PCG Reversed & PCG 11/16/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2035) - sircamos (Chess.com 1937), Chess.com 11/16/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 Nf2 8.Qf3 Qd7 9.Bxe3 Nxh1 10.Nh3 Qf5 11.Ng5 Qxf3 12.gxf3 Be7 13.Bxf7+ Kf8 14.Bc4 Bxg5 15.Bxg5 Nc6 16.c3 h6 17.Be3 Bh3 18.Nd2 Ke7

19.Ke2 Na5 20.Bd3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

SaadZaghloul (lichess 2014) - JimWest (lichess 2146), lichess 11/16/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d4 Be7 6.dxe5 Nxe5 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8+ Bxd8 9.Be3 f4 10.Bd2 c6 11.f3 Bh4+ 12.Ke2 Ne7 13.Rad1 b5

14.Bb3 b4, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/15/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

PL_Szachy (Chess.com 1881) - JimWest (Chess.com 2029), Chess.com 11/15/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.b3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Be2 c6 8.h3 h6 9.Bd2 a5 10.a4 Na6 11.O-O f4 12.d4 Qc7 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Bc1 Be6 15.Ba3 Bxa3 16.Rxa3 Nc5 17.Re1 Rad8 18.Qc1 g5

19.Ra1 g4 20.hxg4 Bxg4 21.Qa3 b6 22.Rad1 Bxf3 23.Bxf3 Ne6 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Rd1 Nd4 26.Qc1 Nxf3+ 27.gxf3 Rxd1+ 28.Qxd1 Qd7 29.Qxd7 Nxd7

30.Kh2 Kf7 31.Na2 c5 32.Kh3 Kg6 33.Kg4 h5+ 34.Kh4 Kh6 35.Nc3 Nf6 36.Ne2 Ng8 37.Nc3 Nf6 38.Nd5 Nd7 39.Nc3 Nf6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

GannTheMann (lichess 2034) - JimWest (lichess 2145), lichess 11/15/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Bd6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nxe4 Bxe5 12.O-O-O Bf5 13.Rhe1 Nf7 14.Nxf6+ Ke7 15.Nd5+ Kf8 16.f4 Bd6 17.Nf6 Rd8 18.g3 h5

19.Bb3 Kg7 20.Ne4 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Rhe8 22.Rde1 Rxe4 23.Rxe4 Kf8 24.Re6 Rd7 25.Rf6 Kg7 26.Rf5 Kg6 27.Bxf7+ Kxf5, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/14/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

MM599 (Chess.com 1940) - JimWest (Chess.com 2018), Chess.com 11/14/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 Nf6 8.Nc3 Bxf5 9.Bc4 c6 10.O-O d5 11.Be2 O-O 12.Qe1 Nbd7 13.Nd1 Rae8

14.Ne3 Bg6 15.Qd1 h6 16.Rc1 b5 17.a4 a6 18.axb5 axb5 19.Ra1 Ra8 20.b3 Nb6 21.c4 Rxa1 22.Qxa1 Ra8 23.Qc3 b4 24.Qb2 dxc4 25.Ndxc4 Nxc4 26.Bxc4+ Kh7 27.Ra1 Ra3 28.Nc2 Rxa1+ 29.Qxa1 Nd5 30.Bxd5 cxd5

31.Qa5 e3 32.Nxe3 Qe4 33.Qa1 Qd3 34.Qb2 Be4 35.h3 h5 36.Kh2 g5 37.Kg3 Kg6 38.Kh2 Kf6 39.Qa1 Qxb3

40.Qa6+ Kg7 41.Qb7+ Kh6 42.Qc6+ Kg7 43.Qd7+ Kh6 44.Qe6+ Kg7 45.Qe7+ Kg6 46.Qe6+ Kg7 47.Qe7+ Kg6 48.Qe6+ Kg7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2165) - bulmacacanavari001 (lichess 2142), lichess 11/14/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 d5 7.Qf3 dxe4 8.dxe4 b6 9.Bg5 Bb7 10.Nd2 Qe7 11.O-O-O a6 12.Ne2 b5 13.Ng3 b4 14.Nh5 Nbd7 15.Bc4 bxc3 16.Qxc3 Bd4

17.Qg3 Nxh5 18.Bxe7 Nxg3 19.hxg3 Rfe8 20.Ba3 Nc5 21.Bxc5 Bxc5 22.Bd5 Bxd5 23.exd5 Rad8 24.Ne4 Bd4 25.f6 g6 26.Kb1 Rxd5 27.Rh6 Be3 28.Rxd5 Bxh6 29.Rd7 c6

30.g4 Bf4 31.g3 Be3 32.g5 h6 33.gxh6 Bxh6 34.g4 Bf4 35.g5 Be3 36.b3 Bd4 37.Kc2 Rc8 38.a4 c5 39.Nd6 Rf8 40.Ne4 Be3 41.Kd3 Bd4 42.Kc4 Rc8 43.a5 Re8 44.Nd6 Rf8 45.Kd5 Be3 46.Ne4 Bd4

47.Re7 Rd8+ 48.Nd6 Be3 49.Kc6 Bxg5 50.Nxf7 Bxf6 51.Nxd8 Bxe7 52.Ne6 e4 53.Nf4 g5 54.Ne2 g4 55.Kd5 e3 56.Ke4 Bg5 57.Kf5 Bh6 58.Kxg4 Kf7 59.Kf5 Bg7 60.Ke4 Bd4 61.b4 Ke6 62.bxc5 Bxc5

63.Nf4+ Kf6 64.Nd5+ Kf7 65.Nxe3 Bb4 66.Nc4 Ke6 67.Kd4 Kd7 68.Kd5 Kc7 69.Kd4 Kc6 70.Kd3 Kb5 71.Kd4 Bc5+ 72.Kc3 Bf2 73.Kb3 Be1 74.Nd6+ Kxa5 75.Nc4+ Kb5 76.Na3+ Kc5 77.Ka4 Kc6

78.Nc2 Bc3 79.Nb4+ Kb6 80.Nxa6 Kxa6, draw.

2 PCG Games 11/13/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

colliepet (Chess.com 1912) - JimWest (Chess.com 2029), Chess.com 11/13/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6

5.Qe2 fxe4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

MH400m (lichess 2025) - JimWest (lichess 2168), lichess 11/13/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.Bc4 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.d3 d5 9.Bb3 Bd6 10.Re1 O-O 11.Ne4 Bxe4 12.dxe4 Nc5 13.Bg5 Nxb3 14.axb3 d4 15.c3 dxc3 16.bxc3 h6 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.b4 a6 19.Qb3+ Kh8

20.c4 Rad8 21.Ra2 Bb8 22.Qe3 g5 23.Nh2 h5 24.Qe2 Qg6 25.Rd1 Rxd1+ 26.Qxd1 Ba7 27.c5 Bb8 28.Rd2 Qf7 29.Nf3 Qf4 30.Rd7 g4 31.hxg4 hxg4 32.Nh2 Qxf2+ 33.Kh1 Qh4 34.Rxb7 g3 35.Qg1 Qxh2+ 36.Qxh2 gxh2 37.Kxh2 Rg8

38.Rb6 Bc7 39.Rxc6 Bd8 40.Rxa6 Bg5 41.c6 Bf4+ 42.Kg1 Be3+ 43.Kf1 Bd4 44.b5 Rc8 45.Ke2 Kg7 46.Kd3 Kf7 47.Kc4 Ke7 48.Ra2 Kd6 49.g4 Rg8 50.Rg2 Rg5 51.Rg3 Kc7 52.Kd5 Kb6 53.Kc4 Kc7 54.Kb4 Kb6

55.Ka4 Bc5 56.Rd3 Rxg4 57.Rd7 Rxe4+ 58.Kb3 Rb4+ 59.Kc3 Rxb5 60.c7 Kb7 61.Kc4 Ra5 62.Rd5 Bb6 63.c8=Q+ Kxc8 64.Rd7 Bc7 65.Re7 Ra1 66.Kd3 Rd1+ 67.Ke2 Rd7 68.Re6 Kd8 69.Ke3 Re7 70.Rh6 Kd7

71.Ke4 Bd6 72.Rh8 Rf7 73.Ra8 Ke6 74.Re8+ Be7 75.Rh8 Rf4+ 76.Ke3 Bf6 77.Rh1 Ra4 78.Rg1 Kd5 79.Rd1+ Rd4 80.Rg1 Rh4 81.Rd1+ Ke6 82.Rg1 Ra4 83.Rg2 Be7 84.Rc2 Bg5+ 85.Kf3 Rf4+ 86.Kg3 Rd4

87.Rc6+ Kd5 88.Rg6 Bf4+ 89.Kf3 Rd3+ 90.Ke2 Re3+ 91.Kf2 Ke4 92.Ra6 Rd3 93.Ra1 Rd2+ 94.Ke1 Ke3 95.Ra3+ Rd3 96.Ra2 Bg3+ 97.Kf1 Rd1+ 98.Kg2 Rd2+ 99.Rxd2 Kxd2 100.Kxg3 e4

101.Kf2 e3+ 102.Kf1 e2+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/12/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Pegasus315 (Chess.com 1925) - JimWest (Chess.com 2023), Chess.com 11/12/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.g4 Nc6 8.c3 h6 9.Bg2 d5 10.f3 exf3 11.Qxe7+ Bxe7 12.Bxf3 O-O 13.Na3 Bxa3 14.bxa3 Re8+ 15.Kf2 Bd7 16.Rb1 b6 17.Bb2 g6 18.fxg6 Nxg4+ 19.Kg3 Nf6

20.h4 h5 21.Rhe1 Kg7 22.c4 Ne7 23.cxd5 Nexd5 24.Nc4 Rxe1 25.Rxe1 Re8 26.Rxe8 Bxe8 27.Ne5 Bxg6 28.Nc6 a5 29.Ne5 Be4 30.Be2 Bb1 31.Bc4 Ne3 32.Bb3 a4 33.Bxa4 Bxa2

34.Bc1 Nf5+ 35.Kf4 Nxd4 36.Kg5 Ne6+ 37.Kf5 Nc5 38.Bd1 Be6+ 39.Kf4 Ncd7 40.Nf3 Bg4 41.Bb2 Kf7 42.Bb3+ Ke7 43.Nd4 c5 44.Nc6+ Kc6 45.Ne5 Nxe5 46.Bxe5+ Ke7 47.Bc7 b5 48.Be5 c4 49.Bc2 Ke6

50.Bd4 Nd5+ 51.Kg5 b4 52.axb4 Nxb4 53.Bg6 Kd5 54.Bf6 Nc6 55.Bxh5 Bxh5 56.Kxh5 Ne5 57.Kg5 c3 58.Kf5 c2 59.Bg5 Nf3 60.Bc1 Nxh4+ 61.Kg4 Ng2 62.Kf3 Ne1+ 63.Ke2 Ng2 64.Kd2 Ke4 65.Kxc2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

bozok22 (lichess 2031) - JimWest (lichess 2176), lichess 11/12/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Nfd2 Nf6 9.h3 e3 10.Qe2 exd2+ 11.Nxd2 Qxe2+ 12.Bxe2 O-O 13.O-O d5 14.Nb3 Nbd7 15.g4 Bg6 16.f4 Be4 17.Bf3 Bxf3 18.Rxf3 Rae8 19.Kf2 c6

20.Na5 Ne4+ 21.Kg2 Nd6 22.Kf2 Nf6 23.f5 h6 24.Rd3 Rc8 25.Kf3 b6 26.Nb3 Nc4 27.Rb1 Rce8 28.Nd2 Nxd2+ 29.Rxd2 Re7 30.Re2 Rxe2 31.Kxe2 Re8+ 32.Kd3 Kf7 33.Rf1 Re4 34.b3 a5 35.c4 Re7 36.Rg1 b5 37.cxb5 cxb5

38.Rc1 Ne4 39.Rc2 b4 40.h4 Nc3 41.a3 Re4 42.Rg2 Nb5 43.axb4 axb4 44.g5 Rxd4+ 45.Kc2 Rxh4 46.gxh6 Rxh6 47.Re2 Nd4+ 48.Kd3 Nxe2, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/11/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

aklekovic (Chess.com 1877) = JimWest (Chess.com 2022), Chess.com 11/11/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.c3 Nh6 8.g3 g5 9.Re1 Bg4 10.Be2 Nd7 11.b4 Rg8 12.Nbd2 Bxf3 13.Nxf3 g4 14.Nh4 f3 15.Bc4 Rh8 16.b5 Nb6 17.Bd3 O-O-O

18.a4 cxb5 19.axb5 Kb8 20.Be3 Rc8 21.dxe5 dxe5 22.Qd2 Nf7 23.Ra2 Bc5 24.Bxc5 Rxc5 25.Rea1 Nc8 26.Nf5 Rd8 27.Ne3 Qg5 28.Nd5 Qxd2 29.Rxd2 Rcxd5 30.exd5 Rxd5 31.Rad1 Nb6 32.c4 Rc5 33.Rc1 Ng5

34.Bf1 Ne6 35.h3 h5 36.Bd3 Nd4 37.hxg4 hxg4 38.Ra2 e4 39.Bf1 Nxb5 40.Rca1 Nxc4 41.Rc1 Nbd6 42.Rac2 b5 43.Bxc4 Rxc4 44.Kf1 Kc7 45.Ke1 Rxc2 46.Rxc2+ Kb6 47.Kd2 a5 48.Ke3 b4 49.Kf4 b3 50.Rb2 a4 51.Kxg4 Kc5

52.Kf4 Kb4 53.g4 a3 54.Rd2 a2 55.Rxd6 a1=Q 56.Kxe4 b2 57.Kxf3 b1=Q 58.Rb6+ Kc5 59.Rxb1 Qxb1 60.Kf4 Kd6 61.Kg5 Ke7 62.f4 Kf7 63.f5 Qb2 64.Kh5 Qf6 65.g5 Qxf5 66.Kh4 Kg6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2181) - mlops (lichess 2336), lichess 11/11/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4

5.e5 Nh5 6.Qxh5, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/10/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

laidalaida1233 (Chess.com 2022) - JimWest (Chess.com 2017), Chess.com 11/10/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.exd6 exf3 8.dxe7 Qxe7+ 9.Kd2 fxg2

10.Bxg2 Qg5+ 11.f4 Qxg2+ 12.Kc3 O-O 13.Rg1 Qc6+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Rasapodi (lichess 2045) - JimWest (lichess 2177), lichess 11/10/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nf6 9.Ne2 a5 10.a4 Na6 11.Be6 Nc5 12.Bg4 Nxg4 13.Qxg4 Qd7 14.Qf3 Be7 15.Rd1 O-O

16.d4 exd4 17.Nxd4 Ne6 18.Qg4 Nc5 19.Qxd7 Nxd7 20.Ne6 Rf7 21.Nxf4 Raf8 22.g3 Ne5 23.Kg2 g5 24.Rf1 gxf4 25.Bxf4 Ng6 26.Be3 Rf3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/9/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

nikolaymatveev123 (Chess.com 2013) - JimWest (Chess.com 2003), Chess.com 11/9/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Na5 5.Bb3 Nxb3 6.axb3 f5 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.Nf3 Nf6 9.h3 Be7 10.O-O h6 11.Nh4 Bh7 12.Qf3 c6 13.Ne4 O-O 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Nf5 Bg5 16.g4 g6 17.Bg5 Qg5

18.h4 Rxf5 19.Qxf5 gxf5 20.hxg5 fxg4 21.gxh6 Kf7 22.Kg2 Kg6 23.f3 exf3+ 24.Rxf3 Kxh6 25.Rh1+ Kg7 26.Rg3+ Kh8 27.Rgh3 Rg8+ 28.Kf3 Rg7 29.Rh6 d5 30.Re6 e4+ 31.Kf4 exd3 32.cxd3 Rf7+ 33.Ke5 Kg8

34.Re8+ Kg7 35.Rg8+ Bg6 36.Re6 Rf5+ 37.Ke6 Rf6 38.Ke7 Rxe6+ 39.Kxe6 Kh6 40.Kf6 Bh5 41.Rh1 d4 42.Rh2 a5 43.Rh1 b5 44.b4 axb4 45.b3 c5 46.Rh4 c4 47.bxc4 bxc4 48.Rxd4 cxd3 49.Rxd3 Bg4 50.Rb3 Kh7 51.Rxb4 Bf3

52.Rb3 Bd5 53.Rd3 Ba2 54.Re7+ Kh8 55.Ra7 Bd5 56.Rd7 Ba2 57.Kg6 Bb1+ 58.Kh6 Ba2 59.Rd2 Bb3 60.Rb2 Bc4 61.Kg6 Bd3+ 62.Kf7 Bc4+ 63.Kf6 Bd5 64.Re2 Bc4 65.Re3 Ba2 66.Ke7 Kg7 67.Rg3+ Kh8 68.Kf8 Bb1

69.Rg8+ Kh7 70.Rg1 Be4 71.Rg4 Bf5 72.Rh4+ Kg6 73.Kg8 Be6+ 74.Kh8 Kg5 75.Rh7 Kf6 76.Rh6+ Ke5 77.Kg7 Bd5 78.Rh5+ Kd4 79.Kf6 Bc4 80.Rh4+ Kc3 81.Ke5 Bb3 82.Rh3+ Kb2 83.Kd4 Ba2 84.Kc5 Ka1 85.Rh2 Bb1 86.Kb4 Be4

87.Re2 Bg6 88.Kb3 Bf7+ 89.Kc2 Bg6+ 90.Kc1 Bf7 91.Re7 Bg8 92.Re8 Bf7 93.Ra8+ Ba2 94.Rb8 Bf7 95.Rb1+ Ka2 96.Rb2+ Ka1 97.Rf2 Be6 98.Kd1 Bd3+ 99.Kd2 Bg8 100.Kc3 Bh7 101.Rf7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Platonghg (lichess 2176) - JimWest (lichess 2173), lichess 11/9/2023

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.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Kf8 12.Be2 Kg8 13.Ng6 hxg6 14.O-O Nbd7 15.Rb1 b6 16.f3 Qc5+ 17.Kh1 Qxc3 18.Bb2 Qc6 19.fxe4 Nxe4

20.Qd4 Ndf6 21.Bd3 Qd7 22.Rbe1 Rd8 23.c4 c5 24.Qe5 Qd6 25.Qxd6 Rxd6 26.cxd5 Bxd5 27.Bxf6 Nxf6 28.Bxg6 Bc6 29.Re7 Rd2 30.Rg1 Ng4 31.Rxa7 Nf2#.