10/5 PCG 4/29/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

xyz64 (lichess 2150) - JimWest (lichess 2271), lichess 4/29/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc4 d5 7.Ne3 Be6 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.Bb5+ Nc6 12.Qa4 Qc7 13.Bd2 a6 14.Bxc6+ Qxc6 15.Qxc6+ bxc6 16.Na4 Bd6 17.Rc1 Bd7 18.Nc5 Bxc5 19.Rxc5 O-O 20.O-O Rfb8

21.b3 Rb5 22.Rfc1 Rxc5 23.Rxc5 Kf7 24.h3 h5 25.Nc2 Ng8 26.Nb4 Ne7 27.Bg5 a5 28.Nc2 Nf5 29.Bd2 a4 30.b4 Nd6 31.Na3 Ke6 32.Kf1 Nb5 33.Nxb5 cxb5 34.a3 Rc8 35.Rxc8 Bxc8 36.Bf4 g6 37.h4 Kf5 38.g3 Kg4

39.Ke2 Kh3 40.Ke3 Bg4 41.Bg5 Bd1 42.Kf4 Kg2 43.Ke3 Bf3 44.Bf4 Kf1 45.Bh6 Ke1 46.Bg5 Kd1 47.Kf4 Ke2 48.Ke5 Kxf2 49.Kxd5 e3+ 50.Kc5 e2 51.Bd2 e1=Q 52.Bxe1+ Kxe1 53.Kxb5 Kf2 54.Kc5 Kxg3 55.d5 Kxh4

56.b5 Bg4 57.b6 Bc8 58.d6 Kg4 59.b7 Bxb7 60.d7 h4 61.d8=Q Bg2 62.Qd4+ Kh5 63.Qxa4 h3 64.Qd1+ Kh4 65.Qe1+ Kg4 66.Qe2+ Kg3 67.Qe5+ Kf2 68.Qf6+ Kg1 69.Qxg6 h2 70.Qh6 h1=Q 71.Qxh1+ Bxh1

72.a4 Kf2 73.a5 Ke3 74.a6 Ke4 75.a7 Ke5 76.a8=Q Bxa8, draw.

10/5 PCG Reversed 4/28/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2265) - renepostrano (lichess 2246), lichess 4/28/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 O-O 9.f5 d5 10.Qc2 dxe4 11.dxe4 Qe7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Nd2 Rad8 15.O-O-O Be3 16.Kb1 Bxd2 17.Rxd2 Rxd2 18.Qxd2 Rd8 19.Qc2 Qg5

20.Rd1 Rxd1+ 21.Qxd1 Qe3 22.a3 Kh7 23.Qd5 f6 24.Qf7 Qd3+ 25.Ka2 Na5 26.Qxc7 Qc4+ 27.Qxc4 Nxc4 28.Kb3 Nd6 29.Kb4 b6 30.a4 g6 31.g4 gxf5 32.gxf5 Kg7 33.a5 Kf7 34.axb6 axb6 35.c4 Ke7 36.c5 bxc5+ 37.Kxc5 Kd7

38.b4 Nb7+ 39.Kd5 Nd6 40.Bd1 Kc7 41.Bc2 Nb5 42.Bd3 Nd4 43.b5 h5 44.h4 Nf3 45.Be2 Nxh4 46.Bxh5 Ng2 47.Ke6 Nf4+ 48.Kxf6 Nxh5+ 49.Kxe5, Black resigns.

10/5 PCG 4/27/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

paisaksen (lichess 2223) - JimWest (lichess 2262), 4/27/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bb3 Na6 7.a3 Nc5 8.Ba2 fxe4 9.dxe4 Ncxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.O-O Bg4 12.Re1 d5 13.Rxe4 dxe4 14.Bf7+ Kxf7 15.Nxe5+ Kg8 16.Qxg4 Qf6 17.Qxe4 Re8

18.Bf4 Bd6 19.Re1 Bxe5 20.Bxe5 Qf7 21.f4 h5 22.Qd4 a6 23.Rf1 Rh6 24.f5 Qd5 25.Bxg7 Qxd4+ 26.Bxd4 Rd6 27.Bc3 Re2 28.h3 Rxc2 29.Re1 Kf7 30.f6 Rxc3 31.bxc3 Kxf6 32.Kf2 Rd3 33.Re3 Rd2+ 34.Re2 Rd1

35.Re1 Rxe1 36.Kxe1 Ke5 37.Kf2 b5 38.Ke3 c5 39.g4 hxg4 40.hxg4 a5 41.Kd3 Kf4 42.g5 Kxg5 43.Ke4 b4 44.cxb4 cxb4 45.axb4 axb4 46.Kd4 b3 47.Kc3 b2 48.Kxb2, draw.

2 PCG Games 4/26/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Rank_raghavan (Chess.com 1819) - JimWest (Chess.com 2009), Chess.com 4/26/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.O-O Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Nc4 O-O-O 13.Ne5 Rhf8

14.Be3 Bxe5 15.fxe5 Ng4 16.Rxf8 Rxf8 17.Re1 Nxe5 18.Nxe4 Nc4 19.Bc1 Nd4 20.c3 Nc6 21.b3 N4e5 22.Rf1 Rxf1+ 23.Kxf1 h6 24.Ke2 b6 25.Ng3 Ne7 26.Bf4 N5g6 27.Be3 c5 28.Ne4 Kd7 29.g3 Ke6 30.b4 cxb4 31.cxb4 Ne5

32.Nc3 Nd5 33.Bd4 Nxb4 34.a3 Nbc6 35.Be3 Ng4 36.Bg1 h5 37.Nb5 g6 38.Nc7+ Kd6 39.Ne8+ Kd5 40.h3 Nge5 41.Nf6+ Ke6 42.Ne4 Kd5 43.Nf6+ Kc4 44.Ke3 Kb3 45.Ke4 Kxa3 46.g4 hxg4 47.Nxg4 Nxg4 48.hxg4 b5

49.Kd5 Ne7+ 50.Kd6 Nc8+ 51.Kc7 Nb6 52.Kb7 b4 53.Kxa7 b3 54.Bd4 Nc4 55.Kb7 b2 56.Bxb2+ Kxb2 57.Kc7 Ne5 58.Kd6 Nxg4 59.Ke6 Kc3 60.Kf7 Ne5+ 61.Kf6 Kd4 62.Kg5 Ke4 63.Kh4 Kf4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

barsik03 (lichess 2200) - JimWest (lichess 2262), lichess 4/26/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a4 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.h3 h6 8.d4 Qc7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.b3 Bd6 11.Bb2 g5 12.Nh2 Kf8 13.Be2 Kg7 14.Nc3 Be6 15.Ng4 Nbd7 16.Bf3 Rad8

17.Qe2 h5 18.Nxf6 Nxf6 19.Rfd1 g4 20.h4 gxf3 21.gxf3 Rhg8 22.Kh1 Kh7 22.Rg1 Rxg1+ 23.Rxg1 Rg8 24.Qf1 Rxg1+ 25.Qxg1 Qg7 26.Ne2 Qxg1+ 27.Kxg1 Nd7 28.Nc1 Kg6 29.Nd3 a5 30.c4 b6 31.Bc3 Bg8

32.Kg2 Kf7 33.Kf1 Ke6 34.Ke2 Be7, White forfeits.

15/10 PCG 4/25/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Beginnerbot00000 (Chess.com 2131) - JimWest (Chess.com 2005), Chess.com 4/25/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Nf3 Bd6 9.c3 Nf6 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.d4 e4 13.Ne5 Qc7

14.Bf4 Ng4 15.Nxg4 Bxf4 16.Ne3 Bxe3 17.Qxe3 f4 18.Qc1 Ba6 19.Nd2 Rae8 20.Kd1 e3 21.Nf3 exf2, White resigns.

10/5 PCG 4/24/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Lic_pugberto (lichess 2240) - JimWest (lichess 2273), lichess 4/24/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.d5 f4 7.h4 Nb8 8.Ne6 Bxe6 9.dxe6 Nc6 10.g3 Qf6 11.Nc3 fxg3 12.fxg3 Qg6 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Nd5 Rc8 15.Qe2 Bxg5 16.hxg5 Qxg5 17.Qg2 Ng4 18.O-O Nf6

19.Qf2 Ne7 20.Nxe7 Kxe7 21.Rae1 Rhf8 22.Qh2 h6 23.Rf5 Qg6 24.Qh3 c6 25.Bd3 Qg4 26.Qxg4 Nxg4 27.Re2 Kxe6 28.Ref2 Rxf5 29.exf5+ Ke7 30.Be2 Nxf2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 4/23/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Rathi2008 (Chess.com 1917) - JimWest (Chess.com 1977), Chess.com 4/23/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.exd6 exf3 8.dxe7 Qxe7+ 9.Kd2 fxg2 10.Bxg2 Qg5+ 11.Kc3 Qxg2

12.Re1+ Kf7 13.Qh5+ g6 14.Qh4 Qc6+ 15.Kd2 Qd6+ 16.Kc1 Nc6 17.Nc3 Bf5 18.Nb5 Qc5 19.Nc3 Kg7 20.Ne4 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Rhe8 22.b3 Rxe4 23.Qxe4 Qd4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

aabbas2020 (lichess 2224) - JimWest (lichess 2292), lichess 4/23/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7

6.Bg5 exf3, White resigns.

10/5 PCG 4/22/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

alimac61 (lichess 2204) - JimWest (lichess 2295), lichess 4/22/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.e6 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Be2 Kf8 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.O-O c6 13.Qd2 Kg8 14.Ng6 hxg6 15.a3 Bd6 16.f3 exf3 17.Bxf3 Ne5 18.Rae1 Qd7

19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Qh6 Bf8 21.Qh4 Kg7 22.Qd4 b6 23.Qd2 Bd6 24.Ne2 Rh8 25.Nf4 Bf5 26.g3 Nxf3+ 27.Rxf3 Be4 28.Rfe3 Bc5 29.b4 Bxe3+ 30.Qxe3 g5 31.Nd3 Qh3 32.Qf2 Qf5 33.Rf1 Bxd3 34.Qxf5 Bxf5 35.Rxf5 Re8

36.Kf2 Re4 37.Rf3 Rc4 38.c3 Kg6 39.h3 a5 40.g4 axb4 41.axb4 d4 42.cxd4 Rxd4 43.Rb3 b5 44.Ke3 Rd1 45.Rc3 Rb1 46.Rxc6 Rxb4 47.Rc3 Rb1 48.Kd4 f5 49.gxf5+ Kxf5 50.Rf3+ Kg6 51.Kc3 Kh5 52.Kc2 Rh1

53.Rf5 Rxh3 54.Rxb5 Re3 55.Kd2 Re8 56.Kd3 Kh4 57.Rb2 g4, White resigns.

15/10 PCG 4/21/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

SelfishTendulkar (Chess.com 1799) - JimWest (Chess.com 1982), Chess.com 4/21/2021

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.Bxe3 dxe3 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.Nf7+ Ke7 13.Nxh8 exf2+ 14.Kxf2 Nh6 15.Bd3 Bf5 16.Ke2 Nc6 

17.Bxf5 Nxf5 18.Rhf1 Nh6 19.Rab1 b6 20.Rf4 Rxh8 21.Rd1 Nxe5 22.Re4 Ke6 23.Rd5 Nhf7 24.Ke3 c6 25.Rd1 Nd6 26.Kf4, White resigns.

10/5 PCG 4/20/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Abbaskhodatars1364 (lichess 2223) - JimWest (lichess 2286), lichess 4/20/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Ng5 d5 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Be2 Nf6 9.g4 Bc8 10.c4 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Nxd2 O-O 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Qb3 Nc6

15.O-O-O Nxd4 16.Qe3 Qc7+ 17.Kb1 Qc2+ 18.Ka1 Nxe2 19.Qxe2 Bxg4 20.f3 exf3 21.Ngxf3 Rae8 22.Qb5 Qc6 23.Qb4 Bxf3 24.Nxf3 Re4 25.Qb3 Rc8 26.Ng5 Rc4 27.a3 h6 28.Nf3 Qb6

29.Qd3 Rc2 30.b4 R2c3 31.Qf5 Rxa3+, White resigns.

10/5 PCG 4/19/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

MarcoZaror (lichess 2142) - JimWest (lichess 2286), lichess 4/19/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.f3 Qe8 12.fxe4 Bxc3 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.bxc3 fxe5 15.Rxf8+ Qxf8 16.exd5 cxd5 17.dxe5 Nc6 18.Qxd5+ Qf7

19.Qb5 Be6 20.Rf1 Qg7 21.Rf6 Re8 22.Bf3 Kh8 23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.Qxc6 Bd7 25.Qc5 Qe7 26.Qd6 Bb5 27.Rf4 Qxe5 28.Qxe5 Rxe5 29.c4 Ba4 30.Rf8+ Kg7 31.Ra8 Ra5 32.c5 Bc6 33.Rc8 Rxc5 34.Rc7+ Kg6 35.Rxa7 Rxc2

36.Ra6 Rxg2+ 37.Kf1 Rc2 38.a4 Kg5, White resigns.

15/10 PCG 4/18/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

pocho29 (Chess.com 1921) - JimWest (Chess.com 1972), Chess.com 4/18/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.d4 e4 7.Re1 d5 8.Bb3 Be7 9.Nfd2 Nf6 10.c4 Nbd7 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nc3 Nb6 13.h3 h6 14.Nf1 Qd7 15.Ng3 O-O-O 16.Be3 Kb8

17.Nxf5 Qxf5 18.a4 Rc8 19.Rc1 Nc4 20.Bxc4 Rxc4 21.b3 Rxc3 22.Rxc3 Bb4 23.Qc1 Bxc3 24.Qxc3 Rc8 25.Qb4 Qd7 26.a5 a6 27.Rc1 Rxc1+ 28.Bxc1 Qc7 29.Bxh6 gxh6 30.Qf8+ Ka7 31.Qxf6 Qxa5 32.Qxh6 Qa1+ 33.Kh2 Qxd4

34.Qd6 Qxf2 35.Qxd5 Qf4+ 36.Kg1 e3 37.Qf3 Qd4 38.Qe2 b5 39.g4 a5 40.Qxb5 e2+ 41.Kg2 e1=Q, White resigns.

10/5 PCG 4/17/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

king_master_2011 (lichess 2244) - JimWest (lichess 2289), lichess 4/17/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Re1 Be7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Nbd7 10.Nbd2 b5 11.Bb3 Nc5

12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Qf3 Bd7 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Qh5+ Ke7 16.Rxe5+ Bxe5 17.Qxe5+ Ne6 18.Re1 Qg8 19.Ne4 Qb8 20.Qxb8 Raxb8 21.Nc5 Kd6 22.Nxd7 Kxd7 23.Bxe6+ Kc7 24.f4 Rhe8 25.f5 g6 26.g4 gxf5 27.gxf5 Kd6

28.d4 Rb7 29.b3 Rg7+ 30.Kf2 Rg4 31.Ke3 Rh4 32.Re2 a5 33.c4 bxc4 34.bxc4 c5 35.Rd2 cxd4+ 36.Rxd4 Rxd4 37.Kxd4 Rf8 38.c5+ Kc6 39.Bd5+ Kb5 40.Be6 Rd8+ 41.Ke5 Kxc5 42.f6 Rf8 43.Bd7 Kb6 44.Ke6 Kc7

45.Ke7 Rxf6 46.Kxf6 Kxd7 47.Kg6 Ke6 48.h3 a4 49.a3 h5 50.Kxh5 Kf5 51.h4 Kf6 52.Kg4 Kg6 53.Kf4 Kh5 54.Ke4 Kxh4 55.Kd4 Kg5 56.Kc4 Kf6 57.Kb4 Ke7 58.Kxa4 Kd8 59.Ka5 Kc8 60.Ka6 Kb8 61.Kb6 Ka8

62.Ka6 Kb8 63.a4 Ka8 64.a5 Kb8 65.Kb6 Ka8 66.a6 Kb8 67.a7+ Ka8 68.Ka6, stalemate.

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10/5 PCG 4/14/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Cureton (lichess 2165) - JimWest (lichess 2282), lichess 4/14/2021

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.Nf7 Rh7 10.Bxf4 exf4 11.e5 d5 12.exf6 Qxf7 13.Re1+ Kd8 14.Bd3 Rh8 15.Qe2 Bd6 16.fxg7 Qxg7 17.Qh5 Rg8 18.Bf1 Nd7 19.Re6 Kc7

20.Rxh6 Nf6 21.Qh4 Rf8 22.Na4 f3 23.g3 Bd7 24.c4 dxc4 25.Nc5 Rae8 26.Bxc4 Re7 27.Nxd7 Nxd7 28.d5 Rfe8 29.dxc6 Re1+ 30.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 31.Bf1 bxc6 32.Rxd6 Rxf1+ 33.Kxf1 Kxd6 34.Qf4+ Qe5 35.Qxf3 Qxb2

36.Qd3+ Kc7 37.Qa6 Qb5+ 38.Qxb5 cxb5 39.h4 Kd6 40.Ke2 Ke5 41.Ke3 a5 42.f4+ Kf5 43.Kd4 Kg4 44.Kd5 b4 45.Kc6 a4 46.Kb5 b3, White resigns.