2 PCG Games 4/2/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

UN2357 (Chess.com 1805) - JimWest (Chess.com 1909), Chess.com 4/2/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.dxe5 Bc5

7.Be3 Bxe3 8.fxe3 Qxg5 9.Qxd5 Qxe3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

MfumuNsakuNeVunda (lichess 2038) - JimWest (lichess 2098), lichess 4/2/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d3 3.Be2 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Nd4 Nf6 8.O-O c6 9.Nh5 g6 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.c3 Bg7 12.d3 exd3 13.Bxd3 O-O 14.f4 Qh4 15.Qb3 Bxd4+ 16.cxd4 a5 17.Be3 Na6 18.a3 b5 19.Rae1 a4

20.Qa2 Bf5 21.Bxf5 Rxf5 22.b3 axb3 23.Qxb3 Rh5 24.h3 Qg3 25.Qc2 Rc8 26.f5 Rxh3 27.fxg6 Qh2+ 28.Kf2 Rf8+ 29.Ke2 Qxg2+ 30.Kd1 Qxc2+ 31.Kxc2 Rxf1 32.Rxf1 Rxe3 33.gxh7+ Kxh7

34.Rf6 Rxa3 35.Rxc6 Nb4+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 4/1/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

JULIOCJM (Chess.com 1859) - JimWest (Chess.com 1922), Chess.com 4/1/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 e3 8.Nc4 exf2+ 9.Kxf2 Nf6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.Re1 Qd8 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.d5 Nb4 14.Ne3 Nxd3+ 15.Qxd3 Nd7 16.Nc4 Nc5 17.Qd2 Qh4+ 18.Kg1 Qxc4 19.b3 Qh4

20.Nb5 Bxf5 21.Nxc7 Rac8 22.Ne6 Bxe6 23.dxe6 Qe7 24.Qd5 Rf6 25.b4 Nxe6 26.c4 Kh8 27.Rad1 h6 28.g3 Re8 29.Rd2 Qc7 30.Rde2 Qb6+ 31.Kh1 Qxb4

32.Rxe6 Qxe1+ 33.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 34.Kg2 Re7 35.c5 Re2+ 36.Kh3 Re5 37.Qxb7 Rxc5 38.Qxa7 Kh7 39.a4 Rff5 40.Qe7 Rcd5 41.a5 Rxa5 42.Qxd6 Rh5+ 43.Kg2 Ra2+ 44.Kf3 Rhxh2

45.Qd3+ Kg8 46.Qd5+ Kh8 47.Qd8+ Kh7 48.Qd3+ Kg8 49.Qd5+ Kh8 50.Qd8+ Kh7 51.Qd3+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

yasinmehri (lichess 2145) - JimWest (lichess 2114), lichess 4/1/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Ng5 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d5 Nd4 9.Qd2 Nxf5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Kxd7 12.b3 e3 13.fxe3 Re8 14.Ne6 Nxd5 15.Nxf8+ Rxf8 16.Nxd5 Qh4+ 17.Kd1 c6 18.Re1 cxd5 19.Qxd5 Kc7

20.Bd2 Re5 21.Qd3 Qxh2 22.Kc1 Qxg2 23.Kb2 Rd5 24.Qc4+ Rc5 25.Qd3 Rd5 26.Qc3+ Rc5 27.Qd3 Rd5, draw.

Prawn Sacrifice

Prawns are the sole of chess.

Sounds fishy to me.

April Fools' Day!

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/30/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Crostallion (Chess.com 1913) - JimWest (Chess.com 1915), Chess.com 3/30/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a3 Nf6 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Nbd2 Nbd7 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 d5 12.Bb3 O-O 13.O-O-O Kh8 14.Rde1 Ne4 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Qe3 Nxd2 17.Kxd2 a6 18.Rhf1 Rae8 19.f4 e4

20.dxe4 dxe4 21.Kc1 Nf6 22.c3 Nd5 23.Bxd5 cxd5 24.Rd1 Rd8 25.Rd4 h6 26.g3 b5 27.Rfd1 Qe6 28.g4 a5 29.f5 Qe5 30.Rf1 b4 31.axb4 axb4 32.Rxb4 Ra8 33.Kc2 Ra5 34.Qf4 d4

35.Qxe5 d3+ 36.Kd2 Rxe5 37.Re1 Rfe8 38.c4 Rd8 39.b3 e3+ 40.Kd1 d2 41.Re2 Rd3 42.Rb5 Rxb5 43.cxb5 Rxb3 44.Kc2 Rd3 45.b6 d1=Q+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2124) - Token_ast (lichess 2118), lichess 3/30/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Nf2 12.Kxf2 Bc5+ 13.Kg2 Qg4+ 14.Kh1 Bf5 15.Bg2 O-O-O 16.Nc3 d4 17.Na4 d3 18.cxd3 Rxd3 19.Bd2 Bb4

20.Nc3 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Rhd8 22.Nd4 Qg6 23.Qb3 Rxd2 24.Qxb7+ Kd7 25.Bc6+ Ke7 26.Qxc7+, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/29/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1915) - kangaldog (Chess.com 1789), Chess.com 3/29/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 d5 6.Be2 Bb4 7.Nf3 dxe4 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.fxe5 Nd5 10.O-O Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bxc3 12.Rb1 exd3 13.Bxd3 O-O 14.Ba3 Re8

15.Bxh7+ Kxh7 16.Qh5+ Kg8 17.Qxf7+ Kh8 18.Qh5+ Kg8 19.Qf7+ Kh8 20.Qh5+ Kg8 21.Qf7+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

calotmul96 (lichess 2030) - JimWest (lichess 2119), lichess 3/29/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nd4 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 Ne7 9.Nc3 c6 10.f4 O-O 11.Be2 Kh8 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.O-O Nbc6 14.Kh1 Nf5 15.Nxf5 Bxf5 16.Nb5 d4 17.Nd6 e3 18.Qd1 Qb6 19.Nxf5 Rxf5

20.Bd3 Raf8 21.Qc2 Nb4 22.Qd1 Nxd3 23.Qxd3 Rxf4 24.Rxf4 Rxf4 25.Rc1 Rf8 26.b3 Qa6 27.Qf5 Rg8 28.Rc8 h6 29.Rxg8+ Kxg8 30.Qc8+ Kh7 31.Qf5+ Qg6, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 3/28/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1938) - TosrL (Chess.com 1744), Chess.com 3/28/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 O-O 8.f5 Qe7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nbd2 Rad8 12.Qc2 d5 13.O-O-O Rfe8 14.Kb1 Bxf3 15.Nxf3 d4 16.cxd4 Bxd4 17.a3 Qd6 18.g4 b5 19.Rc1 Be3

20.Qxc6 Bxc1 21.Qxd6 cxd6 22.Rxc1 Rc8 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.h4 Kf8 25.g5 hxg5 26.hxg5 Ke7 27.Bd1 f6 28.g6 Kd8 29.Bb3 a5 30.Ne1 Rc5 31.Be6 Kc7 32.Nc2 Kb6 33.Ne3 Kc7 34.Nd5+ Kd8

35.Nxf6 gxf6 36.g7 Ke7 37.g8=Q, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2126) - roma354 (lichess 2183), lichess 3/28/2025

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 Bxe6 11.dxe6 Qxd1+ 12.Kxd1 Nf2+ 13.Ke2 Nxh1 14.Nh3 fxe6 15.Nc3 Be7 16.Bf4 Nf2 17.Nxf2 O-O-O 18.Ncxe4 Rhf8 19.Bg3 Rf5

20.Rd1 Rfd5 21.Nc3 Rxd1 22.Nfxd1 Bf6 23.Ne4 Rd5 24.Ndc3 Bxc3 25.Nxc3 Rd4 26.Bf2 Rg4 27.g3 c4 28.Kf3 h5 29.h4 g5 30.hxg5 Rxg5 31.Ne4 Rf5+ 32.Ke3 Rf8 33.Nd6+ Kd7 34.Nxc4 Rf5 35.b3 Kc7

36.a4 Rd5 37.Ke2 Rf5 38.Be3 e5 39.a5 Kd7 40.Bd2 e4 41.Be3 Ke6 42.b4 Rf3 43.Bf2 Rc3 44.Ne3 c5 45.Be1 Ra3 46.bxc5 Ra1 47.Bc3 Rg1 48.Kf2 Rh1 49.Kg2 Rb1 50.Kf2 Rh1 51.Bb4 h4 52.gxh4 Rxh4 53.c6 Rh7

54.Ke2 Rc7 55.Kd2 Rxc6 56.c3 Rc7 57.Nc2 Kd5 58.Ke3 Rh7 59.Kf4 Rh4+ 60.Ke3 Rh3+ 61.Kf4 Rh4+ 62.Kg3 Rh1 63.Ne3+ Kc6 64.Kf4 Rh4+ 65.Ke5 Kb5 66.Kd4 Rf4

67.c4+ Kxb4 68.Nd5+ Kxa5 69.Nxf4 Kb4 70.Nd5+ Ka5 71.Kxe4 Ka4 72.Kd4 a5 73.Kc5 Kb3 74.Nb6 a4 75.Nxa4 Kxa4 76.Kb6 Kb4 77.c5, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 3/27/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

BrScF (Chess.com 1861) - JimWest (Chess.com 1959), Chess.com 3/27/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.b3 Bg4 9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.Bb2 O-O-O 11.Qc1 Ne7 12.a4 Ng6 13.a5 a6 14.Ba3 Bxa3 15.Qxa3 Qf8 16.b4 Nf6 17.Rfe1 Qe7 18.h3 h5

19.Qc3 Bxf3 20.Nxf3 Kb8 21.Bd3 Rd7 22.Rad1 Rhd8 23.Qb3 Nh7 24.c4 Ng5 25.Nxg5 Qxg5 26.Be2 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 28.Qxd1 Nh4 29.Bf1 Ka7 30.f3 Qg3 31.b5 cxb5 32.cxb5 axb5 33.Qb3 g5

34.Kh1 Qe1 35.Qxb5 g4 36.hxg4 hxg4 37.Kg1 Qe3+ 38.Kh1 gxf3 39.Qb6+ Qxb6 40.axb6+ Kxb6 41.gxf3 Nxf3 42.Kg2 Nd4 43.Kh3 Kc5 44.Kg4 b5 45.Kg5 b4 46.Kf6 Kd6 47.Bd3 b3 48.Bb1 b2 49.Ba2 Nf3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

OO2_DMA (lichess 2226) - JimWest (lichess 2125), lichess 3/27/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.d5 f4 7.h4 Nb8 8.Nc3 Be7 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qf3 Bxg5 11.hxg5 Qxg5 12.g3 Bg4 13.Qg2 O-O 14.gxf4 exf4 15.Rxh6 Qxh6 16.Qxg4 g5 17.Nb5 Na6 18.Nd4 Nc5 19.f3 Rae8

20.Nf5 Qg6 21.b4 Nxe4 22.fxe4 Rxe4+ 23.Kf2 Qxf5 24.Qxf5 Rxf5 25.Bd3 Ree5 26.Bxf5 Rxf5 27.c4 b5 28.Bb2 bxc4 29.Rc1 Rxd5 30.Ba3 Rd2+ 31.Ke1 Rxa2, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/26/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1989) - evfroc (Chess.com 1844), Chess.com 3/26/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 h6 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 b6 9.f5 Bb7 10.Qc2 d5 11.Kh1 Qd7 12.Be3 Bd6 13.Nbd2 Ne7 14.h3 Qc6 15.a4 dxe4 16.dxe4 a6 17.Bd3 Nxf5 18.exf5 e4

19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Qxe4 21.Qxe4 Bxe4 22.Nd2 Rfe8 23.Nxe4 Rxe4 24.Bg1 Rae8 25.a5 bxa5 26.Rxa5 Re1 27.Ra1 Bg3 28.Rfxe1 Rxe1 29.Rxe1 Bxe1 30.g4 g6 31.fxg6 fxg6

32.Kg2 Kf7 33.Kf3 Ke6 34.Ke4 Bg3 35.Be3 h5 36.gxh5 gxh5 37.Bf4 Bxf4 38.Kxf4 Kf6 39.b4 Kg6 40.h4 Kf6 41.c4 c6 42.c5 Ke6 43.Kg5 Ke5 44.Kxh5 Kf5 45.Kh6 Kf6 46.h5 Kf7 47.Kg5 Kg7 48.h6+ Kh7 49.Kh6 Kg8 50.Kg6 Kh8

51.Kf6 Kh7 52.Ke6 Kxh6 53.Kd6 Kg6 54.Kxc6 Kf6 55.Kb6 Ke7 56.Kxa6 Kd8 57.Kb7 Ke7 58.c6 Kf6 59.c7 Ke5 60.c8=Q Kd4 61.Qc5+ Ke4 62.b5 Kd3 63.b6 Ke4 64.Kc6 Kd3 65.b7 Ke4 66.b8=Q Kd3

67.Qbb5+ Ke4 68.Qcc4+ Ke3 69.Qbb3+ Kd2 70.Qcc2+ Ke1 71.Qbb1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

izcq (lichess 2130) - JimWest (lichess 2126), lichess 3/26/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Qe2 Qe7 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Ngxe4 Nxe4 9.Qxe4 Qxe4+ 10.Nxe4 Nxd4 11.Bd3 Bxf5 12.O-O O-O-O 13.c3 Bxe4 14.Bxe4 Ne2+ 15.Kh1 Nxc1 16.Rac1 g6 17.g3 d5 18.Bd3 c6 19.f4 Bh6

20.Rce1 Rhe8 21.Kg2 d4 22.cxd4 Rxe1 23.Rxe1 Rxd4 24.Bf1 Rd2+ 25.Re2 Rxe2+ 26.Bxe2 Bg7 27.b3, draw.

2 PCG Games 3/25/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Kolodej99 (Chess.com 1900) - JimWest (Chess.com 1991), Chess.com 3/25/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.a4 a5 9.O-O f4 10.d4 Qc7 11.h3 g5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Nxg5 h5 14.Nf3 Na6 15.Qd2 Nc5 16.Rfd1 Bg4 17.Be2 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Rd8 19.Qe2 Qf7

20.Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.Rd1+ Kc7 22.Qd2 Rd8 23.Qe2 Ne6 24.Rxd8 Bxd8 25.Bxh5 Qg7 26.Bg4 Nd4 27.Qc4 f3 28.Nb5+ Nxb5 29.axb5 fxg2 30.bxc6 bxc6 31.Qc5 Kb7

32.b4 Bb6 33.Qd6 axb4 34.Bd7 Bxf2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

pandaboy1 (lichess 2070) - JimWest (lichess 2113), lichess 3/25/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bc4 d5 8.Bb3 Bb4 9.O-O c6 10.h3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.Bb2 Kh8 13.c4 h6 14.Re1 Nbd7 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.c4 Nb6 17.cxd5 Nbxd5 18.Rc1 Nf4

19.Nf1 Nd3 20.Ba1 Nxc1 21.Qxc1 Rc8 22.Qf4 Bh7 23.Ng3 Nh5 24.Qe5 Nxg3 25.Qxg3 Qa5 26.Rd1 Qg5 27.Qd6 e3 28.fxe3 Qxe3+ 29.Kh1 Be4 30.d5 Qxh3+ 31.Qh2 Bxg2+ 32.Kg1 Qxh2+ 33.Kxh2 Bf3

34.Rg1 Rg8 35.d6 Bc6 36.Bxg8 Rxg8 37.Kh3 Kh7 38.Be5 g5 39.Kg4 Bd7+ 40.Kh5 Be8+ 41.Kg4 h5+ 42.Kg3 h4+ 43.Kg4 Bd7+ 44.Kh5 Be8+ 45.Kg4 Bd7+ 46.Kh5 Be8+ 47.Kg4, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 3/24/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1972) - Bouki (Chess.com 1840), Chess.com 3/24/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Ng4 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qh4+ 10.g3 Qe7 11.Bd3 b6 12.Nf3 Bb7 13.O-O O-O 14.Re1 Nd7 15.e5 dxe5 16.fxe5 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Nh6 18.Bxh6 gxh6 19.Qe4 f6

20.exf6 Qxe4 21.Bxe4 Rae8 22.Bd5+, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2120) - azharimdnor (lichess 2088), lichess 3/24/2025

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 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.O-O Be7 12.c3 O-O 13.Nbd2 c5 14.Qe1 cxd4 15.cxd4 Bb4 16.a3 Bxf3 17.Rxf3 Bxd2 18.Bxd2 f5 19.Rc1 Rb8

20.Bb4 Rf7 21.e6 Rf6 22.e7 Qd7 23.Qe2 c6 24.Qxa6 c5 25.Qa5 cxb4 26.Rc7 Qe8 27.Qxd5+ Qf7 28.e8=Q+ Rxe8 29.Rxf7 Rxf7 30.Rxf5 Nf6 31.Rxf6 gxf6 32.axb4 Kg7 33.h3 Ree7

34.b5 Rd7 35.Qc5 Rc7 36.Qf5 Rb7 37.Kh2 Rfd7 38.d5 Rf7 39.d6 Rfd7 40.Qd5 Kg6 41.b4 h6 42.h4 Kg7 43.h5 Kh7 44.g4 Kg7 45.Kg3 Rf7 46.Kh4 Rfd7 47.Qf5 Kf7

48.Qh7+ Ke6 49.Qxh6 Rxd6 50.Qg6 Rdb6 51.Qf5+ Kf7 52.Qd5+ Kg7 53.Qf5 Rxb5 54.Qg6+ Kh8 55.Qxf6+ Kh7 56.Qg6+ Kh8 57.Qf6+ Kh7 58.Qg6+ Kh8 59.Qf6+, draw.