2 PCG Games 11/5/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

dhruvitprajapati (Chess.com 1931) - JimWest (Chess.com 1968), Chess.com 11/5/2024

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.Na4 Bd6 11.c4 Qe7 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Nc3 Bxe6 14.Nxe6 Qxe6 15.Bg5 Nbd7 16.Nb5 Bb8 17.Bh4 a6 18.Nd4 Qf7 19.Nf5 Re8

20.Qb3 b5 21.Bg3 Bxg3 22.hxg3 Qe6 23.Ne3 d4 24.Qxe6+ Rxe6 25.Nf5 d3 26.Bd1 Kh8 27.Bb3 Re5 28.Nd6 Rc5 29.Rfe1 h6 30.Nxe4 Nxe4 31.Rxe4 Nf6 32.Rd4 Re8 33.Rxe3 Re2 34.Rb1 Ne4

35.Rf3 Nd2 36.Rf8+ Kh7 37.Bg8+ Kg6 38.Rd1 Ne4 39.Bf7+ Kh7 40.Bg8+ Kg6 41.Bf7+ Kh7 42.Bg8+ Kg6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

bhushan1988 (lichess 2060) - JimWest (lichess 2120), lNe2 c5 ichess 11/5/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.h3 c6 6.d3 Nd7 7.O-O d5 8.Bb3 Bd6 9.c4 Ngf6 10.Nc3 d4 11.Ne2 c5 12.Ng3 Bg6 13.Re1 O-O 14.Bg5 Qc7 15.Ba4 Nb6 16.Bc2 Rae8 17.b3 Nbd7

18.Nd2 h6 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Nge4 Nxe4 21.dxe4 Qf7 22.f3 Be7 23.Nf1 Qf4 24.g3 Qxf3, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/4/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1966) - udibacall (Chess.com 1873), Chess.com 11/4/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Nd4 8.c3 Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 Qd7 10.O-O Qg4 11.Qxg4 Nxg4 12.h3 Nf6 13.f5 Be7 14.a4 O-O-O 15.Na3 d5 16.Bg5 dxe4 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.dxe4 Rd2 19.Nc4 Rd7

20.Rad1 Rhd8 21.Rxd7 Rxd7 22.Kf2 a6 23.a5 Kd8 24.Ke2 Ke7 25.Rd1 Rxd1 26.Kxd1 Kd7 27.Ke2 Kc6 28.Kd3 b5 29.axb6 cxb6 30.Ne3 Be7 31.g4 b5

32.b4 Bg5 33.Nd5 Bh4 34.c4 Be1 35.Ke2 Bh4 36.Kd3 Be1 37.Ke2 Bh4 38.Kd3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

elilana17 (lichess 2031) - JimWest (lichess 2109), lichess 11/4/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nh4 Bg6 8.Nxg6 hxg6 9.Bxe7 Nxe7 10.Qg4 d5 11.Bb3 Nbc6 12.c3 Qd7 13.Qxd7+ Kxd7 14.O-O Raf8 15.Na3 a6 16.Rae1 b5

17.Re3 Na5 18.f3 Nxb3 19.axb3 Nf5 20.Re2 b4 21.Nc2 bxc3 22.bxc3 exf3 23.Rxf3 Nd6 24.Rxf8 Rxf8 25.Nb4 c6 26.Nxa6 Ne4 27.c4 Ra8 28.cxd5 cxd5 29.Nc5+ Nxc5 30.dxc5 Ra1+ 31.Kf2 Rb1 32.Re3 Kc6

33.Re6+ Kxc5 34.Rxg6 Rb2+ 35.Kg3 Rxb3+ 36.Kh4 Rb7 37.Kg4 d4 38.Kf4 Kd5 39.Rg5+ Kc4 40.Ke4 Re7+ 41.Kf3 d3 42.Rg6 Kc3 43.Rc6+ Kd2 44.g4 Kd1 45.h4 d2

46.g5 Ke1 47.Rd6 d1=Q+ 48.Rxd1+ Kxd1 49.h5 Kd2 50.h6 gxh6 51.gxh6 Rh7, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/3/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Tito0487 (Chess.com 1998) - JimWest (Chess.com 1956), Chess.com 11/3/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e3 10.Nf3 exf2+ 11.Kxf2 dxc3 12.Qxd8+ Kxd8 13.Bg5+ Ke8 14.Rc1 Nc6 15.Rxc3 Nge7 16.Bd3 h6 17.Bd2 Rf8 18.Re1 Be6 19.Bf1 Rd8

20.Rd3 Rxd3 21.Bxd3 Kf7 22.h3 Kg8 23.Bc3 Rd8 24.Be2 Nf5 25.g4 Nfd4 26.Nxd4 Nxd4 27.Rd1 Rf8+ 28.Ke3 Nxe2 29.Kxe2 Bxc4+ 30.Ke3 Be6 31.Bb4 Re8 

32.Rc1 c6 33.Bd6 Bd5 34.Kf4 Kf7 35.a4 Ke6 36.h4 Rg8 37.a5 g5+ 38.hxg5 hxg5+ 39.Kg3 Rg7 40.Rf1 Rf7 41.Rxf7 Kxf7 42.Bb8 a6 43.Ba7 Ke6 44.Bd4 Bb3 45.Kf3 Bd1+ 46.Kg3 Kd5 47.Ba1 c5 48.Bb2 c4 49.Bc3 Ba4 50.Kf3 Bd7

51.Kg3 Be6 52.Kf3 Bd7 53.Bb2 Bc6 54.Ke3 Be8 55.Bc3 Bf7 56.Bb2 Be6 57.Kf3 Bc8 58.Bc3 Kc5 59.Kg3 Kb5 60.Kf3 Ka4 61.Bd2 Kb3 62.Bxg5 c3 63.Be3 Kb4 64.g5 Kxa5

65.g6 Kb5 66.Ke4 Be6 67.Kd3 Kb4 68.Bd4 Bf5+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2108) - Altata (lichess 2137), lichess 11/3/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 f5 7.Bc4 Bb4+ 8.c3 Be7 9.Ne2 Bh4+ 10.g3 Bg5 11.Nf4 c6 12.O-O b5 13.Be2 Nh6 14.Qb3 Qe7 15.a4 Bd7 16.axb5 Bxf4 17.Bxf4 Be6 18.Bc4 Kf7 19.Bxh6 gxh6

20.Rxf5+ Kg7 21.Bxe6 Rf8 22.Rxf8 Qxf8 23.Nd2 e3 24.Ne4 Qf3 25.Re1 Qxe4 26.bxc6 Nd7 27.cxd7 Rf8 28.Qd5 Qc2

29.Qg2 Rf2 30.Qh3 Rf4 31.Qg2 Rf2 32.Qh3 Rf4 33.Qg2 Rf2, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/2/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1980) - playingchess275 (Chess.com 1996), Chess.com 11/2/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 Re8 9.f5 d5 10.Qc2 Bc5+ 11.Kh1 a6 12.a4 Ng4 13.h3 Ne3 14.Bxe3 Bxe3 15.Nbd2 b6 16.g4 Bb7 17.exd5 Qxd5 18.Nc4 Bf4 19.Rf2 b5

20.axb5 axb5 21.Rxa8 Rxa8 22.Na3 Be3 23.Rf1 Nd8 24.c4 bxc4 25.Qxc4 Qxc4 26.Nxc4 Bf4 27.Kg1 f6 28.Nh4 Nf7 29.Ng6 Ng5 30.Nxf4 exf4

31.h4 Nf7 32.Rxf4 Ra2 33.Bf3 Ba6 34.Bd5 Bxc4 35.Rxc4 Kf8 36.Rxc7 Ra1+ 37.Kg2 Ne5 38.Bc4 Rc1 39.Rc8+ Ke7 40.Rg8 Rc2+ 41.Kg3 Rxb2 42.Rxg7+ Kd6 43.Rh7 Rb1 44.Rxh6 Rg1+ 45.Kh2 Rxg4 46.Rxf6+ Kc5

47.Kh3 Rg1 48.Re6 Kd4 49.f6 Ng6 50.Re4+ Kc5 51.f7 Kd6 52.Re6+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

vidimer (lichess 2015) - JimWest (lichess 2104), lichess 11/2/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e3 10.Nf3 exf2+ 11.Kxf2 dxc3 12.Qc2 Ne7 13.Bg5 O-O 14.Rd1 Qe8 15.Bd3 Nbc6 16.Bxh7+ Kh8 17.Rhe1 Qh5

18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Bd3 Bg4 20.Be4 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Rxf3+ 22.Kg1 Rff8 23.Re3 Qf5 24.Qe2 c2 25.Re1 Rad8 26.Rh3+ Kg8 27.Rf3 Qg6 28.Rg3 Qb6+ 29.Kh1 Qf2

30.Rxg7+ Kxg7 31.Qg4+ Ng6, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/1/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

ansaris (Chess.com 1929) - JimWest (Chess.com 1981), Chess.com 11/1/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Ng5 d5 8.Bb3 Bd6 9.c4 h6 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 O-O 13.cxd5 e4 14.dxe4 cxd5 15.exd5 Nbd7 16.Nc3 a6 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Qxe4 Nc5 

19.Qc4 b5 20.Qc2 Rc8 21.Be3 Nxb3 22.Qxb3 Kh8 23.Rac1 Qf6 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Qd3 Qxb2 26.Bd4 Qc2 27.Qe3 Qg6 28.Re1 Rc2 29.Qe6 Qxe6 30.Rxe6 Rc1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

polerio15 (lichess 2175) - JimWest (lichess 2111), lichess 11/1/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Nh2 Nf6 8.d3 Bd6 9.Bg5 O-O 10.Ng4 Bxg4 11.hxg4 Bxg3 12.fxg3 Qd6

13.Bf4 Qb4+ 14.Bd2 Qd6 15.Bf4 Qb4+ 16.Bd2 Qd6 17.Bf4, draw.

2 PCG Games 10/31/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

KimyGranger (Chess.com 1899) - JimWest (Chess.com 1976), Chess.com 10/31/2024

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.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.Be2 c6 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Nxd7 Bxd7 14.f3 Qc7 15.fxe4 Nxe4 16.Bf3 Nxc3 17.bxc3 b5 18.a4 a6

19.Qd2 bxa4 20.Rxa4 a5 21.Rfa1 Kh8 22.Kh1 h6 23.Qc1 c5 24.Bxd5 Bxa4 25.Bxa8 Bb5 26.Bf3 cxd4 27.cxd4 Qc3 28.d5 Rxf3 29.gxf3 Qxf3+ 30.Kg1 Qxd5

31.Rxa5 Qc5+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ashrf2023a (lichess 1974) - JimWest (lichess 2111), lichess 10/31/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Be7 6.Be2 h6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Re1 Bh7 10.Bf1 c6 11.Ne4 Nbd7 12.c3 d5 13.Ng3 Qc7 14.Bd2 Rae8 15.Qc1 Bd6 16.Nh4 e4 17.Ngf5 Bxf5 18.Nf5 Nh7 19.Nxd6 Qxd6

20.dxe4 dxe4 21.Be3 Ne5 22.Rd1 Qg6 23.Qc2 b6 24.Kh1 Kh8 25.Rd2 Ng5 26.Rad1 Nxh3 27.gxh3 Nf3 28.Rd6 Qg1#.

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/30/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Torremas (Chess.com 1966) - JimWest (Chess.com 1974), Chess.com 10/30/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.d5 f4 7.h4 Nb8 8.g3 Be7

9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qxh6 Bf8 11.Ne6 Bxe6 12.Qg5 Be7 13.Qh6 Bf8 14.Qg5 Be7 15.Qh6 Bf8, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2087) - jobergerac (lichess 2014), lichess 10/30/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 Bxf6 10.Qxf6 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qe7 12.O-O Qe6 13.c3 Be7 14.Nd2 Ng5 15.Qg2 O-O-O 16.Bxc6 Qxc6 17.h4 Ne6 18.Rxf7 Qe8 19.Rf1 Rf8

20.Nf3 h6 21.Bd2 Qg6 22.Rae1 Rf7 23.Qh3 Kb8 24.h5 Qc2 25.Qxe6 Rdf8 26.Nh2 Rxf1+ 27.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 28.Nxf1 Bd8 29.Qd7 a6 30.Qxd8+ Ka7

31.Qxd5 Qxb2 32.Qc5+ Kb8 33.e6 Qxa2 34.Bf4 Qxe6 35.Qxc7+ Ka7 36.Qb8+ Kb6 37.Qd6+ Qxd6 38.Bxd6 a5 39.Nd2 a4 40.Nc4+ Kc6 41.Bf8 b5 42.Na3 Kd5 43.Bxg7, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/29/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

asheko (Chess.com 2027) - JimWest (Chess.com 1975), Chess.com 10/29/2024

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Bc4 f5 6.Nc3 Bd6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Ng5 Nh6 8.O-O Nd4 10.Bd3 f4 11.Ne2 Nxe2+ 12.Bxe2 Be7 13.Nf3 Bg4 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Bd6 16.b3 Ke7 17.Bb2 Rhe8 18.Be2 Ng8 19.c4 b6

20.a3 a5 21.Bc3 Nf6 22.f3 Nh5 23.Rfb1 Ng3 24.Kf2 Kf6 25.b4 axb4 26.axb4 Nxe2 27.Kxe2 Reb8 28.Kd3 c6 29.b5 c5 30.Ra6 Bc7 

31.Rba1 Rxa6 31.Rxa6 Rb7 32.Ke2 g5 33.Kf2 h5 34.Ke2 h4 35.Ra8 Bb8 36.Ra6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

MuhammadImran00645 (lichess 1964) - JimWest (lichess 2083), lichess 10/29/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bd2 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.Ng5 d5 9.exd5 cxd5 10.Bb3 h6 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.h3 g5 13.Re1 g4 14.Nxe5 gxh3 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.gxh3 Bxh3 17.Bxf4 Kf7

18.Kh2 Ng4+ 19.Kxh3 Nxf2+ 20.Kh2 Nxd1 21.Raxd1 Bd6 22.Rf1 Bxf4+ 23.Rxf4+ Ke7 24.Re1+ Kd6 25.Na4 Qg5 26.Ref1 Rae8 27.R1f2 Rhg8 28.c4 Qh5+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/28/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

vcastironman53 (Chess.com 1916) - JimWest (Chess.com 1975), Chess.com 10/28/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Nbd2 c6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Qxb6 axb6 9.Be2 O-O 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.Nh4 Be6 12.O-O Nbd7 13.f4 exf4 14.Rxf4 d5 15.Nf5 Bxf5 16.Rxf5 Rae8

17.Raf1 Bc5+ 18.d4 Rxe2 19.dxc5 bxc5 20.b4 cxb4 21.cxb4 h6 22.Bf4 Ne4 23.Rxf8+ Nxf8 24.Nxe4 Rxe4 25.Bd6 Nh7 26.a4 Nf6 27.a5 d4 28.Rd1 Nd5 29.Bc5 Nc3 30.Rd3 Kf7 31.Kf2 Nb5 32.Kf3 Rh4 33.h3 Ke6

34.g3 Rxh3 35.Bxd4 Nxd4+ 36.Rxd4 Rh1 37.Re4+ Kd6 38.Rd4+ Kc7 39.Kg4 Re1 40.Kf5 g5 41.Kg6 Rg1 42.g4 Rh1 43.Kf5 Rf1+ 44.Kg6 Rf4 45.Rd3 Rxg4 46.Kxh6 Rxb4 47.Kxg5 Rb5+ 48.Kf6 Rxa5

49.Ke6 Rh5 50.Rd7+ Kb6 51.Rd8 Rh6+ 52.Ke5 Kb5 53.Kd4 b6 54.Kc3 c5 55.Rd3 Kc6 56.Rg3 b5 57.Kb3 b4 58.Ka4 Rd6 59.Rf3 Kb6 60.Rh3 Ka6 61.Rh5 Rc6 62.Rg5 Kb6 63.Rh5 Rg6 64.Rf5 Rg3 65.Rf6+ Kc7 66.Kb5 Rc3

67.Ka4 b3 68.Ka3 c4 69.Kb2 Rc2+ 70.Kb1 Rh2 71.Rf3 Kc6 72.Rg3 Kb5 73.Rc3 Kb4 74.Rc1 c3 75.Rg1 Rb2+ 76.Ka1 Ra2+ 77.Kb1 c2+ 78.Kc1 Ra1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

denisboiprav (lichess 2070) - JimWest (lichess 2078), lichess 10/28/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.h3 Qf6 7.c3 Ne7 8.d4 Ng6 9.Qb3 a5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Na3 Na6 12.Qb6 Nc5 13.Rd1 Be7

14.Nb5 cxb5 15.Bxb5+ Kf7 16.Bc4+ Be6 17.Bxe6+ Qxe6 18.Qxc5 Bxc5 19.Ng5+ Kf6 20.Nxe6 Kxe6 21.a3 Rhd8 22.Re1 a4, White resigns.