2 PCG Games 6/29/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

rnd900 (Chess.com 1800) - JimWest (Chess.com 1859), Chess.com 6/29/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.O-O f4 9.h3 g5 10.Nh2 h5 11.d4 Qc7 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qd2 g4 14.hxg4 hxg4

15.Rad1 Qh7 16.f3 Qxh2+ 17.Kf2 Bh4+ 18.Ke2 Qxg2+ 19.Kd3 Qxd2+ 20.Rxd2 b5 21.Bb3 b4 22.Na4 Ba6+ 23.Bc4 Bxc4+ 24.Kxc4 gxf3 25.Rxf3 Nd7 26.Rfd3 O-O-O 27.Kxb4 Be1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

gincasar (lichess 2133) - JimWest (lichess 2141), lichess 6/29/2022

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nc3 Bd6 6.Nf3 f5 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.Ng5 Nh6 9.Ne6+ Bxe6 10.Bxe6 f4 11.O-O Nd4 12.Bb3 Nxb3 13.axb3 a6 14.Nd5 Kd7 15.Bd2 Raf8 16.f3 g5 17.h3 Ng8 18.c4 Nf6

19.Bc3 Nxd5 20.exd5 h5 21.Rfe1 Re8 22.Re4 g4 23.hxg4 hxg4 24.fxg4 Bc5+ 25.Kf1 Rh1+ 26.Ke2 Rxa1 27.Bxe5 Bd6, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/28/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Tamayo884 (Chess.com 1713) - JimWest (Chess.com 1842), Chess.com 6/28/2022

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.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Be2 c6 12.O-O Nbd7 13.f3 Qe8 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.Bxf6 Rxf6 16.fxe4 Rxf1+ 17.Qxf1 Qxe4

18.Bd3 Qe3+ 19.Qf2 Qxf2+ 20.Kxf2 Rf8+ 21.Ke3 Bf5 22.Rf1 Bxd3 23.Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.cxd3 Ke7 25.Kf4 Kf6 26.h4 h5 27.g3 b5 28.g4 hxg4 29.Kxg4 g6 30.Kf4 a5

31.Kg4 Ke6 32.Kg5 Kf7 33.Kg4 Kf6 34.Kf4 Ke6 35.Kg5 Kf7 36.Kf4 Kf6 37.Kg4 Ke6 38.Kg5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2145) - chesslover8310 (lichess 2026), lichess 6/28/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 Bxg1 5.Rxg1 Nxe4 6.dxe4 Qh4+ 7.g3 Qxh2 8.Rg2 Qh1 9.fxe5 d5 10.exd5 Bh3 11.Qe2 Bxg2 12.Qxg2 Qh5 13.Nc3 O-O 14.Be2 Qxe5 15.Bf4 Qd4 16.Qf2 Qxf2+ 17.Kxf2 c6

18.Bxb8 Raxb8 19.dxc6 bxc6 20.b3 f5 21.Bc4+ Kh8 22.Rd1 Rbd8 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Bd3 g6 25.Kf3 Kg7 26.Na4 Kf6 27.Nc5 Ke5 28.g4 f4 29.Be4 Rd6 30.Nd3+ Kd4 31.Nxf4, Black forfeits.

2 PCG Games 6/27/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

ori721 (Chess.com 1886) - JimWest (Chess.com 1857), Chess.com 6/27/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.a4 Bg4 9.b3 Nd7 10.Bb2 O-O-O 11.Nbd2 Bd6 12.a5 Ne7 13.Be2 h5 14.Nc4 Bc7 15.b4 Ng6 16.Qe1 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Nh4 18.Qc3 Nxf3+ 19.Qxf3 g5 

20.a6 b5 21.Na5 Bxa5 22.Rxa5 g4 23.Qc3 f3 24.Rxb5 fxg2 25.Rd1 Rhf8 26.Rd2 Nb8 27.Rb7 Rxd2 28.Qxd2 Rd8 29.Qe2 Qf3 30.Bxe5 Rd1+ 31.Qxd1 Qxd1+ 32.Kxg2 Qf3+ 33.Kg1 Nxa6 34.Rxa7 Nxb4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Dynamit-harry (lichess 2061) - JimWest (lichess 2146), lichess 6/27/2022

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

12.Re1+ Kf7 13.Qh5+ g6 14.Qe5 Qc6+ 15.Kd2 Qd6+, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/26/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1855) - leoyang2011 (Chess.com 1761), Chess.com 6/26/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.f5 Ba6 9.c3 h6 10.Kh1 d5 11.Qc2 Qd7 12.Be3 dxe4 13.dxe4 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Nxe4 15.Bxh6 Nf6 16.Bg5 Qxf5 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Nbd2 Bd6 19.Ne4 Qh6

20.Qb5 Ne7 21.Nxe5 Qe6 22.Nxd6 Qxd6 23.Rad1 Qe6 24.Nf3 Qh6 25.Qg5 Rfe8 26.Qxh6 gxh6 27.Ne5 Rf8 28.Rd7 Ng6 29.Nxg6 fxg6 30.Rxf8+ Rxf8 31.h3 Rc8 32.g4 a5 33.a4 Re8

34.Rxc7 Re1+ 35.Kg2 Re2+ 36.Kf3 Rxb2 37.h4 Ra2 38.Rc6 Rxa4 39.Rxg6+ Kh7 40.Rxb6 Rc4 41.Rb3 Kg6 42.h5+ Kf6 43.Rb6+ Kg7 44.Rb3 Kf6 45.Rb6+ Kg7 46.Ra6 Rxc3+ 47.Ke4 Rc4+ 48.Kf5 Rc5+ 49.Kf4 Rc4+ 50.Kg3 a4

51.Rg6+ Kh7 52.Ra6 Kg7 53.Kh4 Kh7 54.Ra7+ Kg8 55.Ra6 Kg7 56.Ra7+ Kg8 57.Kg3 Rc3+ 58.Kf4 Rc4+ 59.Kf5 Rc5+ 60.Kf4 Rc4+ 61.Kf3 Rb4 62.Ra5 Kg7 63.g5 hxg5 64.Rxg5+ Kh6 65.Ra5 Rb3+ 66.Ke2 a3

67.Kd2 Rh3 68.Kc2 Rh2+ 69.Kb1 Rxh5 70.Rxh5+ Kxh5 71.Ka2 Kh4 72.Kxa3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

nico27 (lichess 2002) - JimWest (lichess 2153), lichess 6/26/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.Qa4+ Nc6 9.a3 dxc3 10.axb4 cxb2 11.Bxb2 Qxg5 12.b5 Bd7 13.bxc6 Bxc6 14.Qa3 Ne7

15.h4 Qf5 16.Be2 Ng6 17.g4 Qe6 18.Qa5 b6 19.Qb4 a5 20.Qa3 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 Qxe5 22.Rd1 e3 23.O-O Qe4 24.f3 Qe7 25.Qd3 O-O 26.Qf5, White resigns.

10/5 PCG 6/25/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

WILLCHESS76 (lichess 2002) - JimWest (lichess 2163), lichess 6/25/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Nf6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.a3 a5 8.a4 Na6 9.exf5 Bxf5 10.Ne4 d5 11.Bxa6 Rxa6 12.Nxf6+ gxf6 13.Bd2 O-O 14.O-O Kh8 15.Nh4 Be6 16.Qh5 Rg8 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.Qxf5 Ra8

19.Bh6 Rg6 20.Bd2 b6 21.b3 Qc8 22.Qxc8+ Rxc8 23.Rae1 Rcg8 24.g3 h5 25.h4 Bc5 26.Kh2 Bd6 27.Kh1 c5 28.Re2 f5 29.Bg5 e4 30.dxe4 fxe4 31.Rd1 Rxg5 32.hxg5 Rxg5 33.Rxe4 dxe4 34.Rxd6 e3

35.fxe3 Rxg3 36.Rh6+ Kg7 37.Rxh5 Rxe3 38.Rh2 Re1+ 39.Kg2 Re2+ 40.Kg3 Rxh2 41.Kxh2 Kf6 42.Kg3 Ke5 43.Kf3 Kd4 44.Kf4 Kc3 45.Ke5 Kxc2 46.Kd6 Kxb3 47.Kc6 Kxa4 48.Kxb6 c4, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/24/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Mohammed_hamdy91 (Chess.com 1800) - JimWest (Chess.com 1862), Chess.com 6/24/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.a4 a5 7.h3 Na6 8.Ng5 d5 9.exd5 cxd5 10.Ba2 Bb4 11.Bd2 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 O-O 13.Bxe5 Re8 14.d4 Nb4 15.Bb3 Nd7

16.f4 Nxe5 17.fxe5 Qxg5 18.O-O Be6 19.c3 Nc6 20.Qf3 Rad8 21.Bc2 g6 22.Rad1 Kg7 23.Qf2 Rf8 24.Rd3 Rf7 25.Rg3 Qh6 24.h4 Rdf8 25.Bd1 f4 26.Rf3 Nd8 27.h5 Bg4 28.Rd3 Bxd1 29.Rfxd1 Qxh5 30.Rf1 g5

31.Rh3 Qg6 32.Qe2 h6 33.Qg4 Rf5 34.g3 Ne6 35.Rf2 fxg3 36.Rxf5 Qxf5 37.Rxg3 Qxg4 38.Rxg4 Kg6 39.Rg2 h5 40.Rf2 Rxf2 41.Kxf2 Kf5 42.Kf3 g4+ 43.Kg3 Ke4 44.b4 axb4 45.cxb4 Kxd4 46.b5 Kc5 47.a5 Kxb5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2164) - AnonymousMorris (lichess 2113), lichess 6/24/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Nh3 c5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.d5 Qh4+ 10.Ke2 a6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.Bxe3 Nxe3 13.Kxe3 Bxh3 14.gxh3 Qxh3+ 15.Qf3 Qxf3+ 16.Kxf3 cxd5 17.Nc3 d4 18.Ne4 Be7 19.Rhg1 g6

20.Nf6+ Bxf6 21.exf6 Kd7 22.Rg5 Rac8 23.Re1 Rhe8 24.Rge5 Re6 25.Rxe6 fxe6 26.Ke4 Kd6 27.Rf1 Rf8 28.b3 e5 29.h4 h5 30.a3 Ke6 31.f7 a5 32.a4 Rxf7 33.Rxf7 Kxf7 34.Kxe5 Ke7 35.Kd5 g5 36.hxg5 h4

37.Ke4 Ke6 38.Kf4 h3 39.Kg3 Kf5 40.Kxh3 Kxg5 41.Kg3 Kf5 42.Kf3 Ke5 43.Kf2 Kf4 44.Ke2 Ke4 45.Kd2, draw.

15/10 PCG 6/23/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Brawlstars27 (Chess.com 1756) - JimWest (Chess.com 1855), Chess.com 6/23/2022

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.f3 Qe8 12.fxe4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nxe4 14.Bd2 Rxf1+ 15.Bxf1 Nd7 16.Nf3 Ndf6 17.Ne5 Nxd2 18.Qxd2 Ne4 19.Qe3 Bf5

20.Bd3 Qe6 21.Rf1 Rf8 22.c4 Nd6 23.cxd5 cxd5 24.Bxf5 Nxf5 25.Qf4 Rf6 26.Qg4 g6 27.c3 Kg7 28.Qg5 Nd6 29.Rxf6 Qxf6 30.Qxf6+ Kxf6 31.Kf1 Ne4

32.Ke2 Nxc3+ 33.Kd2 Nxa2 34.Nd3 a5 35.Kc2 Nb4+ 36.Nxb4 axb4 37.Kb3 Kf5 38.Kxb4 Ke4 39.Kc5 b6+ 40.Kxb6 Kxd4 41.Kc6 Kc4 42.Kd6 d4 43.Ke5 d3 44.Ke4 d2 45.Kf4 d1=Q

46.Kg3 h5 47.h3 g5 48.Kf2 h4 49.Ke3 g4 50.hxg4 Qxg4 51.Kf2 Qg3+ 52.Kg1 h3 53.Kf1 Qxg2+ 54.Ke1 h2 55.Kd1 h1=Q#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/22/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1849) - guang0327 (Chess.com 1744), Chess.com 6/22/2022

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 Nc6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Bc5 6.Nf3 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.Be2 O-O 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Re8 11.Nd2 Ne5 12.Qc2 a5 13.O-O-O b5 14.d4 Nxf3 15.gxf3 Bb6 16.Rdg1 Nh5 17.Be3 Re6 18.Rg5 g6

19.Rxb5 c6 20.Rg5 Rf6 21.Rhg1 Nf4 22.Bxf4 Rxf4 23.R5g4 Qf6 24.Rxf4 Qxf4 25.Kb1 Qh2 26.Qd1 Qxh3 27.Nc4 Bc7 28.Ne3 a4 29.a3 Ra5 30.Nf5 Rxf5 31.exf5 Qxf5+ 32.Ka1 Qb5 33.Qd2 Kg7 34.f4 Qd5

35.Qg2 Qf5 36.Qxc6 Bd8 37.Qxd6 Bf6 38.Re1 h5 39.Re8 h4 40.Qf8+ Kh7 41.Qxf7+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

paultink (lichess 2213) - JimWest (lichess 2161), lichess 6/22/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.dxe5 dxe4 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.Ng5 Ke8 9.Nxe4 Bf5 10.Bd3 Bxe4 11.Bxe4 c6 12.O-O Nd7 13.Bf4 Bc5 14.c3 Ne7 15.Bg3 g6 16.h3 Kf8 17.Kh1 Kg7

18.Bh2 Rhf8 19.g4 Rxf2 20.Rxf2 Bxf2, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/21/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

pe_sme (Chess.com 1761) - JimWest (Chess.com 1843), Chess.com 6/21/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qd2 c6 7.O-O-O O-O 8.h4 Qa5 9.h5 h6 10.Bxh6 gxh6 11.Qxh6 Nh7 12.Qg6+ Kh8 13.h6 Rg8 14.Qf7 Qd8 15.exf5 Qf8 16.Qxf8 Rxf8 17.g4 Nd7 18.Nh4 Bxh4 19.Rxh4 Ndf6

20.Ne4 d5 21.Nxf6 Rxf6 22.Be2 Bd7 23.Rdh1 Rg8 24.Kd2 Rg5 25.Ke3 c5 26.f4 exf4+ 27.Kxf4 d4 28.Bf3 Bxf5 29.Kg3 Bc8 30.Rh5 Rxf3+ 31.Kxf3 Bxg4+ 32.Ke4 Bxh5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2156) - Arkadiy1987 (lichess 2065), lichess 6/21/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 Ng4 6.Nh3 O-O 7.Nxd5 Nc6 8.f5 Qh4+ 9.g3 Qh5 10.Bg2 Nb4 11.Nxb4 Bxb4+ 12.c3 Bc5 13.b4 Bb6 14.a4 a6 15.d4 f6 16.O-O exd4 17.cxd4 g5 18.Kh1 Bd7 19.d5 Rae8

20.Bf3 Qxh3 21.Bxg4 Qh6 22.Bf3 Rd8 23.Qb3 Kh8 24.Be3 Bxe3 25.Qxe3 Rfe8 26.Bg2 Bc8 27.Qc5 Rd7 28.b5 axb5 29.axb5 Qf8 30.Qxf8+ Rxf8 31.Rfc1 Kg7 32.Ra8 Rfd8 33.h3 Kf7

34.b6 c6 35.dxc6 bxc6 36.Rxc6 Bb7 37.Rxd8 Rxd8 38.Rc7+, Black forfeits.

2 PCG Games 6/20/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Edik10 (Chess.com 1744) - JimWest (Chess.com 1873), Chess.com 6/20/2022

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.f4 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.fxe5 Bxe5 13.d4 Bd6 14.Bf4 h6 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.Nf3 Ng4 17.Qd2 Ba6 18.Rfe1 Rae8

19.h3 Nf6 20.Ne5 Ne4 21.Nxe4 fxe4 22.Re3 c5 23.c3 cxd4 24.cxd4 Re6 25.Rc1 Rxe5 26.dxe5 Qxe5 27.Rce1 Bb7 28.Qa5 Qxb2 29.R1e2 Qb1+ 30.Kh2 d4 31.Rb3 Qf1 32.Qh5 Qf4+ 33.g3 Qf7 34.Qxf7+ Rxf7

35.Rxb7 Rxb7 36.Rxe4 Rb2+ 37.Kg1 d3 38.Kf1 Rxa2 39.Rd4 Ra3 40.g4 d2 41.h4 Ra1+ 42.Ke2 d1=Q+ 43.Rxd1 Rxd1 44.Kxd1 Kf7 45.Ke2 Ke6 46.Ke3 Ke5 47.h5 a5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Uljalgas-188 (lichess 2034) - JimWest (lichess 2157), lichess 6/20/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Qd4 c5 8.Qd1 Ne7 9.Bb5+ Nbc6 10.O-O O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.e6 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Ba6 14.Re1 h6 15.Nf7 Rxf7 16.exf7+ Kxf7 17.Qh5+ Kg8 18.Be3 Qd6

19.Qd1 Nf5 20.Qd2 Nxe3 21.Qxe3 Rf8 22.Qg3 Qxg3 23.hxg3 Bc4 24.a3 a5 25.Reb1 d4 26.cxd4 cxd4 27.Rb6 Bd5 28.Ra6 e3 29.fxe3 dxe3 30.Re1 Rf2 31.Rxe3 Rxg2+ 32.Kf1 Rxc2 33.Rxa5 Kh7

34.Ra7 Rc1+ 35.Ke2 Rc2+ 36.Kd3 Rg2 37.Kd4 h5 38.a4 Kh6 39.a5 Ra2 40.Ree7 g6 41.Re3 Kg5 42.a6 Kg4 43.Rg7 Rxa6 44.Rxg6+ Kf5 45.Rd6 Ra4+ 46.Kc5 Rc4+ 47.Kb6 Rb4+ 48.Kc7 Re4 49.Ra3 Re7+ 50.Kd8 Re6 51.Rxe6 Kxe6

52.Ra7 Kf5 53.Rg7 Bf3 54.Ke7 c5 55.Kd6 c4 56.Rc7 Be2 57.Kd5 Kg4 58.Rg7+ Kh3 59.Kd4 Bg4 60.Kxc4 Kxg3 61.Kd4 h4 62.Rh7 h3 63.Ke3 h2 64.Rxh2 Kxh2, draw.