Tuesday, March 19, 2024

2 PCG Games 3/18/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

maki_rio (Chess.com 1792) - JimWest (Chess.com 1848), Chess.com 3/18/2024

1.

Monday, March 18, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/17/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

knightowl05 (Chess.com 1667) - JimWest (Chess.com 1829), Chess.com 3/17/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.Ngxe4 dxc3 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.bxc3 Be7 11.g3 Nc6 12.Bg2 Nxe5 13.c5 Nd3+ 14.Ke2 Nxc1+ 15.Raxc1 Nf6 16.Rhd1+ Ke8 17.Ng5 c6 18.Kf1 h6 19.Nf3 Bg4


20.Re1 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Kf7 22.Rcd1 Rad8 23.Rb1 Rd7 24.Be2 Re8 25.Bc4+ Kf8 26.Re5 Bd8 27.Rf5 Re4 28.Bb3 g6 29.Rf3 Kg7 30.Bc2 Re5 31.Rf4 Rxc5 32.h4 Rxc3


33.Bb3 b5 34.Re1 Bc7 35.Rxf6 Kxf6 36.Re6+ Kg7, White resigns.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2101) - SUBRAMANIAN75 (lichess 1984), lichess 3/17/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 d6 5.Na4 Bb6 6.Nxb6 axb6 7.f4 Nf6 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Qe7 11.a3 b5 12.c3 b4 13.f5 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 bxa3 15.Rxa3 Rxa3 16.bxa3 Ra8 17.a4 h6 18.g4 Nh7 19.Qc2 Qh4


20.Kg2 b5 21.axb5 Ne7 22.Qf2 Qxf2+ 23.Rxf2 Ng5 24.Bxg5 hxg5 25.Rb2 Ra3 26.b6 cxb6 27.Rxb6 Rxc3 28.Rxd6 Nc6 29.Be2 Rc2 30.Kf1 Nd4 31.Bd1 Rxh2 32.Rd8+ Kh7 33.Re8 f6


34.Ba4 Rd2 35.Ra8 Rxd3 36.Be8 g6 37.Bxg6+ Kg7 38.Ra7+ Kg8 39.Ra8+ Kg7 40.Ra7+ Kg8 41.Ra8+ Ko7, draw.

Sunday, March 17, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/16/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1827) - neshashkelisha (Chess.com 1769), Chess.com 3/16/2024

1.e3 d6 2.e4 g6 3.d3 Bg7 4.f4 e5 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 exf4 11.Bxf4 Ne5 12.d4 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 d5 14.Nd2 c6 15.Bg5 Nxe4 16.Bxd8 Nxd2 17.Qf2 Nxf1 18.Rxf1 Raxd8 19.Re1 Rfe8


20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.a4 Bh6 22.Qf6 Bc1 23.b3 Bd2 24.c4 dxc4 25.bxc4 Re4 26.d5 cxd5 27.cxd5 Be3+ 28.Kh2 Bf4+ 29.g3 Re2+ 30.Kg1 Be3+ 31.Kh1 Re1+ 32.Kg2 Rg1+ 33.Kh2 Re1


34.Qc3 Re2+ 35.Kh1 Bd2 36.Qd3 Re1+ 37.Kg2 Ba5 38.d6 Kf8 39.Qb5 Bb6 40.a5 Bd8 41.Qxb7 Bxa5 42.Qxa7 Bd8 43.Qd7 Bf6 44.Qc8+ Kg7 45.d7 Rd1 46.g4 h6 47.Qe8 Rd2+ 48.Kf3 Rd3+ 49.Ke2 Rd5 50.Ke3 g5


51.Ke4 Rd4+ 52.Ke3 Rd6 53.Kf3 Rd3+ 54.Ke2 Rd6 55.Kf3 Rd3+ 56.Ke2 Rd6 57.Kf3, draw.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit

axechec29 (lichess 2013) - JimWest (lichess 2101), lichess 3/16/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 Nf6 11.Ba3 Qa5 12.Bb2 h6 13.Nf3 O-O 14.Re1 Re8 15.c4 dxc4 16.Bxc4+ Be6


17.Nxe5 Bxc4 18.Nxc4 Rxe1+ 19.Qxe1 Qxe1+ 20.Rxe1 Nb4 21.a3 Nxc2 22.Rc1 Re8 23.h3 Re1+ 24.Rxe1 Nxe1 25.d4 Nd3 26.Bc3 Nd5 27.Bd2 b5 28.Nd6 b4 29.axb4 N3xb4 30.Nxf5 a5


31.Nd6 a4 32.Nb5 Kf7 33.Kf1 Ke6 34.Ke2 Kd7 35.Na3, draw.

Saturday, March 16, 2024

2 PCG Games 3/15/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

ChessCT1 (Chess.com 1850) - JimWest (Chess.com 1833), Chess.com 3/15/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 4.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.Be2 Bxf5 8.Bh5+ g6 9.Be2 c6 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.Bd2 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 h6 13.Nh3 Bxh3 14.gxh3 Nbd7 15.Rg1 Qe7 16.Qd2 O-O-O 17.O-O-O g5 18.Kb1 Kb8 19.Bb4 Qe6


20.Rg3 Nf8 21.Rb3 e3 22.fxe3 Ne4 23.Qe1 Qxh3 24.Ba5 Rd7 25.Qg1 h5 26.c4 Qe6 27.cxd5 Qxd5 28.Bb4 Ne6 29.Bd3 g4 30.Ka1 N6g5 31.Bxe4 Nxe4


32.Qf1 Rf7 33.Qg1 Rf3 34.Bc5 Nxc5 35.dxc5 Qxc5 36.Qe1 Rhf8 37.Qh4 Rf1 38.Rbd3 Qc1+ 39.Rxc1 Rxc1#.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit

MTSavaghebi (lichess 2117) - JimWest (lichess 2101), lichess 3/15/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Nc3 Bg4 9.Be2 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nd7 11.Re1 O-O-O 12.Qe2 h5 13.g3 g5 14.g4 hxg4 15.Bxg4 Nh6 16.f3 Nxg4 17.fxg4 Bc5+ 18.Kh1 f3


19.Qf1 f2 20.Re2 Qf3+ 21.Qg2 f1=Q#.

Friday, March 15, 2024

2 PCG Reversed Games 3/14/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1831) - nov_ser103 (Chess.com 1783), Chess.com 3/14/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 a5 6.Nf3 Qe7 7.Be2 h6 8.a4 Bg4 9.Na3 c6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nbd7 12.f5 d5 13.Qc2 dxe4 14.dxe4 Nh7 15.Nc4 Qh4+ 16.Kf1 Ng5 17.Bxg5 hxg5 18.Qe2 b5 19.axb5 cxb5


20.Ne3 O-O 21.Rd1 Nf6 22.Nd5 Rfd8 23.Qe1 Nxd5 24.Rxd5 Rxd5 25.Qxh4 gxh4 26.exd5 Re8 27.Be4 f6 28.Ke2 Kf7 29.Rd1 Rd8 30.Kf3 a4 31.Rd2 Rb8


32.d6 Rb6 33.d7, Black forfeits.  
 
          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2103) - lajewitsch (lichess 2047), lichess 3/14/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d6 4.f4 Be7 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O h6 8.c3 exf4 9.Bxf4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh5 11.Nbd2 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Be6 13.d4 d5 14.e5 f6 15.Bb5 a6 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Qc2 Kg7 18.Rae1 f5 19.b4 g4


20.Nh2 Bg5 21.Nb3 Qe7 22.Nc5 a5 23.a3 axb5 24.axb5 Ra3 25.Ra1 Rfa8 26.Rxa3 Rxa3 27.Nxe6+ Qxe6 28.Rxf5 Be3+ 29.Kh1 Ra1+ 30.Rf1 Ra8 31.Qe2 Bg5 32.Qxg4 Qxg4 33.Nxg4 h5 34.Nf6 Bxf6 35.Rxf6 c5 36.bxc5 Ra3


37.Rc6 Rxc3 38.Rxc7+ Kg6 39.Kh2 Rc4 40.c6 Rxd4 41.Rd7 Rc4 42.Rxd5, Black resigns.

Thursday, March 14, 2024

2 PCG Games 3/13/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

ABCD_edwin (Chess.com 1768) - JimWest (Chess.com 1847), Chess.com 3/13/2024

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Ng5 Rf8 10.Nb5 fxe4 11.Nxd6 cxd6 12.f3 exf3 13.Rxf3 h6 14.Nh3 Nd4 15.Rf2 Bxh3 16.gxh3 Rc8 17.Bb3 Nxb3 18.axb3 a6 19.Be3 Ke7


20.Raf1 Nd7 21.c3 Rxf2 22.Rxf2 Rf8 23.b4 Rxf2 24.Kxf2 Nf6 25.Kf3 b5 26.h4 Ke6 27.h3 h5 28.b3 d5 29.Bc5 Ne4 30.Bf8 g6, White resigns.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit

justinegallaza (lichess 2126) - JimWest (lichess 2103), lichess 3/13/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Nd5 c6 8.Nc3 b5 9.exf5 Bxf5 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 g6 12.f4 Bg7 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.O-O Qe7 15.Nce4 O-O-O 16.a4 Ne6 17.Qh3 Nf5 18.axb5 cxb5 19.Nxe6 Qxe6


20.Bg5 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Rd4 22.Nc3 h6 23.Bc1 Rh4 24.Qf3 Kb8 25.Nd5 Qd4 26.c3 Qe4 27.Qxe4 Rxe4 28.Ra6 Rd8 29.Nb4 Rxb4 30.cxb4 Ne7 31.Re6 Nc8 32.h3 g5 33.Rf7 Rd1+ 34.Kh2 Rxc1 35.Rxg7 Rc7 36.Rxc7 Kxc7


37.Rxe5 Kd6 38.Re8 Ne7 39.Rh8 Nf5 40.g4 Nd4 41.Rxh6+ Kc7 42.Rg6 Nc6 43.Rxg5 Nxb4 44.Rxb5 Nd3 45.h4 Kc6 46.Rb3 Ne5 47.Kh3 a5 48.h5 a4


49.h6 axb3 50.h7 Nf7 51.Kh4 Kd5 52.Kh5 Ke6 53.Kg6 Nh8+ 54.Kg7 Nf7 55.h8=Q Nxh8 56.Kxh8 Kf6 57.Kg8 Kg5 58.Kf7 Kxg4 59.Ke6 Kf3 60.Kd5 Ke3 61.Kc4 Ke4 62.Kxb3 Kd5 63.Kb4 Kc6 64.b3 Kb6


65.Kc4 Kc6 66.Kb4 Kb6 67.Kc4 Kc6 68.b4 Kb6 69.b5 Kb7 70.Kc5 Kc7 71.b6+ Kb7 72.Kb5 Kb8 73.Kc6 Kc8 74.Kb5 Kb7 75.Ka5 Kb8 76.Ka6 Ka8 77.Kb5 Kb7 78.Kc5 Kb8 79.Kd6 Kb7 80.Kc5 Kb8 81.Kc6 Kc8 82.Kb5 Kb7, draw.

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/12/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

simsud90 (Chess.com 1721) - JimWest (Chess.com 1854), Chess.com 3/12/2024

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.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qd2 O-O 11.O-O-O c6 12.f3 exf3 13.gxf3 Nd7 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.Be2 Rae8 16.Kb1 Bxc3 17.bxc3 b5 18.Rhg1 a5 19.Rg3 Bf5


20.Rdg1 Bg6 21.Bd3 Bxd3 22.Qxd3 Re7 23.Qd2 Rfe8 24.Kb2 a4 25.R1g2 Qd6 26.a3 Kh8 27.Qg5 Rg8 28.Qh4 Re6 29.Qg5 Qe7 30.h4 Qxg5 31.hxg5 g6 32.Rh3 Rf8 33.Rgh2 Rf7 34.Rf2 Re3 35.Rg3 Kg8


36.Rh3 Rf5 37.Rg3 Kg7 38.Rh3 Rxg5 39.f4 Rxh3 40.fxg5 h6 41.Rf6 hxg5 42.Rxc6 g4 43.Rc5 Rh5 44.Rxb5 g3 45.Rb7+ Kh6 46.Re7 g2 47.c4 g1=Q 48.c5 Qxd4+, White resigns.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2114) - NarwhalePete (lichess 1981), lichess 3/12/2024

1.e3 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 e5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bd7 7.Be2 g6 8.O-O Bg7 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Qd2 Bg7 13.Nd5 Ne7 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.c3 c6 16.Rae1 Be6 17.a3 Qc7 18.d4 Rad8 19.Bd3 Qa5


20.Qc2 b5 21.e5 Bc4 22.exd6 Bxd3 23.Qxd3 Rxd6 24.Qc2 Qc7 25.Ne5 Bxe5 26.Rxe5 Qd7 27.Rfe1 a5 28.Re7 Qg4 29.h3 Qg3 30.R7e3 Qg5 31.Re5 Qf6 32.Rf1 Qh4 33.Qf2 Qxf2+ 34.Rxf2 f5 35.b4 axb4 36.axb4 Kg7


37.Re7+ Rf7 38.Rxf7+ Kxf7 39.g4 Kf6 40.gxf5 gxf5 41.Kg2 Re6 42.Kf3 Re1 43.Kf4 Re4+ 44.Kf3 Re1 45.Kf4 Re4+ 46.Kf3 Re1, draw.

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

2 PCG Games 3/11/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

jambukapuk (Chess.com 1909) - JimWest (Chess.com 1907), Chess.com 3/11/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Bxb4 d4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qd2 e3 11.fxe3 Nxb4


12.Qxb4 Qxe3+ 13.Be2 Qc1+ 14.Bd1 Qe3+ 15.Kf1 Ne7 16.Qe1 O-O+ 17.Bf3 Rxf3+ 18.gxf3 Bh3#.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit

mmv0449 (lichess 2048) - JimWest (lichess 2132), lichess 3/11/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nd4 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 Nc6 9.Nc3 Nge7 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Nxe4 O-O 13.Bc4 Kh8 14.O-O Be6 15.Nc5 Bg8 16.e6 Re8 17.Rfe1 Qe7 18.b4 Rad8 19.Qb2 Rb8


20.a3 a5 21.Na6 Rb6 22.Qe5 axb4 23.axb4 Nxb4 24.Nxc7 Rc8 25.Ra7 Qf6 26.Qxf6 gxf6 27.e7 Bxc4 28.e8=Q+ Rxe8 29.Nxe8 c5 30.Ree7 Bg8 31.Rab7 Ra7 32.Ra7 Rb6 33.Reb7 Re6 34.Re7 Rb6, draw.

Monday, March 11, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/10/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

AfraidField (Chess.com 1820) - JimWest (Chess.com 1893), Chess.com 3/10/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.c3 d5 6.Be2 Bd6 7.d4 e4 8.Ne5 Nf6 9.Bg5 O-O 10.Na3 c6 11.Nc2 Nbd7 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Ne3 Bg6 14.O-O Rae8 15.Ng4 Nxg4 16.Bxg4 Qc7 17.h3 Bf4


18.Bh4 e3 19.fxe3 Bxe3+ 20.Kh1 Rxf1+ 21.Qxf1 Qf4 22.Re1 Qxf1+ 23.Rxf1 h5 24.Bd7 Re4 25.g3 Bd2 26.Bc8 Re2 27.g4 Be4+ 28.Kg1 Rg2+ 29.Kh1 Rxg4+ 30.Kh2 Rxh4 31.Bxb7 Bf4+ 32.Kg1 Be3+, White resigns.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2144) - minuspawn (lichess 1985), lichess 3/10/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.c3 Re8 8.Nbd2 Bg4 9.Be2 Bb6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Qc2 h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.O-O-O a5 14.h3 Bh5 15.Kb1 a4 16.a3 Bg6 17.Ka1 c6 18.Nc4 Bc7


19.Rhf1 b5 20.Ne3 c5 21.g4 Nd7 22.Nd5 Ba5 23.Nf4 Bh7 24.h4 Ne5 25.Nxe5 Rxe5 26.h5 b4 27.Nd5 bxa3 28.bxa3 Bc7 29.Bf3 Kh8


30.d4 Re8 31.dxc5 Qb8 32.Nxc7 Qxc7 33.cxd6 Qd7 34.Qd2 Rab8 35.Rb1 Bxe4 36.Rxb8 Rxb8 37.Bxe4 Rb3 38.Bb1 Rxa3+ 39.Ba2 f6 40.Qd5 Rxa2+ 41.Kxa2 Qxg4 42.Rb1 Qe2+ 43.Rb2 Qe8 44.d7 Qd8 45.Rb8, Black forfeits.

Sunday, March 10, 2024

2 PCG Games 3/9/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Yukavvayo (Chess.com 1777) - JimWest (Chess.com 1903), Chess.com 3/9/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Bd2 Rf8 8.Qe2 fxe4 9.dxe4 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Nd7 12.O-O-O Qc7 13.Rhg1 g6 14.Bh6 Rf7 15.Kb1 O-O-O 16.Bg5 Bxg5 17.Rxg5 Rdf8 18.Rg3 Nf6 19.Qd2 Nh5


20.Rgg1 Rxf3 21.Qxd6 Qxd6 22.Rxd6 Rxf2 23.Rgd1 R2f6 24.Rd7 R6f7 25.R7d6 Nf4 26.h4 h5 27.a3 Rf6 28.Rd7 Ne6 29.R1d6 Nc5 30.Rxf6 Rxf6 21.Re7 Re6 32.Rg7 a5 33.b4 axb4 34.axb4 Na6 35.b5 cxb5 36.Nxb5 Rb6


37.c4 Nc5 38.Rc7+ Kd8 39.Rxc5 Rc6 40.Rxc6 bxc6 41.Nd6 Ke7 42.c5 Kf6 43.Kc2 g5 44.hxg5+ Kxg5 45.Nf5 Kf4 46.Kd3 Kf3 47.Nh4+ Kg4 48.Nf5 h4


49.Nxh4 Kxh4 50.Kc4 Kg4 51.Kb4 Kf4 52.Ka5 Kxe4 53.Kb6 Kd5, White resigns.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit

GodzwonSzachista (lichess 1981) - JimWest (lichess 2134), lichess 3/9/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.O-O f4 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.Bxe6 Nxd4 9.Bh3 g6 10.Bxf4 Nxc2 11.Bxh6 Nxa1 12.Bxf8 Rxf8 13.Nc3 Kf7 14.Qxa1 Kg7 15.Qc1 c6 16.Rd1 Qf6 17.Qe3 a6 18.Na4 Rad8 19.Nb6 Qf4


20.Qxf4 Rxf4 21.f3 h5 22.Kf2 g5 23.Bd7 Rf6 24.Kg3 Kf7 25.h4 Rg8 26.hxg5 Rxg5+ 27.Kf2 Ke7 28.Bc8 Rfg6 29.Rg1 Kd8


30.Bxb7 Kc7 31.Bxa6 Kxb6 32.Bc4 h4, White resigns.