2 PCG Games 11/24/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Sparks_sun (Chess.com 1884) - JimWest (Chess.com 2033), Chess.com 11/24/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Ng5 f4 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nc3 h6 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.a3 Be6 12.Nd2 O-O 13.b4 Bxc4 14.Nxc4 Nf7 15.f3 a6 16.Bb2 b5 17.Na5 c5

18.Nb7 cxb4 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 bxa3 21.Bxa3 Bxa3 22.Rxa3 Rfc8 23.Re1 Rc7 24.Na5 Rxc2 25.Rd3 Rd8 26.d6 Rxd6 27.Rxd6 Nxd6 28.Rxe5 Nc4 29.Nxc4 Rxc4 30.Kf2 Rc2+ 31.Kf1 b4

32.Re4 b3 33.Rb4 b2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Voronsky (lichess 2146) - JimWest (lichess 2157), lichess 11/24/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Be3 d4 9.Bg5 Qf5 10.g4 Qd5 11.c4 Bb4+ 12.Bd2 Bxd2+ 13.Nxd2 Qxe6 14.Nxh8 Nf6 15.c5 d3 16.Qb3 Qxb3 17.axb3 Bxg4 18.Bg2 Bf5 19.O-O Nbd7

20.b4 Kf8 21.Rfe1 Re8 22.Rxa7 b6 23.Rxc7 bxc5 24.bxc5 Nd5 25.c6 N7f6 26.Nf7 Nxc7 27.Nd6 Re5 28.Nxf5 Rxf5 29.Nxe4 Re5 30.Kf1 Nxe4 31.Rxe4 Rb5 32.b4 Nd5 33.Re5 d2

34.Bf3 Nc3 35.Rxb5 Nxb5 36.Bd1 Ke7 37.f4 Kd6 38.Ke2 Kxc6 39.Ba4 Kb6 40.Kxd2 Nd6 41.Ke3 Nf5+ 42.Ke4 g6 43.Ke5 Nh4 44.Kf6 Nf3 45.h3 Ng1 46.Bd7 Ne2 47.Kg5 Nd4 48.Kf6 Ne2 49.Kg5 Nd4 

50.h4 Nf3+ 51.Kg4 Nd4 52.Be8 Ne6 53.Bf7 Ng7 54.Bg8 h6 55.Bf7 g5 56.hxg5 hxg5 57.fxg5 Kb5 58.g6 Kxb4 59.Kg5 Kc5 60.Kh6 Nf5+ 61.Kg5 Ng7 62.Kf6 Nh5+ 63.Kg5 Ng7, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/23/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

ArmaSecreta (Chess.com 1927) - JimWest (Chess.com 2040), Chess.com 11/23/2023

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.Nf4 h6 11.Bc4+ Kg7 12.Nh5+ Kg6 13.Nf4+ Kh7 14.Bf7 Nc6 15.Qb5 Qxd4 16.Bd2 Qc5 17.Bg6+ Kg7 18.Qb3 Ne5 19.Qg3 Nfg4

20.Bxe4 h5 21.O-O-O Qxf2 22.Qb3 Qb6 23.Qd5 Qd6 24.Qb5 c6 25.Qb3 Be7 26.h3 Nf2 27.Qg3+ Bg4 28.hxg4 Nxe4 29.Qb3 Bg5 30.Nxh5+ Rxh5 31.Qxb7+ Qe7 32.Qxe7+ Bxe7 33.Rxh5 Nxd2 34.Rxe5 Bf6 35.Rf5 Nc4

36.Rd7+ Kg6 37.c3 Re8 38.Rf1 Bg5+ 39.Kc2 Ne3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2156) - kuzmentiy (lichess 2154), lichess 11/23/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Nbd7 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O e5 8.c3 exf4 9.Bxf4 Nh5 10.Be3 Nc5 11.Qc2 a5 12.d4 Ne6 13.Nfd2 b6 14.Bxh5 gxh5 15.d5 Ng5 16.Bxg5 Qxg5 17.Nf3 Qe3+ 18.Kh1 f5

19.Nbd2 fxe4 20.Qxe4 Qxe4 21.Nxe4 Bb7 22.Rad1 Rae8 23.Neg5 h4 24.Ne6 Rf7 25.Nxg7 Kxg7 26.h3 Re2 27.Nd4 Rxb2 28.Ne6+ Kg8 29.Rxf7 Kxf7 30.Nd8+ Ke7 31.Nxb7 Kd7 32.Rf1 Kc8 33.Nxd6+ cxd6

34.Rf8+ Kb7 35.Rf7+ Ka6 36.Rxh7 Rxa2 37.Rxh4 Rc2 38.c4 a4 39.Rd4 a3 40.Rd3 Rc1+ 41.Kh2 Ra1 42.h4 b5 43.cxb5+ Kxb5 44.h5 Kc4 45.Rd2 Kc3 46.Rf2 Rd1 47.h6 Rxd5 48.g4 Re5 49.h7 Re8 50.g5 d5

51.g6 Rh8 52.Kg2 Kb3 53.g7 Rxh7 54.g8=Q a2 55.Qxd5+ Kb4 56.Qxa2 Rg7+ 57.Kf1 Re7 58.Qb2+ Kc5 59.Qc3+ Kd6 60.Qb4+ Kd7 61.Qxe7+ Kxe7

62.Ke2 Kd6 63.Ke3 Ke5 64.Ra2 Kd5 65.Ra4 Ke5 66.Ra5+ Kd6 67.Kd4 Ke6 68.Re5+ Kd6 69.Re1 Kc6 70.Re6+ Kd7 71.Kd5 Kc7 72.Re7+ Kb6 73.Rh7 Kb5 74.Rb7+ Ka4 75.Kc5 Ka3 76.Kc4 Ka2 77.Kc3 Ka1 78.Kc2 Ka2 79.Ra7#.

2 PCG Games 11/22/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

SketchFullConcept (Chess.com 1892) - JimWest (Chess.com 2028), Chess.com 11/22/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.h3 h6 9.d4 Qc7 10.b3 a5 11.Ba3 Na6 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Re1 Nc5 15.Qd2 g5 16.Rad1 Bd7

17.Nd5 cxd5 18.exd5 O-O-O 19.Qxa5 Qd6 20.Nxe5 Be8 21.Nc6 bxc6 22.dxc6 Qxd1 23.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24.Kh2 Bxc6 25.Qxc5 Kc7 26.b4 Nd7 27.Qe7 f3 28.gxf3 Bxf3 29.Qe3 Rf8 30.Kg3 Rg1+ 31.Kh2 Rg2+ 32.Kh1 Rxf2+ 33.Kg1 Rg2+ 34.Kf1 Bd5+ 35.Ke1 Bxc4

36.Qa7+ Kd6 37.Qd4+ Bd5 38.c4 Rf5 39.cxd5 Rxd5 40.Qa7 Ke6 41.Kf1 Rgd2 42.Qe3+ Kf7 43.Qf3+ Nf6 44.Qe3 Rd1+ 45.Ke2 R1d4 46.Qb3 Re4+ 47.Kf3 Re6 48.b5 Kg7 49.b6 Rf5+ 50.Kg3 Ne4+ 51.Kg2 Rf2+ 52.Kg1 Ref6

53.Qe3 Rf1+ 54.Kg2 R6f2+ 55.Qxf2 Rxf2+ 56.Kg1 Rb2 57.a5 Nc5, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Velavr (lichess 2155) - JimWest (lichess 2167), lichess 11/22/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.f3 Qe8 12.fxe4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nxe4 14.Rxf8+ Qxf8

15.Bd2 Qf2+ 16.Kh1 Be6 17.Be1 Qe3 18.Qd3 Qxd3 19.cxd3 Nf6 20.Rb1 b6 21.Bf3 Nfd7 22.Bg3 Nxe5 23.Bxe5 Nd7 24.Bd6 Nf6 25.h3 Re8 26.a4 Bd7 27.Be5 Kf7 28.c4 dxc4 29.dxc4 c5 30.a5 cxd4 31.Bxd4 Bf5 32.Ra1 bxa5

33.Rxa5 Be4 34.Rxa7+ Kg6 35.Bg4 Nxg4 36.Rxg7+ Kh6 37.Rxg4 Bd3 38.Kh2 Re4 39.Rxe4 Bxe4 40.g4 Kg6 41.Kg3 Kf7 42.Kf4 Bd3 43.c5 Ke6 44.h4 Kd5 45.Bf2 Be2 46.Kf5 Bf3 47.h5 Be2 48.h6 Bd3+ 49.Kf6 Bg6

50.g5 Kc6 51.Ke5 Bc2 52.Be3 Bg6 53.Ke6 Bc2, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 11/21/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2021) - leon2424 (Chess.com 1877), Chess.com 11/21/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ned7 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bd3 Ng5 10.O-O Nb6 11.c3 Bg4 12.Nbd2 Qd7 13.Qc2 Nxf3+ 14.Nxf3 h6 15.Bd2 Be6 16.Rae1 O-O-O 17.h3 Kb8

18.Nh2 c5 19.Bf5 Rhf8 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Rxf8 Rxf8 22.Rf1 cxd4 23.Rxf8+ Bxf8 24.cxd4 Nc4 25.b3 Nxd2 26.Qxd2 Qb5 27.Nf3 Bb4 28.Qc2 Qc6 29.Qxc6 bxc6 30.Kf2 Kc7 31.Ke3 c5 32.Kd3 Kc6 33.cxd5 Bxc5

34.h4 g6 35.g4 Be7 36.h5 g5 37.Nd4+ Kd7 38.Nc2 a5 39.a3 Bc5 40.b4 axb4 41.axb4 Bg1 42.Ne1 Kc6 43.Nf3 Bf2 44.Nxg5 hxg5 45.h6 Bg3 46.Kd4 Bf2+ 47.Kd3 Bg3 48.Kd4 Bf2+ 49.Kd3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2157) - rabbitcarrot73 (lichess 2241), lichess 11/21/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.c3 Nh5 9.fxe5 dxe5 10.a4 Nf4 11.Bxf4 exf4 12.d4 f5 13.e5 Be6 14.Na3 g5

15.Bc4 Bxc4 16.Nxc4 Ne7 17.Nxg5 Qd5 18.Nd2 Ng6 19.Qb3, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/20/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Aliaksandor (Chess.com 1973) - JimWest (Chess.com 2024), Chess.com 11/20/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.O-O O-O 10.f4 c6 11.Bd2 Bd6 12.Qe1 Be6 13.Nd1 Qb6 14.c3 Nbd7

15.Be3 Bxe5 16.fxe5 Ng4 17.Qd2 Nxe3 18.Nxe3 Rxf1+ 19.Rxf1 Rf8 20.Rxf8+ Nxf8 21.b4 a5 22.a3 axb4 23.axb4 Ng6 24.Qa2 Qd8 25.g3 h6 26.h4 b5 27.Bh5 Kh7 28.Bxg6+ Kxg6 29.Kg2 Qd7 30.Qf2 Bg4

31.Qf4 Bf3+ 32.Kh2 Kh7 33.g4 Qa7 34.h5 Qa2+ 35.Kg3 Qd2 36.Qf5+ Kh8 37.Qf8+ Kh7 38.Qf5+ Kh8 39.Qf8+ Kh7 40.Kf4 Bxg4 41.Kxg4 Qxe3 42.Qf5+ Kh8 43.Qf8+ Kh7 44.Qf5+ Kh8 45.Qf8+ Kh7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

zxcmoler (lichess 2188) - JimWest (lichess 2164), lichess 11/20/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nfd2 d5 6.c4 c6 7.b3 Bb4 8.Bb2 Ne7 9.a3 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Nc3 Be6 12.O-O-O Nd7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Nb5 Nc5 15.Nd4 Bg4 16.Re1 Qc7 17.Kb1 Qxe5

18.Nc6 Qe6 19.Nxe7+ Qxe7 20.Qxd5+ Be6 21.Qd4 Nxb3 22.Qe3 Rfd8 23.f3 Nd2+ 24.Ka1 Nb3+ 25.Kb1 Nd2+ 26.Ka1 Nb3+ 27.Kb1, draw.

2 PCG Games 11/19/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

sircamos (Chess.com 1946) - JimWest (Chess.com 2025), Chess.com 11/19/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Ng5 Nf6 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.fxe6 d5 9.Bg5 Nc6 10.Qb5 O-O-O 11.c3 Qxe6 12.Be2 Be7 13.h3 Kb8 14.a4 h6 15.Be3 a6 16.Qb3 Na5 17.Qa2 Nc4 18.Nd2 Nxd2 19.Kxd2 Qc6

20.b4 Kc8 21.b5 axb5 22.axb5 Qb6 23.Qa7 Qxa7 24.Rxa7 b6 25.Bf4 Bd6 26.Bxd6 cxd6 27.Rxg7 Rhg8 28.Rxg8 Rxg8 29.g3 Kb7 30.h4 Ra8 31.Rc1 Ra2+ 32.Rc2 Ra1 33.Rc1 e3+ 34.fxe3 Ne4+ 35.Kc2 Ra2+ 36.Kd1 Nxg3

37.Bf3 Ne4 38.Bxe4 dxe4 39.Rc2 Ra5 40.Rb2 Ra1+ 41.Kc2 Rh1 42.c4 Rxh4 43.Kc3 Rh3 44.Re2 Rh1 45.Rf2 Rc1+ 46.Rc2 Rxc2+ 47.Kxc2 Kc7 48.Kd2 d5 49.c5 bxc5 50.dxc5 h5 51.Ke2 h4

52.Kf2 d4 53.exd4 h3 54.d5 e3+ 55.Kxe3 h2 56.d6+ Kd7, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

bobbyf72 (lichess 2055) - JimWest (lichess 2161), lichess 11/19/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.O-O Be7 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.Qd3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Nf6 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Qe2 Nxc4 12.Qxc4 Qd7 13.Be3 c6 14.Rad1 d5 15.Qf4 O-O 16.Qg3 Bd6 17.Qh4 Qg4 18.Qxg4 Nxg4

19.h3 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Rxf1+ 21.Kxf1 Rf8+ 22.Ke1 Bg3+ 23.Ke2 Rf2+ 24.Kd3 Rxg2 25.e4 dxe4+ 26.Nxe4 Be5 27.b3 Rh2 28.Nc5 Rxh3+ 29.Ke4 Bf6 30.Nxb7 h5 31.Nd6 Rh2 32.Kd3 h4 33.Ne4 h3 34.Rg1 Rg2 35.Nxf6+ gxf6 36.Rh1 h2

37.a4 a5 38.c3 Kf7 39.b4 axb4 40.cxb4 Ke6 41.a5 Kd6 42.Kc4 Kc7 43.b5 cxb5+ 44.Kxb5 Kb7 45.Kc5 Ka6 46.Kd5 Kxa5 47.Ke4 Kb5 48.Kf5 Rf2+ 49.Ke4 Kc6 50.Ke3 Rc2 51.Kf3 Kd6 52.Re1 Rc8 53.Kg2 Rh8 54.Rh1 Ke5 55.Rxh2 Rxh2+ 56.Kxh2 Kf4

57.Kh1 Kf3 58.Kg1 f5 59.Kf1 f4 60.Kg1 Ke2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/18/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Smashing_King (Chess.com 1887) - JimWest (Chess.com 2030), Chess.com 11/18/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 e3 8.Nf3 exf2+ 9.Kxf2 Bxf5 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Qf6 12.Qb5+ Nd7 13.Qxb7 Rb8 14.Qe4+ Ne7 15.b3 O-O 16.Nc3 Rbe8 17.Rhd1 c6 18.Kg1 d5 19.Qd3 Ng6

20.Ne2 Nh4 21.Nxh4 Qf2+ 22.Kh1 Rxe2 23.Qh3 Nf6 24.Nf3 Ree8 25.c4 dxc4 26.bxc4 Qe2 27.Ne5 Ne4 28.Nd3 Nf2+ 29.Nxf2 Rxf2 30.Rac1 Ref8

31.Kg1 R2f6 32.Re1 Qf2+ 33.Kh1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Jkktan (lichess 2141) - JimWest (lichess 2163), lichess 11/18/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.f3 Bc5 7.fxe4 Ne7 8.exd5 O-O 9.Bd3 Bf2+ 10.Ke2 Bg4+ 11.Nf3 Bb6 12.d6 cxd6 13.exd6 Nf5 14.Bxf5 Rxf5 15.Re1 Nc6

16.Nc3 Nd4+ 17.Kd3 Nxf3 18.gxf3 Qxd6+ 19.Ke2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/17/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

theokrause (Chess.com 1962) - JimWest (Chess.com 2041), Chess.com 11/17/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.dxe5 dxe4 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.Ng5 Nh6 9.Nxe4 Bf5 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.Bxh6 Bxe4 12.Bxe4 gxh6 13.O-O-O+ Ke8 14.Bxc6+ bxc6 15.Rd3 Be7 16.f4 Rf8 17.g3 Rd8 18.Rhd1 Rxd3 19.Rxd3 h5

20.h4 Rg8 21.Kd2 Kf7 22.Ke2 Rd8 23.Kf3 Rxd3+ 24.cxd3 Bb4 25.f5 Be1 26.Kf4 c5 27.Kf3 a5 28.Kf4 a4 29.Kf3 Bd2 30.Ke4 Be1 31.Kf3 Bd2 32.Ke4 Bc1 33.b3 axb3 34.axb3 c6 35.d4 cxd4+ 36.Kxd4 Bb2+ 37.Ke4 Bc3

38.Kf4 Be1 39.Kf3 c5 40.Kf4 Bf2 41.Kf3 Bd4 42.Ke4 h6 43.b4 Bxe5 44.Kxe5 cxb4 45.Kd4 Kf6 46.Kc4 Kxf5 47.Kxb4 Kg4 48.Kc3 Kxg3 49.Kd2 Kxh4 50.Ke2 Kg3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Oneblundertoomany (lichess 2054) - JimWest (lichess 2159), lichess 11/17/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nc3 c6 8.Qe2 O-O 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Ne4 Be7 11.g4 Bg6

12.h4 d5 13.Neg5 e4 14.dxe4 Bxe4 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Qxe4 Bf6 17.Bd3 Re8, White resigns.