2 PCG Reversed Games 5/30/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2015) - Ali4322 (Chess.com 1995), Chess.com 5/30/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Nxe2 exd3 8.exf6 dxe2 9.Qxe2+ Kd7 10.fxg7 Bxg7 11.Qg4+ Kc6 12.Qxg7 Re8+ 13.Kf2 Qh4+ 14.g3 Qe4 15.Qc3+ Kd7 16.Qd3+ Qxd3 17.cxd3 Nc6 18.Na3 Nd4 19.Be3 Nf5

20.Rhe1 Re6 21.Bf4 Rb6 22.Nc4 Rb4 23.b3 f6 24.Rac1 c6 25.Bd2 Rb5 26.Bc3 Rf8 27.Kg2 Rd5 28.Ne3 Nxe3+ 29.Rxe3 f5 30.Be5 Re8 31.d4 c5 32.Rxc5 Rxc5 33.dxc5 Kc6 34.Bf4 Rd8 35.Rc3 Rd1

36.b4 Rd4 37.a3 Kb5 38.Kf3 h5 39.h4 a5 40.bxa5 Kxa5 41.Rb3 Rc4 42.Rxb7 Rc3+ 43.Kg2 Rxc5 44.Rh7 Ka4 45.Rxh5 Rd5 46.Rh8 Kxa3 47.h5 Kb3 48.h6 Rd7 49.Rf8, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2050) - Onion_Baba (lichess 2032), lichess 5/30/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 d5 7.Qf3 dxe4 8.dxe4 Nc6 9.Bg5 Qe7 10.Nd2 Rd8 11.O-O-O a5 12.Bc4 a4 13.Ne2 Rb8 14.Ng3 b5 15.Bd5 Rxd5 16.exd5 Na5 17.Nh5 b4

18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Qg4+ Kf8 20.Qg7+ Ke8 21.Nxf6+ Kd8 22.Qg8+ Qf8 23.Qxf8+ Bxf8 24.cxb4 Bxb4 25.g4 Ba6 26.Nfe4 Bd3 27.a3 Bf8 28.Rhe1 Bh6 29.g5 Bf8 30.Re3 Ba6 31.Rc3 h6 32.h4 Bb7

33.Nc4 Nb3+ 34.Rxb3 axb3 35.Nxe5, Black forfeits.

2 PCG Games 5/29/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Tibor1947 (Chess.com 1991) - JimWest (Chess.com 2027), Chess.com 5/29/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Ng5 h6 10.Nf7 Rh7 11.Bxf4 Nbd7 12.Bg3 g5 13.h4 Rxf7 14.Bxf7+ Kxf7 15.hxg5 hxg5

16.Qg4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Igoris1111 (lichess 1942) - JimWest (lichess 2059), lichess 5/29/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ng1 Nf6 8.Bf4 Bd6 9.Qd2 O-O 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.O-O-O c6 12.Be2 a5 13.f3 Re8 14.fxe4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Rxe4 16.Bd3 Re8 17.Nf3 h6 18.Rde1 Bd7 19.Rxe8+ Bxe8

20.Re1 Nd7 21.Qe3 Nf6 22.h3 Bf7 23.Ne5 Re8 24.Qf2 Qc7 25.Rf1 Rf8 26.g4 Ne4 27.Qg2 c5 28.Bxe4 dxe4 29.Qxe4 cxd4 30.Nxf7 Rxf7 31.Rxf7 Qxf7 32.Qxd4 Qf1+ 33.Kd2 Qxh3

34.Qd5+ Kh8 35.Qd8+ Kh7 36.Qd5 Qxg4 37.Qxb7 Qd4+ 38.Ke2 a4 39.a3 h5 40.Qf3 g6 41.Qf7+ Kh6 42.Qf8+ Kh7 43.Qf7+ Kh6 44.Qf8+ Kh7 45.Qf7+, draw.

2 PCG Games 5/28/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Sasma1 (Chess.com 2041) - JimWest (Chess.com 2071), Chess.com 5/28/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.c3 Bg4 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qb3 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Nd7 11.Bxg8 Nc5 12.Qc4 b5 13.Bf7+ Qxf7 14.Qxf7+ Kxf7 15.Rd1 Be7 16.b4 Ne6 17.Bb2 Rhd8 18.Na3 a5

19.Nc2 axb4 20.cxb4 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Rxa2 22.Rb1 Ra4 23.Bc3 Ra2 24.Rc1 Bd6 25.Kf1 Kf6 26.Ne1 c5 27.bxc5 Bxc5 28.Nd3 Bd4 29.Bb4 Ra1 30.Ke2 Rxc1 31.Nxc1 Bc5 32.Bxc5 Nxc5

33.Na2 Ke6 34.Nb4 Nb3 35.Kd3 Nd4 36.Nd5 Kd6 37.Nxf4 Nxf3 38.Nh5 g6 39.Nf6 h5 40.h3 Ng5 41.Ne8+ Kc5 42.Nc7 Nxh3 43.Ne6+ Kd6 44.Nf8 g5 45.Nh7 Nxf2+ 46.Ke3 Nh3 47.Nf6 h4 48.Kf3 Nf4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

geeneecute (lichess 2055) - JimWest (lichess 2065), lichess 5/28/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.d5 c6 7.Bc4 Nf6 8.Nc3 b5 9.Bb3 b4 10.Ne2 cxd5 11.Nf4 Qa5 12.Nf1 Nc6 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Rc8 15.Ne3 Bg6 16.O-O Be7 17.Qg4 Rc7 18.h4 Ne5 19.Qh3 Rc5

20.h5 Bf7 21.Bxe4 O-O 22.Bd2 Nc4 23.Nxc4 Bxc4 24.Bf3 Bxf1 25.Rxf1 Rcf5 26.Bg4 R5f6 27.a3 d5 28.Bg5 bxa3 29.Bxf6 Bxf6 30.bxa3 d4 31.Qb3+ Kh8 32.Bf3 h6

33.a4 Qb6 34.Qxb6 axb6 35.Rb1 Bd8 36.Rb4 Rf4 37.c3 Be7 38.Rxd4 Rxd4 39.cxd4 Bb4 40.Kf1 Kg8 41.Ke2 Kf7 42.Kd3 Ke6 43.d5+ Kd6 44.Kc4 Be1 45.Kb5 Bxf2 46.a5 bxa5 47.Kxa5 Be3

48.Kb5 Bf2 49.Kc4 Bg3 50.Kd4 Be1 51.Ke4 Bc3 52.Kf5 Bf6 53.Kg6 Be5 54.g4 Bf6 55.Kf5 Bc3 56.g5 hxg5 57.Kxg5 Bb2 58.Kg6 Bc3 59.h6 gxh6 60.Kxh6 Bb2

61.Kg6 Bc3 62.Kh6 Bb2 63.Kg6 Bc3 64.Kh6, draw.

2 PCG Games 5/27/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

sozircon (Chess.com 1998) - JimWest (Chess.com 2076), Chess.com 5/27/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Nc3 c6 6.d4 e4 7.Qe2 d5 8.Bb3 Be7 9.Ne5 Nf6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.h3 h5 15.a3 h4 16.Na4 Be7 17.Rhe1 b5 18.Nc3 a5 19.a4 b4

20.Nb1 Qb7 21.f3 Bg5+ 22.Nd2 e3 23.Nf1 Rhe8 24.g4 Bg6 25.Kb1 Qb6 26.Ka2 Kb7 27.c3 Qa6 28.c4 Bf7 29.cxd5 Bxd5 30.Bxd5 Rxd5 31.Rd3 c5

32.Nxe3 Bxe3 33.Rxe3 Qxe2 34.R1xe2 Rxe3 35.Rxe3 cxd4 36.Rd3 Kc6 37.Kb3 Kc5 38.f4 g6 39.g5 Rf5 40.Rf3 Kd5 41.Rf2 d3 42.Rf1 Kd4 43.Re1 Rxf4 44.Re6 Rf3 45.Rxg6 Rxh3 46.Rd6+ Ke5 47.Rd8 Rg3

48.Kc4 Rxg5 49.Rxd3 Rg3 50.Rd2 h3 51.Rh2 Kf4 52.Kb5 Rg5+ 53.Kc4 Kg3 54.Rd2 h2 55.Rd1 Kg2 56.Rd2+ Kh3 57.Rd1 Rg1 58.Rd3+ Kh4 59.Rd4+ Rg4 60.Rxg4+ Kxg4

61.Kb5 h1=Q 62.Kxa5 Qb1 63.Kxb4 Qxb2+ 64.Ka5 Kf5 65.Ka6 Ke6 66.a5 Kd6 67.Ka7 Kc7 68.a6 Qb6+ 69.Ka8 Qxa6#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

khokan2024 (lichess 2025) - JimWest (lichess 2071), lichess 5/27/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.Re1 Nd7 7.d4 e4 8.d5 Nb6 9.Bb3 Nf6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.Nd4 Qd7 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Bf4 d5 14.Qe2 O-O 15.Bg5 Kh8 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nxf5 Qxf5 18.Rab1 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Rae8

20.c4 dxc4 21.Bxc4 Nxc4 22.Qxc4 Qxf2+ 23.Kh1 e3 24.Rf1 e2 25.Rxf2 e1=Q+ 26.Rf1 Rxf1+ 27.Qxf1 Qxf1+ 28.Rxf1 Kg8 29.h3 Re2 30.Rc1 Kf7 31.Kg1 Ke6

32.Kf1 Rd2 33.a4 a5 34.Re1+ Kd6 35.c3 Rd3 36.Rc1 Kc5 37.Ke2 Kc4 38.Rf1 Rd7 39.Rf3 Kb3 40.Rf5 Kxa4 41.Rc5 Rc7 42.Kd3 h6 43.Kc4 g5 44.g4 Rf7 45.Rxc6 Rf4+ 46.Kc5 Kb3 47.Ra6 a4

48.c4 Rxc4+ 49.Kd5 Rf4 50.Ke6 a3 51.Rb6+ Rb4 52.Ra6 Ra4 53.Rb6+ Kc4 54.Rc6+ Kd4 55.Kf5 a2 56.Rxh6 a1=Q 57.Kxg5 Qc1+ 58.Kh5 Ra5+ 59.Kh4 Qxh6+ 60.Kg3 Ra3+ 61.Kg2 Qxh3+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/26/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

werdasliestist (Chess.com 1967) - JimWest (Chess.com 2099), Chess.com 5/26/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Bh5+ Kf8 11.O-O Kg8 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Nc3 c6 14.Bf7+ Kxh8 15.Bxe6 Qxe6 16.Ne2 Rf8 17.Bh4 Ng4 18.Bg3 e3 19.fxe3 Nxe3

20.Rxf8+ Nxf8 21.Qd3 Nxc2+ 22.Kh1 Nxa1 23.Nf4 Qe3 24.Qb1 Nc2 25.Qf1 Nb4 26.Nh3 Nd3 27.Bf4 Qe1 28.Qxe1 Nxe1 29.b3 Nd3 30.Bg3 h6 31.a3 a5 32.b4 axb4 33.axb4 Nxb4 34.Ng1 Nd3

35.Be5 Nxe5 36.g4 Nxg4 37.h4 Bxg1 38.Kg2 Ba7 39.h5 Nf6 40.Kf3 Nxh5 41.Kg4 Nf6+ 42.Kf5 d4 43.Ke5 d3 44.Kd6 d2 45.Ke7 Kg8 46.Kd8 d1=Q+ 47.Kc7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

weak_and_annoying (lichess 2052) - JimWest (lichess 2065), lichess 5/26/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.g4 h5 7.Bg2 d5 8.h3 hxg4 9.hxg4 Rxh1+ 10.Bxh1 g6 11.fxg6 Bxg4 12.f3 exf3 13.Bxf3 Qe7+ 14.Kf1 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Nc6 16.Nf7 Nxd4 17.Qf2 Qe4

18.Bg5 Qh1+ 19.Qg1 Qxg1+ 20.Kxg1 Nf3+ 21.Kg2 Nxg5 22.Nxg5 O-O-O 23.Nd2 Bh6 24.Ndf3 Rg8 25.Nf7, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/25/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Balanced_Tiger (Chess.com 2068) - JimWest (Chess.com 2063), Chess.com 5/25/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Be2 Bc5 7.Bg4 c6 8.O-O Na6 9.e6 Nf6 10.Nf7 Qe7 11.Nxh8 Bxe6 12.Bxe6 Qxe6 13.Bg5 Kf8 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Nc3 Kg8 16.Kh1 Kxh8 17.Qe2 Rf8 18.Kg1 Nc7 19.Na4 Bd4

20.c3 Be5 21.f3 Qh6 22.g3 e3 23.f4 Bd6 24.Qxe3 Ne6 25.Rae1 Nc7 26.Nc5 b6 27.Nd3 Qf6 28.Qd4 Qf5 29.Kg2 c5 30.Qe3 Re8 31.Qd2 d4 32.Rxe8+ Nxe8 33.Re1 Nf6 34.cxd4 cxd4 35.Qe2 h5

36.Nf2 Qd5+ 37.Ne4 Bb4 38.Kf3 Bxe1 39.Qxe1 d3 40.Qc1 Qxe4+ 41.Kf2 Ng4+ 42.Kf1 Qe2+ 43.Kg1 Qf2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2061) - Roadto2thausend (lichess 1985), lichess 5/25/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Nfd7 6.d4 b6 7.Bc4 Qh4+ 8.g3 Qe7 9.Ne2 Bb7 10.O-O f6 11.e6 Nc5 12.dxc5 Qxc5+ 13.Qd4 Qc6 14.Nbc3 Bc5 15.Bb5 Bxd4+ 16.Nxd4 O-O 17.Bxc6 Nxc6 18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.Be3 Rfe8

20.Rad1 Rxe6 21.Rd4 Rae8 22.Rfd1 R8e7 23.Rd8+ Kf7 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.R8xd5 Ke8 26.Rd8+ Kf7 27.R8d7 Ke8 28.Rxe7+ Kxe7 29.Kf2 f5 30.Ke2 c5 31.c4 h6 32.h4 a5 33.a4 Rc6

34.h5 Re6 35.Rd5 Kf6 36.Bf4 g5 37.hxg6 Kxg6 38.Rd6, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/24/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

GraniteCastle (Chess.com 2024) - JimWest (Chess.com 2061), Chess.com 5/24/2025

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.Ne4 exf2+ 11.Nxf2 Nc6 12.cxd4 Qxd4 13.Qxd4 Nxd4 14.Ra2 Bf5 15.g4 Bg6 16.Bg2 O-O-O 17.O-O Ne7 18.Bg5 Rde8 19.Re1 Nec6

20.Bf4 Rhf8 21.Bg3 Nf3+ 22.Bxf3 Rxf3 23.Rc1 Nxe5 24.Re2 Nc6 25.Rxe8+ Bxe8 26.Re1 Bg6 27.h4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Igor959 (lichess 2035) - JimWest (lichess 2062), lichess 5/24/2025

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.fxe3 Qxg5 11.exd4 Qh4+ 12.g3 Qe4+ 13.Kf2 Ne7 14.Bg2 O-O+ 15.Bf4 Rxf4+ 16.gxf4 Qxf4+ 17.Kg1 Nbc6

18.Qf3 Nxd4 19.Qxf4 Ne2+ 20.Kf2 Nxf4 21.Be4 c6 22.Ke3 Nfg6 23.Rab1 Nxe5, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/23/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

HnblBrk01 (Chess.com 1922) - JimWest (Chess.com 2054), Chess.com 5/23/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Qe2 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.Ng5 Qc7 9.Bf7+ Kf8 10.Be6 h6 11.Bxc8 Qxc8 12.Nh3 g5 13.f3 Qc7 14.a4 a5 15.Kf2 Nbd7 16.Ra3 Kg7 17.g3 d5 18.Ra1 Bc5+ 19.Kg2 Rhg8

20.exd5 Nxd5 21.Ne4 Be3 22.Nhf2 Bxc1 23.Rfxc1 Kh8 24.c4 Ne3+ 25.Kh1 Rae8 26.Nd1 Nxd1 27.Qxd1 Rgf8 28.g4 Nf6 29.Qe2 Rd8 30.Nc5 Rfe8 31.Rc3 Rd4 32.Rb3 b6 33.Ne4 Nxe4 34.fxe4 c5

35.Kg2 Rf8 36.Kf3 Rf6 37.Rh1 Qd7 38.Ra3 h5 39.h3 h4 40.Qc2 Rfd6 41.Rd1 Kg7 42.Qb3 Kf6 43.Ke2 Qc6 44.Qb5 Qxb5 45.axb5 Ke6 46.Rc3 Kd7 47.Rf1 Rf6 48.Rf3 Kc7 49.Kd2 Rfd6 50.Kc2 Kb7 51.Kb3 Ka7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2088) - Aderiho (lichess 2096), lichess 5/23/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nf3 d6 6.c3 Bg4 7.Be2 a6 8.a4 Qe7 9.Na3 O-O 10.f5 d5 11.Qc2 dxe4 12.dxe4 Rfd8 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Nc4 b5 16.axb5 axb5 17.Rxa8 Rxa8 18.Ncd2 Ra1+ 19.Nb1 Kh7

20.b4 Bb6 21.Qb2 Ra8 22.Nbd2 Rd8 23.Bxb5 Ne7 24.Be2 c5 25.O-O cxb4+ 26.Kh1 bxc3 27.Qxc3 Qd6 28.h3 Bxf3 29.Nxf3 Rc8 30.Qxe5 Qd7 31.f6 Ng6

32.Qb2 gxf6 33.Qxb6 Nf4 34.Ba6 Rc6 35.Qb7 Qe6 36.Nd4 Qxe4 37.Rg1, Black forfeits.

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/22/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2053) - Vihaan_Vijaya (Chess.com 2014), Chess.com 5/22/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxf4 Bc5 7.d4 Bb6 8.Nf3 c5 9.c3 Nc6 10.Bb5 cxd4 11.cxd4 Ba5+ 12.Nc3 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 O-O 14.O-O Nb6 15.a4 Bf5 16.a5 Nd7 17.a6 Qb6 18.axb7 Rab8 19.Bxc6 Qxc6

20.e6 fxe6 21.Bxb8 Rxb8 22.Rxa7 Qxc3 23.Qa4 Qc7 24.Ra8 h6 25.Qxd7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

anonimousFL (lichess 2066) - JimWest (lichess 2089), lichess 5/22/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Nf7 Kxf7 13.Bc4+ Kg7 14.O-O-O Nc6 15.Bxf6+ Bxf6 16.Qg3+ Kh8 17.Rhe1 Bf5 18.Kb1 Nxd4

19.c3 e3+ 20.Kc1 exf2 21.Qxf2 Bg5+ 22.Re3 Qe7 23.Rde1 Re8 24.cxd4 Qxe3+, White resigns.