PCG & PCG Reversed 12/2/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

chandand144 (Chess.com 2045) - JimWest (Chess.com 1996), Chess.com 12/2/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Be3 d4 9.Bg5 Qf5

10.f4 exf3 11.Qxf3 Qxe6+ 12.Qe2 Kxf7 13.Qxe6+ Bxe6 14.Be2 Nf6 15.Rf1 Nbd7 16.Bf3 c6 17.c3 Rhe8 18.Bh5+ g6 19.Rxf6+ Nxf6 20.Bf3 dxc3 21.Nxc3 Bb4 22.Kf1 Bxc3 23.bxc3 Bc4+ 24.Kf2 Rad8

25.Rb1 b6 26.Rb4 Bd5 27.Rf4 Rd6 28.Rh4 Bxf3 29.gxf3 h5 30.Ra4 a5 31.c4 Rde6 32.c5 bxc5 33.Kg3 Ra8 34.Rc4 Re5 35.h4 a4 36.Bf4 Rd5 37.Bc7 a3 38.Rc2 Ra4 39.Bf4 Rxf4 40.Kxf4 Rf5+ 41.Kg3 Ke6

42.Rc3 Kd6 43.Rxa3 Nd5 44.Ra4 Re5 45.a3 Re3 46.Kf2 Rc3 47.Ra7 c4 48.Ra4 Rc2+ 49.Ke1 c3 50.Re4 Ra2 51.Rc4 Rxa3 52.Ke2 Ra2+ 53.Kd3 Rd2+ 54.Ke4 c2 55.f4 Rf2 56.Kd3 Nxf4+ 57.Ke3 Rh2

58.Kf3 Nd5 59.Kg3 Rd2 60.Kf3 c5 61.Kg3 Rd3+ 62.Kf2 Rc3 63.Rxc3 Nxc3 64.Ke1 c1=Q+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2119) - koushekmass (lichess 2207), lichess 12/2/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 h6 5.f4 d6 6.Na4 Bb6 7.Nxb6 axb6 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Be2 Nf6 10.O-O Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nd4 12.c3 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 O-O 14.f5 Nh7 15.a3 Qf6 16.Be3 c6 17.Qh5 d5 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.Bxb6 Rd7

20.Bc5 Rb8 21.h4 b6 22.Be3 dxe4 23.dxe4 Nf8 24.Rxd7 Nxd7 25.Rd1 Rd8 26.g4 c5 27.g5 hxg5 28.Bxg5 Qc6 29.Bxd8 Qxe4 30.Rxd7 Qe1+ 32.Kg2 Qe4+ 33.Qf3 Qxh4 34.Bxh4, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 12/1/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

AshutoshSinghKhati (Chess.com 2173) - JimWest (Chess.com 1986), Chess.com 12/1/2024

1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 e5 3.d3 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.e4 c6 8.b3 a5 9.Bb2 Na6 10.a3 Nc5 11.Nh4 f4

12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 Rxa1 14.Qxa1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

KrainovAS (lichess 2129) - JimWest (lichess 2113), lichess 12/1/2024

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.Nd2 Qxe5 10.Be2 Nf6 11.O-O Nc6 12.Ba3 d3 13.Bxd3 Bg4 14.Be2 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 O-O-O 16.Nb3 Nd4 17.Nxd4 Rxd4 18.b3 Rhd8 19.Bb2 c5

20.Bxd4 cxd4 21.Rad1 d3 22.Qe3 Kb8 23.f3 h5 24.Rfe1 h4 25.fxe4 Ng4 26.Qh3 Qd4+ 27.Re3 Qxe3+ 28.Qxe3 Nxe3 29.Rd2 Ng4 30.h3 Ne5 31.Kf2 g5

32.Ke3 Kc7 33.c5 Kc6 34.Rf2 Kxc5 35.Rf5 d2 36.Rxe5+ Kb4 37.a3+ Kxa3 38.Ra5+ Kb2, White forfeits.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/30/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1970) - SarKR (Chess.com 1839), Chess.com 11/30/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Nxe2 Nc6 7.fxe5 Nxe5 8.d4 Ng6 9.e5 Ne4 10.O-O Be7 11.Nbc3 Nxc3 12.Nxc3 O-O 13.Qf3 c6 14.Be3 Qb6 15.b3 Rad8 16.g3 Qc7 17.Qg4 b6 18.Ne2 Qc8 19.Qxc8 Rxc8

20.Nf4 Nxf4 21.gxf4 c5 22.c3 cxd4 23.Bxd4 Bc5 24.Rac1 Bxd4+ 25.cxd4 g6 26.Kf2 Kg7 27.Ke2 f5 28.Kd2 Kf7 29.Rxc8 Rxc8 30.Rc1 Re8 31.Rc7+ Re7 32.Rxe7+ Kxe7 33.h4 h5 34.Kc3 a5

35.b4 g5 36.bxa5 bxa5 37.fxg5 f4 38.Kd3 Kf7 39.Ke2 Kg6 40.Kf3 Kf5 41.a4 Kg6 42.Kxf4 Kf7 43.Kf5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

mishaari (lichess 2076) - JimWest (lichess 2109), lichess 11/30/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.Bb3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nbd7 11.a4 h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Be6 g5 14.Rfd1 h5 15.d4 Qc7 16.dxe5 dxe5 17.g4 hxg4 18.hxg4 Rh4 19.Kf1 Kf8

20.Ke2 Kg7 21.Rh1 Rah8 22.Rxh4 Rxh4 23.Rh1 Rxh1 24.Qxh1 Bb4 25.Qh3 Bxc3 26.Qxc3 Nxe4 27.Qf3 Nf6 28.Bf5 Qb6 29.Qc3 Qd4 30.Qxd4 exd4 31.Kd3 c5 32.Kc4 b6 33.Kb5 Ne8 34.Ka6 Nd6

35.Kxa7 Nxf5 36.gxf5 g4 37.Kxb6 g3 38.fxg3 fxg3 39.a5 g2 40.a6 g1=Q 41.a7 Qa1 42.b3 Qh1 43.Kc7 Qa8 44.Kb6 Kf6 45.Kxc5 Qxa7+ 46.Kc4 Kxf5 47.Kd3 Ke5, White resigns.