2 PCG Games 3/7/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

ScottieBLT (Chess.com 1935) - JimWest (Chess.com 1946), Chess.com 3/7/2025

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 O-O 11.c4 c6 12.Be2 Nbd7 13.Nxd7 Bxd7 14.O-O Qe8 15.Rb1 b6 16.c3 Qg6 17.Bf4 Bg4 18.cxd5 cxd5

19.f3 exf3 20.Bxf3 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 Ne4 22.Qd3 Nxc3 23.Qxg6 hxg6 24.Be5 Nxb1 25.Rxb1 Rac8 26.h3 Rc3 27.Rb5 Rd8 28.a4 Ra3 29.Rb4 Rd7 30.Kh2 Kf7 31.h4 Ke6

32.g3 Re3 33.Bf4 Re4 34.Kg2 Rf7 35.Kf3 Re1 36.Kf2 Ra1 37.Ke3 Ra3+ 38.Kf2 Kf5 39.Rb5 Ke4 40.Rb4 Rf3+ 41.Kg2 R3xf4 42.gxf4 Rxf4 43.Kg3 Rf3+ 44.Kg4 Rd3 45.a5 bxa5 46.Ra4 Rxd4 47.Rxa5 Ke5+ 48.Kg3 Kf5 49.Rxa7 Rd3+ 50.Kf2 Rh3 51.Rxg7 Rxh4

52.Rd7 Ke4 53.Rg7 Rg4 54.Re7+ Kd4 55.Rg7 g5 56.Kf3 Rf4+ 57.Kg3 Rf5 58.Kg4 Re5 59.Kf3 Kd3 60.Rd7 d4 61.Rc7 Rf5+ 62.Kg4 Rf8 63.Kxg5 Kd2 64.Kg4 d3 65.Kg3 Kd1 66.Kg2 d2

67.Kg3 Rf5 68.Kg4 Rf1 69.Kg3 Rf8 70.Kg4 Rf6 71.Kg5 Rf2 72.Kg4 Ke1 73.Kg3 Re2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

MrCordes (lichess 2064) - JimWest (lichess 2111), lichess 3/7/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O c6 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Qxc3 Nbd7 13.Be2 Qe8 14.h3 h6 15.Bf4 Nh5 16.Bxh5 Qxh5

17.Qg3 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Qg5+ 19.Rd2 Qxg3 20.Bxg3 Be6 21.Re1 Rae8 22.Re3 Rf7 23.Bd6 h5 24.Rg3 Kh7 25.Rg5 g6 26.Re2 Kh6 27.h4 Bd7 28.Kd2 Rxf2 29.Rxf2 e3+ 30.Ke2 exf2+ 31.Kxf2 Bg4

32.Re5 Rxe5 33.Bxe5 g5 34.g3 gxh5 35.gxh5 Kg6 36.Ke3 Kf5 37.c3 a6 38.b4 b5 39.Bf4 Ke6 40.Be5 Kf5 41.Bf4 Ke6 42.Be5 Kf5, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/6/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

andrekopse (Chess.com 1733) - JimWest (Chess.com 1925), Chess.com 3/6/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 c6 8.Qd2 b5 9.O-O-O b4 10.Ne2 fxe4 11.dxe4 Nxe4 12.Qe3 d5 13.Bxe5 Nd7 14.Bd4 Ndf6 15.Ne5 Qc7

16.f3 Nd6 17.Bc5 Nf5 18.Qf2 Qxe5 19.Bxe7 Qxe7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2105) - Pereyra_Seb (lichess 2144), lichess 3/6/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Nd4 7.Nf3 Nxe2 8.Qxe2 Ng4 9.h3 Nf6 10.f5 h6 11.Be3 Bb4 12.O-O Nh5 13.Kh2 Nf6 14.Bd2 Bd7 15.a3 Ba5 16.b4 Bb6 17.Be3 Qe7 18.a4 O-O

19.a5 Bxe3 20.Qxe3 Bc6 21.g4 Nh7 22.b5 Bd7 23.Nd5 Qd8 24.c4 c6 25.bxc6 bxc6 26.Nc3 Qe7 27.Rab1 Rfb8 28.Rxb8+ Rxb8 29.Rb1 Qd8 30.Qxa7 Rxb1 31.Nxb1 c5 32.Qb6 Qe7 33.Nc3 g6 34.Nd5 Qf8

35.Qc7 Ba4 36.Qe7 gxf5 37.Qxf8+ Kxf8 38.gxf5 Ke8 39.a6 Bc6 40.a7 Kd7 41.Nb6+ Kc7 42.a8=Q Bxa8 43.Nxa8+ Kb7 44.Kg3 Kxa8 45.Kh4 Nf6 46.Nh2 Ka7 47.Ng4 Ng8 48.Kh5 Ka6

49.Nxh6 Nxh6 50.Kxh6 Ka5 51.Kg7 Kb4 52.Kxf7 Kc3 53.Ke6 Kxd3 54.Kd5, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/5/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1921) - agz2 (Chess.com 1909), Chess.com 3/5/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.h3 Nd4 11.c3 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Nd7 13.d4 c5 14.Nd2 cxd4 15.cxd4 Qb6 16.Qf2 Bf6 17.Nf3 Rfe8 18.Rfe1 h6 19.Rac1 Nf8

20.e5 dxe5 21.dxe5 Qxf2+ 22.Kxf2 Be7 23.Rc7 Ne6 24.Rxe7 Rxe7 25.Be3 Rd7 26.Rc1 Rc7 27.Rxc7 Nxc7 28.Nd4 Nd5 29.Nb5 Nxe3 30.Kxe3 Rc8 31.Kd3 Rc5 32.Nxa7 Rd5+ 33.Ke4 Ra5 34.Nc8 Rxa2

35.b4 Rxg2 36.Nd6 Rb2 37.b5 Rb4+ 38.Kd5 b6 39.Kc6 Rh4 40.Kxb6 Rh5 41.Kc6 Rxe5 42.b6 Re7 43.b7 Rxb7 44.Nxb7 f5 45.Kd5 g5 46.Nd6 f4 47.Ke4 Kh7 48.h4 Kg6 49.hxg5 hxg5

50.Nc4 Kf6 51.Nd2 Kg6 52.Nf3 g4 53.Kxf4 gxf3 54.Kxf3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

fargaming15 (lichess 2078) - JimWest (lichess 2106), lichess 3/5/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qd2 a5 8.a4 Na6 9.O-O f4 10.d4 Qc7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.h3 Nc5 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Rad1 Be6 15.Bxe6 Nxe6 16.Qd6 Qxd6 17.Rxd6 Ke7 18.Rfd1 Rhd8 19.Rxd8 Rxd8

20.Rxd8 Kxd8 21.Kf1 g5 22.Ke2 h5 23.g4 fxg3 24.fxg3 g4 25.hxg4 hxg4 26.Nh2 Nd4+ 27.Kd3 Bh4 28.Nxg4 Bxg3 29.Ne2 Nxe2 30.Kxe2 Ke7 31.Kd3 Ke6 32.Ne3 b5 33.axb5 cxb5 34.Nd5 Kd6

35.c4 bxc4+ 36.Kxc4 Be1 37.b3 Bd2 38.Nb6 Kc6 39.Nd5 Be1 40.Ne7+ Kd6 41.Nd5 Kc6 42.Ne7+ Kd6 43.Nc8+ Kc6 44.Na7+ Kb6 45.Nb5 Kc6 46.Na3 Bb4 47.Nc2 Bc5 48.Ne1 Bd4 49.Nf3 Bb2 50.Ng5 Bd4 51.Nf3 Bb2, draw.

2 PCG Games 3/4/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

OMCMgrnlz (Chess.com 1836) - JimWest (Chess.com 1921), Chess.com 3/4/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Bd2 Bg4 9.Bc3 Nd7 10.Nbd2 O-O-O 11.Qe1 Bd6 12.a4 g5 13.a5 a6 14.b4 Bxf3 15.Nxf3 g4 16.Nd2 f3 17.g3 h5 18.Qe3 h4 19.Qa7 Nb8

20.Bxg8 Rdxg8 21.Nc4 Bc7 22.Rad1 hxg3 23.Bxe5 gxh2+ 24.Kh1 Qxe5 25.Nxe5 Bxe5 26.Qc5 Re8 27.Rd3 Nd7 28.Qc4 g3 29.fxg3 Bxg3 30.Rxd7 Kxd7 31.Qf7+ Kc8 32.Rxf3 Be5

33.Rd3 Rhf8 34.Qd7+ Kb8 35.Rd1 Bc7 36.Qd3 Rd8 37.Qe2 Rxd1+ 38.Qxd1 Rg8, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ismail033 (lichess 2069) - JimWest (lichess 2113), lichess 3/4/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.Bb3 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nd7 12.Be6 O-O-O 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.d5 Kb8 15.Bxd7 Qxd7 16.dxc6 bxc6 17.b4 Ka8 18.b5 cxb5 19.Nd5 Rc8

20.Qb3 Qc6 21.f3 Qxc2 22.Qxb5 Qc5+ 23.Qxc5 Rxc5 24.Rfd1 Rhc8 25.a4 Bd8 26.Rdb1 Ba5 27.Rb5 Rc1+ 28.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29.Kh2 Be1 30.h4 Bg3+ 31.Kh3 h5, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 3/3/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1925) - flaue (Chess.com 2064), Chess.com 3/3/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qh5 10.Rg1 Ne4 11.Bg2 Bg4 12.Be3 O-O-O 13.Nbd2 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Qxe5 15.O-O-O Kb8

16.Nxe4 Ba3 17.Bd4 dxe4 18.Bxe5 exf3 19.Bxf3 Bc5 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Rd1 Be3+ 22.Kb1 Re8 23.Bxg7, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2105) - MuhammadImran00645 (lichess 2036), lichess 3/3/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 exf4 6.Bxf4 d6 7.Be2 O-O 8.Nf3 Ng4 9.d4 Bb6 10.h3 Nf6 11.Qd2 Re8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.O-O-O Ba5 15.Bb5 Rxe4 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Kb1 Ba6

18.Nxe4 Qf5 19.Nc3 Rb8 20.Rhe1 Bc4 21.Re3 Bb4 22.Rde1 Qa5 23.Re8+ Rxe8 24.Rxe8+ Kh7 25.Rb8 Bxa2+ 26.Kc1 Bc4 27.Rxb4 Qxb4 28.Qe3 Be6 29.Qe4+ g6 30.Qxc6 Qa5 31.d5 Bf5 32.Qa4 Qc5 33.Qd4 Qa5 34.Kb1 Qa6

35.Qf2 c5 36.dxc6 Qxc6 37.Nd4 Qc5 38.Qd2 Bd7 39.Ne4 Qe5 40.Nxd6 Kg8 41.Nxf7 Kxf7 42.Qf2+ Bf5 43.Nxf5 Qxf5 44.Qxf5+ gxf5 45.c4 Ke6 46.Kc2 Ke5 47.Kd3 a5

48.g3 h5 49.h4 a4 50.Kc3 f4 51.gxf4+ Kxf4 52.c5 Ke5 53.Kc4 Ke6 54.Kb5, Black forfeits.

2 PCG Reversed Games 3/2/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1941) - Surapole (Chess.com 2086), Chess.com 3/2/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.d5 a6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.e6 Qxd5 11.Qxg4 Bxe6 12.Qe2 Be7 13.Nc3 Qd4 14.Qxe4 Qd7 15.Nf3 O-O 16.O-O Bf5 17.Qe2 Rfe8 18.Be3 Bg4 19.h3 Bh5

20.Qf2 Rab8 21.Rad1 Qf5 22.g4 Bxg4 23.hxg4 Qxg4+ 24.Qg2 Qe6 25.Bc1 Rb4 26.Rfe1 Qc8 27.Re4 Bf6 28.Rxe8+ Qxe8 29.Re1 Qd7 30.Ne4 Be7 31.c3 Rb8 32.Bf4 Re8

33.Be5 g6 34.Bd6 Qf5 35.Ng3 Qd7 36.Bxe7 Rxe7 37.Rxe7 Qxe7 38.Qe2 Qd7 39.Kf2 h5 40.Qd2 Qe7 41.Qg5 Qe6 42.Nxh5 Qxa2 43.Nf6+ Kg7 44.Ne8+ Kf8 45.Qxc5+ Kxe8 46.Qxc6+ Kf8 47.Qc5+ Kg8 48.Qa3 Qb1

49.Kg3 Qd3 50.Qe7 Qb5 51.Qd8+ Kg7 52.Qd4+ Kg8 53.b4 Qb8+ 54.Qe5 Qc8 55.Qc5 Qb8+ 56.Kf2 Qf4 57.Qc8+ Kg7 58.Qxa6 g4 59.Qd3 f6 60.Qd4 Qc1 61.Qe3 Qc2+ 62.Qd2 Qf5 63.Ke2 g4 64.Nd4 Qe4+ 65.Qe3 Qg2+ 66.Kd3 Qd5

67.Qe6 Qg5 68.Nf5+ Kg6 69.Ne7+ Kh5 70.Qf5 g3 71.Qxg5+ Kxg5 72.Ke2 Kg4 73.Kf1 f5 74.Nxf5 Kxf5 75.Kg2 Ke4 76.Kxg3 Kd5 77.Kf4 Kc4 78.Ke5 Kxc3 79.b5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2093) - Adler70 (lichess 2034), lichess 3/2/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nd4 9.O-O Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 Be7 11.c3 O-O 12.Nd2 c6 13.Bg5 Nd7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.d4 c5 16.Rae1 b6 17.Qg3 Rad8 18.Nf3 h6 19.Nh4 Qg5

20.Qxg5 hxg5 21.Nf5 Nf6 22.e5 dxe5 23.dxe5 Nd5 24.c4 Nb4 25.Re3 g6 26.Ne7+ Kg7 27.a3 Nc2 28.Rg3 g4 29.Nd5 Rfe8 30.Rc1 Nd4 31.Re1 Re6 32.Rxg4 Nf5

33.Nf4 Re7 34.Nh5+ Kh6 35.Nf6 Kg7 36.h4 Rh8 37.h5 Nd4 38.hxg6 fxg6 39.Nd5 Re6 40.Nf4 Rc6 41.e6 Rh6 42.e7, Black forfeits.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/1/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1939) - weilbach (Chess.com 1799), Chess.com 3/1/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Bc5 6.Nf3 d6 7.Be2 Nd4 8.Nxd4 Bxd4 9.c3 Bb6 10.Nd2 Qe7 11.Qc2 Ng4 12.d4 c5 13.h3 Nf6 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.O-O-O O-O 16.Rhf1 Be6 17.Kb1 a6 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bxf6 gxf6

20.Nf3 b5 21.Nd4 Bxd4 22.cxd4 d5 23.Qd2 Kh7 24.exd5 Bxd5 25.Bd3+ Be4 26.Bxe4+ Qxe4+ 27.Qd3 Qxd3+ 28.Rxd3 Kg7 29.Rg3+ Kh7 30.Rxf6 Rad8 31.Rxa6 Rxd4

32.a3 b4 33.axb4 Rxb4 34.Ra7 Rf4 35.Rf3 Rxf3 36.gxf3 Kg6 37.Ka2 Kf5 38.Ra4 Re8 39.Rh4 Kg5 40.Rg4+ Kf5 41.h4 f6 42.h5 Re3 43.Rg6 Rxf3 44.Rxh6 Kg5 45.Rh8 f5 46.b4 f4 47.b5 Rf3

48.h6 Re5 49.h7 Kh6 50.b6 Rb5 51.Rf8 Kxh7 52.Rxc4 Rxb6 53.Rh4+ Kg6 54.Ka3 Kg5 55.Rb4 Ra6+ 56.Ra4 Rb6 57.Rb4 Ra6+ 58.Ra4 Rxa4+ 59.Kxa4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Vilniuschess (lichess 2044) - JimWest (lichess 2094), lichess 3/1/2025

1.Nf3 d6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 f5 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.c3 c6 7.O-O f4 8.h3 O-O 9.Re1 a5 10.a4 Na6 11.Ng5 Kh8 12.Qb3 Qe8 13.Ne6 Bxe6 14.Qxe6 Nc5 15.Qa2 Qf7 16.Qxf7 Rxf7 17.Nc4 Nb3

18.Ra3 Nxc1 19.Rxc1 Nd7 20.Raa1 d5 21.Nd2 Nc5 22.Re1 dxe4 23.dxe4 Rd8 24.Rad1 Nd3 25.Bxd3 Rxd3 26.Nf3 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Bf6 28.Nxe5 Rf8 29.Nf3 h6 30.e5 Bd8 31.Rd7 b5 32.axb5 cxb5 33.e6 Bf6

34.Nd4 b4 35.cxb4 axb4 36.b3 Re8 37.Kf1 g5 38.f3 Kg8 39.Ke2 Bxd4 40.Rxd4 Rxe6+ 41.Kd2 Ra6 42.Ke2 Re6+ 43.Kd2 Ra6 44.Ke1 Rb6 45.Ke2 Kf7 46.h4 Kf6 47.hxg5+ hxg5 48.Kf2 Ke5 49.Rc4 Kf5

50.g4+ fxg3+ 51.Kxg3 Rb5 52.Kf2 Rb8 53.Rc5+ Kf4 54.Rc4+ Kf5 55.Kg3 Rb5 56.Re4 Rb8 57.Rd4 Rb5 58.Rd8 Kf6 59.Kg4 Ke7 60.Rd4 Ke6 61.Rc4 Kf6 62.Rc8 Rd5 63.Rc6+ Ke7 64.Rb6 Rd4+ 65.Kxg5 Rd3 66.f4 Rxb3

67.f5 Rg3+ 68.Kf4 Rc3 69.Rxb5 Kf7 70.Rb6 Rc1 71.Rb7+ Kf6 72.Rb6+ Kf7 73.Ke4 Re1+ 74.Kd3 Rd1+ 75.Ke4 Re1+ 76.Kf4 Rf1+ 77.Kg4 Rg1+ 78.Kh3 Rh1+ 79.Kg2 Rh5 80.Rb5 Kf6 81.Kg3 Rxf5 82.Rxf5+ Kxf5, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/28/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1946) - DarkGreen216 (Chess.com 1837), Chess.com 2/28/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Nxe2 dxe4 7.fxe5 exd3 8.exf6 dxe2 9.Qxe2+ Kd7 10.exf7 Bxg7

11.Qg4+ Kc6 12.Qxg7 Re8+ 13.Kf2 Qh4+ 14.g3 Qe4 15.Qc3+ Kb6 16.Qe3+ c5 17.Qxe4 Rxe4 18.Nc3 Re6 19.Be3 Nc6

20.Nd5+ Ka5 21.Bd2+ Nb4 22.a3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

JorgeMaria (lichess 2092) - JimWest (lichess 2076), lichess 2/28/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Bg4 6.Qa4+ Qd7 7.Qxd7+ Nxd7 8.Be2 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 c6 10.O-O Ngf6 11.b4 a6 12.a4 d5 13.Be3 Bd6 14.Nd2 O-O

15.b5 axb5 16.axb5 cxb5 17.Bxd5+ Nxd5, White resigns.