2 PCG Reversed Games 8/30/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1819) - Betamasaharu (Chess.com 1758), Chess.com 8/30/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 Nf6 6.d3 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Nd4 8.O-O Qd7 9.c3 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 O-O-O 11.f5 h5 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd2 h4 15.h3 Rdg8 16.a4 g5 17.Qg4 d5 18.Rfd1 Qc6

19.exd5 Qxd5 20.Ne4 Rh6 21.Rd2 Kb8 22.Rf1 Qc6 23.a5 Qb5 24.b4 Qc6 25.c4 Qa4 26.Rb1 Be7 27.c5 Rd8 28.f6 Bxf6 29.Nxf6 Rxf6 30.Qxg5 Rfd6 31.cxd6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2145) - chesslover8310 (lichess 2027), lichess 8/30/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 exf4 7.Bxf4 Be7 8.h3 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Nbd2 Bf8 11.c3 b6 12.Qc2 Bb7 13.Rae1 Ne7 14.Bh2 Ng6 15.Kh1 Qd7 16.a4 d5 17.e5 Nh7 18.d4 c5

19.Bd3 Qe6 20.Bf5 Qc6 21.e6 Rxe6 22.Bxe6 Nh8 23.Bf5 Nf6 24.Ne5, Black forfeits.

2 PCG Games 8/29/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Ecarlos77 (Chess.com 1748) - JimWest (Chess.com 1812), Chess.com 8/29/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.Be2 fxe4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.Qxe4 Nf6 7.Qc2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.d4 e4 10.Ne1 d5 11.Be3 Bd6 12.f4 Kh8 13.g3 Ne7 14.c4 c6 15.Nc3 Nf5 16.Ng2 Nxe3 17.Nxe3 Be6 18.Qb3 Qb6

19.Qc2 Qxd4 20.cxd5 Qxe3+ 21.Rf2 cxd5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

gamalegy (lichess 1984) - JimWest (lichess 2146), lichess 8/29/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 c6 5.d3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Ng5 h6 10.Nf7 Rh7 11.Qe2 g5 12.Rd1 Rxf7 13.Bxf7+ Kxf7 14.Qc4+ Be6 15.Qd3 Na6 16.a3 Nc5 17.Qe2 a5 18.Bd2 a4 19.h3 Rd8

20.b4 axb3 21.cxb3 Nxb3 22.Rab1 Bxa3 23.h4 Nxd2 24.Rxd2 Rxd2 25.Qxd2 Bc5 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.g3 Bd4 28.gxf4 gxf4 29.Ne2 Bxf2+ 30.Kxf2 Nxe4+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 8/28/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

hafezparast (Chess.com 1849) - JimWest (Chess.com 1801), Chess.com 8/28/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Qxd5 Bxg3 13.fxg3 Qe6 14.Qg5 Qf5 15.Qe3 Be6 16.O-O-O c6 17.Be2 Nd7 18.Rhf1 Qa5

19.Qxe4 Qxa2 20.Qxg6+ Kd8 21.b3 Qa1+ 22.Kd2 Qxd4+ 23.Ke1 Qc3+ 24.Rd2 Qa1+ 25.Kf2 Rf8+ 26.Bf3 Qf6 27.Qd3 Kc8 28.Kg1 Qe7 29.Re1 Kc7 30.Qe3 Rae8 31.Qxa7 Qc5+ 32.Qxc5 Nxc5

33.b4 Na6 34.Rde2 Bd7 35.c3 Rxe2 36.Rxe2 Re8 37.h4 Rxe2 38.Bxe2 b5 39.g4 c5 40.h5 cxb4 41.cxb4 Be8 42.g5 Nxb4 43.g6 Nd5 44.Bxb5 Kd8 45.Bxe8 Kxe8 46.Kh2 Kf8 47.Kh3 Kg7

48.Kg4 Nf6+ 49.Kg5 Ne4+ 50.Kf4 Nf6 51.g4 Ng8 52.g5 Ne7 53.Kg4 Nxg6 54.hxg6 Kxg6 55.Kf4 Kg7 56.Kf5 Kf7 57.g6+ Kg7 58.Kg5 Kg8 59.Kh6 Kh8 60.g7+ Kg8 61.Kg6, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

snaiper-reinjer (lichess 2287) - JimWest (lichess 2143), lichess 8/28/2022

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.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qh6 c6 12.Be2 Bf8 13.Qe3 Bg7 14.O-O-O O-O 15.f3 exf3 16.Bxf3 Qf4 17.Qxf4 Rxf4 18.g3 Rf8

19.Rhf1 Bxe5 20.dxe5 Be6 21.Ne2 Bh3 22.Rf2 Nd7 23.Nf4 Nxe5 24.Bh1 Bd7 25.Re2 Rae8 26.Bxd5+ cxd5 27.Rxd5 Ng4 28.Rxd7 Rxe2 29.Nxe2 Nxh2 30.Rxb7 Rf1+ 31.Kd2 Rb1 32.b3 Nf1+ 33.Kc3 Re1 34.Nd4 Nxg3 35.Rxa7 h5

36.Kc4 h4 37.Nf3 Re4+ 38.Kd3 h3 39.Ra4 Re6 40.Rh4 Nh5 41.Nd4 Rf6 42.Kc4 Nf4 43.Nf3 Rc6+ 44.Kb5 Rxc2 45.Rxf4 Rxa2 46.Rh4 Rb2 47.b4 Kf7 48.Rxh3 Kf6 49.Nd4 g5 50.Rf3+ Ke5 51.Nc6+ Ke4 52.Rf8 g4

53.Rg8 Kf4 54.Kb6 g3 55.b5 g2 56.Na7 Kf3 57.Kb7 Kf2 58.Rf8+ Kg3 59.Rg8+ Kh2 60.Rh8+ Kg3 61.Rg8+ Kh2 62.b6 Rxb6+ 63.Kxb6 g1=Q+ 64.Rxg1 Kxg1, draw.

15/10 PCG 8/27/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

luis236 (Chess.com 1813) - JimWest (Chess.com 1785), Chess.com 8/27/2022

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.Nf7 Kxf7 12.Bc4+ Kg7 13.Qg5+ Kh8 14.Bf4 Bg7 15.Be5 Nc6 16.O-O-O Bd7

17.Bf4 Ne7 18.h3 Ng6 19.Be3 b5 20.Bxb5 Bxb5 21.Qxb5 Rb8 22.Qa5 Nd5 23.c3 Ngf4 24.Rd2 Nd3+ 25.Kb1 a6 26.Qxa6 Nxc3+ 27.Ka1 Ra8 28.Qxa8 Qxa8 29.bxc3 Qa3 30.Rc2 c5 31.Rb1 cxd4 32.Rb8+ Bf8 33.Rxf8+ Qxf8 34.Bxd4+ Kg8

35.Re2 Qf4 36.Be3 Qc7 37.Rc2 Qc4 38.g3 h5 39.h4 Kf7 40.Bd4 Ke6 41.Re2 Kd5 42.Rd2 Ke6 43.Re2 Kf5 44.Kb1 Qb5+ 45.Ka1 Qa4 46.Rd2 Qa3 47.Rc2 Qa4 48.Rd2 Kg4 49.Be3 Kf3

50.Bd4 Ne1 51.Be3 Nc2+ 52.Kb2 Nxe3 53.fxe3 Kxe3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 8/26/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

PUKOKABRA (Chess.com 1805) - JimWest (Chess.com 1793), Chess.com 8/26/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.a4 Nf6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Nc3 d5 10.Ba2 Qc7 11.h3 h6 12.Bd2 O-O 13.Re1 Kh8 14.Qe2 Bd6 15.Rab1 Rae8 16.Qf1 Bh7

17.b4 e4 18.dxe4 Nxe4 19.Nxe4 Bxe4 20.Nd4 a6 21.Rbc1 Nf6 22.f3 Bh7 23.Ne6 Rxe6 24.Rxe6 Nh5 25.Be1 Nf4 26.Re3 Qb6 27.Qf2 Bxb4 28.Bxb4 Qxb4 29.Kh2 Qxa4 30.Bb3 Qa3 31.Rce1 Qd6 32.g3 Nh5 33.Re8 Nf6 34.Rxf8+ Qxf8

35.c3 Qd6 36.Bc2 b5 37.Bxh7 Kxh7 38.Qc2+ Kg8 39.Qf5 Kf7 40.h4 h5 41.Qc8 a5 42.Qb7+ Qd7 43.Qa8 a4 44.Kg2 c5 45.Qa5 d4 46.cxd4 cxd4 47.Rc1 Kg6 48.Rc7 Qd5

49.Qa7 Qa2+ 50.Kh3 Qe6+ 51.Kg2 Qe2+ 52.Kh3 Qf1+ 53.Kh2 Qf2+ 54.Kh3 Qf1+ 55.Kh2 Qf2+ 56.Kh3 Qf1+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

TwentyfirstMozart (lichess 2120) - JimWest (lichess 2139), lichess 8/26/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.O-O Nf6 9.Re1 Bd6 10.Bf4 Be6 11.Nd2 O-O 12.Bg3 Bxe5 13.Bxe6+ Nxe6 14.Bxe5 Rad8 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Rxe4 Rd2

17.Bc3 Rxc2 18.Rxe6 Rfxf2 19.Be5 Rxg2+ 20.Kh1 Kf7 21.Rg1 Rxg1+ 22.Kxg1 Kxe6 23.Bxg7 h5 24.a4 a6 25.a5 c6 26.Bc3 Kd5 27.h4 Kc4 28.Kf1 Rxc3 29.bxc3 Kxc3

30.Kf2 Kb4 31.Ke3 Kxa5 32.Kf4 b5 33.Kg5 b4 34.Kxh5 b3 35.Kg6 b2 36.h5 b1=Q+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 8/25/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Ioan48 (Chess.com 1722) - JimWest (Chess.com 1787), Chess.com 8/25/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qe2 Nc6 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.Nf7 Qe7 11.Nxh8 Bxe6 12.Bg5 O-O-O 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.O-O-O Ne5

15.Qb5 Bxf2 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Rxd5 Rxd5 19.Qxd5 e3 20.Qg8+ Kd7 21.Bb5+ c6 22.Rd1+ Kc7 23.Qh7+ Kb6 24.Bd3 Nxd3+ 25.Rxd3 e2 26.Rb3+ Kc5 27.Rc3+ Qxc3 28.Qe7+ Kb6 29.bxc3 e1=Q+ 30.Qxe1 Bxe1

31.Kd1 Bxc3 32.Ke2 Kc5 33.Kf3 Kb4 34.Kg4 Bd2 35.h4 Ka3 36.h5 gxh5+ 37.Kxh5 Kxa2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

rkorebrits (lichess 2041) - JimWest (lichess 2128), lichess 8/25/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nxe5 Bxg5 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Bxg6+ Kf8 10.f4 Bf6 11.O-O hxg6 12.Qxg6 Ke7 13.Ng4 Bxg4 14.Qxg4 Bxd4+ 15.Kh1 Nf6 16.Qe2+ Kf7 17.Nc3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Nc6 19.Rfe1 Qd6

20.Qf3 Rae8 21.Red1 Re4 22.g3 Qe6 23.Qd3 Qh3 24.Rd2 Ne7 25.Rg2 c6 26.Rf1 Nf5 27.Rfg1 Ng4, White resigns.

15/10 PCG 8/24/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Serban096 (Chess.com 1716) - JimWest (Chess.com 1781), Chess.com 8/24/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bc4 c6 4.d3 f5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Ng5 d5 7.Bb3 Bb4 8.O-O O-O 9.a3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Kh8 11.a4 h6 12.Nh3 fxe4 13.Ba3 Re8 14.dxe4 Bxh3 15.gxh3 Nxe4 16.f3 Nxc3 17.Qd3 d4 18.Kh1 Qf6 19.Rg1 Nd7

20.Rg6 e4 21.Rxf6 exd3 22.Rg6 Ne5 23.Rg3 d2 24.Rag1 d1=Q 25.Rxg7 Qxf3+ 26.R7g2 Ne4, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 8/23/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

chessbullete4 (Chess.com 1863) - JimWest (Chess.com 1776), Chess.com 8/23/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.Bd3 fxe4 7.Bxe4 d5 8.Bxh7 Rxh7 9.Nxe5 Nbc6 10.Qf3 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Bf5 12.Nc3 c6 13.O-O-O Qc7 14.Rhe1 O-O-O

15.g4 Be6 16.Na4 Rh4 17.h3 Rdh8 18.Rh1 Qa5 19.Qa3 Bxg4 20.Qxe7 Qxa4 21.hxg4 Rxh1 22.Qe6+ Kb8 23.Qd6+ Ka8 24.e6 Rxd1+ 25.Kxd1 Qxg4+ 26.Kd2 Re8 27.e7 Qg5+ 28.f4 Qxe7 29.Qg6 Qd3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

BoyarBog (lichess 2014) - JimWest (lichess 2106), lichess 8/23/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.O-O Bd6 10.Qf3 e4 11.dxe4 dxe4 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Qe2 h6

14.Qc4 hxg5 15.Qxc6+ Qd7 16.Qxa8 Bxh2+ 17.Kh1 Be5+ 18.Kg1 Bh2+ 19.Kh1 Be5+ 20.Kg1 Bh2+ 21.Kh1, draw.

10/5 PCG 8/22/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

advikp (lichess 2157) - JimWest (lichess 2125), lichess 8/22/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc3 d5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Nf1 c6 9.Bf4 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Ng3 Bg6 12.O-O O-O 13.f3 Nbd7

14.fxe4 Nxe4 15.Ngxe4 Rxf1+ 16.Bxf1 Bxe4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.c3 Nf6 19.Qb3+ Kh8 20.Re1 Qc7 21.g3 Re8 22.Bg2 h6 23.Qc2 Qe7 24.a4 a5 25.c4 e3 26.d5 Qc5 27.Qd3 cxd5 28.cxd5 Ng4 29.Re2 Qc1+ 30.Bf1 Rf8

31.Rc2 Rxf1+ 32.Qxf1 Qxc2 33.Qg2 Qxg2+ 34.Kxg2 e2 35.d6 e1=Q 36.d7 Qd2+ 37.Kh3 Nf6 38.d8=R+ Qxd8, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/21/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

shshsa (Chess.com 1749) - JimWest (Chess.com 1716), Chess.com 8/21/2022

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

6.Bg5 exf3 7.Bxe7 fxe2 8.Bxf8 exf1=Q+ 9.Rxf1 Kxf8, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2115) - RxberT (lichess 1996), lichess 8/21/2022

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 Bg4 10.O-O Qd7 11.c3 h5 12.Qa4 h4 13.Be3 h3 14.g3 a6 15.Nbd2 O-O

16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Nd2 g6 19.Nxe4 Qd5 20.Qc2 Bf5 21.Rxf5 gxf5 22.Ng5 Bxg5 23.Bxg3 Qf3 24.Rf1 Qe4 25.Qxe4 fxe4 26.Bf6 Rab8 27.b4 a5 28.a3 axb4 29.axb4 Ra8 30.Re1 Ra3 31.Rxe4 Ra1+ 32.Kf2 Ra2+ 33.Kf3 Kh7

34.Rh4+ Kg6 35.Rxh3 Ra3 36.Kf4 Rxc3 37.Be7 Re8 38.Bc5 Rf8 39.Rh4 Rd8 40.Rg4+ Kh6 41.h4 Rd5 42.Bf8+ Kh7 43.Kf5 Rd3 44.Bc5 Rf3+ 45.Ke4 Rf1 46.Rf4 Re1+ 47.Kf5 Rg1 48.g4 Rd8 49.Kf6 Rg8 50.g5 Rg7

51.Bf8 Rg8 52.Kxf7 Rd1 53.Rf6 Rc1 54.Rh6#.

10/5 PCG 8/20/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

gowthamvishwa2000 (lichess 2035) - JimWest (lichess 2121), lichess 8/20/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Qe2 fxe4 5.Qxe4 Nf6 6.Qe2 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 c6 9.Qf5 Nbd7 10.d3 d5 11.Bb3 Bd6 12.c4 Qe7 13.O-O O-O-O 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Bg5 d4 16.Nd2 Kb8 17.Ne4 Bc7 18.Rfc1 h6

19.Bd2 Nxe4 20.Qxe4 Nc5 21.Bb4 Bd6 22.Bxc5 Bxc5 23.Rc2 Bb6 24.Rac1 Rc8 25.Qf5 Rxc2 26.Rxc2 Rf8 27.Qg4 a6 28.Bd5 Ka7 29.Rc8 Rxc8 30.Qxc8 Qc7 31.Qxc7 Bxc7

32.Kf1 b5 33.Ke2 Kb6 34.Kf3 Kc5 35.Bb7 a5 36.Ke4 Kd6 35.Kf5 Bd8 36.Kg6 Bf6 37.b3 b4 38.g3 Ke7 39.h4 Kf8 40.Bd5 Bd8 41.Kf5 Bc7 42.g4 Ke7 43.Kg6 Kf8 44.g5 hxg5 45.Kxg5 Bd8+ 46.Kg4 Ke7 47.h5 Kf6

48.f3 Be7 49.Be4 Bf8 50.Bc6 g6 51.hxg6 Kxg6 52.Be4+ Kf6 53.Kh5 Bg7 54.Kg4 Bh6 55.Kh5 Bf4 56.Kg4 Ke7 57.Bb7 Kd6 58.Be4 Kc5 59.Kf5 Kb5 60.Ke6 a4 61.bxa4+ Kxa4 62.Bd5 Ka3 63.Bb3 Kb2 64.Kf5 Kc3 65.Ke4 Kd2

66.Bf7 Kc3 67.Bb3 Kd2 68.Bf7 Kc3 69.Bg8 Kd2 70.Be6 Kc3 71.Bd5 Kd2 72.Be6 Kc3 73.Bd5 Kd2 74.Be6 Kc3 75.Bf7 Kd2 76.Be6 Kc3 77.Bf7 Kd2 78.Bb3 Kc3 79.Bf7, draw.