2 PCG Games 10/21/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

ChocoolateMilk (Chess.com 1824) - JimWest (Chess.com 1930), Chess.com 10/21/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qe2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.Nc3 O-O-O 11.Be3 d4 12.Nxe4 dxe3

13.Nxc5 Qxb2 14.Rd1 Qc3+ 15.Rd2 exd2+ 16.Kd1 Qa1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

pub673 (lichess 1996) - JimWest (lichess 2137), lichess 10/21/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.a3 c6 8.d3 Nbd7 9.Nc3 d5 10.Bb3 Qc7 11.Re1 O-O-O 12.Qe2 Bd6 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Rde8 15.Bg3 e4 16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.dxe4 Bxe4 18.Nxe4 Rxe4 19.Qd2 Rhe8

20.Rxe4 Nxe4 21.Qa5 Qc5 22.Qxc5 Nexc5 23.Ba2 Re2 24.Rc1 Nf6 25.Kf1 Re7 26.Re1 Rxe1+ 27.Kxe1 Kd7 28.b4 Nce4 29.c4 Kd6 30.cxd5 Nxd5 31.Nd4 Ke5 32.Nf3+ Kf6 33.Nd2 Nxd2 34.Bxd5 cxd5 35.Kxd2 Ke5

36.Kd3 b5 37.g3 g5 38.Ke3 d4+ 39.Kd3 h5 40.f3 a6 41.Kd2 h4 42.gxh4 gxh4 43.Ke2 Kf4, White forfeits.

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/20/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

marlon_doringo (Chess.com 1748) - JimWest (Chess.com 1912), Chess.com 10/20/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.Ng5 Bg4 8.Qe1 Bh5 9.Ne6 Qe7 10.Nxf8 Qxf8 11.b4 Bf7 12.Bxf7+ Qxf7 13.b5 O-O 14.a4 a6 15.b6 f3 16.Qe3 fxg2 17.Kxg2 Nbd7 18.a5 Nh5

19.Ne2 Nf4+ 20.Kh1 Nxe2 21.Qxe2 Qf3+ 22.Qxf3 Rxf3 23.Bg5 Rf7 24.Kg2 Raf8 25.f3 Nc5 26.Rf2 Ne6 27.Be3 Nf4+ 28.Bxf4 Rxf4 29.Kg3 R8f6 30.h3 Rg6+ 31.Kh2 Rh6 32.Rg1 Rfh4 33.Rg3 Kf7

34.Rfg2 g6 35.Rf2 R6h5 36.c3 h6 37.Kg2 g5 38.d4 exd4 39.cxd4 Rf4 40.Rg4 Rh4 41.Rd2 Rhxg4+ 42.hxg4 Ke6 43.d5+ cxd5 44.Rxd5 Rf8 45.Kg3 Rc8 46.f4 Rc3+ 47.Kf2 gxf4 48.Rf5 Rc5 49.Kf3 Rxf5 50.gxf5+ Ke5

51.Kg4 h5+ 52.Kf3 d5 53.exd5 Kxf5 54.d6 Ke6 55.Kxf4 Kxd6 56.Kg5 Kc5 57.Kxh5 Kb5 58.Kg4 Kxa5 59.Kf3 Kxb6 60.Ke2 Kc5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2127) - chessir13 (lichess 2179), lichess 10/20/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bxg1 6.Rxg1 Ng4 7.h3 exf4 8.Bxf4 Nf6 9.Be2 c5 10.Rf1 Nc6 11.Kf2 Be6 12.Kg1 Qb6 13.Qc2 c4+ 14.d4 Nxd4 15.cxd4 Qxd4+ 16.Kh1 Nxe4

17.Bf3 Bf5 18.Bxe4 Bxe4 19.Re1 d5 20.Nc3 f5 21.Rad1 Qe5 22.Qa4+, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/19/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

DelFondo23 (Chess.com 1834) - JimWest Chess.com 1907), Chess.com 10/19/2023

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.Nf7 Kxf7 13.Bc4+ Kg7 14.O-O-O Nc6

15.Bxf6+ Bxf6 16.Qxe4 Nxd4 17.c3 Bf5 18.Qxb7 Bg5+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2120) - Hitman_stayalert (lichess 2182), lichess 10/19/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 c6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 dxe4 7.Bc4 c5 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Qxg4 Qa5+ 10.Nc3 Bxb5 11.Qc8+ Ke7 12.Bg5+ f6 13.exf6+ gxf6 14.Qxb7+ Bd7 15.O-O-O fxg5 16.Qxa8 cxd4

17.Qxe4+ Kd8 18.Qxd4 Rg8 19.Qd5 Qxd5 20.Nxd5 g4 21.Nf6 Bh6+ 22.Kb1 Rg7, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/18/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

chesskimg930 (Chess.com 1916) - JimWest (Chess.com 1907), Chess.com 10/18/2023

1,e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.Qe2 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nbd7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.b3 O-O-O 13.Bb2 g5 14.Be6 Kb8 15.Rfd1 h5

16.g4 hxg4 17.Bxg4 Be7 18.Ne2 Nxg4 19.Qxg4 Nc5 20.Qf5 Bd6 21.Rxd6 Rxd6 22.Bxe5 Rhd8 23.Kh2 Nd7 24.Bxd6 Qxd6 25.Qxg5 Nc5 26.Qxf4 Nxe4 27.Qxd6+ Rxd6 28.Nf4 Rd2 29.Nd3 Nxf2 30.Nxf2 Rxf2+ 31.Kg3 Rxc2

32.h4 Re2 33.h5 Re7 34.h6 Kc7 35.Rh1 Rh7 36.Kg4 c5 37.Kf5 Kb6 38.Kg6 Rd7 39.Rf1 Rd8 40.h7 Ka6 41.Kg7 b5 42.h8=Q Rxh8 43.Kxh8 Ka5 44.Rf7 a6 45.Rf6 c4 46.bxc4 bxc4 47.Rc6 Kb5 48.Rc8 a5 49.a4+ Kxa4 50.Rxc4+ Kb3 51.Rc1 a4

52.Rb1+ Kc2 53.Ra1 Kb3 54.Kg7 a3 55.Rb1+ Kc2 56.Rb7 a2 57.Ra7 Kb2 58.Rb7+ Kc2 59.Rc7+ Kb2 60.Rb7+ Kc2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Magnetaar (lichess 2030) - JimWest (lichess 2115), lichess 10/18/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ng5 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb3 Bb4 9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.a4 Kh8 13.Re1 e4 14.Nd4 Nxd4 15.cxd4 Bd7 16.Bf4 Bc6 17.Re3 Qd7 18.Rg3 Rae8

19.Be5 Ng4 20.Bf4 h5 21.Qd2 Qe6 22.c4 exd3 23.Rxd3 dxc4 24.Bxc4 Qxc4 25.h3 Nf6 26.Rc1 Qxa4 27.Be5 Ne4 28.Qf4 Kg8 29.f3 g5 30.Qe3 f4 31.Qe1 Ng3 32.Qd2 Qb5 33.Kh2 Rxe5 34.dxe5 Qxe5 35.Qb4 Qe2 36.Rd6 Bxf3

37.Rg6+ Kh7 38.Rc7+ Kxg6 39.Qd6+ Rf6 40.Rg7+ Kxg7 41.Qd7+ Kg6 42.Qe8+ Rf7 43.Qg8+ Rg7 44.Qe8+ Qxe8, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/17/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

ScorpionKing08 (Chess.com 1977) - JimWest (Chess.com 1910), Chess.com 10/17/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.d4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Nd5 fxe4 7.Ng5 Bxg5 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qxg5 Qxg5 10.Bxg5 Nxd4 11.Nxc7+ Kd7 12.Nxa8 Nxc2+ 13.Kd2 Nxa1 14.Rxa1 h6 15.Be3 b6 16.Bb5+ Kd8 17.Rc1 Rh7 18.Bc6 Bb7 

19.Nxb6 Bxc6 20.Rxc6 axb6 21.Bxb6+ Ke8 22.Rc8+ Kf7 23.Rc7+ Ne7 24.a4 Rh8 25.a5 Ke6 26.Rb7 Nd5 27.Ba7 Rf8 28.a6 Ra8 29.Kc2 Ne7 30.b4 Nc6

31.b5 Nxa7 32.b6 Nc8 33.a7 Nxb6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2117) - ayatnajafy (lichess 2153), lichess 10/17/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Bc5 6.Nf3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Nbd2 Re8 9.Qc2 Ng4 10.d4 Bb6 11.h3 Nf6 12.O-O-O a5 13.Bd3 g6 14.Bg5 Kg7 15.Rhf1 h6 16.Bxf6+ Qxf6

17.Ne5 dxe5 18.Rxf6 Kxf6 19.Rf1+ Kg7 20.d5 Ne7 21.Nc4 Ng8 22.Nxb6 cxb6 23.Qb3 a4 24.Qxb6 a3 25.b3 Re7 26.Bc4 f5 27.d6 Re8 28.Qc7+ Kh8

29.d7 Bxd7 30.Qxd7 Nf6 31.Qf7 Nxe4 32.Qxg6 Re7 33.Rxf5 Rae8 34.Qxh6+ Rh7 35.Rf8+, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/16/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1900) - agelabert (Chess.com 1829), Chess.com 10/16/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d4 f6 8.h3 Ne3 9.Bxe3 fxe3 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.O-O Be7 13.Qd3 O-O 14.Qxe3 fxe5 15.Nxe5 Rxf1+ 16.Kxf1 Bb5+ 17.Kg1 Bg5 18.Qb3 c6 19.Na3 Ba6

20.Nf3 Bf6 21.Re1 Qd7 22.Qe3 Rf8 23.Qe6+ Qxe6 24.Rxe6 Kf7 25.Re1 Re8 26.Rxe8 Kxe8 27.c3 Be2 28.Kf2 Bxf3 29.Kxf3 Kf7 30.Nc2 Bg5 31.Ne3 Bxe3 32.Kxe3 Ke6

33.Kf4 h6 34.h4 g6 35.g4 a5 36.a4 b5 37.b3 bxa4 38.bxa4 Kf6 39.g5+ hxg5+ 40.hxg5+ Ke6 41.Kg4 Kd6 42.Kf4 Ke6 43.Kg4 Kd6 44.Kf4 Ke6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ildarkl (lichess 2195) - JimWest (lichess 2110), lichess 10/16/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Bh5+ Kf8 11.O-O Kg8 12.Ng6 hxg6 13.Bxg6 Nbd7 14.Bg5 c6 15.Nc3 Ne5 16.Qh5 Nxg6 17.Qxg6 Rf8 18.Rad1 Bd6 19.Ne2 Qc7

20.Ng3 Bg4 21.f3 exf3 22.gxf3 Bh3 23.Bxf6 Rxf6 24.Qe8+ Rf8 25.Qg6 Bxf1 26.Rxf1 Bxg3 27.hxg3 Rf6 28.Qe8+ Kh7 29.Kg2 Rh6 30.Re1 Qa5 31.Re7 Qd2+ 32.Re2 Qg5 33.Qf7 Rg6 34.g4 Rf6 35.Qe8 Qf4

36.Qe3 Qxe3 37.Rxe3 Rf7 38.Kg3 g5 39.Re6 Kg7 40.c3 a5 41.a4 Rd7 42.f4 gxf4+ 43.Kxf4 d4 44.g5 d3 45.Re1 d2 46.Rd1 Kg6, White forfeits.

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/15/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1925) - dragansplit (Chess.com 1852), Chess.com 10/15/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 dxe4 7.Bb5 h5 8.Ne2 Be7 9.O-O Bd7 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.h3 Nh6 12.Nbc3 Bg5 13.d5 Bxc1 14.Rxc1 Bd7 15.Nxe4 Qh4 16.Rf4 Qe7 17.Qd4 Nf5 18.Rxf5 Bxf5 19.d6 Qd7

20.Nc5 Qc6 21.Ng3 Be6 22.Rd1 cxd6 23.exd6 Rd8 24.Nxe6 fxe6 25.Qxg7 Rf8 26.Qe7#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Mrakokrad (lichess 2231) - JimWest (lichess 2136), lichess 10/15/2023

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.Qd2 e3

11.fxe3 Nxb4 12.Qxb4 Qxe3+ 13.Be2 Qc1+ 14.Bd1 Qe3+ 15.Be2 Qc1+ 16.Bd1 Qe3+ 17.Be2, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/14/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1930) - Mitticus (Chess.com 1873), Chess.com 10/14/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.O-O Be7 12.c3 O-O 13.Nbd2 f6

14.Qe1 fxe5 15.Nxe5 Rxf1+ 16.Qxf1 Bd7 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Qc4+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

miswanto01 (lichess 2042) - JimWest (lichess 2138), lichess 10/14/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.g4 h5 7.Be2 hxg4 8.Bxg4 g6 9.Ne6 Bxe6 10.fxe6 d5 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.c3 c6 14.Nd2 Qc7 15.Qe2 Rxh2 16.Rxh2 Qxh2 17.O-O-O Na6 18.Nf1 Qf4+ 19.Ne3 Ke7

20.Rh1 Rh8 21.Rxh8 Bxh8 22.Qf1 Bg7 23.Kd2 Nc7 24.Qg2 Nxe6 25.Bxe6 Kxe6 26.Qxg6+ Qf6 27.Qg4+ Kf7 28.Ke1 Bh6 29.Qh5+ Qg6 30.Qh2 Bxe3 31.fxe3 Kg7 32.Kd2 Qf6 33.Kc2 Qf3

34.Qe5+ Qf6 35.Qc7+ Qf7 36.Qg3+ Qg6 37.Qf4 Qf6 38.Qg3+ Qg6 39.Qh3 Qf6 40.Kb3 a6 41.a4 a5 42.Qg3+ Kh6 43.Qh3+ Kg6 44.Qg4+ Kh6 45.Qh3+ Kg6 46.Qg3+ Kh6 47.Qc7 Qf1 48.Qxa5 Qc4+ 49.Ka3 Kg5

50.Qc7 b5 51.Qf4+ Kh5 52.a5 Qa4#.

2 PCG Games 10/13/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Kolodej99 (Chess.com 1927) - JimWest (Chess.com 1923), Chess.com 10/13/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.Ng5 d5 8.e6 O-O 9.c4 c6 10.Nc3 h6 11.Nf7 Qb6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Qxd5 Bxe6 15.Nxh6+ gxh6 16.Qxe4 Qxf2+ 17.Kd1 Rd8+ 18.Bd3 Rxd3+ 19.Qxd3 Qf5

20.Qxf5 Bxf5 21.Rf1 Bg4+ 22.Kd2 Nc6 23.Rae1 Rd8+ 24.Kc3 Bh5 25.Re6 Kg7 26.Rff6 Nd4 27.Rxh6 Nxe6 28.Rxe6 Rd7 29.h3 Bf7 30.Re3 Bxa2 31.b3 Bb1 32.g4 Bg6 33.h4 Rc7+ 34.Kb4 Rf7

35.h5 Rf4+ 36.Ka5 Re4 37.Rg3 Re5+ 38.Kb4 Bf7 39.Kc3 a5 40.Kd4 Rd5+ 41.Kc3 b5 42.b4 a4 43.Rh3 Rg5 44.h6+ Kh7 45.Rf3 Bc4 46.Rf6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

trucar (lichess 2010) - JimWest (lichess 2134), lichess 10/13/2023

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.h4 Qxe5 10.Be2 Nc6 11.Ba3 Nf6 12.Qa4 d3 13.Bd1 Qa5+ 14.Qxa5 Nxa5 15.b3 Bf5 16.Nc3 O-O-O 17.Kd2 Rhe8 18.Re1 Nc6

19.g4 Nxg4 20.Bxg4 Bxg4 21.Rxe4 Rxe4 22.Nxe4 Ne5 23.Nc3 Nf3+ 24.Ke3 Nxh4 25.Nd5 c6 26.Nf4 d2 27.Be7 Nf5+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/12/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

KiwiStoic (Chess.com 1933) - JimWest (Chess.com 1914), Chess.com 10/12/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Neg5 exd4 7.Qxd4 Nc6 8.Bb5 Nge7 9.Qf4 Nf5 10.Ne5 Bd6 11.Ngf7 Bxe5 12.Nxe5 O-O 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.O-O Qd6 15.Nd3 Qxf4 16.Bxf4 Nd6 17.Rfe1 Bf5 18.Bxd6 cxd6

19.Re7 Bxd3 20.cxd3 Rfe8 21.Rae1 Kf8 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.Re3 Rxe3 24.fxe3 Ke7 25.Kf2 Ke6 26.g4 Ke5 27.b4 d4 28.a4 dxe3+ 29.Kxe3 g5 30.d4+ Kd5 31.Kd3 a6 32.h3 h6

33.a5 c5 34.b5 axb5 35.a6 Kc6 36.dxc5 dxc5 37.a7 Kb7 38.a8=B+ Kxa8 39.Kc3 Kb7 40.Kb3 Kc6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2134) - KongMing888 (lichess 2108), lichess 10/12/2023

1.e3 d6 2.e4 g6 3.d3 Bg7 4.f4 Nf6 5.c3 O-O 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 e5 9.O-O exf4 10.Bxf4 Nc6 11.Nd2 Qd7 12.d4 Rfe8 13.Qc2 Nd8 14.Bg5 Ne6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Bg4 Qe7 17.Rae1 h5 18.Bxe6 Qxe6

19.Qb3 Qxb3 20.axb3 Bg7 21.Nf3 Rad8 22.e5 dxe5 23.Nxe5 Bxe5 24.Rxe5 Rxe5 25.dxe5 Rd2 26.Rf2 Rd1+ 27.Rf1 Rd5 28.Re1 Rd2 29.e6 fxe6 30.Rxe6 Kf7 31.Re3 Rxb2 32.b4 Rc2 33.h4 Rd2 34.Kh2 Rd5 35.Kh3 c5

36.c4 Rd4 37.bxc5 Rxc4 38.Rb3 Rxc5 39.Rxb7+ Kf6 40.Rxa7 Rc3+ 41.g3 Kf5 42.Ra5+ Kf6 43.Rb5 Rc6 44.Rb3 Rc5 45.Rf3+ Kg7 46.g4 hxg4+ 47.Kxg4 Rc4+ 48.Rf4 Rxf4+ 49.Kxf4 Kh6 50.Kg4 Kh7 51.Kg5 Kg7 52.h5 gxh5 53.Kxh5, draw.