3 PCG Games 9/29/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

antonni_83 (Chess.com 1692) - JimWest (Chess.com 1808), Chess.com 9/29/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.d4 Be7 6.a3 fxe4 7.Ng1 Nf6 8.d5 Nd4 9.Nge2 Bg4 10.Be3 Nxe2 11.Nxe2 O-O 12.h3 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Kh8 14.g4 c6 15.dxc6 bxc6 16.g5 Nd5 17.h4 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 d5 19.O-O-O Qc8

20.Ba2 Qf5 21.Qc3 Rac8 22.Rdf1 d4 23.Qa5 Bd6 24.Qa6 d3 25.cxd3 exd3 26.Bc4 e4 27.Qxa7 Bf4+ 28.Kd1 Qg4+ 29.f3 exf3 30.Bxd3 Rcd8 31.Kc2 Qg2+ 32.Qf2 Qxf2+ 33.Rxf2 Be3 34.Rfh2 f2 35.Rh3 Bb6

36.h5 Rxd3 37.Rxd3 f1=Q 38.Rxf1 Rxf1 39.Rd6 Rf5 40.Rxc6 Rc5+ 41.Rxc5 Bxc5 42.b4 Be7 43.g6 hxg6 44.hxg6 Kg8 45.Kd3 Kf8 46.Ke4 Ke8 47.Kd5 Kd7 48.Ke5 Kc6 49.Ke6 Bf6 50.a4 Kb6 51.Kd5 Be7 52.b5 Bf6

53.Kd6 Bc3 54.Kd5 Ka5 55.Kc5 Bd2 56.Kc6 Be3 57.Kb7 Kxa4 58.Ka6 Kb4 59.b6 Kc5 60.b7 Bf4 61.Ka5 Kc6 62.Kb4 Kxb7 63.Kc4 Kc6 64.Kd4 Kd6 65.Ke4 Be5 66.Kf5 Bf6 67.Kg4 Ke5 68.Kh5 Bd8 69.Kg4 Kf6 70.Kh5 Be7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

chess_words1999 (lichess 2292) - JimWest (lichess 2196), lichess 9/29/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Ng5 Nf6 7.Bc4 d5 8.Bb3 c6 9.Bf4 h6 10.Nh3 Nbd7 11.Ng1 Be7 12.Nd2 O-O 13.Ne2 Kh8 14.Ng3 Bh7 15.O-O Ng8 16.Be3 Bg5

17.Qh5 Bxe3 18.fxe3 Ngf6 19.Qe2 Qe7 20.Rf2 Ng8 21.Raf1 Rxf2 22.Rxf2 Rf8 23.Qf1 Rxf2 24.Qxf2 Qf6 25.c4 Qxf2+ 26.Kxf2 Ngf6 27.cxd5 cxd5 28.h3 h5 29.Nb1 h4 30.Ne2 g5 31.Nbc3 Bg8 32.g3 hxg3+ 33.Nxg3 Nb6

34.Nf5 Be6 35.Ne7 Kg7 36.a4 Kf7 37.a5 Kxe7 38.axb6 axb6 39.Na4 Nd7 40.Kg3 Kd6 41.h4 gxh4+ 42.Kxh4 Kc6 43.Nc3 b5 44.Nxe4 dxe4 45.Bxe6 Nb6 46.Kg4 Nc4 47.Bxc4 bxc4 48.Kg3 b5 49.Kf2 b4 50.Ke2 Kd5

51.Kd2 Kc6 52.Kc2 Kd5 53.Kb1 Kc6 54.Ka2 Kd5 55.Ka1 Kc6 56.Kb1 Kd5 57.Kc1 Kc6 58.Kd1 Kd5 59.Ke2 Kc6 60.Ke1 Kd5 61.Ke2 Kc6 62.Kd2 Kd5 63.Ke1 Kc6 64.Kd1 Kd5 65.b3 c3 66.Kc1 Kc6 67.Kb1 Kd5 68.Ka2 Kc6

69.Ka1 Kd5 70.Kb1 Kc6 71.Ka2 Kd5 72.Kb1 Kc6 73.Ka2 Kd5 74.Kb1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ber8kaoui (lichess 2250) - JimWest (lichess 2187), lichess 9/29/2021

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.c4 c6 10.e6 O-O 11.Qh5 h6 12.Nf7 Qe8 13.Nxh6+ gxh6 14.Qxh6 Qg6 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.Qh4 Qf6 17.Qg3+ Qg7 18.Bb2 Qxg3 19.hxg3 Bxe6

20.Rh8+ Kf7 21.Rh7+ Ke8 22.Bb5+ Nbc6 23.Bd4 a6 24.Bxc6+ Nxc6 25.Bc5 Rg8 26.O-O-O b5 29.Rdh1 Rc8 30.Kd2 Bf7 31.R1h4 Ne5 32.Bb4 a5 33.Bc3 e3+ 34.fxe3 Nc4+ 35.Rxc4 dxc4 36.Bxa5 Rxg3 37.Rh8+ Bg8

38.Rh2 Rc6 39.Bb4 Rcg6 40.Rh5 Rxg2+ 41.Kc3 R2g5 42.Rh4 Re6 43.Kd4 Reg6 44.Re4+ Be6 45.Rf4 Rg4 46.Kc5 Rxf4 47.exf4 Bd7 48.Kd4 Rg2 49.c3 Kf7 50.Bd6 Rd2+ 51.Kc5 Ke6 52.Be5 Ra2, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/28/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1806) - terzam (Chess.com 1751), Chess.com 9/28/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bxg1 6.Rxg1 O-O 7.f5 c6 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.Be2 Qb6 10.Rf1 Qxb2 11.Nd2 Qxc3 12.Kf2 Qa5 13.Kg1 Qb6+ 14.Kh1 h6 15.Nc4 Qc7 16.Bh4 d5 17.Nd2 Re8 18.g4 dxe4 19.dxe4 Qa5

20.Qc2 Qb4 21.Rab1 Qd4 22.Bf3 Qe3 23.Nc4 Qc5 24.Bf2 Qe7 25.a4 Nh7 26.h4 f6 27.Rfd1 Nb6 28.Bxb6 axb6 29.Nxb6 Ra6 30.Nxc8 Rxc8 31.Qb3+ Kf8 32.Qxb7 Rxb7 33.Rxb7 Rxa4 34.Rdd7 Ra1+ 35.Kg2 Ra2+ 36.Kg3 Ng5

37.hxg5 hxg5 38.Rf7+ Kg8 39.Rxg7+ Kh8 40.Rh7+ Kg8 41.Rbg7+ Kf8 42.Rg6 Raa8 43.Rxf6+ Kg8 44.Rhh6 Kg7 45.Rfg6+ Kf7 46.Rh7+ Kf8 47.Rxg5 c5 48.f6 c4 49.Rgg7 c3 50.Rh8#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

surajjt-1961 (lichess 2166) - JimWest (lichess 2220), lichess 9/28/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Bg5 Nf6 7.Nc3 d5 8.Bb3 Bd6 9.Qd2 O-O 10.h3 Kh8 11.O-O-O h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.a3 Nd7 14.Kb1 b5 15.Ne2 a5 16.Ng3 Bg6

17.h4 e4 18.dxe4 Bxg3 19.fxg3 Bxe4 20.Nd4 a4 21.Ba2 Ne5 22.Ka1 Nc4 23.Bxc4 bxc4 24.Rhf1 Qd6 25.g4 c5 26.Nb5 Qa6 27.Nc3 Rxf1 28.Rxf1 Re8 29.g5 Qg6 30.gxh6 Qxh6 31.Qf2 d4 32.Nxe4 Rxe4 33.Qf8+ Kh7 34.Qxc5 Rxh4

35.Qxc4 Rh1 36.Qd3+ Kh8 37.Rxh1 Qxh1+ 38.Ka2 Qxg2 39.Qxd4 Qxc2 40.Qh4+ Kg8 41.Qd8+ Kh7 42.Qh4+ Kg6 43.Qg3+ Kf7 44.Qf3+ Kg8 45.Qd5+ Kh7 46.Qh5+ Kg8 47.Qe8+ Kh7 48.Qh5+ Kg8 49.Qe8+ Kh7 50.Qh5+, draw.

2 PCG Games 9/27/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

noah0799 (Chess.com 1692) - JimWest (Chess.com 1840), Chess.com 9/27/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 Bxf5 8.Bc4 Nf6 9.h3 d5 10.Be2 O-O 11.Nc3 c6 12.Nf1 Nbd7 13.Ne3 Be6 14.Bg4 Rae8 15.O-O Bxg4 16.Nxg4 Nxg4 17.Qxg4 Nf6 18.Qg5 h6 19.Qg6 e3

20.Rae1 exf2+ 21.Kxf2 Ne4+ 22.Kg1 Rxf1+ 23.Rxf1 Nxc3 24.bxc3 Rf8 25.Rxf8+ Qxf8 26.Qe6+ Qf7 27.Qxf7+ Kxf7 28.Kf2 b5 29.a3 Kf6 30.Kg3 Kf5 31.Kf3 h5 32.Ke3 h4 33.Kf3 g5 34.g3 hxg3 35.Kxg3 a6

36.Kf3 a5 37.Ke3 g4 38.hxg4+ Kxg4 39.Ke2 Kf4 40.Kf2 Ke4 41.Ke2 a4 42.Kf2 b4 43.cxb4 Kxd4 44.Ke2 Kc3 45.Ke3 Kxc2 46.Kd4 Kb3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Shakermekawi2 (lichess 2184) - JimWest (lichess 2253), lichess 9/27/2021

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.Be2 Qc1+ 14.Bd1 Qe3+ 15.Be2 Bg4 16.Qd2 Qxe5 17.Nc3 Nf6 18.O-O Bxe2 19.Rfe1 O-O

20.Qxe2 Qxe2 21.Rxe2 c6 22.Rd1 Rae8 23.Rdd2 Rxe2 24.Rxe2 Re8 25.Rxe8+ Nxe8 26.Kf2 Kf7 27.Ke3 Ke6 28.Ne4 Nd6 29.Nxd6 Kxd6 30.Kd4 c5+ 31.Ke4 Ke6

32.h4 h5 33.Kf4 Kf6 34.b3 a6 35.Ke4 Ke6 36.Kf4 Kf6 37.Ke4 Ke6 38.Kf4 Kf6, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 9/26/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1828) - dragansplit (Chess.com 1869), Chess.com 9/26/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.O-O c5 12.c3 Bb5 13.Re1 O-O 14.Nbd2 f5 15.Nf1 g5 16.Ng3 Bc6

17.Nxe4 fxe4 18.Nd2 cxd4 19.cxd4 Bb5 20.Nf1 c5 21.Be3 cxd4 22.Qxd4 a5 23.Rad1 Bc6 24.Ng3 Rb8 25.a3 Rb3 26.Rf1 Bb5 27.Rxf8+ Bxf8 28.Nxe4 Be2 29.Re1, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2254) - zaraguayo (lichess 2217), lichess 9/26/2021

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 c6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Qb6 10.Qc2 d5 11.b4 Be3 12.fxe5 Nxe5 13.d4 Bxc1 14.dxe5 Qe3+ 15.Qe2 Qxe2+ 16.Bxe2 Bb2 17.exf6 Bxa1 18.fxg7 Rg8

19.exd5 Rxg7 20.Bf3 Kd7 21.Kd2 a5 22.b5 cxb5 23.Na3 Bxc3+ 24.Kxc3 b4+ 25.Kb3 bxa3 26.Kxa3 Kd6 27.Rb1 f5 28.Rb6+ Kc5 29.Rf6 Rd8 30.Rxf5 Rd6 31.Kb3 b5 32.a3 h6 33.h4 Re7 34.g4 Re3+ 35.Kb2 Rg6

36.g5 hxg5 37.hxg5 Rxf3 38.Rxf3 Rxg5 39.Kb3 Rxd5 40.Rh3 a4+ 41.Kc3 Rg5 42.Rf3 Rg1 43.Rf5+ Kb6 44.Rf3 Rc1+ 45.Kb2 Rh1 46.Rf2 Rh3 47.Ka2 Ka5 48.Rg2 Rb3 49.Rg8 Kb6 50.Rg5 b4 51.axb4 Rxb4 52.Ka3 Rh4

53.Rg3 Kb5 54.Rf3 Rd4 55.Rh3 Kc5 56.Rc3+ Kb5 57.Rh3 Rg4 58.Rf3 Rc4 59.Rf5+ Kb6 60.Rf3 Kc5 61.Rf5+ Kb6 62.Rf6+ Kb5 63.Rf5+ Kb6, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/25/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

MASTERCHESS2980 (Chess.com 1692) - JimWest (Chess.com 1828), Chess.com 9/25/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Nxh7 Qh4 7.Bg5 Qxe4+ 8.Kf1 Qg4 9.Be2 Qxd4 10.Bh5+ Kd7 11.Nd2 Rxh7 12.Qf3 Ne7 13.c3 Qc5 14.g4 Qc6 15.Qxc6+ bxc6 16.Bxe7 Bxe7

17.gxf5 Nxf5 18.Bg6 Ba6+ 19.c4 Rh6 20.Bxf5+ Kd8 21.b3 Bf6 22.Be4 Kd7 23.Rd1 Rah8 24.Nf3 d5 25.Ke1 d4 26.Bf5+ Kd6 27.Nd2 Rxh2 28.Ne4+ Ke7 29.Rg1 Bc8 30.Bxc8 Rxc8 31.Ng3 Rch8 32.Nf5+ Ke6

33.Nxg7+ Bxg7 34.Rxg7 Rh1+ 35.Ke2 Rxd1 36.Kxd1 Kd6 37.c5+ Kxc5 38.Rxc7 a5 39.Re7 Rh5 40.Ra7 Kb6 41.Ra8 e4 42.Re8 Rh4 43.Ke2 Rf4 44.Rb8+ Kc5 45.Ra8 Kb4 46.Rb8+ Ka3 47.Rd8 c5 48.Rc8 Rf5

49.Re8 Kxa2 50.Rxe4 Kxb3 51.Re8 c4 52.Rb8+ Kc3 53.Rb7 Re5+ 54.Kd1 d3 55.f4 Rf5 56.Re7 Rxf4 57.Re1 a4 58.Rh1 a3 59.Kc1 a2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2270) - Yury_Drakakhrust (lichess 2197), lichess 9/25/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 O-O 8.f5 d5 9.Qc2 h6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 dxe4 12.dxe4 Qe7 13.Nd2 Rfd8 14.b4 Bb6 15.Nc4 a5 16.Nxb6 cxb6 17.b5 Na7 18.a4 Nc8

19.Ba3 Qc7 20.O-O Nd6 21.Bxd6 Rxd6 22.Rfd1 Rad8 23.Rxd6 Qxd6 24.Rd1 Qc5+ 25.Kh1 Rc8 26.Rd3 Qc4 27.Rd6 Qxc3 28.Rd8+, Black resigns.

PCG with 4.d3 Nc6

Philidor Counter Gambit

limosity (lichess 2416) - ArnieChipmunk (lichess 2513), lichess 9/20/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 Nc6

5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.a4 f4 8.Nc3 g5 9.Nd5 Qg7 10.Nxg5 Qxg5 11.Nxc7+ Kd8 12.Nxa8 Qxg2

13.Kd2 Bg4 14.Qf1 Qf3 15.Rg1 Nf6 16.Qg2 Nd4 17.c3 Qe2+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/23/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

pakongbakya (Chess.com 1699) - JimWest (Chess.com 1835), Chess.com 9/23/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ng5 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.O-O Bd6 10.Qf3 e4 11.dxe4 fxe4 12.Ngxe4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 O-O 14.Bg5 Be7 15.Rad1 Qb6 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Qd5+ Kh8

18.Be3 Qc7 19.Bc5 Rd8 20.Qh5 Be6 21.Bd3 Bg8 22.Rfe1 Ne5 23.Be3 Nxd3 24.Rxd3 Rxd3 25.cxd3 Rd8 26.Qf5 Qd7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

WilsonMejia (lichess 2385) - JimWest (lichess 2285), lichess 9/23/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bb3 Na6 6.Bg5 Nf6 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.Nc3 Nc5 9.Qe2 Nxb3 10.axb3 Be7 11.O-O-O O-O 12.h3 h6 13.g4 Bh7 14.Bd2 b5

15.g5 hxg5 16.Nxg5 b4 17.Na4 Qd7 18.Rdg1 Qf5 19.Rg3 Nd5 20.Rhg1 Nf4 21.Bxf4 Qxf4+ 22.Kb1 Bxg5 23.Rxg5 Rf7 24.f3 Kh8 25.Qg2 Qxf3 26.Rxg7 Qxg2 27.R7xg2 Rg8 28.Rxg8+ Bxg8 29.Rg6 Rd7 30.Kc1 Bf7 31.Rg4 c5

32.Kd2 Be6 33.Rg6 Bf7 34.Rg5 Kh7 35.Ke3 Kh6 36.h4 Bh5 37.Nxc5 dxc5 38.Rxe5 Rc7 39.Ke4 Bd1 40.Kd5 Bxc2 41.Kd6 Rb7 42.Kxc5 Bxd3 43.Rd5 Rb5+ 44.Kc6 Rxd5 45.Kxd5 Bc2 46.Kc4 a5 47.Kb5 Bxb3

48.Kxa5 Kh5 49.Kxb4 Bf7 50.Kc5 Kxh4 51.b4 Be8 52.b5 Bxb5, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/22/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1839) - tkkannan (Chess.com 1955), Chess.com 9/22/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Qe7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.f5 d5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nbd2 c6 11.Qc2 d4 12.cxd4 Bxd4 13.Nxd4 exd4 14.Nf3 b6 15.Be2 c5 16.O-O Nd7 17.a4 Bb7

18.a5 Rfc8 19.axb6 axb6 20.Ra3 Rxa3 21.bxa3 Ra8 22.Ra1 b5 23.Qb2 Bc6 24.g4 Qd6 25.Qc1 c4 26.dxc4 d3 27.cxb5 Bxb5 28.Bf1 Qb6+ 29.Kg2 Qb7 30.Rb1 Qa6 31.Qc3 Rc8 32.Qb4 Rc2+ 33.Kh1 Qb6

34.Nd4 Qc7 35.Nxc2 dxc2 36.Qxb5 cxb1=Q 37.Qxb1 Qf4 38.Qd1 Ne5 39.h3 Nf3 40.Qe2 Nd4 41.Qg2 Nc6 42.a4 Ne5 43.Be2 Qc1+ 44.Kh2 Qc5 45.Bb5 Qc7 46.Kh1 Qc1+ 47.Kh2 Qf4+ 48.Kh1 Nf3 49.Be2 Qc1+ 50.Qf1 Qxf1+ 51.Bxf1 Nd2

52.a5 Nxe4 53.a6 Nd6 54.a7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

inyaky (lichess 2176) - JimWest (lichess 2280), lichess 9/22/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Be2 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Nc3 c6 7.Qd2 b5 8.Nh4 b4 9.Na5 fxe4 10.Qxb4 exd3 11.Bxd3 d5 12.Qc3 e4 13.Be2 O-O 14.O-O h6 15.Bd2 Kh7 16.g3 g5 17.Ng2 Bh3 18.Nc5 Nbd7

19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.Rad1 Rab8 21.a3 Qe6 22.Be3 c5 23.Bxc5 Bxc5 24.Qxc5 Rxb2 25.Qxa7+ Rf7 26.Qd4 Rxc2 27.Bb5 Rfc7 28.a4 R7c5 29.Rfe1 Qf5 30.Bf1 Bxg2 31.Bxg2 Ng4 32.Rf1 R2c4 33.Qd2 Ne5

34.f4 exf3 35.Bh1 Rc2 36.Qe3 Qh3 37.Rf2 Rxf2 38.Qxf2 Ng4 39.Qd2 f2+ 40.Qxf2 Nxf2 41.Kxf2 Qxh2+ 42.Kf3 Rc3+ 43.Kg4 Qxg3+ 44.Kf5 Qf4+ 45.Ke6 Rc6+ 46.Kd7 Qd6+ 47.Ke8 Rc8+ 48.Kf7 Rf8#.