2 PCG Reversed Games 12/11/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2032) - ibrahim_samli (Chess.com 2018), Chess.com 12/11/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 d6 4.c3 Nc6 5.a4 a5 6.Na3 Nf6 7.f4 Bxg1 8.Rxg1 Ng4 9.h3 Nh2 10.f5 Nxf1 11.Kxf1 d5 12.Qf3 dxe4 13.dxe4 O-O 14.Be3 b6 15.Rad1 Qe7 16.g4 Ba6+ 17.Kg2 f6 18.Kh1 Rad8

19.h4 Rd6 20.Rxd6 Qxd6 21.Rd1 Qe7 22.g5 Nd8 23.gxf6 gxf6 24.Bh6 Rf7 25.Rg1+ Kh8 26.Qg4 Rf8 27.Bg7+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2119) - forkless1 (lichess 2126), lichess 12/11/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ng4 7.d4 Bb6 8.h3 Nf6 9.Bd3 exf4 10.Bxf4 O-O 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Qc2 Bf5 15.O-O-O Bg6 16.Rhf1 Qe7 17.Rde1 a5

18.Nc4 a4 19.Nxb6 cxb6 20.e5 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 d5 22.g4 a3 23.b3 Rac8 24.Kb1 Na5 25.h4 Rc6 26.g5 h5 27.Rc1 Rec8 28.g6 Rxg6 29.Ng5 Rf8

30.Rxf7 Rxf7 31.Qxg6, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 12/10/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

mircelalettin (Chess.com 1944) - JimWest (Chess.com 2027), Chess.com 12/10/2023

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.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.O-O-O Nc6 13.Bxf6+ Bxf6 14.Qxe4 Kxh8 15.c3 Qg8 16.Kb1 Bd7 17.b3 Re8 18.Qf3 Qg7

19.Qg3 Qe7 20.Bd3 Rc8 21.Rhe1 Qf7 22.Rd2 Ne7 23.Kb2 Nd5 24.Bc4 b5 25.Bxd5 Qxd5 26.Qe3 Re8 27.Qf3 Qxf3 28.Rxe8+ Bxe8 29.gxf3 Bh5 30.Re2 b4 31.Re6 bxc3+ 32.Kxc3 Kg7 33.Rc6 Bd8

34.f4 a5 35.Rc5 Bf3 36.Rxa5 c6 37.Ra7+ Kg6 38.a4 Bf6 39.f5+ Kxf5 40.Rxh7 c5 41.a5 Bxd4+ 42.Kd3 Ke5 43.a6 Be4+ 44.Ke2 Bxh7 45.h4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

cslimbu2 (lichess 2128) - JimWest (lichess 2125), lichess 12/10/2023

1.e4 e5 2,Bc4 d6 3.d4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd8 10.f4 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Be3 O-O 13.h3 a6 14.a3 Rad8 15.Rad1 Bc5 16.Kf2 Bxe3+ 17.Kxe3 Rxd1 18.Rxd1 c6 19.f5 Nc7

20.g4 Nfd5+ 21.Kxe4 Nxc3+ 22.bxc3 Nb5 23.Rd7 Re8 24.Kf4 Nxc3 25.g5 Ne2+ 26.Ke4 Ng3+ 27.Kf4 Ne2+ 28.Ke4 Ng3+ 29.Kf4 Ne2+, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/9/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

ChessVirus_5 (Chess.com 1900) - JimWest (Chess.com 2025), Chess.com 12/9/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Bc4 d5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.O-O Bd6 9.Re1 c6 10.f3 Qc7 11.g3 Nbd7 12.fxe4 Bxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Nc3 Bxg3 15.hxg3 Qxg3+ 16.Kh1 O-O-O 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Qe2 Nf6 19.Be3 Rhe8

20.Qf2 Qh3+ 21.Kg1 Ng4 22.Qg2 Qxg2+ 23.Kxg2 Nxe3+ 24.Rxe3 Rxd4 25.Rae1 c5 26.c3 Rd2+ 27.R3e2 Red8 28.Kf2 b5 29.Bc2 e3+ 30.Kxe3 Rxe2+ 31.Rxe2 Re8+ 32.Kf2 Rxe2+ 33.Kxe2 g6

34.Ke3 Kd7 35.Kf4 Ke6 36.Be4 Kf6 37.b4 cxb4 38.cxb4 h5 39.Bc6 g5+ 40.Kg3 Ke5 41.Bxb5 Kd4 42.Be8 h4+ 43.Kg4 Kc3 44.b5 Kb4 45.Bd7 Ka3 46.Kxg5 Kxa2 47.Kxh4 Ka3 48.Kg5 Kb4 49.Kf5 Kc5 50.Ke4 Kb6

51.Kd5 a6 32.Kc4 axb5+ 53.Bxb5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2125) - ravi7282 (lichess 2120), lichess 12/9/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Ng4 7.d4 Bb6 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O h6 10.h3 Nf6 11.Kh1 Nc6 12.c3 Nh5 13.Bh2 Re8 14.Nbd2 Ne7 15.Nc4 f5 16.Nxb6 axb6 17.e5 f4 18.exd6 Qxd6 

19.Ne5 Ng3+ 20.Bxg3 fxg3 21.Qb3+ Be6 22.Bc4 Nd5 23.Rae1 b5 24.Bxd5 Qxd5 25.Qxd5 Bxd5 26.a3 Rf8 27.Kg1 h5 28.h4 b6 29.Ng6 Rxf1+ 30.Rxf1 Re8 31.Nf4 Bc4 32.Rc1 Re4 33.Nxh5 Rg4 34.Re1 Bf7

35.Re5 Bxh5 36.Rxh5 Re4 37.Kf1 Rf4+ 38.Kg1 Re4 39.Kf1 Rf4+ 40.Kg1 Re4, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/8/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2028) - kaissa5500 (Chess.com 1926), Chess.com 12/8/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 O-O 8.fxe5 Ng4 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Bd3 Ngxe5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Be3 Bd6 13.O-O Ng4 14.Bf4 Bc5+ 15.Kh1 c6 16.h3 Nf6 17.Be3 Bd6 18.Bg1 Nh5

19.Bh2 Ng3+ 20.Bxg3 Bxg3 21.Ne3 g6 22.Rf3 Be5 23.Nc4 Bc7 24.Raf1 Be6 25.a4 Rad8 26.Ne3 a6 27.Ng4 Bxg4 28.hxg4 b5 29.axb5 axb5 30.Rf6 Rd6 31.Rxd6 Bxd6 32.Rf6 Be5 33.Rxc6 Ra8 34.Kg1 Bxb2

35.Bxb5 Bd4+ 36.Kh2 Be5+ 37.Kh3 Ra1 38.g3 Rg1 39.Rc5 Rxg3+ 40.Kh4 Bf4 41.g5 h6 42.Rc8+ Kh7 43.gxh6 Kxh6 44.Rh8+ Kg7 45.Ra8 g5+ 46.Kh5 Kf6 47.Ra6+ Ke5 48.Bd3 f6 49.Ra5+ Kd4 50.Rf5 Be5 51.Rf1 Ke3

52.Re1+ Kf4 53.Rf1+ Rf3 54.Rxf3+ Kxf3 55.c4 g4 56.c5 g3 57.Bf1 g2 58.Bxg2+ Kxg2 59.Kg6 Kf3 60.Kf5 Ke3 61.c6 Kd4 62.c7 Bxc7 63.Kxf6 Be5+ 64.Kf5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

viktorrom (lichess 2162) - JimWest (lichess 2119), lichess 12/8/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Nge7 6.d4 Bd7 7.dxe5 Nxe5 8.Nxe5 dxe5 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Qxd7+ Kxd7 11.exf5 Nxf5 12.O-O Re8 13.Ne4 Nd6 14.Nc5+ Kc8 15.Be3 Nc4 16.Nd3 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Bd6 18.Rf7 e4 

19.Nf4 Bxf4 20.Rxf4 Rhf8 21.Kf2 g5 22.Rxf8 Rxf8+ 23.Ke2 c6 24.Rd1 Kc7 25.Rd4 Re8 26.Kf2 h6 27.Kg3 c5 28.Rd5 Kc6 29.Rd2 Rf8 30.Kg4 Rf6 31.h4 gxh4 32.Kxh4 Rf1 33.Kg3 Rf8 34.Kg4 Rf1 35.Kh5 Rh1+ 36.Kg6 Re1 37.Kxh6 Rxe3

38.Kg5 Re1 39.Kf4 e3 40.Rd8 e2 41.Kf3 Rg1 42.Re8 e1=Q 43.Rxe1 Rxe1 44.g4 Kd6 45.Kf4 Ke6 46.g5 Re2 47.g6 Kf6 48.Kf3 Rxc2 49.Ke3 Rxb2 50.Kd3 Rxa2 51.Kc4 b6 52.Kb5 Kxg6

53.Kc6 c4 54.Kb7 c3 55.Kc6 c2 56.Kd5 c1=Q 57.Ke4 Ra5 58.Kd3 Qf4 59.Kc3 Ra3+ 60.Kb2 Rh3 61.Kc2 Qf2+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/7/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Cirilo123456789 (Chess.com 2147) - JimWest (Chess.com 2030), Chess.com 12/7/2023

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.Qa4+ Nc6 10.Bb5 Bxc3 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.Qxc6+ Bd7 13.Qxc3 Ne7 14.Nb3 O-O 15.Bg5 Rc8 16.Qd4 Be6 17.O-O h6 18.Bxe7 Qxe7

19.Rac1 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Qg5 21.Rc3 Qf5 22.Nc5 Re8 23.Nxe6 Qxe6 24.Rc5 Qxe5 25.Qd5+ Qxd5 26.Rxd5 Rc8 27.Kf1 Rc2 28.Rb5 Kf7 29.a4 Kf6 30.a5 a6 31.Rb6+ Kf5 32.b4 Rb2 33.g3 h5 34.h4 g5 35.hxg5 Kxg5 36.Rxa6 Rxb4

37.Ra8 Ra4 38.a6 Kg6 39.a7 Kg7 40.Ke2 Kh7 41.Ke3 Kg7 42.Kf4 Kh7 43.Kg5 Ra5+ 44.Kf6 Ra2 45.Re8 Rxa7 46.Re7+ Rxe7 47.Kxe7 Kg6 48.Ke6 Kg5 49.Ke5 e3 50.fxe3 Kg4 51.e4 Kxg3

52.Kf6 h4 43.e5 h3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2115) - Yuratv (lichess 2067), lichess 12/7/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qe7 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Nf3 Ng4 9.Nd5 Qd8 10.Qe2 Bf2+ 11.Kf1 Bc5 12.h3 Nf6 13.fxe5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Qxd5 15.Bf4 Be6 16.Be4 Qd7 17.Rd1 Qe7 18.g4 O-O 19.Kg2 Rad8

20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Rd1 h6 22.Rxd8+ Nxd8 23.a3 c6 24.Qd3 b5 25.Nd4 Bc4 26.Qc3 Qd7 27.Nf3 Bb6 28.b3 Be6 29.Be3 Bd5 30.Bxd5 Qxd5 31.Bxb6 axb6 32.Kg3 Ne6 33.h4 Nc5 34.Qd4 Qe6 35.b4 Nd7 36.Qd6 Qxd6 37.exd6 c5

38.Kf4 f6 39.Ke4 Kf7 40.Kd5 cxb4 41.axb4 g6 42.Nd4 Ne5 43.g5 hxg5 44.hxg5 Nc4 45.gxf6 Kxf6 46.Nxb5 Ne3+ 47.Kc6 Nf5 48.d7, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/6/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

GrandKing-ether (Chess.com 1975) - JimWest (Chess.com 2025), Chess.com 12/6/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Be2 Bc5 7.O-O Ne7 8.Be3 Bxe3 9.fxe3 Nf5 10.Bh5+ g6 11.Nxh7 Rxh7 12.Bxg6+ Rf7 13.Qh5 Qe7 14.Bxf7+ Qxf7 15.Qxf7+ Kxf7 16.g4 Nc6 17.e6+ Bxe6 18.gxf5 Rg8+ 19.Kh1 Bd7

20.Nc3 Ne7 21.f6+ Nf5 22.Nxd5 Rh8 23.Kg1 c6 24.Ne7 Nxe3 25.Rf2 Ng4 26.Rf4 Nxf6 27.Raf1 Rh6 28.Rxe4 Be6 29.Nf5 Nxe4 30.Nxh6+ Kg6 31.Re1 Ng5 32.h4 Nf3+ 33.Kf2 Nxe1 34.Kxe1 Kxh6 35.a3 Kh5 36.Kd2 Kxh4

37.Kc3 Kg5 38.Kd4 Kf4 39.c4 b6 40.b4 Kf5 41.a4 a6 42.a5 b5 43.cxb5 cxb5 44.Kc5 Ke5 45.Kb6 Bc8 46.Kc7 Kd5 47.Kxc8 Kc4 48.Kc7 Kxb4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2119) - kkpraveenkumar (lichess 2066), lichess 12/6/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Nd4 8.O-O c6 9.c3 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 Be7 11.a4 a5 12.Na3 exf4 13.Bxf4 d5 14.e5 Nd7 15.d4 O-O

16.Rae1 Bxa3 17.bxa3 Nb6 18.Qg3 Kh8 19.Bg5 Qd7 20.Rf3 Rae8 21.Ref1 Nc4 22.Bc1 Qe6 23.Qh4 g6 24.Rf6 Qe7 25.Bh6 Rg8 26.Qf4 g5 27.Bxg5 Rxg5 28.Qxg5 Rg8 29.Qf4 Rg7 30.Rxf7 Rxf7 31.Qxf7 Qxf7 32.Rxf7 b5 33.axb5 cxb5

34.e6 Kg8 35.Rb7 Nd6 36.Rb8+ Kg7 37.Rb6 Ne8 38.Rxb5 Kf6 39.Rxd5 Kxe6 40.Re5+ Kd7 41.Rxe8, Black resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 12/5/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2006) - Trubru (Chess.com 2039), Chess.com 12/5/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 d6 5.Na4 Bb6 6.Nxb6 axb6 7.f4 Nf6 8.Nf3 Be6 9.f5 Rxa2 10.Rxa2 Bxa2 11.b3 Qa8 12.Bg5 Qa3 13.Be2 Qb2 14.O-O Nd7 15.Bc1 Qb1 16.Bd2 Qb2 17.Qc1 Qxc1 18.Rxc1 Ke7 19.Ra1 Ra8

20.Bc3 Nc5 21.Bd1 b5 22.Nd2 Nd4 23.Bxd4 exd4 24.Nf3 h6 25.Nxd4 c6 26.Ne2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2122) - Farzad_2023 (lichess 2087), lichess 12/5/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 Nc6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O e5 8.c3 Nh5 9.f5 Nf4 10.Bxf4 exf4 11.fxg6 fxg6 12.d4 Qe7 13.Nbd2 Bd7 14.Qc2 a6 15.Rae1 b5 16.b4 Rae8 17.a4 Na7 18.a5 g5 19.Qb3+ Kh8

20.h3 Rg8 21.Bd3 g4 22.hxg4 Bxg4 23.e5 dxe5 24.Nxe5 Bf6 25.Nf7+ Qxf7 26.Qxf7 Ref8 27.Qxh7#.

2 PCG Games 12/4/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Kodfish (Chess.com 1865) - JimWest (Chess.com 2001), Chess.com 12/4/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Qe2 d5 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Ne5 Nxd4 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Nxg6 Nf6 11.Qh4 Bxg6 12.Qf4 Bd6 13.Qh4 Nxb3 14.axb3 O-O

15.Bg5 Be7 16.Nc3 c6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Yuratv (lichess 2051) - JimWest (lichess 2136), lichess 12/4/2023

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.Qe2 O-O 13.g3 Be6 14.O-O-O Rad6 15.Bg2 Nd5 16.Bd2 Ndb4 17.Bxb4 Nxb4 18.a3 Nd5

19.Be4 Qg4 20.Bf3 Qg6 21.Be4 Qf7 22.f5 Bxf5 23.Rhf1 Ne7 24.g4 Rxd1+ 25.Kxd1 Qa2 26.gxf5 Qb1+ 27.Kd2 Qxb2 28.Qc4+ Kh8 29.Qc3 Rd8+ 30.Bd3 Qxc3+ 31.Kxc3 Nd5+ 32.Kb3 c6 33.Rf3 b5

34.c4 bxc4+ 35.Bxc4 Nb6 36.Bd3 Kg8 37.Be4 Nd5 38.Kc4 Kf7 39.Kc5 Rc8 40.Rb3 Nb6 41.Bxc6 Nd7+ 42.Kd6 Nxe5 43.Bd5+ Kf6 44.Rb7 Rd8+ 45.Kc5 Nd3+ 46.Kc4 Ne5+ 47.Kd4 Kxf5 48.Rxg7 Nf3+ 49.Kc5 Nxh2 50.Rxh2 Ng4 51.Rxa7 Nf6

52.Bc6 Ne4+ 53.Kb6 Rb8+ 54.Rb7 Rxb7+ 55.Bxb7 Nc3 56.Bc6 Ke5 57.Kc5 Ke6 58.Kc4 Kd6 59.Be8 Ne4 60.a4 Kc7 61.a5 Nd6+ 62.Kc5 Nxe8 63.a6 Kb8 64.Kc6 Ka8 65.Kd7 Nf6+ 66.Ke6 Ka7 67.Kxf6 Kxa6, draw.

2 PCG Games 12/3/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Now5000 (Chess.com 1957) - JimWest (Chess.com 2029), Chess.com 12/3/2023

1.Nf3 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.exf5 Bd6 8.O-O Bxf5 9.Re1 Nc6 10.c3 O-O-O 11.Bg5 Nf6 12.Nbd2 Rde8 13.Bb5 Bd7 14.Nc4 e4 15.Nxd6+ cxd6 16.Nd2 d5 17.Nb3 Ne5 18.Bf1 Bc6 19.Nd4 Rhf8

20.Rad1 h6 21.Bc1 Nfg4 22.Be3 Nxe3 23.Rxe3 Ng4 24.Re2 e3 25.fxe3 Nxe3 26.Rde1 Rxf1+ 27.Rxf1 Nxf1 28.Kxf1 Rxe2 29.Kxe2 Bd7 30.b4 Kc7 31.Ke3 Kd6 32.Nb3 b6 33.Kd4 g5 34.g3 Ba4 35.Nd2 Bb5 36.Nf3 Bc4 37.a3 Be2

38.Ne1 Bh5 39.Nc2 Bf7 40.Ne3 Be6 41.g4 a5 42.bxa5 bxa5 43.h3 a4 44.Ng2 Bf7 45.Ne3 Be6 46.Ng2 Bf7 47.Ne3 Be6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

jsronaldo (lichess 2020) - JimWest (lichess 2133), lichess 12/3/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.g4 h5 7.Be2 hxg4 8.Bxg4 d5 9.O-O Bd6 10.h3 Nc6 11.Nc3 Ne7 12.Ne6 Bxe6 13.fxe6 c6 14.Ne2 Qc7 15.Kg2 Nxg4 16.hxg4 Rh2+ 17.Kg1 O-O-O 18.f4 exf3 19.Rxf3 Rdh8

20.Qd3 Rh1+ 21.Kf2 R1h2+ 22.Ke1 Rh1+ 23.Kd2 R1h2 24.Kd1, draw.