PCG & PCG Reversed 12/20/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Wizzyboi1 (Chess.com 2021) - JimWest (Chess.com 2026), Chess.com 12/20/2024

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.Qxd5 Bxe6 10.Qxc5 Qxf7 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.Bg5 Nge7 13.O-O-O O-O 14.gxf3 h6 15.Bd2 Rad8

16.Bd3 Kh8 17.Rhg1 b6 18.Qe3 Bf5 19.Bb5 Nd4 20.Ba4 c5 21.Bb3 Nxb3 22.axb3 Nc6 23.Ne4 Nd4 24.Bc3 Bxe4, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2083) - Sanjaybhange1962 (lichess2031), lichess 12/20/2024

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 Nd7 10.Qxe4 Nb6 11.Nc3 Ba6 12.Nf3 h6 13.Bd2 Be7 14.O-O-O O-O

15.d6 Bg5 16.Bxg5 hxg5 17.h4 g4 18.Ng5 g6 19.Qxg4 Nc4 20.Nd5 Nxe5 21.Qf4 Nc4 22.Nc7 Qd7 23.Nxa6 Qb5 

24.b3 bxa6 25.Qxc4 Qb6 26.h5 Kg7 27.h6+ Kg8 28.h7+ Kh8 29.Nxf7+ Rxf7 30.Qxf7 Qa5 31.Qf6#.

2 PCG Games 12/19/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Bachirovitch (Chess.com 1994) - JimWest (Chess.com 2018), Chess.com 12/19/2024

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.a3 O-O 11.Qd2 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Be2 Qg6 15.g3 e3 16.fxe3 Bf5 17.O-O Bxc2 18.Rxf8+ Rxf8

19.Rf1 Rxf1+ 20.Bxf1 Be4 21.c4 c6 22.cxd5 Bxd5 23.Bd3 Qg4 24.Qe2 Qxe2 25.Bxe2 Be4 26.Kf2 Kf7 27.Ke1 Ke6 28.Kd2 Kd5 29.Kc3 b6 30.Bc4+ Kd6 31.a4 a5 32.Bg8 h6 33.Bc4 g5 34.Be2 c5

35.Bb5 h5 36.Be8 h4 37.gxh4 gxh4 38.Bb5 Kd5 39.Bc4+ Kd6 40.Bb5 Kd5 41.Bc4+ Kd6 42.Bb5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

tojo01 (lichess 2005) - JimWest (lichess 2067), lichess 12/19/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.d3 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Nh4 Bg6 9.Nxg6 hxg6

10.Qg4 Nxg4, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/18/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

babin22013 (Chess.com 1895) - JimWest (Chess.com 2011), Chess.com 12/18/2024

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bg5+ Nf6 9.O-O-O Ke8 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.Nb5 Kd7 12.Rhe1 Rae8 13.Nh4 Be6 14.Bxe6+ Rxe6 15.Nf5 Rg8

16.c4 b6 17.f4 a6 18.Nxd6 cxd6 19.fxe5 Nxe5 20.Bf4 Nd3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2071) - Tanbeer (lichess 2042), lichess 12/18/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Nbd7 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.c3 O-O 7.Be2 e5 8.O-O exf4 9.Bxf4 Nc5 10.Qc2 Ne6 11.Be3 Ng4 12.Bd2 c6 13.h3 Ne5 14.d4 Nxf3+ 15.Bxf3 Ng5 16.Bxg5 Qxg5 17.Qd2 Qg3 18.Qf2 Qxf2+ 19.Rxf2 f5

20.Nd2 Bh6 21.Re1 Bf4 22.Nf1 Bd7 23.exf5 Bxf5 24.Be4 Bxe4 25.Rxe4 Bg5 26.Rxf8+ Rxf8 27.Nh2 d5 28.Re2 Rf7 29.Nf3 Re7 30.Rxe7 Bxe7

31.Kf2 Kg7 32.Ne5 c5 33.dxc5 Bxc5+ 34.Kd2 d4 35.cxd4 Bxd4 36.Nd3 h5 37.g4 hxg4 38.hxg4 g5 39.b3 Kf6 40.Kf3 Ke6 41.Ke4 Bb6 42.a4 a6 43.Ne1 Bd8 44.Nf3 Bf6 45.b4 b6 46.b5 a5

47.Nd4+ Bxd4 48.Kxd4 Kd6 49.Ke4 Ke6 50.Kd4 Kd6 51.Ke4 Ke6 52.Kd4, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/17/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2005) - mizzouman87 (Chess.com 2059), Chess.com 12/17/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Be7 8.c3 b5 9.f5 Nbd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Bg5 a5 12.Nd2 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Qc2 a4 15.a3 Bg5 16.Rae1 Bf4 17.g3 Qg5

18.Re2 Bxd2 19.Qxd2 Qxd2 20.Rxd2 Rfd8 21.d4 Kf8 22.Rfd1 Ke7 23.Bg2 Nb6 24.Bf1 Rab8 25.h4 Nc4 26.Bxc4 bxc4 27.dxe5 dxe5 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Rxd8 Kxd8

30.g4 g5 31.fxg6 fxg6 32.Kf2 Kd7 33.Kf3 Ke6 34.g5 h5 35.Ke3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Dron53 (lichess 2066) - JimWest (lichess 2065), lichess 12/17/2024

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Bc4 f5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Nbd2 f4 8.O-O Be7 9.a3 Bf6 10.b4 a6 11.Bb2 Bg4 12.b5 axb5 13.Bxb5 Nge7 14.Rfd1 Kc8 15.h3 Bh5 16.Nc4 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Ng6 18.Kf1 Rd8

19.Ke2 Nd4+ 20.Bxd4 Rxd4 21.c3 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Kb8 23.a4 c6 24.Nb6 cxb5 25.Nxa8 Kxa8 26.axb5 Ka7 27.Rd6 Be7 28.Re6 Bc5 29.c4 Bd4

30.Rd6 Bc5 31.Rd7 Ne7 32.h4 h5, White forfeits.

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/16/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2005) - Sashok81 (Chess.com 1995), Chess.com 12/16/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 c6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Bd6 5.fxe5 Bxe5 6.Nf3 d6 7.d4 Nxe4 8.dxe5 Qa5+ 9.c3 dxe5 10.Be3 Bg4 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Nd7 13.Nbd2 Ndc5 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.Bxc5 Nxc5 16.Qd6 Qxd6 17.Nxd6 e4 18.Nd4 Bxe2 19.Nxe2 b6

20.b4 Ne6 21.Nxe4 c5 22.bxc5 f5 23.Nd6 Nxc5 24.Nxf5 Rae8 25.Neg3 Re6 26.Nd4 Re3 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Rf1+ Ke8 29.Rf3 Re1+ 30.Nf1 Ra1 31.Nb3 Rxa2 32.Nxc5 bxc5 33.Rf5 Ra5

34.Ne3 Ke7 35.Re5+ Kf6 36.Rd5 Ke6 37.c4 g6 38.h4 Ra1+ 39.Kf2 a6 40.Rxc5 a5 41.Rc6+ Kd7 42.Ra6 a4 43.Kf3 a3 44.Nc2 Rh1 45.Kg3 a2 46.Rxa2 Rc1 47.Ne3 Rc3 48.Kf2 Kc6

49.Ra7 h6 50.Ra6+ Kc5 51.Rxg6 Kd4 52.Rg4+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

GrishutinAndrey (lichess 2029) - JimWest (lichess 2063), lichess 12/16/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qe2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.c3 O-O-O

11.Be3 d4 12.cxd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bxd4 14.Nc3 Bxc3+ 15.bxc3 Qxc3+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 12/15/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

KiwiStoic (Chess.com 1982) - JimWest (Chess.com 1996), Chess.com 12/15/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Neg5 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bb4+ 8.c3 Qe7+ 9.Be2 Bc5 10.O-O Qf6 11.Bf3 Ne7 12.Qd3 Bxd4 13.cxd4 Nbc6 14.Be3 Bf5 15.Qb5 O-O-O

16.a4 h6 17.Nh3 Bxh3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Riedenbrg (lichess 1997) - JimWest (lichess 2081), lichess 12/15/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O d5 8.Nb3 Bd6 9.Bh5+ g6 10.Be2 O-O 11.Bg5 c6 12.c4 Nbd7 13.h3 Qc7 14.Nc3 Bh2+ 15.Kh1 Bf4 16.Bxf4 Qxf4 17.Qd2 Qxd2 18.Nxd2 h5 19.Nd1 Kg7

20.Ne3 Be6 21.cxd5 cxd5 22.Rac1 Rac8 23.Nb3 b6 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Rc1 Rxc1+ 26.Nxc1 Ne8 27.Bb5 Ndf6 28.Ne2 Nd6 29.Ba6 Bc8 30.Bxc8 Nxc8 31.Nf4 Ne7

32.Ne6+ Kf7 33.Nc7 Nc6 34.Ncxd5 Nxd4 35.Nxf6 Kxf6 36.Kg1 Ne2+ 37.Kf1 Nc1 38.a3 Nd3 39.b4 a5 40.b5 Ne5 41.Nd5+ Ke6 42.Nxb6 Kd6 43.Na4 Nc4 44.Nc3 Kc5 45.Nxe4+ Kxb5 46.Nc3+ Kc5 47.Nb1 Kb5 48.Ke2 Ka4 49.Kd3 Nxa3 50.Nxa3 Kxa3

51.Kc3 a4 52.f4 h4 53.Kc2 Kb4 54.Kb2 a3+ 55.Ka2 Ka4 56.Kb1 Kb3 57.Ka1 a2, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/14/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1965) - jimmylara2004 (Chess.com 1800), Chess.com 12/14/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 Bg4 8.f5 d5 9.Qc2 dxe4 10.dxe4 Qd7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.O-O Rad8 14.Rd1 Qe7 15.Nbd2 Rd7 16.h3 Bxf3 17.Nxf3 Rfd8 18.Rxd7 Rxd7 19.Rd1 Qd8

20.Rxd7 Qxd7 21.Bb5 a6 22.Bxc6 Qxc6 23.Qd2 Kf8 24.Ng5 Bxg5 25.Qxg5 f6 26.Qe3 Ke7 27.Kf2 Kd6 28.Qd2+ Ke7 29.Kf3 Qd6 30.Qxd6+ Kxd6 31.Ke3 Kc5

32.Kd3 a5 33.b3 b5 34.a3 g6 35.g4 g5 36.b4+ Kb6 37.c4 axb4 38.axb4 c5 39.Kc3 Kc6 40.Kb3 Kb6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

amper8and (lichess 1984) - JimWest (lichess 2082), lichess 12/14/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Qg4 Nf6 8.Qf5 O-O 9.Nf7 Qe7 10.Nh6+ Kh8 11.Qe5 Bxe6

12.Be2 Nc6 13.Qg3 gxh6 14.O-O Rg8 15.Qh4 Nd4, White forfeits.

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/13/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

gingergarlic08 (Chess.com 1789) - JimWest (Chess.com 1969), Chess.com 12/13/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Be2 Be7 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Ng4 9.Bg5 Bxg5 10.Qxg5 Qxg5 11.Nxg5 h6 12.Nf3 Nc6 13.h3 Nf6 14.O-O-O a6 15.Rhe1 Bh7 16.Nd2 Nd4 17.Bf3 Nxf3 18.Nxf3 Rae8

19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.dxe4 Rf4 21.Rd2 Bxe4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2066) - H-gambit (lichess 1965), lichess 12/13/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 d5 7.Qf3 dxe4 8.dxe4 Bd7 9.Bg5 Bc6 10.Nd2 Bb6 11.O-O-O Qe7 12.Bd3 Nbd7 13.Bc2 Nc5 14.Ne2 Rad8

15.Ng3 Rxd2 16.Rxd2 h6 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Rhd1 Qh4 19.b4 Na4 20.Bxa4 Bxa4 21.Re1 Qg5 22.Nf1 c5 23.a3 cxb4 24.axb4 a5 25.Qg3 Qe7 26.Ne3 axb4 27.Nd5 Qc7, Black resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 12/12/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1965) - WilloFlood2146 (Chess.com 1947), Chess.com 12/12/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Bg4 6.Be2 f3 7.Bxf3 Bxf3 8.Nxf3 Qe7 9.O-O Nfd7 10.d4 c5 11.c3 Nc6 12.Bg5 Qe6 13.Nbd2 h6 14.Be3 g5

15.Bxg5 hxg5 16.Nxg5 Qh6 17.Ndf3 cxd4 18.cxd4 Nxd4 19.Nh3 Nxf3+ 20.Qxf3 Bc5+ 21.Kh1 O-O-O 22.Rac1 Kb8 23.Qxd5 Qb6

24.Ng5 Rh5 25.Nxf7 Rxh2+ 26.Kxh2 Rh8+ 27.Nxh8 Qh6+ 28.Kg3 Qg5+ 29.Kh3 Qh5+ 30.Kg3 Qg5+ 31.Kh3 Qh5+ 32.Kg3 Qg5+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2068) - kasra_2000 (lichess 1944), lichess 12/12/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxf4 Qe7 7.d4 Qb4+ 8.Nc3 Qxb2 9.Nxd5 Bb4+ 10.Nxb4 Qxb4+ 11.Qd2 Qxd2+ 12.Bxd2 c5 13.c3 Nc6 14.Bb5 cxd4 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.cxd4 O-O 17.Nf3 c5 18.dxc5 Nxc5 19.O-O Re8

20.Bc3 Bg4 21.h3 Bxf3 22.Rxf3 Re6 23.Raf1 Re7 24.Bb4 Rc8 25.Bxc5 Rxc5 26.e6 Rcc7 27.exf7+ Rxf7 28.Rxf7 Rxf7 29.Rxf7 Kxf7

30.Kf2 Ke6 31.Ke3 Kd5 32.Kd3, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/11/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1965) - thefalcon2021 (Chess.com 1916), Chess.com 12/11/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 a5 9.a4 O-O 10.f5 d5 11.Qc2 dxe4 12.dxe4 Qe7 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Nd2 Qh4+ 16.g3 Qg5 17.O-O-O Rfd8 18.Kb1 Na7 19.Nc4 b5

20.Nxe5 bxa4 21.Nd7 Be7 22.Qxa4 Qe3 23.Rhf1 c6 24.e5 Rac8 25.f6 Bf8 26.fxg7 Bxg7 27.Bh5 Nb5 28.Bxf7+ Kh8 29.Qf4 Qe2 30.Rd2 Nxc3+ 31.bxc3 Qb5+ 32.Kc2 a4

33.Rb1 Qa6 34.Rb6 Qa7 35.e6 Qa5 36.Rb4 a3 37.e7, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

coryf395 (lichess 2056) - JimWest (lichess 2070), lichess 12/11/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.O-O fxe4 6.Nxe4 d5 7.Nxe5 dxc4 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Qxh8 Be6 11.Re1 Qe7 12.Ng5 Bg7 13.Qh4 Nd4 14.Qxd4 Bxd4 15.Rxe6 Qxe6 16.Nxe6 Bb6 17.d3 cxd3 18.cxd3 Kf7 19.Ng5+ Kg7

20.Ne4 Rd8 21.Kf1 Rxd3 22.Ke2 Rd4 23.f3 Nf6 24.Nxf6 Kxf6 25.Be3 Rb4 26.Bxb6 Rxb2+ 27.Ke3 cxb6 28.g4 Rxh2 29.a4 g5 30.Rd1 Ke6

31.f4 gxf4+ 32.Kxf4 Ra2 33.Rd4 Kf6 34.g5+ Kg6 35.Rd6+ Kg7 36.Rd7+ Kg6 37.Rd6+ Kg7 38.Rd7+ Kg6 39.Rd6+, draw.