PCG & PCG Reversed 1/16/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

aliakbar_sa84 (Chess.com 1971) - JimWest (Chess.com 1951), Chess.com 1/16/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bxf6+ Bxf6 13.Qxe4 Qxd4 14.Qxd4 Bxd4 15.c3 Bf6 16.Nd2 Kxh8 17.Ne4 Bg7 18.O-O-O Nc6 19.Nc5 Bf5

20.f4 b6 21.Nd7 Rd8 22.Ne5 Rxd1+ 23.Kxd1 Nxe5 24.fxe5 Bxe5 25.h3 Bd6 26.g4 Be6 27.Re1 Bxa2 28.Re8+ Kg7 29.h4 a5 30.Kc2 Bf7 31.Re3 h6

32.b3 Bg6+ 33.Kb2 Bf7 34.Kc2 Kf8 35.Kb2 Be7 36.h5 Bd6 37.Re4 Kg7 38.Re1 Bd5 39.c4 Bf3 40.Re6 Kh7 41.Rg6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2087) - Uber3 (lichess 2025), lichess 1/16/2025

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 h6 18.Rhf1+ Kg7 19.Qf6+ Kh7 20.Qf5+ Kg7 21.Qf7#.

PCG & PCG Reversed 1/15/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Expecions (Chess.com 1909) - JimWest (Chess.com 1951), Chess.com 1/15/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Qe2 f4 9.Ng5 h6 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nbd7 13.O-O-O b5 14.Bb3 Nc5 15.Ne2 Nxb3+ 16.axb3 a5 17.d4 O-O 18.c3 a4 19.bxa4 Rxa4

20.Kc2 Rfa8 21.dxe5 dxe5 22.g3 fxg3 23.Nxg3 Qf7 24.Rhg1 Kh8 25.Nf5 Rg8 26.Rd6 b4 27.Nxh6 b3+ 28.Kb1 Qa7 29.Kc1 Ra1+ 30.Kd2 Rxg1

31.Nxg8 Kxg8 32.Rd8+ Kf7 33.Qf5 Rb1 34.Kd3 Rd1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2073) - normdreama (lichess 2184), lichess 1/15/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bd6 5.fxe5 Bxe5 6.d4 Bd6 7.e5 Qe7 8.Qe2 Bg4 9.exd6 Bxe2 10.dxe7 Bxf1 11.Kxf1 Kxe7 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Nc3 c6 14.Nf3 Rhe8 15.Kf2 Kf8 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Rhe1 h6 18.h3 Nd7

19.Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.Re1 Rxe1 21.Nxe1 f5 22.Nd3 Ke7 23.h4 Kf6 24.Kf3 g5 25.hxg5+ hxg5 26.g4 f4 27.Nxf4 gxf4 28.Kxf4 Kg6 29.Ne2 Nf6 30.Ng3 b6 31.a4 Nd7

32.c3 c5 33.b3 a6 34.Nf5 b5 35.axb5 axb5 36.Ne7+ Kf7 37.Nxd5 cxd4 38.cxd4 Nb8 39.Nc7 b4 40.Nd5 Nc6 41.Ke4 Kg6 42.Ne3 Na5 43.Nc2 Kg5 44.Nxb4 Nxb3 45.d5 Kxg4

46.d6 Kg5 47.Kd5 Kf6 48.Nc6, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 1/14/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

akil40 (Chess.com 2016) - JimWest (Chess.com 1936), Chess.com 1/14/2025

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.Bh5+ g6 10.Be2 O-O 11.Bh6 Re8 12.O-O c6 13.a3 Bf8 14.Qd2 Nbd7

15.f4 Bxh6, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

arthurking22 (lichess 2035) - JimWest (lichess 2068), lichess 1/14/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nfd2 d5 6.Nb3 c6 7.c4 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+ 9.Qxd2 Ne7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.O-O-O a5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Qxd5+ Qxd5 15.Rxd5 Nc6 16.Bc4 Be6 17.Rc5 Bxc4 18.Rxc4 Nxe5

19.Rxe4 Nd3+ 20.Kb1 Nxf2 21.Rhe1 Nxe4 22.Rxe4 Rf1+ 23.Kc2 Rf2+ 24.Kc3 Rxg2 25.Re7 Rc8+ 26.Kd4 Rxb2 27.Rxb7 a4 28.Nc5 Rxb7 29.Nxb7 Rc2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 1/13/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

krishnahazarikamajuli0 (Chess.com 1840) - JimWest (Chess.com 1924), Chess.com 1/13/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.O-O Nd7 10.Re1 d5 11.Bb3 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 O-O 14.Qg4 Nc5 15.Ne2 Nxb3 16.axb3 Qc8 17.Qxc8 Rfxc8 18.Ng3 g6 19.Ra4 a6

20.Rg4 Kh8 21.Re3 Bg7 22.Rf3 Rf8 23.Rxf8+ Rxf8 24.Ne2 Re8 25.c3 Re6 26.Rb4 b5 27.c4 dxc4 28.bxc4 c5 29.Rb3 b4 30.Ng3 a5 31.d4 exd4 32.Rf3 Rd6 33.Ne4 Rc6 34.b3 h5 35.Rf7 d3 36.Rd7 Bd4

37.Kf1 a4 38.bxa4 b3 39.Rb7 b2 40.a5 Ra6 41.Nxc5 Bxc5 42.Rxb2 Rxa5 43.f3 Ra1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ural_Chess_Princess (lichess 2018) - JimWest (lichess 2058), lichess 1/13/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Nd2 Nf6 8.Be2 c6 9.O-O Bd6 10.f3 Qc7 11.h3 Bh2+ 12.Kh1 Nh5 13.f4 Ng3+  14.Kxh2 Nxf1+ 15.Qxf1 O-O 16.Nb3 Nd7 17.Be3 Nf6 18.Qf2 h5 19.Rf1 Kf7

20.Qg3 Rh8 21.h4 Bg4 22.f5 Qxg3+ 23.Kxg3 b5 24.a3 a5 25.Bxg4 Nxg4 26.Re1 b4 27.axb4 axb4 28.Nd1 Rhf8 29.Nf2 Nxe3 30.Rxe3 Kg8 31.Nc5 Rxf5

32.Rb3 Raf8 33.Nh3 Rb8 34.Nd7 Rb5 35.Ne5 c5 36.dxc5 Rxe5 37.c6 Rc5 38.Rxb4 Rxc6 39.c3 d3 40.Rb8+ Kh7 41.Ng5+ Rxg5+ 42.hxg5 Re6 43.g6+ Kxg6 44.Kf3 e2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 1/12/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

DudleyXX (Chess.com 1798) - JimWest (Chess.com 1969), Chess.com 1/12/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 Nf6 9.Bxc6+ Nxc6 10.Nf7 Qe7 11.Nxh8 Bxe6 12.O-O Kf8 13.Nc3 Kg8 14.Ng6 hxg6 15.Bg5 Rd8 16.Qe2 Nd4 17.Qd2 Nf5 18.Rad1 Bb4

19.a3 Bxc3 20.Qxc3 d4 21.Qa5 b6 22.Qb5 Rd5 23.Qe2 Nd6 24.Bh4 g5 25.Bg3 Nf5 26.Rfe1 Nxg3 27.hxg3 Qd7 28.Rd2 Bf5 29.Red1 d3 30.cxd3 exd3 31.Qe3 Bg6

32.Re1 Ne4 33.Rdd1 d2 34.Re2 Qa4 35.b3 Qd4 36.Qf3 Rc5 37.Re3 Rc1 38.Kh2 Rxd1 39.Qxd1 Nxf2 40.Qf3 Qxe3 41.Qxe3 Ng4+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

TEV69 (lichess 1986) - JimWest (lichess 2072), lichess 1/12/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Neg5 exd4 7.Qxd4 Nf6 8.Bf4 Bd6 9.O-O-O O-O 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.Qe3 h6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.Nh3 Bxh3 14.gxh3 Rae8 15.Qd2 Ne5 16.Nxe5 Rxe5 17.Rhg1 Ne4 18.Bxe4 Rxe4 19.f3 Rxf3

20.Qg2 Rf7 21.a3 Qf4+ 22.Kb1 c6 23.Rdf1 Qc7 24.Re1 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Qf4 26.Qg6 Qf6 27.Qg4 Kh7 28.Re6 Qf1+ 29.Ka2 Qc4+ 30.Qxc4 dxc4 31.Re4 Rf2 32.Rxc4 Rxh2

33.Rc3 g5 34.b4 a6 35.Kb3 Kg6 36.Ka4 Rf2 37.Ka5 Rf7 38.Kb6 h5 39.Rd3 g4 40.h4 Kf5 41.Rc3 Kf4 42.a4 g3 43.Rc5 Kg4 44.Rg5+ Kxh4 45.Rg8 Kh3, White resigns

PCG & PCG Reversed 1/11/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Akkiuio (Chess.com 1863) - JimWest (Chess.com 1981), Chess.com 1/11/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.d3 Be7 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.Ng5 Bxg5 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qxg5 Qxg5 10.Bxg5 Be6 11.O-O-O f4 12.g3 f3 13.Be3 O-O-O 14.d4 exd4 15.Bxd4 Nxd4 16.Rxd4 g5 17.Re1 g4 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 h5

20.Rde4 b6 21.Re7 Rd7 22.Re8+ Rxe8 23.Rxe8+ Rd8 24.Rxd8+ Kxd8 25.Kd2 Ke7 26.Ke3 Kf6 27.Ke4 a5 28.a4 Kg5 29.c3 Kf6 30.b4 Kg5 31.bxa5 bxa5 32.c4 Kg6

33.Kd3 Kf5 34.Kd4 Kf6 35.c5 Kf5 36.c6 Kf6 37.Ke4 Kg6 38.Ke3 Kf5 39.Kd4 Kf6 40.Ke4 Kg5 41.Ke3 Kf5 42.Kd4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2071) - rosenfim (lichess 2073), lichess 1/11/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 Nc6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Be7 6.Nf3 d6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nd4 11.c3 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Nd7 13.Nd2 Bg5 14.d4 Qe7 15.Rae1 Rae8 16.Bxg5 Qxg5 17.Qf4 Qxf4 18.Rxf4 Nf6 19.Ref1 Re7

20.g4 Nd7 21.g5 Rfe8 22.h4 Nf8 23.h5 Ne6 24.Rg4 g6 25.h6 Rf8 26.Rf6 Nd8 27.d5 Rd7 28.c4 c6 29.Nf3 cxd5 30.exd5 b6 31.Nd4 Re8 32.Kf2 Nb7 33.Nb5 a6 34.Nd4 Nc5

35.Rf3 Rde7 36.Rgf4 Ne4+ 37.Kg2 Nxg5 38.Rb3 Rb7 39.Nc6 Re4 40.Rxe4 Nxe4 41.Re3 Nf6 42.Rf3 Nh5 43.Re3 Kf8 44.b3 Nf6 45.Rf3 Ng4 46.Rh3 b5 47.Kg3 Nf6 48.Kf4 bxc4 49.bxc4 Rb2 50.Rb3 Rxb3 51.axb3 Ng8

52.Kg5 f6+ 53.Kf4 Nxh6 54.b4 g5+ 55.Kg3 Ke8 56.Nb8 Kd8 57.Nxa6 Kc8 58.c5 dxc5 59.bxc5 f5 60.c6 Nf7 61.Nc5 h6 62.Ne6 Nd6 63.Ng7 Kc7 64.Ne6+ Kb6 65.Kf3 Nf7 66.Nd4 Nd6 67.Ne6 Kb5 68.c7 Kc4

69.Ng7 Kxd5 70.Nxf5 Nc8 71.Nxh6 Ke5 72.Kg4 Kd6 73.Kxg5 Kxc7 74.Nf5 Nd6 75.Nxd6, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 1/10/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1987) - birju2 (Chess.com 1952), Chess.com 1/10/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.c3 Nc6 8.O-O Nh5 9.fxe5 dxe5 10.a4 Nf4 11.Bxf4 exf4 12.d4 Re8 13.Nbd2 Bg4 14.Qc2 Ne7 15.Rae1 f5 16.h3 Bh5 17.Bc4+ Kh8 18.Ng5 Rf8

19.Nf7+ Rxf7 20.Bxf7 fxe4 21.Qxe4 Nf5 22.Qe8+ Qxe8 23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Bxe8 Bh6 25.Nf3 Kg7 26.Bd7 Ne3 27.Re1 Kf6 28.Bc8 b6 29.Nh2 g5 30.Bg4 Be8 31.a5 b5 32.Bf3 Bd7 33.Ng4+ Nxg4 34.Bxg4 Ke7

35.g3 Kd6 36.gxf4 gxf4 37.Kf2 Bg5 38.Kf3 Kd5 39.Re2 h6 40.h4 Bxh4 41.Kxf4 Bg5+ 42.Kf3 c5 43.Rxe3 Bxe3 44.Kxe3 b4 45.Bf3+ Kc4 46.Be2+ Kd5 47.c4+ Kd6 48.d5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2061) - pratikcular (lichess 1969), lichess 1/10/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 d5 7.Qf3 Nc6 8.Bg5 dxe4 9.dxe4 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nd2 a6 12.O-O-O b5 13.Kb1 b4 14.Ne2 bxc3 15.Nxc3 Nd4 16.Qg3 c6 17.Bc4 Bd7 18.h4 Rab8

19.Qg6 Rb4 20.Qxf6 gxf6 21.a3 Rb6 22.Na4 Rfb8 23.Nab6 Rxb6 24.Rh3 a5 25.Nb3 Nxb3 26.Rxb3 Be8 27.Rd8 Kf8 28.Rxb6 Bxb6 29.Rb8 Ba7 30.Ra8 Bb6 31.b4 axb4 32.axb4 Bf2 33.h5 Be1 34.b5 Bf2

35.bxc6 Ke7 36.c7 Bd7, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/9/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1974) - dave-prenter (Chess.com 2034), Chess.com 1/9/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Qe7 7.Be2 O-O 8.Qc2 d5 9.fxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Qxe5 11.d4 Bxd4 12.cxd4 Qxd4 13.Qd3 Qxd3 14.Bxd3 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Re8 16.O-O dxe4 17.Be3 b6 18.Nc3 Ba6 19.Rfe1 Rad8

20.Bf4 f5 21.Rad1 c5 22.Nd5 Bc4 23.Ne7+ Kh8 24.Nxf5 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Rf8 26.g4 Re8 27.Nd6 Be2 28.Re1 Rf8 29.Rxe2 Rxf4 30.Rxe4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

chesstrainers (lichess 2097) - JimWest (lichess 2055), lichess 1/9/2025

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.Bc4 Nc6 13.Bxf6+ Bxf6 14.Qxe4 Qxd4 15.Qxd4 Nxd4 16.O-O-O Kxh8

17.c3 Bg5+ 18.Kb1 Bf5+ 19.Bd3 Bxd3+ 20.Rxd3 Nc6 21.Rd7 Bf4 22.Re1 Bd6 23.f4 Rf8 24.g3 Nb8 25.Rxd6 cxd6 26.Re7 Nc6 27.Rxb7 d5 28.Rc7 Rf6 29.b4 a6, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 1/8/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

joprato (Chess.com 1873) - JimWest (Chess.com 1960), Chess.com 1/8/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Ne1 Be6 9.Nd2 Nd7 10.Nd3 O-O-O 11.b4 Nb6 12.Bb3 h5 13.Bb2 Bd6 14.a4 Bxb3 15.cxb3 Ne7 16.Qc2 Kb8 17.Nf3 Ng6 18.a5 Nc8

19.a6 bxa6 20.Qxc6 Bc7 21.Qxf6 gxf6 22.Nc5 Bb6 23.Nxa6+ Ka8 24.Rfc1 Rh7 25.Nc5 Nd6 26.Ne6 Re8 27.Nc5 Bxc5 28.bxc5 Nxe4 29.b4 Rc8 30.Ba3 Rd7 31.b5 Nd2 32.Ne1 Nb3 33.c6 Rd2

34.Rd1 Rxd1 35.Rxd1 Nd4 36.Rb1 e4 37.Bc5 Ne6 38.Bd6 Nd4 39.Bc5 Ne6 40.Bxa7 Kxa7 41.b6+ Kb8 42.c7+ Nxc7 43.bxc7+ Kxc7 44.Nc2 Rd8 45.Rc1 Kb6 46.Kf1 Ne5 47.Na3 Rd3, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Aube10 (lichess 1987) - JimWest (lichess 2050), lichess 1/8/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.a3 Be7 7.Ba2 Qc7 8.O-O f4 9.Ng5 h6 10.Ne6 Bxe6 11.Bxe6 Nbd7 12.b4 g5 13.b5 Nc5

14.f3 Nxe6, White resigns.