Monday, July 28, 2025

LeelaRookOdds versus PCG

Arnie Chipmunk sends another game.

Sunday, July 27, 2025

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/26/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

CFossa (Chess.com 1902) - JimWest (Chess.com 2070), Chess.com 7/26/2025

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.Nc3 O-O-O 11.Be3 d4 12.Nxe4 dxe3 13.Nxf6 exf2+ 14.Qxf2 Bxf2+ 15.Kxf2 Nxf6 16.Ng6 hxg6 17.Bd3 Bf5 18.Bxf5+ gxf5


19.Rad1 Ne4+ 20.Kf3 Nd4+ 21.Ke3 Nxc2+ 22.Ke2 Nd4+ 23.Ke3 c5 24.Rhf1 Re8 25.Kd3 g6 26.b4 b6 27.bxc5 bxc5 28.Kc4 Kc7 29.h3 Kc6 30.g4 Nd6+ 31.Kc3 Re3+ 32.Rd3 Ne4+ 33.Kc4 Re2


34.Rc1 Rxa2 35.Rxd4 Ra4+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2077) - Alex_062 (lichess 2103), lichess 7/26/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bb4+ 4.c3 Ba5 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O Qe7 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 O-O-O 11.f5 g6 12.fxg6 hxg6 13.Bg5 Bb6+ 14.Kh1 Kb8 15.Be2 Rh7


16.Bxf6 Qf8 17.Nd2 Re8 18.Nc4 Re6 19.Nxb6 axb6 20.Bg4 Re8 21.Bd7 Nd8 22.Bxe8 Qxe8 23.Bxd8 Qxd8 24.Qf3 Qg8 25.a4 g5 26.Kg1 Rh4 27.Qxf7, Black resigns.

Saturday, July 26, 2025

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/25/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2094) - RedPastSnake (Chess.com 1937), Chess.com 7/25/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxf4 Nc6 7.d4 Be7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Bb5 Na5 10.O-O a6 11.Bd3 Nb6 12.c3 c5 13.Nbd2 Nc6 14.Rc1 h6 15.h3 Be6 16.Bb1 cxd4 17.cxd4 f6 18.exf6 Rxf6 19.Be5 Rf8


20.Nb3 Nc4 21.Qe2 Bf5 22.Bh2 Kh8 23.Ne5 N6xe5 24.Bxe5 Bxb1 25.Rxb1 Nxe5 26.Qxe5 Rxf1+ 27.Rxf1 Bd6 28.Qf5 Bc7 29.Nc5 Bb6 30.Ne6 Qh4 31.Qf4 Qe7 32.Qf7 Qxf7 33.Rxf7 Re8


34.Nc5 Bxc5 35.dxc5 Re2 36.Rxb7 d4 37.c6 d3 38.c7 Re8 39.Rb8 d2 40.Rxe8+ Kh7 41.Rd8, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

edmundriegler (lichess 2144) - JimWest (lichess 2069), lichess 7/25/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.Bb3 Bxf5 8.O-O c6 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.Bf4 Bxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.Be5 Kh8 13.f3 Nbd7 14.fxe4 Nxe4


15.Rxf5 Rxf5 16.Ne6 Qh4 17.Bxg7+ Kg8 18.Qe1 Qxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Re8 20.g4, White resigns.

Friday, July 25, 2025

2 PCG Games 7/24/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Kurotoaka (Chess.com 2071) - JimWest (Chess.com 2089), Chess.com 7/24/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.g3 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 a5 9.Bb2 Na6 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.d4 e4 12.Nh4 Bg4 13.Qd2 d5 14.h3 Be6 15.Ne2 Nd7


16.c4 Bxh4 17.gxh4 Qxh4 18.Qxa5 Bxh3 19.Bxh3 Qxh3 20.cxd5 Nf6 21.dxc6 Ng4 22.Ng3 Qh2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

DrAgOnBiShOp_2012 (lichess 1955) - JimWest (lichess 2059), lichess 7/24/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc3 d5 7.Nb3 Nf6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.f3 Nbd7 12.fxe4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Bxe4 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Bf3 Nf6 16.Nd2 Bxf3 17.Nxf3 Qe3+ 18.Kh1 Ne4


19.Qe1 Qxe1 20.Raxe1 Rae8 21.Ne5 Rxf1+ 22.Rxf1 Rf8 23.Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.g3 Ke7 25.Kg2 Ke6 26.Kf3 a5 27.c3 a4 28.a3 c5 29.Kf4 cxd4 30.cxd4 g5+ 31.Kg4 h6 32.Kh5 Kf5


33.Kxh6 g4 34.Kh5 Nf6+ 35.Kh4 Ke4 36.Nxg4 Nxg4 37.Kxg4 Kxd4 38.h4 Ke4 39.h5 d4 40.h6 d3 41.h7 d2 42.Kg5 d1=Q 43.h8=Q Qd2+ 44.Kg6 Qd6+ 45.Qf6 Qxg3+ 46.Kf7 Qc7+ 47.Qe7+ Qxe7+ 48.Kxe7 Kd3


49.Kd7 Kc2 50.Kc7 Kxb2 51.Kxb7 Kxa3 52.Kc6 Kb3 53.Kb5 a3, White resigns.

Thursday, July 24, 2025

2 PCG Games 7/23/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

RAJ-ROY-03 (Chess.com 2102) - JimWest (Chess.com 2070), Chess.com 7/23/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.O-O f4 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qxe5 Nf6 10.Bxf4 Nbd7 11.Qe6 Rf8 12.Bh6 Nc5 13.Qe5 Ng4 14.Qg7 Nxh6 15.Qxh6 b5 16.Bb3 Nxb3 17.axb3 b4 18.Ne2 Rf7 19.f4 Bf8


20.Qg5 Qxg5 21.fxg5 Rxf1+ 22.Rxf1 Bg4 23.Ng3 Bc5+ 24.Kh1 Bd6 25.e5 Bc5 26.Ne4 Be7 27.Nf6+ Bxf6 28.gxf6 Kf7 29.h3 Be6 30.Kh2 a5 31.Kg3 a4 


32.Ra1 a3 33.bxa3 Rxa3 34.Rd1 Ra2 35.Rd2 Bxb3 36.Re2 Rxc2 37.Re3 Bd5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

omarxan (lichess 2028) - JimWest (lichess 2054), lichess 7/23/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Nfd2 d5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.O-O Bd6 9.c4 c6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.Nb5 O-O 13.g3 a6 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.Nb1 Kh8 16.Bf4 Qd7 17.Nc3 Rad8


18.Re1 Bg4 19.Qd2 Bf3 20.Nd1 Qh3 21.Ne3 Ng4, White resigns.

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

2 PCG Games 7/22/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

SzyBercaGM (Chess.com 2059) - JimWest (Chess.com 2061), Chess.com 7/22/2025

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.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.f4 Be6 12.Nb1 Nbd7 13.c3 Be7 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Bg4 Bxg4 17.Qxg4 Nf6 18.Qh4 Rae8 19.Na3 e3


20.Rae1 e2 21.Rf2 Qe3 22.Qg3 Qd2 23.Qf3 Qxe1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Nelutu2024 (lichess 2032) - JimWest (lichess 2049), lichess 7/22/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 fxe4 7.Nxe4 Bg4 8.d5 Nd4 9.Be2 Nxe2+ 10.Qxe2 Nf6 11.c4 O-O 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 b6 15.b4 a5 16.Bd2 axb4 17.Bxb4 Rf4 18.Qc2 Qd7 19.a3 Raf8


20.f3 Qf5 21.Rac1 Qxc2 22.Rxc2 h5 23.Re1 h4 24.Bd2 R4f5 25.f4 Bf6 26.fxe5 Bxe5 27.Be3 Bg3 28.Rb1 Re8 29.Bf2 Bxf2+ 30.Rxf2 Rxf2 31.Kxf2 Re4 32.Rc1 g5 33.Kf3 Rf4+ 34.Ke3 Kf7


35.Rg1 Rxc4 36.Rd1 Rc3+ 37.Ke4 Rxa3 38.Kf5 Rg3 39.Rd2 Ke7 40.Re2+ Kd7 41.Rb2 Kc8 42.Ke6 Kb7 43.Kd7 g4 44.hxg4 Rxg4 45.Rc2 Rg7+ 46.Kd8 b5 47.Ke8 Kb6 48.Kf8 Rg5 49.Rd2 Kc5


50.Ke7 Rxd5 51.Rc2+ Kb6 52.Kd7 Rc5 53.Rd2 Rc4, White resigns.

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

LeelaKnightOdds versus PCG

Arnie Chipmunk sends this game.

Monday, July 21, 2025

2 PCG Games 7/20/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

FranccTheCeo (Chess.com 1941) - JimWest (Chess.com 2053), Chess.com 7/20/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Ba4 Bd6 10.c4 O-O 11.O-O Bxe5 12.dxe5 Ng4 13.Qd4 Qb6 14.Qxb6 axb6 15.Bb3 Be6 16.cxd5 Bxd5 17.Bxd5 cxd5 18.Rd1 Nxe5 19.Rxd5 Nd3


20.Be3 Nxb2 21.Nxe4 Nc4 22.Nd6 Nxe3 23.fxe3 Nc6 24.Nxb7 Nb4 25.Rd2 Ra7 26.a3 Rfa8 27.axb4 Rxa1+ 28.Kf2 R1a2 29.Re2 Rxe2+ 30.Kxe2 Ra2+ 31.Kf3 Rb2 32.Nd6 Rxb4


33.g3 Rb2 34.Nc4 Rb4 35.Nd6 b5 36.Ke2 Rb2+ 37.Kd3 Rxh2 38.Nxb5 Rg2 39.Ke4 Rxg3 40.Nd4 g6 41.Kf4 Rg1 42.Ne6 Kf7 43.Ng5+ Rxg5 44.Kxg5 Ke6 45.Kh6 Kf5 46.Kxh7 g5


47.Kh6 g4 48.Kh5 g3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

THODORIS4 (lichess 1953) - JimWest (lichess 2048), lichess 7/20/2025

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.e6 O-O 10.Qh5 h6 11.Nf7 Qe8 12.Qg4 Kh7 13.Qh4 Nf5 14.Qh3 Bxe6 15.Ng5+ Kg8 16.Nxe6 Qxe6 17.Be2 Qf6 18.Bg4 Nc6 19.O-O Ne5


20.Bxf5 Qxf5 21.Qg3 Kh7 22.f4 exf3 23.Be3 Rae8 24.Bd4 Qxc2 25.Bxe5 Rxe5 26.Qxe5 Qxg2#.

Sunday, July 20, 2025

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/19/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Papaflessas (Chess.com 1981) - JimWest (Chess.com 2047), Chess.com 7/19/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a3 Nf6 6.h3 Be7 7.Nc3 b5 8.Ba2 Na6 9.Ng5 Qc7 10.Bf7+ Kf8 11.Ba2 h6 12.Ne6+ Bxe6 13.Bxe6 f4 14.O-O Nc5 15.Bf5 a5 16.Bd2 a4 17.b4 Ncd7 18.Qe2 Kf7 19.h4 g6


20.Bh3 Rag8 21.g3 g5 22.Bg2 Nf8 23.Nd1 Ne6 24.Bc3 gxh4 25.gxh4 Rg4 26.f3 Rxh4 27.Be1 Rh5 28.c4 Nd4 29.Qa2 Nb3 30.cxb5 cxb5 31.Nc3 Rg8 32.Rb1 Rhg5


33.Nxb5 Qb6+ 34.Bf2 Rxg2+ 35.Kh1 Qxb5 36.Rxb3 axb3 37.Qxb3+ Kf8 38.Bh4 R2g5 39.Bxg5 hxg5 40.Rc1 Qd7 41.Kg2 g4 42.Kf2 g3+ 43.Kg2 Rh8 44.Rh1 Rxh1 45.Kxh1 Qh3+ 46.Kg1 Qh2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2065) - aminasemov (lichess 1946), lichess 7/19/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 Bg4 9.Nf3 O-O 10.Bd3 f5 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Nxe3 Nc5


13.Bc4+ Kh8 14.Nxg4 fxg4 15.Ng5 Re8 16.Nf7+ Kg8 17.Nd6+ Kf8 18.Nxe8 Kxe8 19.O-O, Black resigns.

Saturday, July 19, 2025

2 PCG Games 7/18/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

aromeoallepuz (Chess.com 2080) - JimWest (Chess.com 2041), Chess.com 7/18/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O Nf6 6.Re1 Be7 7.Nh4 Bc8 8.Nc3 c6 9.d4 e4


10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Nxg6 Nf6 13.Ne5+ Nxh5 14.Bf7+ Kf8 15.Bh6+ Ng7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

BezvinniAlex (lichess 2084) - JimWest (lichess 2071), lichess 7/18/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qd2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nh6 10.Qf4 Ng4 11.Qxf6 gxf6 12.f3 Nf2 13.Rg1 Nd7 14.Bh6 Ke7 15.Nc3 Rxh8 16.Na4 Nd3+ 17.cxd3 Bxg1 18.dxe4 dxe4 19.fxe4 Bxh2


20.O-O-O Rg8 21.b3 Rg6 22.Be3 b6 23.Nc3 Be5 24.Nd5+ Bxd5 25.Rxd5 c6 26.Rd2 Rg3 27.Bf2 Rc3+ 28.Kb1 Bf4 29.Rc2 Rxc2 30.Kxc2 c5 31.Bc4 Ne5 32.Bd5 Ng4 33.Bg1 Be3 34.Bxe3 Nxe3+ 35.Kd3 Nxd5 36.exd5 Kd6


37.Ke4 b5 38.g4 h6 39.Kf5 Kxd5 40.Kxf6 c4 41.bxc4+ bxc4 42.Kg6 c3 43.Kxh6 c2 44.g5 c1=Q 45.a4 a5 46.Kg6 Kc4 47.Kf6 Qxg5+ 48.Kxg5 Kb4, White resigns.

Friday, July 18, 2025

2 PCG Games 7/17/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

ChessStarAdam (Chess.com 1857) - JimWest (Chess.com 2014), Chess.com 7/17/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.f3 h6 8.Nh3 Bxf5 9.Nf2 Bb4 10.fxe4 Nxe4 11.Nfxe4 Bxe4 12.Qh5+ g6 13.Qe5+ Kf7 14.Bd2 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 Nc6 16.Qf4+ Kg7 17.O-O-O Rf8 18.Qg3 Qg5+ 19.Qxg5 hxg5


20.Bd3 Rae8 21.Bxe4 Rxe4 22.b3 Rf2 23.g3 Ree2 24.Rd2 Rxd2 25.Bxd2 g4 26.c3 b5 27.a3 a5 28.b4 axb4 29.axb4 Kf7 30.Bf4 Ra2 31.Kb1 Ra7


32.Re1 Ne7 33.Re5 c6 34.Kb2 Nf5 35.Re2 Re7 36.Rxe7+ Nxe7 37.Kc2 Nc8 38.Bc7 Ke6 39.Kd3 Kd7 40.Be5 Nb6 41.Bf4 Nc4


42.Bc1 Ke6 43.Bf4 Kf5 44.Bc7 Nb2+ 45.Kc2 Nc4 46.Kd3 Nb2+ 47.Kc2 Nc4 48.Kd3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Granataibomba (lichess 2002) - JimWest (lichess 2066), lichess 7/17/2025

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Bd6 10.Bf4 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6


12.O-O-O Nxf4, White resigns.

Thursday, July 17, 2025

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/16/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

iordanhsf (Chess.com 1866) - JimWest (Chess.com 2026), Chess.com 7/16/2025

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.Bc4+ Kg7


11.Bg5 hxg6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2064) - ThePushpaGambit (lichess 2060), lichess 7/16/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Be6 9.h3 h6 10.Nbd2 d5 11.e5 Nh5 12.Bh2 d4 13.Kh1 f6 14.Nxd4 Qxd4 15.Bxh5 Nxe5 16.Nf3 Nxf3 17.Bxf3 Qb6 18.b3 Rab8 19.a4 a5


20.Re1 Bb4 21.Re2 Bc3 22.Rb1 Rfe8 23.Bh5 Re7 24.Qf1 Rd8 25.Bg4 Bb4 26.Bxe6+ Rxe6 27.Rxe6 Qxe6 28.Bxc7 Rc8 29.Bg3 Rxc2 30.Qf3 Qe2 31.Qxe2 Rxe2


32.Rc1 Kh7 33.Rc7 b6 34.Rc6 Bc5 35.h4 Re3 36.Bd6 Bxd6 37.Rxd6 Re1+ 38.Kh2 Rd1 39.Rxb6 Rxd3 40.Rb5 Kg6 41.g3 Kh7 42.Kh3 Kg6 43.h5+ Kh7 44.Kh4 Rd4+ 45.g4 Rd3


46.Rxa5 Rxb3 47.Ra8 g5+ 48.hxg6+ Kxg6 49.a5 Kf7 50.a6 Ra3 51.a7 Ke7 52.Rh8 Rxa7 53.Rh7+, Black forfeits.