2 PCG Reversed Games 12/2/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2031) - Hcm66 (Chess.com 1911), Chess.com 12/2/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 Bg4 9.Nf3 O-O 10.Bd3 Bb4+ 11.c3 Nc5 12.Be2 Nc6 13.cxb4 Nxb4 14.O-O Rad8 15.Be3 Ncd3 16.Bxd3 Rxd3

17.Bc5 Nc2 18.Bxf8 Nxa1 19.Nf2 Bxf3 20.Nxd3 Be2 21.Rxa1, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2121) - Crest81 (lichess 2121), lichess 12/2/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 c5 9.c3 Be7 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.O-O O-O 13.Be3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Rac8 15.Nbd2 Nxd2 16.Qxd2 b5 17.Rac1 f6

18.Rxc8 Rxc8 19.Rc1 Rc4 20.b3 Rc6 21.Rxc6 Qxc6 22.Qc1 Qxc1+ 23.Bxc1 fxe5 24.dxe5 Kf7 25.Be3 a5 26.a4 bxa4 27.bxa4 Bb4 28.Ng5+ Kg8 29.Bd4 h6 30.Nf3 Kf7 31.h4 Ke6

32.h5 Nf4 33.Kf2 Nxh5 34.g4 Nf4 35.Ke3 g5 36.Bb6 Ng6 37.Bc7 Bc3 38.Nd4+ Kd7 39.Bb8 Ne7 40.e6+ Ke8 41.Nf5 Nxf5+ 42.gxf5 Ke7 43.Bc7 Bb4 44.Be5 h5 45.Kd4 Bd6 46.Kxd5 Bxe5 47.Kxe5 h4

48.f6+ Ke8 49.Kd6 h3 50.f7+ Kf8 51.Kd7 h2 52.e7+ Kxf7 53.e8=Q+ Kg7 54.Qh5, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/1/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2054) - MyNameisPX10 (Chess.com 2070), Chess.com 12/1/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 d5 7.Qf3 b6 8.Bg5 Bb7 9.Nd2 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.O-O-O d4 12.c4 Nc6 13.Kb1 a6 14.g4 b5 15.h4 Ne7

16.g5 Qd6 17.f6 gxf6 18.gxf6 Ng6 19.h5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

PJHSYBE (lichess 2154) - JimWest (lichess 2121), lichess 12/1/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nfd2 d5 6.c4 c6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.Nb3 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 Nge7 12.Nd4 O-O 13.Na3 Qb6 14 Nxc6 bxc6

15.Be2 Qxf2+ 16.Kd1 Qxg2 17.Kc2 e3 18.Qxe3 Bf5+ 19.Kc3 Qe4 20.Qxe4 Bxe4 21.Rhg1 Ng6 22.Bd3 Bxd3 23.Kxd3 Nxe5+ 24.Kc3 Rf3+ 25.Kd4 Re8

26.Rae1 Rxa3 27.Rxe5 Ra4+ 28.Kc5, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 11/30/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2043) - awesomebarca222 (Chess.com 1866), Chess.com 11/30/2023

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 Nc6 11.c3 a6 12.Ng5 Qf5 13.Bxf7+ Ke7 14.Bb3 Qxf3 15.Nxf3 Na5 16.Nbd2 Nxb3 17.Nxb3 Be6

18.O-O-O Bxb3 19.axb3 Ng3 20.hxg3 h6 21.Nh4 Kf7 22.Rf1+ Ke6 23.Ng6 Rg8 24.c4 Bb4 25.d5+ Kd7 26.e6+ Kd6 27.Bf4+ Kc5 28.Bxc7 Rac8 29.d6 Kc6 30.Ne7+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2113) - marifinhafanuddin (lichess 2212), lichess 11/30/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.f5 h5 8.c3 Be7 9.Be3 h4 10.Qb3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Qc7 12.h3 Nh5 13.Bxh5 Rxh5 14.Nd2 Bg5 15.Bxg5 Rxg5 16.O-O Nc5 17.Qc2 O-O-O 18.Nf3 Rh5 19.b4 Nd7

20.a4 Nf6 21.a5 a6 22.Qf2 Kb8 23.c4 Rdh8 24.b5 cxb5 25.cxb5 Qc5 26.Qxc5 dxc5 27.bxa6 bxa6 28.Nxe5 Ka7 29.Rfc1 Rc8 30.Nxf7 Ne8 31.Ne5 Nd6 32.Nc4 Nb5 33.Nb6 Rc6 34.Na4 Nd4 35.Rxc5 Ne2+ 36.Kf2 Rxc5 37.Nxc5 Nf4

38.Kf3 g5 39.fxg6 Nxg6 40.d4 Rg5 41.Rb1 Rg3+ 42.Kf2 Nf4 43.Rb7+ Ka8 44.Rf7 Nxg2 45.Nxa6 Ne3 46.Nc7+ Kb8 47.a6 Nd1+ 48.Ke1 Nc3 49.a7+ Kxa7 50.Nb5+ Ka6 51.Nxc3 Rxc3 52.d5 Rxh3 53.Kf2 Ra3

54.Rf3 Ra2+ 55.Ke3 Kb6 56.Kf4 Kc5 57.Ke5 Rc2 58.Rh3 Kb6 59.Rxh4 Kc7 60.Rh7+ Kd8 61.Kd6 Ke8 62.e5 Ra2 63.e6 Ra6+ 64.Ke5 Kf8 65.d6 Kg8 66.Rb7 Ra8 67.Kf6 Kh8 68.e7 Rg8 69.d7 Kh7 70.e8=Q Rf8+ 71.Ke6 Rxe8+ 72.dxe8+, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/29/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Ollie_Oxalis (Chess.com 1834) - JimWest (Chess.com 2038), Chess.com 11/29/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.Ng5 d5 8.e6 O-O 9.Qh5 h6 10.h4 Qe8 11.Qg4 Qg6

12.f4 exf3 13.Bd3 f2+ 14.Kf1 Nf5 15.Rh3 hxg5 16.e7 Nxe7 17.Qb4 Bxh3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2114) - MusicalCat00 (lichess 2060), lichess 11/29/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.c3 a5 9.a4 e5 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 exf4 12.Bxf4 b6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxc6 exf4 15.Bxa8 Qxa8 16.Rxf4 Nh5 17.Rf3 f5 18.Nd2 c6 19.d4 b5

20.axb5 cxb5 21.Qb3+ Rf7 22.Qxb5 Bh6 23.Nf1 Nf4 24.Rxf4 Bxf4 25.Qxa5 Qe4 26.Qa8+ Qxa8 27.Rxa8+ Kg7 28.d5 Rb7 29.Ra4 Bc1 30.b4 Rc7 31.d6 Rxc3 32.Ra7+ Kf6 33.Rxh7 Ba3 34.d7 Rd3 35.b5 Be7 36.b6 Bc5+ 37.Kh2 Bxb6

38.h4 Ke6 39.h5 Bc7+ 40.g3 gxh5 41.Rh6+ Kxd7 42.Rxh5 Ke6 43.Rh7 Be5 44.Kg2 Kf6 45.Ra7 Bxg3 46.Nxg3 f4 47.Ra6+ Ke5 48.Nf1 f3+ 49.Kf2 Rb3 50.Ra5+ Kd4 51.Ra4+ Kd3 52.Kxf3 Rb1 53.Ra3+ Kd4 54.Nd2 Rh1

55.Ke2 Rh2+ 56.Kd1 Rg2 57.Kc2 Kc5 58.Rh3 Kd4 59.Rd3+ Kc5 60.Kc3 Kc6 61.Nb3 Kc7 62.Nd4 Kd6 63.Kc4 Ke7 64.Re3+ Kd6 65.Re6+ Kd7 66.Rh6 Rg5 67.Ra6 Rh5 68.Ra7+ Kd6 69.Rg7 Rc5+ 70.Kd3 Rh5 71.Ra7 Rh3+ 72.Kc4 Ke5

73.Re7+ Kf4 74.Kd5 Rh5+ 75.Kd6 Kg3 76.Rg7+ Kf4 77.Ne6+ Ke4 78.Rg4+ Kf3 79.Ra4 Rh1 80.Kd5 Rh5+ 81.Kd6 Rh1 82.Ra3+ Ke4 83.Nc5+ Kf5 84.Rf3+ Kg4 85.Ke5 Kxf3 86.Kd5 Rd1+ 87.Ke5 Ke3 88.Ne6 Rd3

89.Kf5 Rd5+ 90.Kf6 Rh5 91.Ke7 Rh6 92.Kd6 Ke4 93.Kd7 Rh7+ 94.Kd6 Rh6 95.Kd7 Kd5 96.Nc7+ Ke5 97.Kc8 Kd6 98.Ne8+ Kc6 99.Kd8 Rh8 100.Ke7 Rh7+ 101.Ke6 Rh6+ 102.Nf6 Kc7 103.Ke5 Kc6 104.Ke6 Rh1

105.Kf5 Re1 106.Ne4 Kd5 107.Nf6+ Kd4 108.Kg6 Rf1 109.Kg7 Ke5 110.Nd7+ Ke6 111.Nf8+ Ke7 112.Ng6+ Ke6 113.Nf8+ Ke7 114.Ng6+ Ke8 115.Kh6 Rf6 116.Kg5 Kf7 117.Ne5+ Kg7 118.Ng4 Rf1 119.Ne5 Kf8 120.Ng6+ Kf7

121.Ne5+ Ke6 122.Ng4 Rf5+ 123.Kg6 Ra5 124.Ne3 Rb5 125.Ng4 Ke7 126.Ne3 Re5 127.Nf5+ Ke6 128.Ng7+ Kd5 129.Kf6 Ke4 130.Ne6 Rf5+ 131.Kg6 Rf1 132.Ng5+ Kd5 133.Nh7 Ke5 134.Ng5 Rf6+ 135.Kh5 Kf4, draw.

2 PCG Games 11/28/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Kasperesky (Chess.com 2119) - JimWest (Chess.com 2034), Chess.com 11/28/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc5 e4

7.Ng5 Bxc5 8.dxc5 Nf6 9.c4 h6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

viktorrom (lichess 2200) - JimWest (lichess 2133), lichess 11/28/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.O-O c6 9.d5 Nd7 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.Bxg8 Rxg8 12.Nd4 Qg5 13.Nxf5 Qxf5 14.Qxd6 Rc8 15.Nc3 Nf6 16.Nd1 Rf8 17.Ne3 Qb5 18.Qe6+ Kd8 19.Nf5 Qc5

20.Rad1+ Kc7 21.Nd6 Rcd8 22.b3 Kb8 23.Nf7 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Rc8 25.Nd6 Rd8 26.c4 e3 27.Qxe3 Qxe3 28.fxe3 Ne4 29.c5 Nxc5 30.Rc1 Rxd6 31.Rxc5 Rd1+ 32.Kf2 Kc7 33.Rc2 Kd6 34.Kf3 Ra1 35.Ke4 a5

36.h4 h5 37.Rd2+ Ke6 38.Rc2 Kd6 39.Kf4 Re1 40.e4 g6 41.Rd2+ Ke6 42.Rc2 Kd6 43.Kg5 Rxe4 44.Kxg6 Rxh4 45.Kg5 Rh1 46.Rd2+ Kc5 47.Rc2+ Kb6 48.Kf4 c5 49.Ke5 Re1+ 50.Kd5 Rd1+ 51.Kc4 Rd4+ 52.Kc3 Rg4

53.Rf2 Kb5 54.a4+ Kc6 55.Re2 Rg3+ 56.Kc4 Rg4+ 57.Kc3 Rg3+ 58.Kb2 h4 59.Kc2 h3 60.gxh3 Rxh3 61.Re6+ Kb7 62.Rd6 Rg3 63.Kb2 Rh3 64.Rg6 Rf3 65.Kc2 Rh3

66.Re6 Rg3 67.Rd6 Rh3 68.Rg6 Rf3 69.Rd6 Rh3 70.Rg6 Rf3 71.Rg5 Kc6 72.Rg6+ Kb7, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/27/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Juan1031998 (Chess.com 1856) - JimWest (Chess.com 2015), Chess.com 11/27/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qe2 Bd6 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.O-O Nf6 9.Be3 Qd7 10.Nc3 O-O-O 11.h3 Kb8

12.Rfd1 Be6 13.Bb3 Bxb3 14.axb3 a6 15.Ra4 Qc8 16.Rda1 Rhe8 17.Nb5 Nd5 18.Nxd6 cxd6 19.Qb5 axb5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2146) - MustafaAkbari2005M (lichess 2087), lichess 11/27/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bxg1 6.Rxg1 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Nc6 9.f5 Qd7 10.g4 h6 11.Be3 O-O-O 12.Nd2 d5 13.O-O-O d4 14.cxd4 exd4 15.Bf4 Nb4

16.a3 Qc6+ 17.Nc4 Nxd3+ 18.Qxd3 Nxe4 19.Kb1 Nf2 20.Qc2 Nxd1 21.Rxd1 b5 22.Ne5 Qxc2+ 23.Kxc2 Rhf8 24.Nc6 a6 25.Nxd8 Rxd8 26.b4 Kb7 27.Kd3 Kb6

28.Rc1 c6 29.Re1 Rd7 30.Be5 c5 31.bxc5+ Kxc5 32.Bxg7, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/26/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2004) - awesomebarca222 (Chess.com 1879), Chess.com 11/26/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 Nxe5 8.Be2 Qg5 9.g3 Ng4 10.Nf3 Qh6 11.O-O Bd6 12.Nc3 Nf2 13.Qe1 Bxg3 14.Bb5+ c6 15.Qxe3+ Qxe3 16.Bxe3 Nh3+ 17.Kh1 Bc7 18.Bd3 O-O

19.Ng5 Nxg5 20.Bxg5 Be6 21.Rae1 Nd7 22.Bf5 Bxf5 23.Rxf5 Rfe8 24.Ref1 f6 25.Bh4 Bb6 26.d5 Re5 27.dxc6 Rxf5 28.Rxf5 bxc6 29.Rf1 Re8 30.Rd1 Nc5 31.b4 Ne4 32.Nxe4 Rxe4 33.Be1 Re2 

34.c4 Bf2 35.Bxf2 Rxf2 36.Rd8+ Kf7 37.Rd7+ Kg6 38.Rxa7 Rb2 39.a3 Rb3 40.Rc7 Rxa3 41.Rxc6 Rb3 42.b5 Kf7 43.b6 Ke7 44.c5 Rb5 45.Rc7+ Ke6 46.Rxg7 Kd5 47.Rxh7 Kxc5 48.b7 Kc6 49.Rf7 Rxb7 50.Rxf6+ Kd5

51.Rf2 Ke4 52.h3 Ke3 53.Rf8 Rh7 54.Kg2 Rg7+ 55.Kh2 Rh7 56.Rf6 Ke4 57.Kg3 Ke5 58.Rg6 Kf5 59.Rg8 Kf6 60.Rg4 Kf5 61.Ra4 Kg5 62.h4+ Kh5 63.Ra5+ Kg6 64.Kg4 Re7 65.h5+ Kh6 66.Ra6+ Kh7

67.Kf5 Rf7+ 68.Kg5 Rg7+ 69.Kf6 Kh6 70.Ra8 Rh7 71.Ra5 Rh8 72.Rb5 Rf8+ 73.Ke7 Rf1 74.Ke6 Rh1 75.Kf6 Rf1+ 76.Rf5 Rxf5+ 77.Kxf5 Kxh5, drsw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

heetpshah (lichess 2092) - JimWest (lichess 2151), lichess 11/26/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 e4 8.Nfd2 d5 9.Qe2 c6 10.f3 Qb6 11.fxe4 Qxd4+ 12.Kh1 Bxe4 13.Nxe4 Qxe4 14.Qxe4 dxe4 15.Nc3 Nd7 16.Nxe4 O-O-O 17.Bf4 Nc5 18.Nxc5 Bxc5

19.Bg3 Rd2 20.Rac1 Re8 21.Rf7 Re7 22.Rxe7 Bxe7 23.b3 Ba3 24.Rf1 Rxc2 25.h3 Rc1 26.Rxc1 Bxc1 27.Kg1 Kd7 28.Kf2 Ke6 29.Ke2 Kd5 30.Kd3 h5 31.h4 g6 32.a4 b5 33.axb5 cxb5 34.Kc3 a5 35.Bc7 a4 36.bxa4 bxa4

37.Kb4 Ke4 38.Kxa4 Kf5 39.Kb3 Kg4 40.Bd8 Kg3 41.Kc2 Bf4 42.Kd3 Kxg2 43.Ke4 Bc1 44.Ke5 Bb2+ 45.Ke6 Kf3 46.Kf7 Kg4 47.Kxg6 Bc3 48.Bg5 Be1 49.Be7 Bxh4 50.Bd6 Bf2 51.Kf6 h4 52.Ke6 Bg3

53.Bc5 h3 54.Bg1 Kf3 55.Kf5 Kg2 56.Kg4 Kxg1, 57.Kxh3, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/25/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

GooglyPaste (Chess.com 2051) - JimWest (Chess.com 2013), Chess.com 11/25/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 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.Bb3 O-O 12.O-O Bxb3 13.axb3 Ne6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Nc4 f5 16.Nxd6 cxd6 17.g3 Rfc8 18.Rfd1 Rc6 19.Kf2 a6

20.Rd2 Rd8 21.Nd5 Kf7 22.Ke3 Rdc8 23.c3 Nc5 24.Ra3 Nd3 25.b4 Ke6 26.Ra1 Kxd5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2161) - PisceSoul (lichess 2040), lichess 11/25/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bd3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qe1 c5 12.c3 cxd4 13.cxd4 f5 14.Nc3 Bb4 15.Bd2 Nxd2 16.Qxd2 Qb6

17.Nxd5 Qxd4+ 18.Nxd4 Bxd2 19.Bxf5 Bxf5 20.Rxf5 Rfd8 21.e6 Nh4 22.e7 Re8 23.Rf2 Bg5 24.Re1 Ng6 25.Nc7 Bxe7 26.Nxa8 Rxa8 27.Kh1 Bc5 28.Rd2 Bb4 29.Rde2 Bxe1 30.Rxe1 Rd8 31.Nf3 Nf4 32.h3 Nd3

33.Rf1 Nxb2 34.Rb1 Nd3 35.Rxb7 a6 36.Ra7 Nc5 37.Kh2 h6 38.Rc7 Rd5 39.h4 a5 40.Ra7 a4 41.Ra5 Kf7 42.Kh3 Ke6 43.Nd4+ Ke5 44.Nc6+ Kf4 45.Nb4 Rd4 46.Rxc5 Rxb4 47.Rc2 Re4 48.g3+ Kf3 49.Rc3+ Re3 50.Rc4 a3

51.Rf4+ Ke2 52.Rf7 Rd3 53.Rxg7 Rd2 54.Rg6 Rxa2 55.Rxh6 Ra1 56.Ra6 a2 57.h5 Rh1+ 58.Kg4 a1=Q 59.Rxa1 Rxa1 60.h6 Rh1 61.Kg5 Kf3 62.Kg6 Kxg3 63.h7 Kf4 64.Kg7 Rg1+ 65.Kf7 Rh1 66.Kg7 Kf5 67.h8=Q Rxh8 68.Kxh8, draw.