2 PCG Games 1/2/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

TheChessDoktor (Chess.com 2079) - JimWest (Chess.com 1992), Chess.com 1/2/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.h3 c6 6.Qe2 Be7 7.d3 h6 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Qxe5 Bg6 11.Qg3 Bh5 12.O-O Kf8 13.f3 Bf7 14.Bxf7 Kxf7 15.Ne4 Na6 16.Bd2 Rf8 17.Bc3 Kg8 18.Qg6 Qe8 19.Qg3 Qf7

20.Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.c3 Rae8 23.Rfe1 Qf7 24.d4 Rxe1+ 25.Qxe1 Re8 26.Qf2 Qe6 27.Qg3 Qe7 28.Kf1 Nc7 29.Re1 Qxe1+ 30.Qxe1 Rxe1+ 31.Kxe1 Kf7

32.Ke2 Ke6 33.Kd3 Nd5 34.g3 Nf6 35.g4 g5 36.Ke3 Nd5+ 37.Ke4 a5 38.c4 Nf6+ 39.Ke3 a4 40.b3 axb3 41.axb3 b6 42.f4 gxf4+ 43.Kxf4 b5 44.h4 bxc4 45.bxc4 Nh7 46.g5 hxg5+ 47.hxg5 Nf8

48.d5+ cxd5 49.cxd5+ Kxd5 50.Kf5 Kd6 51.Kf6 Nh7+ 52.Kg6 Nxg5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

dara476 (lichess 1950) - JimWest (lichess 2047), lichess 1/2/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.e6 O-O 10.Qh5 h6 11.Nf7 Qe8 12.Bxh6 Bxe6 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Qg5+ Kxf7 15.Be2 Ng6 16.Bh5 Rg8 17.O-O Qe7 18.Qh6 Nd7 19.f3 e3

20.Qxe3 Nf6 21.Bxg6+ Rxg6 22.f4 Rag8 23.g3 Bh3 24.Qxe7+ Kxe7 25.Rfe1+ Kf7 26.Re2 Ne4 27.Rae1 c6 28.c4 Be6

29.Rf1 Nxg3 30.hxg3 Rxg3+ 31.Kh2 Rh3#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/1/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1990) - vinkus2 (Chess.com 2082), Chess.com 1/1/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 Nf2 8.Qf3 Qe7 9.Bxe3 Nxh1 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.O-O-O Be6 12.d5 O-O-O

13.dxe6 Rxd1+ 14.Qxd1 Nxe5 15.Bb3 Qd8 16.Qxd8+ Kxd8 17.exf7 a6 18.Nd5 Nxf7 19.Nxc7 Kxc7 20.Bxf7 Bb4 21.c3 Rf8 22.Bc4 Bd6 23.Nf3 Kc6 24.Bd3 Re8 25.Kd2 g6 26.Be2 Bc5 27.Nd4+ Kc7 28.Ne6+ Rxe6 29.Bxc5 Re8 30.Bf3 Re5 31.Be3 Ra5

32.a3 Rb5 33.b4 a5 34.g4 axb4 35.axb4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

GrandKoalas-013 (lichess 2029) - JimWest (lichess 2041), lichess 1/1/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 Nf6 6.Bc2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.d4 e4 9.Nfd2 d5 10.c4 c6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Bb3 Kh8 13.Re1 Nc6 14.Nf1 Be6 15.Nc3 Bg8 16.Bg5 Bb4 17.Ne3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Ne7 19.f3 Rc8

20.Rc1 Qe8 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.fxe4 dxe4 23.d5 Qg6 24.d6 Nc6 25.Nd5 Rcd8 26.Nf4 Qf5 27.Rf1 Qg5 28.Bxg8 Rxg8 29.Ne6 Qxg2#.

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/31/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

DrRatankumarpaul (Chess.com 1864) - JimWest (Chess.com 1990), Chess.com 12/31/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.Nfd2 d5 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Bb5+ Nbc6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.O-O O-O 13.Qb3 Qb6 14.Nc3 Qxb3 15.Nxb3 Ng6 16.Na5 Nxe5 17.Na4 Ba6 18.Rfc1 Rac8 19.Nc5 Be2

20.Rc2 Bd3 21.Nxd3 exd3 22.Rd2 Nc4 23.Nxc4 dxc4 24.b3 Rf4 25.bxc4 Rxc4 26.Rxd3 Rc2 27.Rd7 Rf8 28.f3 Rb8 29.Rxa7 Rbb2 30.Rd1 Rxg2+ 31.Kf1 h5

32.Rdd7 Rbf2+ 33.Ke1 Rxf3 34.a4 Rh3 35.Rd2 Rxd2 36.Kxd2 Rxh2+ 37.Kc3 h4 38.Rc7 Rh1 39.Kb2 h3 40.a5 h2 41.a6 Rb1+ 42.Kxb1 h1=Q+ 43.Kb2 Qh2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2075) - GloryToHK (lichess 2097), lichess 12/31/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Bg4 12.Be2 O-O-O 13.Nc3 Bxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Qxe5 15.Nxd5 Bd6 16.Bf4 Qxb2 17.Rb1 Qa3 18.Rb3 Qxa2

19.Nc3 Bxf4 20.Bxb7+ Kb8 21.Qxd8+ Rxd8 22.Nxa2 Rd2+ 23.Kxh1 Rxh2+ 24.Kg1 a5 25.Bg2+ Kc8 26.Rf3 Bd6 27.Rxf7 g6 28.Nc3 Rh4 29.Ne4 a4 30.Nxd6+ cxd6 31.Ra7 Rc4 32.Ra5 Rxc2 33.Rxa4 Rc1+ 34.Kh2 Rc2

35.Ra8+ Kd7 36.Ra7+ Rc7 37.Rxc7+ Kxc7 38.Kg3 Kb6 39.Kf4 Kc5 40.Kg3 d5 41.Kh6 d4 42.Kxh7 g5 43.Kg6 g4 44.Kf5 d3 45.Kxg4 d2 46.Bf3 d1=B, draw.