PCG & PCG Reversed 8/30/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Sashok81 (Chess.com 1971) - JimWest (Chess.com 2023), Chess.com 8/30/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 c6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Qb3 Qb6 9.Qxb6 axb6 10.a4 O-O 11.Be2 f4 12.O-O Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nd7 15.b4 Be7 16.b5 Nf6 17.Rfd1 g5 18.d4 h5 19.bxc6 bxc6

20.dxe5 dxe5 21.Rdb1 Bc5 22.Rd1 g4 23.Be2 g3 24.Bf3 Bxf2+ 25.Kf1 Bd4 26.Rxd4 exd4 27.Ne2 d3 28.Nxf4 Nxe4 29.Nxd3 Nd2+ 30.Ke2 Nxf3 31.gxf3 Rae8+ 32.Kd2 Rxf3

33.h4 Rd8 34.c5 Rdxd3+ 35.Ke2 Rfe3+ 36.Kf1 bxc5 37.a5 Ra3 38.Rd1 Rxa5 39.Rd8+ Kf7 40.Rd7+ Re7 41.Rd3 Ra4 44.Kg2 Rxh4 45.Rf3+ Ke8 46.Rxg3 Rg4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2151) - Cause_Complications (lichess 2095), lichess 8/30/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 O-O 6.c3 d5 7.e5 Ng4 8.d4 Bb6 9.Nf3 c5 10.h3 Nh6 11.Bd3 Nf5 12.Bxf5 Bxf5 13.O-O cxd4 14.cxd4 Nc6 15.Kh1 f6 16.exf6 Qxf6 17.Bg5 Qe6 18.Nc3 Be4 19.Re1 Qg6

20.Be3 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Qg3 22.Qe2 Qxh3+ 23.Qh2 Qxf3+ 24.Qg2 Qxg2+ 25.Kxg2 Bxd4 26.Bxd4 Nxd4 27.Nxd5 Nc2 28.Ne7+ Kh8 29.Rh1 Rf6 30.Rac1 Ne3+ 31.Kg3 Nf5+ 32.Nxf5 Rxf5 33.Rc7 Rb8 34.Re1 Rff8 35.Ree7 Rg8

36.a4 h6 37.a5 a6 38.b4 Kh7 39.Rxb7 Rxb7 40.Rxb7 Ra8 41.Kg4 Kg6 42.Rb6+ Kf7 43.Kf5 Ra7 44.b5 axb5 45.a6 Kg8 46.Kg6 Ra8 47.a7 Kf8, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 8/29/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

GoodMiddlegame (Chess.com 1983) - JimWest (Chess.com 2012), Chess.com 8/29/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4

8.e6 dxc3 9.Qa4+ Nc6 10.Ke2 Qd3+ 11.Ke1 c2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

cslimbu2 (lichess 2100) - JimWest (lichess 2155), lichess 8/29/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.d4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Bd6

10.O-O-O Bxe5 11.Rxd8+ Kxd8 12.Nxe4 Bf5 13.Re1 Re8 14.Rd1+ Ke7 15.Ng3 Bxg3 16.hxg3 Rad8, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 8/28/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

prathamshah108 (Chess.com 1996) - JimWest (Chess.com 2007), Chess.com 8/28/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.g3 Bh3 10.Re1 fxg3 11.hxg3 Bg4 12.Qd3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Nbd7 14.a4 O-O-O 15.a5 a6 16.Be3 Bc5 17.b4 Bxb4 18.Reb1 Bxc3

19.Bb6 Nxb6 20.axb6 Qd7 21.Qxc3 Qd4 22.Qxd4 exd4 23.Bxa6 bxa6 24.Rxa6 Kd7 25.e5 Nd5 26.Ra7+ Ke6 27.Rxg7 Rd7 28.Rg4 Rb8 29.Rxd4 Ra8 30.b7 Rb8 31.c4 Nc3 32.Rxd7 Kxd7 33.Rb3 Ne2+ 34.Kf1 Nd4

35.Rb6 Kc7 36.c5 Ne6 37.f4 Nxc5 38.Rb2 Nxb7 39.Rh2 Rh8 40.g4 Nc5 41.g5 Nd3 42.Rh4 c5 43.g6 Nxf4 44.Rxf4 hxg6 45.Rf7+ Kc6 46.Rf6+ Kd5 47.Rxg6 Kxe5 48.Ke2 Rd8 49.Rg5+ Kd4 50.Kd2 Kc4+ 51.Kc2 Rd4

52.Rg3 Rh4 53.Rf3 Rh2+ 54.Kc1 Kb4 55.Rg3 c4 56.Rf3 c3 57.Rf8 Kb3 58.Rb8+ Kc4 59.Rc8+ Kd4 60.Rd8+ Kc5 61.Rc8+ Kb4 62.Rb8+ Ka3 63.Ra8+ Kb3 64.Rb8+ Kc4 65.Rc8+ Kd3 66.Rd8+ Ke4 67.Re8+ Kd5 68.Rd8+ Ke6

69.Rd3 c2 70.Rc3 Kd6 71.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 72.Kxc2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

dawkachess (lichess 2034) - JimWest (lichess 2153), lichess 8/28/2024

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.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Ng4 f5 12.Ne5 Nc6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.g3 Rb8 15.Rb1 Qg5 16.h4 Qh6 17.Be2 Be6 18.Rg1 Kh8

19.Qd2 Qxd2+ 20.Kxd2 f4 21.g4 f3 22.Bf1 Bf4+ 23.Nxf4 Rxf4 24.Bh3 h5 25.Ke3 Rbf8 26.g5 Bxh3 27.g6 Kg7, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/27/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2023) - ThorondorX (Chess.com 2015), Chess.com 8/27/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 Ng4 6.Nh3 c6 7.f5 h5 8.Be2 Qh4+ 9.g3 Qxh3 10.Bf1 Bf2+ 11.Ke2 Ne3 12.Bxe3 Qg4+ 13.Kxf2 d4 14.Qxg4 dxe3+ 15.Kxe3 hxg4 16.Be2 g6 17.Bxg4 gxf5 18.Bxf5 Bxf5 19.exf5 Nd7

20.Ne4 Ke7 21.h4 Rag8 22.Rag1 Rh7 23.g4 f6 24.g5 fxg5 25.hxg5 Rf7 26.g6 Rxf5 27.Rh7+ Ke6 28.Ng5+ Kd6 29.Nf7+ Kd5 30.Nh6 Nf6 31.Nxf5 Nxh7 32.Ne7+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Mohsen-1986 (lichess 2100) - JimWest (lichess 2154), lichess 8/27/2024

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.Kf2 Qf4+ 15.Ke1 Qc1+ 16.Bd1 Qe3+ 17.Be2 Qc1+ 18.Bd1 Qe3+ 19.Be2 Qc1+, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/26/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2039) - EnigmaEndgame01 (Chess.com 1915), Chess.com 8/26/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Nxe2 Bd6 7.fxe5 Bxe5 8.d4 Nxe4 9.dxe5 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.Nbc3 Qe7 12.Qxd5 Ng5 13.Bxg5 Qxg5 14.Qf3 Nxe5 15.Qf4 Qe7 16.Nd5 Qe6 17.Nec3 Ng6 18.Qf2 Rac8 19.Rae1 Qd6

20.Rd1 Qe6 21.Nf4 Qg4 22.h3 Qg5 23.Rd5 Qe7 24.Re1 Qb4 25.Nd3 Qc4 26.Qd4 Qc6 27.Rc5 Qb6 28.Nd5 Qd6 29.Qc3 c6 30.Ne3 Qg3

31.Nf5 Qxe1+ 32.Nxe1 f6 33.Qb3+ Kh8 34.Qxb7 Rg8 35.Rxc6 Rb8 36.Qc7 Rxb2 37.Ne7 Re8 38.Nxg6+ hxg6 39.Nd3 Rb1+ 40.Kh2 Re2 41.Qg3 Kg8 42.Qxg6 Rd1 43.Rc8+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Hashashin8 (lichess 2057) - JimWest (lichess 2164), lichess 8/26/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 a5 9.a4 Na6 10.h3 Nc5 11.Be3 fxe4 12.dxe4 Ncxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Bxe4 Qxd1 16.Raxd1 Bxh3 17.Bb6 Bg4 18.f3 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Rxf3

20.Kg2 Raf8 21.Rd7 Bg5 22.Rxb7 Bd2 23.Rxe5 Bb4 24.Bxa5 Bxa5 25.Rxa5 Rf2+ 26.Kh3 Kh8 27.Raa7 Rg8 28.a5 Rxc2 29.a6 h6 30.Rc7 Rxb2 31.Rxc6 Rbb8

32.Rb7 Kh7 33.Rcc7 Rxb7 34.axb7 Rb8 35.Kg4 Kg6 36.Kf4 Kf6 37.Ke4 g5 38.Kd5 h5 39.Kc6 h4 40.gxh4 gxh4 41.Rh7 Kg5 42.Kc7 Rxb7+ 43.Kxb7 Kg4 44.Kc6 h3 45.Kd5 Kg3 46.Ke4 h2

47.Ke3 Kg2 48.Rg7+ Kf1 49.Rf7+ Kg2 50.Rg7+ Kf1 51.Rh7 Kg2 52.Rg7+, draw.

2 PCG Games 8/25/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Evil_Green_Ranger (Chess.com 1906) - JimWest (Chess.com 2020), Chess.com 8/25/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qd2 d5 8.Bb3 Nd7 9.c3 h6 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.O-O Ngf6 12.Re1 O-O-O 13.Qe3 Kb8 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Qxe5 Qxe5 16.Rxe5 Bxd3 17.Nd2 Rhe8 18.Rae1 Rxe5 19.Rxe5 Re8

20.Rxe8+ Nxe8 21.Nf3 Nf6 22.Ne5 Bf5 23.f3 h5 24.Kf2 Kc7 25.Ke3 Kd6 26.Kf4 Ke6 27.g4 hxg4 28.fxg4 Bb1 29.Nf3 Be4 30.Nd4+ Kf7 31.Bd1 Bb1 32.a3 a6 33.h4 g6 34.Ke5 Ke7

35.Kf4 c5 36.Nf3 Be4 37.Ne5 Nd7 38.Nxd7 Kxd7 39.Ke5 b5 40.b4 c4 41.g5 Ke7 42.Bg4 Bg2 43.Bc8 d4 44.Kxd4 Kd6 45.Bxa6 Bc6 46.Bc8 Bf3 47.Ba6 Bc6 48.Bc8 Bf3 49.Ke3 Bc6 50.Bg4 Ke5 51.Bf3 Bd7 52.Be4 Be8

53.Kf3 Ke6 54.Kf4 Kd6 55.Bf3 Bf7 56.Bg4 Be8 57.Bh3 Bf7 58.h5 gxh5 59.Kf5 Be6+ 60.Kg6 Bxh3 61.Kxh5 Ke7 62.Kh6 Kf8 63.Kg6 Bg2 64.Kf6 Bd5 65.Ke5 Bc6 66.Kd6 Be8

67.Ke6 Kg7 68.Ke7 Bc6 69.Kd6 Be8 70.Ke7 Bc6 71.Kd6 Be8 72.Ke7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Shlecht (lichess 2107) - JimWest (lichess 2145), lichess 8/25/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.h4 Ne7 8.Bd2 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 O-O 10.e6 h6 11.Nf7 Qe8

12.Qg4 Rxf7 13.exf7+ Qxf7 14.Qxc8+ Nxc8, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 8/24/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2017) - Schachjordonezk (Chess.com 2048), Chess.com 8/24/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 dxe4 7.Bc4 f5 8.Ne2 Nd7 9.O-O Nb6 10.Bb3 Nd5 11.Bxd5 cxd5 12.h3 Nh6 13.Bxh6 gxh6

14.Nf4 Qb6 15.Nc3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2141) - Mihail8824 (lichess 2046), lichess 8/24/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Nd7 8.c3 f5 9.exf5 Rxf5 10.g4 Rf8 11.f5 Nf6 12.Qb3+ Kh8 13.Ng5 Qe8 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.fxe6 Rb8 16.Bg5 Qg6 17.Bxf6 Rxf6 18.Nd2 Rxe6 19.Ne4 Na5

20.Qd5 Nc6 21.Kh1 Nd8 22.h4 c6 23.Qb3 d5 24.Ng5 Rf6 25.Rxf6 Bxf6 26.Rf1 h6 27.Nh3 Ne6 28.h5 Qe8 29.Qa3 a6 30.Qd6 Rd8 31.Qb4 Ng5 32.Nxg5 Bxg5 33.Qxb7 Rb8 34.Qxa6 Rxb2

35.Bf3 Bf4 36.Qa3 Qb8 37.Bg2 Rd2 38.Qe7 Rxg2 39.Rxf4, Black forfeits.

2 PCG Reversed Games 8/23/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2003) - Akkiuio (Chess.com 1848), Chess.com 8/23/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nd4 11.c3 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Qd7 13.Nd2 Rad8 14.d4 Qc6 15.e5 Qxf3 16.Nxf3 dxe5 17.Bxe5 Nd5 18.Rae1 Bd6 

19.a3 Bxe5 20.Nxe5 f6 21.Nd3 Rfe8 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.Re1 Rxe1+ 24.Nxe1 Kf7 25.Kf2 Ke6 26.Nd3 b6 27.Kf3 g5 28.g4 h6 29.Ke4 Ne7 30.c4 c6 31.Nb4 Kd6 32.d5 cxd5+ 33.Nxd5 Nxd5 34.cxd5 b5 35.b4 a6

36.Kd4 Kd7 37.Kc5 Kc7 38.d6+ Kd7 39.Kd5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2156) - Ferdi09 (lichess 2126), lichess 8/23/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bd6 5.dxe5 Bxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Bg4 12.Be2 Nc6 13.Nc3 Bxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Qxe5 15.Qxd5 O-O 16.Qxe5 Nxe5 17.Bf4 Nxf3 18.Kxf3 c6 19.Rxh1 Rad8

20.Rg1 Rfe8 21.Ne4 Rd5 22.Nf6+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 8/22/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2009) - harrytipper3 (Chess.com 1937), Chess.com 8/22/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 Nf2 8.Qf3 Qe7 9.Bxe3 Nxh1 10.Nc3 c6 11.O-O-O Be6 12.d5 cxd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Bxd5 Nd7 15.Bxb7 Rd8

16.Bc6 Qe6 17.Bxd7+ Qxd7 18.Rxd7 Rxd7 19.Qa8+ Rd8 20.Qc6+ Rd7 21.Nf3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2164) - on1byon1 (lichess 2194), lichess 8/22/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 Ng4 6.Nh3 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Qe7 8.Nxc5 Qxc5 9.fxe5 O-O 10.d4 Qd5 11.c3 Nc6 12.Qf3 Qxf3 13.gxf3 Ngxe5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Kf2 Bf5 16.Bf4 Rfe8 17.Bxe5 Rxe5 18.Nf4 Rd8 19.Re1 Ra5

20.a3 g5 21.Nh5 g4 22.Nf6+ Kg7 23.Nxg4, Black forfeits.

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/21/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2021) - chessdhruti13 (Chess.com 1997), Chess.com 8/21/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 Bg4 7.O-O Qd7 8.c3 O-O-O 9.a4 h5 10.Na3 h4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 exf4 13.Bxf4 Ne5 14.d4 Ng6 15.Bh2 d5 16.e5 Nh7 17.Bg4 Ng5 18.Bxd7+ Rxd7 19.Nc2 a6

20.Ne3 Ne6 21.Rxf7 Bg5 22.Rf3 Rf8 23.Rxf8+ Ngxf8 24.Ng4 Rf7 25.Qb3 c6 26.Rf1 Rxf1+ 27.Kxf1 Nf4 28.Bxf4 Bxf4 29.Qc2 g6 30.Qf2 Ne6 31.Qxh4 Bg5 32.Qh8+ Kc7

33.Qh7+ Kb6 34.Qxg6 Ka5 35.Qxe6 Kxa4 36.Qf5 Bc1 37.Qc2+ Kb5 38.Qxc1 a5 39.e6 a4 40.e7 a3 41.bxa3 Ka4 42.e8=Q Kb3 43.Qe7 b5 44.Qb4+ Ka2 45.Qcb2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

marifinhafanuddin (lichess 2219) - JimWest (lichess 2175), lichess 8/21/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.Qb3 Nc6 9.a3 Ba5 10.c5 Nh6 11.Ngxe4 dxc3 12.bxc3 Qh4 13.Qa4 Bxc3+ 14.Nxc3 Qxa4 15.Nxa4 Nxe5 16.Bf4 Nhf7 17.O-O-O O-O 18.Bg3 c6 19.f4 Ng4

20.Be2 Ne3 21.Rd2 Bf5 22.Bf3 Rfd8 23.h3 Rxd2 24.Kxd2 Nc4+ 25.Kc3 Nxa3 26.Re1 Nb5+ 27.Kb2 Kf8 28.Bf2 Re8 29.g4 Rxe1 30.Bxe1 Bd7 31.Bf2 Nd8 32.Nc3 Nxc3 33.Kxc3 Ne6 34.f5 Ng5 35.Bg2 h6

36.h4 Nh7 37.Bg3 Nf6 38.Bd6+ Kf7 39.Bf3 Nd5+ 40.Kd4 h5 41.Ke5 hxg4 42.Bxg4 Nf6 43.Bf3 a5 44.Bd1 Nd5 45.Bh5+ Kg8 46.Bf3 a4 47.Bxd5+ cxd5 48.Kxd5 Bxf5 49.c6 bxc6+ 50.Kxc6 Bc2 51.Kd5 Kh7

52.Ke5 Kh6 53.Kf4 Kh5 54.Kg3 g5 55.hxg5 Kxg5 56.Ba3 Kf5, draw.