PCG Reversed & PCG 9/15/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2000) - Vinayakghate1950 (Chess.com 1923), Chess.com 9/15/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d4 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Qxe2 Nfd7 8.e6 fxe6 9.Qxe6+ Qe7 10.Qxe7+ Bxe7 11.Bxf4 Na6 12.Ne2 O-O 13.O-O c5 14.Nbc3 Nb6 15.a4 Nb4 16.a5 Nd7 17.Rac1 a6 18.Na4 g5

19.Bd2 Rxf1+ 20.Kxf1 Rf8+ 21.Kg1 Bf6 22.Bxb4 cxb4 23.b3 Rc8 24.c4 bxc3 25.Naxc3 Re8 26.Kf2 Ne5 27.Rd1 Rd8 28.h3 Nc6 29.Ra1 Be7 30.Ra4 Bb4 31.Na2 Bxa5 32.Rg4 Bd2 33.h4 Ne5 34.Rg3 h6 35.hxg5 hxg5

36.d4 Nc6 37.Rd3 Rf8+ 38.Kg3 Bf4+ 39.Nxf4 Rxf4 40.Nc3 Nb4 41.Rd2 Kf7 42.Ne2 Rf6 43.Ng1 Kg6 44.Nf3 Nc6 45.Ne5+ Kg7 46.Nd7 Re6 47.Nc5 Re7 48.Kg4 Kg6 49.g3 Nb4 50.Rf2 b6 51.Na4 b5 52.Nc5 Nc6

53.Rf5 Nxd4 54.Rxg5+ Kh6 55.Rxd5 Rg7+ 56.Kh3 Ne2 57.Rd6+ Kh7 58.Rxa6 Rxg3+ 59.Kh2 Rg5 60.b4 Nd4 61.Rb6 Rg6 62.Rh7+ Kh6 63.Rd7 Nc2 64.Rb7 Nxb4 65.Rxb5 Nc2 66.Ne4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Prabalpratap (lichess 2086) - JimWest (lichess 2128), lichess 9/15/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Nc6 9.Bc4+ Kh8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qe2 Bg4 12.Rad1 Nd4 13.Qd3 Bxf3 14.gxf3 c6 15.Ne2 Nxe2+ 16.Qxe2 Qc7 17.Kh1 h6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Rg1 Rad8

20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Qf1 Qb6 22.b3 Rd2 23.Qg2 Qxf2 24.Qh3 Rd8 25.Bd3 Qe3 26.Qg4 Qc5 27.a4 a5 28.Qh5 b5 29.Rg6 Qf8 30.axb5 axb5

31.Bxb5 Rd1+ 32.Rg1 Rxg1+ 33.Kxg1 Qc5+ 34.Kg2 Qxb5 35.Qf7 Qe2+ 36.Kh3 Qxf3#.

2 PCG Games 9/14/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Scy7HE99 (Chess.com 1906) - JimWest (Chess.com 2009), Chess.com 9/14/2024

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 Bd6 10.O-O Qf6 11.Re1 Ne7 12.Bd3 c6

13.Qh5+ g6 14.Qh6 Qf8 15.Bxg6+ hxg6 16.Qxg6+ Kd7 17.Qe6+ Kc7 18.Qe2 Bxh2+ 19.Kf1 Bg3 20.Qxe7+ Qxe7 21.Rxe7+ Kd6 22.Rh7 Rxh7 23.Nxh7 Be5 24.Ng5 Bxd4 25.cxd4 Bf5 26.Bf4+ Kd7 27.Re1 Na6

28.a3 Rf8 29.Re3 Bd3+ 30.Rxd3 Rxf4 31.f3 Nc7 32.Kf2 Rf5 33.Nh3 Ne6 34.g4 Rf8 35.Kg3 Rh8 36.f4 Rxh3+ 39.Kxh3 Nxf4+ 40.Kh4 Nxd3 41.Kh5 Ke6 42.Kh6 Kf7 43.g5 Kg8 44.Kg6 Nxb2

45.Kf6 Nc4 46.Ke6 Nxa3 47.Kd6 Nb5+ 48.Kc5 Kg7 49.Kb4 Nxd4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

polymati (lichess 2129) - JimWest (lichess 2128), lichess 9/14/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Be2 Bxf5 8.Bf4 c6 9.a3 h6 10.Nh3 Bd6 11.Bg3 O-O 12.Qd2 Bxh3 13.gxh3 Bxg3 14.hxg3 Nbd7 15.Rg1 b5 16.h4 a5

17.g4 b4 18.axb4 axb4 19.Na2 e3 20.fxe3 Ne4 21.Qxb4 Qxh4+ 22.Kd1 Rab8 23.Qa3 Qf2 24.Re1 Nb6 25.b3 Qxe3 26.Qc1 Nf2#.

2 PCG Reversed Games 9/13/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2003) - Sashok81 (Chess.com 2024), Chess.com 9/13/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 exf4 6.Bxf4 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.Be2 Qe7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.d4 Bb6 12.O-O Qe7 13.Nbd2 O-O-O 14.Kh1 g5 15.Qc2 f6 16.Rae1 Kb8 17.Nc4 h5 18.Nxb6 axb6 19.d5 Ne5

20.Nxe5 dxe5 21.Bxg4 hxg4 22.Qf2 Qh7 23.Qg3 Rd6 24.Rf5 Rxd5 25.Rxf6 Rd3 26.Rf8+ Rxf8 27.Qxd3 Qf7 28.Rg1 Qf4 29.g3 Qf6 30.Qe2 Qe6 31.a3 Rf3 32.Rf1 Qf7 33.Kg2 Qh5

34.Rxf3 gxf3+ 35.Qxf3 Qe8 36.Qf5 Qe7 37.Kf3 Qd6 38.Qxg5 Qd1+ 39.Kg2 Qe2+ 40.Kh3 Qxe4 41.Qd8+ Ka7 42.Qxc7 Qf5+ 43.Kg2 Qc2+ 44.Kh3 e4 45.Qc4 e3 46.b3 Qf5+ 47.Kh4 Qe5 48.Qe2 Qxc3 49.Kg4 Qxb3 50.Kf3 Qxa3 51.Qxe3 Qf8+ 52.Kg2 Qf5

53.Qa3+ Kb8 54.Qd6+ Ka7 55.Qa3+ Qa5 56.Qxa5+ bxa5 57.g4 a4 58.g5 a3 59.g6 a2 60.g7 a1=Q 61.g8=Q Qb2+ 62.Kh3 Qc3+ 63.Qg3 Qc5 64.Kg2 b5 65.Qf2 Kb6 66.Qxc5+ Kxc5

67.h4 b4 68.h5 b3 69.h6 b2 70.h7 b1=Q 71.h8=Q Qc2+ 72.Kg3 Qd3+ 73.Kg4 Qd4+ 74.Qxd4+ Kxd4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2141) - sichi1973 (lichess 2113), lichess 9/13/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.d5 Qa5+ 9.Nc3 Ngxe5 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.Be2 Bf5 12.Be3 Rd8 13.Qc1 Ng4 14.Bxg4 Bxg4 15.Nge2 Bxe2 16.Kxe2 Be7 17.Rd1 O-O 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Kf1 f5

20.Kg1 Qc7 21.Bf4 Qd7 22.Qe3 Bf6 23.Qg3 Qb7 24.Rd1 Bd4+ 25.Be3 Qxb2 26.Bxd4 cxd4 27.Qc7 Rf8 28.Qxc6 Qxc3 29.Qd5+ Kh8 30.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 31.Rxd4 h6

32.h4 Rc8 33.c4 Rc5 34.h5 Ra5 35.g4 fxg4 36.Rxe4 Rxa2 37.Rxg4 Rc2 38.Rd4 a5 39.Rd8+ Kh7 40.Ra8 Rxc4 41.Rxa5 Rg4+ 42.Kh2 g5 43.hxg6+ Rxg6 44.Ra7+ Kg8 45.Kh3 Rf6 46.Kh4 Rf7 47.Rxf7 Kxf7 48.Kh5 Kg7

49.Kh4 Kf6 50.Kh5 Kg7 51.Kh4 Kg6 52.Kg4 h5+ 53.Kh4 Kh6 54.Kh3 Kg5 55.Kg3 h4+ 56.Kh3 Kh5 57.Kh2 Kg4 58.Kg2 Kg5 59.Kh3 Kh5 60.Kh2 Kg4 61.Kg2 h3+ 62.Kh2 Kh4 63.Kh1 Kg3 64.Kg1 Kg4 65.Kh2 Kh4 66.Kh1 Kg3 67.Kg1 h2+ 68.Kh1 Kh3, stalemate.

2 PCG Reversed Games 9/12/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2001) - abhishek756275 (Chess.com 1908), Chess.com 9/12/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Ng4 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Qe7 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Nf3 f5 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 fxe4 13.Bxe4 O-O 14.Re1 Qf6

15.h3 Nh6 16.Bd2 Be6 17.d5, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2138) - aakalantari (lichess 2012), lichess 9/12/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.c3 Bxg1 7.Rxg1 Nc6 8.Be2 Be6 9.Rf1 Qd7 10.Kf2 h6 11.Kg1 O-O-O 12.Nd2 Qe7 13.d4 d5 14.e5 Nd7 15.b4 f6 16.b5 Na5 17.Qa4 b6

18.Nb3 Nxb3 19.axb3 fxe5 20.Qa6+ Kb8 21.Qxa7+ Kc8 22.Qa8+ Nb8 23.Bxe5 Rhf8 24.Ra7 Rxf1+ 25.Bxf1, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/11/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2004) - Sashok81 (Chess.com 2014), Chess.com 9/11/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 exf4 7.Bxf4 Be7 8.O-O Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nd4 10.c3 Nxf3+ 11.Qxf3 h4 12.h3 c6 13.Bg5 Qb6+ 14.Qf2 Qa5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nd2 b5 17.e5 dxe5 18.Ne4 O-O-O 19.Nxf6 gxf6

20.Qxf6 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Qc7 22.Qxf7 Rd7 23.Qf6 Rhd8 24.Rad1 Kb7 25.d4 e4 26.Rde1 Re8 27.Re3 Rde7 28.Qg5 Rh8 29.Qf4 Qa5 30.a3 Rhe8 31.Rfe1 Qa4

32.Rxe4 Rxe4 33.Rxe4 Rxe4 34.Qxe4 Qd1+ 35.Kh2 Qd2 36.Qh7+ Kb6 37.Qxh5 Qf4+ 38.Kg1 Qc1+ 39.Kh2 Qf4+ 40.Kg1 Qc1+ 41.Kh2 Qf4+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

AndriyYroslavovuhc (lichess 2066) - JimWest (lichess 2120), lichess 9/11/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7

10.Bg6 hxg6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Qxc7+ Be7 13.Nc3 Qd6 14.Qc4+ Be6 15.d5 Bf5 16.g4 Qb4 17.Qxb4 Bxb4 18.gxf5 Bxc3+ 19.bxc3 gxf5 20.Rb1 b6 21.Ke2 Nd7 22.f3 Rac8

23.fxe4 fxe4 24.Rbf1+ Nf6 25.h4 Rxc3 26.Kd2 Rc5 27.Rf5 Rxd5+ 28.Rxd5 Nxd5 29.c4 Nf6 30.Ke3 Rh5 31.a4 Ra5 32.Ra1 Kg6 33.Rg1+ Kh5 34.Rg5+ Rxg5 35.hxg5 Kxg5 36.a5 Kf5, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/10/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2029) - BDChesser99 (Chess.com 2034), Chess.com 9/10/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 c6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Qc7 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Kh1 Be7 9.c3 O-O 10.f5 d5 11.Qc2 Nc5

12.h3 dxe4 13.dxe4 Ncxe4 14.hxg4 Ng3+ 15.Kg1 Bc5+ 16.Kh2, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

jufriayubi (lichess 1966) - JimWest (lichess 2122), lichess 9/10/2024

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Nc3 exd4+ 9.Ne2 Nf6 10.Qxd4 Nc6 11.Qa4 O-O 12.O-O-O Bd7 13.Nf4 Ne5 14.Qb3 Nxf3 15.gxf3 Bc6 16.Rg1 Kh8 17.Bd3 Qd6

18.Ng6+ hxg6 19.Bxg6 Be8 20.Qd3 Bxg6 21.Qxg6 Qf4+ 22.Kb1 Qh6 23.Qf5 c6 24.Rg6 Nh7 25.Qg4 Qf4 26.Qd7 Qf7 27.Qg4 Qxf3 28.Qd4 Rf7 29.Rdg1 Qxf2 30.Qd3 Raf8 31.a3 Qf5

32.Qc3 Qd7 33.Ka2 d4 34.Qd3 Qd5+ 35.b3 Qc5 36.R1g5 Qc3 37.Qe4 Nxg5 38.Rxg5 Kg8 39.Rh5 Rf6 40.Qh7+ Kf7 41.Qe4 d3 42.Re5 Qxc2+ 43.Ka1 Rf1+ 44.Qe1 Rxe1+ 45.Rxe1 Qc3+ 46.Kb1 Qxe1+ 47.Ka2 d2 48.h3 d1=Q 49.h4 Qed2#.

2 PCG Games 9/9/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

SlayerOfBot (Chess.com 1964) - JimWest (Chess.com 2013), Chess.com 9/9/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.dxe5 Bb4 7.e6 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Kf8 12.c4 c6 13.Be2 Kg8 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.c4 Kxh8 16.cxd5 Bxd5 17.Bb2 Nbd7 18.O-O Bc6 19.Qb3 Qe8

20.Qh3 Qg6 21.Bd4 a6 22.Rab1 Re8 23.Qg3 Qxg3 24.hxg3 h6 25.Rfc1 Ne5 26.Bxa6 bxa6 27.Bxe5 Bb5 28.Bxf6 gxf6 29.Rc3 Kg7 30.Kh2 Kg6 31.Rb4 f5 32.a4 Bd3 33.Rc6+ Kg5 34.Rbb6 Rh8

35.a5 Bb5 36.Re6 Rh7 37.Rg6+ Kh5 38.Kh3 Rh8 39.Rgf6 Kg5 40.Rg6+ Kh5 41.Rgf6 Kg5 42.Rg6+ Kh5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

grigoriy-gurkov (lichess 2038) - JimWest (lichess 2145), lichess 9/9/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4

5.Nh4 Qxh4, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 9/8/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2017) - BDChesser99 (Chess.com 1894), Chess.com 9/8/2024

1.e3 Nc6 2.e4 e5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Na4 Bxg1 7.Rxg1 Nd4 8.f5 c6 9.Nc3 Qe7 10.Be2 d5 11.Rf1 h6 12.Kf2 Nxe2 13.Qxe2 Qc5+ 14.Kg3 h5 15.h3 d4 16.Nd1 h4+ 17.Kh2 Nh5 18.Rf3 f6 19.Nf2 Qb4

20.Nh1 Bd7 21.a3 Qb5 22.a4 Qb4 23.b3 O-O-O 24.Bd2 Qd6 25.Qf2 Be8 26.Qxh4 g5 27.fxg6 Bd7 28.Qf2 Rdg8 29.Ng3 Rxg6 30.Nxh5 Rxh5 31.Rf1 f5

32.exf5 Rf6 33.g4 Rh8 34.Kg2 Rf7 35.Qe1 c5 36.b4 Bc6 37.bxc5 Qxc5 38.Kg1 Qd5 39.Qf2 Rfh7 40.Qg2 Qc5 41.Qh2 Qxc2 42.Bg5 Qxd3 43.Rxd3 e4 44.Rxd4 Rxh3 45.Rd8+ Rxd8 46.Qxh3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

mplus (lichess 2142) - JimWest (lichess 2148), lichess 9/8/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.d5 a6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.e6 Ne5 11.exf7+ Nxf7 12.dxc6 Qd6 13.Qxd6 Bxd6 14.Nc3 O-O 15.Nge2 Bf5 16.O-O Bg6 17.Be3 Rac8 18.Rad1 Rxc6 19.Nf4 Bf5

20.h3 Ne5 21.Rxd6 Rxd6 22.Bxc5 Rfd8 23.Bxd6 Rxd6 24.Nfd5 g6 25.Ne7+ Kh8 26.Nxf5 gxf5 27.Rxf5 Nc4 28.b3 Ne3 29.Re5 Rc6 30.Nxe4 Rxc2 31.Rg5 h6 32.Rg6 Kh7 33.Rxa6 Rxg2+ 34.Kh1 Rb2

35.Nf6+ Kg7 36.Nh5+ Kh7 37.Ra7+ Kg6 38.Nf4+ Kg5 39.Nd3 Rb1+ 40.Kh2 Rd1 41.Ra5+ Kh4 42.Nf2 Rd2 43.Ra4+ Kg5 44.Kg3 Nf5+ 45.Kf3 Rc2 46.Rg4+ Kf6 47.Ne4+ Ke5 48.Nf2 Rxa2

49.Re4+ Kd5 50.Ra4 Nd4+ 51.Kg2 Nxb3 52.Rxa2, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/7/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

yopokkikun (Chess.com 1865) - JimWest (Chess.com 2006), Chess.com 9/7/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.O-O f4 9.d4 Qc7 19.dxe5 dxe5 11.a4 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Nd7 14.Rfd1 O-O-O 15.b4 h5 16.b5 g5 17.bxc6 Qxc6 18.Nb5 Kb8 19.Bb3 g4

20.hxg4 hxg4 21.Qxg4 Rh4 22.Qe6 Rdh8 23.Kf1 Rh1+ 24.Ke2 Qxe4+ 25.Kd2 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Qc6 27.Kc1 Nc5 28.Qxc6 bxc6 29.Nc3 Nxb3+ 30.bxc3 Kc7 31.Ne4 Be7 32.g3 fxg3 33.fxg3 Rh2

34.Rg1 Ba3+ 35.Kd1 Rb2 36.Nd2 Bb4 37.Rg2 Bxd2 38.Rxd2 Rxb3 39.Rg2 Ra3 40.g4 Ra1+ 41.Ke2 Ra2+ 42.Kf3 Rxg2 43.Kxg2 Kd6 44.Kf3 Ke6 45.Ke4 a5 46.Kd3 c5 47.Kc4 e4 48.Kc3 Kf6 49.Kc4 Kg5

50.Kb5 e3 51.Kxa5 e2 52.Kb5 e1=Q 53.Kxc5 Qa5+ 54.Kd6 Qxa4 55.Ke7 Qxg4 56.Kd6 Qe4 57.Kc5 Qd3 58.Kc6 Qd4 59.Kb5 Qc3 60.Kb6 Qc4 61.Kb7 Qc5 62.Ka8 Qb5

63.Ka7 Kf6 64.Ka8 Ke6 65.Ka7 Kd7 66.Ka8 Kc7 67.Ka7 Qb7#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

chess-chan0818 (lichess 2150) - JimWest (lichess 2142), lichess 9/7/2024

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.Qc3 Nxb4 11.Qxb4 Qc1+ 12.Ke2 Bg4+ 13.f3 exf3+ 14.gxf3 O-O-O

15.fxg4 Qd1+ 16.Kf2 Nh6 17.h3 Rhf8+ 18.Kg2 Qf3+ 19.Kh2 Qf4+ 20.Kg2, White resigns.