Friday, February 14, 2025

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/13/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1922) - Sorcerer_23 (Chess.com 2002), Chess.com 2/13/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bd7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 e5 9.a4 exf4 10.Bxf4 Nh5 11.Be3 Ne5 12.d4 Ng4 13.Bd2 Qe7 14.Na3 Qxe4 15.Ng5 Bxd4+ 16.cxd4 Qxd4+ 17.Kh1 Nf2+ 18.Rxf2 Qxf2 19.Bxh5 gxh5


20.Qxh5 Bf5 21.Bc3 f6 22.Nf3 Bg6 23.Qd5+ Rf7 24.Qxb7 Re8 25.Qb5 Re2 26.Rg1 Be4 27.Bd4 Qxf3 28.gxf3+ Kf8 29.Qxe2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

rajaranizaara (lichess 2079) - JimWest (lichess 2065), lichess 2/13/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.f3 exf3 8.Qxf3 Nf6 9.Nf7 Qe7 10.Nxh8 Bxe6 11.Be2 Nc6 12.Bg5 Nd4


13.Qh3 Bxh3, White resigns.

Thursday, February 13, 2025

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/12/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

nyinaymin (Chess.com 1968) - JimWest (Chess.com 1921), Chess.com 2/12/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.Ng5 h6 9.Ne6 Bxe6 10.Bxe6 Nbd7 11.b4 a6 12.a4 Be7 13.Bd2 g5 14.d5 cxd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 Nf6 17.c4 Nxd5 18.cxd5 O-O 19.Rc1 Qd7


20.Qh5 Kg7 21.a5 Rac8 22.Bc3 Bf6 23.Rfd1 Rc7 24.Rd3 Qf7 25.Qe2 Rfc8 26.Qb2 h5 27.Bd2 Rxc1+ 28.Bxc1 Qc7 29.Bd2 Qc2 30.Qxc2 Rxc2 31.f3 g4 32.Kf1 gxf3 33.gxf3 Bd8


34.Ke2 b6 35.Kd1 Rc4 36.Rc3 Rxc3 37.Bxc3 bxa5 38.bxa5 Kg6 39.Bb4 Bc7 40.Ke2 Kg5 41.Kf2 Kh4 42.Kg2 Bb8 43.Be1+ Kg5 44.Kh3 Bc7 45.Bh4+ Kg6


46.Be7 Kf7 47.Bg5 Ba5 48.Kh4 Kg6 49.Be7 Bb4 50.Kh3 a5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2059) - R1440_R12K1_P (lichess 2085), lichess 2/12/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ng4 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bd3 Re8 11.O-O Nf6 12.e5 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nd5 14.Bd2 Nde7 15.Ng5 g6 16.Ne4 Kh8 17.Nf6 Rf8


18.d5 dxe5 19.fxe5 Ng8 20.Bh6 Nxh6 21.dxc6 bxc6 22.Rf3 Ng8 23.Qe1 h5 24.Rd1 Nxf6 25.exf6 Qe8 26.Qd2 Kh7 27.Re1 Qd7 28.Re7 Qg4 29.Rg3 Qh4 30.Rxg6, Black resigns.

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

2 PCG Reversed Games 2/11/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1913) - sac-is-cool (Chess.com 1754), Chess.com 2/11/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bd6 5.fxe5 Bxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Bg4 12.Be2 Nc6 13.Nc3 Bxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Qxe5 15.Kxh1 O-O 16.Nxd5 Rad8 17.c4 Ne7 18.Bf4 Qe6 


19.Qe1 Qxe1+ 20.Rxe1 Nxd5 21.cxd5 c6 22.dxc6 bxc6 23.Bxc6 Rc8 24.Be4 Rc4 25.b3 Rd4 26.Bg3 a5 27.Re2 f5 28.Bc2 g6 29.Be1 Rfd8


30.Bxa5 Ra8 31.Bc3 Rf4 32.a4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2054) - skaushik2k10 (lichess 1987), lichess 2/11/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d5 6.e5 Ng4 7.d4 Qh4+ 8.g3 Qh5 9.Nf3 Bf5 10.Bg2 Be4 11.h3 Nh6 12.O-O f5 13.exf6 gxf6 14.Nc3 f5 15.Ne5 Qxd1 16.Raxd1 Bxc2 17.Rc1 Be4 18.Nxe4 fxe4


19.b4 Bxb4 20.Bxh6 Nd7 21.Nxd7 Kxd7 22.Bg7 Rhg8 23.Be5 Bd6 24.Rf7+ Ke6 25.Rf6+ Ke7 26.Rxd6 Raf8 27.Rh6 Rf7 28.g4 Rgf8 29.Rf1 e3 30.Rxf7+ Rxf7


31.Bf1 Kd7 32.Rf6 Re7 33.Be2 Ke8 34.Kg2 Kd7 35.Kf3 b6 36.Kxe3 c5 37.Bb5+ Kc8 38.Rf8+ Kb7 39.Rb8#.

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

2 PCG Games 2/10/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

sillygambitaccepted (Chess.com 1917) - JimWest (Chess.com 1931), Chess.com 2/10/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Nc3 c6 6.d3 Nf6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Ne2 d5 9.Bb3 Bd6 10.Ng3 Bg6 11.Re1 Qc7 12.Ng5 Nf8 13.c4 h6 14.Nf3 d4 15.Nxd4 O-O-O 16.Ndf5 Bb4 17.Re2 e4 18.Bd2 Rxd3


19.Qc2 Bxd2 20.Rxd2 Bxf5 21.Nxf5 Qd7 22.Rxd3 exd3 23.Qd2 Qxf5 24.Re1 N8d7 25.c5 Nxc5 26.Qa5 d2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

miguelon54 (lichess 2018) - JimWest (lichess 2055), lichess 2/10/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.d4 fxe4 9.Bc4+ Kh8 10.dxe5 exf3 11.exf6 Qxf6 12.g3 Re8+ 13.Kf1 Bh3+ 14.Kg1 Bg2 15.Nd5 Qd8 16.Nf4 Bxh1 17.Kxh1 Nc6 18.Qxf3 Ne5 19.Qd5 c6


20.Qd4 Nxc4 21.Qxc4 d5 22.Qb3 Qb6 23.Qf3 Qxb2 24.Qd1 Qe5 25.Qg4 Qxa1+ 26
.Kg2 Qe5 27.Qh4 Qf6 28.Qh3 g6 29.Qh6 Qg7 30.Qg5 Re5 31.Qg4 Re4 32.f3 Rxf4 33.Qxf4 Rf8 34.Qd6 Qf6 35.Qa3 Qxf3+ 36.Qxf3 Rxf3 37.Kxf3 Kg7


38.Kf4 Kf6 39.h4 h6 40.g4 g5+ 41.hxg5+ hxg5+ 42.Ke3 Ke5 43.c3 c5 44.a4 a5 45.Kf3 d4 46.cxd4+ cxd4 47.Ke2 Ke4 48.Kd2 b6 49.Ke2 d3+ 50.Kd2 Kd4 51.Ke1 Kc3 52.Kd1 d2 53.Ke2 Kc2 54.Ke3 d1=Q, White resigns.

Monday, February 10, 2025

2 PCG Games 2/9/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

mosa1352 (Chess.com 1876) - JimWest (Chess.com 1916), Chess.com 2/9/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.Nc3 Be7 8.h3 h6 9.Bd2 Nd7 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.O-O-O O-O-O 12.g4 Bh7 13.Kb1 Kb8 14.d4 Bf6 15.Ne4 Bxe4 16.Qxe4 d5 17.Qe2 e4 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Bxe5


20.Rhf1 Bf4 21.Bxf4 Qxf4 22.Qe3 Qxe3 23.fxe3 Rgf8 24.c3 Kc7 25.Kc2 Kd7 26.Kd2 Ke7 27.Rf4 g5 28.Rff1 Rxf1 29.Rxf1 Rf8 30.Rh1 Rf2+ 31.Kc1 Re2 32.h4 Kf6 33.hxg5+ Kxg5


34.Rh5+ Kg6 35.Rh3 Rg2 36.Rh4 a5 37.a3 a4 38.Kb1 b5 39.Kc1 Re2 40.Rh3 Rf2 41.Rh5 Rg2 42.Rh4 Kg5 43.Rh5+ Kxg4 44.Rxh6 Kf3 45.Rxc6 Kxe3 46.Rc5 Rg5 47.Rxb5 Kd3


48.Kb1 e3 49.Rb4 Rg1+ 50.Ka2 e2 51.Rd4+ Kc2 52.Rxd5 Ra1+ 53.Kxa1 e1=Q+ 54.Ka2 Qb1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

pub673 (lichess 1986) - JimWest (lichess 2050), lichess 2/9/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.Bxe6 f4 8.c3 Qf6 9.Bd5 Nd8 10.Qa4+ c6 11.Bb3 Be7 12.h3 Nhf7 13.Nd2 O-O 14.Nf3 Kh8 15.h4 a5 16.Bd1 b5 17.Qc2 a4 18.a3 Ne6 19.Be2 Nc5


20.Nd2 Qe6 21.d4 exd4 22.cxd4 Nb3 23.Nxb3 axb3 24.Qd3 Nh6 25.f3 Qg6 26.Kf1 Qg3 27.Bd2 Qg6 28.Qxb3 d5 29.Bd3 dxe4 30.Bxe4 Nf5 31.Rh3 Nxd4 

32.Qd3 Qf6 33.Bc3 Rad8 34.Qb1 c5 35.Qa2 b4 36.axb4 cxb4 37.Bxd4 Qxd4, White forfeits.

Sunday, February 9, 2025

2 PCG Games 2/8/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

schatten89 (Chess.com 1941) - JimWest (Chess.com 1944), Chess.com 2/8/2025

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.O-O-O Nc6 13.Bxf6+ Bxf6 14.Qxe4 Nxd4 15.Bd3 Bf5 16.Qxb7 Rb8 17.Qa6 Rb6 18.Qa3 Qb8 19.c3 Nb5


20.Qa4 Bxd3 21.Rxd3 Nxc3 22.Rxc3 Bxc3 23.bxc3 Rb1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

beenyboy (lichess 2174) - JimWest (lichess 2064), lichess 2/8/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 d5 8.Be2 Nf6 9.Qa4 Bd7 10.Qc2 Bd6 11.Nf1 O-O 12.Ne3 Be6 13.h3 Bf4 14.O-O Bxe3 15.Bxe3 Nbd7 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.f3 Rc8 18.Qb3 Qb6


19.fxe4 Qxb3 20.axb3 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 dxe4 22.Rxa7 Rxf1+ 23.Kxf1 Bd5 24.Bc4 Nb6 25.Kf2 Nxc4 26.bxc4 Rxc4 27.Kg3 Rb4 28.Ra5 b5 29.Kf4 Rxb2 30. g3 h6 31.h4 Kh7


32.Ke5 Bc4 33.Kxe4 Ra2 34.Rxa2 Bxa2 35.Ke5 Kg8 36.Kd6 Kf7 37.Kc6 Ke6 38.Kxb5 Kd5 39.Kb6 g5 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.g4 Ke4 42.Bxg5 Kxd4 43.Bf6+ Kd5 44.Kc7 Ke6 45.Bh4 Kf7 46.Kd6 Be6 47.g5 Bf5 49.Ke5 Kg6, draw.

Saturday, February 8, 2025

2 PCG Games 2/7/2025

Philidor Counter Game

jimmy652 (Chess.com 1857) - JimWest (Chess.com 1977), Chess.com 2/7/2025

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.Ne4 exf2+ 11.Nxf2 Nc6 12.cxd4 Qxd4 13.Qxd4 Nxd4 14.Bd3 Nb3 15.Rb1 Nxc1 16.Rxc1 Ne7 17.g4 O-O 18.h3 Nc6 19.O-O Nxe5


20.Be2 Bd7 21.Ne4 Bc6 22.Nc5 Nf3+ 23.Bxf3 Rxf3 24.Ne6 Rg3+ 25.Kf2 Rg2+ 26.Ke1 Re8, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

escalierauxframboise (lichess 2098) - JimWest (lichess 2050), lichess 2/7/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O d5 8.c4 c6 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Qa4+ Nc6 12.Bb5 Bxc3 13.Bxc6+ bxc6 14.Qxc6+ Bd7 15.Qxc3 O-O 16.Nb3 Rc8 17.Nc5 Bb5 18.Re1 Qd6


19.Qg3 Qxg3 20.hxg3 Ng4 21.Be3 Nxe3 22.Rxe3 Rf6 23.a4 Bc4 24.Rc3 Rcf8 25.Rc2 Bd3 26.Rd2 Re8 27.b4 Bc4 28.Nd7 Rd6 29.Ne5 Rb8 30.b5 a6 31.Nxc4 dxc4 32.bxa6 Rxa6 33.Rc2 Rb4


34.a5 Kf7 35.Kf1 Ke6 36.Ke2 Kd5 37.Rh1 Kxd4 38.Rxh7 Rxa5 39.Rxg7 Rd5 40.Rd2+ Kc5 41.Rc7+ Kd6 42.Rxd5+ Kxd5 43.f3 Rb2+ 44.Ke3 Rb3+ 45.Kf4 e3 46.Rd7+ Ke6 47.Rd8 Ke7 48.Rd1 c3, White resigns.

Friday, February 7, 2025

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/6/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Antony1512 (Chess.com 1793) - JimWest (Chess.com 1971), Chess.com 2/6/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qd2 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Rad1 Bg4 13.Qd3 Nd7 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 O-O-O 16.Rd2 Kb8 17.Rfd1 Nb6


18.Be6 Rxd2 19.Rxd2 Rd8 20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.Qh5 Qe7 22.Bb3 Kc7 23.a4 a5 24.Qg4 Qd7 25.Qg6 Kd8 26.Qh5 Na8 27.Bf7 Nc7 28.Bc4 Ne6 29.Qg4 Nd4 30.Qd1 f3 31.Bf1 fxg2 32.Bxg2 Ne6 33.Qg4 Nf4


34.Kf1 Qxg4 35.hxg4 Be7 36.Ne2 Nxe2 37.Kxe2 b5 38.b3 Kc7 39.Kf3 Kb6 40.c3 Ba3 41.Bf1 bxa4 42.bxa4 Bb2 43.c4 Kc5 44.Bd3 Kb4 45.Bc2 Kxc4


46.Ke3 Bd4+ 47.Ke2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2059) - keen767 (lichess 2013), lichess 2/6/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d5 6.e5 Ng4 7.d4 Bb4+ 8.c3 Ba5 9.Nf3 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Nc6 12.h3 Nh6 13.dxc5 Nf5 14.b4 Bc7 15.Bxf5 Bxf5 16.Nd4 Be4 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Nd2 Bg6 19.Nf3 a5


20.Nd4 Qd7 21.a3 Rfe8 22.Re1 Be4 23.Qd2 Bxe5 24.Bxe5 Rxe5 25.bxa5 Ree8 26.c4 Qa7 27.cxd5 Bxd5 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8 29.Re1 Rxe1+ 30.Qxe1 Qxc5 31.Qe8+ Qf8 32.Qxf8+ Kxf8


33.a6 g6 34.a7 c5 35.Nb5 Ke7 36.Nc7 Bb7 37.a8=Q Bxa8 38.Nxa8 Kd6 39.Nb6 Kc6, Black resigns.

Thursday, February 6, 2025

2 PCG Reversed Games 2/5/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1967) - Thione (Chess.com 1850), Chess.com 2/5/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bd6 5.fxe5 Bxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Bg4 12.Be2 Nc6 13.Nc3 Qf5 14.Kxh1 O-O 15.Nxd5 Rad8 16.c4 Rfe8 17.Bf4 Nb4 18.Bg3 c6


19.Ne7+ Kf8 20.Nxf5 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Bxf5 22.a3 Nc2 23.Nd4 Be4+ 24.Bf3 Ne3 25.Re1 Bxf3+ 26.Nxf3 Nxc4 27.Re2 h6 28.Kg2 g5 29.h3 Nd6 30.Kf2 Nf5 31.Rd2 Re7 32.Bh2 Kg7


33.b4 Kg6 34.Rd8 Ng7 35.Rd6+ Ne6 36.Nd4 a6 37.Nxe6 fxe6 38.a4 Kf5 39.a5 h5 40.Rd8 Kg6 41.Rg8+ Kh6 42.Rd8 Kg6 43.Ke3 Kf5 44.Rf8+ Kg6 45.Rf6+ Kg7 46.Ke4 Kh7 47.Bg1 Kg7 48.Bc5 Re8


49.Bd6 h4 50.Kf3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2061) - Yottie (lichess 2045), lichess 2/5/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 3.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Nh4 9.g3 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 Be7 11.Bg2 Be6 12.O-O Qd7 13.Nd2 Nxd2 14.Bxd2 O-O-O 15.c3 h5 16.h4 Rdf8 17.a4 f6 18.exf6 Rxf6 19.Qe2 Bg4


20.Qd3 Rhf8 21.Bf4 Bd6 22.Bxd6 Qxd6 23.Rxf6 Rxf6 24.Rf1 Rxf1+ 25.Kxf1 g6 26.Kg1 Qe6 27.Kh2 c6 28.Qd2 Kc7 29.Qf4+ Qd6 30.Qxd6+ Kxd6 31.a5 Be2


32.b4 b6 33.axb6 axb6 34.Kg1 c5 35.bxc5+ bxc5 36.Kf2 Bc4 37.Ke3 cxd4+ 38.Kxd4 Ke6 39.Bh3+ Kd6 40.g4 hxg4 41.Bxg4 Ba2 42.h5 gxh5 43.Bxh5 Bb3


44.Bf7 Ba2 45.Bg8 Bb3 46.Bf7 Ba2 47.Bg8 Bb3 48.Bf7, draw.