PCG Reversed & PCG 7/4/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1998) - yudiandian (Chess.com 1973), Chess.com 7/4/2025

1.e3 g6 2.d3 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.f4 e5 5.c3 exf4 6.Bxf4 Nf6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Be2 Nc6 9.O-O Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Ne5 12.d4 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 c5 14.Bg5 Qb6 15.dxc5 Qxc5+ 16.Be3 Qb5 17.Nd2 Nd7 18.Rab1 Ne5 19.Qg3 Rad8

20.Bd4 a6 21.Nf3 Nxf3+ 22.Qxf3 Be5 23.Bxe5 dxe5 24.Rf2 Rd3 25.Qe2 Rfd8 26.Rbf1 R8d7 27.Qc2 Qc4 28.Qb3 Qxe4 29.Rxf7 Qd5 30.Rxd7 Qxb3 31.axb3 Rxd7

32.Re1 Re7 33.Kf2 Kf7 34.Ke3 Ke6 35.Rf1 h5 36.Rf8 Rd7 37.Rg8 Kf5 38.g4+ hxg4 39.hxg4+ Kxg4 40.Rxg6+ Kf5 41.Rb6 Rg7 42.b4 Rg3+ 43.Kf2 Rg7 44.b5 axb5 45.Rxb5 Kf4

46.c4 e4 47.Rb3 Ke5 48.Rb5+ Kd4 49.b3 e3+ 50.Ke2 Rg2+ 51.Ke1 Rg1+ 52.Ke2 Rg2+ 53.Ke1 Rg1+ 54.Ke2 Rg2+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

AnsariS (lichess 2078) - JimWest (lichess 2059), lichess 7/4/2025

1.e4 e5 Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Ng5 d5 7.Qf3 Qd7 8.Bb3 Bd6 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.Bd2 Na6 11.O-O-O Nc5 12.Rde1 Nxb3+ 13.axb3 O-O 14.Qe2 h6 15.Nf3 Rae8 16.h3 b5 17.Nh4 Bh7 18.g4 e4 19.d4 g5

20.Ng2 b4 21.Nb1 a5 22.h4 Nxg4 23.hxg5 Rxf2 24.Qd1 Rxg2 25.gxh6 e3 26.Reg1 exd2+ 27.Nxd2 Ree2 28.Rxg2 Rxg2 29.Qf3 Rf2 30.Qh3 Bf4 31.Rd1 Bxd2+ 32.Rxd2 Rxd2 33.Kxd2 Qf5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 7/3/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Xukooo (Chess.com 1884) - JimWest (Chess.com 1999), Chess.com 7/3/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Nbd2 c6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.Qc2 O-O 9.O-O f4 10.d4 Bg4 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Nc4 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nbd7 14.Rad1 Rad8 15.a3 h6 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.b4 g5 18.g3 g4 19.Be2 f3

20.Bd3 Nh7 21.Ne3 h5 22.Bc4+ Kh8 23.Nf5 Ng5 24.Kh1 Nh3 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Rb1 Bg5 27.Bf1 Rd2 28.Qb3 Nxf2+ 29.Kg1 Nxe4 30.Qd6 Qb6+ 31.Nd4 Be3+ 32.Kh1 Nf2+ 33.Kg1 exd4

34.Qe8+ Kg7 35.Qe7+ Kg6 36.Qe6+ Kg7 37.Qe7+ Kg6 38.Qe6+ Kg7 39.Qe7+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

lundag (lichess 2133) - JimWest (lichess 2047), lichess 7/3/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Ng4 f5 14.Ne3 O-O 15.g3 Bb4 16.Ned5 Bxc3+ 17.Nxc3 c6 18.O-O-O Rad8 19.Rxd8 Rxd8

20.Rd1 Rxd1+ 21.Nxd1 Kf7 22.Ne3 Kf6 23.c3 h5 24.b4 b5 25.Kd2 h4 26.Ng2 hxg3 27.hxg3 Ng7 28.Ke3 Nh5 29.Kf2 Ke6 30.Ne3 Nf6

31.Ke2 Nd5 32.Nd1 Nb6 33.Ne3 Nd5 34.Nd1 Nf6 35.Ne3 Nd5, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/2/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

karthik2109 (Chess.com 1879) - JimWest (Chess.com 1990), Chess.com 7/2/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bg5 f4 9.d4 Qc7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Bc4+ Kh8 12.Qe2 a5 13.a4 Na6 14.Rad1 Nc5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Ba2 Be6 17.Bxe6 Nxe6 18.Qc4 Qf7 19.Rd6 Nd4

20.Qxf7 Nxf3+ 21.gxf3 Rxf7 22.Rfd1 h6 23.Rd7 Raf8 24.Kf1 Kg8 25.Na2 Rxd7 26.Rxd7 Rf7 27.Rd3 Kf8 28.b4 axb4 29.Nxb4 Be7 30.Na2 Ke8 31.Nc1 Bf8 32.Ke2 Rd7 33.Rb3 Kd8 34.Nd3 Bd6 35.c4 Kc8

36.c5 Bb8 37.h4 g5 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.Rb1 Rh7 40.Rg1 Rh5 41.Nb2 Kd7 42.Nc4 Bc7 43.Rd1+ Ke7 44.Nb6 Bxb6 45.cxb6 Rh6 46.Rg1 Kf6 47.Rd1 Ke7 48.a5 Rh8 49.Rg1 Kf6 50.Rd1 Ke7 51.Ra1 Ra8

52.Kd3 Rd8+ 53.Kc3 Ra8 54.Kc4 Kd6 55.Rd1+ Ke6 56.Kb4 Rh8 57.Kc5 Ra8 58.Rd6+ Ke7 59.Rg6 Rxa5+ 60.Kc4 Rb5 61.Rxg5 Kf6 62.Rf5+ Ke6 63.Rh5 Rxb6 64.Rh6+ Ke7 65.Kc5 Rb5+ 66.Kc4 Kd7 67.Rh7+ Kc8 68.Rh8+ Kc7 69.Rh7+ Kb6

70.Re7 Rc5+ 71.Kd3 Ka6 72.Re8 b5 73.Ra8+ Kb6 74.Ra1 b4 75.Rb1 Kb5 76.Kd2 Rc4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2040) - Kucing23 (lichess 2081), lichess 7/2/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 d6 4.Nc3 a6 5.f4 Nf6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.f5 h6 8.g4 Nd4 9.h3 Bd7 10.Nf3 Nxf3+ 11.Bxf3 c6 12.Qe2 b5 13.Be3 Qb6 14.Bxc5 Qxc5 15.Qf2 Qxf2+ 16.Kxf2 a5 17.h4 a4 18.a3 O-O-O

19.g5 hxg5 20.hxg5 Nh7 21.Rag1 f6 22.gxf6 gxf6 23.Rh6 Ng5 24.Rgh1 Rxh6 25.Rxh6 Rf8 26.Ne2 Kd8 27.Ng3 Be8 28.Bh5 Nh3+ 29.Kf3 Nf4 30.Bxe8 Kxe8 31.Nh5 Nxh5 32.Rxh5 Ke7

33.Rh7+ Kd8 34.c3 Rg8 35.Rh6 Ke7 36.Rh7+ Kd8 37.Rf7 Rg1 38.Rxf6 Ke7 39.Rh6 Rb1 40.Rh2 Kf6 41.Ke3 d5 42.Rh6+ Kg5 43.Rg6+ Kh5 44.Rxc6 dxe4 45.Kxe4 Re1+ 46.Kd5 Kg5 47.f6 Kg6

48.Rb6 Re3 49.d4 e4 50.Ke5 Re1 51.Rb7 e3 52.Rg7+ Kh6 53.Rg3 Re2 54.Rf3, Black resigns.

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#.

2 PCG Games 6/29/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

gsm51 (Chess.com 1797) - JimWest (Chess.com 1941), Chess.com 6/29/2025

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.Qf3 Qxg5 11.e6 Nf6 12.cxd4 O-O 13.Bxe3 Qg4 14.Be2 Qxf3 15.Bxf3 Bxe6 16.Bxb7 Nbd7 17.Bxa8 Rxa8

18.d5 Bf7 19.O-O Ne5 20.Rfc1 Nfd7 21.Bd4 Nd3 22.Rcb1 N3c5 23.Rb5 a6 24.Rxc5 Nxc5 25.Bxc5 Rb8 26.h3 Bg6 27.Rd1 Rb1 28.Rxb1 Bxb1 29.d6 cxd6 30.Bxd6 Bd3 31.c5 Bb5

32.h4 h5 33.f4 g6 34.Kf2 Kf7 35.Ke3 Ke6 36.Kd4 Kd7 37.Ke5 Bd3 38.Kd5 Bb5 39.g3 Bc6+ 40.Ke5 Bb5 41.Kf6 Bd3 42.a4 Kc6 43.Kg5 Bc2 44.Bf8 Kd5 45.Be7 Ke6 46.Bd6 Kd5 47.Kf6 Kc6 48.Ke5 Bxa4

49.f5 gxf5 50.Kxf5 Bd1 51.Ke4 a5 52.Kd3 a4 53.Kc4 a3 54.Be5 a2 55.Kb4 Bg4 56.Kb3 Kxc5 57.Kxa2 Kd5 58.Bf4 Ke4

59.Kb2 Kf5 60.Kc3 Bf3 61.Kd4 Kg4 62.Ke5 Bd1 63.Kf6 Bc2 64.Kg7 Bb1 65.Kh6 Bc2 66.Be5 Bb1 67.Bf4 Bc2 68.Be5 Bb1 69.Bf4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

egregiouslytalented (lichess 2097) - JimWest (lichess 2051), lichess 6/29/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6

8.f3 exf3 9.gxf3 Qxe6+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/28/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

kos123r5 (Chess.com 1896) - JimWest (Chess.com 1922), Chess.com 6/28/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Nd7 9.d4 e4 10.Nfd2 d5 11.c4 Nf6 12.Nc3 Qd7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Nb3 b6 15.Bf4 Rf8 16.Qd2 Kf7 17.Rac1 Kg8 18.Ne2 Rac8 19.Ng3 Bg6

20.h3 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rc8 22.Rxc8+ Qxc8 23.Be5 a5 24.Qf4 a4 25.Nc1 Qc2 26.Nce2 Qxb2 27.Bd6 Bxd6 28.Qxd6 h6 29.Nf4 Kh7 30.Nxd5 Nxd5 31.Qxd5 b5 32.Kh2 b4

33.Nxe4 Qc2 34.Nc5 Qxf2 35.Nxa4 Qf4+ 36.Kg1 Be4 37.Qe5 Qxe5 38.dxe5 Kg6 39.Nc5 Bb1 40.Na6 Bxa2 41.Nxb4 Be6 42.g4 h5 43.gxh5+ Kxh5 44.Kh2 Kg5 45.Kg3 Kf5 46.Nd3 Ke4 47.Nf4 Kxe5

48.h4 Bf7 49.Nh3 Kf5 50.Ng5 Bd5 51.Nh3 g6 52.Nf4 Bc4 53.Nxg6 Kxg6 54.Kg4 Be2+ 55.Kg3 Kh5 56.Kf2 Bd1 57.Ke1 Bg4 58.Kf2 Kxh4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

HossamEE (lichess 2063) - JimWest (lichess 2051), lichess 6/28/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Nfd2 d5 7.c4 c6 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.g4 Be6 11.Qa4+ Nc6 12.Nb3 Bd7 13.Bb5 a6 14.Bxc6 Bxc6 15.Qa5 Qxa5 16.Nxa5 Bb4 17.Nxc6 Bxc3+ 18.bxc3 bxc6 19.Ba3 Kd7

20.Rb1 Rab8 21.Kd2 Rb5 22.Rxb5 axb5 23.Bb4 Ra8 24.Ra1 Ne8 25.Ke3 Nd6 26.Bxd6 Kxd6 27.f3 exf3 28.Kxf3 Ra3 29.Kg2 Rxc3 30.a4 bxa4 31.Rxa4 Re3 32.h4 h6 33.h5 Re7 34.Kg3 Rc7

35.Ra6 Re7 36.Ra4 Rf7 37.Ra3 Rf6 38.Ra7 g6 39.hxg6 Rxg6 40.Kf4 Rf6+ 41.Ke3 Re6+ 42.Kf3 Re4 43.Rh7 Rxd4 44.Rxh6+ Kc5 45.g5 Re4 46.g6 Re8 47.Kf4 d4 48.Kf5 Rg8 49.Kf6 Kc4 50.Kf7 Rxg6 51.Rxg6 c5

52.Ke6 d3 53.Ke5 d2 54.Rd6 Kc3 55.Rxd2 Kxd2 56.Kd5 c4 57.Kxc4, draw.