2 PCG Games 5/16/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Wilson (Chess.com 1886) - JimWest (Chess.com 2008), Chess.com 5/16/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.g3 Bc5 7.Bg2 Ne7 8.O-O O-O 9.c4 c6 10.Qb3 Qb6 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.fxe3 Rxf1+ 13.Bxf1 Qxb3 14.axb3 h6 15.Nh3 Bxh3 16.Bxh3 Na6 17.Be6+ Kh8 18.Nc3 Nc7 19.cxd5 cxd5

20.Bd7 a6 21.Rd1 Rd8 22.e6 b5 23.b4 Rf8 24.Rf1 Rxf1+ 25.Kxf1 g5 26.g4 Kg7 27.Kf2 Kf6 28.Ke2 Nxe6 29.Nb1 Ke5 30.Nd2 Kd6 31.Be8 Nc6 32.Bxc6 Kxc6

33.Nb3 Kd6 34.Kd2 Ke5 35.Nc5 Nxc5 36.bxc5 a5 37.Kc3 b4+ 38.Kd2 Ke6 39.Kc2 Kd7 40.Kb3 Kc6 41.Ka4 Kxc5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

colonizzer (lichess 2067) - JimWest (lichess 2103), lichess 5/16/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.Ng5 h6 7.Nh7 Nxd4 8.c3 Nc6 9.O-O f4 10.Na3 Be6 11.g3 g5 12.gxf4 gxf4+ 13.Kh1 Qh4 14.Nxf8 Rxf8 15.Nb5 O-O-O 16.a4 a6 17.Na3 Bh3 18.b4 Bxf1 19.Qxf1 Qg4

20.f3 Qh4 21.b5 Nb8 22.bxa6 Nxa6 23.Rb1 Rg8 24.Bd2 Qg5 25.Be1 Rg7 26.Rxb7 Qg1+ 27.Qxg1 Rxg1+ 28.Kxg1 Kxb7 29.Bh4 Rg8+ 30.Kf2 Nc5 31.a5, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 5/15/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2045) - ibrahim_samli (Chess.com 2074), Chess.com 5/15/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bf2+ 6.Kxf2 Ng4+ 7.Ke1 O-O 8.Nf3 exf4 9.Bxf4 f5 10.Be2 fxe4 11.dxe4 Rxf4 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.Qb3+ Kh8 14.g3 Rf8 15.h3 Nge5 16.Kf2 Qg5 17.Kg2 Qe3 18.Rae1 Nxf3 19.Nxf3 Qxe4

20.Bd1 Qf5 21.g4 Qg6 22.Bc2 Qh6 23.Rhf1 b6 24.Ng5 Bb7 25.Rxf8+ Rxf8 26.Nf7+ Rxf7 27.Re8+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2105) - JOSELIN2021 (lichess 2171), lichess 5/15/205

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Be7 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 O-O 7.f5 d5 8.Nc3 b5 9.O-O b4 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Nb6 12.Nxe5 Qxd5 13.d4 Rb8 14.Bf3 Qd6 15.Nc6 Bxf5 16.Nxb8 Rxb8 17.b3 Rd8 18.Bb2 Bf6

19.Rb1 Bxd4+ 20.Bxd4 Qxd4+ 21.Qxd4 Rxd4 22.Rbd1 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 g6 24.Rd2 Kg7 25.g4 Be6 26.h3 Kf6 27.Kf2 Ke5 28.Ke3 c5 29.Rd8 h5 30.gxh5 Bxh3 31.h6, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/14/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Taha_Maitre (Chess.com 1946) - JimWest (Chess.com 2036), Chess.com 5/14/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qe2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.Be3 Qxb2 11.Bxc5 Qxa1 12.Qd1 Nf6 13.Bb5 O-O-O 14.O-O Rxh8 15.Qd2 Qe5 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Bxa7 Ng4

18.g3 Nxh2 19.Kxh2 Qh5+ 20.Kg1 Bh3 21.Qe3 Bxf1 22.Kxf1 Qh1+ 23.Ke2 Qxb1 24.Qc5 Qb5+ 25.Qxb5 cxb5 26.a3 c6 27.c3 g6 28.Bd4 Re8 29.Ke3 Kd7 30.Kf4 e3 31.fxe3 Re4+ 32.Kg5 Ke6 33.Kh6 Rg4 34.Kxh7 Rxg3

35.Kh6 Kf5 36.Kg7 Ke4 37.Kf6 Rxe3 38.Bxe3 Kxe3 39.Kxg6 Kd3 40.Kf6 Kxc3 41.Ke6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

suantitangguh (lichess 2004) - JimWest (lichess 2113), lichess 5/14/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.O-O d5 9.Bb3 Bd6 10.h3 h6 11.Re1 Qc7 12.Qe2 O-O-O 13.a3 Rde8 14.Nh2 e4

15.dxe4 Bxh2+ 16.Kh1 Nxe4 17.Qf3 Bh7 18.Be3 Rhf8 19.Qe2 Nxc3 20.bxc3 Bd6 21.Qd2 Nc5 22.Bxc5 Bxc5 23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Re1 Rxe1+ 25.Qxe1 Qe7 26.Qd2 Bxa3 27.Kh2 Bd6+ 28.g3 Be4 29.c4 Qf6 30.cxd5 Bxd5 31.Bxd5 cxd5

32.Kg2 Qe5 33.f3 Qxg3+ 34.Kf1 Qxf3+ 35.Kg1 Qg3+ 36.Kf1 Qxh3+ 37.Ke2 Qg2+ 38.Kd3 Qxd2+ 39.Kxd2 a5 40.Kd3 a4 41.c4 dxc4+ 42.Kxc4 a3 43.Kb3 h5 44.Ka2 h4 45.Kb3 h3 46.Kc4 a2

47.Kd5 a1=Q 48.Ke6 Qe5+ 49.Kf7 Qf6+ 50.Kg8 h2 51.Kh7 h1=Q+ 52.Kg8 Qf8#.

2 PCG Games 5/13/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

eyesonthesky (Chess.com 1913) - JimWest (Chess.com 2050), Chess.com 5/13/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O h6 7.d3 Ngf6 8.Nh4 Bh7 9.Bh5+ Ke7 10.Be2 g5 11.Nf3 c6 12.Nh2 Qe8 13.b3 Bg7 14.Nd2 Qg6 15.Bb2 Rhe8 16.Re1 Kf8 17.Nc4 Re6 18.Ba3 c5 19.Bf3 Rb8

20.Ng4 b5 21.Nxf6 Nxf6 22.Ne3 b4 23.Bb2 Kg8 24.a3 a5 25.axb4 axb4 26.Ra6 Kh8 27.Qa1 Qe8 28.Ng4 Bf5 29.Nxf6 Rxf6 30.Qd1 Bc8 31.Ra7 Bd7 32.Bh5 Qc8 33.Re3 Bc6 34.f3 Rf8

35.Re1 Qe6 36.Qe2 Rb7 37.Rea1 Rxa7 38.Rxa7 Ra8 39.Rxa8+ Bxa8 40.Qe1 Bc6 41.Qa1 Kh7 42.Qa6 Bd5 43.Bg4 Qg6 44.Qc8 e4 45.Bf5 Bxb2 46.Bxg6+ Kxg6 47.fxe4 Bd4+ 48.Kf1 Bf7 49.Qf5+ Kg7

50.g3 Be5 51.Kg2 Bg6 52.Qd7+ Bf7 53.h4 gxh4 54.gxh4 h5 55.Kf3 Kg6 56.Qf5+ Kg7 57.Ke3 Bd4+ 58.Kf4 Be5+ 59.Qxe5+ dxe5+ 60.Kxe5 Bg8 61.Kd6 Kf6 62.Kxc5 Ke5 63.Kxb4 Kd4 64.e5 Be6

65.Kb5 Kc3 66.Kc5 Kxc2 67.d4 Bxb3 68.d5 Kd3 69.e6 Ke4 70.e7 Ba4 71.Kd6 Kf5 72.Kc7 Ke5 73.d6 Ke6 74.Kd8 Kxd6 75.e8=Q Bxe8 76.Kxe8 Ke6 77.Kf8 Kf5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ZVIAD64 (lichess 2080) - JimWest (lichess 2108), lichess 5/13/2025

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.O-O-O O-O 12.Rhe1 Bxc4 13.Nxc4 Bb4 14.Bxf6 Rxf6 15.Rxe4 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Ne6 17.g3 Nc5 18.Re7 Rf7 19.Rde1 Raf8

20.R1e5 b6 21.Ne3 Rxe7 22.Rxe7 Rf7 23.Re8+ Rf8 24.Re5 g6 25.Kb2 Rf7 26.c4 Kg7 27.Kc3 a5 28.Nd5 Na4+ 29.Kd4 c6 30.Ne3 Rd7+ 31.Ke4 Nc3+ 32.Kf3 Nxa2

33.Re6 Rc7 34.Ng4 Nb4 35.c3 Nd3 36.Ke3 Nc5 37.Rd6 a4 38.Ne5 a3 39.Rd2 Na4 40.Kd4 Nb2 41.Rc2 c5+ 42.Ke3 Ra7 43.Rc1 a2 44.Ra1 Nd1+ 45.Kd2 Nf2 46.Kc2 Kf6 47.Kb3 g5 48.Rxa2 Rxa2 49.Kxa2 gxf4 50.gxf4 Kf5

51.Nd7 Nd1 52.Kb3 h5 53.Nxb6 Kxf4 54.Nd7 Kg4 55.Nxc5 Kh3 56.Ne4 Kxh2 57.c5 Ne3 58.Nf6 h4 59.c6 Nf5 60.Ne4 Ne7 61.c7 Kg2

62.Ng5 Kg3 63.Ne4+ Kf4 64.Nf2 Kf3 65.Nh3 Kg3 66.Ng5 Kg4 67.Ne4 Kf4 68.Nf2 Kf3 69.Nh3 Kg3 70.Ng5 Kg4 71.Ne4 Kf4, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 5/12/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2057) - AshutoshSinghKhati (Chess.com 2226), Chess.com 5/12/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 d6 5.Na4 Bb6 6.Nxb6 axb6 7.f4 exf4 8.Bxf4 Nf6 9.Nf3 O-O 10.Be2 Bg4 11.O-O Qd7 12.Bg5 Ne8 13.a3 h6 14.Be3 Nf6 15.Qd2 Kh7 16.Rae1 Rae8 17.h3 Bh5 18.Nh2 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 d5

20.Rxf6 gxf6 21.Qh5 Ne5 22.Bh6 Rh8 23.d4 Ng6 24.Ng4 Re6 25.Rf1 dxe4 26.Rxf6 Kg8 27.d5 Rd6 28.Rf5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2123) - Alexey98765 (lichess 2059), lichess 5/12/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Bc5 12.Nc3 Qg6+ 13.Kxh1 Bg4 14.Bg2 O-O-O 15.Bf4 d4 16.Na4 Be7 17.b3 f6 18.Qd2 Bf3 19.Bxf3 fxe5

20.Bxe5 Bf6 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Rg1 Qf7 23.Nc5 c6 24.Qf4 f5 25.Rg5 Rhf8 26.Nd3 h6 27.Rxf5 Qc7 28.Rxf8 Qxf4 29.Rxf4 Re8 30.Re4 Rf8 31.Bg2 Kc7

32.Rf4 Re8 33.Rxd4 Re2 34.Rc4 Rd2 35.h3 Rd1+ 36.Kh2 Ra1 37.a4, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/11/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

DAmeenPhil (Chess.com 2244) - JimWest (Chess.com 2071), Chess.com 5/11/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Nbd2 f4 9.h3 Be6 10.c4 Nd7 11.a4 Nc5 12.a5 Nxd3+ 13.Kf1 Nc5 14.b4 Nd7 15.Qa4 a6 16.Nb1 Bxc4+ 17.Kg1 g5 18.Na3 Be6 19.b5 Nc5

20.Qc2 cxb5 21.Rc1 h5 22.Nxe5 dxe5 23.Qxc5 Qxc5 24.Rxc5 Kd7 25.Nxb5 axb5 26.Rxb5 Rgc8 27.Kh2 Rc2 28.Rxb7+ Kc8 29.Rb5 g4 30.Rxe5 Ra6 31.Rxh5 gxh3 32.Rf1 hxg2 33.Kxg2 Bc4

34.Re1 Rg6+ 35.Kf3 Be6 36.Rh8+ Kc7 37.a6 Bg4+ 38.Kxf4 Rxf2+ 39.Ke3 Rf3+ 40.Kd4 Rxa6 41.Rc1+ Rc6 42.Rh7+ Bd7 43.Rxc6+ Kxc6 44.Rh6+ Kc7 45.Rh7 Ra3 46.Ke5 Ra5+ 47.Kf6 Ra4 48.Ke5 Ra6 49.Re7 Kd8 50.Rh7 Re6+ 51.Kf4 Kc7

52.Rf7 Kd6 53.e5+ Kc7 54.Kf5 Ra6+ 55.Ke4 Ra4+ 56.Kd5 Ra5+ 57.Ke4 Kd8 58.Rg7 Be6 59.Kd4 Rd5+ 60.Ke4 Rd1 61.Kf4 Rf1+ 62.Ke4 Bf7 63.Kd4 Ke7 64.Rh7 Rf4+ 65.Ke3 Ra4 66.Rh6 Be6

67.Rh7+ Kf8 68.Rb7 Bf7 69.Kd3 Bg6+ 70.Kc3 Re4 71.Rb6 Bf7 72.Rb5 Ke7 73.Kd3 Re1 74.Kd4 Rd1+ 75.Ke4 Bg6+ 76.Kf4 Be8 77.Rb7+ Bd7 78.Ke4 Re1+ 79.Kd5 Rd1+ 80.Ke4 Rh1 81.Kd5 Rd1+ 82.Ke4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

AmirAliHajizadeh1400 (lichess 2045) - JimWest (lichess 2124), lichess 5/11/2025

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.Bd1 Qe3+ 15.Be2 Qc1+ 16.Bd1 Qe3+ 17.Kf1 Ne7 18.Bf3 O-O 19.Nd2 Nc6

20.Qc3 Qxc3 21.bxc3 Nxe5 22.Re1 Nxf3 23.Nxf3 Bg4 24.Kf2 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Rae1 26.Rhg1 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 Kf7 28.Rb1 b6 29.c5 Rd8 30.cxb6 axb6 31.Ke3 Ke6

32.Rb4 Rd1 33.Rh4 h6 34.Rg4 Kf6 35.Rf4+ Ke7 36.Rg4 Kf7 37.Rf4+ Kg8 38.Rc4 c5 39.a4 Ra1 40.Ke4 Kf7 41.Kd5 Ke7 42.Kc6 Rb1 43.a5 bxa5 44.Rxc5 a4 45.Ra5 Rc1 46.Rxa4 Rxc3+ 47.Kd5 Rxf3

48.Ke5 Rh3 49.Ra2 Kf7 50.Kf5 g6+ 51.Kf4 g5+ 52.Kg4 Rh4+ 53.Kg3 Re4 54.Ra6 Kg7 55.Rb6 h5 56.Rb5 h4+ 57.Kh3 Kg6 58.Rb6+ Kh5 59.Rb5 Re3+ 60.Kg2 h3+ 61.Kf2 Ra3 62.Rc5 Kh4 63.Rc1 g4

64.Rc4 Ra2+ 65.Kg1 Rg2+ 66.Kh1 Ra2 67.Rc1 Kg5 68.Rf1 Ra4 69.Rb1 Rf4 70.Kg1 Ra4 71.Kh1 Kh4 72.Kg1 g3 73.hxg3+ Kxg3 74.Rb3+ Kg4 75.Rb1 Ra3 76.Kh1 Kg3 77.Rg1+ Kh4

78.Rg8 Ra1+ 79.Kh2 Ra2+ 80.Kh1 Ra5 81.Kh2 Ra2+ 82.Kh1 Ra5 83.Kh2 Rh5 84.Kh1 Rg5 85.Rxg5 Kxg5 86.Kh2 Kh4 87.Kh1 Kg3 88.Kg1 h2+ 89.Kh1 Kh3, stalemate.

2 PCG Games 5/10/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

NickEhirmur (Chess.com 1957) - JimWest (Chess.com 2057), Chess.com 5/10/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe5 Nf6 6.Nc4 d5 7.Ne5 Bb4 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O c6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Qd2 Qe8 12.Bf4 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Qg6 14.f3 Bd7 15.a3 Bxc3 16.Qxc3 Rae8 17.Rae1 h5 18.Qe3 h4 19.fxe4 Nxe4

20.Bd3 Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Bf5 22.Qf4 h3 23.g3 Rf8 24.c4 Rf7 25.cxd5 cxd5 26.Bc2 Qc6 27.Bxe4 dxe4 28.g4 e3 29.gxf5 Qg2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

SonderLiam (lichess 2124) - JimWest (lichess 2125), lichess 5/10/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nd5 Nxd5 7.cxd5 O-O 8.Be2 Nd7 9.c4 Nf6 10.b4 a5 11.Bd2 axb4 12.Bxb4 b6 13.O-O e4 14.dxe4 Nxe4 15.a3 Bf6 16.Rb1 Nc3 17.Bxc3 Bxc3 18.Rb3 Bf6 19.Nd4 Bd7

20.Qd3 Re8 21.Bf3 g6 22.Rbb1 Bxd4 23.Qxd4 Rxa3 24.Qb2 Ra5 25.Ra1 Rc5 26.Qd4 Qe7 27.g4 Qe5 28.Qd3 fxg4 29.hxg4 Qf4 30.Rac1 Bxg4 31.Bxg4 Qxg4+ 32.Kh1, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/9/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

madehajabar (Chess.com 1961) - JimWest (Chess.com 2056), Chess.com 5/9/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.Be2 Be7 7.Qb3 Bc8 8.Ng5 d5 9.c4 h6 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Nc3 dxc4 12.Qxc4 Qd6 13.Nb5 Qb4+ 14.Bd2 Qxc4 15.dxc4 Bd6 16.c5 a6 17.cxd6 axb5 18.dxc7 Bg4 

19.Bxb5 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Kd7 21.Bc3 Kxc7 22.Rg1 g5 23.h4 Rhg8 24.hxg5 Rxg5

25.a4 Rxg1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Hnbu_m (lichess 2204) - JimWest (lichess 2118), lichess 5/9/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Ng4 Bxf4+ 15.Kb1 f5 16.Nf2 Rad8 17.Nd5 Bd6 18.g4 c6 19.Nc3 e3

20.gxf5 Rxf5 21.Nfe4 Bc7 22.Rde1 Bb6 23.Rhf1 Rxf1 24.Rxf1 Kh8 25.Rf7 Rf8 26.Rxf8+ Nxf8 27.Nd6 Ba5 28.Ne2 b5 29.c3 Bc7 30.Nf5 Bxh2 31.Nxe3 h5

32.Nd4 Bg1 33.Nef5 Bxd4 34.cxd4 Ne6 35.Kc2 Kh7 36.Kd3 a6 37.a3 c5 38.d5 c4+ 39.Ke4 Nd8 40.d6 Kg6 41.Kf4 Kf6 42.Ng3 h4 43.Ne4+ Ke6 44.Nc5+ Kxd6 45.Nxa6 Ne6+ 46.Kg4 Nc5 47.Nb4 Nd3 48.Kxh4 Nxb4 49.axb4 Ke5

50.Kg3 Kd4 51.Kf4 c3 52.bxc3+ Kxc3 53.Ke3 Kxb4 54.Kd2 Kb3 55.Kc1 Ka2 56.Kc2, White resigns.