2 PCG Games 1/20/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Hercules2207 (Chess.com 1833) - JimWest (Chess.com 1953), Chess.com 1/20/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Be3 Bxf5 8.Nh3 c6 9.Nf4 Bd6 10.g3 O-O 11.Bg2 Na6 12.O-O Qd7 13.Qd2 Rae8 14.Rfe1 Nc7 15.Nce2 Ng4 16.Kh1 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Ne6 18.Nxe6 Bxe6 19.Rf1 Bh3

20.Kg1 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Rf3 22.Qg5 Ref8 23.Nc3 Qf7 24.Nd1 h6 25.Qd2 Qg6 26.c3 h5 27.Ne3 h4 28.Qe1 Bf4 29.Nc2 hxg3 30.hxg3 Bxg3 31.fxg3 Rxf1 32.Qxf1 Rxf1 33.Rxf1 Qg4

34.Rf2 e3 35.Nxe3 Qe4+ 36.Rf3 g5 37.Kf2 Qd3 38.Rf5 Qd2+ 39.Kf3 Qxb2 40.Rxg5+ Kf7 41.Rf5+ Ke7 42.g4 Qxc3 43.Re5+ Kd7 44.g5 Qxd4 45.Re7+ Kc8 46.Rf7 Qe4+ 47.Kf2 Qh4+ 48.Kf3 Qxg5

49.Nf5 Qh5+ 50.Ke3 Qxf7 51.Nd6+ Kc7 52.Nxf7 c5 53.Kd3 b5 54.Ne5 a5 55.Nf3 b4 56.Nd2 a4 57.Nb1 Kc6 58.a3 Kb5 59.Kc2 bxa3 60.Nxa3+ Kb4 61.Kb2 d4

62.Nc2+ Kc4 63.Ka3 Kc3 64.Ne1 d3 65.Ng2 Kd2 66.Kxa4 c4 67.Nh4 c3 68.Nf3+ Ke3 69.Ne5 d2 70.Kb3 d1=Q+, Whitw resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Arimak1234 (lichess 2159) - JimWest (lichess 2069), lichess 1/20/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Ng5 d5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.f3 h6 9.fxe4 Bg4 10.Nf3 dxe4 11.h3 exf3 12.hxg4 Qe7+ 13.Kf2 Qe2+ 14.Qxe2 fxe2 15.Kxe2 Nxg4 16.Bf4 Bd6 17.Ba4+ Ke7 18.Bxd6+ Kxd6 19.Nc3 Nc6

20.Nb5+ Kd7 21.d5 Rae8+ 22.Kf3 Nce5+ 23.Kg3 c6 24.Nd4 Nf6 25.dxc6+ Nxc6 26.Nxc6 bxc6 27.Rad1+ Kc7 28.Rhe1 Ne4+ 29.Kf3 Rhf8+ 30.Ke3 Nc5+ 31.Kd4 Nxa4

32.b3 Nb6 33.Rg1 Rd8+ 34.Kc3 Rxd1 35.Rxd1 Nd5+ 36.Kd4 Rf4+ 37.Ke5 Rf2 38.g4 Rxc2 39.Ke6 Rxa2 40.Kf7 g5 41.Kg6 Rh2 42.Ra1 Kb7 43.Ra4 Rh3 44.Rb4+ Nxb4, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 1/19/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Jalapindraj (Chess.com 1901) - JimWest (Chess.com 1958), Chess.com 1/19/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bb3 Na6 8.a3 Nc5 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.exf5 Nxb3 11.cxb3 Bxf5 12.O-O O-O 13.d4 e4 14.Nd2 d5 15.Ndb1 Qb6 16.b4 Qxd4 17.Qa4 e3

18.fxe3 Qxe3+ 19.Kh1 Bxb1 20.Raxb1 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Qxc3 22.Rxf8+ Rxf8 23.Qxa7 Qd3 24.Rg1 Qa6 25.Qe3 Qc4 26.Qe6+ Kh8 27.Qe7 Rg8 28.Qxb7 h6 29.h3 d4 30.a4 d3 31.b5 cxb5 32.Qxb5 Qxb5 33.axb5 Rb8 34.Rd1 Rxb5 35.Rxd3 Kh7

36.Kh2 h5 37.h4 Rb4 38.Kh3 Rg4 39.Rd5 g6 40.Rd7+ Kh6 41.Rd6 Kg7 42.Rd5 Kf6 43.Ra5 Rf4 44.g3 Rf5 45.Ra6+ Kg7 46.Kg2 g5 47.hxg5 Rxg5 48.Kh3 Rg6 49.Ra5 Kh6 50.Ra8 Rb6

51.Rh8+ Kg5 52.Rg8+ Rg6 53.Ra8 Kh6 54.Ra4 Rb6 55.Kh4 Rc6 56.Re4 Ra6 57.Re5 Ra4+ 58.Kh3 Rg4 59.Re6+ Rg6 60.Re8 Ra6 61.Rh8+ Kg5 62.Rg8+ Rg6 63.Ra8 Kh6 64.Kh4 Rg4+ 65.Kh3 Rg6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Sobrao (lichess 2079) - JimWest (lichess 2067), lichess 1/19/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.Ng5 d5 8.Nc3 c6 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qh6 Nf5 11.Qh3 Qxg5 12.Be2 O-O 13.O-O Nd4 14.Qe3 Nxe2+ 15.Nxe2 Qxe5 16.f4 Qg7 17.c4 Re8 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Nd4 Nc6

20.Nb5 d4 21.Qa3 Bf5 22.Rad1 d3 23.Nd6 Qd4+ 24.Kh1 e3 25.Nxf5 gxf5 26.Rxd3 Qb4 27.Rxe3 Qxa3 28.Rxa3 Re2 29.Rb3 b6 30.Kg1 Rd8 31.h3 Rdd2

32.Rc1 Rxg2+ 33.Kf1 Rdf2+ 34.Ke1 Rg1+ 35.Kxf2 Rxc1 36.Ke3 Na5 37.Rd3 Nc4+ 38.Kd4 Nxb2 39.Rd2 Nc4 40.Rg2+ Kh8 41.Rg5 Nd6 42.Kd5 Rd1+ 43.Ke6 Ne4 44.Rxf5 Rd8 45.Rf7 Rg8 46.Rxa7 Nc5+ 47.Kd5 Rf8 48.Kc6 Rf6+ 49.Kb5 Nd3 50.f5 h5

51.a4 h4 52.Rb7 Nb2 53.Rc7 Rxf5+ 54.Kxb6 Nxa4+ 55.Ka6 Nc5+ 56.Kb6 Ne6 57.Rc6 Re5 58.Rc4 Rh5 59.Kc6 Ng5 60.Rc3 Kg7 61.Kd7 Nxh3 62.Rxh3 Kg6

63.Ke6 Kg5 64.Ra3 h3 65.Ke5 h2 66.Rg3+ Kh4+ 67.Kf4 Rf5+ 68.Kxf5 Kxg3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 1/18/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

kanayoo (Chess.com 1832) - JimWest (Chess.com 1956), Chess.com 1/18/2025

1.e4 e5 2.d3 d6 3.c3 Nc6 4.Nd2 Be7 5.Ngf3 f5 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.a3 Nf6 8.Qb3 Qd7 9.Ng5 d5 10.Qxb7 O-O 11.Qb3 h6 12.Ngf3 Rab8 13.Qa2 Kh8 14.h3 e4 15.dxe4 dxe4 16.Nh2 Bd6 17.Nc4 Rbd8 18.Be3 Nd5 19.Nxd6 Qxd6

20.O-O-O Qe6 21.Bc5 Nxc3 22.Qxe6 Rxd1+ 23.Kc2 Bxe6 24.Bxf8 Rd8 25.Bxg7+ Kxg7 26.Kxc3 Ne5 27.Be2 Nd3 28.Rd1 Rf8 29.f3 Nf4 30.Bf1 e3 31.Re1 e2

32.Bxe2 Nxg2 33.Rg1 Bxh3 34.Bf1 Rf6 35.Ng4 Rxf3+ 36.Kd2 Bxg4 37.Rxg2 Rxf1 38.Rxg4+ Kh7 39.Ra4 Rf7 40.Rxa7 h5 41.Rb7 Kh6 42.Rb4 c5 43.Rb5 Rf5 44.b4 h4 45.Rb6+ Kg5 46.b5 h3 47.Rb8 Kg4 48.b6 h2 49.Rh8 Rh5 50.Rxh5 Kxh5

51.b7 h1=Q 52.b8=Q Qg2+ 53.Kc3 Qf3+ 54.Kb2 Qe2+ 55.Kb3 Qd3+ 56.Ka2 c4 57.Qh8+ Kg5 58.Qg7+ Kf4 59.Qf6+ Ke3 60.Qe5+ Kd2 61.Qh2+ Qe2 62.Qxe2+ Kxe2 63.Kb2 Kd2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

rabi456 (lichess 2044) - JimWest (lichess 2048), lichess 1/18/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.Nc3 fxe4 7.Nxe4 d5 8.Nc3 e4 9.Ne5 O-O 10.Be2 Nbc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.O-O Ng6 13.Na4 Nf4 14.g3 Nxe2+ 15.Qxe2 Bh3 16.Rfe1 Qf6 17.c3 h5 18.Nc5 Bg4 19.Qf1 h4

20.a4 Rae8 21.Re3 Rf7 22.Qg2 Ref8 23.Rf1 h3 24.Qh1 Bf3 25.Rxf3 Qxf3 26.Qxf3 Rxf3 27.Nd7 R8f5 28.Ne5 Rxe5 29.dxe5 Kf7 30.Rd1 Ke6

31.c4 dxc4 32.Rd4 Kxe5 33.Rxc4 Kd5 34.Rc3 Rxc3 35.bxc3 Kc4 36.Kf1 Kxc3 37.Ke2 Kb4 38.Ke3 Kxa4 39.Kxe4 Kb4 40.f4 a5 41.f5 a4

42.g4 a3 43.g5 a2 44.f6 gxf6 45.gxf6 a1=Q, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/17/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1953) - lucas_domiciano (Chess.com 1831), Chess.com 1/17/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 e5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.c3 O-O 8.O-O a5 9.a4 Be6 10.Ng5 Qc8 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Na3 exf4 13.Bxf4 e5 14.Bg5 Nd8 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Bg4 Qb8 17.Qb3+ Kg7 18.Nc4 Nc6 19.Ne3 Ne7

20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.Qxd5 Qa7+ 22.Kh1 Qb6 23.Qb5 Qxb5 24.axb5 b6 25.Bd7 Bg5 26.Bc6 Rxf1+ 27.Rxf1 Rf8 28.Rxf8 Kxf8 29.b3 Bd2 30.c4 Be3 31.g4 Kg7

32.Kg2 Kf6 33.Kf3 Bf4 34.h3 Kg5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Forest12Train (lichess 1957) - JimWest (lichess 2075), lichess 1/17/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.c3 Be7 8.h3 g5 9.d4 Qc7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Nh2 Bf6 12.Nd2 Be6 13.Nb3 Nd7 14.Qh5+ Bf7 15.Qxh7 Rh8 16.Qf5 O-O-O 17.Bd2 Rde8 18.Qg4 Be6 19.Qf3 Reg8

20.Ng4 Bxg4 21.Qxg4 Rh4 22.Qe6 g4 23.hxg4 Rgh8 24.f3 Qb6+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 1/16/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

aliakbar_sa84 (Chess.com 1971) - JimWest (Chess.com 1951), Chess.com 1/16/2025

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.Bg5 Be7 12.Bxf6+ Bxf6 13.Qxe4 Qxd4 14.Qxd4 Bxd4 15.c3 Bf6 16.Nd2 Kxh8 17.Ne4 Bg7 18.O-O-O Nc6 19.Nc5 Bf5

20.f4 b6 21.Nd7 Rd8 22.Ne5 Rxd1+ 23.Kxd1 Nxe5 24.fxe5 Bxe5 25.h3 Bd6 26.g4 Be6 27.Re1 Bxa2 28.Re8+ Kg7 29.h4 a5 30.Kc2 Bf7 31.Re3 h6

32.b3 Bg6+ 33.Kb2 Bf7 34.Kc2 Kf8 35.Kb2 Be7 36.h5 Bd6 37.Re4 Kg7 38.Re1 Bd5 39.c4 Bf3 40.Re6 Kh7 41.Rg6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2087) - Uber3 (lichess 2025), lichess 1/16/2025

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 Qxd5 10.Nc3 Qc6 11.Nxb5 Qxb5

12.Qc8+ Ke7 13.Bg5+ f6 14.exf6+ gxf6 15.O-O-O fxg5 16.Qd8+ Kf7 17.Nh3 h6 18.Rhf1+ Kg7 19.Qf6+ Kh7 20.Qf5+ Kg7 21.Qf7#.

PCG & PCG Reversed 1/15/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Expecions (Chess.com 1909) - JimWest (Chess.com 1951), Chess.com 1/15/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Qe2 f4 9.Ng5 h6 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nbd7 13.O-O-O b5 14.Bb3 Nc5 15.Ne2 Nxb3+ 16.axb3 a5 17.d4 O-O 18.c3 a4 19.bxa4 Rxa4

20.Kc2 Rfa8 21.dxe5 dxe5 22.g3 fxg3 23.Nxg3 Qf7 24.Rhg1 Kh8 25.Nf5 Rg8 26.Rd6 b4 27.Nxh6 b3+ 28.Kb1 Qa7 29.Kc1 Ra1+ 30.Kd2 Rxg1

31.Nxg8 Kxg8 32.Rd8+ Kf7 33.Qf5 Rb1 34.Kd3 Rd1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2073) - normdreama (lichess 2184), lichess 1/15/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bd6 5.fxe5 Bxe5 6.d4 Bd6 7.e5 Qe7 8.Qe2 Bg4 9.exd6 Bxe2 10.dxe7 Bxf1 11.Kxf1 Kxe7 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Nc3 c6 14.Nf3 Rhe8 15.Kf2 Kf8 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Rhe1 h6 18.h3 Nd7

19.Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.Re1 Rxe1 21.Nxe1 f5 22.Nd3 Ke7 23.h4 Kf6 24.Kf3 g5 25.hxg5+ hxg5 26.g4 f4 27.Nxf4 gxf4 28.Kxf4 Kg6 29.Ne2 Nf6 30.Ng3 b6 31.a4 Nd7

32.c3 c5 33.b3 a6 34.Nf5 b5 35.axb5 axb5 36.Ne7+ Kf7 37.Nxd5 cxd4 38.cxd4 Nb8 39.Nc7 b4 40.Nd5 Nc6 41.Ke4 Kg6 42.Ne3 Na5 43.Nc2 Kg5 44.Nxb4 Nxb3 45.d5 Kxg4

46.d6 Kg5 47.Kd5 Kf6 48.Nc6, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 1/14/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

akil40 (Chess.com 2016) - JimWest (Chess.com 1936), Chess.com 1/14/2025

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.Bh5+ g6 10.Be2 O-O 11.Bh6 Re8 12.O-O c6 13.a3 Bf8 14.Qd2 Nbd7

15.f4 Bxh6, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

arthurking22 (lichess 2035) - JimWest (lichess 2068), lichess 1/14/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nfd2 d5 6.Nb3 c6 7.c4 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+ 9.Qxd2 Ne7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.O-O-O a5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Qxd5+ Qxd5 15.Rxd5 Nc6 16.Bc4 Be6 17.Rc5 Bxc4 18.Rxc4 Nxe5

19.Rxe4 Nd3+ 20.Kb1 Nxf2 21.Rhe1 Nxe4 22.Rxe4 Rf1+ 23.Kc2 Rf2+ 24.Kc3 Rxg2 25.Re7 Rc8+ 26.Kd4 Rxb2 27.Rxb7 a4 28.Nc5 Rxb7 29.Nxb7 Rc2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 1/13/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

krishnahazarikamajuli0 (Chess.com 1840) - JimWest (Chess.com 1924), Chess.com 1/13/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.O-O Nd7 10.Re1 d5 11.Bb3 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 O-O 14.Qg4 Nc5 15.Ne2 Nxb3 16.axb3 Qc8 17.Qxc8 Rfxc8 18.Ng3 g6 19.Ra4 a6

20.Rg4 Kh8 21.Re3 Bg7 22.Rf3 Rf8 23.Rxf8+ Rxf8 24.Ne2 Re8 25.c3 Re6 26.Rb4 b5 27.c4 dxc4 28.bxc4 c5 29.Rb3 b4 30.Ng3 a5 31.d4 exd4 32.Rf3 Rd6 33.Ne4 Rc6 34.b3 h5 35.Rf7 d3 36.Rd7 Bd4

37.Kf1 a4 38.bxa4 b3 39.Rb7 b2 40.a5 Ra6 41.Nxc5 Bxc5 42.Rxb2 Rxa5 43.f3 Ra1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ural_Chess_Princess (lichess 2018) - JimWest (lichess 2058), lichess 1/13/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Nd2 Nf6 8.Be2 c6 9.O-O Bd6 10.f3 Qc7 11.h3 Bh2+ 12.Kh1 Nh5 13.f4 Ng3+  14.Kxh2 Nxf1+ 15.Qxf1 O-O 16.Nb3 Nd7 17.Be3 Nf6 18.Qf2 h5 19.Rf1 Kf7

20.Qg3 Rh8 21.h4 Bg4 22.f5 Qxg3+ 23.Kxg3 b5 24.a3 a5 25.Bxg4 Nxg4 26.Re1 b4 27.axb4 axb4 28.Nd1 Rhf8 29.Nf2 Nxe3 30.Rxe3 Kg8 31.Nc5 Rxf5

32.Rb3 Raf8 33.Nh3 Rb8 34.Nd7 Rb5 35.Ne5 c5 36.dxc5 Rxe5 37.c6 Rc5 38.Rxb4 Rxc6 39.c3 d3 40.Rb8+ Kh7 41.Ng5+ Rxg5+ 42.hxg5 Re6 43.g6+ Kxg6 44.Kf3 e2, White resigns.