2 PCG Reversed Games 11/8/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2003) - Papaflessas (Chess.com 1961), Chess.com 11/8/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Be7 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Ne5 11.d4 Ng6 12.Bg3 c6 13.c3 Qb6 14.Qb3 Qxb3 15.axb3 a6 16.Nd2 Rfd8 17.Nc4 b5 18.Ne3 d5 19.exd5 Nxd5

20.Nxd5 cxd5 21.b4 Bh4 22.Bh2 Bg5 23.Rfe1 Nh4 24.Bd1 Re8 25.Bb3 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Nf5 27.Bxd5 Rf8 28.g4 Ne3 29.Bb3 Re8 30.Bg3 Kf8 31.h4 Bd8 32.Bd6+ Kg8

33.Bf4 Bxh4 34.Rxe3 Rxe3 35.Bxe3 h6 36.Kg2 Kf8 37.Kf3 Ke7 38.Ke4 Bg5 39.Bxg5+ hxg5 40.Kf5 f6 41.Kg6 Kd6 42.Kxg7 f5 43.gxf5 g4 44.Bd1 g3 45.Bf3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2173) - Tomboy_girl_2011 (lichess 2126), lichess 11/8/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.f5 d5 8.Qc2 dxe4 9.dxe4 Ng4 10.h3 Nf6 11.Bg5 Qd6 12.Nbd2 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.O-O-O Rd8 15.Kb1 a6 16.g4 b5 17.h4 b4 18.g5 Qd6

19.Bc4 bxc3 20.bxc3 h5 21.g6 Qe7 22.Bxf7+ Kf8 23.Ng5, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/7/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Myoothant (Chess.com 2026) - JimWest (Chess.com 1977), Chess.com 11/7/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qd2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nh6 10.Nc3 c6 11.Na4 e3 12.fxe3 Qh4+ 13.Kd1 Qxa4 14.b3 Bg4+ 15.Be2 Bxe2+ 16.Qxe2 Qg4 17.Qxg4 Nxg4 18.Ke2 Nd7 19.h3 Ngf6

20.g4 Ke7 21.b4 Bd6 22.c4 Rxh8 23.c5 Be5 24.Rb1 Ne4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

DaanVanhaverbeke2005 (lichess 2136) - JimWest (lichess 2154), lichess 11/7/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bc4 Nc6 13.Nf7 Nxe5 14.Nxd8 Nxc4 15.b3 Na3 16.O-O-O Bxd8 17.c4 b5 18.Kb2 b4 19.Rhe1 Bf5

20.Be3 Ng4 21.h3 Nxe3 22.Rxe3 Bg6 23.Rg3 Bh4 24.Rg4 Bxf2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/6/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

JSlater29 (Chess.com 1872) - JimWest (Chess.com 1936), Chess.com 11/6/2023

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.Nf3 exf2+ 11.Kxf2 dxc3 12,Qxd8+ Kxd8 13.Bg5+ Ke8 14.Rc1 Nc6 15.Rxc3 Nge7 16.Bd3 h6 17.Bh4 Rf8 18.Bxe7 Kxe7 19.Re1 Bg4

20.Re4 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Rad8 22.Bc2 Nd4 23.f4 Nxc2 24.Rxc2 Rd3 25.Rb2 b6 26.Ra2 g5 27.Kg2 Rxf4 28.Rxf4 gxf4 29.Rf2 Rxa3 30.Rxf4 Ke6 31.Rf6+ Kxe5 32.Rxh6 Rc3 33.Rc6 a5 34.Rxc7 a4 35.Rb7 Rb3 36.h4 Kf4

37.Ra7 Rb4 38.Ra6 Kg4 39.Kf2 Kxh4 40.Ke2 Rxc4 41.Rxb6 a3 42.Ra6 Rc2+ 43.Kd3 Ra2 44.Kc3 Ra1 45.Ra4+ Kg3 46.Kb3 Kf3 47.Rxa3 Rxa3+ 48.Kxa3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

wild_duckies (lichess 2031) - JimWest (lichess 2157), lichess 11/6/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Qxg5 9.Qxd5 Ne7 10.Qxe4 Nbc6 11.f4 Qf5 12.Bd3 Qxe4 13.Bxe4 O-O 14.g3 Bf5 15.Bd3 Bxd3 16.cxd3 Rad8 17.O-O-O Nd5 18.Rhe1 Nxc3 19.bxc3 Ne7

20.Kc2 c5 21.a4 b6 22.d4 cxd4 23.cxd4 Nd5 24.Kb3 Rc8 25.Rc1 h5 26.e6 g6 27.Rc4 Rfe8 28.Re5 Ne7 29.Rxc8 Rxc8 30.d5 Rd8 31.Kc4 Kg7 32.h3 a6 33.g4 hxg4 34.hxg4 b5+ 35.axb5 axb5+ 36.Kc5 b4

37.d6 Rc8+ 38.Kb6 Rc6+ 39.Kb5 Rxd6 40.Kxb4 Rd4+ 41.Kc5 Rxf4 42.g5 Rf5 43.Rxf5 gxf5 44.Kd6 Ng6 45.Kd5 Kf8 46.Kd4 Ke7 47.Kd5 Kd8 48.Kc5 Kc7 49.Kd5 f4 50.Ke4 Kd6 51.Kf5 f3 52.Kxg6 f2 53.Kh7 f1=Q

54.g6 Kxe6 55.g7 Qh3+ 56.Kg8 Qf5 57.Kh8 Qh5+ 58.Kg8 Kf6, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/5/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

mastera14 (Chess.com 1842) - JimWest (Chess.com 1950), Chess.com 11/5/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Ng5 h6 10.Ne6 Bxe6 11.Bxe6 Nbd7 12.Qe2 O-O-O 13.b3 Kb8 14.a4 Bc5 15.a5 Bd4 16.Bb2 a6 17.Na4 Bxb2 18.Nxb2 Rhe8 19.Bf5 g5

20.f3 h5 21.c4 g4 22.b4 gxf3 23.gxf3 Rg8+ 24.Kh1 Rg7 25.Rg1 Rdg8 26.b5 Rxg1+ 27.Rxg1 Rxg1+ 28.Kxg1 cxb5 29.cxb5 Qc5+ 30.Kg2 Qxb5 31.Qd2 Kc7 32.Qc3+ Qc5 33.Nc4 Kd8 34.Be6 Ke7 35.Bf5 h4

36.Kf1 Kf7 37.Kg2 Kg7 38.Qd3 Qd4 39.Qxd4 exd4 40.e5 Nxe5 41.Nxe5 Nd5 42.Be4 Ne3+ 43.Kf2 Kf6 44.Nd3 Nc4 45.Bxb7 Nxa5 46.Bxa6 Nc6 47.Nxf4 Kf5 48.Ne2 Ke5 49.Bc4 Nb4 50.Bb5 d3

51.f4+ Ke4 52.f5 Kxf5 53.Nd4+ Kg4 54.Ke3 Kh3 55.Nf3 Kg2 56.Nxh4+ Kxh2 57.Bxd3 Nxd3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

franm99 (lichess 2157) - JimWest (lichess 2167), lichess 11/5/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.Bb5+ c6 5.Ba4 fxe4 6.Nxe4 d5 7.Ng3 e4 8.Ne5 Nf6 9.d4 Bd6 10.f4 O-O 11.O-O Be6 12.f5 Bf7 13.Nxf7 Rxf7 14.c4 dxc4 15.Bg5 Bxg3 16.hxg3 b5 17.Bc2 Qd5 18.Qd2 Nbd7 19.Rae1 Re8

20.Qa5 Qxd4+ 21.Be3 Qxb2 22.Re2 Qe5 23.Qxa7 Qxg3 24.Bf4 Qc3 25.Rfe1 Ne5 26.Qc5 Nd3 27.Bxd3 Qxd3 28.Qxc6 Qd7 29.Qc5 Qa7 30.Qf2 Qxf2+ 31.Kxf2 Nd5 32.Rxe4 Rxe4 33.Rxe4 Nxf4 34.Rxf4 Ra7 35.Ke3 Rxa2 36.g4 Ra8

37.Kd4 Rc8 38.Kc3 h6 39.Rf3 Kf7 40.Rf2 Kf6 41.Kb4 c3 42.Rc2 Rc4+ 43.Kxb5 Rxg4 44.Rxc3 Rf4 45.Rc6+ Kxf5 46.Kc5 h5 47.Rc7 g5 48.Kd5 Kg4 49.Rg7 h4 50.Ke5 h3 51.Rh7 Rf1 52.Rg7 h2 53.Rh7 h1=Q, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/4/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1947) - catcloud (Chess.com 1833), Chess.com 11/4/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bb6 8.a4 a5 9.Na3 Nh5 10.Nc4 Bxf3 11.Nxb6 cxb6 12.Bxf3 Qh4+ 13.g3 Nxg3

14.hxg3 Qxg3+ 15.Ke2 exf4 16.Qg1 Qxg1 17.Rxg1, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

BBea (lichess 2172) - JimWest (lichess 2161), lichess 11/4/2023

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc3 d5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O c6 9.Nb3 Bd6 10.Bg5 O-O 11.f3 Qc7 12.h3 Nbd7 13.fxe4 Bxe4 14.Bd3 Rae8

15.Bxe4 Nxe4 16.Rxf8+ Nxf8 17.Nxe4 Rxe4 18.c3 Ne6 19.Bd2 Nf4 20.Bxf4 Bxf4 21.Nc5 Re8 22.Qg4 Qf7 23.Nd3 Bb8 24.Rd1 Re4 25.Qc8+ Re8 26.Qg4 h6 27.Rd2 Qe7

28.Rd1 Qe3+ 29.Kh1 Qxd3 30.Qh5 Qe4, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/3/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

minorswing (Chess.com 1983) - JimWest (Chess.com 1941), Chess.com 11/3/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Nf7 Kxf7 12.Bc4+ Kg7 13.Qg3+ Kh8 14.Bg5 Bg7 15.O-O-O Bf5 16.Kb1 Nc6 17.d5 Na5 18.Be2 b6 19.Qf4 Bg6

20.h4 Qd6 21.Qd2 h5 22.g4 Nxg4 23.Bxg4 hxg4 24.h5 Bf5 25.h6 Bxb2 26.c3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ServerAdamin (lichess 2074) - JimWest (Chess.com 2153), lichess 11/3/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.d5 f4 7.h4 Nb8 8.Nc3 Be7 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qxh6 Bf8 11.Ne6 Bxe6 12.Qg5 Qxg5 13.hxg5 Bf7 14.Nb5 Na6 15.g3 fxg3 16.fxg3 c6 17.Nc3 Nb4 18.Rh2 cxd5 19.exd5 Rc8

20.Bb3 Be7 21.a3 Na6 22.Ba4+ Kf8 23.Bd7 Rc7 24.Be6 Bxe6 25.dxe6 Rxc3 26.bxc3 Nc5 27.Rf2+ Ke8 28.Rb1 b6 29.Be3 Nxe6 30.a4 Bxg5 31.Bxg5 Nxg5 32.a5 Ke7 33.axb6 axb6 34.Rxb6 Rc8 35.Rb7+ Ke6

36.Rb3 Rc4 37.Re2 e4 38.Re3 d5 39.Rb4 Rc7 40.Ke2 Ke5 41.Rb5 Nf7 42.Rb4 Nd6 43.Kf2 Nf5 44.Re1 Rxc3 45.g4 Rxc2+ 46.Kg1 Nh4 47.Rd1 Nf3+ 48.Kf1 Nh2+ 49.Ke1 Nxg4 

50.Rb8 Nf6 51.Rb7 h5 52.Re7+ Kf5 53.Rf7 Ke6 54.Rg7 Rg2 55.Rb1 Rg1+, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/2/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1930) - Tariqkhan99 (Chess.com 1876), Chess.com 11/2/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 g6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Bg7 6.c3 O-O 7.Be2 Nh5 8.Bxh5 gxh5 9.Qxh5 Qf6 10.Ne2 Nc6 11.O-O Ne7 12.Bxc7 Qg6 13.Qxg6 fxg6 14.Rxf8+ Bxf8 15.Nd2 d5 16.Bd6 Be6 17.Nf4 Bf7 18.Bxe7 Bxe7 19.Nxd5 Bg5

20.Nf3 Bh6 21.Rf1 Rd8 22.c4 a6 23.h4 b5 24.b3 bxc5 25.bxc5 Rb8 26.Ng5 Bxg5 27.hxg5 Rb2 28.Rf2 Rb1+ 29.Kh2 Rd1 30.Rf3 a5 31.a4 Kg7 32.Nf6 Ra1 33.Nxh7 Bxc4 34.dxc4 Kxh7 35.Rc3 Rxa4 36.c5 Rxe4

37.c6 Re8 38.Kg3 Kg7 39.Kf4 Kf7 40.c7 Rc8 41.Ke5 Ke7 42.Rc6 a4 43.Rxg6 a3 44.Ra6 Rxc7 45.Rxa3 Rc5+ 46.Kf4 Kf7 47.Ra7+ Kg6 48.Ra6+ Kg7 49.Kg4 Rc4+ 50.Kh5 Rc7 51.g4 Rb7 52.g6 Rb5+ 53.g5 Rb7

54.Rf6 Ra7 55.Rf7+ Rxf7 56.gxf7 Kxf7 57.Kh6 Kg8 58.Kg6 Kh8 59.Kf7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Dyeuz (lichess 2104) - JimWest (lichess 2148), lichess 11/2/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.O-O f4 7.Bb5 Qxg5 8.d5 a6 9.dxc6 axb5 10.Qd5 b6 11.Nc3 Bh3 12.g3 Bxf1 13.Kxf1 Qg4 14.Nxb5 Rc8 15.Bd2 Qh3+ 16.Ke2 fxg3 17.hxg3 Be7

18.a4 Qg4+ 19.Kd3 Qf3+ 20.Be3 Qf7 21.a5 Qxd5+ 22.exd5 bxa5 23.Rxa5 Nf5 24.Bd2 O-O 25.Ra7 Bd8 26.Rb7 Ne7 27.Bg5 Nxd5 28.Bxd8 Rfxd8 29.c4 Nb4+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/1/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

nkk81 (Chess.com 1878) - JimWest (Chess.com 1918), Chess.com 11/1/2023

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.Nc4 O-O 13.Be3 Ng4 14.Nxd6 Nxe3 15.Rf2 cxd6 16.Re1 Ng4 17.Rd2 Nf6 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 Nxf4

20.Rxd6 Rae8 21.Rxe8 Rxe8 22.Rd2 Re7 23.g3 Ng6 24.Kf2 Kf7 25.c4 Ke8 26.b4 Ne5 27.c5 a6 28.h3 h5 29.Rd5 g6 30.a4 Nd7 31.b5 axb5 32.axb5 Re5 33.Rd6 Rxc5 34.Rxg6 Rxb5 35.g4 hxg4 36.Rxg4 Nf6 37.Rf4 Kf7 38.h4 Kg6

39.Rd4 Rf5+ 40.Kg3 b5 41.Rd8 Nh5+ 42.Kg4 Rf4+ 43.Kh3 Rf3+ 44.Kg2 Rb3 45.Rg8+ Kh7 46.Rg5 Rg3+ 47.Rxg3 Nxg3 48.Kf2 Ne4+ 49.Ke3 Nd6 50.Kd4 Kh6 51.Kc5 Kh5 52.Kd5 Kxh4 53.Kc5 Kg4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

BSUA_LONTOKJB (lichess 2108) - JimWest (lichess 2145), lichess 11/1/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.h4 Bc5 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qd1 Ne7 9.a3 O-O 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.fxe3 h6 12.Nh3 Nbc6 13.c4 Nxe5 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Nc3 Qxd1+ 16.Rxd1 Bf5 17.Rd4 N7c6 18.Rd5 Rad8

19.Bb5 Rxd5 20.Nxd5 Rf7 21.Nf2 a6 22.Ba4 Kg7 23.Rg1 Rd7 24.Nc3 Nd3+ 25.Nxd3 Rxd3 26.g4 Rxe3+ 27.Kd2 Rd3+ 28.Kc2 Nd4+ 29.Kc1 Rxc3+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/31/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

hairyhairychess1 (Chess.com 1773) - JimWest (Chess.com 1907), Chess.com 10/31/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.g3 O-O 10.Bg2 h6 11.Nh3 Nbc6 12.O-O Nxe5 13.Bf4 N7g6 14.Be3 Bg4 15.Qb1 Qd7

16.Qxb7 Bxh3 17.Rad1 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 c6 19.Qb4 Rab8 20.Qd4 Qf7 21.c4 Nxc4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Sarwary_Ahmad (lichess 1981) - JimWest (lichess 2142), lichess 10/31/2023

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.c3 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.Bd3 fxe4 6.Bxe4 d5 7.Nxe5 dxe4 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Nxg6 Nf6 10.Qh4 Rg8 11.Nxf8 Rxf8 12.Bg5 Bf5 13.Nd2 Qe7 14.O-O-O O-O-O 15.Rhe1 Rde8 16.f3 Qf7 17.fxe4 Bg4

18.Rf1 Bxd1 19.Rxf6 Qxa2 20.Kxd1 Rxf6 21.Bxf6 Qxb2 22.Qh3+ Kb8 23.e5 Qa1+ 24.Ke2 Qa6+ 25.Ke3 Ne7 26.Qd7 Nd5+ 27.Qxd5 Qxf6 28.Ne4 Qh6+ 29.Kd3 Qxh2 30.Nf6 Rc8 31.Nd7+ Ka8 32.Nc5 Qg3+ 33.Kc4 Qg8

34.e6 Rb8 35.e7 Qxd5+ 36.Kxd5 Re8 37.Ke6 b6 38.Nd7 a5 39.Kf7 Rxe7+ 40.Kxe7 a4 41.Ne5 a3 42.Nc4 a2, White forfeits.