PCG & PCG Reversed 11/19/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

agupt2014 (Chess.com 1932) - JimWest (Chess.com 1992), Chess.com 11/19/2024

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.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.h3 Qe8 12.Ng4 Nxg4 13.Bxg4 Bxg4 14.Qxg4 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Qg6 16.Rab1 b5 17.Be3 Qxg4 18.hxg4 Nd7

19.f3 exf3 20.gxf3 Nb6 21.Bc1 Nc4 22.Rb3 Rae8 23.Ba3 Rf7 24.Bc1 a5 25.Rb1 a4 26.Kf2 Rfe7 27.Kg1 h6 28.Rf2 g5 29.Rf1 Kh7 30.Rf2 Kg6

31.f4 Re1+ 32.Rf1 Rxf1+ 33.Kxf1 gxf4 34.Bxf4 Rf8 35.Kg2 Rxf4 36.Kg3 Re4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2092) - SlyOldFoxyStoat (lichess 2042), lichess 11/19/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bd6 5.fxe5 Bxe5 6.d4 Bxh2 7.Rxh2 Nxe4 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.c3 Bg4 10.Be2 Qe7 11.Nbd2 f5 12.Nxe4 fxe4 13.Ng5 Bd7 14.Bh5+ Kf8 15.Qe2 Be8 16.Qf2+ Kg8 17.Bxe8 Rxe8 18.Be3 h6 19.Nh3 g5

20.O-O-O Rh7 21.Rf1 Rf8 22.Qxf8+ Qxf8 23.Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.Nxg5 Rg7 25.Ne6+, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/18/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1971) - FischerFeynman (Chess.com 1878), Chess.com 11/18/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.d5 a6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.e6 Nf6 11.exf7+ Kxf7 12.dxc6 Qxd1+ 13.Kxd1 Bg4+ 14.Ke1 Rc8 15.Nc3 Rxc6 16.Be3 Bd6 17.Nge2 Be5 18.h3 Bxe2 19.Kxe2 Rb8

20.Rab1 Rd8 21.Rhf1 Bxc3 22.bxc3 Rd7 23.g4 Ke6 24.Rf5 Nd5 25.Bd2 e3 26.Be1 h5 27.c4 Nb6 28.Rxh5 Nxc4 29.Bc3 Rf7 30.Rf1 Rxf1 31.Kxf1 Na3 32.Bxg7 Kf7 33.Bc3 Nxc2 34.Ke2 Nb4 35.Bxb4 cxb4

36.Kxe3 Rc2 37.Ra5 Rc3+ 38.Kf4 Rxh3 39.Rxa6 b3 40.axb3 Rxb3 41.Ra7+ Kg6 42.Ra6+ Kg7 43.Kg5 Rb5+ 44.Kh4 Rb1 45.Kh5 Rh1+ 46.Kg5 Rb1 47.Ra7+ Kg8 48.Kh5 Rb6 49.g5 Rc6 50.g6 Rc1

51.Kh6 Rh1+ 52.Kg5 Rg1+ 53.Kf5 Rf1+ 54.Ke4 Re1+ 55.Kf3 Rg1 56.Ra6 Kg7 57.Kf4 Rxg6 58.Rxg6+ Kxg6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Token_ast (lichess 2059) - JimWest (lichess 2087), lichess 11/18/2024

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.Bg5 c6 11.Ng4 Be7 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Be3 a5 14.a4 Na6 15.Na2 Qe7 16.c4 Be6 17.c5 Bg5 18.Qd2 Bxe3 19.Qxe3 Qf6

20.f3 Qf4 21.Qxf4 Rxf4 22.g3 Rf6 23.fxe4 Rxf1+ 24.Rxf1 dxe4 25.Nc3 Bd5 26.Kf2 Nb4 27.Nxd5 cxd5 28.Bb5 Rf8+ 29.Ke2 Rxf1 30.Kxf1 Kf7

31.Ke2 Ke6 32.h3 Nc2 33.Kd2 Nxd4, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 11/17/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

DYASANAJ (Chess.com 1894) - JimWest (Chess.com 1952), Chess.com 11/17/2024

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.Ng6+ hxg6 12.Bxg6 Nbd7 13.Bg5 c6 14.O-O Kg8 15.c4 Ne5 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Bh5 g6 18.Be2 Kg7 19.Nc3 Rh8

20.h4 Nf7 21.Na4 Nxg5 22.hxg5 Nh5 23.Nxc5 Qxc5 24.Rc1 Qd6 25.Qd4+ Kg8 26.Bxh5 Rxh5 27.g3 Bg4 28.Qf6 Qxf6 29.gxf6 Bf3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

SimplePlayer2008 (lichess 2069) - JimWest (lichess 2081), lichess 11/17/2024

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.Qh5+ g6

11.Nxg6 Qxf2+ 12.Kd1 Nf6 13.Qe2 Bg4, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 11/16/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1935) - Leo-der_GOAT (Chess.com 1752), Chess.com 11/16/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nh5 8.f5 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Qh4+ 10.g3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Qxg3+ 12.Kd2 Qf2+ 13.Qe2 Qg3 14.Kc2 O-O-O 15.a4 Rhe8 16.Na3 d5

17.Qg2 dxe4 18.Qxg3 exd3+ 19.Kb1 e4 20.Bg4 f6 21.Nc4 Bd4 22.cxd4 Rxd4 23.Ne3 d2 24.Bxd2 Rxd2 25.Rd1 Red8 26.Rxd2 Rxd2 27.Ra3 Nb4 28.Rb3 Nd3 29.Rxd3 Rxd3 30.Be2 Rd4

31.Qxg7 Rxa4 32.Qf8+ Kd7 33.Bb5+ c6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2075) - hard_training_1014 (lichess 2081), lichess 11/16/2024

1.e3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.c3 Ne8 9.f5 d5 10.fxg6 fxg6 11.exd5 Qxd5 12.Qb3 Be6 13.Qxd5 Bxd5 14.Be3 Rd8 15.Nbd2 Be6 16.Ne4 Bf5 17.Rad1 Nf6 18.Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.Bg5 e4

20.dxe4 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Bxe4 22.Bxf6 Rxf6 23.Bc4+ Kf8 24.Ng5 Rf4 25.Ne6+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/15/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Sakovskii (Chess.com 1953) - JimWest (Chess.com 1931), Chess.com 11/15/2024

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.Qf4 Ng4 11.Qxf6 gxf6 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.fxe3 Nxe3 14.Na3 Ke7 15.Kd2 Nxf1+ 16.Rhxf1 Nd7 17.Nb5 c6 18.Nd4 Rxh8

19.Nf5+ Bxf5 20.Rxf5 Rg8 21.g3 Ne5 22.Raf1 Rg6 23.R1f2 e3+ 24.Kxe3 Ng4+ 25.Kd4 Nxf2 26.Rxf2 Rg4+ 27.Kd3 Re4 28.b3 b5 29.a3 Ke6 30.b4 f5 31.Re2 Ke5 32.c3 Rxe2 33.Kxe2 Ke4

34.Kd2 h5 35.Ke2 a6 36.Kd2 d4 37.cxd4 Kxd4 38.h3 c5 39.bxc5 Kxc5 40.Kc3 a5 41.Kd3 b4 42.axb4+ axb4 43.h4 Kd5 44.Kc2 Ke4 45.Kb3 Kf3 46.Kxb4 Kxg3 47.Kc3 Kxh4 48.Kd2 Kg3 49.Ke2 Kg2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

boriszadunaiskiy (lichess 2007) - JimWest (lichess 2095), lichess 11/15/2024

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.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.Be2 Qd6 12.O-O Qxe6

13.Bd2 Nc6 14.b3 Nxd4, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/14/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

besourav (Chess.com 1948) - JimWest (Chess.com 1995), Chess.com 11/14/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.Nc3 fxe4 7.Nxe4 d5 8.Nc3 e4 9.Ne5 O-O 10.Qd2 Nbc6 11.f4 exf3 12.Nxf3 Bg4 13.Be2 Qd7 14.O-O-O Rae8 15.Qg5 h6 16.Qh4 Ng6 17.Qg3 Nf4 18.Bb5 Bxf3 19.gxf3 a6

20.Bxc6 Qxc6 21.Rhg1 Re7 22.Rde1 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Qf6 24.Re5 c6 25.b3 b5 26.Kb2 b4 27.Na4 Ng6 28.f4 Qxf4 29.Qxf4 Rxf4 30.Re6 Rf6 31.Rxf6 gxf6 32.Nc5 a5 33.Nb7 f5 34.Kc1 f4 35.Nxa5 Ne7

36.Kd2 Kf7 37.Ke2 Ke6 38.Kf3 Kf5 39.Nb7 Nc8 40.Nd8 Ne7 41.Nf7 h5 42.h4 Ng6 43.Nh6+ Kf6 44.Kf2 Nxh4 45.Ng8+ Ke6 46.Nh6 Nf5 47.Nxf5 Kxf5

48.Ke2 Ke4 49.c3 bxc3 50.a4 f3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2088) - Niko7878 (lichess 1956), lichess 11/14/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3

7.Bc4 Be6 8.Bxe6 fxe6 9.Qxg4 Qd5 10.Bxe3 Nc6 11.Nc3 Bb4 12.Nge2 O-O-O 13.O-O Qd7 14.Rad1 h5 15.Qe4 g5 16.d5 exd5 17.Nxd5 Be7 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7

19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Nc3 g4 21.Qf5+ Kb8 22.Qxh5 Qg7 23.Qg5 Qh8 24.Qf6 Qg8 25.Bg5 g3 26.hxg3 Re8 27.Bf4 Qc4 28.Re1, Black forfeits.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/13/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Kolodej99 (Chess.com 1868) - JimWest (Chess.com 1982), Chess.com 11/13/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Be2 Bc5 7.e6 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.O-O Kf8 11.c3 Kg8 12.Be3 Bd6 13.Nd2 Kxh8 14.Bd4 Nbd7 15.Re1 c6 16.b4 a6 17.a4 Rf8 18.Nf1 Ne5 19.h3 Ng6

20.Rc1 Nf4 21.f3 exf3 22.Bxf3 Qf7 23.Be5 Bxe5 24.Rxe5 Qg6 25.Kh2 Bf5 26.Ng3 Be4 27.Re7 b5 28.axb5 axb5 29.Ra1 Bxf3 30.Qxf3 Ng8 31.Rb7 h5 32.Raa7 h4 33.Nf1 Ne6

34.Qe2 Qf5 35.Kg1 Nf4 36.Qg4 Qxg4 37.hxg4 Ne2+ 38.Kh2 Rxf1 39.Rxg7 Nf6 40.Rgf7 Nxg4+ 41.Kh3 Rxf7 42.Rxf7 Ne5 43.Re7 Nf4+ 44.Kh2 Nfg6 45.Rc7 Kg8 46.g3 hxg3+ 47.Kxg3 Kf8

48.Kf2 Ke8 49.Ke3 Kd8 50.Ra7 Nd7 51.Kd4 Nge5 52.Ra8+ Kc7 53.Rh8 Nc4 54.Rh7 Ncb6 55.Rg7 Nc4 56.Rh7 Ncb6 57.Rg7 Nc4 58.Rh7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2076) - Dashnak (lichess 2017), lichess 11/13/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.c3 c6 7.Nf3 h6 8.Be2 O-O 9.Nbd2 Ng4 10.d4 Bb6 11.h3 Nf6 12.Qc2 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.O-O-O Qa5 15.Kb1 Qb6 16.Nc4 Qc6 17.b4 b5 18.Na5 Qb6 19.Nb3 Be3

20.Rxd6 Qc7 21.Rxf6 Bxf4 22.Rxf4 Qxf4 23.Bxb5 Bd7 24.Nc5 Bc6 25.Bxc6 Nxc6 26.Nd4 Nxd4 27.cxd4 Rfd8 28.d5 Rab8 29.a3 a5 30.Qc3 axb4 31.axb4 Rdc8 32.Re1 Qf2 33.Kc1 Qa2

34.d6 Qxg2 35.d7 Rd8 36.e5 Qc6 37.e6 fxe6 38.Rxe6 Rxd7 39.Rxc6, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/12/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

KafuChinoChess (Chess.com 1812) - JimWest (Chess.com 1985), Chess.com 11/12/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Neg5 exd4 7.Qxd4 Nf6 8.Be3 Nc6 9.Bb5 Bd6 10.O-O-O O-O

11.h4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

villium (lichess 2034) - JimWest (lichess 2074), lichess 11/12/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.h3 Be7 6.Be3 f4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Qe2 c6 9.O-O-O b5 10.Kb1 b4 11.Na4 c5 12.c3 Bd7 13.Nxc5 dxc5 14.Nxe5 bxc3 15.Bxc3 Nc6

16.Nf3 h6 17.e5 Nd5 18.Bd2 Be6 19.Rc1 Ndb4 20.Bxb4 Nxb4 21.Nd2 Bxa2+ 22.Ka1 Be6 23.Nc4 Bxc4 24.dxc4 Qa5+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/11/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

azby1 (Chess.com 1951) - JimWest (Chess.com 1979), Chess.com 11/11/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.O-O O-O

13.Rae1 Bb4 14.Re3 Bc5 15.f5 Nxg5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

jpt1 (lichess 2075) - JimWest (lichess 2103), lichess 11/11/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Ne1 Ne7 9.Nd3 Ng6 10.Bd2 Be6 11.Bxe6 Qxe6 12.Bc3 Nd7 13.Qh5 O-O-O 14.Nd2 Bd6 15.Nf3 Nf6 16.Qf5 Rhe8 17.Ng5 Qxf5 18.gxf5 Nf8 19.Nf7 Rd7

20.Nxd6+ Rxd6 21.Bxe5 Rxd3 22.Bxf6 Rd7 23.Bc3 Re2 24.Rfe1 Rxc2 25.Re8+ Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Kxd8 27.Bxg7 Nd7 28.Re1 Rc5 29.f6 Rf5 30.Re6 Re5 31.Rxe5 Nxe5 32.Bh6 f3 33.g4 Ke8

34.Bf4 Nxg4 35.Bg5 Kf7 36.h3 Nxf6 37.Kh2 Ne4 38.Be3 a6 39.h4 h5 40.Kg1 Ke6 41.Kf1 Kf5 42.Kg1 Kg4 43.Bg5 Nxg5 44.hxg5 Kxg5 45.Kh2 Kg4 46.Kg1 a5 47.Kf1 a4, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/10/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1975) - averagetraxlerenjoyer (Chess.com 1919), Chess.com 11/10/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 h5 7.fxe5 Ng4 8.Nh3 d4 9.Nd5 Ncxe5 10.O-O c6 11.Nef4 g5

12.Qe1 gxf4 13.Bxf4 Qe7 14.Bxe5 Qxe5 15.Bxg4 hxg4 16.Nf4 Bd6 17.g3 Bd7 18.a4 O-O-O 19.a5 Qg7 20.a6 b6

21.Qe2 Bxf4 22.Rxf4 f5 23.exf5 c5 24.Qe4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

dimaalexzzz1 (lichess 1979) - JimWest (lichess 2099), lichess 11/10/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Qe2 Qe7 7.Nfd2 d5 8.g4 Bg6 9.Nc3 c6 10.b3 Nf6 11.a4 Qc7 12.Bb2 Bd6 13.O-O-O O-O 14.f3 exf3 15.Nxf3 Nbd7

16.Ng5 Bf4+ 17.Kb1 Bxg5 18.h4 Rae8 19.Qg2 Bf4 20.h5 Be4 21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Bd3 Ndf6 23.Rdf1 Nd2+ 24.Ka2 Nxf1 25.Rxf1 h6 26.Bf5 Bg5 27.Ba3 Rf7 28.Bg6 Re4 29.Rf5 Rfe7 30.Qf3 Re3 31.Qf1 Qh2 32.Rf2 Qc7 33.Bxe7 Qxe7

34.Bd3 Ne4 35.Rf5 Nc3+ 36.Kb2 Nxa4+ 37.bxa4 Qb4+ 38.Kc1 Re1#.