2 PCG Reversed Games 10/16/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2019) - Musayavko (Chess.com 2168), Chess.com 10/16/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 a5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be2 Bg4 8.a4 O-O 9.f5 d5 10.Qc2 dxe4 11.dxe4 h6 12.Na3 Qe7 13.Nc4 Rfd8 14.Be3 Nh5 15.Rd1 Rxd1+ 16.Bxd1 Rd8 17.O-O Nf4

18.Kh1 Nd3 19.Be2 Nf4 20.Bd1 Nd3 21.Be2 Nf4 22.Bd1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2029) - krissstyan (lichess 1967), lichess 10/16/2024

1.e3 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 g6 4.f4 e5 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bg7 7.c3 O-O 8.O-O Nbd7 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 c6 11.Kh1 a5 12.f5 Rc8 13.Bg5 Qb6 14.Qb3 Qc7 15.fxg6 hxg6 16.a4 Nc5 17.Qc2 Ne6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Bg4 Bg7

20.Nd2 Rcd8 21.Bxe6 fxe6 22.Nf3 d5 23.Qb3 Rf6 24.Rae1 Rdf8 25.Nh2 Rf4 26.Rxf4 exf4 27.d4 b6 28.e5 c5 29.Nf3 Qc6 30.Qb5 Qc7 31.Kg1 Bh6 32.dxc5 bxc5 33.Qa6 Kf7 34.h4 Rb8 35.Re2 Rb3

36.Qd3 Qd7 37.h5 Bf8 38.Qxg6+ Ke7 39.Qf6+ Ke8 40.Ng5 d4 41.Qxe6+ Qxe6 42.Nxe6 dxc3 43.bxc3 Rxc3 44.Nxf8 Kxf8 45.Re4 Re3 46.Rxf4+ Ke7 47.Rf5 Ke6 48.Rg5 c4 49.Kf2 Ra3 50.h6 c3 51.h7 c2 52.h8=Q c1=Q

53.Qf6+ Kd5 54.Qd6+ Ke4 55.Rg4+ Kf5 56.Qg6+ Kxe5 57.Qg5+ Kd6 58.Qxc1, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/15/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

juliex05 (Chess.com 1907) - JimWest (Chess.com 2016), Chess.com 10/15/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.O-O Nf6 9.Bb3 Bd6 10.Nc4 Be6 11.Re1 O-O 12.Nc3 a6 13.Nxd6 cxd6 14.Nxe4 Bxb3 15.axb3 Nc6 16.Nxd6 Nd4 17.Re7 Nxc2 18.Ra4 Rad8 19.Re6 Ne8

20.Rc4 Na1 21.Bf4 Nxb3 22.g3 b5 23.Rc7 Nd4 24.Ree7 g5 25.Nxe8 Rfxe8 26.Rg7+ Kh8 27.Rxh7+ Kg7 28.Rhg7+ Kh8 29.Rh7+ Kg8 30.Bxg5 Nf3+ 31.Kg2 Nxg5 32.Rhg7+ Kh8 33.Rxg5 Rd2

34.Rc6 Re7 35.Rxa6 Rxb2 36.Rb6 Rf7 37.Rh6+ Rh7 38.Rxh7+ Kxh7 39.h4 b4 40.Rb5 b3 41.g4 Rb1 42.g5 b2 43.h5 Kg7 44.Rb7+ Kg8 45.h6 Kh8 46.h7 Rc1 47.Rb2 Kxh7 48.f4 Rc3 49.Rf2 Kg6 50.Rf3 Rc2+ 51.Kg3 Kf5

54.Re3 Rc5 55.Re5+ Rxe5 56.fxe5 Kxg5 55.e6 Kf6 56.e7 Kxe7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

alexis-fcs_71 (lichess 2004) - JimWest (lichess 2024), lichess 10/15/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O c6 10.Be3 Bd6 11.f3 Qc7 12.fxe4 Bxh2+ 13.Kh1 dxe4 14.Ncxe4 h6 15.Nxf6+ Rxf6 16.Rxf6 gxf6 17.Nf7 Bxe6 18.Nxh5+ Kh8 19.Qf1 Nd7

20.Bd4 Qf4 21.Qxf4 Bxf4 22.Ng4 Bxg4 23.Bxg4 Ne5 24.Bf5 Kg7 25.Rf1 Rh8+ 26.Kg1 Bh2+ 27.Kf2 Bf4 28.Ke2 Bg3 29.Bf2 Bxf2 30.Rxf2 Re8 31.Kd1 Nc4 32.c3 Ne3+ 33.Kd2 Nxf5 34.Rxf5 Kg6 35.Rf3 a6

36.Rg3+ Kf7 37.Rh3 Rg8 38.Rh7+ Rg7 39.Rxg7+ Kxg7 40.Ke3 Kf7 41.Kf4 Ke6 42.g4 a5 43.a4 b5 44.b3 bxa5 45.bxa5 c5 46.c4 Ke7 

47.Kf5 Kf7 48.Kf4 Ke6 49.Ke4 Ke7 50.Kf4 Ke6 51.Ke4 Kd6 52.Kf5 Ke7 53.Kf4 Ke6, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/14/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

UJJAWALMISHRA816 (Chess.com 1992) - JimWest (Chess.com 2027), Chess.com 10/14/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Qe2 d5 7.c4 c6 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Qb5+ Nc6 11.Bd2 Bxc3 12.bxc3 O-O

13.c4 Nxd4 14.Qd7 Bxd7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2032) - Zokir74 (lichess 2005), lichess 10/14/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 Be7 8.Ne2 O-O 9.O-O Bg5 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Bxg5 Qxg5 12.Qc1 Ne3 13.Ng3 h6 14.Re1 Nd5 15.Qxg5 hxg5 16.Nxe4 Rb8 17.b3 g4 18.Nbd2 Bf5 19.Rf1 Ne3

20.Rfc1 Rfd8 21.c3 Nd5 22.Ng3 Be6 23.Nde4 Nf4 24.Rd1 Bd5 25.Rd2 Re8 26.Rf1 Ng6 27.c4 Bxe4 28.Nxe4 Nxe5 29.dxe5 Rxe5 30.Ng3 Rbd8 31.Rdf2 f6

32.Rd2 c5 33.Rfd1 Kh7 34.Rd5 Re1+ 35.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 36.Kf2 Ra1 37.Rd2 Rc1 38.Ne4, Black forfeits.

2 PCG Reversed Games 10/13/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2050) - Eric-hendrix (Chess.com 2006), Chess.com 10/13/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 exf4 6.Bxf4 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Nh5 9.Be3 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Ng3 12.Re1 Bh4 13.Bf2 Ne5 14.Nd2 Ng6 15.Nf1 Nxf1 16.Rxf1 Bxf2+ 17.Rxf2 Nh4 18.Qd2 Nxf3+ 19.Rxf3 d5

20.exd5 Qxd5 21.a3 Qd4+ 22.Qf2 Qxb2 23.Rf1 f6 24.Qc5 Qb6 25.Qxb6 axb6 26.d4 Rfd8 27.Rd1 Ra4 28.Rc3 c6 29.Rb3 b5 30.d5 Kf7 31.Rdd3 Ke7

32.Re3+ Kd7 33.Rbd3 c5 34.Rb3 Ra5 35.c4 Kd6 36.Re6+ Kc7 37.cxb5 Rxd5 38.b6+ Kd7 39.Rbe3 Re5 40.R6xe5 fxe5 41.Rxe5 Kc6 42.Re7 Kxb6 43.Rxg7 Rxa3 44.Rxh7 c4 45.Rh8 c3 46.Rc8 Kb5 47.h4 Kb4 48.h5 Kb3 49.h6 c2 50.h7 Ra8

51.h8=Q c1=Q+ 52.Rxc1 Rxh8 53.Rb1+ Kc4 54.Rxb7 Kd4 55.Re7 Rg8 56.Kf2 Rf8+ 57.Kg3 Rg8+ 58.Kf3 Rf8+ 59.Ke2 Rg8 60.Kf2 Rf8+ 61.Kg1 Rg8 62.Re2 Rh8 63.g3 Rg8 64.Kg2 Rg7 65.Re8 Kd5 66.Rf8 Ke6 67.Kf3 Ke7 68.Rf4 Ke6

69.g4 Ke7 70.Rf5 Ke6 71.Kf4 Rh7 72.Rf8 Rg7 73.Rf5 Rh7 74.Kg5 Rg7+ 75.Kh5 Rg8 76.Rf1 Rh8+ 77.Kg5 Rg8+ 78.Kh4 Rh8+ 79.Kg3 Rg8 80.Rf5 Ke7 81.g5 Rf8 82.Ra5 Kf7 83.Kg4 Kg8 84.Ra7 Kh8

85.g6 Kg8 86.Kg5 Rd8 87.Kh6 Kh8 88.Rb7 Kg8 89.Rg7+ Kh8, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2037) - AndriyYroslavovuhc (lichess 2080), lichess 10/13/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d5 3.d3 dxe4 4.dxe4 Qxd1+ 5.Kxd1 Nf6 6.Bd3 Bc5 7.f4 Nc6 8.Nc3 Bg4+ 9.Nf3 Nd4 10.Rf1 exf4 11.Bxf4 O-O-O 12.Kd2 Nxf3+ 13.gxf3 Bh3 14.Rfe1 h6 15.Be3 Bb4 16.a3 Bxc3+ 17.Kxc3 b6 18.Rad1 c5 19.Ba6+ Kc7

20.Bf4+ Kc6 21.a4 Be6 22.Bb5+ Kb7 23.Bc4 Bxc4 24.Kxc4 Nh5 25.Be3 Kc6 26.Rd3 a6 27.Red1 b5+ 28.axb5+ axb5+ 29.Kc3 Rxd3+ 30.Rxd3 Nf6 31.Bf4 Nh5 32.Bg3 Nxg3 33.hxg3 g5 34.Rd5 f6

35.Rf5 Rf8 36.e5 h5 37.exf6 h4 38.gxh4 gxh4 39.Rf4 h3 40.Rh4 Rxf6 41.Rxh3 Rf4 42.b3 b4+ 43.Kd3 Kb4 44.c4+ bxc3 45.Kxc3 Ka5 46.Rg3 Kb5 47.Kd3 Kb4 48.Kc2 c4 49.bxc4 Kxc4 50.Kd2 Kd4 51.Ke2 Rf8 52.Rg4+ Ke5 53.Ke3 Ra8

54.f4+ Kf5 55.Rg5+ Kf6 56.Kf3 Ra1 57.Rb5 Rf1+ 58.Kg3 Rg1+ 59.Kf2 Ra1 60.Kg2 Rc1 61.Re5 Ra1 62.Kf3 Rf1+ 63.Kg3 Rg1+ 64.Kf2 Ra1 65.Kg2, draw.

2 PCG Games 10/12/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

ABCdefg1313 (Chess.com 2006) - JimWest (Chess.com 2051), Chess.com 10/12/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.O-O fxe4 5.Nxe5 Qg5 6.d4 Qf5 7.g4 Qf6 8.Nf7 Be6 9.Bxe6 Qxe6 10.Nxh8 d5 11.c4 c6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Nc3 Nc6 14.Bf4 O-O-O 15.Rc1 Bd6 16.Bxd6 Rxd6 17.Nb5 Rd8 18.Nxa7+ Kb8 19.Nxc6+ bxc6

20.Qb3+ Kc7 21.Rc5 Ne7 22.Nf7 Qxf7 23.Qa3 Qe6 24.b4 Qxg4+ 25.Qg3+ Qxg3 26.hxg3 Nf5 27.Rd1 Rb8 28.a3 h5 29.Kg2 g5 30.Ra5 e3 31.Ra7+ Kb6 32.Rh7 e2

33.Re1 Nxd4 34.Rxh5 Re8 35.Rxg5 Nc2 36.Rxe2 Rxe2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

tuttleaz81 (lichess 2068) - JimWest (lichess 2039), lichess 10/12/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.b3 Bg4 10.Bb2 Nd7 11.Be2 O-O-O 12.Qe1 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Ngf6 14.Rad1 g5 15.Qe2 h5 16.h3 g4

17.hxg4 hxg4 18.Bxg4 Nxg4 19.Qxg4 Rh4 20.Qf5 Rdh8 21.g3 fxg3 22.fxg3 Bc5+ 23.Kg2 Rh2+, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/11/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2036) - bozidar777 (Chess.com 1972), Chess.com 10/11/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe4 6.Nf3 Nc5 7.d4 Ne4 8.c3 Be7 9.Bd3 f5 10.O-O O-O 11.Be3 h6 12.Kh1 g5 13.Nbd2 Qe8 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Qb3+ Kg7 16.Ne1 Qh5 17.d5 cxd5 18.Bd4 Nc6 19.Qxd5 Qe2

20.e6+ Nxd4 21.Qxd4+ Bf6 22.Qd6 Rd8 23.Qc7+ Kg6 24.Qf7#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Debasish01 (lichess 2092) - JimWest (lichess 2039), lichess 10/11/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.d3 Be7 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Bg4 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qd5 Qxd5 10.exd5 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Nd4 12.Kg2 O-O-O 13.Bd3 Nf6 14.Re1 Bd6 15.a3 g5 16.h3 h5 17.Bd2 g4 18.fxg4 hxg4 19.hxg4 Nxg4

20.Rh1 Rxh1 21.Rxh1 Rg8 22.Kf1 Nf3 23.Bc1 Ngh2+ 24.Ke2 Nd4+ 25.Ke1 Ndf3+ 26.Ke2 Nd4+ 27.Ke1 Ndf3+ 28.Ke2, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/10/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2036) - ConnorR12565 (Chess.com 2032), Chess.com 10/10/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.c3 a6 7.Nf3 Ng4 8.d4 Ba7 9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O Ndf6 11.Kh1 Qe7 12.h3 h5 13.Bg5 b5 14.e5 dxe5 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Bb7 17.Nf3 O-O-O 18.Qe2 Qc5 19.Bxf6 gxf6

20.Nbd2 Rhg8 21.Be4 Bxe4 22.Qxe4 f5 23.Qf4 Kb7 24.Nb3 Qc6 25.Na5+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

SentrySix000 (lichess 2051) - JimWest (lichess 2045), lichess 10/10/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Nh2 Nf6 8.d3 Bb4 9.d4 O-O 10.Be2 c6 11.O-O Be6 12.Be3 Nbd7 13.Nb1 Bd6 14.Nd2 Qc7 15.Ng4 Nxg4 16.Bxg4 Bxg4 17.Qxg4 Nf6 18.Qe2 Rae8

19.c3 Bh2+ 20.Kh1 Bf4 21.Rae1 Bxe3 22.fxe3 Qg3 23.Qf2 Qxf2 24.Rxf2 Nh5 25.Rxf8+ Rxf8 26.Kg1 Ng3 27.Nf1 Nxf1 28.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 29.Kxf1 Kf7 30.Kf2 Kf6 31.Kg3 g5 32.Kg4 Kg6 33.b3 h5+ 34.Kg3 a5

35.c4 b5 36.cxb5 cxb5 37.a3 Kf5 38.b4 axb4 39.axb4 h4+ 40.Kf2 g4 41.Ke2 g3, draw.

2 PCG Games 10/9/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Slowhands5 (Chess.com 2060) - JimWest (Chess.com 2026), Chess.com 10/9/2024

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.a3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 c6 12.c4 Qe8 13.a4 Nbd7 14.Ba3 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Qxe5 16.Bxf8 Kxf8 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Rb1 b6 19.Qd2 Kg8

20.Rfd1 Be6 21.Qd4 Qg5 22.c4 Rf8 23.cxd5 Bxd5 24.Rb5 e3 25.f3 Rd8 26.Bc4 e2 27.Bxe2 a6 28.Rxd5 Nxd5 29.Bc4 Kh8 30.Bxd5 h5 31.Qe4 h4 32.Bb3 Rxd1+ 33.Bxd1 h3

34.Qe8+ Kh7 35.Bc2+ g6 36.Qd7+ Kg8 37.Qe6+ Kg7 38.Qd7+ Kf8 39.g4 Qc5+ 40.Kf1 Qxc2 41.Qd6+ Kg7 42.Qe7+ Kg8 43.Qe6+ Kg7 44.Qe5+ Kg8 45.Qb8+ Kg7 46.Qb7+ Kh6

47.Qxb6 Qg2+ 48.Ke1 Qh1+ 49.Ke2 Qxh2+ 50.Kd3 Qf4 51.Qf2 Qd6+ 52.Ke4 Qe6+ 53.Kd3 Qd5+ 54.Kc3 Qc6+ 55.Kd3 Qd5+ 56.Kc3 Qc6+ 57.Kd3 Qd5+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

vincent1956 (lichess 1951) - JimWest (lichess 2056), lichess 10/9/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Be2 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.c3 c6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.O-O Qxb3 9.axb3 O-O 10.h3 a6 11.Bd1 fxe4 12.dxe4 h6 13.Bc2 Be6 14.Nc4 Bxc4 15.bxc4 Nbd7 16.Be3 c5 17.Rad1 a5 18.Ba4 Nb6 19.Bb5 Ne8

20.b4 axb4 21.cxb4 Nc7 22.bxc5 dxc5 23.Nxe5 Nxb5 24.cxb5 Na4 25.Ng6 Rf7 26.Nxe7+ Rxe7 27.Ra1 b6 28.f3 Rea7 29.Ra3 Nb2 30.Rb3 Nc4 31.Bf4 g5

32.Rc1 Ra1 33.Kf2 gxf4 34.Rxc4 R8a2+, White resigns.