PCG Reversed & PCG 1/30/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1744) - rsamji (Chess.com 1747), Chess.com 1/30/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 Ng4 6.Nh3 exf4 7.Bxf4 Qf6 8.Nxd5 Qd8 9.Nxc7+ Kf8 10.Nxa8 Nc6 11.c3 Ne3 12.Bxe3 Bxe3 13.Qf3 Bh6

14.Be2 Ne5 15.Qg3 Qf6 16.Rf1 Qe7 17.Nf4 g6 18.Nd5 Qd6 19.d4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

jejelasker (lichess 2282) - JimWest (lichess 2172), lichess 1/30/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.O-O-O O-O 12.Bb3 Bxb3 13.axb3 Ne6 14.g3 Bxe5 15.fxe5 Nxg5 16.exf6 gxf6 17.h4 Nf3 18.Nxe4 Rae8

19.Nc5 b6 20.Nd7 Rf7 21.Rhf1 Re3 22.Rd4 Nxd4 23.Nxf6+ Rxf6 24.Rxf6 Rxg3 25.Rf4 Ne2+, White resigns.

10/5 PCG 1/29/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

viktor1959 (lichess 2228) - JimWest (lichess 2209), lichess 1/29/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qd1 O-O 11.c4 c6 12.Bb4 Na6 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.h4 Qxe5

15.cxd5 Qc3+ 16.Ke2 Bg4+ 17.f3 exf3+ 18.gxf3 Bxf3+ 19.Nxf3 Qxf3+ 20.Kd2 Qxh1 21.d6 Qh2+ 22.Kc3 Qe5+ 23.Kb3 Nc5+ 24.Kb4 Rf4+ 25.Bc4+ Rxc4+ 26.Kxc4 Rd8 27.Qd4 Qxd4+ 28.Kxd4 b6

29.Ke5 Re8+ 30.Kf4 Re4+ 31.Kf3 Rxh4 32.Re1 Rd4 33.Re8+ Kg7 34.Re7+ Kh6 35.Rxa7 Rxd6 36.a4 Rd2 37.Rc7 Rxc2 38.Rxc6 Ra2 39.Rxb6 Rxa4 40.Rb5 Ne6 41.Kg3 Ng7 42.Kh3 Nf5 43.Rc5 Kg5 44.Rc7 h5

45.Rc5 Ra3+ 46.Kg2 h4 47.Kh2 Rf3 48.Rc4 Rf4 49.Rc2 Kh5 50.Kh3 g5 51.Rc8 g4+ 52.Kh2 Rf2+ 53.Kg1 g3 54.Rg8 h3 55.Rxg3 Nxg3 56.Kxf2 h2 57.Kxg3 h1=Q, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 1/28/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

rsamji (Chess.com 1734) - JimWest (Chess.com 1776), Chess.com 1/28/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.O-O O-O 10.f3 Nc6 11.Bg5 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qe8 13.Bb5 a6 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Rb1 exf3 16.gxf3 Qh5 17.Bf4 Nd7 18.Bg3 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Bh3

20.Rf2 Rae8 21.f4 Qxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Bf5 23.c4 Be4 24.cxd4 cxd4 25.c4 c6 26.Rb2 Rb8 27.Rdd2 g6 28.Kf2 dxc4 29.Rxb8 Rxb8 30.Re2 Bd3 31.Rd2 Re8 32.Ke3 Kf7 33.Ke5 Ke6 34.Kc3 Rb8 35.h4 h5

36.Rg2 Rb1 37.Bh2 Rc1+ 38.Kb2 Re1 39.Rxg6+ Bxg6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Pedro_Muller (lichess 2246) - JimWest (lichess 2203), lichess 1/28/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Qb3 Nf6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.dxe5 Nc5 8.Qb5+ c6 9.Qe2 Nd3+ 10.Kd1 dxe5

11.Bd2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 1/27/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

LaPisaBien (Chess.com 1769) - JimWest (Chess.com 1769), Chess.com 1/27/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.Ng5 d5 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Bb5+ Nbc6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qh6 Nf5 13.Qh3 Nfd4

14.Bxc6+ bxc6 15.Qh6 Nf5 16.Qh3 Qxg5 17.O-O O-O 18.Qc3 Nh4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Abdrahman-Sameh (lichess 2183) - JimWest (lichess 2207), lichess 1/27/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.exf5 Bd6 8.Bg5 Bxf5 9.Bxd8 Rxd8 10.Ng5 Nh6 11.Nc3 Be7 12.Ne6 Bxe6 13.Bxe6 Bb4 14.O-O Bxc3 15.bxc3 Ke7 16.Bb3 Rhf8

17.h3 Rd2 18.f3 Nf5 19.Rfd1 Rfd8 20.Rxd2 Rxd2 21.Re1 Kf6 22.Bc4 Rxc2, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 1/26/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1761) - Radiboshkov (Chess.com 1765), Chess.com 1/26/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Qe7 6.Qe2 Nfd7 7.Nf3 g5 8.h3 Bg7 9.d4 h6 10.Nc3 c6 11.Bd2 b6 12.O-O-O Ba6 13.Qf2 Bxf1 14.Rdxf1 O-O 15.g3 fxg3 16.Qxg3 f6 17.exf6 Nxf6 18.Re1 Qd8

19.Ne5 Nh5 20.Qg4 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Nf4 22.h4 Nd7 23.Bxf4 Rxf4 24.Qe6+ Kg7 25.hxg5 Qxg5 26.Kb1 Nc5 27.Qxc6 Raf8 28.Nxd5 Ne4 29.Nxf4 Rxf4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2208) - theokrause (lichess 2235), lichess 1/26/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qxg4 Bxb5 9.d5 Qxd5 10.Nc3 Qd7

11.e6 Qxe6 12.Qxe6+ fxe6 13.Nxb5 Na6 14.Bf4 Be7 15.O-O-O Rf8 16.Nd6+ Bxd6 17.Bxd6 Rf2 18.g3 Rd8 19.Nh3 Rf5 20.Bf4 e5 21.Rxd8+ Kxd8 22.Rd1+ Ke7 23.Bg5+ Ke6 24.Be3 Rf3 25.Ng5+, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/25/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1753) - bertslo (Chess.com 1622), Chess.com 1/25/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.h3 g5 7.Bh2 Bg7 8.c3 Nc6 9.Nd2 g4 10.hxg4 Nxg4 11.Qf3 Nce5 12.Bxe5 Nxe5 13.Qg3 Ng6 14.Ngf3 Qe7 15.Be2 Bd7 16.O-O-O O-O-O 17.Kb1 Rdg8

18.Qf2 Nf4 19.Qxa7 Bc6 20.Bf1 Kd7 21.Qe3 Ng6 22.g3 Ra8 23.Bh3+ Kd8 24.Nb3 Bd7 25.Bxd7 Qxd7 26.Nfd4 Qa4 27.Nc1 Ne5 28.Nf5 Bf8 29.Qd4 Qd7 30.Rdf1 Rh7 31.a3 Ra6 32.Na2 Ra4 33.c4 c5 34.Qd5 b5

35.Nc3 Ra5 36.Nxb5 Rxb5 37.cxb5 Qxb5 38.Nxd6 Bxd6 39.Qxd6+ Nd7 40.Rd1 f6 41.Rhf1 Rf7 42.Rf5 Ke8 43.Qe6+ Kf8 44.Qc4 Qxc4 45.dxc4 Ne5 46.Rxe5 fxe5 47.Rd5 Rf3 48.Rxc5 Rxg3 49.Rxe5 Rg5

50.Rxg5 hxg5 51.Kc2 g4 52.Kd2 g3 53.Ke2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

johnypi (lichess 2252) - JimWest (lichess 2207), lichess 1/25/2023

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 Qc1+ 16.Kf2 Qxh1 17.Nc3 Qxh2 18.Nd5 Qxe5 19.Re1 Be6

20.Bh5+ Qxh5 21.Rxe6+ Kd7 22.Re7+ Kd8 23.Rxc7 Qxd5 24.cxd5 Kxc7 25.Qc5+ Kd7 26.Qb5+ Kc7 27.Qc5+ Kd7 28.Qb5+ Kc7 29.Qc5+, draw.

2 PCG Games 1/24/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

kykosan (Chess.com 1813) - JimWest (Chess.com 1760), Chess.com 1/24/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qe2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.c3 O-O-O 11.Be3 d4 12.cxd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bxd4 14.Nd2 Bxb2 15.Rd1 Bc3 16.Qxe4 Bxd2+ 17.Rxd2 Rxd2 18.Kxd2 Ne7 19.Bd3 Bf5

20.Qc4 Qg5+ 21.Kc3 Qf6+ 22.Kd2 Qg5+ 23.Ke1 Bxd3 24.Qxd3 Qc1+ 25.Qd1 Qc3+ 26.Kf1 Qc4+ 27.Kg1 Qg8 28.h4 Qxh8 29.Rh3 g6 30.Rd3 Nf5 31.g3 Nd6 32.Qc2 Kb8 33.a4 a6 34.Qc3 Qxc3 35.Rxc3 b5 36.axb5 axb5

37.f3 Kb7 38.Kf2 Kb6 39.Ke3 c5 40.g4 b4 41.Rc1 Kb5 42.Kd3 c4+ 43.Kd4 b3 44.Kc3 Kc5 45.Re1 Nb5+ 46.Kb2 Kb4 47.Re4 Nc3 48.Re8 Na4+ 49.Kb1 c3 50.Re4+ Ka3 51.Rc4 c2+ 52.Rxc2 bxc2+ 53.Kxc2 Kb4

54.Kd3 Kc5 55.Ke4 Kd6 56.f4 Nc5+ 57.Kd4 Ne6+ 58.Ke4 Ng7 59.f5 gxf5+ 60.gxf5 Ke7 61.Ke5 Kf7 62.f6 Ne8 63.Kf5 Nxf6 64.Kg5 Kg7 65.h5 h6+ 66.Kh4 Kf7, White resigns.

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Phlidor Counter Gambit

Paulodesousa (lichess 2098) - JimWest (lichess 2217), lichess 1/24/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Ndxe4 Nxe4 9.Qxe4 Nxd4 10.Qxe7+ Bxe7 11.Bd3 Bxf5 12.Bxf5 Nxf5 13.Bd2 O-O 14.O-O-O c6 15.Rhe1 Rae8 16.f3 d5

17.Ne2 Bd6 18.Bf4 Rxe2 19.Rxe2 Bxf4+, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 1/23/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1750) - adsusliawan (Chess.com 1766), Chess.com 1/23/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 c5 9.c3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Qa5 12.Be2 Nf4 13.O-O Nxe2+ 14.Qxe2 Bg4 15.Bxb4 Qxb4 16.Nc3 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Qxc3 18.Qb5+ Qc6 19.Qxc6+ bxc6

20.Rab1 Bxf3 21.Rxf3 O-O 22.Rb7 a5 23.Rc7 Rac8 24.Rfxf7 Rxc7 25.Rxc7 Rf4 26.e6 Rxd4 27.Rc8#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2213) - freeman99 (lichess 2123), lichess 1/23/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bd3 Qd7 10.O-O c5 11.c3 h5 12.Nbd2 f5

13.exf6 gxf6 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Bxe4 Ne7 16.dxc5 Qxd1 17.Rxd1 Nc6 18.Bxc6+ bxc6 19.Re1+ Kf7 20.b4 Bxf3 21.gxf3 a5 22.Bf4 axb4 23.cxb4 Ra3 24.Re3 Ra7 25.a4 Rd7

26.Bd6 Bxd6 27.cxd6 Rxd6 28.Rae1 Rg8+ 29.Kf2 h4 30.Re7+ Kg6 31.Rg1+, Black resigns.

15/10 PCG 1/22/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

greenhearth (Chess.com 1576) - JimWest (Chess.com 1741), Chess.com 1/22/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.Bb3 Nf6 7.O-O h6 8.Nh3 fxe4 9.dxe4 Bxh3 10.gxh3 Qd7 11.exd5 cxd5 12.Qf3 Nc6 13.Nc3 Nd4 14.Qe3 O-O-O 15.Ba4 Qf5 16.f4 Bd6 17.fxe5 Qxe5 18.Qxe5 Bxe5

19.Bf4 Bxf4 20.Rxf4 Nc6 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Ra4 Kb7 23.Re1 Rhe8 24.Rf1 Rd7 25.Raf4 Ne4 26.Nxe4 Rxe4 27.Rf7 Ree7 28.c3 Rxf7, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 1/21/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

StuckAndSteaming (Chess.com 1974) - JimWest (Chess.com 1729), Chess.com 1/21/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.O-O fxe4 6.Ng5 d5 7.Bb5 exd4 8.Qxd4 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.Nxd5 Bxh2+ 11.Kxh2 Qxd5 12.Qxd5 Nxd5 13.Nxe4 Nde7 14.Bf4 Bf5 15.Rfe1 O-O-O

16.c3 Rhf8 17.Ng5 h6 18.Nf3 Bg4 19.Kg3 Bxf3 20.gxf3 g5 21.Be3 a6 22.Ba4 b5 23.Bc2 Nf5+ 24.Bxf5 Rxf5 25.Rad1 Rdf8 26.Rh1 Rxf3+ 27.Kg2 R3f6 28.Rd5 Ne7 29.Re5 Nf5 30.Bc5 Nd6 31.b3 R8f7

32.a4 bxa4 33.bxa4 Kd7 34.Bd4 Rg6 35.Ra5 Nf5 36.Ba7 Nh4+ 37.Kf1 Rc6 38.Rh3 Rf3 39.Rxf3 Nxf3 40.Ke2 Rxc3 41.Rxa6 c6 42.Be3 Nh4 43.Ra7+ Ke6 44.Rh7 Nf5 45.a5 Ra3 46.Bb6 Ra2+ 47.Kd3 Kf6 48.Kc4 Kg6

49.Rh8 Rc2+ 50.Kb3 Rc1 51.a6 Rb1+ 52.Kc3 Rxb6 53.a7 Ra6 54.a8=Q Rxa8 55.Rxa8 g4 56.Rc8 h5 57.Rxc6+ Kg5 58.Kd3 h4 59.Ke4 h3 60.Rc1 Nh4 61.Ke3 Nf3 62.Ke2 h2 63.Rh1 Kf4 64.Kf1 g3 65.Kg2 Nh4+ 66.Kh3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit 

kdhz (lichess 2242) - JimWest (lichess 2195), lichess 1/21/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qe2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.c3 O-O-O 11.Nd2 Ne5 12.Kd1 Bxf2 13.Qb5 c6 14.Qa4 Ne7 15.Nb3 Rxh8 16.Bd2 Rf8

17.Be2 e3 18.Be1 Kb8 19.Nc5 Bc8 20.Qb3 Ka8 21.a4 N7g6 22.a5 a6 23.Qb6 Qd8 24.Qxd8 Rxd8 25.Rf1 Bxe1 26.Kxe1 Nh4, White forfeits.

10/5 PCG Reversed 1/20/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2195) - Ken_Maynard (lichess 2177), lichess 1/20/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 Bxg1 5.Rxg1 d5 6.Nc3 dxe4 7.dxe4 Qxd1+ 8.Nxd1 Nxe4 9.fxe5 Nc6 10.Bf4 g5 11.Bd3 gxf4 12.Bxe4 Nxe5 13.Nc3 f5 14.Bf3 Nxf3+ 15.gxf3 Be6 16.O-O-O Rd8 17.Rxd8+ Kxd8 18.Rd1+ Ke7 19.Ne2 Rd8

20.Rxd8 Kxd8 21.Nxf4 Bf7 22.b3 Ke7 23.c4 Kd6 24.Kd2 c6 25.Kc3 Ke5 26.Nd3+ Kf6 27.f4 Bh5 28.c5 Ke6 29.Kd4 Be2 30.Ne5 a5 31.a3 Bd1 32.b4 axb4 33.axb4 Be2 34.Ke3 Ba6 35.Kd4 Kf6 36.h4 Kg7 37.Nd7 Kh6 38.Ke5 Bd3

39.Nf8 Kh5 40.Nxh7 Kxh4 41.Nf8 Kg3 42.Ne6 Kf3 43.Nd8 Ba6 44.Kxf5 Ke3 45.Ke5 Kd3 46.f5 Kc3 47.f6 Bc4 48.Nxb7 Kxb4 49.Kd6 Kb5 50.Nd8, Black resigns.

10/5 PCG Reversed 1/19/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2189) - Fisher_juznih_mora (lichess 2214), lichess 1/19/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 Nc6 9.Nf3 Nb4 10.Bd3 Nxd3+ 11.cxd3 Bb4+ 12.Ke2 Nc5 13.Be3 Bf5 14.Nf2 O-O-O 15.Rhd1 Ne6 16.a3 Bc5 17.Bxc5 Nxc5 18.Rac1 Nb3

19.Rc3 Nd4+ 20.Nxd4 Rxd4 21.Rdc1 c6 22.Rc4 Rhd8 23.Rxd4 Rxd4 24.Ke3 Rd5 25.d4 a5 26.g4 Bg6 27.h4 h6 28.h5 Bh7 29.Ne4 Bxe4 30.Kxe4 Kd7 31.a4 Ke6 32.Rc3 g6 33.Rb3 Rd7 34.Rf3 f5+ 35.exf6 gxh5 36.gxh5 Rf7

37.Rf5 Rxf6 38.Rxa5 Rf2 39.b4 Rb2 40.b5 cxb5 41.Rxb5 Rxb5 42.axb5 b6 43.d5+ Kd6 44.Kd4, Black resigns.