PCG Reversed & PCG 2/20/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1937) - silentcobra (Chess.com 1924), Chess.com 2/20/2025

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 Bc4 10.d6 Nc6 11.Qxe4 Be6 12.Nf3 f5 13.exf6 Qxf6 14.Ng5 Kd7 15.Qxe6+ Qxe6+ 16.Nxe6 Kxe6 17.O-O Bxd6 18.Nc3 b6

19.Bf4 Bxf4 20.Rxf4 Rhf8 21.Re1+ Kd7 22.Rxf8 Rxf8 23.Nb5 Rf6 24.c3 h6 25.Rd1+ Ke7 26.a4 g5 27.h3 Re6 28.Rd2 h5 29.Kf2 Re4 30.Re2 Rxe2+ 31.Kxe2 Ke6

32.Ke3 Ke5 33.g3 a6 34.Nc7 Nb8 35.c4 a5 36.Nd5 Nd7 37.b3 g4 38.h4 Kf5 39.Kd3 Ne5+ 40.Kc3 Nd7 41.Kd3 Ne5+ 42.Ke3 Nd7 43.Kd3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

BristlyRidge (lichess 2064) - JimWest (lichess 2050), lichess 2/20/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Bxb4 d4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qd2 e3

11.fxe3 Nxb4 12.Qxb4 Qxe3+ 13.Be2 Qc1+ 14.Bd1 Qe3+ 15.Be2 Qc1+ 16.Bd1 Qe3+ 17.Be2, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/19/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

DudleyXX (Chess.com 1873) - JimWest (Chess.com 1918), Chess.com 2/19/2025

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.Nc3 Nc6 13.Qg3 Kxh8 14.Bxf6+ Bxf6 15.O-O Bf5 16.Qf4 Bg6 17.Rad1 Nxd4 18.Rfe1 c5 19.h3 Bg7

20.Rd2 Qb6 21.Nxe4 Rf8 22.Qh4 Qxb2 23.c3 Nf5 24.Rxb2 Nxh4 25.Rxb7 Re8 26.f3 Bxc3 27.Rc1 Bd4+ 28.Kh2 Bxe4 29.fxe4 Rxe4 30.Rf1 Be5+ 31.g3 Re2+ 32.Kg1 Rg2+ 33.Kh1 Rxg3 34.Rf8+ Rg8

35.Rff7 Rg7 36.Rf8+ Rg8 37.Rff7 Bg7 38.Rxa7 Ng6 39.Rfc7 Nf4 40.h4 h5 41.Kh2 c4 42.Rf7 c3 43.Rxf4 Be5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2065) - RyanG4356 (lichess 2002), lichess 2/19/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Nxe2 Ng4 8.d4 Qh4+ 9.g3 Qd1 10.O-O Be7 11.h3 Nh6 12.Nbc3 Bg5 13.Nxe4 Bxc1 14.Rxc1 O-O 15.c3 Nd7 16.Nf4 Nf5

17.Qd3 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Qxd3 19.Nxd3 Ne3 20.Rf3 Nd5 21.Rcf1, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/18/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1911) - LANGOSTASS (Chess.com 1722), Chess.com 2/18/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.c3 a6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Qe1 c5 14.Nbd2 Nxd2 15.Bxd2 cxd4 16.cxd4 c5 17.Bc3 Qb6 18.Qd2 cxd4 19.Bxd4 Bc5

20.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21.Kh1 Bxf3 22.Rxf3 Rac8 23.Rc3 Qb4 24.Rd3 Qxd2 25.Rxd2 Rfd8 26.Rad1 Kf8 27.Kg1 Rc5 28.Kf2 Ke7 29.b3 Ke6 30.Re1 d4 31.Re4 Rxe5 32.Rexd4 Rxd4 33.Rxd4 Ra5

34.a4 Rc5 35.Rd3 h5 36.h4 f6 37.g3 g5 38.hxg5 fxg5 39.b4 Rc2+ 40.Kf3 Rb2 41.Rd4 Rb3+ 42.Kg2 Ra3 43.a5 Rb3 44.Rc4 g4 45.Rc6+ Kd5 46.Rxa6 Rxb4 47.Rh6 Rb2+ 48.Kf1 Rb1+ 49.Kf2 Rb2+ 50.Ke3 Rb3+ 51.Kf4 Rf3+ 52.Kg5 Rxg3

53.Rxh5 Ra3 54.Kxg4+ Kc6 55.Kf4 Kb7 54.Ke4 Ka6 55.Kd4 Rxa5 56.Rxa5+ Kxa5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

bek13 (lichess 1922) - JimWest (lichess 2068), lichess 2/18/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nd5 c6 8.Nxf6+ Qxf6 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O f4 11.h3 g5 12.Nh2 Na6 13.Bg4 Nc7 14.Bxc8 Raxc8 15.Qh5 Qg6 16.Qxg6+ hxg6 17.Ng4 Kg7 18.f3 Ne6 19.c3 Nc5

20.Rfd1 Nd7 21.b4 Nf6 22.Nxf6 Kxf6 23.Kf2 a6 24.d4 Rfd8 25.Rh1 Rh8 26.dxe5+ dxe5 27.Rad1 Rcd8 28.Ke2 Ke7 29.c4 Rxd1 30.Rxd1 Rd8 31.Rxd8 Kxd8

32.Kd3 b5 33.a3 Ke7 34.Kc3 Kf7 35.Kb3 Kg7 36.a4 Kh6 37.cxb5 cxb5 38.axb5 axb5 39.Kc2 Kh5 40.Kd2 Kh4 41.Ke2 Kg3 42.Kf1 Kh4

43.Kf2 Kh5 44.g3 Kh6 45.Kg2 Kh5 46.Kf2 Kh6 47.Kg2 Kh5 48.Kf2, draw.

3 PCG Games 2/17/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

KShan03 (Chess.com 1911) - JimWest (Chess.com 1923), Chess.com 2/17/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nh4 Bg6 8.Nxg6 hxg6 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Qg4 Nd7 11.Qxg6+ Kd8 12.Nd2 d5 13.Bb3 Rh6 14.Qg3 Ngf6 15.O-O-O Nh5 16.Qf3 Kc7 17.g4 Rf8 18.Qe3 Nf4

19.Qxa7 Ne2+ 20.Kb1 Nd4 21.Qa5+ Kb8 22.Rdf1 Rhf6 23.c3 Nxb3 24.axb3 Rxf2 25.Rxf2 Rxf2 26.Kc2 Nc5 27.h4 Rxd2+ 28.Kc1 Nxb3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ptrax (lichess 1959) - JimWest (lichess 2069), lichess 2/17/2025

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.Kd2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Saadhanaa Ashok (USCF 1639) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Parsippany NJ 2/17/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.g3 a5 8.a3 Na6 9.h3 b5 10.Ba2 b4 11.axb4 axb4 12.Nb1 Bd7 13.Nbd2 Nc5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.g4 Be6 16.Bxe6 Nxe6 17.h4 O-O 18.Rg1 Rxa1 19.Qxa1 Qa8

20.Qd1 Qa7 21.Nc4 Nd5 22.Bxe7 Qxe7 23.Ncd2 Nd4 24.Kf1 Nxf3 25.Nxf3 e4 26.Ng5 Ne3+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/16/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

TlalocCueJr (Chess.com 1933) - JimWest (Chess.com 1921), Chess.com 2/16/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.Nh5 O-O 10.Qd2 Qs8 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nxf6+ Rxf6 13.Qg5+ Rg6 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.Qxd5+ Qe6 16.Bc4 Qxd5 17.Bxd5+ Kg7 18.Bxe4 Nd7 19.c4 Nf6

20.Bf3 Bb4+ 21.Kd1 Bg4 22.a3 Bxf3+ 23.gxf3 Bd6 24.h4 Bf4 25.Kc2 Rd8 26.Kc3 c6 27.Rae1 Rd7 28.b4 a6 29.Re6 Kf7 30.Rhe1 Nh5 31.R1e2 Bc1 32.a4 Nf4 33.R6e5 Nxe2+ 34.Rxe2 Re7

35.Re4 Bh6 36.b5 axb5 37.axb5 cxb5 38.c5 Bg7 39.Kd3 Rd7 40.f4 Bf6 41.f3 Bxh4 42.f5 Bf6 43.fxg6+ Kxg6 44.Ke3 Re7 45.d5 Rxe4+ 46.fxe4 Be5 47.Kd3 Kf6 48.Kc2 Bd4 49.c6 bxc6 50.dxc6 Ke6

51.Kb3 Kd6 52.c7 Kxc7 53.Kb4 Kc6 54.Kb3 Kc5 55.Kc2 Kc4 56.Kb1 Be5 57.Kc2 b4 58.Kb1 Kd4 59.Kc2 Kxe4 60.Kb3 Bc3 61.Kc4 Ke3 62.Kb3 Kd2 63.Kc4 Kc2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2059) - Jim2500 (lichess 2051), lichess 2/16/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 h6 9.h3 Bd7 10.f5 d5 11.Qc2 dxe4 12.dxe4 Nh5 13.Kh2 g6 14.Bxh6 gxf5 15.Bxf8 Qxf8 16.exf5 Qg7 17.g4 Nf4 18.Rg1 Qh6 19.Bf1 Bd6

20.Qe4 f6 21.Nbd2 Kf7 22.Rad1 Rh8 23.Rg3 Nd8 24.Nc4 Bc6 25.Nxd6+ cxd6 26.Qe3 Ke7 27.Nd4 Bd7 28.Ne6 Nxe6 29.fxe6 Bxe6 30.Qxa7 Bc8 31.Qb6 Rd8 32.Qc7+ Ke8 33.Rxd6 Rxd6 34.Qxd6 Qg7

35.Bb5+ Kf7 36.Qc7+ Kg6 37.Qxc8 Qe7 38.Qf5+ Kg7 39.Bd3 Kg8 40.Qd4 Qd7 41.g5 Kf7 42.gxf6 Kxf6 43.Rg6+ Kf7 44.Qf5+ Qxf5 45.Bxf5 Nxg6 46.Bxg6+ Kxg6 47.Kg3 Kf5 48.Kf3 e4+ 49.Ke3, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 2/15/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

GGMasterB (Chess.com 1810) - JimWest (Chess.com 1933), Chess.com 2/15/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.Bxe6 Qf6 9.Bd5 Nd8 10.Nc3 c6 11.Bf3 d5 12.Bh5+ Nf7 13.O-O Bd6 14.f4 O-O 15.fxe5 Qxe5 16.Bxf7+ Rxf7 17.g3 Rxf1+ 18.Qxf1 Ne6 19.Bd2 Rf8

20.Qg2 Bc5+ 21.Kh1 Rf2 22.Bf4 Nxf4 23.gxf4 Qxf4 24.Qh3 Qf3+ 25.Qxf3 Rxf3 26.Re1 Kf7 27.a3 a5 28.Ne2 Rf2 29.d4 Bd6 30.Ng3 Bxg3 31.hxg3 Rxc2

32.Rb1 a4 33.b4 axb3 34.Rxb3 b5 35.a4 bxa4 36.Rb4 a3 37.Ra4 a2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Haari Muthukumar (USCF 2314) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Parsippany NJ 2/15/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.c4 c6 10.g3 O-O 11.Bg2 h6 12.Nh3 Nd7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Qd4 Qa5+ 15.Bd2 Nc6 16.Bxa5 Nxd4 17.O-O-O Ne2+ 18.Kd2 Nxe5

19.Kxe2 Bg4+ 20.Ke1 Bxd1 21.Kxd1 Nc4 22.Bb4 Rfd8 23.Nf4 a5 24.Be7 Rd7 25.Bc5 Rc7 26.Bd4 Nxa3 27.c3 Nb5 28.Nxd5 Rf7 29.Be3 Rd8 30.c4 Nc3+ 31.Ke1 Nxd5 32.cxd5 Rxd5 33.Bxe4 Re5

34.Bc2 Rc7 35.Bb3+ Kh8 36.Ke2 b5 37.Ra1 a4 38.Bd1 Kg8 39.Kf1 g5 40.h4 Kf7 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Kg2 Rc6 43.Bf3 Ra6 44.Bd4 Re7 45.Bh5+ Kg8 46.Rc1 Ra8 47.Bf3 Ra6 48.Rc5 b4 49.Rxg5+ Kh7 50.Bc5 Re8 

51.Bxb4 a3 52.Rh5+ Kg6 53.Rh1 Rb8 54.Be4+ Kf7 55.Rh7+ Kg8 56.Bc3 Rbb6 57.Rc7 a2 58.Bd5+ Kf8 59.Bxa2 Rxa2 60.Bd4 Re6 61.Kf3 Ra3+ 62.Be3 Rf6+ 63.Kg4 Ra4+ 64.f4 Rf7 65.Rc8+ Kg7 66.Bd2 Rd7

67.Bc3+ Kf7 68.Be5 Ra3 69.f5 Rad3 70.Bf4 Rd8 71.Rc7+ R3d7 72.Rc6 Rg8+ 73.Kf3 Rd3+ 74.Ke4 Rgd8 75.Be5 Rd1 76.g4 Re1+ 77.Kf4 Rf1+ 78.Kg3 Rg1+ 79.Kf3 Rd3+ 80.Ke4 Rd7 81.Kf4 Re1 82.Rf6+ Ke8 83.Rh6 Rf7 84.Re6+ Re7 85.Rxe7+ Kxe7

86.g5 Rg1 87.Bd4 Rd1 88.Ke5 Re1- 89.Kd5 Rb1 90.g6 Rb5+ 91.Ke4 Rb1 92.Kf4 Rb4 93.Ke4 Rb1 94.Be5 Rb4+ 95.Bd4 Rb1, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 2/14/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1927) - jadallah1947 (Chess.com 1774), Chess.com 2/14/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 Bxg1 5.Rxg1 exf4 6.Bxf4 c6 7.Be2 Qb6 8.Rf1 Qxb2 9.Nd2 b5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Rb1 Qe5 13.Nf3 Qc3+ 14.Kf2 d6 15.Kg1 Bg4 16.h3 Bh5 17.Kh1 Nd7 18.Nh4 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 O-O-O

20.Nf5 Qe5 21.d4 Qe6 22.d5 cxd5 23.Qxb5 Nb6 24.Qc6+ Kb8 25.Rxb6+ axb6 26.Qxb6+ Ka8 27.Qa6+ Kb8 28.Rb1+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2067) - Vladimir-1957 (lichess 2038), lichess 2/14/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Bc5 6.Nf3 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.Be2 Nh5 9.Bg3 O-O 10.d4 Bb6 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Qc2 a5 13.O-O-O Ba7 14.Kb1 Nf6 15.Bh4 Qd7 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.h3 Bh5 18.g4 Bg6 19.Nh4 d5

20.Nxg6 fxg6 21.Bb5 dxe4 22.Nxe4 Qe7 23.Rde1 Qf8 24.Rhf1 Nxd4 25.cxd4 Bxd4 26.Bxe8 Rxe8 27.Qc4+, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/13/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1922) - Sorcerer_23 (Chess.com 2002), Chess.com 2/13/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bd7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 e5 9.a4 exf4 10.Bxf4 Nh5 11.Be3 Ne5 12.d4 Ng4 13.Bd2 Qe7 14.Na3 Qxe4 15.Ng5 Bxd4+ 16.cxd4 Qxd4+ 17.Kh1 Nf2+ 18.Rxf2 Qxf2 19.Bxh5 gxh5

20.Qxh5 Bf5 21.Bc3 f6 22.Nf3 Bg6 23.Qd5+ Rf7 24.Qxb7 Re8 25.Qb5 Re2 26.Rg1 Be4 27.Bd4 Qxf3 28.gxf3+ Kf8 29.Qxe2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

rajaranizaara (lichess 2079) - JimWest (lichess 2065), lichess 2/13/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.f3 exf3 8.Qxf3 Nf6 9.Nf7 Qe7 10.Nxh8 Bxe6 11.Be2 Nc6 12.Bg5 Nd4

13.Qh3 Bxh3, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/12/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

nyinaymin (Chess.com 1968) - JimWest (Chess.com 1921), Chess.com 2/12/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.Ng5 h6 9.Ne6 Bxe6 10.Bxe6 Nbd7 11.b4 a6 12.a4 Be7 13.Bd2 g5 14.d5 cxd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 Nf6 17.c4 Nxd5 18.cxd5 O-O 19.Rc1 Qd7

20.Qh5 Kg7 21.a5 Rac8 22.Bc3 Bf6 23.Rfd1 Rc7 24.Rd3 Qf7 25.Qe2 Rfc8 26.Qb2 h5 27.Bd2 Rxc1+ 28.Bxc1 Qc7 29.Bd2 Qc2 30.Qxc2 Rxc2 31.f3 g4 32.Kf1 gxf3 33.gxf3 Bd8

34.Ke2 b6 35.Kd1 Rc4 36.Rc3 Rxc3 37.Bxc3 bxa5 38.bxa5 Kg6 39.Bb4 Bc7 40.Ke2 Kg5 41.Kf2 Kh4 42.Kg2 Bb8 43.Be1+ Kg5 44.Kh3 Bc7 45.Bh4+ Kg6

46.Be7 Kf7 47.Bg5 Ba5 48.Kh4 Kg6 49.Be7 Bb4 50.Kh3 a5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2059) - R1440_R12K1_P (lichess 2085), lichess 2/12/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ng4 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bd3 Re8 11.O-O Nf6 12.e5 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nd5 14.Bd2 Nde7 15.Ng5 g6 16.Ne4 Kh8 17.Nf6 Rf8

18.d5 dxe5 19.fxe5 Ng8 20.Bh6 Nxh6 21.dxc6 bxc6 22.Rf3 Ng8 23.Qe1 h5 24.Rd1 Nxf6 25.exf6 Qe8 26.Qd2 Kh7 27.Re1 Qd7 28.Re7 Qg4 29.Rg3 Qh4 30.Rxg6, Black resigns.