2 PCG Games 7/8/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

IgorGolduban (Chess.com 1979) - JimWest (Chess.com 1969), Chess.com 7/8/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Nf7 Kxf7 13.Bc4+ Kg7 14.Bf4 Nc6 15.Qg5+ Kh8 16.d5 Na5

17.b3 Nxc4 18.bxc4 Bd7 19.Be5 Be8 20.c5 Bg6 21.d6 cxd6 22.cxd6 Qa5+ 23.c3 Kg8 24.dxe7 Nd7 25.O-O Qxe5 26.Qe3 Qxe7 27.Rad1 b6 28.Qd4 Nf6 29.f3 Re8 30.fxe4 Nxe4 31.Qd5+ Qe6 32.Qxe6+ Rxe6 33.Rd7 a5

34.Rc7 Nc5 35.Rd1 Re8 36.Rc6 Na4 37.Rd4 b5 38.Rd5 Be4 39.Rg5+ Kh8 40.Rc7 Bd3 41.a3 Rf8 42.h4 Rg8 43.Rxg8+ Kxg8 44.Kf2 Bc4 45.Ra7 Nxc3 46.Rxa5 Kg7 47.Kg3 h5 48.Kf4 Be2 49.Kg5 Ne4+ 50.Kf4 Nf6

51.a4 bxa4 52.Rxa4 Bg4 53.Kg5 Nh7+ 54.Kf4 Nf6 55.Kg5 Nh7+ 56.Kf4 Nf6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ange_dechut_N1 (lichess 2130) - JimWest (lichess 2183), lichess 7/8/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qe2 Qe7 9.Nf7 Bxe6 10.Nh8 Nc6 11.h4 Nf6 12.Bg5 O-O-O 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.h5 gxh5 15.Rxh5 Nd4 16.Qd2 Qf7 17.Rh6 Ng4

18.Rxe6 Nxe8 19.Bxd8 Bxf2+ 20.Kd1 Ne3+ 21.Ke2 Nxf1 22.Qxd5 Ng3+ 23.Kd1 Nxd8 24.Nc3 Qxd5+ 25.Nxd5 e3 26.Nf4 Nc6 27.c3 Ne5 28.Ne2 Nxe2, White forfeits.

2 PCG Reversed Games 7/7/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1969) - spastikatenpredikat (Chess.com 1847), Chess.com 7/7/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 exf4 6.Bxf4 Bb6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Na3 Bg4 9.Nc4 Qe7 10.Nxb6 axb6 11.Be2 O-O 12.h3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Nxe4 14.h4 Nc5 15.d4 Ne6 16.Bg3 d5 17.Qb3 Rfe8 18.Rh2 Rad8 19.O-O-O Na5

20.Qc2 Ra8 21.Bd3 g6 22.Kb1 c5 23.h5 c4 24.hxg6 cxd3 25.gxh7+ Kh8 26.Qxd3 Nc6 27.Qf5 Qg5 28.Qh3 Nf4 29.Bxf4 Qxf4 30.Rg1 Qf6 31.Rg8+ Rxg8 32.hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 33.Qh7+ Kf8 34.Qh8+ Qxh8 35.Rxh8+ Ke7 36.Rxa8 Kf6

37.Kc2 Kf5 38.Rf8 f6 39.Kd2 Ke6 40.Ke3 Kf5 41.b4 Ke6 42.Kf4 b5 43.Rh8, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2180) - vladi51 (lichess 2354), lichess 7/7/2023

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 Qd7 11.e6 fxe6 12.Nxb5 Qxb5

13.Qxe6+ Be7 14.Qc8+ Bd8 15.Qe6+ Be7 16.Qc8+ Bd8 17.Qe6+ Be7, draw.

2 PCG Games 7/6/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

dogwoodfish (Chess.com 1768) - JimWest (Chess.com 1974), Chess.com 7/6/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.fxe6 Bb4 9.f4 exf3 10.Qxf3 O-O 11.Qh3 Nc6 12.Be3 Qe7 13.Bd3 Rae8 14.O-O Qxe6 15.Qxe6+ Rxe6 16.Bg5 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Ne4 18.Bxe4 Rxe4 19.Rxf8+ Kxf8

20.Kf2 h6 21.Bd2 Na5 22.Re1 Rxe1 23.Kxe1 Nc4 24.Bc1 Kf7 25.Ke2 Ke6 26.Kf3 h5 27.g4 g6 28.gxh5 gxh5 29.Kf4 Kf6 30.h3 c6 31.h4 b5 32.Kf3 Kf5

33.Bg5 Na3 34.Be7 Nxc2 35.Bc5 a5 36.Ke2 Ke4 37.Kd2 Ne3 38.Be7 Nf5 39.Bf6 Kf4 40.Bg5+ Kg4 41.Bf6 Nxh4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

igor_rayskiy (lichess 2155) - JimWest (lichess 2170), lichess 7/6/2023

1.Nf3 d6 2.e4 e5 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O a6 13.Nc4 Bf5 14.Nxd6 cxd6 15.Bxf6 Rxf6 16.g4 Rg6 17.h3 h5 18.Bc4+ Kh7 19.g5 Bxh3

20.Rfe1 Ne6 21.Rxe4 Bf5 22.Re2 Nxf4 23.Re7 Rxg5+ 24.Kh1 Rc8 25.Bb3 b5 26.Rg1 Rxg1+ 27.Kxg1 b4 28.Na4 Bxc2 29.Rd7 Bxb3 30.axb3 d5 31.Rd6 a5 32.Nb6 Rc1+ 33.Kh2 Rc2+ 34.Kg3 g5 35.Nxd5 Rg2+ 36.Kf3 Rxb2

37.Nxf4 g4+ 38.Ke4 Rxb3 39.Rd5 h4 40.Rh5+ Kg7 41.Rxh5 g3 42.Rg4+ Kf7 43.Nd3 a4 44.Rxg3 a3 45.Rf3+ Ke7 44.Nxb4 Rxf3 45.Kxf3 Kd6 46.Ke4 Kc5 47.Na2 Kc4

48.Ke3 Kb3 49.Nc1+ Kb2 50.Kd2 a2 51.Nxa2, draw.

2 PCG Games 7/5/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

srams_chesslover (Chess.com 1985) - JimWest (Chess.com 1980), Chess.com 7/5/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe5 Nh6 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Nxg6 Bg4 8.Qb5+ c6 9.Qb7 hxg6 10.Qxa8 d5 11.Bb3 Bc5 12.Qb7 O-O 13.O-O Rf7 14.Bxd5 cxd5 15.Qxd5 Qxd5 16.Nxd5 Nc6

17.c3 Ne5 18.d4 exd3 19.Bxh6 Be2 20.Be3 Bxe3 21.dxe3 Bxf1 22.Rxf1 Nc4 23.b3 Nb2 24.Rxf7 Kxf7 25.c4 d2 26.Nc3 d1=Q+ 27.Nxd1 Nxd1 28.Kf1 Nxe3+ 29.Kf2 Nd1+ 30.Ke1 Nc3 31.a3 Ke6

32.Kd2 Ne4+ 33.Ke3 Ke5 34.g4 g5 35.b4 Nf6 36.h3 Ne4 37.a4 a6 38.a5 Nd6 39.b5 Nxc4+ 40.Kf3 axb5 41.a6 Nb6 42.Ke3 b4 43.Kd3 Kf4 44.Kd4 Kg3 45.a7 Kxh3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

RyCooder (lichess 2118) - JimWest (lichess 2158), lichess 7/5/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 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.O-O-O Bf6 16.Nf7 Kxf7 17.Bc4+ Kg7 18.Rhe1 Bd7 19.h3 Bc6

20.Bd5 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Na6 22.Rd7+ Kg6 23.Re4 Rf7 24.Rg4+ Bg5+ 25.Kd1 h5 26.Rg3 h4 27.Rg4 Rxf2 28.Rd5 Rf5 29.Rd8 Nc5 30.Rg8+ Kh6 31.Rh8+ Kg7 32.Rc8 Ne6 33.Re8 Kf7 34.Ra8 a5 35.Ra7 b6 36.Ra8 Rd5+ 37.Ke1 Kf6

38.Re8 Re5+ 39.Kd1 Kf7 40.Rh8 Kg7 41.Re8 Kf7 42.Rh8 Rd5+ 43.Ke1 Re5+ 44.Kd1, draw.

2 PCG Games 7/4/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Confuciusyue (Chess.com 1833) - JimWest (Chess.com 1963), Chess.com 7/4/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Qe2 Bd6 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.O-O O-O 12.Nf3 Qc7 13.h3 Bd7 14.Bg5 Rae8 15.Bxf6 Rxf6 16.Rfe1 e4 17.dxe4 fxe4 18.Nd4 Ref8 19.Rf1 Rg6

20.Kh1 Rff6 21.f3 Be5 22.Rad1 Bxd4 23.Rxd4 Qg3 24.fxe4 Rxf1+ 25.Qxf1 Bxh3 26.gxh3 Rf6 27.Qg2 Qe1+ 28.Kh2 Rf2 29.exd5 Rxg2+ 30.Kxg2 cxd5 31.Rxd5 h6 32.Rd7 Qc1 33.Rxa7 Qxc2+ 34.Kf3 Qxb2

35.Nd5 Qh2 36.Ne7+ Kh7 37.Nf5 Qxh3+ 38.Kf4 Qh2+ 39.Ke4 Qc2+ 40.Kf4 Qf2+ 41.Ke4 Qxa7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Dasha3002 (lichess 2155) - JimWest (lichess 2143), lichess 7/4/2023

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Qd4 c5 8.Qe3 Nh6 9.a3 Nf5 10.Qd2 e3 11.fxe3 Bxc3 12.Qxc3 Qxg5 

13.e4 Qh4+ 14.g3 Qxe4+ 15.Kf2 Qd4+ 16.Qxd4 Nxd4 17.c3 O-O+ 18.Kg2 Nb3 19.Rb1 Bf5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 7/3/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

borgesgr (Chess.com 1920) - JimWest (Chess.com 1958), Chess.com 7/3/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.exf5 Nxd4 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.Bxe6 Nxe6 9.Qh5+ g6 10.fxg6 Bg7 11.gxh7+ Nf7 12.Nc3 c6 13.f4 Nxf4 14.Qg4 Rxh7 15.Bxf4 exf4

16.Qg6 Bxc3+ 17.bxc3 Qh4+ 18.g3 fxg3 19.O-O-O Qh6+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Chesslocks (lichess 2021) - JimWest (lichess 2139), lichess 7/3/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Qa4+ Nc6 9.cxd5 Bxd2+ 10.Nxd2 e3 11.dxc6 exd2+ 12.Kd1 Qg4+ 13.Qxg4 Bxg4+ 14.f3 Be6

15.cxb7 Rb8 16.Bb5+ Ke7 17.Bc6 Nh6 18.Kxd2 Rhd8+ 19.Kc3 Bd5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 7/2/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

juanjose22 (Chess.com 1839) - JimWest (Chess.com 1962), Chess.com 7/2/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Qe2 Be7 7.Bb3 Na6 8.a3 Nc5 9.Ba2 fxe4 10.dxe4 Ncxe4 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Qb6 15.b4 d5 16.O-O O-O 17.Rfe1 Bd6 18.Be3 Qc7 19.Qe2 Kh8

20.Rad1 a6 21.a4 Rae8 22.a5 e4 23.Bd4 Be5 24.Bb6 Qb8 25.Qc2 Nd7 26.Be3 Bf4 27.Bd4 Ne5 28.Bc5 Rf6

29.Bxd5 cxd5 30.Rxd5 Nd3 31.Bd4 Nxe1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

vladi_2007 (lichess 2106) - JimWest (lichess 2129), lichess 7/2/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Nd2 d5 7.Qe2 Nf6 8.f3 Bb4 9.fxe4 Bxe4 10.Qb5+ Nc6 11.Qxb7 Nxd4 12.Ndxe4 fxe4 13.Bb5+ Ke7 14.Ba4 Rb8 15.Qa6 Qd6 16.Qxd6+ cxd6 17.Be3 Nf5 18.Bg5 Rhc8

19.O-O Bxc3 20.bxc3 Ke6 21.Bb3+ d5 22.Rae1 Nd6 23.Rd1 Nc4 24.Kf2 Ng4+ 25.Ke2 h6 26.h3 Nge5 27.Be3 a5 28.Bd4 Rf8 29.Bxc4 dxc4 30.a4 Rxf1 31.Rxf1 Rb2 32.Kd2 g5

33.Bb6, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/1/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

arkopadi (Chess.com 1771) - JimWest (Chess.com 1946), Chess.com 7/1/2023

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.O-O Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Re1 O-O 13.Nxe4 Bxe5 14.fxe5 Nd7 15.Ng5 Rae8 16.Nxe6 Rxe6 17.Bd2 Rxe5 18.Rxe5 Nxe5 19.b3 Nc6

20.Bc3 Re8 21.Kf1 b5 22.a3 a5 23.Re1 Rxe1+ 24.Kxe1 b4 25.axb4 axb4 26.Bd2 Kf7 27.c3 bxc3 28.Bxc3 g6 29.Kf2 Ke6 30.Ke3 Kd5 31.Kd3 Ne7 32.g3 c6 33.Bf6 Nf5 34.Bc3 h5 35.Bf6 Nd6 36.Bc3 Ne4 37.Bd4 c5 38.Be3 Nd6

39.Bf2 c4+ 40.bxc4+ Nxc4 41.Bd4 Nd6 42.Be3 Nf5 43.Bg5 Ke5 44.Bf4+ Kf6 45.h4 Kg7 46.Ke4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2124) - MASSIGLIA1-mg (lichess 2081), lichess 7/1/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.c3 O-O 7.Be2 e5 8.O-O Nh5 9.f5 gxf5 10.exf5 Nf4 11.g4 h5 12.Bxf4 hxg4 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bh4 gxf3 15.Rxf3 Kf7 16.Qb3+ Ke7 17.Rg3 Rg8 18.Bf3 Bxf5 19.Bd5 Na5

20.Qa4 b6 21.Bxg8 Qxg8 22.Nd2 Qh7 23.Rf1 Bxd3 24.Rxg7+ Qxg7+ 25.Bg3 Bxf1 26.Nxf1 f5 27.Kh1 Rh8 28.Ne3 Qxg3 29.Nxf5+, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/30/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1943) - AAT9 (Chess.com 2038), Chess.com 6/30/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d5 6.e5 Nd7 7.d4 f6 8.Bb5 a6 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Qe2 fxe5 11.Bxe5 Nxe5 12.Qxe5+ Be7 13.Nf3 O-O 14.O-O a5 15.Nbd2 Ba6 16.Rfe1 Bd6 17.Qe6+ Kh8 18.Ne5 Qf6 19.Qxf6 Rxf6

20.Ndf3 h6 21.h3 Bb7 22.c3 Kh7 23.a4 Re6 24.Nd7 Rae8 25.Rxe6 Rxe6 26.Re1 Rxe1+ 27.Nxe1 Bc8 28.Nc5 Bxc5 29.dxc5 Bf5 30.b4 axb4 31.cxb4 d4 32.a5 d3 33.Nf3 Bc8 34.Kf2 Kg8 35.Ke3 Ba6 36.Ne5 Bb5 37.Nxd3 Kf8

38.Ne5 Ke7 39.a6 Bxa6 40.Nxc6+ Ke3 41.b5 Bxb5 42.Nd4+ Kd5 43.Nxb5 Kxc5 44.Nxc7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

EillDe (lichess 2134) - JimWest (lichess 2118), lichess 6/30/2023

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.Nd2 Nc6 13.Bh6+ Kxh8 14.Qg5 Qg8 15.O-O-O Qxg5 16.Bxg5 Bf5 17.h3 Rg8

18.Bh4 Rxg2 19.Bg3 e3 20.Nf3 exf2 21.Nh4 Rxg3 22.Nxf5 Rf3 23.Nxe7 Nxe7 24.Rhf1 Ned5 25.Rd3 Ne3 26.Rxf2 Rxf2 27.Rxe3 Nd5 28.Re8+ Kg7 29.Rd8 c6 30.Rd7+ Rf7 31.Rd8 h5 32.c4 Nf4 33.h4 Ng6 34.d5 cxd5 35.cxd5 Nxh4

36.d6 Ng6 37.d7 Nf8 38.Re8 Rxd7 39.Re5 Kg6 40.Re8 Rf7 41.Re5 Rf5 42.Re7 Rf7 43.Re5 Nd7 44.Rb5 Nf6 45.Rb3 Rd7 46.Rg3+ Ng4, White resigns.