2 PCG Games 5/30/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Adee_2007 (Chess.com 2030) - JimWest (Chess.com 1836), Chess.com 5/30/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.c3 Ne7 8.a4 a5 9.Na3 Na6 10.Nc2 Ng6 11.Re1 Bg4 12.b4 Nh4 13.Be2 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 axb4 15.Nxb4 Nxb4 16.cxb4 Be7 17.Bb2 O-O 18.dxe5 dxe5

19.Qd7 Bxb4 20.Red1 Rf7 21.Qd3 Nxf3+ 22.Qxf3 Ba5 23.Ba3 Bc7 24.Rab1 Rxa4 25.Rxb7 Rd4 26.Rdb1 Bd6 27.Bxd6 Qxd6 28.Qb3 Qf6 29.Rxf7 Qxf7 30.Qb8+ Qf8 31.Qxe5 Rd8 32.Qe6+ Kh8 33.Qxc6 f3

34.gxf3 Qxf3 35.Qd7 Rf8 36.Rb2 Qxe4 37.Qb7 Qxb7 38.Rxb7 h6 39.Kg2 Kg8 40.Kg3 Rf7 41.Rb5 Kh7 42.f4 g5 43.fxg5 hxg5 44.Kg4 Rg7 45.Rxg5 Rxg5+ 46.Kxg5 Kg7 47.h4 Kh7 48.h5 Kg7 

49.h6+ Kh7 50.Kh5 Kh8 51.Kg6 Kg8 52.h7+ Kh8 53.Kh6, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

mohsen2200 (lichess 2033) - JimWest (lichess 2180), lichess 5/30/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Nc6 12.Bxf6+ Qxf6 13.Qxc7+ Kxh8 14.Nc3 Bd6 15.Nd5 Qe6 16.Nf4 Bxc7 17.Nxe6 Bxe6 18.O-O-O Rd8

19.Rhe1 Bf5 20.d5 Nb4 21.Rd4 Nxd5 22.Red1 Be6 23.c4 Bb6 24.cxd5 Bxd4 25.dxe6 Bf6 26.Re1 Rd4 27.f3 exf3 28.e7 Bxe7 29.Rxe7 fxg2 30.Re1 Rh4 31.Rg1 Rxh2

32.Kd2 h5 33.Ke2 h4 34.Kf2 h3 35.b4 Rh1 36.a4 Rxg1 37.Kxg1 Kg7, White resigns.

15/10 PCG 5/29/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

LSmart (Chess.com 1753) - JimWest (Chess.com 1832), Chess.com 5/29/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Ng3 e4 9.Ne5 Nf6 10.c3 O-O 11.Be2 c6 12.O-O Be6 13.a4 Nbd7 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.a5 Rae8 16.a6 b5

17.Qc1 Bg4 18.Re1 Bxe2 19.Rxe2 Qd7 20.h3 h6 21.b3 Nh7 22.c4 bxc4 23.bxc4 Ng5 24.cxd5 cxd5 25.Ra5 Ne6 26.Qa1 Nf4 27.Re3 Qf7 28.Qa2 Rc8 29.Rc5 Rxc5 30.dxc5 Nd3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/28/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

beat43210 (Chess.com 1669) - JimWest (Chess.com 1844), Chess.com 5/28/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 Nf6 6.Qc2 d5 7.Bf5 Nc6 8.d4 e4 9.Nh4 Bxf5 10.Nxf5 Qd7 11.Ng3 Bd6 12.Bg5 O-O 13.O-O Rae8 14.Nd2 h6 15.Bxf6 Rxf6 16.Rae1 Nd8 17.Re2 c6 18.Rfe1 Ne6 19.f3 Nf4

20.Re3 Nd3 21.Rf1 Bf4 22.Re2 Bxd2 23.Qxd2 Nf4 24.Re3 Ng6 25.fxe4 Rxf1+ 26.Kxf1 dxe4 27.Rxe4 Rxe4 28.Nxe4 Qf5+ 29.Nf2 Qb1+ 30.Nd1 Qxa2 31.Qd3 Qf7+ 32.Qf3 Qxf3+ 33.gxf3 Kf7 34.Kg2 Ke6 35.Kg3 Ne7 36.Ne3 Nf5+ 37.Kf4 Nxe3 38.Kxe3 b5

39.Ke4 a5 40.f4 g6 41.h3 a4 42.c4 bxc4 43.h4 h5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

prabhat11 (lichess 2088) - JimWest (lichess 2180), lichess 5/28/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.h3 h6 8.Ne4 Nbd7 9.Nxf6+ Nxf6 10.Be3 d5 11.Bb3 Bd6 12.Nh4 Bh7 13.O-O O-O 14.Nf3 Kh8 15.c3 Qc7 16.Bc2 Rae8 17.Qd2 e4

18.dxe4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Bxe4 20.Nd4 Bf4 21.Rae1 Bxe3 22.fxe3 Qg3 23.Rxf8+ Rxf8 24.Ne6 Rf5 25.Qe2 Bxg2 26.Qxg2 Qxe1+ 27.Kh2 Rf2 28.Qxf2 Qxf2+, White resigns.

15/10 PCG 5/27/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Gagik53 (Chess.com 1811) - JimWest (Chess.com 1851), Chess.com 5/27/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Qe2 d5 7.Ng5 c6 8.g4 Bc8 9.f3 Be7 10.h4 exf3 11.Qxf3 Nf6 12.Bh3 O-O 13.Bf4 h6 14.O-O-O hxg5 15.hxg5 Ne4 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Qb3+ Qd5

18.Qg3 Rxf4 19.g6 Be6 20.b3 Bg5 21.Kb1 b5 22.Qh2 Bh6 23.g5 Bxh3 24.Qxf4 Bxg5 25.Qh2 Nd7 26.Qxh3 Bh6 27.Qg4 Nf6 28.Qg2 Re8 29.Qh2 a5 30.Qe2 a4 31.Rhg1 axb3 32.axb3 e3

33.Rd3 b4 34.Rg3 Ne4, White resigns.

10/5 PCG 5/26/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

ViktorKarmanov (lichess 2127) - JimWest (lichess 2171), lichess 5/26/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Qa4+ Nc6 9.Bxb4 Qc1+ 10.Ke2 Qxb2+ 11.Bd2 Bg4+ 12.f3 exf3+ 13.gxf3 Qxe5+ 14.Kf2 Nge7 15.Bc3 d4 16.Bd2 O-O

17.Bg2 d3 18.Bc3 Qe2+ 19.Kg3 Bxf3, White resigns.

15/10 PCG Reversed 5/25/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1878) - Pavlov_AM (Chess.com 1902), Chess.com 5/25/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Qxe2 Nfd7 8.e6 fxe6 9.Qxe6+ Qe7 10.Qxe7+ Bxe7 11.Bxf4 c6 12.Ne2 O-O 13.O-O Nf6 14.Nd2 Nbd7 15.h3 Rae8 16.Rae1 Nb6 17.Nf3 Nc8 18.Kh1 Bd6

19.Bxd6 Nxd6 20.Ned4 Nh5 21.Kh2 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 Re8 23.Rxe8+ Nxe8 24.Ne6 Kf7 25.Nd8+ Ke7 26.Nxb7 Kd7 27.Nc5+ Kd6 28.d4 Nf4 29.c3 Ne2 30.g4 Nc1 31.a3 Ne2 32.Kg2 Nf6 33.Kf2 Nf4 34.Ng1 Ne6 35.Nxe6 Kxe6

36.Nf3 Ne4+ 37.Ke3 h6 38.Ne5 Kd6 39.h4 a5 40.Nc4+ Kd7 41.Nxa5 Nd6 42.Kf4 g6 43.h5 gxh5 44.gxh5, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/24/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

AreteRonin (Chess.com 1735) - JimWest Chess.com 1837), Chess.com 5/24/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nd5 O-O 8.c4 c6 9.Nc3 a5 10.a4 Na6 11.Be2 Nc5 12.Rb1 Qe8 13.O-O f4 14.b4 axb4 15.Rxb4 Bg4 16.h3 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Qe7 18.Qc2 Ne6 19.Bg4 Nd4

20.Qb2 Rfb8 21.Rb1 Ra7 22.Rb6 g6 23.Bd1 Qc7 24.f3 Bd8 25.Ne2 Nxe2+ 26.Qxe2 Qe7 27.Rxc6 Bc7 28.Qf2 bxc6 29.Rxb8+ Bxb8, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2154) - cici_schaak (lichess 2011), lichess 5/24/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Be6 8.f5 Bc8 9.c3 d5 10.Qc2 Bc5+ 11.Kh1 d4 12.cxd4 Bxd4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Nc3 Bd7 16.Nd5 Qd8 17.Rac1 Bb6 18.Nxb6 cxb6 19.a3 Rc8

20.Qb3 Nd4 21.Nxd4 exd4 22.Qd5 Bc6 23.Qxd8 Rfxd8 24.Kg1 f6 25.Kf2 Kf7 26.Bh5+ Ke7 27.Ke2 Kd6 28.Bf7 Ba4 29.Be6 Rxc1 30.Rxc1 Ke5 31.g3 Rd6 32.Rc7 Rc6 33.Rxc6 bxc6 34.b3 Bb5 35.a4 Ba6 36.h4 c5

37.Bc4 Bb7 38.Kd2 a5 39.Ke2 Bc6 40.Kf3 Be8 41.Kg4 Kd6 42.Kf4 Kc7 43.e5 fxe5+ 44.Kxe5 b5 45.axb5 Kb6 46.f6 gxf6+ 47.Kxf6 Bxb5 48.Bxb5 Kxb5 49.g4 Kb4

50.g5 hxg5 51.hxg5 Kxb3 52.g6 a4 53.g7 a3 54.g8=Q+ Kb2 55.Qb8+ Kc2 56.Qa7 Kb2 57.Qxc5 a2 58.Qxd4+ Kb1 59.Qg1+ Kb2 60.d4 a1=Q 61.Qxa1+ Kxa1 62.d5, Black resigns.

15/10 PCG 5/23/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

LaPisaBien (Chess.com 1788) - JimWest (Chess.com 1837), Chess.com 5/23/2022

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 Nc6 15.Nd2 Qh3+ 16.Qg3 Qxg3+ 17.hxg3 Bf5 18.Nf3 Rhe8, White resigns.

15/10 PCG 5/22/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

BoloMike (Chess.com 1730) - JimWest (Chess.com 1838), Chess.com 5/22/2022

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.h4 Qxe5 10.Be2 Nc6 11.Ba3 Nge7 12.O-O O-O 13.Nd2 Bf5

14.Bg4 e3 15.Nf3 Bxg4 16.Nxe5 Bxd1 17.Nxc6 Nxc6 18.Bxf8 Rxf8 19.Raxd1 e2, White resigns.

PCG with 3.Nc3 f5 4.Bc4 Nf6

Philidor Counter Gambit

Alejo5525 (lichess 1869) - Smithmorra994 (lichess 1830), lichess 4/11/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.Bc4 Nf6

5.exf5 e4 6.Nd4 d5 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Be2 Bc5 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.O-O Bxf5 11.d3 O-O 12.dxe4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Bxe4

14.Be3 Bxe3 15.fxe3 Rxf1+ 16.Bxf1 Qg5 17.Qe2 Nd7 

18.Nc5 Nxc5 19.b4 Nd7 20.c4 Rf8 21.cxd5 cxd5 22.Rc1 d4

23.Qc4+ Kh8 24.Qxd4 Rxf1+ 25.Rxf1 Qxg2#.

PCG with 4.d3 Nc6 5.O-O f4

Philidor Counter Gambit

vaiCheb0a (lichess 2430) - CM ArnieChipmunk (lichess 2466), lichess 5/21/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 Nc6 5.O-O f4

6.h3 g5 7.g4 h5 8.Nh2 Nf6 9.Kg2 hxg4 10.Nxg4 Rxh3

11.Kxh3 Bxg4+ 12.Qxg4 Nxg4 13.Kxg4 Qd7+ 14.Kf3 Nd4+ 15.Kg2 Qg4+ 16.Kh2 Nf3+, White resigns.

10/5 PCG 5/19/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

dnel2q (lichess 2185) - JimWest (lichess 2163), lichess 5/19/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Ng5 d5 9.Bb3 h6 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.Nh4 Bh7 12.f4 exf4 13.Qe2+ Qe7 14.Qf2 O-O

15.Bd2 Ng4 16.Rae1 Nxf2, White resigns.

From Hot Corner to Long Diagonal

[photo by Matt Thomas]

Third baseman Manny Machado [pictured] likes to fianchetto his bishop.

3 PCG Games 5/17/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

daka21 (Chess.com 1887) - JimWest (Chess.com 1851), Chess.com 5/17/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.h3 Nf6 7.c3 h6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Qe2 Qc7 10.Nbd2 O-O-O 11.b4 d5 12.Bb3 Bd6 13.a4 Rde8 14.Ba3 e4 15.dxe4 Nxe4

16.Qd1 Nxc3 17.Nd4 Nxd1 18.Nxf5 Nc3 19.Nxd6+ Qxd6 20.b5 Qf4 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.Nf3 g5 23.Rac1 Ne2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ChackieChan (Chess.com 1898) - JimWest (Chess.com 1839), Chess.com 5/17/2022

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.Qc3 Nxb4 11.Qxb4 Qc1+ 12.Ke2 Bg4+ 13.f3 exf3+ 14.gxf3 O-O-O 15.fxg4 Qd1+ 16.Kf2 Nh6 17.Qxb7+ Kxb7 18.Bg2+ Kb8 19.Rxd1 Rxd1

20.Ke2 Rg1 21.Kf2 Rc1 22.h3 Re8 23.Be4 g6 24.a4 Rxe5 25.Bd3 Ree1 26.a5 Nf7 27.a6 Ne5 28.Bc2 Rf1+ 29.Kg2 Nxc4 30.Bd3 Rg1+ 31.Kf2 Nxb2 32.Be4 Rcf1+ 33.Ke3 Re1+ 34.Kd4 c5+ 35.Kd5 Kc7

36.Ra5 Rxe4 37.Kxe4 Rxb1 38.Rxc5+ Kb6 39.Rc8 Re1+ 40.Kf4 Nd3+ 41.Kg5 Re7 42.Rd8 Nc5 43.Rd6+ Kc7 44.Rd1 Nxa6 45.Kf6 Re3 46.h4 Nc5 47.h5 gxh5 48.gxh5 a5 49.h6 a4 50.Rg1 Re6+ 51.Kg7 Re7+ 52.Kh8 Kc6

53.Rg7 Re8+ 54.Kxh7 Ne6 55.Ra7 Kb5 56.Kg6 Rh8 57.Re7 Nf8+ 58.Kg7 Rh7+ 59.Kxf8 Rxh6 60.Ra7 Ra6 61.Rb7+ Kc6 62.Rb1 a3 63.Ra1 a2 64.Ke7 Kc5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ottogeorg (lichess 2060) - JimWest (lichess 2154), lichess 5/17/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.Re1 Be7 7.d4 e4 8.Nfd2 d5 9.Bb3 Nf6 10.c4 O-O 11.Nc3 Kh8 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.h3 h6 14.Nf1 Nc6 15.Ng3 Bh7 16.Be3 Bb4 17.a3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Rc8

19.Qd2 Nx5 20.Ba2 Nc4 21.Bxc4 Rxc4 22.Rab1 b6 23.Rb4 Qc7 24.Rc1 Rc8 25.Rxc4 Qxc4 26.Ne2 b5 27.Qb2 a5 28.Rb1 Rb8 29.Qb3 Qxe2 30.Qxd5 Nxd5, White resigns.