2 PCG Games 3/27/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

BrScF (Chess.com 1861) - JimWest (Chess.com 1959), Chess.com 3/27/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.b3 Bg4 9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.Bb2 O-O-O 11.Qc1 Ne7 12.a4 Ng6 13.a5 a6 14.Ba3 Bxa3 15.Qxa3 Qf8 16.b4 Nf6 17.Rfe1 Qe7 18.h3 h5

19.Qc3 Bxf3 20.Nxf3 Kb8 21.Bd3 Rd7 22.Rad1 Rhd8 23.Qb3 Nh7 24.c4 Ng5 25.Nxg5 Qxg5 26.Be2 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 28.Qxd1 Nh4 29.Bf1 Ka7 30.f3 Qg3 31.b5 cxb5 32.cxb5 axb5 33.Qb3 g5

34.Kh1 Qe1 35.Qxb5 g4 36.hxg4 hxg4 37.Kg1 Qe3+ 38.Kh1 gxf3 39.Qb6+ Qxb6 40.axb6+ Kxb6 41.gxf3 Nxf3 42.Kg2 Nd4 43.Kh3 Kc5 44.Kg4 b5 45.Kg5 b4 46.Kf6 Kd6 47.Bd3 b3 48.Bb1 b2 49.Ba2 Nf3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

OO2_DMA (lichess 2226) - JimWest (lichess 2125), lichess 3/27/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.d5 f4 7.h4 Nb8 8.Nc3 Be7 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qf3 Bxg5 11.hxg5 Qxg5 12.g3 Bg4 13.Qg2 O-O 14.gxf4 exf4 15.Rxh6 Qxh6 16.Qxg4 g5 17.Nb5 Na6 18.Nd4 Nc5 19.f3 Rae8

20.Nf5 Qg6 21.b4 Nxe4 22.fxe4 Rxe4+ 23.Kf2 Qxf5 24.Qxf5 Rxf5 25.Bd3 Ree5 26.Bxf5 Rxf5 27.c4 b5 28.Bb2 bxc4 29.Rc1 Rxd5 30.Ba3 Rd2+ 31.Ke1 Rxa2, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/26/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1989) - evfroc (Chess.com 1844), Chess.com 3/26/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 h6 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 b6 9.f5 Bb7 10.Qc2 d5 11.Kh1 Qd7 12.Be3 Bd6 13.Nbd2 Ne7 14.h3 Qc6 15.a4 dxe4 16.dxe4 a6 17.Bd3 Nxf5 18.exf5 e4

19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Qxe4 21.Qxe4 Bxe4 22.Nd2 Rfe8 23.Nxe4 Rxe4 24.Bg1 Rae8 25.a5 bxa5 26.Rxa5 Re1 27.Ra1 Bg3 28.Rfxe1 Rxe1 29.Rxe1 Bxe1 30.g4 g6 31.fxg6 fxg6

32.Kg2 Kf7 33.Kf3 Ke6 34.Ke4 Bg3 35.Be3 h5 36.gxh5 gxh5 37.Bf4 Bxf4 38.Kxf4 Kf6 39.b4 Kg6 40.h4 Kf6 41.c4 c6 42.c5 Ke6 43.Kg5 Ke5 44.Kxh5 Kf5 45.Kh6 Kf6 46.h5 Kf7 47.Kg5 Kg7 48.h6+ Kh7 49.Kh6 Kg8 50.Kg6 Kh8

51.Kf6 Kh7 52.Ke6 Kxh6 53.Kd6 Kg6 54.Kxc6 Kf6 55.Kb6 Ke7 56.Kxa6 Kd8 57.Kb7 Ke7 58.c6 Kf6 59.c7 Ke5 60.c8=Q Kd4 61.Qc5+ Ke4 62.b5 Kd3 63.b6 Ke4 64.Kc6 Kd3 65.b7 Ke4 66.b8=Q Kd3

67.Qbb5+ Ke4 68.Qcc4+ Ke3 69.Qbb3+ Kd2 70.Qcc2+ Ke1 71.Qbb1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

izcq (lichess 2130) - JimWest (lichess 2126), lichess 3/26/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Qe2 Qe7 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Ngxe4 Nxe4 9.Qxe4 Qxe4+ 10.Nxe4 Nxd4 11.Bd3 Bxf5 12.O-O O-O-O 13.c3 Bxe4 14.Bxe4 Ne2+ 15.Kh1 Nxc1 16.Rac1 g6 17.g3 d5 18.Bd3 c6 19.f4 Bh6

20.Rce1 Rhe8 21.Kg2 d4 22.cxd4 Rxe1 23.Rxe1 Rxd4 24.Bf1 Rd2+ 25.Re2 Rxe2+ 26.Bxe2 Bg7 27.b3, draw.

2 PCG Games 3/25/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Kolodej99 (Chess.com 1900) - JimWest (Chess.com 1991), Chess.com 3/25/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.a4 a5 9.O-O f4 10.d4 Qc7 11.h3 g5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Nxg5 h5 14.Nf3 Na6 15.Qd2 Nc5 16.Rfd1 Bg4 17.Be2 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Rd8 19.Qe2 Qf7

20.Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.Rd1+ Kc7 22.Qd2 Rd8 23.Qe2 Ne6 24.Rxd8 Bxd8 25.Bxh5 Qg7 26.Bg4 Nd4 27.Qc4 f3 28.Nb5+ Nxb5 29.axb5 fxg2 30.bxc6 bxc6 31.Qc5 Kb7

32.b4 Bb6 33.Qd6 axb4 34.Bd7 Bxf2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

pandaboy1 (lichess 2070) - JimWest (lichess 2113), lichess 3/25/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bc4 d5 8.Bb3 Bb4 9.O-O c6 10.h3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.Bb2 Kh8 13.c4 h6 14.Re1 Nbd7 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.c4 Nb6 17.cxd5 Nbxd5 18.Rc1 Nf4

19.Nf1 Nd3 20.Ba1 Nxc1 21.Qxc1 Rc8 22.Qf4 Bh7 23.Ng3 Nh5 24.Qe5 Nxg3 25.Qxg3 Qa5 26.Rd1 Qg5 27.Qd6 e3 28.fxe3 Qxe3+ 29.Kh1 Be4 30.d5 Qxh3+ 31.Qh2 Bxg2+ 32.Kg1 Qxh2+ 33.Kxh2 Bf3

34.Rg1 Rg8 35.d6 Bc6 36.Bxg8 Rxg8 37.Kh3 Kh7 38.Be5 g5 39.Kg4 Bd7+ 40.Kh5 Be8+ 41.Kg4 h5+ 42.Kg3 h4+ 43.Kg4 Bd7+ 44.Kh5 Be8+ 45.Kg4 Bd7+ 46.Kh5 Be8+ 47.Kg4, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 3/24/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1972) - Bouki (Chess.com 1840), Chess.com 3/24/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Ng4 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qh4+ 10.g3 Qe7 11.Bd3 b6 12.Nf3 Bb7 13.O-O O-O 14.Re1 Nd7 15.e5 dxe5 16.fxe5 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Nh6 18.Bxh6 gxh6 19.Qe4 f6

20.exf6 Qxe4 21.Bxe4 Rae8 22.Bd5+, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2120) - azharimdnor (lichess 2088), lichess 3/24/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.O-O Be7 12.c3 O-O 13.Nbd2 c5 14.Qe1 cxd4 15.cxd4 Bb4 16.a3 Bxf3 17.Rxf3 Bxd2 18.Bxd2 f5 19.Rc1 Rb8

20.Bb4 Rf7 21.e6 Rf6 22.e7 Qd7 23.Qe2 c6 24.Qxa6 c5 25.Qa5 cxb4 26.Rc7 Qe8 27.Qxd5+ Qf7 28.e8=Q+ Rxe8 29.Rxf7 Rxf7 30.Rxf5 Nf6 31.Rxf6 gxf6 32.axb4 Kg7 33.h3 Ree7

34.b5 Rd7 35.Qc5 Rc7 36.Qf5 Rb7 37.Kh2 Rfd7 38.d5 Rf7 39.d6 Rfd7 40.Qd5 Kg6 41.b4 h6 42.h4 Kg7 43.h5 Kh7 44.g4 Kg7 45.Kg3 Rf7 46.Kh4 Rfd7 47.Qf5 Kf7

48.Qh7+ Ke6 49.Qxh6 Rxd6 50.Qg6 Rdb6 51.Qf5+ Kf7 52.Qd5+ Kg7 53.Qf5 Rxb5 54.Qg6+ Kh8 55.Qxf6+ Kh7 56.Qg6+ Kh8 57.Qf6+ Kh7 58.Qg6+ Kh8 59.Qf6+, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/23/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1974) - vidyabalanbhumi (Chess.com 1829), Chess.com 3/23/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 Nc6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 O-O 7.f5 Bxg1 8.Rxg1 d5 9.Bg5 dxe4 10.dxe4 Qxd1+ 11.Rxd1 Nd4 12.Bd3 Bd7

13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nd5 Kg7 15.c3 c6 16.Ne3 Nb5 17.Bxb5 cxb5 18.Rxd7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

harlampiizmish (lichess 1997) - JimWest (lichess 2111), lichess 3/23/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.Nfd2 d5 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Ba4 O-O 10.O-O Nd7 11.c4 Nxe5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Bb3 Kh8 14.Nc3 Bf5 15.Qe2 N5c6

16.Rad1 Nd4 17.Qe1 Bg4 18.f3 exf3 19.Nxf3 Bxf3 20.Rxd4 Qb6 21.Qd2 Nf5 22.Rxf3 Nxd4 23.Rxf8+ Rxf8 24.Na4 Nxb3+ 25.Nxb6 Nxd2 26.g3 axb6, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/22/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1955) - skchess22 (Chess.com 2026), Chess.com 3/22/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 e3 8.Nf3 Nf2 9.Qe2 Nxh1 10.Bxe3 Bd7 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.Nbd2 Bb4 13.c3 Ba5 14.O-O-O Bxf3 15.Nxf3 Qd5 16.Kb1 O-O 17.Rxh1 Qe4+ 18.Ka1 c6 19.Ng5 Qd5

20.Qc2 g6 21.Ne4 Bd8 22.Bh6 Re8 23.Nd6 Re6 24.Rf1 f5 25.Nxf5 gxf5 26.Qxf5 Be7 27.Qf7+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

timx0 (lichess 2063) - JimWest (lichess 2123), lichess 3/22/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qh6 c6 12.Be2 Bf8 13.Qe3 Bg7 14.O-O O-O 15.Bg4 Bxg4 16.Nxg4 Qxd4 17.Qh3 Na6 18.Rad1 Qb6 19.Na4 Qc7

20.Nh6+ Bxh6 21.Qxh6 Qg7 22.Qd2 Rae8 23.c3 b5 24.Qe2 Qb7 25.c4 bxa4 26.cxd5 cxd5 27.Rd4 Nc5 28.Rfd1 Nd3 29.f3 Qb6, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 3/21/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

MacoBasanovic (Chess.com 1832) - JimWest (Chess.com 1945), Chess.com 3/21/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Bxg8 Rxg8 9.h3 g5 10.Nh2 Qg6 11.f3 h5 12.Nc3 g4 13.fxg4 hxg4 14.Nxg4 Bxg4 15.Qxg4 Qxg4 16.hxg4 Rxg4 17.Rf3 Nd7 18.a3 O-O-O 19.b4 Nf6

20.Bb2 Be7 21.Rd1 Rh8 22.Rdd3 Bd8 23.Na4 Bc7 24.Nc5 b6 25.Na6 Nd7 26.Rxd7 Kxd7 27.Nxc7 Rhg8 28.Bxe5 Rxg2+ 29.Kf1 Rxc2 30.Rxf4 Rg5 31.Rf7+ Kc8

32.Bf4 Rgg2 33.Be5 Rgd2 34.Kg1 Rg2+ 35.Kf1 Rgd2 36.Kg1 Rg2+ 37.Kf1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

lomelilopez (lichess 2267) - Jim West (lichess 2124), lichess 3/21/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.Bb3 Bg4 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qd3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nbd7 13.Rfd1 O-O-O 14.a4 h6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Be6 Kb8 17.b4 Rhe8 18.Bh3 Nb6

19.b5 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.g4 Rxd1+ 22.Qxd1 g5 23.Bf1 Qd8 24.Qd3 Qxd3 25.Bxd3 Kc7 26.f3 Be7 27.a5 Nd7 28.bxc6 bxc6 29.Na4 Nc5 30.Nxc5 Bxc5+ 31.Kg2 Bb4 32.a6 c5

33.Kf2 Kb6 34.Ke2 Bc3 35.Bc4 Bd4 36.Kd3 Bg1 37.h3 Bf2 38.Kc3 Be1+ 39.Kb3 Bf2 40.Be2 Be3 41.Kc4 Kxa6 42.Kd5+ Kb6 43.Kxe5 a5 44.Kd6 a4 45.e5 a3 46.Bc4 Bd4 47.e6 Bf6 48.e7 Bxe7+ 49.Kxe7 Ka5 50.Kd6 Kb4

51.Kd5 Kc3 52.Kxc5 Kxc2 53.Kd6 Kb2 54.Ke6 a2 55.Bxa2 Kxa2 56.Kf6 Kb3 57.Kg6 Kc3 58.Kxh6 Kd3 59.Kxg5 Ke3 60.h4 Kxf3 61.h5 Kg3 62.h6 f3 63.h7 f2 64.h8=Q f1=Q

65.Qe5+ Kg2 66.Qe4+ Kg3 67.Qe3+ Kg2 68.Qf4 Qb5+ 69.Qf5 Qe8 70.Qd5+ Kg3 71.Qd3+ Kg2 72.Qg6 Qe3+ 73.Kf6 Kg3 74.Qf5 Qh6+ 75.Kf7 Qf4 76.Qxf4+ Kxf4 77.g5 Kxg5, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 3/20/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1950) - Albertoaraujo67 (Chess.com 1830), Chess.com 3/20/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 Qb6+ 9.Kh1 Ng4 10.Qe1 Ne3 11.Bxe3 Qxe3 12.f5 d5 13.Qd2 Qxd2 14.Nbxd2 f6 15.g4 Nc5 16.b4 Na4 17.Rac1 Nb6 18.Bd1 a5 19.bxa5 Rxa5

20.Bb3 Kh8 21.Rb1 Na4 22.Rfc1 Ba3 23.Rc2 Nc5 24.Ne1 Rd8 25.Kg2 dxe4 26.dxe4 b5 27.Kf3 Bb7 28.Bf7 Nd3 29.Nb3 Ra7 30.Rd2 Nxe1+ 31.Rxe1 Rxd2 32.Nxd2 c5 33.Bd5 Bxd5 34.exd5 c4

35.Ne4 Kg8 36.Rd1 Kf7 37.d6 Ke8 38.Rd5 b4 39.cxb4 Bxb4 40.Rb5 Ra3+ 41.Ke2 Rxa2+ 42.Kd1 Rb2 43.Rb8+ Kd7 44.Rb7+ Kc8 45.Rc7+ Kd8 46.Rxc4 Rxh2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2115) - stefan9822 (lichess 2065), lichess 3/20/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 O-O 7.f5 d5 8.Bg5 dxe4 9.dxe4 Qxd1+ 10.Rxd1 Bb4 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nf3 b6 13.O-O Bb7 14.Nd5 Bc5+ 15.Kh1 Nd4 16.Nxd4 Bxd4 17.c3 Bc5 18.Nxf6+ Kg7 19.Nd7 Rfd8

20.Nxc5 bxc5 21.Bf3 Rd6 22.Rxd6 cxd6 23.Rd1 Rd8 24.c4 Kf6 25.Rd3 Ba6 26.Ra3 Bxc4 27.Rxa7 d5 28.exd5 Bxd5 29.Bxd5 Rxd5 30.h3 Rd1+ 31.Kh2 e4 32.Kg3 Kxf5 33.Rxf7+ Ke6 34.Rxh7 Rd2 35.Rb7 c4

36.a4 Rd3+ 37.Kf4 e3 38.Kf3 Kd6 39.a5 Kc6 40.a6 Rd2 41.Kxe3 Rxg2 42.Kd4 c3 43.Kxc3 Rg3+ 44.Kb4 Rxh3 45.Ka4 Rh1 46.Rb3 Rh7 47.Rg3 Kb6 48.Rg6+ Ka7 49.b4 Rh4 50.Ka5 Rh1 51.Rg7+ Kb8 52.b5 Rh6

53.Re7 Rg6 54.b6 Rg5+ 55.Kb4 Rg4+ 56.Kc5 Rg5+ 57.Kd6 Rg6+ 58.Re6 Rg8 59.Kd7 Rg7+ 60.Re7 Rg8 61.Re8+ Rxe8 62.Kxe8 Kc8

63.Ke7 Kb8 64.Kd7 Ka8 65.b7+ Kb8 66.Kc6 Ka7 67.Kc7, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/19/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

bassproenjoyer (Chess.com 1948) - JimWest (Chess.com 1938), Chess.com 3/19/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.d5 f4 7.dxc6 Qxg5 8.Bb5 b6 9.Qf3 Be7 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 O-O 13.Bd2 Nf5

14.g3 Nd4 15.Qd3 Qh5 16.c3 Nf3+ 17.Kf1 fxg3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2115) - sKotfIsh (lichess 2156), lichess 3/19/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Neg4 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Qe2+ Be7 10.Bc4 O-O 11.Qf3 Bf6 12.Ne2 Re8 13.Bxd5 cxd5 14.O-O Qe7 15.Nbc3 Ne3 16.Bxe3 Qxe3+ 17.Qxe3 Rxe3 18.Rae1 Bg4

19.Rf4 Bxe2 20.Rxe2 Rxe2 21.Nxe2 Rc8 22.c3 b5 23.a3 a5 24.Rf5 Re8 25.Kf2 Rd8 26.Nf4 b4 27.axb4 axb4 28.Nxd5 Bh4+ 29.g3 g6 30.Re5 bxc3 31.bxc3 Bg5

32.Rxg5 f5 33.Ne7+ Kf7 34.Nxf5 gxf5 35.Rxf5+ Kg6 36.Rc5 Re8 37.h4 h6 38.g4 Re4 39.Kf3 Re1 40.h5+ Kf6 41.Rc6+ Kg7 42.Rg6+ Kf7 43.Rxh6 Rh1 44.Rc6, Black resigns.