PCG & PCG Reversed 6/29/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

joe0011 (Chess.com 1778) - JimWest (Chess.com 1807), Chess.com 6/29/2021

1.e4 e5 2/Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.Bb3 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nbd7 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Rd1 O-O-O 14.Be6 Kb8 15.Bd2 g5 16.Be1 h5

17.Rd2 Bb4 18.Rad1 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Nc5 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8 22.Bf5 Nxa4 23.c4 Qd4 24.Qa3 Nc5 25.Bb4 b6 26.Bxc5 Qxc5 27.Qxc5 bxc5 28.Kf1 g4 29.h4 Kc7

30.Ke2 Kb6 31.Kd2 Ka5 32.Kc3 Ka4 33.Bc8 Nxe4+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2167) - marranga (lichess 2162), lichess 6/29/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxf4 Bc5 7.d4 Bb6 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Bd3 h6 10.h3 c5 11.c3 Nc6 12.Bb5 cxd4 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.cxd4 c5 15.Nc3 cxd4 16.Nxd4 Nc5 17.O-O Ne6 18.Be3 Qh4

19.Nf5 Bxe3+ 20.Nxe3 d4 21.Nf5 Qg5 22.Ne4 Qd8 23.Ned6 Ba6 24.Rf2 Qg5 25.Ne4 Qd8 26.Qg4 Ng5 27.h4 Ne6 28.Nxh6+ Kh8 29.Nxf7+ Rxf7 30.Qh5+ Kg8 31.Qxf7+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 6/28/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1827) - Sergio8383 (Chess.com 1629), Chess.com 6/28/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.O-O c5 12.c3 cxd4 13.cxd4 c6 14.Nc3 f5 15.exf6 Nxf6 16.Qe1+ Be7 17.Ne5 Bd7 18.Nxd7 Qxd7

19.Na4 Qc7 20.Nc5 Qa7 21.Qe6 Qc7 22.Bg5 Qc8 23.Rae1 Qxe6 24.Rxe6 Kf7 25.Rxc6 Rab8 26.b3 Rb4 27.Be3 a5 28.Nd7 a4 29.Ne5+ Ke8 30.Rc8+ Bd8 31.Rxd8+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2178) - Maslenko (lichess 2113), lichess 6/28/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 Ng4 6.Nh3 Nc6 7.Nxd5 O-O 8.c3 f5 9.b4 Bb6 10.a4 fxe4 11.dxe4 exf4 12.Bxf4 a6 13.Nxb6 Qxd1+ 14.Rxd1 cxb6 15.Bc4+ Kh8 16.O-O Nf6

17.Bg5 Bxh3 18.Bxf6 Bxg2 19.Bxg7+ Kxg7 20.Kxg2 Ne5 21.Bd5 Ng4 22.Rde1 Rxf1+ 23.Kxf1 Nxh2+ 24.Kg2 Ng4 25.Bxb7 Ra7 26.Bc8 Ne5 27.Bf5 a5 28.bxa5 Rxa5 29.Rb1 Rxa4 30.Rxb6 Rc4

31.Rb7+ Kf6 32.Rxh7 Rxc3 33.Rh3 Rxh3 34.Kxh3 Nf7 35.Kg4 Nd6 36.Kf4 Nxe4 37.Bxe4, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/27/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1828) - eureka444 (Chess.com 1674), Chess.com 6/27/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Nxe2 dxe4 7.fxe5 exd3 8.exf6 dxe2 9.Qxe2+ Kd7 10.fxg7 Bxg7

11.Qg4+ Kc6 12.Qxg7 Re8+ 13.Kf2 Qh4+ 14.g3 Qe7 15.Qc3+ Kd7 16.Be3 Kc8 17.Nd2 Nc6 18.Nf3 a5 19.Rhe1, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

MarioGo (lichess 2135) - JimWest (lichess 2170), lichess 6/27/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Ng5 h6 10.Ne6 Bxe6 11.Bxe6 Nbd7 12.Qd2 O-O-O 13.Rd1 Bb4

14.a3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Kb8 16.f3 Nc5, White resigns.

10/5 PCG 6/26/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Ken_Maynard (lichess 2217) - JimWest (lichess 2167), lichess 6/26/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Bxg8 Rxg8 5.d4 fxe4 6.Ng5 h6 7.Nxe4 d5 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qxe5+ Kf7 10.Nec3 c6 11.O-O Bd6 12.Qe2 Qh4 13.g3 Qxd4 14.Bxh6 g5 15.Qh5+ Kf6 16.h4 gxh4

17.Be3 Qg4 18.Qxg4 Rxg4 19.Ne2 hxg3 20.fxg3+ Kg7 21.Kg2 b6 22.Nd2 Ba6 23.Bd4+ Kg8 24.c4 dxc4 25.Rf6 Bb4 26.Nf3 Nd7 27.Rh6 Bb7 28.Rah1 c5 29.Rh8+ Kf7 30.R1h7+ Ke6 

31.Nf4+ Rxf4 32.gxf4 cxd4 33.Kf2 Rxh8 34.Rxh8 Bxf3 35.Kxf3 c3 36.bxc3 dxc3 37.Rh2 Nc5 38.Ke3 Kf5 39.Kf3 Ne6 40.Rh5+ Kf6 41.Rh6+ Ke7 42.Rh2 c2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/25/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

quicksilver_k (Chess.com 1764) - JimWest (Chess.com 1906), Chess.com 6/25/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Bd3 e4 7.Qe2 Qe7 8.O-O exd3 9.Qxd3 Qd6 10.Re1+ Be7 11.Nc3 c6 12.Bg5 Nf6 13.Re2 O-O 14.Rae1 Bd8 15.Bh4 Bg4 16.h3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Bc7 18.Bg3 Qd8 19.Re7 Nbd7

20.Qf5 Bxg3 21.fxg3 Rf7 22.R7e6 Nf8 23.R6e3 Ne4 24.Qg4 Nxc3 25.bxc3 Qd7 26.Qg5 h6 27.Qh5 Qf5 28.Qe2 Nd7 29.Rf3 Qg6 30.Re3 Raf8 31.g4 Nf6 32.Re6 Qg5 33.Re5 Qh4

34.Qe3 Ne4 35.Kh1 Rf1+ 36.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 37.Kh2 Qf2 38.Re8+ Kh7 39.Qd3 Qg1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Bahaa04 (lichess 2180) - JimWest (lichess 2179), lichess 6/25/2021

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.Qh5+ g6 10.Qh6 Nf5 11.Qh3 Nd4 12.Qh6 Nf5 13.Qh3 Nd4 14.Qh6 Nf5, draw.

15/10 PCG 6/24/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

chesspoki (Chess.com 1720) - JimWest (Chess.com 1901), Chess.com 6/24/2021

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.Ng4 Bxg4 12.Bxg4 Nbd7 13.Ne2 Bd6 14.Ng3 Qc7 15.Bxd7 Nxd7 16.Qg4 Rae8

17.Nf5 Nf6 18.Nh6+ Kh8 19.Qh4 Ng8 20.Nxg8 Kxg8 21.Rae1 Be7 22.Bxe7 Qxe7 23.Qxe7 Rxe7 24.Re3 Ref7 25.b3 Rd8 26.Rd1 Rfd7 27.c3 a5 28.b4 axb4 29.cxb4 Ra8 30.a3 Ra4 31.Rc1 Rd8 32.Kf1 Rda8

33.Ra1 Rxb4 34.Rd1 Rc4 35.Rb3 b5 36.Ke2 Raa4 37.Ke3 Rc2 38.f3 exf3 39.Kxf3 Rac4 40.Rdd3 Ra2 41.Rdc3 Rd2 42.Rd3 Rcxd4 43.Rxd2 Rxd2 44.Rc3 Ra2 45.Rxc6 Rxa3+ 46.Ke2 d4 47.Rd6 Ra4 48.Rd5 Rb4

49.Kd3 Kf7 50.Rxd4 Rxd4+ 51.Kxd4 Ke6 52.Kc5 Ke5 53.Kxb5 g5 54.Kc6 h5 55.Kd7 h4 56.Ke7 g4 57.Kf7 Kf5 58.Kg7 Kg5 59.g3 hxg3 60.hxg3 Kf5  61.Kh6 Kf6 62.Kh5 Kf7 63.Kxg4 Kg6

64.Kf4 Kf6 65.Kg4 Kg6 66.Kh4 Kh6 67.g4 Kg6 68.g5 Kg7 69.Kh5 Kh7 70.g6+ Kg7 71.Kg5 Kg8 72.Kh6 Kh8 73.g7+ Kg8 74.Kg6, stalemate.

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/23/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1919) - ALRAYBX (Chess.com 1922), Chess.com 6/23/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 dxe4 7.Bc4 c5 8.c3 cxd4 9.cxd4 Bb4+ 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Nge2 Ncxe5 12.dxe5 Qxd1+ 13.Kxd1 Nf2+ 14.Kc2 Nxh1 15.Be3 Be6 16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Rxh1 Ba5

18.Nxe4 Bb6 19.Nd6+ Ke7 20.Bxb6 axb6 21.Kb1 Ra5 22.Nc4 Rc5 23.b3 b5 24.Nb2 Rxe5 25.Ng3 Rf8 26.Rc1 Rf2 27.Nd3 Ree2 28.Nxf2 Rxf2 29.Rc7+ Kd6 30.Rxg7 Rxg2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Cincinnato2020 (lichess 2168) - JimWest (lichess 2188), lichess 6/23/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.fxe6 Bb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Re8 12.f3 Rxe6 13.fxe4 Nxe4 14.Bd3 Nd7 15.c4 Ndf6 16.cxd5 Qxd5 17.Bb2 Rb6

18.c4 Qd7 19.Qc2 Re8 20.Rae1 Rbe6 21.d5 R6e7 22.Re2 Nc5 23.Rxe7 Qxe7 24.Bf5 Qe3+ 25.Kh1 Nfe4 26.g4 Nd3 27.Be6+ Kh8 28.Ba3 Nef2+ 29.Kg2 Qe4+ 30.Kg3 Rxe6 31.dxe6 Qxg4#.

2 PCG Games 6/22/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

T-34-158 (Chess.com 1770) - JimWest (Chess.com 1902), Chess.com 6/22/2021

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.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.c3 Re8 17.Kb1 e3+ 18.Ka1 e2 19.Rd2 e1=Q+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

samhari (lichess 2137) - JimWest (lichess 2187), lichess 6/22/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.dxe5 Bc5 7.Be2 Ne7 8.Bh5+ g6 9.Bg4 O-O 10.O-O Nbc6 11.e6 Ne5 12.Bh3 c6 13.Be3 Bd6 14.Nd2 Nf5 15.Bxf5 Rxf5

16.f4 exf3 17.Ndxf3 Nxf3+ 18.Rxf3 Rxg5 19.Bxg5 Qxg5 20.Qe2 b6 21.Raf1 a5 22.b3 Ba6 23.c4 Re8 24.Kh1 dxc4 25.bxc4 Qh4 26.g3 Qxc4 27.Qb2 Qxe6 28.R1f2 Bc5 29.Rd2 Qe1+ 30.Kg2 Re2+ 31.Rxe2 Qxe2+ 32.Qxe2 Bxe2

33.Rf6 Bc4 34.Kf3 Bxa2 35.Ke4 Bd5+ 36.Ke5 Bf8 37.Rf1 a4 38.Kf6 a3 39.Kg5 a2 40.h4 Bg7 41.h5 a1=Q 42.Rxa1 Bxa1, White resigns.

15/10 PCG Reversed 6/21/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1924) - Redaktor69 (Chess.com 1927), Chess.com 6/21/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Bg4 12.Be2 O-O-O 13.Nc3 Bxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Qxe5 15.Kxh1 Bd6 16.Qg1 c6 17.Bd2 Rde8 18.Re1 Qf6 19.Rf1 Qe5

20.Bf4 Qxf4 21.Bg4+ Kb8 22.Rxf4 Bxf4 23.Bd7 Reg8 24.Qf2 g5 25.Ne2 Rd8 26.Bh3 Be5 27.c3 f6 28.Nd4 h5 29.Nf5 Rde8 30.Bf1 Bf4 31.Bd3 Re5 32.Ng3 Re6 33.Ne2 Be5 34.Bf5 Re7 35.Kg2 Rg7 36.Nd4 g4 37.b4 h4

38.b5 h3+ 39.Kh1 g3 40.hxg3 Rxg3 41.bxc6 Rxc3 42.Qb2 Rc1+ 43.Qxc1 Bxd4 44.c7+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/20/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

SilniBaskelica92 (Chess.com 1885) - JimWest (Chess.com 1914), Chess.com 6/20/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Be2 Kf8 11.O-O Kg8 12.Bg5 c6 13.Na4 Bd6 14.c4 Kxh8 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Rc1 Nc6 18.Nc3 Rd8

19.Kh1 Bb8 20.f3 f5 21.fxe4 dxe4 22.Qe1 Rg8 23.Qf2 Qg7 24.Rcd1 Qh6 25.g4 e3 26.Qg2 fxg4 27.Ne4 Be5 28.b3 Nd4 29.Nc5 Bd5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

FranciswhiteKnight (lichess 2048) - JimWest (lichess 2189), lichess 6/20/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Be2 Bc5 7.Nxh7 Rxh7 8.Bh5+ Kf8 9.Nd2 Qh4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.g3 Qxh5 12.Qd8+ Qe8 13.Qxc7 Nc6 14.Bf4 Qd7 15.Qxd7 Bxd7 16.O-O-O Be6

17.a3 a5 18.f3 exf3 19.Rd2 Nge7 20.h4 Kf7 21.Rd3 Bg4 22.Rxf3 Bxf3 23.Rf1 Nd4 24.Be3 Ne2+ 25.Kb1 Bxe3 26.Rxf3+ Kg8 27.Rxe3 Nxg3, White forfeits.

15/10 PCG Reversed 6/19/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1900) - AnkithHavaldar1 (Chess.com 1889), Chess.com 6/19/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 Ng4 6.Nh3 Ne3 7.Bxe3 Bxe3 8.Nxd5 Bxh3 9.Nxe3 Qh4+ 10.g3 Qh6 11.Bxh3 Qxh3 12.Qg4 Qxg4 13.Nxg4 exf4 14.gxf4 Nc6 15.O-O-O O-O-O

16.c3 h5 17.Ne3 Rh6 18.Rhg1 Rg8 19.Rg2 Rd6 20.Nf5 Rg6 21.Rxg6 fxg6 22.Nh4 g5 23.fxg5 Ne5 24.d4 Ng4 25.Rd2 Rf8 26.Nf5 g6 27.Ne7+ Kd7 28.Nxg6 Rf1+ 29.Kc2 Ne3+ 30.Kb3 Rg1 31.h4 a5 32.a4 c6

33.Re2 Nd1 34.e5 b5 35.axb5 cxb5 36.e6+ Ke8 37.d5 Rg4 38.d6 Nxc3 39.bxc3 a4+ 40.Ka3 Rg3 41.d7+ Kd8 42.e7+ Kc7 43.d8=Q+ Kc6 44.e8=Q+ Kc5 45.Qe5+ Kc4 46.Qdd4#.

15/10 PCG 6/18/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

g_money137 (Chess.com 1707) - JimWest (Chess.com 1879), Chess.com 6/18/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Be2 c6 7.O-O O-O 8.a4 f4 9.Qb1 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Qa2+ Kh8 12.Qc4 Bg4 13.Rfe1 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nd7

15.Qe6 Nc5 16.Qf5 a5 17.Qh3 Qe7 18.Bg4 Rae8 19.Bf5 Ne6 20.Qh5 Nd4 21.Bg6 Rd8 22.Ne2 Nxc2 23.Bf5 Qf7 24.Bg6 Qg8 25.g3 f3 26.Qxf3 Nxe1 27.Rxe1 Bg5 28.Qh5 Bd2 29.Rd1 Bb4 30.Kg2 Bc5 31.Rf1 Rf6

32.f4 Rdf8 33.f5 Qb3, White resigns.

PCG and PCG Reversed 6/17/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

migrojaso (Chess.com 1801) - JimWest (Chess.com 1877), Chess.com 6/17/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qe2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.Nc3 Nd4 11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.Qh5+ g6 13.Qxd5 Nxc2+ 14.Kd1 Rd8 15.Qxd8+ Kxd8 16.Kxc2 Qxh8

17.Bg5+ Kc8 18.Rd1 Nf6 19.Be2 Bxf2 20.Rhf1 e3 21.h3 h6 22.Bf4 g5 23.Be5 Qf8 24.Rd3 Qc5+ 25.Bc3 c6 26.a3 Nd5 27.Kb1 Nxc3+ 28.Rxc3 Qf5+ 29.Ka2 Qd5+ 30.Kb1 Qxg2 31.Rd3 Qxh3 32.Rxf2 g4

33.Rf8+ Kc7 34.Re8 g3 35.Rexe3 Qh1+ 36.Kc2 g2 37.Bf3 g1=Q 38.Bxh1 Qxh1 39.Re7+ Kb6 40.Rb3+ Kc5 41.Rbxb7 Qg2+ 42.Kb1 Qf1+ 43.Kc2 Qc4+ 44.Kb1 Qd3+ 45.Kc1 Qc4+ 46.Kb1 Qd3+ 47.Kc1 Qc4+ 48.Kb1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1872) - BlackMamba4747 (Chess.com 1725), Chess.com 6/17/2021

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 a6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Ne2 e3 10.O-O Qh4 11.h3 Nf2 12.Qe1 Qg5 13.Kh2 Ne4 14.Rf3 c5 15.Bxe3 Qg6 16.Nbc3 cxd4 17.Bxd4 c5

18.Nxe4 Qxe4 19.Bc3 Qxc2 20.Rc1 Qg6 21.Nf4 Qb6 22.Rd1, Black forfeits.