PCG Reversed & PCG 1/30/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1959) - Alexdimos (Chess.com 1829), Chess.com 1/30/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Bg4 8.Nf3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 Nd7 10.c3 Qh4+ 11.Ke2 O-O-O 12.Qe1 Qh5 13.Qg3 f5 14.Bg5 Re8 15.Nd2 h6 16.Be3 g5 17.Qh3 Qg6 18.f4 g4 19.Qg3 h5

20.h4 Nd8 21.Bg2 Qa6+ 22.Kf2 c6 23.Bf1 Qb6 24.b4 Ne6 25.Bd3 Ng7 26.a4 a5 27.Rhb1 Be7 28.Kg2 Nf8 29.Bf2 Ng6 30.bxa5 Qxa5 31.Rb3 Kc7 32.Qh2 Rhf8 33.Bg3 Ne6 34.Kh1 Rb8 35.Qf2 b5 36.Nf1 b4

37.Ne3 Ng7 38.c4 Rbd8 39.cxd5 cxd5 40.Rc1+ Kb7 41.Bb5 Ne6 42.Ng2 Qb6 43.Rc6 Qxd4 44.Qxd4 Nxd4 45.Rxg6 Nxb3 46.Rg7 Rc8 47.Rxe7+ Rc7 48.Rxc7+ Kxc7 49.Be1 Nd4 50.Bxb4 Rb8 51.Bd6+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

FARHAD-M (lichess 2144) - JimWest (lichess 2157), lichess 1/30/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.exf5 Bd6 8.g4 h5 9.g5 Bxf5 10.c3 Be4 11.Ke2 Ne7 12.Nbd2 Bc6 13.h4 Rf8 14.Rf1 g6 15.b4 b5 16.Bb3 Nf5 17.Bb2 Kd7 18.Rad1 Ne6 19.Bxe6+ Kxe6

20.a3 Rae8 21.c4 bxc4 22.Nxc4 Bxf3+ 23.Kxf3 Nxh4+ 24.Ke2 Ng2 25.Kd3 Nf4+ 26.Kc2 Rf5 27.Rfe1 Rxg5 28.Bc1 Rf5 29.Ne3 Rf6 30.Nc4 g5 31.Bb2 Ng6 32.Re2 g4 33.Rh1 Rh8 34.Ne3 Nf4 35.Ree1 Nh3 36.f4 Rxf4

37.Re2 Rf2 38.Kd2 Rxe2+ 39.Kxe2 Nf4+ 40.Kd2 Rd8 41.Kc2 g3 42.Bc1 g2 43.Rg1 Rg8 44.Kd2 h4 45.Ke1 h3 46.Kf2 Nd3+ 47.Kf3 Nxc1 48.Rxc1 g1=Q 49.Rxg1 Rxg1, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/29/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1961) - karson4722 (Chess.com 1754), Chess.com 1/29/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 h6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.f4 d6 7.Nf3 a6 8.h3 b5 9.a3 O-O 10.f5 d5 11.g4 dxe4 12.dxe4 Qe7 13.g5 hxg5 14.Bxg5 Ba7 15.Nd5 Qc5 16.Be3 Qd6 17.Bxa7 Rxa7 18.Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.Bd3 Re8

20.Qe2 Ra8 21.O-O-O Bxf5 22.exf5, Black resigns,

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Baaraanerahmat (lichess 2023) - JimWest (lichess 2159), lichess 1/29/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.a3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nbd7 13.c4 Qe8 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.c4 Bc6 17.Rc1 Qg6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.cxd5 Bxd5

20.Bc4 Bxc4 21.Rxc4 Rad8 22.Qb3 Qf7 23.Qc2 Qd5 24.h3 b5 25.Rb4 Rc8 26.Qb3 Qxb3 27.Rxb3 a6 28.Re3 Rc2 29.Rxe4 Ra2 30.Re3 Rd2 31.Re6, draw.

2 PCG Games 1/28/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Even_j_a (Chess.com 1845) - JimWest (Chess.com 1957), Chess.com 1/28/2024

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.Be2 Bd6 10.Nc4 O-O 11.Nc3 Bf5 12.h3 h6 13.Re1 a6 14.Be3 Bb4 15.a4 Nc6 16.Rad1 Rad8 17.Nd2 Kh8

18.Na2 Bxd2 19.Rxd2 Rxd2 20.Bxd2 Rd8 21.Bc3 Nd5 22.Rd1 Kh7 23.Bd4 Nf4 24.Kf1 Nxe2 25.Kxe2 Nxd4+ 26.Kd2 Nc6+ 27.Kc1 Rxd1+ 28.Kxd1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Arkadiy1987 (lichess 2067) - JimWest (lichess 2156), lichess 1/28/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Ng5 h6 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nbd7 13.Be6 O-O-O 14.Na4 Kb8

15.Qc3 Nxe4 16.Qb3 Ndc5 17.Nxc5 Nxc5 18.Qc4 Rd4 19.Qc3 Nxe6 20.Bd2 Bb4 21.Qb3 Nc5 22.Qf3 Rxd2 23.c3 e4 24.Qg4 h5 25.Qf5 Rd5 26.Qg6 Rd6 27.Qf5 Rf6 28.Qg5 Ne6 29.Qh4 Bd6 30.f3 g5 31.Qe1 e3

32.Rd1 g4 33.Rd4 Nxd4 34.cxd4 gxh3 35.gxh3 Rg8+ 36.Kh2 Rfg6 37.Qb1 Rg2+ 38.Kh1 Qg7 39.a3 Rh2+ 40.Kxh2 Qg2#.

2 PCG Reversed Games 1/27/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1951) - ganoki (Chess.com 1948), Chess.com 1/27/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 exf4 8.Bxf4 O-O 9.Nbd2 Nh5 10.Bg3 f5 11.Qb3+ Kh8 12.O-O-O f4 13.Be1 Be3 14.Kb1 Nf6 15.Bh4 Qc8 16.Bxf6 Rxf6 17.Nc4 Be6 18.d4 d5

19.Nxe3 dxe4 20.d5 exf3 21.Bxf3 Bg8 22.Ng4 Rg6 23.c4 Rxg4 24.Bxg4 Qxg4 25.dxc6 Qf5+ 26.Qc2 Qxc2+ 27.Kxc2 bxc6 28.b3 a5 29.Rd7 a4 30.Kb2 axb3 31.axb3 Re8 32.Rhd1 h6 33.R1d2 Rb8 34.Rd8 Rb7 35.h4 Kh7

36.Kc3 Be6 37.Re8 Bg4 38.Rd4 g5 39.hxg5 hxg5 40.g3 c5 41.Rde4 Bf5 42.R4e7+ Kg6 43.gxf4 gxf4 44.Rf8 f3 45.Ref7 Be4 46.Rf4 Kg7 47.R8f7+ Kg6 48.Re7 Bc6 49.Re6+ Kg5 50.Rf7 Rb6 51.Rxc6 Rxc6 52.Rxf3 Kg4 53.Rf7 Kg5

54.Kb2 Kg6 55.Rd7 Kf6 56.Kc3 Ke6 57.Rh7 Ke5 58.Rh5+ Ke6 59.Rh6+ Kd7 60.Rxc6 Kxc6 61.Kd3 Kd6 62.Ke4 Ke6 63.Kf4 Kf6 64.Ke4 Ke6 65.Kf4 Kf6 66.Ke4 Ke6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2155) - TumpaKhatun (lichess 2005), lichess 1/27/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 b6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 e5 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O Be7 8.c3 c5 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 h5 11.f5 h4 12.Bg5 Nh7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nd2 g5 15.fxg6 fxg6 16.Nc4 O-O-O 17.a4 a6 18.Bg4 Kc7

19.a5 b5 20.Bxd7 bxc4 21.Bg4 cxd3 22.Qxd3 Rhf8 23.Qxa6 Rxf1+ 24.Rxf1 Rf8 25.Qb6#.

2 PCG Games 1/26/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

tatabolle (Chess.com 1845) - JimWest (Chess.com 1961), Chess.com 1/26/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.c3 d5 7.Bb3 Bd6 8.h3 Nf6 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Qc7 11.Nh4 Be6 12.Nd2 Nbd7 13.Qe2 Rae8 14.Nhf3 Kh8 15.Bc2 Bg8 16.b3 Nc5 17.Qf1 e4

18.Nd4 exd3 19.Rxe8 Rxe8 20.Bxd3 Nxd3 21.Qxd3 h6 22.N2f3 Bh7 23.Qd1 a6 24.Be3 c5 25.Nc2 Bf4 26.Qd2 Ne4 27.Qc1 Nxc3 28.Bxf4 Qxf4 29.Qb2 d4 30.Nce1 b6 31.b4 Re2 32.Qa3 Qe4 33.bxc5 bxc5 34.Qxc5 Rxa2 35.Rxa2 Nxa2

36.Qc8+ Bg8 37.Qxa6 Nc3 38.Qd6 Ne2+ 39.Kh1 Qd5 40.Qg6 Bf7 41.Qd3 Nf4 42.Qxd4 Qxd4 43.Nxd4 g5 44.Kh2 Kh7 45.g3 Ne6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

AndriyYroslavovuhc (lichess 2149) - JimWest (lichess 2162), lichess 1/26/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.cxd5 Bxd2+ 9.Qxd2 Qxe5 10.Bb5+ c6 11.dxc6 Qxb5 12.c7 Nc6 13.Nc3 Qe5 14.O-O-O Be6 15.Rhe1 Nf6 16.f4 Qxc7

17.Nxe4 Nb4+ 18.Kb1 O-O 19.Qxb4 Nxe4 20.Rxe4 Bf5 21.Ka1 Bxe4 22.Qxe4 Rae8 23.Qd5+ Kh8 24.g3 Rd8, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 1/25/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

z9z9 (Chess.com 1950) - JimWest (Chess.com 1964), Chess.com 1/25/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e3 10.h4 exf2+ 11.Kxf2 Nc6 12.Bf4 Nge7 13.Qh5+ g6 14.Qd1 O-O 15.g3 dxc3 16.Qxd8 Nxd8 17.c5 Kg7 18.Bc4 h6 19.Ne4 Be6

20.Bd3 Nd5 21.Nf6 Nxf6 22.exf6+ Rxf6 23.Ke3 Rf7 24.Kd4 Nc6+ 25.Kxc3 Rd8 26.Rhe1 Bd5 27.Rab1 b6 28.cxb6 axb6

29.Bb5 Na7 30.Bf1 Nc6 31.Bb5 Na7 32.Bf1 Nc6 33.Bb5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

viktorrom (lichess 2183) - JimWest (lichess 2162), lichess 1/25/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.d4 fxe4 7.Nxe4 d5 8.Ng3 e4 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 g6 11.c4 c6 12.O-O Be6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Be3 Bg7 15.Bd4 Rf8 16.Qb3 Qd7 17.Rac1 Kf7 18.Rc3 Kg8 19.Rfc1 Rac8

20.Qc2 Rxc3 21.Qxc3 a6 22.b3 h5 23.Qc7 Qxc7 24.Rxc7 Rf7 25.Rxf7 Kxf7 26.f4 h4 27.Nf1 Bh6 28.g3 hxg3 29.hxg3 g5 30.fxg5 Bxg5 31.Kf2 Kg6 32.Ne3 Bxe3+ 33.Bxe3 Kf5

34.Bd4 Kg4 35.Bb6 Kf5 36.Bd4 b5 37.b4 Kg4 38.a3, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 1/24/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1964) - dogwoodfish (Chess.com 1777), Chess.com 1/24/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ng4 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 Qe7 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 f5 13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Be6 15.a4 Qf7 16.Ng5 Qg6

17.Qxg4 fxg4 18.Bxg6 Rxf1+ 19.Kxf1 Bc4+ 20.Kg1 hxg6 21.Ba3 Re8 22.Re1 Nd8 23.Kf2 Ne6 24.Nxe6 Bxe6 25.Kg3 c6 26.a5 Rd8 27.Bc5 a6 28.Rb1 Rd7 29.Rf1 Rf7 30.Rxf7 Kxf7

31.Kf4 Bf5 32.g3 Ke6 33.Bf8 Kf7 34.Bb4 Ke6 35.Kg5 Kf7 36.Bc5 Ke6 37.Bf8 Kf7 38.Bb4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2163) - Newbe_Carlos (lichess 2162), lichess 1/24/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be2 Be6 8.O-O Be7 9.c3 O-O 10.h3 Nh5 11.Bh2 d5 12.e5 Bh4 13.Nxh4 Qxh4 14.Bxh5 f5 15.Bf3 f4 16.d4 Ne7 17.Nd2 Nf5 18.Qe1 Qg5 19.Bg4 h5

20.Bxf4 Qg6 21.Bxf5 Bxf5 22.Qg3 Qe6 23.Rae1 Rf7 24.Nf3 Raf8 25.Ng5 Qa6 26.Nxf7 Rxf7 27.a3 Qe6 28.Bd2 Kh7 29.Rf2 Qb6 30.Bc1 g6 31.Ref1 Qe6 32.Qg5 Kg8 33.Rxf5, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 1/23/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

dragonplays512 (Chess.com 1825) - JimWest (Chess.com 1959), Chess.com 1/23/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Nc3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nd7 11.a4 O-O-O 12.b3 Ne7 13.Bb2 Ng6 14.Ba3 Bxa3 15.Rxa3 h5 16.b4 Nh4 17.Qe2 f3 18.Qe3 fxg2 19.Rd1 Kb8

20.b5 Nb6 21.Bd3 Rhf8 22.Be2 Rxd1+ 23.Nxd1 Rd8 24.Rd3 Rxd3 25.Qxd3 Ng6 26.bxc6 Nf4 27.Qe3 Qxc6 28.Bd3 Nxa4 29.Qg3 g6 30.Qe3 Nc5 31.Qf3 Ncxd3 32.cxd3 Qc2 33.d4 Qc4 34.Ne3 Qc1+ 35.Qd1 Qxd1+ 36.Nxd1 exd4

37.e5 Kc7 38.f3 Kd7 39.Kf2 Ke6 40.Nb2 Kxe5 41.Nc4+ Ke6 42.Kg3 g1=Q+ 43.Kxf4 Qc1+ 44.Ke4 Qxc4 45.f4 d3+ 46.Ke3 Kf5 47.h4 Qxf4+ 48.Kxd3 Qxh4 49.Kc3 Qe4 50.Kd2 h4 51.Kc3 h3 52.Kd2 h2 53.Kc3 h1=Q

54.Kb3 Qhf3+ 55.Ka2 Qee2+ 56.Kb1 Qff1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Newbe_Carlos (lichess 2161) - JimWest (lichess 2157), lichess 1/23/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 c6 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.a4 h6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nbd2 d5 11.Bb3 O-O 12.Ne4 Kh8 13.Ng3 Bg6 14.O-O Nd7 15.Re1 Qc7 16.Nh2 Rae8 17.Ng4 e4 18.dxe4 Bxe4 19.Nxe4 Rxe4

20.Rxe4 dxe4 21.Nxf6 Nxf6 22.Qd4 a6 23.Rd1 Re8 24.Kh1 e3 25.fxe3 Ne4 26.Qd7 Qxd7 27.Rxd7 Nc5 28.Rf7 b5 29.axb5 axb5 30.Rc7 Nxb3 31.cxb3 Rxe3 32.Rxc6 Rxb3

33.Rb6 Rxb2 34.Kh2 b4 35.h4 b3 36.h5 Rb1 37.Kg3 b2 38.Kg4 Kh7 39.g3 Kg8 40.Rb7 Kf8 41.Rb8+ Kf7 42.Rb7+ Kf6 43.Rb6+ Ke5 44.Rb5+ Kd4 45.Rb7 Kc3 46.Rxg7 Rd1 47.Rb7 b1=Q 48.Rxb1 Rxb1

49.Kf5 Kd4 50.g4 Rb6 51.g5 Rb5+ 52.Kg6 hxg5 53.h6 g4 54.h7 Rb8, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/22/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1963) - Wouldpusher72 (Chess.com 1774), Chess.com 1/22/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7

8.Qxg4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

blau77 (lichess 2122) - JimWest (lichess 2152), lichess 1/22/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e3 10.Nf3 exf2+ 11.Kxf2 dxc3 12.Qxd8+ Kxd8 13.Bf4 Ne7 14.Rc1 Rf8 15.Bg5 Nbc6 16.Kg1 Bg4 17.Be2 Ke8 18.Rxc3 h6 19.Bxe7 Kxe7

20.h3 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Nd4 22.Bg4 c5 23.Kh2 Rf2 24.Kg3 Raf8 25.Rb1 b6 26.Ra1 Ne2+ 27.Bxe2 Rxe2 28.Rf3 Rxe5 29.Rxf8 Kxf8 30.Rf1+ Kg8 31.Rf3 Re4 32.Rf4 Rxf4 33.Kxf4 Kf7

34.Ke5 Ke7 35.Kd5 Kd7 36.h4 h5 37.Ke5 a6 38.Kd5 g6 39.a4 Kc7 40.a5 bxa5 41.Kxc5 Kb7 42.Kd4 Kc6 43.Kc3 Kc5 44.Kb3 a4+, White resigns.