PCG Reversed & PCG 7/1/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1978) - JohnVII (Chess.com 1968), Chess.com 7/1/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 Ng4 6.Nh3 Nf6 7.f5 Nc6 8.Bg5 dxe4 9.dxe4 Nd4 10.Nd5 Be7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.c3 Nc6 13.Bb5 O-O 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.O-O Ba6 17.Re1 Rfd8 18.Qa4 Bb5 19.Qa3 Rd2

20.Rad1 Rd6 21.Rxd6 cxd6 22.b3 c5 23.c4 Bc6 24.Qc1 Qh4 25.Qe3 a5 26.a4 Rb8 27.Nf2 h6 28.Rd1 Qe7 29.Rd3 Kh7 30.Qd2 Qh4 31.g3 Qe7 32.Qxa5 g6 33.f6 Qxf6

34.Qc7 Bxe4 35.Nxe4 Qf5 36.Qxb8 Qxe4 37.Qxd6 Qe1+ 38.Kg2 e4 39.Rd1 Qe2+ 40.Kg1 Qe3+ 41.Kf1 Qf3+ 42.Kg1 Qe3+ 43.Kg2 Qf3+ 44.Kg1 Qe3+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

MoonlightRider (lichess 2155) - JimWest (lichess 2033), lichess 7/1/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.c4 c6 8.Nxe4 Be7 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Bb5+ Nc6 11.Ng3 Bxe6 12.O-O Nf6 13.Re1 Bd7 14.Nc3 O-O 15.Nxd5 Bc5 16.Be3 Bxe3 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.fxe3 Rad8 19.Qb3+ Be6

20.Bc4 Bxc4 21.Qxc4+ Kh8 22.Rf1 Qxb2 23.Rab1 Rxf1+ 24.Qxf1 Qe5 25.Rxb7 Qxe3+ 26.Kh1 Qe6 27.a4 h6 28.h3 Re8 29.Nh5 Qe1 30.Qxe1 Rxe1+ 31.Kh2 Re7 32.Rxe7 Nxe7

33.Kg3 a5 34.Kf4 Nd5+ 35.Kf5 Kh7 36.Nf4 Nc3 37.Nd3 Nxa4 38.Ke5 Nc3 39.Kd4 Ne2+ 40.Kc4 g5 41.Kb5 Nf4 42.Nxf4 gxf4 43.Kxa5 Kg6

44.Kb4 Kh5 45.Kc4 Kh4 46.Kd4 Kg3 47.Ke4 h5 48.h4 Kg4 49.Ke5 Kxh4 50.Kxf4, stalemate.

2 PCG Games 6/30/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

blundergrijander (Chess.com 1878) - JimWest (Chess.com 1971), Chess.com 6/30/2025

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.Ng6 hxg6 13.Bxg6 Nbd7 14.Be3 Bd6 15.f4 Ng4

16.f5 Nxe3 17.Qh5 Nf6 18.Qg5 Bd7 19.Qxe3 Bc5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ain-7 (lichess 2029) - JimWest (lichess 2051), lichess 6/30/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.d4 e4 7.Ng5 d5 8.Be2 Nf6 9.O-O Bd6 10.g4 Bc8 11.Nh3 O-O 12.Nf4 Qc7 13.Qd2 Bxf4 14.Qxf4 Qxf4 15.Bxf4 Bxg4 16.f3 exf3 17.Bxf3 Bxf3 18.Rxf3 Ne4 19.Kg2 Nd7

20.Nd2 Nxd2 21.Bxd2 Rxf3 22.Kxf3 Rf8+ 23.Kg3 Nf6 24.Bb4 Re8 25.Rf1 Re2 26.c3 Rxb2 27.a3 b6 28.Rf5 a5 29.Be7 Kf7 30.Bd8 Rb3 31.Re5 Rxc3+ 32.Kf4 Rxa3

33.Re7+ Kg6 34.Bxb6 a4 35.Ra7 Ra2 36.Bc5 Rxh2 37.Bf8 Nh5+ 38.Ke5 Rf2 39.Bc5 Rf5+ 40.Ke6 Rf6+ 41.Kd7 Rf7+ 42.Kxc6 Rxa7 43.Kxd5 Ra5 44.Kc4 a3 45.d5 Rxc5+ 46.Kxc5 a2 47.d6 a1=Q 48.d7 Qa7+ 49.Kd6 Qxd7+ 50.Kxd7 Nf6+ 51.Ke6 h5

52.Ke5 Kg5 53.Kd4 Kf4 54.Kd3 Kf3 55.Kd2 Kf2 56.Kd3 h4 57.Kd4 h3 58.Ke5 h2 59.Kf5 h1=Q 60.Kg6 Qg2+ 61.Kf7 Ne4 62.Kg8 g5 63.Kh8 g4 64.Kh7 g3 65.Kh6 Qf3 66.Kh7 Qg4 67.Kh6 g2 68.Kh7 g1=Q 69.Kh8 Qh2#.