2 PCG Games 12/21/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

MagMalol (Chess.com 1859) - JimWest (Chess.com 1940), Chess.com 12/21/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.c4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 O-O 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 c6 12.Be2 Qe7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Qb3 Nc6 15.Bg5 Qxe6 16.Bxf6 Rxf6 17.Qxb7 Rb8 18.Qa6 Rbf8 19.O-O Nxd4

20.cxd4 Qxa6 21.Bxa6 Rxa6 22.a4 Rc8 23.a5 Rc4 24.Rfd1 Rb4 25.h4 Rb5 26.Rdc1 Raxa5 27.Rc8+ Kf7 28.Rc7+ Kf6 29.Rac1 Ra6 30.g4 h6 31.R1c6+ Rxc6 32.Rxc6+ Kf7 33.Rc7+ Kg8 34.Rxa7 Rb4 35.Rd7 Rxd4

36.Kf1 Kh7 37.Ke2 Rd3 38.h5 Rd4 39.f3 exf3+ 40.Kxf3 Kg8 41.Kg3 Rd1 42.Kf4 Rd4+ 43.Kf3 Kf8 44.Kg3 Rd1 45.Kf4 Rf1+ 46.Ke5 d4 47.Rxd4 Ke7 48.Rf4 Rxf4 49.Kxf4 Kf6

50.Kg3 Kg5 51.Kf3 g6 52.hxg6 Kxg6 53.Kg3 Kg5 54.Kh3 h5 55.gxh5 Kxh5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

HARWAE (lichess 1998) - JimWest (lichess 2156), lichess 12/21/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.a3 f5 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.d3 Nf6 7.h3 h6 8.Nf3 Be7 9.O-O d5 10.Ba2 Qd7 11.Nh2 O-O-O 12.b4 Kb8 13.b5 Nd4 14.a4 Bb4 15.Ne2 Nxe2+ 16.Qxe2 Bc3 17.Rb1 Rhe8 18.Bd2 Bxd2 19.Qxd2 e4

20.d4 g5 21.a5 Nh5 22.g4 e3 23.fxe3 Ng3 24.gxf5 Nxf1 25.Nxf1 Qxf5 26.Qg2 h5 27.Ng3 Qe6 28.Re1 h4 29.Nh1 Rg8

30.e4 g4 31.Bxd5 Rxd5 32.exd5 Qxe1+ 33.Qf1 gxh3+, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/20/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

Sasha_Lapuhin (Chess.com 1805) - JimWest (Chess.com 1996), Chess.com 12/20/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nd4 9.c3 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 Be7 11.f5 O-O 12.Be3 Nh7 13.Nd2 Bg5 14.Rae1 Bxe3+ 15.Qxe3 Ng5 16.Nf3 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Qf6

18.g4 g5 19.fxg6 Qxf3 20.Rxf3 fxg6 21.Ref1 Rxf3 22.Rxf3 Kg7 23.h4 a5 24.a4 Rb8 25.b4 axb4 26.cxb4 b6 27.Rf2 Ra8 28.Rc2 Rxa4 29.Rxc7+ Kf6 30.Rc6 Rxb4 31.Rxd6+ Kf7 32.h5 gxh5 33.gxh5 Kg7 34.Rg6+ Kh7

35.Re6 Rb1+ 36.Kg2 b5 37.Rxe5 b4 38.Re7+ Kg8 39.Rb7 b3 40.d4 Re1 41.e5 Re4 42.Rxb3 Rxd4 43.Re3 Rh4 44.e6 Kf8 45.Re5 Ke7 46.Kg3 Ra4 47.Re3 Rb4 48.Kh3 Ra4 49.Re5 Rb4 50.Kg3 Ra4 51.Re3 Rb4 52.Ra3 Kxe6 53.Ra6+ Kf7 54.Rxh6 Kg7 55.Rg6+ Kh7

56.Ra6 Rc4 57.Rf6 Kg7 58.Rg6+ Kh7 59.Rg4 Rxg4+ 60.Kxg4 Kh6 61.Kh4 Kh7 62.Kg5 Kh8 63.Kg6 Kg8 64.h6 Kh8 65.h7, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

predmax (lichess 2170) - JimWest (lichess 2160), lichess 12/20/2023

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.Be2 Kf8 11.O-O Kg8 12.Ng6 hxg6 13.Bd2 Nc6 14.a3 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 Rd8 16.Bd4 Nxd4 17.Qxd4 c5 18.Qa4 b6 19.Rad1 Qc7

20.c3 Nh5 21.g3 Nf6 22.b4 Bg4 23.Bxg4 Nxg4 24.bxc5 bxc5 25.Rb1 Ne5 26.Qb5 Nf3+ 27.Kg2 Nd2 28.Qb7 Qxb7 29.Rxb7 Nxf1 30.Kxf1 d4 31.cxd4 cxd4 32.Rxa7 d3 33.Ke1 Rf8 34.Ra4 d2+ 35.Kxd2 Rxf2+ 36.Ke3 Rxh2 37.Kxe4 Ra2

38.Ra7 Kh7 39.Kf4 Kh6 40.Kg4 Rc2 41.a4 Rc4+ 42.Kh3 g5 43.a5 g4+ 44.Kg2 Rc2+ 45.Kf1 Ra2 46.a6 g6 47.Ra8 Kg5 48.a7 Ra1+ 49.Kf2 Ra2+ 50.Ke3 Ra3+ 51.Ke4 Ra4+ 52.Ke5 Ra5+ 53.Kd6 Ra3

54.Kc6 Rc3+ 55.Kd7 Ra3 56.Ke7 Re3+ 57.Kf7 Rf3+ 58.Kg7 Ra3 59.Kh7 Ra6 60.Kg7 Ra3 61.Kg8 Ra1 62.Kf7 Rf1+ 63.Ke6 Re1+ 64.Kd5 Rd1+ 65.Kc4 Ra1 66.Kb3 Ra6 67.Kb4 Ra1 68.Kb3 Ra6 69.Kb4 Ra1 70.Kb3, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/19/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2031) - iLikeBigBlunders (Chess.com 2040), Chess.com 12/19/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bb6 6.Na3 Nc6 7.Nc4 O-O 8.Nxb6 axb6 9.f5 d5 10.Qc2 g6 11.Bg5 dxe4 12.dxe4 Kg7 13.fxg6 fxg6 14.Nf3 Be6 15.a3 Qe8 16.Bb5 Ra5 17.Bxc6 Qxc6 18.Bxf6+ Rxf6 19.O-O Ra8

20.Kh1 Raf8 21.Rfe1 Qc4 22.h4 Bg4 23.Nh2 Rf4 24.b3 Qc5 25.c4 Qe7 26.Qc3 Bh5 27.g3 Bf3+ 28.Nxf3 Rxf3 29.Re3 Qf6 30.Rxf3 Qxf3+ 31.Qxf3 Rxf3 32.Rd1 Rxg3 33.Rd7+ Kf6 34.Rxh7 Rxb3 35.Rxc7 Rxa3 36.Rxb7 Rb3

37.Kg2 Rb4 38.Kf3 Rxc4 39.Rxb6+ Kf7 40.Rb7+ Kf6 41.Rb6+ Kf7 42.Rb7+ Kf6 43.Rb6+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

championinfuture (lichess 2072) - JimWest (lichess 2169), lichess 12/19/2023

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Nc3 f5 7.Bg5+ Nf6 8.Bxf6+ gxf6 9.O-O-O fxe4 10.Nxe4 Ke7 11.Bc4 Nc6 12.a3 Be6 13.Bb5 Bd7 14.Rhe1 a6 15.Bc4 Be6 16.Bxe6 Kxe6 17.Nc3 Ne7 18.Nd4+ Kf7 19.Nf3 Rad8

20.Ne4 Rhg8 21.g3 h6 22.h3 f5 23.Nxd6+ cxd6 24.Rd2 Nc6 25.c3 b5 26.Nh4 Ke6 27.Nf3 Na5 28.Kc2 Nc4 29.Rde2 Kf6 30.Nd2 Nxd2 31.Rxd2 d5 32.Rde2 Rge8 33.f4 e4 34.Rd1 h5 35.h4 Ke6 36.Re3 Re7 37.Rd4 Rc7

38.Re1 Rg7 39.Re3 Rdg8 40.Rdd3 Kd6 41.Rd4 Rxg3 42.Rxg3 Rxg3 43.Kd2 Rg2+ 44.Kc1 Rf2 45.a4 Rxf4 46.axb5 axb5 47.b3 Kc5 48.b4+ Kc6 49.Kd2 Rxh4 50.Ke3 f4+ 51.Kf2 Rh2+ 52.Ke1, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 12/18/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

fischer_tanvir (Chess.com 1866) - JimWest (Chess.com 2039), Chess.com 12/18/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O c6 12.a3 Bd6 13.Ng4 Bxg4 14.Bxg4 Na6 15.Qd2 Rae8 16.g3 Nc7 17.Rae1 Ne6 18.Ne2 Ng5

19.f4 exf3 20.Nf4 Bxf4 21.gxf4 Ne4 22.Qc1 f2+ 23.Rxf2 Nxf2 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Kxf2 Qxd4+ 26.Kg3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ama-Spieler (lichess 2072) - JimWest (lichess 2159), lichess 12/18/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Bxb4 d4

9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qe3 Qxe3+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 12/17/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

How-the-turntables (Chess.com 2015) - JimWest (Chess.com 2030), Chess.com 12/17/2023

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.Nf3 Bg4 10.Qd3 Bxf3 11.gxf3 O-O 12.Bd2 Kh8 13.O-O-O c6 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.Rdg1 Nd7 16.Ne2 Nc5 17.Qc3 a5

18.Rg2 a4 19.Qa3 d5 20.exd5 Nb3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Livelendr (lichess 2221) - JimWest (lichess 2153), lichess 12/17/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne7

9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qh6 Nf5 11.Qh3 Nd4 12.Qh4 Nf5, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 12/16/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Heydarli77 (Chess.com 2149) - JimWest (Chess.com 2032), Chess.com 12/16/2023

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.Qe2 Ng4 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.fxe3 Nd7 14.h3 Qh4+ 15.Kd2 Ke7 16.g3 Qh6 17.Bg2 Nge5 18.b3 Rxh8

19.Raf1 b5 20.a3 a5 21.Kc1 b4 22.axb4 axb4 23.Na4 Ra8 24.Qd2 c5 25.Rd1 Rxa4 26.bxa4 Nc4 27.Qe2 Qf6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Basselt (lichess 2094) - JimWest (lichess 2143), lichess 12/16/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Nd7 9.c3 Rf8 10.Nbd2 Qc7 11.Ne4 d5 12.Ng3 Bg4 13.c4 Bxf3 14.gxf3 O-O-O 15.f4 Bd6 16.cxd5 exf4 17.dxc6 bxc6 18.Ne4 f3

19.Bg5 Bxh2+ 20.Kh1 Rde8 21.Qa4 Nb6 22.Qa6+ Kb8 23.Rac1 Bf4 24.Bxf4 Qxf4 25.Rxc6 Qh4+ 26.Kg1 Qg4+ 27.Ng3 Rxe1+ 28.Kh2 Qh4#.

2 PCG Games 12/15/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Johan180166 (Chess.com 2065) - JimWest (Chess.com 2035), Chess.com 12/15/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Ng5 d5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Bh5+ Nxh5 9.Qxh5+ g6 10.Qe2 c6 11.f3 Be7 12.fxe4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Qxd4 14.Nbc3 Bxe4 15.Qxe4 Qxe4+ 16.Nxe4 O-O 17.Bh6 Rf7 18.O-O-O Na6

19.Rd7 Bg5+ 20.Bxg5 Rxd7 21.Nf6+ Kg7 22.Nxd7 Re8 23.Kd2 h6 24.Bf4 Rd8 25.c3 Rxd7+ 26.Kc2 Nc7 27.Rd1 Rxd1 28.Kxd1 Nd5 29.Bb8 a6 30.Ke2 Kf6 31.Kd3 Ke6 32.Kd4 Ne7 33.Kc5 Kd7 34.Bf4 h5 35.Bg5 Nf5

36.a4 Nd6 37.Be3 Nf5 38.Bf2 Kc7 39.a5 Kd7 40.Kb6 Kc8 41.h3 Nd6 42.b3 Ne4 43.Be1 Nf6 44.Kc5 Kd7 45.Bh4 Nd5 46.Kd4 Ke6 47.Bg5 Kf5 48.Bd2 Nf4 49.Bxf4 Kxf4 50.Kc5 Kg3 51.Kb6 Kxg2 52.Kxb7 g5

53.Kxa6 Kxh3 54.Kb7 g4 55.a6 g3 56.a7 g2 57.a8=Q g1=Q 58.Qc8+ Qg4 59.b4 Qxc8+ 60.Kxc8 Kg4 61.c4 h4 62.b5 cxb5 63.cxb5 h3 64.b6 h2 65.b7 h1=Q 66.b8=Q Qh8+ 67.Kb7 Qxb8+ 68.Kxb8, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Rynx_Raser1 (lichess 2191) - JimWest (lichess 2132), lichess 12/15/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Qe2 Bd6 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Bg5 e4 12.Bxf6 Rxf6 13.Nxd5 exf3 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.Qe8+ Bf8 16.Bc4+ Kh8 17.O-O fxg2 18.Rfe1 Nd4 19.Red1 b6

20.c3 Bb7 21.Qh5 Bf3 22.Qh3 Ne2#.

2 PCG Games 12/14/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

serran1to (Chess.com 1977) - JimWest (Chess.com 2027), Chess.com 12/14/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Nc4 O-O 13.h3 Nd4 14.Ne3 Bb4 15.Bd2 Bxc3 16.Bxc3 Ne2+ 17.Kh2 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Rad8 19.Rab1 b6

20.g4 Nd5 21.Rfe1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

omarxan (lichess 2006) - JimWest (lichess 2123), lichess 12/14/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc3 d5 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qe2 Nc6 9.Qb5 Nf6 10.Nb3 Qd7 11.Qxb7 Rb8 12.Qa6 Rb6 13.Qa4 Bb4 14.Bd2 O-O 15.Be2 e3 16.Bxe3 Bxc2 17.Rc1 Bxc3+ 18.bxc3 Bxb3 19.axb3 Rfb8

20.b4 Re8 21.O-O Nxd4 22.Qxd7 Nxe2+ 23.Kh1 Nxd7 24.Rc2 Nxc3 25.Bxb6 cxb6 26.Rxc3 Nf6 27.Rc7 a5 28.bxa5 bxa5 29.Ra7 Ne4 30.Rxa5 Nxf2+ 31.Kg1 Ng4 32.h3 Ne3 33.Re1 d4 34.Ra4 Rd8 35.Kf2 h5 36.Re2 h4 37.Rd2 Nf5

38.Kf3 Kg7 39.Ke4 Kh6 40.Rd3 Re8+ 41.Kf3 Rd8 42.Rc4 Rd7 43.Kf2 Rf7 44.Kg1 Ra7 45.Rc1 Rd7 46.Rcd1 Kg5 47.Kh2 Rd8 48.R1d2 Rd7 49.Rf2 Rd8 50.Re2 Rd7 51.Re4 Kh5 52.Re5 Kh6 53.Kg1 Rf7 54.Rd5 Ra7

55.Kf2 Ra2+ 56.Kf3 Ra1 57.Kg4 Ne3+ 58.Rxe3 dxe3 59.Kf3 Ra3 60.Re5 g5 61.Rxe3 Rxe3+ 62.Kxe3 Kg6 63.Ke4 Kf6 64.Ke3 Kf5 65.Kf3 g4+ 66.hxg4+ Kg5 67.g3 h3 68.Kf2 Kxg4 69.Kg1 Kxg3 70.Kh1 h2, stalemate.

2 PCG Reversed Games 12/13/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2009) - tianmu (Chess.com 1993), Chess.com 12/13/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nf3 Ne3 7.Bxe3 fxe3 8.d4 c5 9.Bb5+ Nc6 10.O-O Be7 11.c3 O-O 12.Qe2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Bg5 14.Nc3 Be6 15.Rae1 Bg4 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.h3 Bh5 18.g4 Bg6 19.Nxg5 Qxg5

20.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 21.Rxe3 Rab8 22.b3 Rb4 23.Rf4 c5 24.Nxd5 Rxd4 25.Ne7+ Kh8 26.Nxg6+ hxg6 27.Rxd4 cxd4 28.Rd3 Rd8 29.Kf2 f6 30.exf6 gxf6 31.Kf3 f5 32.gxf5 gxf5 33.Kf4 Rd5 34.b4 Kg7 35.a4 a6

36.b5 axb5 37.axb5 Rxb5 38.Rxd4 Kf6 39.Rd6+ Ke7 40.Rh6 Kf7 41.h4 Kg7 42.Ra6 Rb4+ 43.Kg5 f4 44.Ra7+ Kg8 45.Kg4 Kf8 46.h5 Kg8 47.h6 f3+ 48.Kxf3 Rh4 49.Ra6 Kh7 50.Kg3 Rxh6 51.Rxh6+ Kxh6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2121) - BoomD2019 (lichess 2244), lichess 12/13/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qxg4 Qa5+ 9.Nc3 Bxb5

10.Qc8+ Ke7 11.Bg5+ f6 12.exf6+ gxf6 13.Qxb7+ Nd7 14.Bd2 e3 15.Nd5+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 12/12/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Jimmys_Chess (Chess.com 1837) - JimWest (Chess.com 2036), Chess.com 12/12/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Ng4 Bxf5 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.c4 Be7 9.Qb3 b6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Nc3 c6 12.Qc2 d5 13.cxd5 Bb4 14.dxc6 Nxc6 15.a3 Bxc3+ 16.bxc3 Kh8 17.g3 Rac8 18.Qd2 Na5 19.Rb1 Nc4

20.Qc1 Nxe3 21.Qxe3 Qc6 22.Rc1 Bg6 23.Bg2 Qc4 24.Qe2 e3 25.fxe3 Bd3 26.Qd2 Rf6 27.Ra1 Rcf8 28.Qa2 Qxc3+ 29.Kd1 Rf2 30.Rc1 Qxc1+ 31.Kxc1 Rxa2 32.Bd5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

madvoice (lichess 2143) - JimWest (lichess 2121), lichess 12/12/2023

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.Qh5+ g6 10.Qh6 Nf5 11.Qh3 Nd4 12.Qh6 Nf5 13.Qh3 Nd4 14.Qh6 Nf5, draw.