2 PCG Reversed Games 9/29/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2020) - Rasheedponnangathodi (Chess.com 2035), Chess.com 9/29/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.dxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.c3 a6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Nbd2 c5 14.Qe1 Nxd2 15.Bxd2 c6 16.Qg3 Bxf3 17.Rxf3 Kh8 18.Raf1 f6 19.exf6 Bxf6

20.Bg5 Ra7 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.dxc5 Raf7 23.b4 Rg7 24.Qh4 Rg6 25.Rg3 Qe8 26.Rxg6 Qxg6 27.Qd4 Qe4 28.Qxe4 dxe4 29.Rf4 f5 30.Kf2 Kg7 31.Ke3 Kg6

32.g4 Kg5 33.Rxf5+ Rxf5 34.gxf5 Kxf5 35.a4 Ke5 36.c4 h5 37.b5, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2110) - arthurking22 (lichess 2099), lichess 9/29/2024

1.e3 d6 2.e4 e5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Nbd7 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Kh1 Re8 9.c3 Bf8 10.f5 d5 11.Qc2 a5 12.a4 dxe4 13.dxe4 Nc5 14.Bg5 Qc7 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Nbd2 Kh8 17.Bc4 b6 18.Rae1 Ba6 19.Bxa6 Nxa6

20.Nc4 Rad8 21.Rd1 Bc5 22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.Rd1 Rg8 24.Qd3 Nb8 25.g3 Qe7 26.Kg2 Qf8 27.b4 axb4 28.cxb4 Bxb4 29.Nxb6 Bc5 30.Nd7 Nxd7 31.Qxd7 Qb8

32.Qxc6 Qb2+ 33.Rd2 Qb4 34.Qxf6+ Rg7 35.Qxe5 h5 36.f6 Rh7 37.Rd8+ Bf8 38.Qb8 Qb2+ 39.Qxb2, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/28/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Fianchetto1234 (Chess.com 1846) - JimWest (Chess.com 1996), Chess.com 9/28/2024

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.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 O-O 11.c4 c6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.c4 Be6 14.Qb3 Qa5+ 15.Bd2 Qb6 16.Qxb6 axb6 17.Be2 Nc6 18.Bc3 Rfd8 19.cxd5 Bxd5

20.O-O Be6 21.Rfd1 Nd5 22.Bb2 Rac8 23.Rac1 Nf4 24.Bb5 Nxe5 25.dxe5 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Rd2 27.Bc3 Ra2 28.Bb4 Nd3 29.Bxd3 exd3 30.f4 Bg4 31.Rf1 d2 32.Bxd2 Rxd2

33.h3 Bd7 34.f5 Bc6 35.Rf2 Rxf2 36.Kxf2 Kf7 37.g4 h6 38.h4 b5 39.Ke3 Ke7 40.Kf4 Bd7 41.g5 hxg5+ 42.Kxg5 Be8 43.h5 Bf7 44.h6 gxh6+ 45.Kxh6 Be8 46.Kg7 Bh5 47.Kh6 Bg4 48.Kg6 Bh3 49.Kg5 Kf7 50.Kf4 Bf1

51.Kg5 Bc4 52.Kf4 Ke7 53.Kg5 Kf7 54.Kf4 Bb3 55.Kg5 Ba2 56.Kf4 Bb1 57.Kg5 Ba2 58.Kf4 Bb3 59.Kg5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

snowbunbun (lichess 2152) - JimWest (lichess 2110), lichess 9/28/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Re1 Nbd7 8.d4 Bg4 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Be7 12.Qb3 Nxc4 13.Qxc4 d5 14.Qe2 Qd7 15.Bg5 Kf7 16.Nd2 Rhe8 17.Qf3 Kg8 18.Rad1 h6 19.Bh4 Rf8

20.Qe2 Bd6 21.c4 Rae8 22.Qd3 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Bb4 24.a3 Bxd2 25.Qxd2 dxc4 26.Qxd7 Nxd7 27.Re7 Nc5 28.Bg3 Rf7 29.Re8+ Kh7 30.Be5 Nd3 31.Bd4 c5 32.Be3 b6

33.Kf1 Nxb2 34.Re4 c3 35.Ke2 Rd7 36.f4 c2 37.Bc1 Nd3 38.Kd2 Nf2+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/27/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

chfeather (Chess.com 1828) - JimWest (Chess.com 2003), Chess.com 9/27/2024

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Bc4 f5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Nc3 Bd6 8.Bg5+ Nf6 9.O-O-O Ke8 10.Rhe1 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Rxe4 Bf5 13.Ree1 Bg4

14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Rxe5 Bxe5 16.Re1 Kd7 17.Rxe5 Rae8 18.Rd5+ Kc8 19.Ra5 a6 20.Be3 Bd7 21.Rg5 g6 22.Kd2 c6 23.b3 Rhf8 24.a4 b5 25.axb5 axb5 26.Be2 Kb7 27.Bf3 Rf5 28.Rg3 Rd8 29.Kc3 Kc7 30. Bg4 Rf7 31.Bxd7 Rdxd7

32.Rg5 Rd5 33.Rg4 Rdf5 34.h4 c5 35.g3 Kc6 36.Re4 Rd5 37.Re6+ Rd6 38.Re8 Rf5 39.Rc8+ Kb6 40.Rb8+ Ka6 41.Rc8 Kb6 42.Rb8+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2112) - Bantiali (lichess 2035), lichess 9/27/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 a6 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nf3 d6 6.c3 Ba7 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Qc2 Ng4 9.h3 Nf6 10.f5 Nh5 11.g4 Ng3 12.Rh2 h5 13.Rg2 hxg4 14.Rxg3 gxf3 15.Bxf3 Qh4 16.Qg2 Bd7 17.Bg5 Qh7 18.Na3 f6 19.Bd2 Qh4

20.O-O-O O-O-O 21.Rh1 Rdg8 22.Nc2 Nd8 23.Be3 Bxe3+ 24.Nxe3 Qf4 25.Be2 Nf7 26.Kb1 Bc6 27.Rf1 Qh6 28.Bd1 Ng5 29.Bb3 Rd8 30.Rh1 Qh4

31.Rg4 Nxh3 32.Rxh4 Rxh4 33.Rxh3 Rf4 34.Nd5 Bxd5 35.Bxd5 c6 36.Be6+ Kc7 37.Qxg7+ Kb6 38.Qxf6 Rf2 39.Qxd8+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/26/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

venkatesan001 (Chess.com 1862) - JimWest (Chess.com 2006), Chess.com 9/26/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.a4 a5 9.Re1 f4 10.Bf1 Na6 11.d4 Qc7 12.d5 h6 13.Nh2 Nc5 14.g3 fxg3 15.fxg3 cxd5 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5+ Be6 18.Qd1 Qd7 19.Qh5 Qe8

20.Qe2 Qg6 21.Ng4 h5 22.Nh2 Qxg3+ 23.Kh1 Rf2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

qflu (lichess 2076) - JimWest (lichess 2112), lichess 9/26/2024

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

8.Qh5+ g6, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/25/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

medhanshsaxena (Chess.com 2112) - JimWest (Chess.com 2000), Chess.com 9/25/2024

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 Nc6 11.fxe3 dxe3 12.Bxe3 Qxd1+ 13.Rxd1 Bg4 14.Be2 Bxe2 15.Kxe2 Rd8 16.Ne6 Rxd1 17.Rxd1 Kf7 18.Nxc7 Nxe5 19.Bxa7 Nf6

20.Bd4 Nxc4 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Rd7+ Kg6 23.Nb5 Re8+ 24.Kf2 b6 25.Rd4 Ne5 26.Rd6 Nc4 27.Rc6 Re4 28.g3 h5 29.Nd4 Nxa3 30.Rxb6 Nc4

31.Re6 Ne5 32.Kg2 Re3 33.Nc6 Kf5 34.Nd4+ Kg6 35.Nc6 Kf5 36.Nd4+ Kg6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2100) - chessking666999 (lichess 2062), lichess 9/25/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxf4 d4 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.c3 Bc5 9.b4 Bb6 10.b5 Ncxe5 11.Nxe5 O-O 12.Nxd7 Bxd7 13.Be2 dxc3 14.Nxc3 Qf6 15.Qd2 Ba5 16.Rc1 Bxb5 17.O-O Rae8

18.Be3 Qe7 19.Rf3 Bc6 20.Rg3, Black forfeits.

2 PCG Games 9/24/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

klavier988 (Chess.com 1994) - JimWest (Chess.com 2027), Chess.com 9/24/2024

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.Qd2 O-O 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 c6 12.O-O-O Nbd7 13.f4 Qe8 14.h3 h6 15.Bh4 Qh5

16.g3 g5 17.fxg5 hxg5 18.g4 Qxh4 19.Ng6 Qh7 20.Nxf8 Nxf8 21.Be2 Ng6 22.Rdf1 Nf4 23.Bd1 Qh4 24.Qb4 Qh7 25.h4 Qg7 26.hxg5 Qxg5 27.Qd6 Nd3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

dragon_rage_07 (lichess 2010) - JimWest (lichess 2095), lichess 9/24/2024

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

7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Qxg5, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/23/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2050) - JimmyZhang (Chess.com 1993), Chess.com 9/23/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nf3 Ne3 7.Bxe3 fxe3 8.d4 c5 9.c3 Nc6 10.Bb5 Bg4 11.O-O cxd4 12.cxd4 a6 13.Bxc6+ bxc6 14.Qd3 Be7 15.Qxe3 O-O 16.Nc3 Rb8 17.b3 Qa5

18.Rac1 c5 19.Nxd5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Andreas_Eusebius (lichess 2069) - JimWest (lichess 2094), lichess 9/23/2024

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.Be2 O-O 10.c4 c6 11.O-O Qe8 12.Bf4 Bxe5 13.Bxe5 Be6 14.Qb3 Qf7 15.c5 Nbd7 16.Bd6 Rfe8

17.f3 exf3 18.Bxf3 b5 19.cxb6 axb6 20.Rac1 Rec8 21.a3 b5 22.Bh5 g6 23.Be2 Ra4 24.Bxb5 Rxd4 25.Bxc6 Rc4 26.Rxc4 dxc4 27.Qb5 c3 28.bxc3 Bc4

29.Bxd7 Bxb5 30.Bxb5 Qe6 31.Rd1 Qe3+ 32.Kh1 Ng4 33.Rf1 Nf2+ 34.Rxf2 Qxf2 35.h3 Rxc3 36.Ne4 Qe1+ 37.Kh2 Qxe4, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/22/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

ChocoolateMilk (Chess.com 1929) - JimWest (Chess.com 2033), Chess.com 9/22/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7

6.Bd3 fxe4 7.Bxe4 d5 8.Nxe5 dxe4 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qh6 Nf5 11.Qd2 Qxd4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

abwzahr691 (lichess 2063) - JimWest (lichess 2091), lichess 9/22/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 d5 6.Be2 Bd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.d3 c6 9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.Nh4 Bg6

11.Bh5 Bxh5 12.Qxh5+ Nxh5 13.Bxd8 Rxd8 14.Nf5 Bf8 15.Nd2 g6 16.Ne3 Bd6 17.Rfe1 O-O 18.Ng4 Nhf6 19.Ne3 Rde8 20.h3 e4 21.dxe4 Nxe4

22.Nb3 Nxf2 23.Re2 Nd3 24.Rd1 N3c5 25.Nd2 Bf4 26.Ndf1 Nb6 27.b3 Re6 28.Ree1 Bxe3+ 29.Nxe3 Rfe8 30.Kf2 Ne4+ 31.Kf1 Nxc3 32.Ng4 Nxd1 33.Nf6+ Rxf6+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/21/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Kasak00 (Chess.com 1879) - JimWest (Chess.com 2041), Chess.com 9/21/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.Bh5+ g6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O c6 12.Bh6 Re8 13.f3 Nbd7 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.fxe4 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Nxe4 17.Bd3 Qh4 18.Qc1 Bf5 19.c4 Nc3

20.Rxf5 gxf5 21.cxd5 Ne2+ 22.Bxe2 Rxe2 23.Qg5+ Qxg5 24.Bxg5 cxd5 25.Rf1 Rf8 26.Rf2 Re1+ 27.Rf1 Rxf1+ 28.Kxf1 Rc8, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Lord_Wimbooo (lichess 2023) - JimWest (lichess 2097), lichess 9/21/2024

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.Qe2 O-O 10.O-O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 c6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.g4 Nd7 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.Bh3 Qxf2 16.Qxf2 Rxf2 17.a4 Raf8

18.Rhg1 Rxh2 19.Rg3 Rff2 20.Rg2 Rfxg2 21.Bxg2 Rxg2 22.g5 Rxg5 23.Rf1 Rg2 24.Kb2, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/20/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2025) - haiderchessfsd (Chess.com 2036), Chess.com 9/20/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 d6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 Bg4 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 d5 10.fxe5 Nxe5 11.czd5 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Qxd5 13.Qxd5 Nxd5 14.d4 c5 15.dxc5 Bxc5+ 16.Kh1 Rfe8

17.b4 Nxb4 18.cxb4 Bd4 19.Nc3 Bxc3 20.Rb1 Re2 21.a3 b5 22.Bf4 Rae8 23.h3 a6 24.Bg3 Ra2 25.Rb3 Rc8 26.Rc1 f6 27.Rbxc3 Rxc3 28.Rxc3 Kf7 29.Bc7 Ke6 30.Ba5 Kd5 31.Rc7 Rxa3

32.Rxg7 Kc4 33.Rxh7 Rxa5 34.bxa5 b4 35.Rb7 b3 36.h4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Surgeon1966 (lichess 1995) - JimWest (lichess 2093), lichess 9/20/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.Ne4 O-O

8.Qd2 Nxe4 9.Bxe7 Nxd2 10.Bxd8 Nxf3+ 11.gxf3 Rxd8, White resigns.