PCG & PCG Reversed 11/3/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Tito0487 (Chess.com 1998) - JimWest (Chess.com 1956), Chess.com 11/3/2024

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.Nf3 exf2+ 11.Kxf2 dxc3 12.Qxd8+ Kxd8 13.Bg5+ Ke8 14.Rc1 Nc6 15.Rxc3 Nge7 16.Bd3 h6 17.Bd2 Rf8 18.Re1 Be6 19.Bf1 Rd8

20.Rd3 Rxd3 21.Bxd3 Kf7 22.h3 Kg8 23.Bc3 Rd8 24.Be2 Nf5 25.g4 Nfd4 26.Nxd4 Nxd4 27.Rd1 Rf8+ 28.Ke3 Nxe2 29.Kxe2 Bxc4+ 30.Ke3 Be6 31.Bb4 Re8 

32.Rc1 c6 33.Bd6 Bd5 34.Kf4 Kf7 35.a4 Ke6 36.h4 Rg8 37.a5 g5+ 38.hxg5 hxg5+ 39.Kg3 Rg7 40.Rf1 Rf7 41.Rxf7 Kxf7 42.Bb8 a6 43.Ba7 Ke6 44.Bd4 Bb3 45.Kf3 Bd1+ 46.Kg3 Kd5 47.Ba1 c5 48.Bb2 c4 49.Bc3 Ba4 50.Kf3 Bd7

51.Kg3 Be6 52.Kf3 Bd7 53.Bb2 Bc6 54.Ke3 Be8 55.Bc3 Bf7 56.Bb2 Be6 57.Kf3 Bc8 58.Bc3 Kc5 59.Kg3 Kb5 60.Kf3 Ka4 61.Bd2 Kb3 62.Bxg5 c3 63.Be3 Kb4 64.g5 Kxa5

65.g6 Kb5 66.Ke4 Be6 67.Kd3 Kb4 68.Bd4 Bf5+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2108) - Altata (lichess 2137), lichess 11/3/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 f5 7.Bc4 Bb4+ 8.c3 Be7 9.Ne2 Bh4+ 10.g3 Bg5 11.Nf4 c6 12.O-O b5 13.Be2 Nh6 14.Qb3 Qe7 15.a4 Bd7 16.axb5 Bxf4 17.Bxf4 Be6 18.Bc4 Kf7 19.Bxh6 gxh6

20.Rxf5+ Kg7 21.Bxe6 Rf8 22.Rxf8 Qxf8 23.Nd2 e3 24.Ne4 Qf3 25.Re1 Qxe4 26.bxc6 Nd7 27.cxd7 Rf8 28.Qd5 Qc2

29.Qg2 Rf2 30.Qh3 Rf4 31.Qg2 Rf2 32.Qh3 Rf4 33.Qg2 Rf2, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/2/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1980) - playingchess275 (Chess.com 1996), Chess.com 11/2/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 Re8 9.f5 d5 10.Qc2 Bc5+ 11.Kh1 a6 12.a4 Ng4 13.h3 Ne3 14.Bxe3 Bxe3 15.Nbd2 b6 16.g4 Bb7 17.exd5 Qxd5 18.Nc4 Bf4 19.Rf2 b5

20.axb5 axb5 21.Rxa8 Rxa8 22.Na3 Be3 23.Rf1 Nd8 24.c4 bxc4 25.Qxc4 Qxc4 26.Nxc4 Bf4 27.Kg1 f6 28.Nh4 Nf7 29.Ng6 Ng5 30.Nxf4 exf4

31.h4 Nf7 32.Rxf4 Ra2 33.Bf3 Ba6 34.Bd5 Bxc4 35.Rxc4 Kf8 36.Rxc7 Ra1+ 37.Kg2 Ne5 38.Bc4 Rc1 39.Rc8+ Ke7 40.Rg8 Rc2+ 41.Kg3 Rxb2 42.Rxg7+ Kd6 43.Rh7 Rb1 44.Rxh6 Rg1+ 45.Kh2 Rxg4 46.Rxf6+ Kc5

47.Kh3 Rg1 48.Re6 Kd4 49.f6 Ng6 50.Re4+ Kc5 51.f7 Kd6 52.Re6+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

vidimer (lichess 2015) - JimWest (lichess 2104), lichess 11/2/2024

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.Nf3 exf2+ 11.Kxf2 dxc3 12.Qc2 Ne7 13.Bg5 O-O 14.Rd1 Qe8 15.Bd3 Nbc6 16.Bxh7+ Kh8 17.Rhe1 Qh5

18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Bd3 Bg4 20.Be4 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Rxf3+ 22.Kg1 Rff8 23.Re3 Qf5 24.Qe2 c2 25.Re1 Rad8 26.Rh3+ Kg8 27.Rf3 Qg6 28.Rg3 Qb6+ 29.Kh1 Qf2

30.Rxg7+ Kxg7 31.Qg4+ Ng6, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/1/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

ansaris (Chess.com 1929) - JimWest (Chess.com 1981), Chess.com 11/1/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Ng5 d5 8.Bb3 Bd6 9.c4 h6 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 O-O 13.cxd5 e4 14.dxe4 cxd5 15.exd5 Nbd7 16.Nc3 a6 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Qxe4 Nc5 

19.Qc4 b5 20.Qc2 Rc8 21.Be3 Nxb3 22.Qxb3 Kh8 23.Rac1 Qf6 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Qd3 Qxb2 26.Bd4 Qc2 27.Qe3 Qg6 28.Re1 Rc2 29.Qe6 Qxe6 30.Rxe6 Rc1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

polerio15 (lichess 2175) - JimWest (lichess 2111), lichess 11/1/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Nh2 Nf6 8.d3 Bd6 9.Bg5 O-O 10.Ng4 Bxg4 11.hxg4 Bxg3 12.fxg3 Qd6

13.Bf4 Qb4+ 14.Bd2 Qd6 15.Bf4 Qb4+ 16.Bd2 Qd6 17.Bf4, draw.

2 PCG Games 10/31/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

KimyGranger (Chess.com 1899) - JimWest (Chess.com 1976), Chess.com 10/31/2024

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.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.Be2 c6 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Nxd7 Bxd7 14.f3 Qc7 15.fxe4 Nxe4 16.Bf3 Nxc3 17.bxc3 b5 18.a4 a6

19.Qd2 bxa4 20.Rxa4 a5 21.Rfa1 Kh8 22.Kh1 h6 23.Qc1 c5 24.Bxd5 Bxa4 25.Bxa8 Bb5 26.Bf3 cxd4 27.cxd4 Qc3 28.d5 Rxf3 29.gxf3 Qxf3+ 30.Kg1 Qxd5

31.Rxa5 Qc5+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ashrf2023a (lichess 1974) - JimWest (lichess 2111), lichess 10/31/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Be7 6.Be2 h6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Re1 Bh7 10.Bf1 c6 11.Ne4 Nbd7 12.c3 d5 13.Ng3 Qc7 14.Bd2 Rae8 15.Qc1 Bd6 16.Nh4 e4 17.Ngf5 Bxf5 18.Nf5 Nh7 19.Nxd6 Qxd6

20.dxe4 dxe4 21.Be3 Ne5 22.Rd1 Qg6 23.Qc2 b6 24.Kh1 Kh8 25.Rd2 Ng5 26.Rad1 Nxh3 27.gxh3 Nf3 28.Rd6 Qg1#.