2 PCG Games 1/30/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

selian12 (Chess.com 1909) - JimWest (Chess.com 1942), Chess.com 1/30/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Be2 c6 12.O-O Nbd7 13.f4 Qe8 14.Kh1 h6 15.Bh4 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Nh7 17.Bg4 Bf5 18.Bxf5 Rxf5 19.Qg4 Qs6

20.Rab1 b5 21.Bf2 Rxe5 22.Qg3 Rf5 23.Bd4 Nf6 24.Qg6 e3 25.Rbe1 Qe4 26.Rxe3 Rxf4 27.Rxe4 Rxf1+ 28.Bg1 Nxe4 29.h4 Rf6 30.Qg4 Raf8

31.Kh2 Kh8 32.Bxa7 Rf4 33.Qh3 Nf2 34.Qg3 Rg4 35.Bxf2 Rxg3 36.Kxg3 h5 37.Bd4 Kh7 38.Be5 g6 39.Bf4 Re8 40.Kf3 Re1 41.g3 Ra1 42.Bd6 Ra2 43.Ke3 Rxc2 44.Kd3 Rc1 45.Kd4 Kg8 46.Be5 Re1 47.Bd6 Re4+ 48.Kd3 Kf7 49.Bc5 Ke6

50.Bd4 Rg4 51.Bf2 Kd6 52.Ke3 c5 53.Kf3 Ra4 54.g4 Rxg4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Niebel (lichess 2040) - JimWest (lichess 2081), lichess 1/30/2025

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd9+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4

8.Nf7 Nxf7, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 1/29/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1934) - Amar_satria1989 (Chess.com 1895), Chess.com 1/29/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Ng4 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Nf3 Re8 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.O-O Nf6 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Nd5

14.Ng5 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Bxc3 16.Bxh7+ Kh8 17.Nxf7+ Kxh7 18.Nxd8 Bxd4+ 19.Kh1 Rxd8 20.Qh5+ Kg8 21.Bg5 Bxa1 22.Bxd8 Bxe5 23.Bxc7 Bf6

24.Rxf6 gxf6 25.Qg6+ Kh8 26.Qxf6+ Kh7 27.Bf4, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2074) - PGlobal16 (lichess 2155), lichess 1/29/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 Nc6 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Bd3 f5 11.Be3 O-O-O 12.O-O Bxf3 13.gxf3 Bxe3+ 14.Nxe3 Nc5 15.Bxf5+ Kb8 16.f4 g6 17.Bh3 Rhf8 18.Bg2 Nd4 19.Rae1 Nce6

20.c3 Nf5 21.Nxf5 gxf5 22.Re2 Rg8 23.Kh1 Rg4 24.Bh3 Rxf4 25.Ref2 Rxf2 26.Rxf2 Ng5 27.Bxf5 Rf8 28.Kg2 Rg8 29.Kf1 Re8 30.h4 Nf7 31.Bd7 Re7 32.e6, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 1/28/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

UmitKececi (Chess.com 1725) - JimWest (Chess.com 1923), Chess.com 1/28/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.d5 c6 8.dxc6 bxc6 9.b3 d5 10.Bb2 Bd6 11.f3 e3 12.Ndb1 O-O

13.g4 Nxg4 14.fxg4 Qh4+ 15.Ke2 Qf2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Chent26 (lichess 2171) - JimWest (lichess 2076), lichess 1/28/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Be3 O-O 12.Rae1 Bxc4 13.Nxc4 Ne6 14.Nxd6 cxd6 15.h3 d5 16.Ne2 Rac8 17.c3 a6 18.Rd1 Rfd8 19.f5 Nf8

20.Nf4 b5 21.g4 h6 22.Rd4 Rc4 23.Rfd1 Rxd4 24.Rxd4 Rd6 25.a4 N8d7 26.axb5 axb5 27.Ng6 Ra6 28.Ne7+ Kf7 29.Nxd5 Ra1+ 30.Kg2 Ra2 31.Bc1 Ne5 32.Nxf6 gxf6 33.Rxe4 Nd3

34.Bxh6 Rxb2+ 35.Kg3 Rc2 36.h4 Rxc3 37.Re3 b4 38.g5 Ne5 39.Rxc3 bxc3 40.g6+ Kg8 41.Bf4 c2 42.Bd2 Nd3 43.Kf3 c1=Q 44.Bxc1 Nxc1 45.Ke4 Ne2

46.Kd5 Kg7 47.Ke6 Nf4+ 48.Ke7 Nh5 49.Kd6 Ng3 50.Ke6 Nh5 51.Ke7 Nf4 52.Kd6 Nh5 53.Ke6 Nf4+ 54.Kd6 Nh5 55.Ke6 Nf4+, draw.

2 PCG Games 1/27/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

FaZebRuTal (Chess.com 1723) - JimWest (Chess.com 1904), Chess.com 1/27/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.Bd2 Nc6 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 O-O 12.Bb5 Re8 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.O-O Rxe6 15.f3 Qe8 16.fxe4 Nxe4 17.Bb4 Qg6 18.Qf3 Rf6

19.Qe3 Rxf1+ 20.Rxf1 a5 21.Bc5 Nxc5 22.dxc5 Re8 23.Qf3 Qe6 24.h3 Qe3+ 25.Kh1 Qxf3 26.Rxf3 Re2 27.Rc3 Kf7 28.Kg1 Ke6 29.Kf1 Re4 30.Rg3 g6 31.Rf3 Rc4 32.Re3+ Kd7 33.Rc3 Rxc3 34.bxc3 Ke6

35.Ke2 Ke5 36.Ke3 a4 37.g3 h6 38.Kd3 g5 39.Ke3 h5 40.Kd2 Ke4 41.Ke2 d4 42.c4 h4 43.g4 Kf4 44.Kf2 Ke5 45.Kf3 d3 46.cxd3 Kd4 47.Ke2 Kc3 48.Ke3 Kb3 49.Kd2 Kxa3

50.Kc3 Ka2 51.d4 a3 52.Kc2 Ka1 53.d5 a2 54.d6 cxd6 55.cxd6 c5 56.d7, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Alota (lichess 2108) - JimWest (lichess 2089), lichess 1/27/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Nbd2 c6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.Qb3 f4 9.d4 Bg4 10.Nc4 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nbd7 12.Rd1 O-O-O 13.O-O h6 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.Qa4 Kb8 17.Qa5 Qxa5 18.Nxa5 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Rd8

20.Rxd8+ Bxd8 21.Nb3 g5 22.Nd2 g4 23.Be2 h5 24.Bc4 Bb6 25.Kf1 h4 26.Be6 g3 27.hxg3 hxg3 28.fxg3 fxg3 29.Bf5 Be3 30.Nc4 Bf4 31.Ke2 Kc7

32.b3 b5 33.Nb2 Kd6 34.c4 a6 35.cxb5 cxb5 36.Nd3 Nh5 37.Bg6 Ng7 38.Kf3 Ne6 39.Nb4 a5 40.Nd5 a4 41.bxa4 bxa4 42.Kg4 a3 43.Bf7 Ng5 44.Bg6 Ne6 45.Bf5 Nd4 46.Nxf4 exf4 47.Kxf4 Ne2+ 48.Ke3 Nc3

49.Kd4 Nxa2 50.e5+ Ke7 51.Bb1 Na4 52.Ke4 a2 53.Bxa2 Nxa2 54.Kf3 Ke6 55.Kxg3 Kxe5 54.Kf2 Kf5 55.g4+ Kxg4, draw.

2 PCG Games 1/26/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Enipri (Chess.com 1776) - JimWest (Chess.com 1932), Chess.com 1/26/2025

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.Bc4 h5 11.h4 Rh7 12.b4 Bb6 13.Bd2 Nc6 14.O-O Nf6 15.Ng5 Rh8 16.c3 d3 17.Be3 Ne5 18.Bb3 Neg4 19.Bxb6 axb6

20.Nd2 Qe5 21.g3 e3 22.f4 Qxc3 23.Nce4 Nxe4 24.Nxe4 Qe5 25.Qf3 e2+ 26.Rf2 Qxa1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

a7sanya (lichess 1998) - JimWest (lichess 2091), lichess 1/26/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 exd4 8.cxd4 e3 9.Nf3 exf2+ 10.Kxf2 Nf6 11.Bc4 d5 12.Qa4+ c6 13.Bd3 O-O 14.Re1 Qd6 15.Nbd2 Bg4 16.Qb3 Qc7 17.Kg1 Bxf3 18.Nxf3 Nbd7 19.Re2 Rae8

20.Rae1 Rxe2 21.Rxe2 Re8 22.Qc2 Rxe2 23.Qxe2 Qd6 24.Ne5 Nxe5 25.dxe5 Qc5+ 26.Qf2 Qxf2+ 27.Kxf2 Ng4+ 28.Kg3 Nxe5 29.Be2 Kf7 30.Kf4 Kf6 31.g4 g5+ 32.Kg3 d4

33.b3 d3 34.Bd1 c5 35.a4 b6 36.h4 h6 37.h5 a6 38.Kf2 b5 39.axb5 axb5 40.Ke3 c4 41.bxc4 bxc4 42.Kd4 Ke6 43.Kc3 Kd5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 1/25/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Saranshkhati (Chess.com 1786) - JimWest (Chess.com 1927), Chess.com 1/25/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Qf3 Bb4 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 h6 12.Nh3 O-O 13.Qg3 Kh7 14.f3 f4 15.Qf2 Bxh3 16.gxh3 Qb6 17.Ba3 Qxf2+ 18.Rxf2 Rfe8 19.Ba4 a6

20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.Rab1 Rab8 22.Rb3 Rxb3 23.cxb3 g5 24.c4 e4 25.fxe4 dxe4 26.dxe4 Rxe4 27.Bb2 Kg6 28.Bxf6 Kxf6 29.Rd2 Ke7 30.Kf2 a5 31.Kf3 Re3+ 32.Kg4 f3 33.Rf2 Re2 34.Kg3 Kd6

35.Kxf3 Rxf2+ 36.Kxf2 Kc5 37.Ke3 Kb4 38.Kd3 Ka3 39.Kc3 c5 40.Kd3 Kxa2 41.Kc2 Ka3 42.Kc3 h5 43.h4 g4 44.Kc2 Kb4 45.Kb2 a4 46.bxa4 Kxa4 47.Kc3 Ka3 48.Kd2 Kb3 49.Kd3 Kb4

50.Ke4 Kxc4 51.Kf5 Kd5 52.Kg5 c4 53.Kxh5 c3 54.Kxg4 c2 55.h5 c1=Q 56.Kf5 Qh6 57.Kg4 Ke5 58.h3 Qf4#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

optiwari (lichess 1993) - JimWest (lichess 2080), lichess 1/25/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 c6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Qb3 Qb6 9.Bf7+ Ke7 10.exf5 Qxb3 11.Bxb3 Bxf5 12.Bc2 Nd7 13.Nbd2 Nc5 14.Ke2 Rhe8 15.b4 Ne6 16.h3 Nf4+ 17.Kf1 Bxd3+ 18.Bxd3 Nxd3

19.Ke2 Nf4+ 20.Kf1 Kf7 21.Re1 Nd5 22.Rc1 e4 23.Nd4 Bxd4 24.cxd4 Nxb4 25.a3 Nd3 26.Rc3 d5 27.Ke2 Kg8 28.a4 Nf4+ 29.Kf1 Ne6 30.Nb3 Rf8 31.Kg1 Rf6 32.g3 Raf8 33.Rc2 Rf3 34.Rb2 e3

35.fxe3 Rxg3+ 36.Kh2 Rxe3 37.Rg1 Rff3 38.Nc5 Nxc5 39.dxc5 Rxh3+ 40.Kg3 Rhg3+ 41.Kf2 Ref3+ 42.Ke2 Rxg1 43.Kxf3 Rf1+ 44.Ke3 Rf7 45.a5 a6 46.Kd4 Re7 47.Kd3 h5 48.Rg2 Kh7 49.Rg5 g6

50.Kd4 Kh6 51.Re5 Rxe5 52.Kxe5 h4 53.Kd6 h3 54.Kc7 h2 55.Kxb7 h1=Q 56.Kxc6 d4+ 57.Kb6 d3 58.c6 Qxc6+ 59.Kxc6 d2 60.Kb6 d1=Q 61.Kxa6 Qb3 62.Ka7 Qb5 63.a6 g5 64.Ka8 Qxa6+ 65.Kb8 g4 66.Kc7 g3, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 1/24/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

jeetdongle (Chess.com 1995) - JimWest (Chess.com 1918), Chess.com 1/24/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bh6+ Kxh8 12.Bxf8 Nc6 13.Qg5 Qxf8 14.c3 Qg7 15.h4 Be6 16.Qxg7+ Kxg7 17.Nd2 Re8 18.Nf1 Nd5 19.Kd2 Bf7

20.Re1 Nf4 21.g3 Nd3 22.Rb1 Nxf2 23.Rh2 Ng4 24.Re2 Bc4 25.Ree1 Bxf1 26.Rxf1 h5 27.Rbe1 Kg6 28.Rf4 e3+ 29.Ke2 Ne7 30.Ref1 Nd5 31.Rf8 Re7 32.c4 Ndf6 33.Rb8 b6 34.Rf3 a5

35.Rd8 Ne4 36.Rd5 Nd2 37.Rg5+ Kh6 38.Rf8 Ne4 39.Rh8+ Rh7 40.Rxh5+ Kxh5 41.Rxh7+ Kg6 42.Kf3 Kxh7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2084) - Dneprovskiy (lichess 1946), lichess 1/24/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Ng4 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Nf3 Qe7 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 a6 13.h3 Nh6 14.Qc2 f5 15.e5 Qe6 16.Ng5 Qg6 17.d5 Ne7

 

18.e6 Nxd5 19.Bc4 Ne7 20.Be3 b5 21.Bb3 Bb7 22.Rae1 Be4 23.Qd2 Rad8 24.Bd4 c5 25.Bf2 Bc6 26.Bd1 Kh8 27.Be3 Rfe8 28.Bf3 Qf6 29.Bxc6 Nxc6 30.Bf2 Qg6 31.Re2 Ne7 32.Rfe1 Kg8 33.Bh4 Kf8

34.Nf7 d5 35.Nxd8 Rxd8 36.Re5 Nhg8 37.Qf2 Rc8 38.Rd1 Nf6 39.Bxf6 gxf6 40.Rexd5 Nxd5 41.Rxd5 Qe8 42.Qe3 Qe7 43.Rd7 Qe8 44.Rxh7 Kg8 45.Rf7 Rd8 46.Qg3+ Kh8 47.Qg7#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/23/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1929) - AntonioPalaciosE (Chess.com 1849), Chess.com 1/23/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.f5 d5 8.Qc2 dxe4 9.dxe4 Ng4 10.h3 Ne3 11.Bxe3 Bxe3 12.Nbd2 a6 13.O-O-O b5 14.Kb1 Qe7 15.Be2 Bb7 16.Nf1 Bb6 17.g4 f6 18.h4 Rfd8

19.g5 Rxd1+ 20.Bxd1 Rd8 21.gxf6 Qxf6 22.Ng3 Na5 23.Nh5 Qf7 24.Ng5 Qc4 25.Be2 Qc6 26.Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.Qxd1 Qd6 28.Qxd6 cxd6 29.Bd3 Nc4 30.f6 gxf6 31.Nxf6+ Kg7 32.Nd5 Bxd5 33.exd5 h6 34.Ne4 Bc7

35.Bxc4 bxc4 36.Nd2 Kg6 37.Nxc4 Kh5 38.Kc2 Kxh4 39.Kd3 Kg3 40.Ke4 h5 41.Ne3 h4 42.Nf5+ Kg4 43.Ne3+ Kg5 44.Kf3 e4+ 45.Kxe4 h3 46.Kf3 Kh4 47.Nf5+ Kg5 48.Ne3 h2 49.Kg2 Bb6 50.Nf1 Kf4 51.Kxh2 Ke4 52.c4 Kd4 53.b3 Kc3

54.Ng3 Kb2 55.Ne4 Kxa2 56.b4 Kb3 57.c5 dxc5 58.bxc5 Bd8 59.d6 a5 60.c6 a4 61.Nc5+ Kb4 62.Nxa4 Bf6 63.c7 Kxa4 64.c8=Q Be5+ 65.Kg2 Bxd6 66.Qc6+ Ka5 67.Qxd6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

mohammadamin1399 (lichess 2121) - JimWest (lichess 2084), lichess 1/23/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.exd6 exf3 8.dxe7 Qxe7+ 9.Kd2 fxg2

10.Bxg2 Qg5+ 11.Kc3 Qxg2 12.Re1+ Kf7 13.Qh5+ g6 14.Qe5 Qc6+ 15.Kd2 Qd6+, White resigns.