2 PCG Reversed Games 7/17/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1981) - jacekbylica (Chess.com 1882), Chess.com 7/17/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.c3 exf4 9.Bxf4 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Ne5 11.Be2 c6 12.Qc2 Qb6+ 13.Kh1 Neg4 14.Bxg4 Nxg4 15.Na3 d5 16.exd5 Bxa3 17.bxa3 cxd5 18.Rab1 Qc6 19.h3 Nf6

20.Be5 Nd7 21.Bd4 b6 22.Rf5 Rae8 23.Qb3 Nc5 24.Bxc5 bxc5 25.Qxd5 Qa6 26.Rbf1 Rd8 27.Rxf7 Rxd5 28.Rxf8#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2207) - bishopspear (lichess 2136), lichess 7/17/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 a6 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.Nf3 b5 9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.Qc2 h6 11.Bh4 Qb8 12.Nb3 Bb6 13.h3 Re8 14.O-O-O c5 15.Kb1 a5 16.g4 c4 17.Nc1 cxd3 18.Bxd3 b4

19.cxb4 Rc8 20.Qg2 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 Bxe4+ 22.Ka1 axb4 23.g5 Rxc1+ 24.Rxc1 Rxa2+ 25.Kxa2 Qa7+ 26.Kb3 Bd5+ 27.Kc2 b3+ 28.Kd1 h5 29.Rhf1 Qa6 30.Qe2 Qb7 31.g6 f6 32.Nd2 Nc5 33.Bf2 Bc6 34.Bxc5 Bxc5

35.Qxh5 Qb5 36.Qh7+ Kf8 37.Qh8+ Ke7 38.Qxg7+ Kd8 39.Qxf6+ Kc8 40.g7 Be3 41.g8=Q+ Kb7 42.Qff7+ Kb6 43.Qb8+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 7/16/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

mikhael1963 (Chess.com 1896) - JimWest (Chess.com 1980), Chess.com 7/16/2023

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.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.Bg4 Bxg4 12.Nxg4 Be7 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Ne2 Nd7 16.Ng3 g6 17.c3 Qf7

18.f3 exf3 19.Rxf3 Qg7 20.Rxf8+ Rxf8 21.Qe2 Kh8 22.Re1 Nf6 23.Qe7 Rf7 24.Qd8+ Rf8 25.Qe7 Rf7 26.Qd8+ Rf8 27.Qe7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Samat_03 (lichess 2121) - JimWest (lichess 2230), lichess 7/16/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Bxd8 8.O-O Nf6 9.exf5 Bxf5 10.Re1 Nd7 11.Bd5 Bf6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Nd4 Bg6 14.Nxc6 O-O 15.Ne4 a5 16.Nxf6+ Rxf6 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Rxe5 Bxc2 19.Bg5 Rf5

20.Rxf5 Bxf5 21.Rc1 Rb8 22.b3 a4 23.bxa4 Rb1 24.Rxb1 Bxb1 25.a3 Kf7 26.Kf1 Ke6 27.Ke2 Kd5 28.Kd2 Kc4 29.Kc1 Be4 30.f3 Bb7 31.Kc2 h5 32.Bf4 c5 33.Bd6 g6 34.h4 Bc8 35.f4 Bf5+ 36.Kd2 Bc8 37.g3 Ba6 38.Ke3 Kd5

39.Bxc5 Kxc5 40.Ke4 Bc8 41.Ke5 Kb6 42.Kd4 Ka5 43.Ke3 Kxa4 44.Kf2 Kxa3 45.Ke3 Bf5 46.Kd4 Kb4 47.Ke5 Kc3 48.Kf6 Kd4 49.Kg5 Ke4, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 7/15/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Verp00 (Chess.com 1838) - JimWest (Chess.com 1975), Chess.com 7/15/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.Be2 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Nd4 Nf6 8.d3 Bd6 9.dxe4 dxe4 10.Be3 O-O 11.Ngf5 Bxf5 12.Nxf5 Nc6 13.c3 Ne7 14.Nd4 Qc8 15.h3 Be5 16.Qb3+ Kh8 17.O-O-O Bxd4 18.Rxd4 Nc6 19.Rd2 Rd8

20.Re1 Rxd2 21.Bxd2 b6 22.Bg5 Qf5, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Gambitos2022 (lichess 2157) - JimWest (lichess 2225), lichess 7/15/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Ng1 Nf6 9.Bc4 d5 10.Bb3 c6 11.Ne2 O-O 12.O-O Kh8

13.c4 Be6 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Nbc3 Nc6 16.Nf4 Rad8 17.Nxe6 Qxe6 18.Qc1 Nxd4, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/14/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2004) - kanoto123 (Chess.com 1952), Chess.com 7/14/2023

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.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ehmalotos (lichess 2138) - JimWest (lichess 2228), lichess 7/14/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nfd2 d5 6.c4 c6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.Bb5+ Nc6 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nge7 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.f3 Ba6 14.Re1 Qb6+ 15.Kh1 O-O

16.fxe4 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Rad8 18.Qb3+ Kh8 19.Nd6 Qf2 20.Bg5 Bf1 21.Nf7+ Rxf7 22.Qxf7 Qxg2#.

2 PCG Games with 5...Nf6

Philidor Counter Gambit

IM Anwesh9792 (lichess 2771) - GM smeets (lichess 2789), lichess 3/2023

1.e4 d6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6

6.Nxf6+ gxf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Bc4 Bf5 10.Be3 Bxc2 11.O-O Nd7 12.Rac1 Bg6 13.Rfd1 Bd6

14.Be6 Ke7 15.Bh3 a5 16.Nh4 a4 17.Rd5 a3 18.b3 Rad8 19.Ra5 b6 20.Ra7 Ra8 21.Rxa8 Rxa8

22.Bf5 Nf8 23.g4 Bb4 24.Rxc7+ Kd6 25.Bxb6 Ra6 26.Rb7 Kc6 27.Nxg6 Kxb7 28.Nxf8 Rxb6 29.Nxh7 Rd6

30.Kg2 Rd2 31.Nxf6 Rxa2 32.Nd5 Bc5 33.Kf3 Rxf2+ 34.Ke4 a2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Aleksei_Bykov (lichess 2467) - CM ArnieChipmunk (lichess 2476), lichess 5/26/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6

6.Nxf6+ gxf6 7.Bd3 Be6 8.O-O Qd7 9.Re1 Nc6 10.c4 Bg4 11.Be3 O-O-O

12.d5 Ne7 13.Bxa7 Rg8 14.a4 Nf5 15.a5 Nh4 16.Kh1 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Qh3

18.Rg1 Nxf3 19.Bf5+ Qxf5 20.Rxg8 Qh3 21.Rg2 Bh6 22.Qf1 Bf4 23.Ra3 e4

24.a6 Bxh2 25.Rxf3 exf3 26.axb7+ Kxb7 27.Rg1 Qh5 28.Rg2 fxg2+ 29.Qxg2 Be5+ 30.Kg1 Qd1+ 31.Qf1 Rg8+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/12/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

mehrdad1354mehrdad1354 (Chess.com 1971) - JimWest (Chess.com 2011), Chess.com 7/12/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 c6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Nh7 d5 13.Ng3 Bg6 14.Bh5 Bh7 15.Bg4 Bd6 16.c4 d4 17.Qb3 Qb6 18.Qxb6 axb6

19.Ne4 Bxe4 20.dxe4 Na6 21.Nf3 Nc5 22.Bf5 Rf6 23.Nd2 g6 24.Bg4 h5 25.Bf3 Nd3 26.b3 Bb4 27.Rad1 Nb2 28.Rb1 Rxa2 29.Ra1 Rxa1 30.Rxa1 Bxd2 31.Ra8+ Rf8 32.Ra2 Bc3 33.Kf1 Nd3 34.Ra7 Rf7 35.Ra8+ Kg7

36.Re8 Kf6 37.g4 Ne1 38.Be2 d3 39.Bd1 hxg4 40.Bxg4 Nc2 41.Kg2 Nd4 42.f4 Nxb3 43.fxe5+ Bxe5 44.Re6+ Kg7 45.Rxe5 Nc5 46.Re8 Rf4 47.Bf3 d2 48.Rd8 Nxe4 49.Bxe4 Rxe4 50.Rxd2 Rxc4 51.Rd7+ Kh6 52.Rxb7 b5

53.Kg3 Kg5 54.Re7 Rc3+ 55.Kg2 b4 56.Re5+ Kf6 57.Ra5 c5 58.h4 Kf5 59.Ra1 Kg4 60.Ra6 Rg3+ 61.Kf2 Kxh4 62.Rc6 Rg5 63.Ke2 Re5+ 64.Kd3 g5 65.Rh6+ Kg3 66.Rh1 g4 67.Rc1 Kh3 68.Rh1+ Kg2 69.Rh4 g3

70.Rh7 Kg1 71.Rg7 g2 72.Rh7 b3 73.Rb7 Rh5 74.Rxb3 Rh3+ 75.Kc4 Rxb3 76.Kxb3 Kf2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2217) - ArcheinPrattein (lichess 2161), lichess 7/12/2013

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Bh3+ 12.Kxh1 Bxf1 13.Nc3 Qf5 14.Qxf1 Qxc2

15.Qb5+ c6 16.Qxb7 Rd8 17.Bg5 f6 18.Qxc6+ Kf7 19.Bxf6 Qd3 20.Ng5+ Kg6 21.Bxd8+ Kh5 22.Qxd5, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/11/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1986) - muhammed-hamdy (Chess.com 1813), Chess.com 7/11/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 h6 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Be2 Ng4 8.d4 exd4 9.cxd4 Bb4+ 10.Nc3 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 b6 14.h3 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Bc5 16.Bxg4 Bxd4+ 17.Kh1 Rxe5 18.Bxc8 Rxc8 19.Bf4 Rf5

20.Ne2 Bxb2 21.Qxd8+ Rxd8 22.Rab1 Be5 23.g4 Rxf4 24.Nxf4 Rd2 25.Rbe1 Bd6 26.Re2 Rd4 27.Ng2 Rd3 28.Re3 Rd2 29.Re8+ Kh7 30.Rxf7 Rxa2 31.Kg1 a5

32.Nh4 a4 33.Nf5 Rd2 34.Rxg7#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

al956 (lichess 2219) - JimWest (lichess 2206), lichess 7/11/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.Bd2 g5 8.Bc3 Nd7 9.h3 Ne7 10.Nh7 h5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.b4 b5 13.Be2 Qg6 14.Nd2 Bg7 15.a4 bxa4 16.Rxa4 Nb6 17.Ra5 g4

18.hxg4 hxg4 19.Nxg4 Qh7 20.f3 Bxg4 21.fxg4 Qh2+ 22.Kf2 Qg3+ 23.Kg1 Qxc3 24.Nc4 Nxc4 25.Qd6 Nxa5, White forfeits.

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/10/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Klaiiron (Chess.com 1841) - JimWest (Chess.com 1981), Chess.com 7/10/2023

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.Qxd4 Qxg5 11.Bxe3 Qe7 12.h4 Nc6 13.Qd2 Nxe5 14.Be2 Nf6 15.O-O O-O 16.Bg5 b6

17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Qd5+ Be6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2195) - Mansiti (lichess 2297), lichess 7/10/2023

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+ Kf8 16.Ne2 Qc6 17.O-O+ Bf6 18.Rxf6+ gxf6 19.Bh6#.

2 PCG Games 7/9/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

jamrem4 (Chess.com 1939) - JimWest (Chess.com 1976), Chess.com 7/9/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 Bxf5 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Qe2 d5 10.O-O-O Nc6 11.Qb5 O-O-O 12.Nb3 Rd6 13.Nc5 Nd8 14.Qa4 a6 15.b4 Nd7 16.b5 Nb6 17.Qa5 Nc4 18.Bxc4 dxc4 19.bxa6 bxa6

20.Nxa6 Bg4 21.f3 exf3 22.Rhe1 Qf7 23.Nc5 Rb6 24.Qa8+ Rb8 25.Qa6+ Nb7 26.gxf3 Qxf3 27.Nb5 c3 28.Na7+ Kd8 29.Nc6+ Kc8 30.Nxb8 Kxb8 31.Qxb7+ Qxb7 32.Nxb7 Bxd1 33.Nc5 Bg4 34.Re4 Rf8 35.Re1 Rf2

36.Ne4 Rxh2 37.Nxc3 Bf5 38.Re2 Rxe2 39.Nxe2 g5 40.Kd2 h5 41.c4 c6 42.d5 cxd5 43.cxd5 Kc7 44.Nd4 Bd7 45.Ke3 Kd6 46.Ke4 h4 47.a4 h3 48.Ne2 Bxa4 49.Kf5 Bd1 50.Ng3 g4 51.Ke4 Bf3+ 52.Kd4 Bxd5

53.Nf5+ Ke6 54.Ng3 h2 55.Ke3 h1=Q 56.Nxh1 Bxh1 57.Kf4 Bf3 58.Kg3 Kf5 59.Kf2 Kf4 60.Kg1 g3 61.Kf1 Bc6 62.Kg1 Kf3 63.Kf1 Bd5 64.Kg1 g2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

trucar (lichess 2057) - JimWest (lichess 2197), lichess 7/9/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.e6 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.Bb5 Kf8 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.O-O Kg8 14.Ng6 hxg6 15.a3 Bd6 16.f3 Re8 17.fxe4 dxe4 18.Qe1 Bc4 19.Ne2 Ng4

20.Bf4 Rf8 21.b3 Bxf4 22.Rxf4 Bxe2 23.Rxf8+ Qxf8 24.Qxe2 Qc5+ 25.Kf1 Nxh2+ 26.Ke1 Qc3+ 27.Kf2 Qxa1 28.Qxe4 Qf6+ 29.Kg1 Qd6 30.Qh4 Kf7 31.Qxh2 Qxh2+ 32.Kxh2 Kf6

33.Kg3 Kf5 34.Kf3 a5 35.c3 c5 36.Ke3 Ke5 37.Kd3 Kd5 38.Ke3 g5 39.Kf3 c6 40.Ke3 g6 41.Kf3 Ke5 42.g3 g4+ 43.Ke3 g5 44.c4 Ke6 45.Ke4 Kf6 46.Kd3 Ke5 47.Ke3 Ke6 48.Ke4 Kf6 49.Kd3 Ke5 50.Ke3, draw.