2 PCG Games 2/27/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

rahulrctc (Chess.com 1752) - JimWest (Chess.com 1795), Chess.com 2/27/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.Be2 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Bh5+ g6 8.O-O Nf6 9.Be2 Bd6 10.Nc4 O-O 11.Nxd6 cxd6 12.Bc4+ d5 13.Bb3 Nc6 14.d3 Nd4 15.dxe4 Nxb3 16.cxb3 dxe4 17.Qxd8 Rxd8 18.Bg5 Rf8 19.Rfd1 Bf5

20.Rd6 Ne8 21.Rd4 Nc7 22.h3 Ne6 23.Bh6 Nxd4 24.Bxf8 Rxf8 25.Rd1 Nc6 26.g4 Bc8 27.Kh2 Re8 28.Kg3 Ne5 29.Kf4 Nd3+ 30.Kg5 Nxf2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ilkercoskun (lichess 1979) - JimWest (lichess 2123), lichess 2/27/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.O-O Nd7 7.Ng5 d5 8.Bb3 Bd6 9.Re1 Ngf6 10.h3 Nc5 11.f4 Nxb3 12.axb3 e4 13.dxe4 Nxe4 14.Nc3 O-O 15.Ncxe4 Bxe4

16.Ne6 Qh4 17.Nxf8 Rxf8 18.Rf1 Qg3 19.Qg4 Bc5+ 20.Kh1 Bxg2#.

2 PCG Games 2/26/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

belib (Chess.com 1687) - JimWest (Chess.com 1787), Chess.com 2/26/2023

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.Bb5+ c6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Qe8 12.f3 Nbd7 13.Nxd7 Bxd7 14.a3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Qg6 16.Qd2 Rae8 17.Bxf6 Rxf6 18.fxe4 dxe4 19.Rxf6 gxf6

20.Qf4 Kh8 21.Rf1 f5 22.Qh4 Rg8 23.g3 Qg5 24.Qxg5 Rxg5 25.Rf4 b5 26.Kf2 h5 27.h3 Kh7 28.g4 hxg4 29.hxg4 Kg6 30.gxf5+ Bxf5 31.Ke3 Rg3+ 32.Kf2 Rxc3 33.Bh5+ Kxh5 34.Rxf5+ Kg4

35.Rf7 Rf3+ 36.Rxf3 exf3 37.Kf1 Kg3 38.Kg1 f2+ 39.Kf1 Kf3 40.a4 bxa4 41.c4 a3 42.d5 a2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

mcvh1997 (lichess 2026) - JimWest (lichess 2116), lichess 2/26/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.c4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Qxd4 12.Qxd4 Bxd4 13.Nc3 Bxc3+ 14.bxc3 Nc6 15.O-O O-O-O

16.Rfe1 Ne5 17.Rxe4 Nxc4 18.Rxc4 Rhe8 19.Re4 Rd3 20.c4 Kd8 21.g3 Ke7 22.Rb1 b6 23.Rb3 Rxb3 24.axb3 Rd8 25.f4 g6 26.g4 a5 27.f5 gxf5 28.gxf5 Kf6 29.Rf4 Rd3 30.Re4 Rd8 31.Rf4 Rd3 32.Re4 Rd8, draw.

2 PCG Games 2/25/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

shalifar (Chess.com 1774) - JimWest (Chess.com 1781), Chess.com 2/25/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.Bc4 fxe4 5.Bxg8 exf3

6.Qxf3 Rxg8 7.d3 Qf6 8.Qd5 Qf7 9.O-O Qxd5 10.Nxd5 Na6 11.f4 Be6 12.Nc3 O-O-O 13.fxe5 dxe5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Yusuf_70 (lichess 2115) - JimWest (lichess 2108), lichess 2/25/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.c3 Nf6 7.d4 Qc7 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.a3 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nbd7 12.Ba2 O-O-O 13.Nd2 g5 14.b4 h5 15.Nc4 g4 16.hxg4 hxg4 17.Qe2 Be7 18.Bb2 Rh7

19.Na5 Rdh8 20.f3 g3 21.Rfd1 Rh1#.

2 PCG Games 2/24/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Arnav880 (Chess.com 1754) - JimWest (Chess.com 1797), Chess.com 2/24/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Nd2 O-O 7.Be2 c6 8.O-O f4 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Bg4 Na6 11.Bxc8 Rxc8 12.Nf3 Nc5 13.Nd2 a5 14.Nb3 Qb6 15.Nxc5 Qxc5 16.Qg4 Rce8 17.Rad1 Re7 18.h3 b5 19.Qe2 g6

20.Kh2 Ref7 21.Qd2 Bg7 22.f3 Bf6 23.Qf2 Qxf2 24.Rxf2 Bh4 25.Rfd2 Bg3+ 26.Kg1 b4 27.Ne2 c5 28.Nxg3 fxg3 29.c3 h5 30.d4 bxc3 31.bxc3 cxd4 32.cxd4 Rb7 33.dxe5 dxe5 34.Rd6 Kg7 35.Kf1 Rfb8

36.Rd7+ Rxd7 37.Rxd7+ Kf6 38.Ke2 Rb2+ 39.Rd2 Rb1 40.Rd1 Rb2+ 41.Rd2 Rb1 42.Rd1 Rb2+ 43.Rd2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

goashim (lichess 2044) - JimWest (lichess 2096), lichess 2/24/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.c4 d5 7.cxd5 Qxd5 8.Bc4 Qxd4 9.O-O Nf6 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Nb5 Qd7 12.Qe2 O-O-O 13.Nb3 a6 14.Nc3 Bd6 15.a4 Rde8 16.Be3 Ng4 17.Rfd1 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 Qe7 19.Nd5 Qe5

20.g3 h5 21.Nc5 h4 22.b4 hxg3 23.fxg3 Bg4 24.Rdb1 Nd4 25.Ra2 Nf3+ 26.Kh1 Qxg3 27.Qf2 Rxh2+ 28.Qxh2 Nxh2, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 2/23/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1794) - ChessBatmanDetective (Chess.com 1657), Chess.com 2/23/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O exf4 8.Bxf4 Qb6+ 9.Kh1 Qxb2 10.Nbd2 Qb6 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.e5 dxe5 13.Nfxe5 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Qe7 16.Nxd6+ Kd7 17.Rab1 b6

18.Nf5 Qe6 19.Nd4 Qxa2 20.Ra1 Qd5 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Qg4+ Kc7 23.Rxf6 Bd6 24.Raf1 Raf8 25.c4 Qe5 26.Rxf7+ Rxf7 27.Rxf7+ Kb8 28.Nxc6+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2097) - Tamayo884 (lichess 2064), lichess 2/23/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 Nf2 8.Qf3 Qd7 9.Bxe3 Nxh1 10.Nh3 Qf5 11.Ng5 Qxf3 12.gxf3 Be7 13.Nxf7 Rf8 14.e6 Nc6 15.d5 Nd8 16.Nxd8 Kxd8 17.Ke2 h6 18.Nd2 Bd6 19.Rxh1 c6

20.Ne4 cxd5 21.Bxd5 Be5 22.c3 Ke7 23.Bc5+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 2/22/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

iemuiq (Chess.com 1801) - JimWest (Chess.com 1805), Chess.com 2/22/2023

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.Bd3 Nxg5 15.Rxf8+ Kxf8 16.Qd2 Ne4 17.Qf4+ Kg8 18.c4 Qf8 19.Qh4 Qf6 20.Qh5 g6 21.Qe2 Be6 22.Rf1 Qg7 23.Qf3 Nd7 24.Nxd7 Bxd7 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Qxe4 Re8

27.Qh4 Bf5 28.c3 Bd3 29.Rf3 Bxc4 30.a3 Qe7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Grach_ebach (lichess 1976) - JimWest (lichess 2120), lichess 2/22/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc5 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Be3 Rf8 9.h3 Kf7 10.Qe2 Kg8 11.g4 Bg6 12.O-O-O Nd7

13.h4 b6 14.h5 Bf7 15.d4 exd4 16.Rxd4 d5 17.g5 c5 18.Rdd1 d4 19.g6 hxg6 20.hxg6 Bxg6 21.Bxd4 cxd4 22.Rxd4 Bf6 23.Qe6+ Bf7 24.Qh3 Be8

25.Qh7+ Kf7 26.Qh5+ Kg8 27.Qh7+ Kf7 28.Qh5+ Kg8 29.Qh7+, draw.

2 PCG Games 2/21/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

AbouKarl (Chess.com 1733) - JimWest (Chess.com 1802), Chess.com 2/21/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.Ng5 d5 8.e6 O-O

9.Qh5 h6 10.Nf7 Qe8 11.Qg4 Kh7 12.h4 Qxf7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

jethro34 (lichess 2032) - JimWest (lichess 2121), lichess 2/21/2023

1.Nf3 d6 2.e4 e5 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.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 12.fxe3 Nxb4 13.Kd2 Bf5 14.Nc3 O-O-O+ 15.Ke2 Ne7 16.h3 Bd3+ 17.Kf3 Rhf8+ 18.Kg4 Bf5+ 19.Kg3 Nc2

20.e4 Nxa1 21.exf5 Nxf5+ 22.Kh2 Nc2 23.Be2 Kb8 24.Bf3 Nce3 25.Ne4 Nxc4 26.Nc5 Nxe5 27.Ne6 Nxf3+ 28.gxf3 Rd2+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 2/20/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

NathanRoseChess (Chess.com 1824) - JimWest (Chess.com 1795), Chess.com 2/20/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Neg5 exd4 7.Ne5 Bb4+ 8.c3 dxc3 9.Qa4+ Nc6

10.Nxc6 cxb2+ 11.Qxb4 bxa1=Q 12.Nxd8 Qxc1+ 13.Ke2 Qxg5 14.Nxb7 Qe7+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

PollitoSuarez (lichess 2114) - JimWest (lichess 2141), lichess 2/20/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.h3 Be7 7.d3 Nc6 8.Be3 h6 9.Nh2 Qd7 10.Qh5+ Kd8 11.Nc3 Be6 12.a3 Bf6 13.Ne4 Qe7 14.Ng4 Bxg4 15.Qxg4 Qf7 16.f4 exf4 17.Qxf4 Rf8 18.O-O Nd4 19.Qf2 Ne6

20.Bxa7 Rxa7 21.Nxf6 Ra6 22.Nd5 Qxf2+ 23.Rxf2 Rxf2 24.Kxf2 c6 25.Ne3 Ra5 26.c3 Nf4 27.Rd1 Re5 28.Kf3 g5 29.g3 Nh5 30.d4 Re6 31.a4 Nxg3 32.Kxg3 Rxe3+ 33.Kg4 d5

34.Rd2 Re4+ 35.Kf5 Rh4 36.Rh2 Ke7 37.Re2+ Kd7 38.Re3 Rf4+ 39.Kg6 Rh4 40.Rf3 Rf4 41.Re3 Rh4 42.b4 Kd6 43.a5 Re4 44.Rd3 Rh4 45.Rf3 Rf4 46.Re3 Re4 47.Rf3 Rf4 48.Re3 Re4, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/19/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

SBChess633 (Chess.com 1776) - JimWest (Chess.com 1811), Chess.com 2/19/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nf6 9.Rd1 a5 10.d4 Qc7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.a4 Nbd7 13.Ne2 g5 14.Be6 O-O-O 15.Bd2 Kb8 16.Bc3 Bb4 17.Bxb4 axb4 18.Qb3 Nc5 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8

20.Qc4 Nxe6 21.Qxe6 Nxe4 22.Qc4 Nd2 23.Qxb4 f3 24.Ng3 fxg2 25.Kxg2 Qf7 26.Qc3 Qd5+ 27.Kg1 Nf3+ 28.Kf1 Nh4 29.Ke2 Ng2 30.Nf5 Nf4+ 31.Ke3 Qe6

32.Ke4 Qd5+ 33.Ke3 Ng2+ 34.Ke2 Qe4+ 35.Ne3 Nf4+ 36.Ke1 Nd5 37.Qc4 Qf3 38.Qe2 Qh1+, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2178) - romeli1 (lichess 2178), lichess 2/19/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 Nxe4 8.dxe5 Qh4+ 9.g3 Nxg3 10.Bg5 Qxg5 11.hxg3 Bxe2 12.Nxe2 Qxe5 13.Nbc3 Bb4 14.Qd3 O-O-O 15.O-O-O c6

16.Rhf1 g6 17.Rxf7 Rd7 18.Rxd7 Kxd7 19.Qd4 Re8 20.Qxe5 Rxe5 21.a3 Be7 22.Kb1 Bg5 23.Rh1 h5 24.Nf4 Bxf4 25.gxf4 Rf5 26.Rh4 b5 27.Ne2 c5 28.c3 Kd6 29.b4 d4

30.bxc5+ Kxc5 31.Nxd4 Rd5 32.Kb2 a5 33.f5 gxf5 34.Rxh5 b4 35.axb4+ axb4 36.Rxf5 bxc3+ 37.Kxc3 Rxf5 38.Nxf5, draw.

15/10 PCG 2/18/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Mohammed_alragei (Chess.com 1771) - JimWest (Chess.com 1814), Chess.com 2/18/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.c3 dxe4 7.Nxe5 Nf6 8.Qb3 Qd5 9.Qa4+ Bd7 10.Qc2 Bd6 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Nd2 Bxe5 13.Bxe5 Nc6 14.c4 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Qxd4 16.O-O-O Qxf2 17.Qb3 Qb6 18.Qg3 Bf5 19.Nb3 c5

20.h4 Rad8 21.Rdf1 Bg6 22.Re1 Rd3 23.Qe5 Re8 24.Qg5 Rxb3 25.axb3 Qxb3 26.Re3 Qxc4+ 27.Kb1 Qe6 28.Rf1 Nd5 29.Rfe1 Nxe3 30.Rxe3 b6 31.h5 Qf5 32.Qxf5 Bxf5

33.Kc2 Rd8 34.Kc3 Rd3+ 35.Rxd3 exd3 36.b3 b5 37.g4 Bxg4 38.Kxd3 Bxh5 39.Ke4 Bf7, White resigns.

10/5 PCG 2/17/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

dominikpasz (lichess 2135) - JimWest (lichess 2186), lichess 2/17/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bb3 Na6 6.c3 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Nc5 9.Bc2 O-O 10.Nbd2 a5 11.Nf1 f4 12.g3 Bg4 13.gxf4 Nh5

14.fxe5 Bxf3 15.Qd2 dxe5 16.Bd1 Qxd3 17.Qxd3 Nxd3 18.Bxf3 Nxe1 19.Bxh5 Bc5 20.Ne3 Bxe3 21.Bxe3 Nc2, White resigns.

15/10 PCG Reversed 2/16/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1789) - NikosMarkou (Chess.com 1657), Chess.com 2/16/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Ng4 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Qf6 8.c3 Nc6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Qa4 Bd7 11.Be2 Nf2 12.Rf1 O-O 13.g3 Rfe8 14.Rxf2 Bxf2+ 15.Kxf2 Qe7 16.Qc2 Qxe4 17.Qxe4 Rxe4 18.Bf3 Re7 19.Na3 Rae8

20.Bd2 d5 21.Re1 Rxe1 22.Bxe1 f6 23.Nc2 Kf7 24.Bd2 g6 25.Be3 a5 26.b3 h5 27.Bc5 f5 28.h4 Rb8 29.Nd4 Kf6 30.Be2 Ra8 31.Nf3 Be8 32.Ne5 Ke6 33.Ke3 Kf6 34.Kd4 Ke6 35.Bd3 Rb8 36.c4 Rb7 37.Kc3 Rb8

38.Be2 Rb7 39.Bf3 Rb8 40.a3 Rb7 41.b4 axb4+ 42.axb4 Rb8 43.Kd4 Rd8 44.Kc3 Kf6 45.Bd4 Ke6 46.cxd5+ cxd5 47.Nd3 c6 48.Nc5+ Kf7 49.Be5 Ra8 50.Kb3 Ke7 51.Bd4 Kd6 52.Nd3 Ke6 53.Ne5 Rb8 54.Bc5 Ra8 55.Kb2 Rb8

56.Bd1 Ra8 57.Bb3 Ra6 58.Nf3 Ra8 59.Nd4+ Kf6 60.Bd6 Rd8 61.Be5+ Ke7 62.Ba4 Rc8 63.Nb3 Ra8 64.Nc5 Ra7 65.Bb3 Bf7 66.Bd4 Ra8 67.Nd3 Be8 68.Bc5+ Ke6 69.Ne5 Ra6 70.Nf3 Bf7 71.Ng5+ Kf6 72.Bd4+ Ke7

73.b5 cxb5 74.Nxf7 Kxf7 75.Bxd5+ Ke7 76.Kb3 Ra4 77.Bc5+ Kf6 78.Bc6 Re4 79.Bxb5 Kg7 80.Kc3 Re1 81.Bd4+ Kh6 82.Kd3 Rb1 83.Bc6 Rb3+ 84.Bc3 Ra3 85.Bd5 Ra6 86.Bf3 Ra3 87.Kc2 Ra2+ 88.Bb2 Ra4

89.Bf6 Ra3 90.Bc3 Kh7 91.Bd5 Ra2+ 92.Bxa2, Black resigns.