PCG & PCG Reversed 4/28/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

KiwiStoic (Chess.com 2004) - JimWest (Chess.com 1941), Chess.com 4/28/2024

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 Bxd4 11.Bh5+ g6 12.Qxd4 Nf6 13.Bd2 O-O 14.Rae1 Qg7 15.Bf3 c6 16.Ne6 Bxe6 17.Rxe6 Nbd7 18.Rfe1 a6 19.Re7 Rf7

20.Rxf7 Qxf7 21.Bg5 Re8 22.Rxe8+ Qxe8 23.Kf1 Qe6 24.Qa7 Ne4 25.Bxe4 Qxe4 26.Qxb7 Qb1+ 27.Ke2 Qc2+ 28.Bd2 Qe4+ 29.Kd1 Qb1+ 30.Bc1 Qd3+ 31.Bd2 Qb1+ 32.Ke2 Qe4+ 33.Be3 Qc2+ 34.Kf3 Qf5+ 35.Kg3 h5

36.h3 Qe5+ 37.Kf3 Qe4+ 38.Kg3 Qe5+ 39.Kf3 Qe4+ 40.Ke2 Qc2+ 41.Bd2 Qe4+ 42.Be3 Qc2+ 43.Bd2 Qe4+ 44.Kd1 Qb1+ 45.Bc1 Qd3+ 46.Ke1 Qe4+ 47.Be3 Qb1+ 48.Ke2 Qc2+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2124) - Lyupito (lichess 2053), lichess 4/28/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Bc5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.c3 d5 8.e5 Ng4 9.d4 Bb6 10.Bd3 Re8 11.h3 Nh6 12.O-O f6 13.Kh1 fxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Nf5

16.Bxf5 Bxf5 17.Rxf5 Rf8 18.Rxf8+ Qxf8 19.Qf3 Qxf3 20.gxf3 Rf8 21.Nd2 c5 22.Rg1 cxd4 23.Rxg7+ Kh8 24.Rg5+ Rf6 25.Bxf6#.

2 PCG Games 4/27/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

andrzejbabiarz (Chess.com 1813) - JimWest (Chess.com 1937), Chess.com 4/27/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.Nh5 O-O 10.Qd2 Qe8 11.Nxf6+ gxf6 12.Bh6 fxe5 13.Bxf8 Bxf8 14.Qg5+ Bg7 15.O-O-O Be6 16.dxe5 c6 17.Be2 Nd7 18.f4 exf3 19.gxf3 Nxe5

20.f4 Nf7 21.Qg3 Kh8 22.Bd3 Qf8 23.f5 Bd7 24.Rdf1 Ne5 25.Rhg1 Nxd3+ 26.cxd3 Qf6 27.Rg2 Rg8 28.Qf2 Bh6+ 29.Kc2 Rxg2 30.Qxg2 Bg7 31.Kb1 Bxf5, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

danthedestroyer317 (lichess 2154) - JimWest (lichess 2151), lichess 4/27/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bb5+ c6 12.O-O-O Bb4 13.Ba4 Bxc3 14.bxc3 O-O 15.Bb3 Bxb3 16.cxb3 Ne6 17.Rd6 Rae8 18.Rhd1 e3

19.Nd7 Nxd7 20.Rxd7 e2 21.Re1 Nxf4 22.Kd2 Nxg2 23.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 24.Kxe2 Nf4+ 25.Bxf4 Rxf4 26.Rxb7 Rh4 27.Rxa7 Rxh2+ 28.Kd3 h5 29.a4 Rb2 30.Kc4 h4 31.Ra5 h3 32.Rh5 h2

33.a5 g6 34.Rh3 Kg7 35.a6 Ra2 36.a7 Rxa7 37.Rxh2 Kf6 38.b4 g5 39.Rf2+ Ke5 40.Kc5 Ra6 41.c4 g4 42.Rg2 Kf4 43.Kd4 Kf3 44.Rg1 g3 45.b5 cxb5 46.cxb5 Rg6

47.Kc5 Kf2 48.Rxg3 Kxg3 49.b6 Kf4 50.b7 Rg8 51.Kd6 Ke4 52.Kc7 Kd5 53.b8=Q Rxb8 54.Kxb8, draw.

2 PCG Games 4/26/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Shivam_Saroj (Chess.com 1785) - JimWest (Chess.com 1937), Chess.com 4/26/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Bd3 e4 7.Ne5 exd3 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Nxg6 Nf6 10.Qe5+ Kf7 11.Nxf8 Rxf8

12.O-O Nc6 13.Qg3 Nxd4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

crest6428 (lichess 2170) - JimWest (lichess 2170), lichess 4/26/2024

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.Nc3 O-O-O 11.Bd2 Nd4 12.Qd1 Nb3

13.Qe2 Nxa1 14.Na4 Nxc2+ 15.Kd1 Nd4 16.Qe3 Bg4+ 17.Kc1 Ne2+ 18.Bxe2 Bxe3, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 4/25/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1954) - Athena0029 (Chess.com 1824), Chess.com 4/25/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Be7 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.Ne2 Bh4+ 9.g3 Bg5 10.O-O O-O 11.c3 Ne3 12.Bxe3 Bxe3+ 13.Kg2 Bg4 14.Nd2 Bxd2 15.Qxd2 Nxe5 16.Bb3 Bf3+ 17.Kg1 Bg4 18.Qe3 Bh3 19.Rf4 Ng6

20.Rxe4 Re8 21.Nf4, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

MasterPiece6000 (lichess 2052) - JimWest (lichess 2166), lichess 4/25/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.h3 Bb4 9.Bg5 O-O 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 c6 12.Be2 Qe8 13.Qd2 Nbd7 14.f4 h6 15.Bh4 Nxe5 16.dxe5 e3 17.Qxe4 Ne4 18.O-O Be6 19.Rab1 b5

20.Kh2 Qd7 21.g4 a5 22.Bf3 Qa7 23.Qxa7 Rxa7 24.Bxe4 dxe4 25.f5 Bd5 26.e6 g5 27.Bg3 Re8 28.Bd6 Rh7 29.Kg3 h5 30.a4 h4+ 31.Kf2 bxa4 32.Ra1 Rb7 33.Rfb1 Rxb1 34.Rxb1 a3 35.Bxa3 a4 36.Ke3 Kg7

37.Rb4 Kf6 38.Kd4 Rc8 39.Rxa4 Rb8 40.Bb4 e3 41.Kxe3 Bg2 42.c4 Bxh3 43.Bc3+ Ke7 44.Ra7+ Kd6 45.Rd7+ Kc5 46.Bd4+ Kxc4 47.e7 Re8 48.f6 Bxg4 49.Rd8 Bh5 50.Rxe8 Bxe8

51.Be5 Kd5 52.Bb2 h3 53.Kf3 g4+ 54.Kg3 Ke4 55.Bc1 Kf5 56.Bb2 c5 57.c4 Ke4 58.Kxg4 h2 59.Ba3 h1=Q 60.Bxc5 Qg2+ 61.Kh4, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/24/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

n123zx (Chess.com 1952) - JimWest (Chess.com 1949), Chess.com 4/24/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.Ng5 Bf5 8.exd6 Bxd6 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.Qxd8+ Rxd8 11.Bf4 h6 12.Nh3 Rd7 13.Bd2 Bxh3 14.gxh3 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 Kd8 16.Bd2 Kc8 17.O-O-O Ne5 18.Bc3 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Nf3

20.a3 g5 21.Rd5 Re8 22.Bg7 Re6 23.Kd1 c6 24.Rf5 Kd7 25.Rf7+ Kc8 26.Rf8+ Kc7 27.Rh8 Nxh2 28.Rxh6 Rxh6 29.Bxh6 Nf3 30.Ke2 Kd6 31.Ke3 Kd5 32.b3 b5 33.c3 a5 34.b4 a4

35.Bg7 Ng1 36.Bf6 Nxh3 37.f3 exf3 38.Kxf3 Kc4 39.Kg4 Nf2+ 40.Kxg5 Ne4+ 41.Kf5 Nxf6 42.Kxf6 Kxc3 43.Ke5 Kb3 44.Kd4 Kxa3 45.Kc3 Ka2 46.Kc2 a3 47.Kc1 Kb3 48.Kb1 Kxb4

49.Ka2 Ka4 50.Ka1 b4 51.Ka2 b3+ 52.Ka1 c5 53.Kb1 c4 54.Ka1 c3 55.Kb1 a2+ 56.Ka1 c2 57.Kb2 a1=Q+ 58.Kxa1 c1=Q#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2167) - Hidroxer17 (lichess 2017), lichess 4/24/2024

1.e3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Nd4 8.c3 Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.a4 e5 12.f5 c6 13.Bg5 Qb6+ 14.Qf2 Qxf2+ 15.Rxf2 Ng4 16.Rf1 f6 17.Bd2 g5 18.h3 Nh6 19.g4 d5

20.Be3 Nf7 21.Nd2 Rfd8 22.Rfd1 b6 23.a5 d4 24.cxd4 exd4 25.Bf2 Ne5 26.axb6 Nxd3 27.Rxa7 Nxf2 28.Kxf2 Rxa7 29.bxa7 Ra8 30.Ra1 Bf8 31.Ra6 Bc5 32.Rxc6 Bxa7 33.Rxf6 d3+ 34.Kf3 Bd4 35.Rd6 Bxb2 36.Rxd3 Bc1

37.Nc4 Rc8 38.Ne3 Ra8 39.e5 Ra2 40.e6 Kf8 41.f6 Rh2 42.Rd8#.

2 PCG Reversed Games 4/23/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1927) - rachel2411 (Chess.com 2020), Chess.com 4/23/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 h6 7.Be2 Bb6 8.a4 a5 9.Na3 exf4 10.Bxf4 Be6 11.Qc2 Ne7 12.d4 Ng6 13.Bg3 Nh5 14.O-O-O Nxg3 15.hxg3 O-O 16.Nc4 Bxc4 17.Bxc4 Kh8 18.Nh4 Qg5+ 19.Kb1 Qxg3

20.Rh3 Qg4 21.Nf5 Rae8 22.Bd3 Ba7 23.Rdh1 Bb8 24.Rg3 Qf4 25.Rf1, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2157) - ArcheinPrattein (lichess 2149), lichess 4/23/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O f6 11.c3 Bg4 12.Qe1 a6 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Nbd2 Nxd2 15.Bxd2 Bxf3 16.Rxf3 fxe5 17.Rxf8+ Qxf8 18.Qxe5 Bd6 19.Qe6+ Qf7

20.Qxf7+ Kxf7 21.Rf1+ Ke6 22.b4 a5 23.a3 axb4 24.axb4 Ra2 25.Bf4 Rc2 26.Bxd6 cxd6 27.Rf3 h6 28.h4 g6 29.Kh2 c5 30.dxc5 dxc5 31.bxc5 Ke5 32.c6 Ra2 33.c7 Ra8 34.Rf7 Ke6 35.Rh7 h5

36.Kg3 Rf8 37.Rg7 Rc8 38.Rxg6+ Kf7 39.Rc6 Ke7 40.Kf4 Kd7 41.Rh6 Rxc7 42.Rh7+ Kc6 43.Rxc7+ Kxc7 44.g4 hxg4 45.h5 Kd6 46.h6 Kc5 47.h7, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/22/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

wintolosera (Chess.com 1761) - JimWest (Chess.com 1931), Chess.com 4/22/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc5 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 c6 9.f4 Bxc5 10.dxc5 O-O 11.Be2 Qa5+ 12.c3 Qxc5 13.Qb3 Qb6 14.Qxb6 axb6 15.O-O Nbd7 16.a3 Nc5 17.b4 Ne6 18.a4 Nxg5 19.fxg5 Nd7

20.Rxf8+ Nxf8 21.h4 Ng6 22.Nxg6 hxg6 23.g4 Be6 24.Kf2 Rf8+ 25.Ke3 c5 26.b5 Rd8 27.a5 bxa5 28.Rxa5 b6 29.Ra7 Rd6 30.Rb7 Kh7 31.c4 dxc4 32.Kxe4 Bd5+ 33.Ke5 Bxb7 34.Kxd6 c3 35.Bd3 Bf3

36.h5 Bd1 37.Bxg6+ Kh8 38.Kc6 c2 39.Bxc2 Bxc2 40.Kxb6 c4 41.Kc5 c3 42.Kc4 Ba4 43.Kxc3 Bxb5 44.Kd2 Bd7 45.h6 g6 46.Ke3 Bxg4 47.Kf4 Bf5 48.Ke5 Kh7 49.Kf6 Bc2 50.Kf7 Bb3+ 51.Kf6 Bc4

52.Ke5 Kg8 53.Kf6 Bd3 54.Ke7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2151) - kingsgambit_yamete (lichess 2120), lichess 4/22/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.c3 Bb7 9.f5 d5 10.Qc2 Qd7 11.Bg5 Rad8 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nbd2 Rfe8 14.Rad1 Qd6 15.g4 h6 16.h4 Qe7 17.Rf2 Bxh4 18.Rh2 Bg5

19.Nf1 dxe4 20.dxe4 Na5 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.b4 Nc6 23.Rh5 Bf4 24.Bc4 a5 25.a3 Rd6 26.Bd5 Nd8 27.Bxb7 Nxb7 28.c4 axb4 29.axb4 Qd7 30.g5 Rd3 31.Qg2 hxg5 32.Nxg5 Qd4+ 33.Kh1 Rd1

34.Qh3 Kf8 35.f6 Bxg5 36.Rh8#.

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/21/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

kapranovg57 (Chess.com 1843) - JimWest (Chess.com 1939), Chess.com 4/21/2024

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.c3 Qd6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Bg4 Na6 14.f3 exf3 15.Rxf3 Nc7 16.Nd2 Nxe6 17.Nf1 Ng5 18.Re3 Rae8 19.Qe2 Ne4

20.Qd3 Bg5 21.Rf3 Rxf3 22.Bxf3 Nf6 23.Qf5 Qf4 24.Qxf4 Bxf4 25.Kf2 Ne4+ 26.Bxe4 Rxe4 27.Re1 Rxe1 28.Kxe1 Kf7 29.Ke2 Ke6 30.Ne3 Bxh2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2124) - java45 (lichess 2232), lichess 4/21/2024

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 Qc6

11.Nxb5 Qxb5 12.Qc8+ Ke7 13.Bg5+ f6 14.exf6+ gxf6 15.O-O-O fxg5 16.Qd8+ Kf7 17.Nh3 Bg7 18.Rhf1+ Kg6 19.Qxg5#.

2 PCG Games 4/20/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Ridrick (Chess.com 1909) - JimWest (Chess.com 1933), Chess.com 4/20/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Be2 Bc5 8.O-O Ne7 9.Kh1 O-O 10.f3 h6 11.Nh3 Bxh3 12.gxh3 exf3 13.Rxf3 Rxf3 14.Bxf3 Nd7 15.Bf4 Ng6 16.Bg3 Ndxe5 17.Nc3 Nxf3 18.Qxf3 Qf6

19.Rf1 Qxf3+ 20.Rxf3 Rf8 21.Kg2 Rxf3 22.Kxf3 Bd4 23.Nd1 Be5 24.b3 Bxg3 25.hxg3 Kf7 26.Ne3 Ke6 27.h4 Ne5+ 28.Kf4 Nf7 29.Ng4 g5+ 30.Ke3 gxh4 31.gxh4 h5 32.Nf2 Ke5 33.Nd3+ Kf5

34.Kf3 Ne5+ 35.Nxe5 Kxe5 36.Ke3 a5 37.c3 b5 38.a3 c5 39.Kf3 d4 40.cxd4+ cxd4 41.Ke2 Ke4 42.Kd2 b4 43.axb4 axb4 44.Ke2 d3+ 45.Kd2 Kd4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Mrm_1391 (lichess 2176) - JimWest (lichess 2123), lichess 4/20/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.fxe6 Bb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qd6 12.Bg4 Nxg4 13.Qxg4 Re8 14.Bf4 Qxe6 15.Qxe6+ Rxe6 16.Bxc7 Rc6 17.Ba5 b6 18.Bb4 a5 19.Be7 Rxc3

20.Rab1 Nc6 21.Bd6 Nxd4 22.Be5 Ne2+ 23.Kh1 Rc6 24.Rb2 Re8 25.Bg3 Nxg3+ 26.hxg3 d4 27.Rd1 Rd6 28.Rb5 e3 29.fxe3 Rxe3 30.Kh2 Rh6+ 31.Kg1 Re4 32.Rd5 Rc6 33.Rd2 h6

34.R5xd4 Rxd4 35.Rxd4 Rxc2 36.a4 Kh7 37.Rd6 Rc4 38.Rxb6 Rxa4 39.Ra6 Ra2 40.Kf1 h5 41.Kg1 g6 42.Kh2 Kh6 43.Rb6 a4 44.Rb4 a3 45.g4 hxg4 46.Rxg4 Ra1 47.Kg3 g5 48.Ra4 Kh5 49.Ra8 a2

50.Rh8+ Kg6 51.Ra8 Kf5 52.Ra4 Kg6 53.Kg4 Kf6 54.Ra5 Kf7 55.Kxg5 Rg1 56.Rxa2 Kg7 57.Ra7+ Kg8 58.g4 Rb1 59.Kh5 Rb6 60.g5 Rc6 61.g6 Rc1

62.Ra8+ Kg7 63.Ra7+ Kg8 64.Ra4 Rh1+ 65.Rh4 Rxh4+ 66.Kxh4 Kg7 67.Kg5 Kg8 68.Kh6 Kh8 69.Kg5 Kg7 70.Kf5 Kg8 71.Kf6 Kf8 72.g7+ Kg8 73.Kg6, stalemate.