Ke7 45.a4 Kxd7 46.Ra7+ Bc7 47.a5 bxa5 48.bxa5 Kc6 49.Ra8 Bxh2 50.Rh8 Bc7

51.Ka4 Nc5+ 52.Kb4 Na6+ 53.Ka4 Nc5+ 54.Ka3 Bxa5 55.Rxh7 Bc7 56.Kb4 Bd6 57.Kc3 Ne4+ 58.Kd3 Nc5+ 59.Kd4 Nb3+ 60.Ke4 Na5 61.Kd3 Bc5 62.Rh6+ Bd6 63.Kd4 Nb3+ 64.Kc3 Nc5 65.Rg6 Na4+ 66.Kd4 Nc5

67.Rh6 Nb3+ 68.Kd3 Nc5+ 69.Kd4 Nb3+, draw.

15/10 PCG 1/15/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Piphuocthang (Chess.com 1985) - JimWest (Chess.com 2011), Chess.com 1/15/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.c4 c6 11.Bg5 Qe8 12.Ng4 Bxg4 13.Bxg4 Nxg4 14.Qxg4 Qg6 15.Qh4 Nd7

16.Be7 Rf4 17.Qh3 Nf8 18.Bxd6 Qxd6 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.Rac1 Qe6 21.Qh5 g6 22.Qh6 Rf7 23.Qg5 Kh8 24.Rc5 Rd7 25.Rfc1 Rdd8 26.Ne2 Qf5 27.Qxf5 gxf5 28.Nf4 b6 29.Rxd5 Rxd5 30.Nxd5 Rd8 31.Ne3 f4 32.Nc2 Rc8

33.d5 Nd7 34.Kf1 Rc5 35.Ke2 Rxd5 36.Nb4 Rd6 37.Rc8+ Kg7 38.Rc7 a5 39.Nc2 Kg6 40.Na3 Nf6 41.Nc4 Re6 42.Rb7 Nd5 43.a3 h5 44.Rd7 Nf6 45.Rb7 Nd5 46.Rd7, draw.