2 PCG Games 11/29/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

zipert (Chess.com 1834) - JimWest (Chess.com 1843), Chess.com 11/29/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bb3 Na6 6.Bg5 Nf6 7.a3 Be7 8.O-O f4 9.Nbd2 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 Nc5 12.Bc2 O-O 13.b4 Ne6 14.Bb3 Kh8 15.Ba2 Ng5 16.Nxg5 Bxg5 17.Nf3 Bg4 18.Rc1 a5

19.Bb3 axb4 20.axb4 Ra3 21.Ra1 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Rxa1 23.Qxa1 Qd7 24.Kh1 Qh3 24.Bd1 Qxf1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

SeriyMO77 (lichess 2042) - JimWest 2168), lichess 11/29/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.g3 g5 7.c3 b5 8.Bb3 Be7 9.d4 g4 10.Nh4 Bxh4 11.gxh4 Qxh4 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qd6 Qf6 14.Qc5 Nd7 15.Qb4 a5 16.Qa3 Qe7

17.Bxg8 Qxa3 18.Nxa3 Rxg8 19.Nc2 Nf6 20.Re1 Be6 21.a4 Bb3, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/28/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1835) - AntonioPalaciosE (Chess.com 1723), Chess.com 11/28/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 Bg4 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 h6 9.h3 Bd7 10.f5 d5 11.Qc2 Bc5+ 12.Kh2 d4 13.cxd4 Nxd4 14.Qxc5 Nxf3+ 15.Rxf3 Re8 16.Be3 b6 17.Qc2 c5 18.Nc3 Rc8 19.Rd1 Qc7

20.Rg3 Kh8 21.Qd2 Kh7 22.Qe1 Bc6 23.Bc1 b5 24.b3 a5 25.a4 b4 26.Nb1 Re7 27.Nd2 Be8 28.Nc4 Ng8 29.Bb2 f6 30.Rc1 Bf7 31.Qd1 Rd8 32.Bh5 Ree8 33.Qg4 Bxh5 34.Qxh5 Re7 35.Rd1 Ra8 36.Ne3 Qd8 37.Nd5 Rb7

38.Bc1 Qe8 39.Qxe8 Rxe8 40.Be3 Rc8 41.Rc1 Ne7 42.Nxe7 Rxe7 43.Rxc5 Rxc5 44.Bxc5 Rc7 45.Bb6 Rc3 46.d4 exd4 47.Bxd4 Rc6 48.e5 fxe5 49.Bxe5 h5 50.Rxg7+ Kh6 51.Rg6+ Rxg6 52.fxg6 Kxg6 53.Bc7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Behind_her (lichess 2294) - JimWest (lichess 2166), lichess 11/28/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.c4 Bxf5 7.Nc3 c6 8.Qe2 d5 9.f3 Bb4 10.fxe4 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 dxe4 12.h3 Qa5 13.Bd2 h6 14.Nf3 O-O 15.Ne5 Nbd7 16.g4 Bh7

17.Nxd7 Nxd7 18.Bg2 Rae8 19.Rf1 e3 20.Rxf8+ Nxf8 21.Kf1 exd2 22.Qxe8 Qxc3 23.Rd1 Qxc4+ 24.Kg1 Qxd4+ 25.Kh1 Bc2 26.Rf1 d1=Q 27.Qxf8+ Kh7 28.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 29.Kh2 Qd4

30.Qe7 Qf4+ 31.Kh1 Qc1+ 32.Kh2 Qf4+ 33.Kh1 Qc1+ 34.Kh2 Qf4+, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 11/27/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1829) - genbark (Chess.com 2014), Chess.com 11/27/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 Bc5 5.fxe5 Nxe4 6.Qg4 Nf2 7.Qxg7 Rf8 8.Nf3 Nxh1 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Nc3 d5 11.exd6 Qxd6 12.O-O-O Qg6 13.Qxg6 fxg6 14.Re1 Kd8

15.Nd5 Bxg5+ 16.Nxg5 h6 17.Ne4 Nf2 18.Nec3 Bd7 19.Nb5 Rc8 20.h3 g5 21.Be2 g4 22.Rf1, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2175) - PENICILINA73 (lichess 2214), lichess 11/27/2022

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 Nf2 12.Kxf2 Bc5+ 13.Kg2 Bg4 14.Be2 O-O-O 15.Nc3 Qg6 16.Kh1 f6 17.Bf4 Rhe8

18.Bg3 Bxf3+ 19.Bxf3 fxe5 20.Bh5 Qc6 21.Bxe8 Qxe8 22.Nxd5 Kb8 23.Qf3 Rd7 24.Re1 Rf7 25.Qe4 Bd6 26.c4 c6 27.Nc3 Qf8 28.Kg2 Rf5 29.a3 Qf6

30.b4 g5 31.c5 Bc7 32.b5 h5 33.b6 axb6 34.cxb6 Bd6 35.Qa4 h4 36.Ne4 Qe6 37.Nxd6 Qd5+ 38.Qe4 Qxd6 39.Qxf5 hxg3 40.Qxe5 Qxe5 41.Rxe5, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/26/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

louie0707 (Chess.com 1849) - JimWest (Chess.com 1813), Chess.com 11/26/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 Bxf5 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Qe2 d5 10.O-O-O c6 11.f3 O-O 12.g4 Bg6 13.g5 e3 14.Nb3 Nh5 15.Re1 Re8

16.Nd1 Qxg5 17.Nxe3 Nd7 18.Kb1 Nf4 19.Qf2 Re7 20.Rg1 Qf6 21.Ng4 Rxe1+ 22.Qxe1 Qf5 23.Qf2 Re8, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2171) - ihteandr1 (lichess 2080), lichess 11/26/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.c3 d6 5.f4 exf4 6.Bxf4 Nf6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 Qe7 9.Nbd2 h6 10.h3 Bd7 11.d4 Bb6 12.Qc2 a6 13.O-O g5

14.Nxg5 hxg5 15.Bxg5 Rg8 16.Bxf6 Qe6 17.Bc4 Qxh3 18.Bxf7+ Kxf7 19.Bg5+ Ke8 20.gxh3 Rxg5+ 21.Kh2 Ke7 22.Rf3 Rag8 23.Raf1 Rg2+ 24.Kh1 Bxd4

25.Rf7+ Ke8 26.Rf8+ Rxf8 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Kxg2 Be5 29.Nc4 Bf6 30.Qf2 Ke7 31.Ne3 Be6 32.Nd5+ Bxd5 33.exd5 Ne5 34.Qf5 Kf7 35.Qc8, Black resigns.

10/5 PCG 11/25/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

EyadHessen (lichess 2159) -  JimWest (lichess 2178), lichess 11/25/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.d4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.O-O fxe4 6.Ng5 d5 7.Bb5 exd4 8.Qxd4 Nf6 9.c4 Bd7 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Nc3 h6 12.Nh3 Bxh3 13.gxh3 Qd7 14.Kg2 Be7 15.Bf4 O-O

16.Rad1 Nh5 17.Bg3 Nxg3 18.hxg3 Bf6 19.Qxe4 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Qxh3+ 21.Kxh3 dxe4 22.Rd7 e3 23.f4 Rf7 24.Rxf7 Kxf7 25.Re1 Re8 26.Kg4 g6 27.Kf3 Kf6 28.g4 h5 29.gxh5 gxh5 30.Rxe3 Rxe3+ 31.Kxe3 Kf5

32.Kf3 c5 33.Kg3 a5 34.a4 c6, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/24/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

MrKingLee (Chess.com 1726) - JimWest (Chess.com 1819), Chess.com 11/24/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Nh4 fxe4 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Qxg6+ Kf8 11.dxe4 Be6 12.Nc3 Bf7 13.Qf5 Nc6 14.O-O-O Nd4

15.Rxd4 exd4 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Qxd5 c6 18.Qf5 Qe7 19.f4 Re8 20.Bd3 Qe6 21.Qg6 Rg8 22.Qh5 Rxg2 23.e5 dxe5 24.Re1 Qxa2 25.Qh6+ Bg7 26.Qd6+ Kg8

27.Re2 Rxe2 28.Bxe2 exf4 29.Kd2 Qe6 30.Qxe6+ Rxe6 31.Bc4 Kf7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

A518a (lichess 2026) - JimWest (lichess 2174), lichess 11/24/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.Nfd2 d5 8.c4 c6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Be2 Nbc6 12.Qc3 Qb6

13.Nxd5 Qxf2+ 14.Kd1 Nxd5 15.Rf1 Qc5 16.Rc1 Rxf1+ 17.Bxf1 Qd4 18.Rc4 Ne3+ 19.Kc1 Nxc4 20.Nxc4 Be6 21.Qxb7 Rc8 22.Nd6 Qe3+ 23.Kb1 Qe1+ 24.Kc2 Nd4#.

15/10 PCG 11/23/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

jmmpmk (Chess.com 1772) - JimWest (Chess.com 1813), Chess.com 11/23/2022

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.Bc4+ Kg7 11.Bh6+ Kxh6 12.Nxh8 Bb4+ 13.c3 Qxh8 14.cxb4 Qf8 15.O-O Nbd7 16.Qxc7 Qxb4

17.Bb3 Qxd4 18.Rad1 Qe5 19.Qd8 Qe8 20.Qxe8 Nxe8 21.Be6 Nb6 22.Rd8 Bxe6 23.Rd6, White resigns.

10/5 PCG Reversed 11/22/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2186) - silvestro-1 (lichess 2029), lichess 11/22/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 d6 4.c3 a6 5.a4 h6 6.Na3 Nf6 7.f4 O-O 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Be2 exf4 10.Bxf4 Nh5 11.Bc1 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Qh4+ 13.Kd2 Qf2+ 14.Qe2 Qxe2+ 15.Kxe2 Nf6 16.d4 Bxa3 17.Rxa3 Nfd7 18.Re1 c6 19.Kf2 Nf6

20.Kg1 Nbd7 21.Bf4 d5 22.e5 Nh7 23.a5 Rfe8 24.Rb3 Ra7 25.Kf1 Ng5 26.Bxg5 hxg5 27.Bg4 Nf8 28.Ra3 Ne6 29.Bxe6 Rxe6 30.Raa1 Ra8 31.g4 g6 32.Re2 Kg7 33.Rae1 Rh8 34.Kg2 Rh4 35.h3 Rh8 36.Rf2 Rhe8 37.b4 Kg8 38.Ref1 R6e7

39.Rf6 Kg7 40.Rd6 Re6 41.Rf6 Rxf6 42.Rxf6 Re7 43.Kg3 Kg8 44.h4 gxh4+ 45.Kxh4 Kg7 46.g5 Kf8 47.Rd6 Ke8 48.Kg4 Rc7 49.e6 Ke7 50.exf7 Kxf7 51.Rd8 Re7 52.Kf3 Kg7 53.Rb8 Rf7+ 54.Kg3 Re7

55.Kf4 Rf7+ 56.Ke5 Rf5+ 57.Kd6 Rxg5 58.Rxb7+ Kh6 59.Kxc6 Rf5 60.Re7 g5 61.b5 axb5 62.a6 Rf1 63.a7 Ra1 64.Kb7 g4 65.a8=Q Rxa8 66.Kxa8 g3 67.Re3, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/21/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

tomascapablanca (Chess.com 1788) - JimWest (Chess.com 1822), Chess.com 11/21/2022

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Bc4 f5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.c3 fxe4 8.Ng5 Nh6 9.Nxe4 Nf5 10.O-O Nd6 11.Rd1 Bd7 12.Bd5 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Bd6 14.Bg5+ Ke8 15.Nd2 Kf7 16.Nc4 h6

17.Nxd6+ cxd6 18.Rxd6 Be6 19.Be3 Rhd8 20.Rad1 Rxd6 21.Rxd6 Ke7 22.Bc5 Kf7 23.a3 Rc8 24.Bxc6 Rxc6 25.Rxc6 bxc6 26.Bxa7 Bb3 27.Kf1 Ke6 28.Ke2 Kd5 29.Kd3 e4+ 30.Ke3 g5 31.g4 c5

32.Bb8 Bd1 33.h3 h5 34.Bc7 hxg4 35.hxg4 Bxg4 36.Bd8 Bd1 37.Bxg5 Bb3 38.f3 exf3 39.Kxf3 c4 40.Ke3 Kc6 41.Kd4 Kb5 42.Kd5 Ka4 43.Kc5 Ba2 44.Bc1 Bb3 45.Kd4 Kb5 46.Kd5 Ba2 47.Ke5 Bb3

48.Kd4 Ba2 49.Ke3 Bb3 50.Ke2 Ka4 51.Bf4 Ba2 52.Kd2 Bb3 53.Kc1 Ba2 54.Be3 Kb5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ketamin (lichess 2093) - JimWest (lichess 2181), lichess 11/21/2022

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.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O c6 11.f3 Qa5 12.Kb1 Be6

13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.fxe4 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Qxc3 16.bxc3 fxe5, White resigns.

Unorthodox Openings Newsletter #40

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For a copy, e-mail Lev at polyanker@gmail.com.

PCG with 5...Nf6 6.Nxf6+ gxf6 7.Nxe5

Philidor Counter Gambit

FM phonySally (Chess.com 2472) - CM ArnieChipmunk (Chess.com 2452), Chess.com 11/10/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Nxf6+ gxf6 7.Nxe5

7...dxe5 8 Qh5+ Kd7 9.dxe5 Qe8 10.Qd1+ Ke7 11.exf6+ Kxf6+ 12.Be2 Nc6 13.O-O Bd6 14.Bd3 Ne5 15.Be3 Rg8

16.Re1 c5 17.Bf4 Bg4 18.Qd2 Qh5 19.Qc3 Rae8 20.Re3 Kf7 21.Rae1 Nf3+ 22.gxf3 Bxf4 23.Bc4+ Be6+ 24.Kf1 Bxe3 25.Rxe3 Qxh2

26.Ke2 Bxc4+ 27.Qxc4+ Kg7 28.Qc3+ Kf7 29.Qc4+ Kf6 30.Qc3+ Re5 31.Qb3 Rxe3+ 32.Kxe3 Re8+ 33.Kd3 Qd6+, White forfeits.

10/5 PCG Reversed 11/18/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2178) - gingerkitten (lichess 2211), lichess 11/18/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O exf4 8.Bxf4 d5 9.Nbd2 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.dxe4 Bc5+ 12.Kh1 Bb6 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.c3 h6 15.h3 Be6 16.b4 a5 17.b5 Ne7 18.a4 Ng6 19.Bh2 Rd7

20.Rfd1 Rad8 21.Rxd7 Rxd7 22.Rd1 Rxd1+ 23.Bxd1 Kf8 24.Nd4 Bc4 25.Nf5 Bd3 26.Ng3 Ne5 27.Bb3 Nc4 28.Bg1 Bxg1 29.Kxg1 Nd2 30.Bd5 b6 31.Kf2 Bc2 32.Ke3 Nb3 33.Ne2 Nc5 34.Nd4 Bxa4 35.e5 Nd7

36.Ke4 Nc5+ 37.Kf5 Nd3 38.Bc6 Bd1 39.e6 fxe6+ 40.Nxe6+ Kf7 41.Nxc7 g6+ 42.Ke4 Nc5+ 43.Ke3 a4 44.Kd2 Bb3 45.Kc1 a3 46.Kb1 a2+ 47.Ka1 Na4 48.Bd5+ Bxd5 49.Nxd5 Ke6 50.c4 Nc5 51.Kxa2 Kf5 52.Nxb6 Kf4

53.Ka3 Kg3 54.Na4 Nd7 55.b6 Kxg2 56.c5 Kxh3 57.c6 Nxb6 58.Nxb6 g5 59.c7 g4 60.c8=Q h5 61.Nc4 Kh2 62.Ne3 g3 63.Nf1+ Kg2 64.Nxg3 Kxg3 65.Qc6 h4 66.Qa1 h3 67.Kb3 h2

68.Kc3 Kh3 69.Kd3 Kg3 70.Ke3 Kh3 71.Kf4 Kh4 72.Qxh2#.