PCG & PCG Reversed 2/27/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

ConorMacD (Chess.com 1811) - JimWest (Chess.com 1940), Chess.com 2/27/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.Qd2 c6 12.h3 a5 13.g4 b5 14.b3 e3 15.Qxe3 Ne4 16.Bf3 b4 17.Bb2 Ng5 18.Bg2 Ba6 19.O-O-O Qf6

20.Rd2 Ne6 21.h4 Nf4 22.Bf3 a4 23.g5 Qd6 24.Kb1 axb3 25.axb3 Nd7 26.h5 Rae8 27.g6 h6 28.Rg1 Nxe5 29.dxe5 Qe6 30.Bg4 Qe7 31.f3 Ne6

32.Qb6 Qb7 33.Qe3 Qe7 34.Rf2 Nf4 35.Bd4 Ne6 36.Bb2 Nf4 37.Bd4 Ne6 38.Bb2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2059) - varnachess (lichess 2024), lichess 2/27/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.c3 Ne8 9.h3 f5 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.Qb3+ Kh8 12.Qxb7 Na5 13.Qa6 c6

14.b4 Nc7 15.Qxa5, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/26/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1947) - jugadordefifa (Chess.com 1747), Chess.com 2/26/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Ng4 7.Bxg4 Qh4+ 8.g3 Qxg4 9.Qxg4 Bxg4 10.Nd5 O-O-O 11.Be3 Nd4 12.Bxd4 Bxd4 13.c3 Bc5 14.b4 Bxg1 15.Rxg1 Rhe8 16.f5 c6 17.Ne3 Bh3 18.g4 d5

19.Rg3 d4 20.cxd4 exd4 21.Nc4 h5 22.Rxh3 hxg4 23.Rg3 g6 24.O-O-O gxf5 25.exf5 Re2 26.Rd2 Re1+ 27.Kb2 Rg8 28.Nd6+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Tony4455 (lichess 1984) - JimWest (lichess 2060), lichess 2/26/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.O-O f4 7.h4 Nxd4 8.c3 Nc6 9.Qb3 Be7 10.Nf7 Nxf7 11.Bxf7+ Kf8 12.Bh5 g6 13.Be2 Bxh4 14.g3 Kg7 15.gxh4 Qxh4 16.Bf3 Bh3 17.Re1 b6 18.Qc4 Bd7 19.b4 Rac8

20.Nd2 Nd8 21.Qf1 Nf7 22.a4 Ng5 23.Bg2 Rhf8 24.Nf3 Nxf3+ 25.Bxf3 Bh3 26.Bg2 Be6 27.f3 Qg3 28.Re2 Bc4 29.Bd2 Bxe2 30.Qxe2 Qg5 31.Rf1 h5

32.Rf2 a5 33.Kf1 axb4 34.cxb4 Qe7 35.Bh3 Ra8 36.Qd1 Ra7 37.Rg2 Kh7 38.Be1 Rfa8 39.Bh4 Qxh4 40.Qc2 Qe7 41.Kg1 Rxa4 42.Kh2 Rxb4 43.Qb6 Rba4 44.Qd5 R8a5 45.Qb7 Ra2 46.Qc8 Rxg2+ 47.Bxg2 Ra2 48.Qb7 Kh6

49.Qd5 Qg5 50.Qxa2 Qg3+ 51.Kg1 h4 52.Kf1 h3 53.Bh1 h2 54.Qg2 Qxg2+ 55.Kxg2 b5 56.Kxh2 b4 57.Bg2 b3 58.Bf1 c5 59.Kg2 b2 60.Bd3 c4 61.Bc2 c3 62.Kf2 Kg5 63.Ke2 Kh4 64.Kd3 Kg3 65.Kxc3 Kxf3 66.Kxb2 Ke2

67.Kc3 f3 68.Bd3+ Ke1 69.Kc4 f2 70.Kd5 f1=Q 71.Bxf1 Kxf1 72.Kxd6 Kf2 73.Kxe5 Kf3 74.Kf6 Kxe4 75.Kxg6, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/25/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

supreme2015 (Chess.com 1931) - JimWest (Chess.com 1952), Chess.com 2/25/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Ng1 f5

4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 c6 6.Nf3 Be7

7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O f4 9.h3 a5 10.d4 Qc7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Bc4+ Kh8 13.a4 Na6 14.Ng5 h6 15.Nf3 Nc5

16.Re1 Be6 17.b3 Bxc4 18.bxc4 Rad8 19.Qe2 Ne6 20.Bb2 Bb4 21.Red1 g5 22.Na2 Bd6 23.Rxd6 Qxd6 24.Nxe5 Qd2 25.Ng6+ Kg8 26.Qxd2 Rxd2 27.Nxf8 Nd4

28.Bxd4 Rxd4 29.Ne6 Rxe4 30.Nc5 Rxc4 31.Nxb7 Rxa4 32.Nc5 Rc4 33.Nb7 Rxc2 34.Nxa5 Ne4 35.f3 Ng3 36.Nab4 Rb2 37.Naxc6 Nf5 38.Re1 Ne3

39.g4 Rg2+ 40.Kh1 Rg3 41.Rf1 Nxf1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2054) - nono123444 (lichess 1991), lichess 2/25/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxg1 7.Rxg1 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 exf4 9.Bxf4 Nbd7 10.Nd2 h6 11.O-O-O Qe7 12.g4 g5 13.Bg3 Rc8 14.Rde1 Ne5 15.h3 c5 16.Kb1 a6 17.d4 cxd4 18.cxd4 Nc6 19.Qe3 Nd7

20.e5 d5 21.Nb3 O-O 22.Rgf1 Nb6 23.Rf6 Kg7 24.h4 Nd7 25.hxg5 Nd8 26.gxh6+ Kh8 27.g5 Nxf6 28.gxf6 Qe6 29.Rh1 Qf5+ 30.Ka1 Ne6 31.a3 Rg8 32.h7 Rg4 33.Bf2 Rc2

34.Rh2 Rxf2 35.Qxf2 Qxf2 36.Rxf2 Nxd4 37.Nxd4 Rxd4 38.e6 Rc4 39.exf7 Rc8 40.Rd2 Rf8 41.Rxd5 Rxf7 42.Rd6 Kxh7 43.Rb6 Kg6 44.Ka2 Kf5 45.a4 Ke5 46.a5 Kf5 47.b4 Kg6 48.Kb3 Rc7 49.Ka4 Kf7

50.b5 Rc4+ 51.Kb3 axb5 52.Rxb7+ Kxf6 53.Rxb5 Rc8 54.Rd5 Ke6 55.Rd1 Rb8+ 56.Ka4 Rb1 57.Rxb1, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 2/24/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

madehajabar (Chess.com 2000) - JimWest (Chess.com 1957), Chess.com 2/24/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Be2 Nf6 6.Ng5 c6 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.d3 d5 9.O-O h6 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.Qd1 O-O 12.Nh4 Bh7 13.Bg4 Nbd7 14.g3 Rae8 15.Bh5 Nxh5 16.Qxh5 Nf6 17.Qe2 e4 18.d4 g5 19.Ng2 Bg6

20.Be3 Bh5 21.Qd2 Qg7 22.b4 a6 23.a4 Bf3 24.Na3 Ng4 25.Nc2 Qg6 26.h3 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 Nxe3+ 28.Nxe3 h5 29.c4 dxc4 30.Nxc4 Bc7 31.a5 g4 32.h4 Rf3 33.Ne3 Rd8                    

34.Rad1 Qd6 35.Kh1 Rdf8 36.Ng2 Qg6 37.d5 Rd3 38.Qa2 cxd5 39.Rxd3 exd3 40.Qxd5+ Kh8 41.Rd1 Rxf2 42.Qd4+ Qf6 43.Qxd3 Rf3 44.Qd7 Bxg3 45.Qe8+ Kg7 46.Qd7+ Kh6 47.Qd2+ Kg6 48.Qc2+ Kh6 49.Qe2 Bxh4

50.Qd2+ Bg5 51.Qe2 Rf2 52.Qc4 Rxg2 53.Rf1 Rf2 54.Rxf2 Qxf2 55.Qe6+ Qf6 56.Qe2 Qf3+ 55.Qg2 Qxg2+ 56.Kxg2 Bd2 57.b5 axb5 58.Kg3 Bxa5 59.Kg2 Kg5 60.Kh2 h4 61.Kg2 h3+ 62.Kh1 g3 63.Kg1 b4 64.Kh1 b3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

masterilysic2003 (lichess 2009) - JimWest (lichess 2042), lichess 2/24/2025

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Nc3 f5 7.Bg5+ Nf6 8.O-O-O Ke8 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Bc4 Nc6 11.Rhe1 Rf8 12.Nb5 fxe4 13.Nxd6+ cxd6 14.Rxe4 Bf5 15.Ree1 Ke7 16.a4 Bg4 17.Re3 Rac8

18.Bd5 Bxf3 19.Rxf3 Nd4 20.Rc3 Ne2+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 2/23/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

marwandk (Chess.com 1912) - JimWest (Chess.com 1952), Chess.com 2/23/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.f4 Bc5 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qe2 c6 9.Nc3 Ne7 10.a3 O-O 11.Na4 Qa5+ 12.Nc3 Nf5

13.Bd2 e3 14.Bc1 Nd4 15.Qd3 Bf5 16.Qd1 Nxc2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

zedd7777 (lichess 2057) - JimWest (lichess 2053), lichess 2/23/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Bxg8 Rxg8 5.d3 Be7 6.Nc3 c6 7.h4 f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.d5 Bg4 10.Qd3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nd7 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Qh5+ g6 14.Qe2 Nf6 15.f3 Nh5 16.Qc4 O-O-O 17.Qa6+ Qb7 18.Qxb7+ Kxb7 19.Ne2 d5

20.exd5 cxd5 21.Bd2 Ka8 22.O-O-O d4 23.Rdg1 d3 24.cxd3 Rxd3 25.Bc3 Rc8 26.g4 fxg3 27.Nxg3 Nxg3 28.Rxg3 e4 29.Re1 Bxh4 30.Rgg1 Bxe1 31.Rxe1 exf3

32.Rf1 g5 33.Kc2 Rdxc3+ 34.bxc3 g4 35.Kd3 Re8 36.Rf2 h5 37.Rh2 Re5 38.c4 g3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 2/22/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

MisterMiles (Chess.com 1995) - JimWest (Chess.com 1949), Chess.com 2/22/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.d3 Be7 6.a3 h6 7.Nd5 Nf6 8.Nxe7 Qxe7 9.O-O f4 10.Re1 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 O-O-O 13.c3 g5 14.b4 h5 15.b5 Na5 16.Bd5 g4 17.hxg4 hxg4 18.Qe2 Nxd5 19.Qxg4+ Kb8

20.exd5 Nb3 21.Rb1 Nxc1 22.Rbxc1 Rh4 23.Qf3 Rdh8 24.Kf1 Qd7 25.a4 Qg4 26.Ke2 Qxf3+ 27.Kxf3 Kc8 28.d4 R8h5 29.dxe5 dxe5 30.c4 b6 31.Rcd1 Kd7 32.Re4 Kd6

33.Rde1 Rg5 34.g3 Rh3 35.Kg2 Rh6 36.Kf3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

salidhtr (lichess 1983) - JimWest (lichess 2042), lichess 2/22/2025

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e3 10.f4 c5 11.Be2 Ne7 12.O-O O-O 13.cxd4 cxd4 14.Bb2 Nbc6 15.Qb3 Kh8 16.Rad1 h6 17.Ne4 b6 18.Nd6 Nf5

19.Bf3 Nxd6 20.Bxc6 e2 21.Rxd4 exf1=Q+ 22.Kxf1 Rb8 23.Rxd6 Rxf4+ 24.Kg1 Qf8 25.Bf3 Bb7 26.Rd5 Bxd5 27.cxd5 Qc5+ 28.Kh1 Rbf8 29.h3 Qc4 30.Qxc4 Rxc4 31.e6 Rxf3 32.gxf3 Kg8 33.d6 Kf8 34.d7 Ke7 

35.Bxg7 Rc1+ 36.Kg2 Rd1 37.Bxh6 Kxe6 38.Bg5 Rxd7 39.h4 Kf5 40.f4 Rd2+ 41.Kf3 Rd3+ 42.Ke2 Rxa3 43.h5 Rh3 44.h6 Kg6, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 2/21/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

memedjava (Chess.com 1885) - JimWest (Chess.com 1948), Chess.com 2/21/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.O-O Nc6 5.d4 fxe4 6.Ng5 d5 7.Bb5 exd4 8.Qxd4 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.Nxd5 Bxh2+ 11.Kxh2 Qxd5 12.Qxd5 Nxd5 13.Nxe4 Nde7 14.Bf4 Bf5 15.Nc3 O-O-O 16.Bg5 h6 17.Bh4 g5 18.Bg3 Bxc2 19.Rac1 Bg6

20.Rfe1 a6 21.Ba4 b5 22.Bb3 Kb7 23.Ne4 Bxe4 24.Rxe4 Nf5 25.Re6 Ncd4 26.Rxc7+ Kb8 27.Rb6+ Ka8 28.Rxa6+ Kb8 29.Rb6+ Ka8 30.Be5 Nxb3 31.Ra6+ Kb8 32.Rca7+ Nd6 33.Ra8+ Kb7 34.R8a7+ Kb8 35.axb3 Rhe8

36.Ra8+ Kb7 37.R8a7+ Kb8 38.Ra8+ Kc7 39.Bxd6+ Rxd6 40.R6a7+ Kb6 41.Ra6+ Kc5 42.Rxd6 Rxa8 43.Rxh6 Kb4 44.Rg6 Kxb3 45.Rxg5 b4 46.Rb5 Ra2 47.f4 Rxb2 48.f5 Rf2 49.Kg3 Rf1 50.Kg4 Kc3

51.Kg5 b3 52.f6 b2 53.Kg6 Rg1 54.f7 Rxg2+ 55.Kf6 Rf2+ 56.Kg7 Rxf7+ 57.Kxf7 Kc2 58.Rc5+ Kb3 59.Rb5+ Kc2 60.Rc5+ Kb3 61.Rb5+ Kc2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Semen_Parashutkin (lichess 2020) - JimWest (lichess 2049), lichess 2/21/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e3 10.Nf3 exf2+ 11.Kxf2 dxc3 12.Qc2 Ne7 13.Bg5 O-O 14.Bd3 h6 15.Bh4 Nbc6 16.Rad1 Qd4+ 17.Ke1 Qe3+ 18.Qe2 Qxe2+ 19.Bxe2 Bg4

20.h3 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 g5 22.Bg3 Rad8 23.Kf2 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Rd8 25.Rc1 Rd2+ 26.Ke1 Nd4 27.Rxc3 Nxf3+ 28.Rxf3 Rc2 29.Rd3 Rxc4, White forfeits.

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/20/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1937) - silentcobra (Chess.com 1924), Chess.com 2/20/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qxg4 Bxb5 9.d5 Bc4 10.d6 Nc6 11.Qxe4 Be6 12.Nf3 f5 13.exf6 Qxf6 14.Ng5 Kd7 15.Qxe6+ Qxe6+ 16.Nxe6 Kxe6 17.O-O Bxd6 18.Nc3 b6

19.Bf4 Bxf4 20.Rxf4 Rhf8 21.Re1+ Kd7 22.Rxf8 Rxf8 23.Nb5 Rf6 24.c3 h6 25.Rd1+ Ke7 26.a4 g5 27.h3 Re6 28.Rd2 h5 29.Kf2 Re4 30.Re2 Rxe2+ 31.Kxe2 Ke6

32.Ke3 Ke5 33.g3 a6 34.Nc7 Nb8 35.c4 a5 36.Nd5 Nd7 37.b3 g4 38.h4 Kf5 39.Kd3 Ne5+ 40.Kc3 Nd7 41.Kd3 Ne5+ 42.Ke3 Nd7 43.Kd3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

BristlyRidge (lichess 2064) - JimWest (lichess 2050), lichess 2/20/2025

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.Be2, draw.