2 PCG Reversed Games 12/23/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2044) - Satoshi-Nakamot (Chess.com 1869), Chess.com 12/23/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Nc6 6.c3 d6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 Nh5 9.Bg3 Nxg3 10.hxg3 Qf6 11.d4 Bb6 12.Nbd2 O-O-O 13.Qc2 h5 14.O-O-O Rhe8 15.Rdf1 Qh6 16.Kb1 f5 17.Bd3 fxe4 18.Nxe4 d5 19.Ned2 Kb8

20.Ka1 Re3 21.Re1 Rde8 22.Bg6 R8e7 23.Rxe3 Rxe3 24.Re1 Rxe1+ 25.Nxe1 Qe3 26.Nef3 Qe2 27.Nh4 Qe1+ 28.Nb1 Qxg3

29.Nf5 Bd1 30.Nxg3 Bxc2 31.Bxc2 h4 32.Nf5 g5 33.Nd2 Nd8 34.Nf3 Ne6 35.Ne5 c6 36.Nd7+ Kc7 37.Nxb6 axb6 38.Bd1 Nf4 39.Bf3 h3 40.gxh3 Nxh3 41.Ne3 Kd6 42.Kb1 Nf2 43.Kc2 Ke6 44.Kd2 Ne4+ 45.Bxe4 dxe4

46.Ke2 Kf6 47.Kf2 c5 48.dxc5 bxc5 49.Kg3 b5 50.Kg4 b4 51.cxb4 cxb4 52.a3 bxa3 53.bxa3 Ke5 54.Kxg5 Kd4 55.Kf4 Kd3 56.a4 Kd4 57.a5 Kc5 58.Kxe4 Kb5 59.Nc4 Kc5

60.Kd3 Kb5 61.Kd4 Kc6 62.Nd2 Kb5 63.Nb3 Ka6 64.Kc5 Kb7 65.Kb5 Ka7 66.Nc5 Kb8 67.Kb6 Ka8 68.a6 Kb8 69.Ne6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2079) - Shouryajais (lichess 2053), lichess 12/23/2024

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 fxe6 12.Nxb5 Qxb5 13.Qxe6+ Be7 14.Qc8+ Bd8 15.Qe6+ Be7 16.Qc8+ Bd8 17.Qe6+ Be7, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/22/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

FawezSwayah (Chess.com 2005) - JimWest (Chess.com 2041), Chess.com 12/22/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Qe2 h6 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.g3 Bh3 10.Re1 g5 11.a4 a5 12.b3 Nbd7 13.Bb2 O-O-O 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Na2 fxg3 16.hxg3 Bg4 17.Qe3 Bc5 18.Qc3 Rde8 19.Rad1 Qb6

20.Rd2 Rhf8 21.Nh2 Bh3 22.Bf1 Bxf1 23.Kxf1 Bd4 24.Rxd4 exd4 25.Qc4 Nxe4 26.Kg1 c5 27.Bxd4 Kb8 28.Be3 Nd6 29.Qg4 Nf6 30.Qh3 g4 31.Qxh6 Nf5

32.Bf4+ Ka8 33.Rxe8+ Rxe8 34.Qg5 Re1+ 35.Kg2 Qc6+ 36.f3 gxf3+ 37.Nxf3 Re2+ 38.Kh3 Qxf3 39.Qxf5 Qh1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2097) - Interista_23 (lichess 2070), lichess 12/22/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 Be7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 exf4 7.Bxf4 Nh5 8.Bg3 Nxg3 9.hxg3 d5 10.exd5 Qxd5 11.Nc3 Qa5 12.Qd2 Bf6 13.d4 c5 14.O-O-O Rd8 15.Qd3 h6 16.Qb5 Qxb5 17.Nxb5 a6 18.Nc7 Ra7 19.dxc5 Nd7

20.Nd5 Re8 21.Bd3 Nxc5 22.Nxf6+ gxf6 23.Rxh6 Nxd3+ 24.Rxd3 Kg7 25.Rh1 Bf5 26.Rd2 b5 27.Nd4 Be4 28.g4 Re5 29.Rf1 Rd7 30.Nf5+ Bxf5 31.gxf5 Rxd2 32.Kxd2 Kh6 33.g4 Kg5 34.Rg1 Re4 35.Kd3 Ra4 36.a3 Rf4

37.b3 a5 38.c4 Rf3+ 39.Kc2 bxc4 40.bxc4 Rxa3 41.Kb2 Ra4 42.Kb3 Rb4+ 43.Kc3 Rb6 44.c5 Rb4 45.Rg2 Kf4 46.Ra2 Ke3 47.Rxa5 Rxg4 48.c6 Rg1 49.Rc5 Rg8

50.c7 Rc8 51.Kc4 Ke4 52.Kb5 Kd4 53.Rc1 Kd5 54.Kb6, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/21/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Wombatjunior1 (Chess.com 1957) - JimWest (Chess.com 2034), Chess.com 12/21/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bb3 h6 7.Bd2 f4 8.Qe2 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nbd7 11.g3 g5 12.h4 g4 13.Qg2 f3 14.Qf1 Qc7 15.h5 O-O-O 16.O-O-O Kb8 17.Be3 Nc5 18.Bxc5 dxc5 19.Be6 Qd6

20.Bf5 Rg8 21.Rh4 Be7 22.Qe1 Qd4 23.Rh1 Ne8 24.Nb1 Bg5+ 25.Nd2 Nd6 26.Be6 Rge8 27.Bxg4 c4 28.Kb1 cxd3 29.Nb3 dxc2+ 30.Kxc2 Qxe4+ 31.Qxe4 Nxe4 32.Bxf3 Nxf2 33.Rxd8+ Rxd8 34.Re1 Rf8

35.Bg2 Ng4 36.Kd3 Rf2 37.Re2 Rxe2 38.Kxe2 Nf6 39.Nc5 Nxh5 40.Nd7+ Kc7 41.Nxe5 Nxg3+ 42.Kf3 Nf5 43.Ke4 Nd6+ 44.Kd3 a5 45.a4 Bf6 46.Ng4 Bxb2 47.Nxh6 b5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2092) - Kobili (lichess 2043), lichess 12/21/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Nxe2 exd3 8.exf6 dxe2 9.Qxe2+ Kd7 10.fxg7 Bxg7 11.Qg4+ Kc6 12.Qxg7 Re8+ 13.Kf2 Qe7 14.Qc3+ Kd7 15.Qh3+ Kd8 16.Rd1+ Nd7 17.Nc3 Qe6 18.Qxe6 Rxe6 19.Be3 c6

20.Rd3 Kc7 21.Rad1 Nf6 22.Bf4+ Kb6 23.Kg1 Rae8 24.Bg5 Ng4 25.Bh4 f5 26.h3 Ne3 27.Bf2 f4 28.Bxe3+ fxe3 29.Ne2 Rf6 30.Rf1 Rg6 31.Kh2 Reg8 32.Nf4 Rg3 33.Re1 h5 34.Rdxe3 R3g5

35.h4 Rg4 36.g3 Rh8 37.Kh3 Rgg8 38.Rb3+ Kc7 39.Re7+ Kd8 40.Rexb7, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/20/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Wizzyboi1 (Chess.com 2021) - JimWest (Chess.com 2026), Chess.com 12/20/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.f3 exf3 9.Qxd5 Bxe6 10.Qxc5 Qxf7 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.Bg5 Nge7 13.O-O-O O-O 14.gxf3 h6 15.Bd2 Rad8

16.Bd3 Kh8 17.Rhg1 b6 18.Qe3 Bf5 19.Bb5 Nd4 20.Ba4 c5 21.Bb3 Nxb3 22.axb3 Nc6 23.Ne4 Nd4 24.Bc3 Bxe4, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2083) - Sanjaybhange1962 (lichess2031), lichess 12/20/2024

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 Nd7 10.Qxe4 Nb6 11.Nc3 Ba6 12.Nf3 h6 13.Bd2 Be7 14.O-O-O O-O

15.d6 Bg5 16.Bxg5 hxg5 17.h4 g4 18.Ng5 g6 19.Qxg4 Nc4 20.Nd5 Nxe5 21.Qf4 Nc4 22.Nc7 Qd7 23.Nxa6 Qb5 

24.b3 bxa6 25.Qxc4 Qb6 26.h5 Kg7 27.h6+ Kg8 28.h7+ Kh8 29.Nxf7+ Rxf7 30.Qxf7 Qa5 31.Qf6#.

2 PCG Games 12/19/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Bachirovitch (Chess.com 1994) - JimWest (Chess.com 2018), Chess.com 12/19/2024

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.a3 O-O 11.Qd2 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Be2 Qg6 15.g3 e3 16.fxe3 Bf5 17.O-O Bxc2 18.Rxf8+ Rxf8

19.Rf1 Rxf1+ 20.Bxf1 Be4 21.c4 c6 22.cxd5 Bxd5 23.Bd3 Qg4 24.Qe2 Qxe2 25.Bxe2 Be4 26.Kf2 Kf7 27.Ke1 Ke6 28.Kd2 Kd5 29.Kc3 b6 30.Bc4+ Kd6 31.a4 a5 32.Bg8 h6 33.Bc4 g5 34.Be2 c5

35.Bb5 h5 36.Be8 h4 37.gxh4 gxh4 38.Bb5 Kd5 39.Bc4+ Kd6 40.Bb5 Kd5 41.Bc4+ Kd6 42.Bb5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

tojo01 (lichess 2005) - JimWest (lichess 2067), lichess 12/19/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.d3 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Nh4 Bg6 9.Nxg6 hxg6

10.Qg4 Nxg4, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/18/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

babin22013 (Chess.com 1895) - JimWest (Chess.com 2011), Chess.com 12/18/2024

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bg5+ Nf6 9.O-O-O Ke8 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.Nb5 Kd7 12.Rhe1 Rae8 13.Nh4 Be6 14.Bxe6+ Rxe6 15.Nf5 Rg8

16.c4 b6 17.f4 a6 18.Nxd6 cxd6 19.fxe5 Nxe5 20.Bf4 Nd3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2071) - Tanbeer (lichess 2042), lichess 12/18/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Nbd7 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.c3 O-O 7.Be2 e5 8.O-O exf4 9.Bxf4 Nc5 10.Qc2 Ne6 11.Be3 Ng4 12.Bd2 c6 13.h3 Ne5 14.d4 Nxf3+ 15.Bxf3 Ng5 16.Bxg5 Qxg5 17.Qd2 Qg3 18.Qf2 Qxf2+ 19.Rxf2 f5

20.Nd2 Bh6 21.Re1 Bf4 22.Nf1 Bd7 23.exf5 Bxf5 24.Be4 Bxe4 25.Rxe4 Bg5 26.Rxf8+ Rxf8 27.Nh2 d5 28.Re2 Rf7 29.Nf3 Re7 30.Rxe7 Bxe7

31.Kf2 Kg7 32.Ne5 c5 33.dxc5 Bxc5+ 34.Kd2 d4 35.cxd4 Bxd4 36.Nd3 h5 37.g4 hxg4 38.hxg4 g5 39.b3 Kf6 40.Kf3 Ke6 41.Ke4 Bb6 42.a4 a6 43.Ne1 Bd8 44.Nf3 Bf6 45.b4 b6 46.b5 a5

47.Nd4+ Bxd4 48.Kxd4 Kd6 49.Ke4 Ke6 50.Kd4 Kd6 51.Ke4 Ke6 52.Kd4, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/17/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2005) - mizzouman87 (Chess.com 2059), Chess.com 12/17/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Be7 8.c3 b5 9.f5 Nbd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Bg5 a5 12.Nd2 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Qc2 a4 15.a3 Bg5 16.Rae1 Bf4 17.g3 Qg5

18.Re2 Bxd2 19.Qxd2 Qxd2 20.Rxd2 Rfd8 21.d4 Kf8 22.Rfd1 Ke7 23.Bg2 Nb6 24.Bf1 Rab8 25.h4 Nc4 26.Bxc4 bxc4 27.dxe5 dxe5 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Rxd8 Kxd8

30.g4 g5 31.fxg6 fxg6 32.Kf2 Kd7 33.Kf3 Ke6 34.g5 h5 35.Ke3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Dron53 (lichess 2066) - JimWest (lichess 2065), lichess 12/17/2024

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Bc4 f5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Nbd2 f4 8.O-O Be7 9.a3 Bf6 10.b4 a6 11.Bb2 Bg4 12.b5 axb5 13.Bxb5 Nge7 14.Rfd1 Kc8 15.h3 Bh5 16.Nc4 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Ng6 18.Kf1 Rd8

19.Ke2 Nd4+ 20.Bxd4 Rxd4 21.c3 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Kb8 23.a4 c6 24.Nb6 cxb5 25.Nxa8 Kxa8 26.axb5 Ka7 27.Rd6 Be7 28.Re6 Bc5 29.c4 Bd4

30.Rd6 Bc5 31.Rd7 Ne7 32.h4 h5, White forfeits.

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/16/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2005) - Sashok81 (Chess.com 1995), Chess.com 12/16/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 c6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Bd6 5.fxe5 Bxe5 6.Nf3 d6 7.d4 Nxe4 8.dxe5 Qa5+ 9.c3 dxe5 10.Be3 Bg4 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Nd7 13.Nbd2 Ndc5 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.Bxc5 Nxc5 16.Qd6 Qxd6 17.Nxd6 e4 18.Nd4 Bxe2 19.Nxe2 b6

20.b4 Ne6 21.Nxe4 c5 22.bxc5 f5 23.Nd6 Nxc5 24.Nxf5 Rae8 25.Neg3 Re6 26.Nd4 Re3 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Rf1+ Ke8 29.Rf3 Re1+ 30.Nf1 Ra1 31.Nb3 Rxa2 32.Nxc5 bxc5 33.Rf5 Ra5

34.Ne3 Ke7 35.Re5+ Kf6 36.Rd5 Ke6 37.c4 g6 38.h4 Ra1+ 39.Kf2 a6 40.Rxc5 a5 41.Rc6+ Kd7 42.Ra6 a4 43.Kf3 a3 44.Nc2 Rh1 45.Kg3 a2 46.Rxa2 Rc1 47.Ne3 Rc3 48.Kf2 Kc6

49.Ra7 h6 50.Ra6+ Kc5 51.Rxg6 Kd4 52.Rg4+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

GrishutinAndrey (lichess 2029) - JimWest (lichess 2063), lichess 12/16/2024

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.Nc3 Bxc3+ 15.bxc3 Qxc3+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 12/15/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

KiwiStoic (Chess.com 1982) - JimWest (Chess.com 1996), Chess.com 12/15/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Neg5 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bb4+ 8.c3 Qe7+ 9.Be2 Bc5 10.O-O Qf6 11.Bf3 Ne7 12.Qd3 Bxd4 13.cxd4 Nbc6 14.Be3 Bf5 15.Qb5 O-O-O

16.a4 h6 17.Nh3 Bxh3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Riedenbrg (lichess 1997) - JimWest (lichess 2081), lichess 12/15/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O d5 8.Nb3 Bd6 9.Bh5+ g6 10.Be2 O-O 11.Bg5 c6 12.c4 Nbd7 13.h3 Qc7 14.Nc3 Bh2+ 15.Kh1 Bf4 16.Bxf4 Qxf4 17.Qd2 Qxd2 18.Nxd2 h5 19.Nd1 Kg7

20.Ne3 Be6 21.cxd5 cxd5 22.Rac1 Rac8 23.Nb3 b6 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Rc1 Rxc1+ 26.Nxc1 Ne8 27.Bb5 Ndf6 28.Ne2 Nd6 29.Ba6 Bc8 30.Bxc8 Nxc8 31.Nf4 Ne7

32.Ne6+ Kf7 33.Nc7 Nc6 34.Ncxd5 Nxd4 35.Nxf6 Kxf6 36.Kg1 Ne2+ 37.Kf1 Nc1 38.a3 Nd3 39.b4 a5 40.b5 Ne5 41.Nd5+ Ke6 42.Nxb6 Kd6 43.Na4 Nc4 44.Nc3 Kc5 45.Nxe4+ Kxb5 46.Nc3+ Kc5 47.Nb1 Kb5 48.Ke2 Ka4 49.Kd3 Nxa3 50.Nxa3 Kxa3

51.Kc3 a4 52.f4 h4 53.Kc2 Kb4 54.Kb2 a3+ 55.Ka2 Ka4 56.Kb1 Kb3 57.Ka1 a2, White resigns.