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

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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.