2 PCG Reversed Games 4/23/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1927) - rachel2411 (Chess.com 2020), Chess.com 4/23/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 h6 7.Be2 Bb6 8.a4 a5 9.Na3 exf4 10.Bxf4 Be6 11.Qc2 Ne7 12.d4 Ng6 13.Bg3 Nh5 14.O-O-O Nxg3 15.hxg3 O-O 16.Nc4 Bxc4 17.Bxc4 Kh8 18.Nh4 Qg5+ 19.Kb1 Qxg3

20.Rh3 Qg4 21.Nf5 Rae8 22.Bd3 Ba7 23.Rdh1 Bb8 24.Rg3 Qf4 25.Rf1, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2157) - ArcheinPrattein (lichess 2149), lichess 4/23/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O f6 11.c3 Bg4 12.Qe1 a6 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Nbd2 Nxd2 15.Bxd2 Bxf3 16.Rxf3 fxe5 17.Rxf8+ Qxf8 18.Qxe5 Bd6 19.Qe6+ Qf7

20.Qxf7+ Kxf7 21.Rf1+ Ke6 22.b4 a5 23.a3 axb4 24.axb4 Ra2 25.Bf4 Rc2 26.Bxd6 cxd6 27.Rf3 h6 28.h4 g6 29.Kh2 c5 30.dxc5 dxc5 31.bxc5 Ke5 32.c6 Ra2 33.c7 Ra8 34.Rf7 Ke6 35.Rh7 h5

36.Kg3 Rf8 37.Rg7 Rc8 38.Rxg6+ Kf7 39.Rc6 Ke7 40.Kf4 Kd7 41.Rh6 Rxc7 42.Rh7+ Kc6 43.Rxc7+ Kxc7 44.g4 hxg4 45.h5 Kd6 46.h6 Kc5 47.h7, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/22/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

wintolosera (Chess.com 1761) - JimWest (Chess.com 1931), Chess.com 4/22/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc5 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 c6 9.f4 Bxc5 10.dxc5 O-O 11.Be2 Qa5+ 12.c3 Qxc5 13.Qb3 Qb6 14.Qxb6 axb6 15.O-O Nbd7 16.a3 Nc5 17.b4 Ne6 18.a4 Nxg5 19.fxg5 Nd7

20.Rxf8+ Nxf8 21.h4 Ng6 22.Nxg6 hxg6 23.g4 Be6 24.Kf2 Rf8+ 25.Ke3 c5 26.b5 Rd8 27.a5 bxa5 28.Rxa5 b6 29.Ra7 Rd6 30.Rb7 Kh7 31.c4 dxc4 32.Kxe4 Bd5+ 33.Ke5 Bxb7 34.Kxd6 c3 35.Bd3 Bf3

36.h5 Bd1 37.Bxg6+ Kh8 38.Kc6 c2 39.Bxc2 Bxc2 40.Kxb6 c4 41.Kc5 c3 42.Kc4 Ba4 43.Kxc3 Bxb5 44.Kd2 Bd7 45.h6 g6 46.Ke3 Bxg4 47.Kf4 Bf5 48.Ke5 Kh7 49.Kf6 Bc2 50.Kf7 Bb3+ 51.Kf6 Bc4

52.Ke5 Kg8 53.Kf6 Bd3 54.Ke7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2151) - kingsgambit_yamete (lichess 2120), lichess 4/22/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.c3 Bb7 9.f5 d5 10.Qc2 Qd7 11.Bg5 Rad8 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nbd2 Rfe8 14.Rad1 Qd6 15.g4 h6 16.h4 Qe7 17.Rf2 Bxh4 18.Rh2 Bg5

19.Nf1 dxe4 20.dxe4 Na5 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.b4 Nc6 23.Rh5 Bf4 24.Bc4 a5 25.a3 Rd6 26.Bd5 Nd8 27.Bxb7 Nxb7 28.c4 axb4 29.axb4 Qd7 30.g5 Rd3 31.Qg2 hxg5 32.Nxg5 Qd4+ 33.Kh1 Rd1

34.Qh3 Kf8 35.f6 Bxg5 36.Rh8#.

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/21/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

kapranovg57 (Chess.com 1843) - JimWest (Chess.com 1939), Chess.com 4/21/2024

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.c3 Qd6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Bg4 Na6 14.f3 exf3 15.Rxf3 Nc7 16.Nd2 Nxe6 17.Nf1 Ng5 18.Re3 Rae8 19.Qe2 Ne4

20.Qd3 Bg5 21.Rf3 Rxf3 22.Bxf3 Nf6 23.Qf5 Qf4 24.Qxf4 Bxf4 25.Kf2 Ne4+ 26.Bxe4 Rxe4 27.Re1 Rxe1 28.Kxe1 Kf7 29.Ke2 Ke6 30.Ne3 Bxh2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2124) - java45 (lichess 2232), lichess 4/21/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qxg4 Bxb5 9.d5 Qxd5 10.Nc3 Qc6

11.Nxb5 Qxb5 12.Qc8+ Ke7 13.Bg5+ f6 14.exf6+ gxf6 15.O-O-O fxg5 16.Qd8+ Kf7 17.Nh3 Bg7 18.Rhf1+ Kg6 19.Qxg5#.

2 PCG Games 4/20/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Ridrick (Chess.com 1909) - JimWest (Chess.com 1933), Chess.com 4/20/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Be2 Bc5 8.O-O Ne7 9.Kh1 O-O 10.f3 h6 11.Nh3 Bxh3 12.gxh3 exf3 13.Rxf3 Rxf3 14.Bxf3 Nd7 15.Bf4 Ng6 16.Bg3 Ndxe5 17.Nc3 Nxf3 18.Qxf3 Qf6

19.Rf1 Qxf3+ 20.Rxf3 Rf8 21.Kg2 Rxf3 22.Kxf3 Bd4 23.Nd1 Be5 24.b3 Bxg3 25.hxg3 Kf7 26.Ne3 Ke6 27.h4 Ne5+ 28.Kf4 Nf7 29.Ng4 g5+ 30.Ke3 gxh4 31.gxh4 h5 32.Nf2 Ke5 33.Nd3+ Kf5

34.Kf3 Ne5+ 35.Nxe5 Kxe5 36.Ke3 a5 37.c3 b5 38.a3 c5 39.Kf3 d4 40.cxd4+ cxd4 41.Ke2 Ke4 42.Kd2 b4 43.axb4 axb4 44.Ke2 d3+ 45.Kd2 Kd4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Mrm_1391 (lichess 2176) - JimWest (lichess 2123), lichess 4/20/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.fxe6 Bb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qd6 12.Bg4 Nxg4 13.Qxg4 Re8 14.Bf4 Qxe6 15.Qxe6+ Rxe6 16.Bxc7 Rc6 17.Ba5 b6 18.Bb4 a5 19.Be7 Rxc3

20.Rab1 Nc6 21.Bd6 Nxd4 22.Be5 Ne2+ 23.Kh1 Rc6 24.Rb2 Re8 25.Bg3 Nxg3+ 26.hxg3 d4 27.Rd1 Rd6 28.Rb5 e3 29.fxe3 Rxe3 30.Kh2 Rh6+ 31.Kg1 Re4 32.Rd5 Rc6 33.Rd2 h6

34.R5xd4 Rxd4 35.Rxd4 Rxc2 36.a4 Kh7 37.Rd6 Rc4 38.Rxb6 Rxa4 39.Ra6 Ra2 40.Kf1 h5 41.Kg1 g6 42.Kh2 Kh6 43.Rb6 a4 44.Rb4 a3 45.g4 hxg4 46.Rxg4 Ra1 47.Kg3 g5 48.Ra4 Kh5 49.Ra8 a2

50.Rh8+ Kg6 51.Ra8 Kf5 52.Ra4 Kg6 53.Kg4 Kf6 54.Ra5 Kf7 55.Kxg5 Rg1 56.Rxa2 Kg7 57.Ra7+ Kg8 58.g4 Rb1 59.Kh5 Rb6 60.g5 Rc6 61.g6 Rc1

62.Ra8+ Kg7 63.Ra7+ Kg8 64.Ra4 Rh1+ 65.Rh4 Rxh4+ 66.Kxh4 Kg7 67.Kg5 Kg8 68.Kh6 Kh8 69.Kg5 Kg7 70.Kf5 Kg8 71.Kf6 Kf8 72.g7+ Kg8 73.Kg6, stalemate.

2 PCG Games 4/19/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

GivingPigeon (Chess.com 1851) - JimWest (Chess.com 1931), Chess.com 4/19/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.dxe5 Bb4 7.Qd4 c5 8.Qd1 Ne7 9.Bd2 O-O 10.Be2 h6 11.Nh3 Nbc6

12.Nf4 Nxe5 13.Ncxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxb4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

yonyon08 (lichess 2035) - JimWest (lichess 2123), lichess 4/19/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 Na5 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Qd2 Nc6

10.Nd5 Bxg5 11.Nxg5 Nd4 12.Ne3 Qxg5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 4/18/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

TheSilverDragon01 (Chess.com 1771) - JimWest (Chess.com 1925), Chess.com 4/18/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Na5 5.Bb3 Nxb3 6.axb3 f5 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.Nf3 c6 9.O-O Be7 10.Qe2 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nf6 13.Re1 O-O 14.Qd1 a6 15.f4 exf4 16.Bxf4 d5 17.Qd2 Bd6 18.Ne2 Qc7 19.Bxd6 Qxd6

20.Nd4 Qc5 21.c3 Rae8 22.Kh1 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Re8 24.Rxe8+ Nxe8 25.Qe2 Qf8 26.Qe6+ Qf7 27.Qc8 Qf1+ 28.Kh2 Qf4+ 29.Kh1 Qf1+ 30.Kh2 Qf4+ 31.Kg1 Qe3+

32.Kf1 Qxd3+ 33.Kf2 Qd2+ 34.Kf3 Qd3+ 35.Kf4 Qe4+ 36.Kg3 Qe3+ 37.Kh2 Qf4+ 38.Kg1 Qc1+ 39.Kf2 Qd2+ 40.Ne2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

smoke_Weed_every_Day (lichess 2124) - JimWest (lichess 2113), lichess 4/18/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Re1 Be7 8.Ng5 d5 9.Rxe5 dxc4 10.Rxf5 cxd3 11.cxd3 Qd7 12.Re5 O-O 13.Nc3 Bd6 14.Qb3+ Kh8 15.Re6 Na6 16.Rxd6 Qxd6 17.Nf7+ Rxf7 18.Qxf7 Nc5 19.Be3 Rf8

20.Bxc5 Qxc5 21.Qc4 Qf5 22.h3 Nd5 23.Ne4 Nf4 24.Kh2 h6 25.Re1 Nd5 26.Re2 Nf6 27.Nxf6 Qxf6 28.Qe4 Qf7 29.a3 a5 30.Qe7 Qxe7 31.Rxe7 b5

32.f3 a4 33.Rc7 Rf6 34.Kg3 Rd6 35.Kf4 Rxd3 36.Rxc6 Rb3 37.Rb6 Rxb2 38.g4 Rb3 39.h4 Rxa3 40.Rxb5 Kh7 41.Ra5 Ra1 42.Kf5 a3 43.g5 hxg5 44.hxg5 a2 45.f4 g6+ 46.Kf6 Rf1 47.Ra7+ Kh8 48.Rxa2 Rxf4+ 49.Kxg6 Rf8

50.Ra7 Rb8 51.Kf7 Rc8 52.g6 Rg8 53.Kf6 Rf8+ 54.Kg5 Rb8 55.Kh6 Rc8 56.Rf7 Ra8 57.Re7 Rb8 58.Rf7 Ra8 59.g7+ Kg8 60.Kg6 Ra6+ 61.Rf6 Ra8 62.Re6 Ra6 63.Rf6 Rb6

64.Kf5 Rb5+ 65.Ke6 Kxg7 66.Rf7+ Kg6 67.Rf6+ Kg5 68.Rf1 Rb6+ 69.Ke5 Rb5+ 70.Ke6 Rb6+ 71.Ke5 Rb5+ 72.Ke6, draw.

2 PCG Games 4/17/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

BidExcellence (Chess.com 1931) - JimWest (Chess.com 1923), Chess.com 4/17/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Ke2 h6 8.Nh3 Bg4+ 9.f3 Bxh3 10.gxh3 exf3+ 11.Kxf3 Ne7 12.Kg2 O-O 13.Qg4 Kh8 14.Nc3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Nbc6 16.Bf4 g5

17.Bxg5 hxg5 18.Qh5+ Kg7 19.Bd3 Nf5 20.Rhf1 Rh8 21.Qe2 Nh4+ 22.Kh1 Qe7 23.Rae1 Raf8 24.Rg1 Nf3 25.cxd5 Ncxe5 26.Qe3 Rxh3 27.Re2 Nxg1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Vasiliychess888 (lichess 2010) - JimWest (lichess 2103), lichess 4/17/2024

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.c4 c6 10.e6 O-O 11.Qh5 h6 12.Nf7 Qe8 13.Qg4 Kh7

14.Bxh6 Qxf7 15.exf7 Bxg4 16.h3 Be6 17.Bg5 Rxf7 18.Rb1 b6 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.a4 Nbc6, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/16/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Aliaksandor (Chess.com 1975) - JimWest (Chess.com 1931), Chess.com 4/16/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Ng3 e4 9.Ne5 Nf6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O c6 12.f3 Nbd7 13.Nxd7 Bxd7 14.fxe4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Qxe4 16.Rxf8+ Rxf8 17.Bf3 Qg6 18.Qe2 Bf5 19.c3 Re8

20.Qf2 Be4 21.Bxe4 Qxe4 22.Rf1 Qe3 23.h3 Qxf2+ 24.Rxf2 Re1+ 25.Kh2 a6 26.g4 h6 27.h4 Re4 28.Kg3 Re3+ 29.Kf4 Re4+ 30.Kf5 Kf7 31.h5 Re6 32.g5 hxg5 33.Kxg5+ Ke7 34.Rf5 b5

35.Re5 Rxe5+ 36.dxe5 c5 37.Kf5 a5 38.b3 b4 39.cxb4 axb4 40.Kg5 c4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2109) - maaiatitte (lichess 2160), lichess 4/16/2024

1.e3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d3 e5 4.c3 Nf6 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nc6 9.O-O O-O 10.a4 d5 11.fxe5 Nxe5 12.Bg5 dxe4 13.Bxe4 Qd6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.d4 Nd7 16.Nd2 Bg7 17.Qf3 c6 18.Bd3 Rae8 19.Rae1 f5

20.Nc4 Qc7 21.d5 cxd5 22.Qxd5+ Kh8 23.Rxe8 Rxe8 24.Nd6 Qb6+ 25.Kh1 Re5 26.Nf7+ Kg8 27.Nh6+ Kh8 28.Qg8#.

2 PCG Games 4/15/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Tito0487 (Chess.com 1867) - JimWest (Chess.com 1948), Chess.com 4/15/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 Na5 6.Bd5 Nf6 7.b4 c6 8.Bb3 Nxb3 9.axb3 f4 10.h3 Be7 11.b5 O-O 12.bxc6 bxc6 13.O-O Kh8 14.d4 Qc7 15.d5 cxd5 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 g5 18.Bb2 g4 19.hxg4 Bxg4

20.Qd3 Bf5 21.Qd2 Qxc2 22.Qxc2 Bxc2 23.Rfc1 Bxb3 24.Rc7 Bf6 25.Raxa7 Rxa7 26.Rxa7 Bxd5 27.Ba3 Ra8 28.Rxa8+ Bxa8 29.Bxd6 Bxf3 30.gxf3 Kg7 31.Kg2 Kg6 32.Kh3 Kf5 33.Bf8 Bd8

34.Bc5 e4 35.fxe4+ Kxe4 36.Kg4 f3 37.Kh5 Kd3 38.Kh6 Ke2 39.Kxh7 Bh4 40.Kg6 Bxf2 41.Be7 Bg3 42.Bc5 Bf4 43.Bg1 Be3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ZVIAD64 (lichess 2108) - JimWest (lichess 2110), lichess 4/15/2024

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qh6 Bf8 12.Qe3 Bg7 13.Be2 O-O 14.O-O c6 15.Qb3 Qe7 16.Nxe4 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Qxe5 18.Bd3 Kg7 19.Ng3 Qf6

20.Rae1 Nd7 21.c3 Nc5 22.Qc2 Nxd3 23.Qxd3 Bd7 24.Re3 Rae8 25.Rf3 Qe5 26.h4 Rxf3 27.Qxf3 Rf8 28.Qd1 h5 29.Re1 Qf6 30.Qe2 Qxh4 31.Qe5+ Qf6 32.Qe3 Re8 33.Qd2 Rxe1+ 34.Qxe1 h4 35.Nf1 h3 36.gxh3 Bxh3 37.Ng3 Qe6

38.Qd2 Bf5 39.Qd4+ Kg8 40.Qxa7 Qe1+ 41.Kg2 Be4+ 42.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 43.Kg1 Qb1+ 44.Kg2 Qxb2 45.Qb8+ Kg7 46.Qc7+ Kh6 47.Qf4+ Kg7 48.Qe5+ Kh7 49.Qe7+ Kh6 50.Qh4+ Kg7 51.Qe7+ Kh6 52.Qh4+ Kg7 53.Qe7+ Kh6, draw.