PCG & PCG Reversed 10/30/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Torremas (Chess.com 1966) - JimWest (Chess.com 1974), Chess.com 10/30/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.d5 f4 7.h4 Nb8 8.g3 Be7

9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qxh6 Bf8 11.Ne6 Bxe6 12.Qg5 Be7 13.Qh6 Bf8 14.Qg5 Be7 15.Qh6 Bf8, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2087) - jobergerac (lichess 2014), lichess 10/30/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 Bxf6 10.Qxf6 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qe7 12.O-O Qe6 13.c3 Be7 14.Nd2 Ng5 15.Qg2 O-O-O 16.Bxc6 Qxc6 17.h4 Ne6 18.Rxf7 Qe8 19.Rf1 Rf8

20.Nf3 h6 21.Bd2 Qg6 22.Rae1 Rf7 23.Qh3 Kb8 24.h5 Qc2 25.Qxe6 Rdf8 26.Nh2 Rxf1+ 27.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 28.Nxf1 Bd8 29.Qd7 a6 30.Qxd8+ Ka7

31.Qxd5 Qxb2 32.Qc5+ Kb8 33.e6 Qxa2 34.Bf4 Qxe6 35.Qxc7+ Ka7 36.Qb8+ Kb6 37.Qd6+ Qxd6 38.Bxd6 a5 39.Nd2 a4 40.Nc4+ Kc6 41.Bf8 b5 42.Na3 Kd5 43.Bxg7, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/29/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

asheko (Chess.com 2027) - JimWest (Chess.com 1975), Chess.com 10/29/2024

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Bc4 f5 6.Nc3 Bd6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Ng5 Nh6 8.O-O Nd4 10.Bd3 f4 11.Ne2 Nxe2+ 12.Bxe2 Be7 13.Nf3 Bg4 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Bd6 16.b3 Ke7 17.Bb2 Rhe8 18.Be2 Ng8 19.c4 b6

20.a3 a5 21.Bc3 Nf6 22.f3 Nh5 23.Rfb1 Ng3 24.Kf2 Kf6 25.b4 axb4 26.axb4 Nxe2 27.Kxe2 Reb8 28.Kd3 c6 29.b5 c5 30.Ra6 Bc7 

31.Rba1 Rxa6 31.Rxa6 Rb7 32.Ke2 g5 33.Kf2 h5 34.Ke2 h4 35.Ra8 Bb8 36.Ra6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

MuhammadImran00645 (lichess 1964) - JimWest (lichess 2083), lichess 10/29/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bd2 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.Ng5 d5 9.exd5 cxd5 10.Bb3 h6 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.h3 g5 13.Re1 g4 14.Nxe5 gxh3 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.gxh3 Bxh3 17.Bxf4 Kf7

18.Kh2 Ng4+ 19.Kxh3 Nxf2+ 20.Kh2 Nxd1 21.Raxd1 Bd6 22.Rf1 Bxf4+ 23.Rxf4+ Ke7 24.Re1+ Kd6 25.Na4 Qg5 26.Ref1 Rae8 27.R1f2 Rhg8 28.c4 Qh5+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/28/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

vcastironman53 (Chess.com 1916) - JimWest (Chess.com 1975), Chess.com 10/28/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Nbd2 c6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Qxb6 axb6 9.Be2 O-O 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.Nh4 Be6 12.O-O Nbd7 13.f4 exf4 14.Rxf4 d5 15.Nf5 Bxf5 16.Rxf5 Rae8

17.Raf1 Bc5+ 18.d4 Rxe2 19.dxc5 bxc5 20.b4 cxb4 21.cxb4 h6 22.Bf4 Ne4 23.Rxf8+ Nxf8 24.Nxe4 Rxe4 25.Bd6 Nh7 26.a4 Nf6 27.a5 d4 28.Rd1 Nd5 29.Bc5 Nc3 30.Rd3 Kf7 31.Kf2 Nb5 32.Kf3 Rh4 33.h3 Ke6

34.g3 Rxh3 35.Bxd4 Nxd4+ 36.Rxd4 Rh1 37.Re4+ Kd6 38.Rd4+ Kc7 39.Kg4 Re1 40.Kf5 g5 41.Kg6 Rg1 42.g4 Rh1 43.Kf5 Rf1+ 44.Kg6 Rf4 45.Rd3 Rxg4 46.Kxh6 Rxb4 47.Kxg5 Rb5+ 48.Kf6 Rxa5

49.Ke6 Rh5 50.Rd7+ Kb6 51.Rd8 Rh6+ 52.Ke5 Kb5 53.Kd4 b6 54.Kc3 c5 55.Rd3 Kc6 56.Rg3 b5 57.Kb3 b4 58.Ka4 Rd6 59.Rf3 Kb6 60.Rh3 Ka6 61.Rh5 Rc6 62.Rg5 Kb6 63.Rh5 Rg6 64.Rf5 Rg3 65.Rf6+ Kc7 66.Kb5 Rc3

67.Ka4 b3 68.Ka3 c4 69.Kb2 Rc2+ 70.Kb1 Rh2 71.Rf3 Kc6 72.Rg3 Kb5 73.Rc3 Kb4 74.Rc1 c3 75.Rg1 Rb2+ 76.Ka1 Ra2+ 77.Kb1 c2+ 78.Kc1 Ra1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

denisboiprav (lichess 2070) - JimWest (lichess 2078), lichess 10/28/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.h3 Qf6 7.c3 Ne7 8.d4 Ng6 9.Qb3 a5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Na3 Na6 12.Qb6 Nc5 13.Rd1 Be7

14.Nb5 cxb5 15.Bxb5+ Kf7 16.Bc4+ Be6 17.Bxe6+ Qxe6 18.Qxc5 Bxc5 19.Ng5+ Kf6 20.Nxe6 Kxe6 21.a3 Rhd8 22.Re1 a4, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/27/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

LogInRook (Chess.com 1801) - JimWest (Chess.com 1960), Chess.com 10/27/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.d5 f4 7.Nxh7 Qh4 8.dxc6 Rxh7 9.Qd5 b6 10.Nd2 Qe7 11.Nf3 Nf7 12.g3 g5 13.Bd2 Bg4 14.Ng1 Rh6 15.f3 Be6 16.Qd3 fxg3

17.h3 Bxc4 18.Qxc4 Qe6 19.Qa6 Qc8 20.Qc4 Qe6 21.Qa6 Qc8 22.Qc4 Qe6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Boggis (lichess 2106) - JimWest (lichess 2071), lichess 10/27/2024

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 Qxh1

15.e6 Qxh2 16.Nc3 Ne7 17.Nb5 O-O+ 18.Ke1 Qg3+ 19.Kd2 Nc6 20.Qc5 Bxe6, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/26/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

JudgmentOfThePharaoh (Chess.com 2006) - JimWest (Chess.com 1994), Chess.com 10/26/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.Ng5 d5 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qe2 O-O 10.h4 Nbc6 11.e6 Nd4 12.Qd2 Nxe6 13.c4 Nxg5 14.Qxg5 Rf5 15.Qe3 c6 16.h5 Qb6 17.hxg6 Qxe3+ 18.fxe3 Nxg6 19.Nc3 Be6

20.Rd1 Raf8 21.cxd5 cxd5 22.Be2 Rg5 23.g4 Ne5 24.Rh5 Rxh5 25.gxh5 Nf3+ 26.Bxf3 exf3 27.Kf2 Rf5 28.Rg1+ Kf8 29.h6 Rf6 30.Rg7 Rxh6 31.Rxb7 a6

32.Kxf3 Rf6+ 33.Kg3 Kg8 34.Rb6 Rg6+ 35.Kf4 Rg4+ 36.Ke5 Bf7 37.Nxd5 Rg5+ 38.Kf6 Rg6+ 39.Ke5 Rg5+ 40.Kf6 Rg6+ 41.Ke5 Rg5+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2067) - Anas963 (lichess 1948), lichess 10/26/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.c3 Qe7 9.a4 a5 10.Na3 Rd8 11.Qc2 h6 12.Nc4 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 d5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.fxe5 Qxe5 17.d4 Qg3 18.e5 Nf7

19.Qf2 Qxf2+ 20.Rxf2 c5 21.Be3 cxd4 22.cxd4 Rac8 23.Rc1 Nf8 24.Rfc2 Rxc2 25.Rxc2 Ne6 26.Bg4 Kf8 27.Bxe6 fxe6 28.Rc7 Rb8 29.Bd2 b6 30.b4 axb4 31.Bxb4+ Kg8 32.Rc6 Kf7

33.Bd6 Ra8 34.Rxb6 Rxa4 35.Rb7+ Kg8 36.Bc5 Ra2 37.Re7 Ra6 38.Kh2 h5 39.g4 hxg4 40.hxg4 g5 41.Kg3 Kh7 42.Rd7 Kg6 43.Kf3 Bh8 44.Ke3 Bg7 45.Kd3 Bh8 46.Kc3 Rc6 47.Kb4 Rc8 48.Re7, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/25/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

hchess51 (Chess.com 1899) - JimWest (Chess.com 2007), Chess.com 10/25/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Nf7 Kxf7 13.Bc4+ Kg7 14.O-O Nc6 15.Qf4 Kh8 16.Bxf6+ Bxf6 17.Qxe4 Nxd4 18.Rad1 Bf5 19.Qxb7 Rb8

20.Qxa7 Bxc2 21.Rd2 Rxb2 22.Bd3 Bxd3 23.Rxd3 Ne2+ 24.Kh1 Qxd3 25.Qxc7 Ng3+ 26.hxg3 Qxf1+ 27.Kh2 Qxf2 28.Qc8+ Kg7 29.Qg4+ Kh6 30.Qh3+ Kg6 31.Qg4+ Bg5

32.Qe6+ Qf6 33.Qe8+ Kh6 34.g4 Qf4+ 35.Kh3 Qe3+ 36.Qxe3 Bxe3 37.a4 Ra2 38.Kh4 Bg5+ 39.Kh3 Rxa4 40.g3 Kg6 41.Kh2 Rxg4 42.Kh3 Ra4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

pawn123qween (lichess 2053) - JimWest (lichess 2067), lichess 10/25/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nf6 9.Ne2 a5 10.d4 b5 11.Bd3 Be7 12.Bd2 O-O 13.c4 b4 14.Rad1 Nbd7 15.d5 c5 16.a3 Kh8 17.axb4 axb4 18.Ra1 Qc7 19.b3 Qb7

20.g3 g5 21.Rab1 Ra2 22.Rfd1 Rfa8 23.Nc1 Ra1 24.Ne2 Rxb1 25.Rxb1 Ra2 26.Rd1 Qa8 27.gxf4 gxf4 28.Kh2 Ra1 29.Nc1 Nf8 30.Rg1 Ng6 31.Qg2 Qf8

32.Be2 Nh4 33.Qg5 Nxe4 34.Qh5 Nxd2 35.Bd3 e4 36.Bc2 Nhf3+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/24/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Semo321123 (Chess.com 1856) - JimWest (Chess.com 2004), Chess.com 10/24/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.c3 Nf6 7.d3 Nbd7 8.Re1 Bg4 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Nbd2 d5 11.Bb3 Qc7 12.a4 O-O 13.Qc2 Kh8 14.Bh4 Nc5 15.Bg3 Bd6 16.Nxe5 Nxb3 17.Qxb3 Rae8 18.Nxg4 Bxg3 19.hxg3 Nxg4

20.Nf3 Qb6 21.Qxb6 axb6 22.Rxe8 Rxe8 23.Kf1 Ra8 24.Re1 h6 25.b3 Ra5 26.Ne5 Nxe5 27.Rxe5 b5 28.axb5 Rxb5 29.b4 Rb6 30.Re6 Ra6 31.Ke2 Ra2+ 32.Ke3 Rc2

33.Re7 b5 34.Kd4 Rxf2 35.Re6 Rxg2 36.Rxc6 Rxg3 37.Kxd5 Rxd3+ 38.Ke4 Rh3 39.Rc5 g5 40.Rc7 g4 41.Kf5 Rh5+ 42.Kg6 Rg5+ 43.Kxh6 g3

44.Rc8+ Rg8 45.Rc7 Rg4 46.Rc8+ Rg8 47.Rc7 Rg4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Duka1959 (lichess 1912) - JimWest (lichess 2056), lichess 10/24/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Bb5+ Nc6 11.O-O Qd6 12.Nc3 Qxe6 13.f3 Bb4 14.fxe4 Bxc3 15.exd5 Qxd5 16.Qe2+ Qe4 17.bxc3 Qxe2 18.Bxe2 O-O

19.Ba3 Rfe8 20.Rae1 h6 21.Bc4+ Kh8 22.Bb3 Ne4, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 10/23/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

asdejx (Chess.com 1965) - JimWest (Chess.com 2013), Chess.com 10/23/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bc4 Nc6 13.Bxf6+ Bxf6 14.Qxe4 Kxh8 15.Bd3 Qg8 16.O-O-O Nxd4 17.c3 Bf5 18.Qe3 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Nc6

20.Qf5 Qg5+ 21.Qxg5 Bxg5+ 22.Kc2 Rf8 23.f3 Rf7 24.h4 Bf4 25.h5 h6 26.Rd5 Bd6 27.Re1 Kg7 28.Rd6 a6 29.Kd3 b5 30.Ke4 Rf4+ 31.Ke3 Rf7

32.g4 Kh7 33.b4 Ne7 34.Rdxd6 cxd6 35.Rxd6 Rf6 36.Rxf6 Nd5+ 37.Kd4 Nxf6 38.Kc5 Nd7+ 39.Kc6 Ne5+ 40.Kb6 Nc4+ 41.Kxa6 Na3 42.Kb6 Kg7 43.Kc5 Kf6

44.Kd4 Kg5 45.Ke5 Nc4+ 46.Kd4 Na3 47.Ke4 Nc4 48.Kd4 Na3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

nastaran_fotovati (lichess 2052) - JimWest (lichess 2051), lichess 10/23/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.O-O fxe4 6.Ng5 d5 7.Bb5 exd4 8.Qxd4 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Qe7 10.Qg3 h6 11.Nh3 Bxh3 12.Qxh3 Qd7 13.Qg3 O-O-O 14.c3 a6 15.Ba4 b5 16.Bc2 Bd6 17.Qh4 g5 18.Qh3 Qxh3 19.Qxh3 Ne5

20.Kg2 Nf3 21.Rh1 Bxh2 22.Rxh2 Ne1+ 23.Kg3 Nxc2 24.Na3 Nxa1 25.Be3 c6 26.Rh1 Nh5+ 27.Kh2 Nf4 28.Rxa1 Kb7 29.Nc2 Rhf8 30.b3 Nd3 31.Kg1 Rf3 32.Kg2 Rdf8 33.Nd4 Rxf2+ 34.Bxf2 Rxf2+ 35.Kg3 Rf6

36.Kg4 c5 37.Ne2 Kc6 38.Ng3 Nf2+ 39.Kh5 Nxh3 40.Rh1 Nf4+ 41.Kg4 Nd3 42.Rh2 Rf4+ 43.Kh5 Rh4+ 44.Rxh4 gxh4 45.Kxh4 Nc1 46.Kh5 Nxa2 47.Ne2 a5 48.Kxh6 a4

49.b4 cxb4 50.cxb4 Nxb4 51.Kg5 a3 52.Kf4 a2 53.Nc3 a1=Q, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/22/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2025) - rudiel99 (Chess.com 1917), Chess.com 10/22/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 4.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 exf4 6.Bxf4 O-O 7.Be2 d6 8.h3 Re8 9.Nf3 Nd4 10.Nxd4 Bxd4 11.Qd2 d5 12.Bg5 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.dxe4 Qd6 15.O-O-O Bxb2+ 16.Kxb2 Qb6+ 17.Ka1 Be6 18.Rb1 Qc5 19.Be3 Qa3

20.Rb2 Red8 21.Bd3 c5 22.Rd1 c4 23.Qb4 Qxb4 24.Rxb4 cxd3 25.cxd3 b6 26.d4 Rac8 27.d5 Bd7 28.Rc1 Rxc1+ 29.Bxc1 Rc8 30.Bf4 f6 31.Kb2 b5 32.h4 a5 33.Rd4 Kf7

34.e5 fxe5 35.Bxe5 g6 36.Rf4+ Ke7 37.g3 h5 38.Rf6 Bf5 39.d6+ Ke8 40.g4 hxg4 41.h5 Rc2+ 42.Kb3 Re2 43.hxg6 Bxg6 44.Rxg6 Rxe5 45.Rxg4 Kd7 46.Rd4 Re3+ 47.Kb2 Re2+ 48.Kb3 Re3+ 49.Kb2 Re6

50.Rd5 Re2+ 51.Kb3 Re3+ 52.Kb2 Re2+ 53.Kb3 Re3+ 54.Kb2 Re2+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

alibagheri2023 (lichess 2157) - JimWest (lichess 2041), lichess 10/22/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Ba4 O-O 11.O-O h6 12.Nh3 Bxh3 13.gxh3 Na6 14.Bb3 Nc5 15.Ba2 Ne6 16.Qe2 Kh8 17.Qh5 Qe8 18.Qh4 Nf5 19.Qg4 Kh7

20.Be3 Qg6 21.Rab1 Qxg4+ 22.hxg4 Nxe3 23.fxe3 Rxf1+ 24.Kxf1 b5 25.Kg2 Rf8 26.Rd1 Rf3 27.Re1 Kg6 28.Bb3 Nc5 29.h4 Nxb3 30.cxb3 Kf7 31.Rf1 Rxf1 32.Kxf1 Ke6 33.Kf2 Kxe5

34.Kg3 g5 35.h5 a5 36.b4 axb4 37.axb4 Kd6 38.Kf2 c5 39.Ke2 cxb4 40.cxb4 Ke5 41.Kd2 d4 42.exd4+ Kxd4, White resigns.