10/5 PCG 3/23/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Exelsior_A_Sahadagi (lichess 2167) - JimWest (lichess 2091), lichess 3/23/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qd3 Bg4 9.Nbd2 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Nd7 11.Bxg8 Rxg8 12.Qb3 Rh8 13.Qxb7 Rb8 14.Qxa7 Bc5 15.Qa4 g5 16.b3 g4 17.Ne1 Rb4 18.Qa5 Rxe4 19.Nd3 Bb6

20.Qa8+ Kf7 21.Qb7 Qe6 22.Bb2 Rb8 23.Qa6 g3 24.h3 gxf2+ 25.Nxf2 Nc5 26.Qa3 Re2 27.Kh1 Rxc2 28.Ng4 Nd3 29.Rad1 Qd5 30.Rxd3 Qxg2#.

2 PCG Games 3/22/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Dav_vykricnik (Chess.com 1696) - JimWest (Chess.com 1861), Chess.com 3/22/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.O-O fxe4 7.Nxe4 d5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.dxe5 dxc4 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qf3 Bf5 12.Rd1 Qc8 13.Ng5 Bxg5 14.Bxg5 Ne7 15.Bf6 Rg8 16.Rd2 Qe6 17.Qxb7 Qc6 18.Qb4 Qe6 19.Rad1 Nc6

20.Qc5 Rf8 21.b4 Rxf6 22.exf6 Qxf6 23.b5 Ne7 24.Qxc4 Be6 25.Qxc7 Kf7 26.a4 Kg7 27.Rd8 Rxd8 28.Qxd8 Nd5 29.Qb8 Nc3 30.Qxa7+ Bf7 31.Re1 Ne2+ 32.Kf1 Nd4

33.Qa6 Bc4+ 34.Kg1 Ne2+ 35.Kh1 Qxf2 36.Qb7+ Kh6 37.Rd1 Nc3 38.Rc1 Bd5 39.Qxd5 Nxd5 40.c4 Nf4 41.Rg1 Qc5 42.Rc1 Nd3 43.Rc2 Nf2+ 44.Kg1 Ng4+ 45.Kf1 Ne3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

rustam1 (lichess 2050) - JimWest (lichess 2096), lichess 3/22/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.c3 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Qc7 9.Qb3 Qf7 10.Qxf7+ Kxf7 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Nxf3 Be7 13.d4 Nd7 14.b3 Rgf8 15.Ba3 Rae8 16.Rad1 Ke6 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 dxe5 19.Bxe7 Kxe7

20.Rd3 Rd8 21.Rfd1 Rxd3 22.Rxd3 Rd8 23.Rxd8 Kxd8 24.Kf1 Kd7 25.Ke2 Kd6 26.Kd3 Kc5 27.g4 fxg3 28.fxg3 a5 29.a3 b5 30.h4 h5 31.Ke3 a4 32.bxa4 bxa4 33.Kd3 Kb5 34.c4+ Kc5 35.Kc3 g6

36.Kd3 Kb6 37.Kc3 c5 38.Kd3 Kc6 40.Ke3 Kd6 41.Kf3 Ke6 42.g4 Kf6 43.Kg3 Ke6 44.Kf3 Kf6 45.Kg3 Ke6 46.Kf3, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 3/21/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1855) - vinrrica (Chess.com 1766), Chess.com 3/21/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Be6 7.exd5 Bxd5 8.Qxg4 Qe7 9.c3 f6 10.Nf3 g6 11.Bb5 a6 12.Bxc6+ Bxc6 13.O-O Bd7 14.Qg3 O-O-O 15.exf6 Qe2 16.Re1 Qc2 17.Nd2 Bd6 18.Ne5 Rhf8

19.Ndc4 Rxf6 20.Bg5 Rdf8 21.Bxf6 Rxf6 22.Nxd6+ Rxd6 23.Nxd7 Rxd7 24.Re8+ Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Kxd8 26.Qf2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2116) - jaabesamis (lichess 2015), lichess 3/21/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.c3 e5 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.a4 d5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.fxe5 Rxe5 12.Bf4 Re8 13.e5 Nd7 14.d4 c6 15.Nd2 a5 16.Nf3 Nf8 17.Qd2 Ne6 18.Bh6 Bh8 19.Rae1 Bd7

20.Ng5 Qc7 21.Nxf7 Bg7 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Qh6+ Kg8 24.Nd6 Rf8 25.Bg4 Ng7 26.Bxd7 Qxd7 27.Rxf8+ Rxf8 28.Rf1 Nf5 29.Qh3 Kg7 30.Nxf5 Rxf5 31.Rxf5 gxf5 32.Qg3+ Kf7 33.Qf4 Qe6 34.g4 Kg6 35.gxf5+ Qxf5 36.Qxf5+ Kxf5 37.Kf2 b5

38.Kf3 bxa4 39.h3 h6 40.h4 h5 41.Kg3, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/20/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1849) - wwcross (Chess.com 1653), Chess.com 3/20/2023

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 Qg6 14.Kxh1 O-O-O 15.Bf4 Bh3 16.Bg3 d4 17.Nb5 Rd5

18.c4 Rxe5 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.Qxd4 Nc6 21.Qf4 Ne5 22.Qxe5 Qc6+ 23.Qd5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ZCI27 (lichess 2082) - JimWest (lichess 2113), lichess 3/20/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ne5 Bxf5 6.Ng4 Nf6 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.Nc3 c6 9.Be3 d5 10.Qd2 Bb4 11.Be2 O-O 12.h3 h6 13.O-O-O Nd7 14.g4 Bh7

15.h4 Nb6 16.g5 hxg5 17.hxg5 Qd6 18.f3 exf3 19.Rxh7 fxe2 20.Rdh1 Rf1+, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/19/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1841) - LuciOctavio (Chess.com 1689), Chess.com 3/19/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 a5 7.a4 O-O 8.f5 d5 9.Qc2 g6 10.Bg5 gxf5 11.exd5 e4 12.dxc6 exf3 13.d4 Qe8+ 14.Kd1 Be7 15.gxf3 Ng4 16.fxg4 Bxg5 17.gxf5 Qe3 18.Be2 Bxf5 19.Qd2 bxc6

20.Qxe3 Bxe3 21.Nd2 Bg6 22.Nc4 Bf4 23.h4 h5 24.Rf1 Bg3 25.Rg1 Bxh4 26.Bxh5 Kh7 27.Bxg6+ fxg6 28.Ne5 Rf6 29.Kc2 Rb8 30.Raf1 Rbf8 31.Rxf6 Rxf6

32.Rg2 Kh6 33.Ng4+ Kg7 34.Nxf6 Kxf6 35.b4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

pawczyk (lichess 2269) - JimWest (lichess 2135), lichess 3/19/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.f3 h6 8.Ne6 Bxe6 9.fxe6 Bb4 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qe7 13.fxe4 Nxe4 14.Rxf8+ Kxf8 15.Qf1+ Kg8 16.Qf5 Nc6

17.Qxd5 Nxc3 18.Qc4 Nxe2+ 19.Qxe2 Nxd4 20.Qc4 Nxe6 21.Ba3 Qxa3 22.Qxe6+ Kh8 23.Qc4 Qe3+ 24.Kh1 Re8 25.h3 Qe5 26.Rb1 b6

27.Qa6 Qg3 28.Qxa7 Re1+ 29.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 30.Kh2 Qe5+ 31.Kh1 Qe1+ 32.Kh2 Qe5+ 33.Kh1 Qe1+, draw.

2 PCG Games 3/18/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Muhammedov2004 (Chess.com 1919) - JimWest (Chess.com 1856), Chess.com 3/18/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ c6 4.Ba4 f5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Bg5 O-O 8.O-O f4 9.Bb3+ Kh8 10.d4 Qc7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.h3 Na6 13.a3 Nc5 14.Qe2 Nxb3 15.cxb3 Be6 16.Qc2 Rad8 17.Rad1 h6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Na4 g5

20.Nc5 Bc8 21.Qc4 g4 22.hxg4 Bxg4 23.Ne6 b5 24.Nxc7 bxc4 25.bxc4 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 28.Ne8 Bxf3 29.gxf3 Kg8 30.Nd6 Kh7 31.b4 Kg6 32.Kg2 a5 33.Nb7 axb4 34.axb4 Be7 35.b5 cxb5 36.cxb5 Kf7

37.Na5 Ke6 38.Nc6 Bc5 39.Nd8+ Ke7 40.Nc6+ Kd6 41.Kf1 h5 42.Nd8 Ke7 43.Nc6+ Kd6 44.Nd8 Ke7 45.Nc6+ Kd6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Astrimo32 (lichess 2026) - JimWest (lichess 2131), lichess 3/18/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bb3 Na6 6.c3 Nc5 7.Bc2 Nf6 8.Nbd2 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 f4 11.d4 Ncd7 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.Bb3 Kh8 14.h3 b5 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Ncd2 Nc5 17.Bc2 Be6 18.b4 Ncd7 19.Bb2 Rad8

20.Bb3 Bxb3 21.Qxb3 Rde8 22.c4 h6 23.cxb5 cxb5 24.Rac1 Qb8 25.Nb1 Bd6 26.Nc3 a6 27.Nh4 Kh7 28.Nf5 Bc7 29.f3 g6 30.Nh4 Bb6+ 31.Kh2 Bf2 32.Nxg6 Kxg6 33.Red1 Bd4 34.Nd5 Nxd5 35.exd5 Bxb2 36.Qxb2 Rc8 37.Qb1+ Kg7

38.Rc6 Rxc6 39.dxc6 Nf6 40.Qc1 Qc7 41.Qc5 Rc8 42.Rd6 Re8 43.Qc3 Qxd6 44.c7 Rc8, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/17/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1860) - Klaiiron (Chess.com 1708), Chess.com 3/17/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 a6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Ne2 e3 10.O-O Qh4 11.h3 Nf2 12.Qe1 Bxh3

13.Bxe3 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Be7 15.Qxf2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Capablanasdfggh (lichess 2116) - JimWest (lichess 2151), lichess 3/17/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 Bxf5 8.Qe2 Nc6 9.Nb3 Nf6 10.Qb5 Bd7 11.Qxb7 O-O 12.Qa6 d5 13.c3 Ng4 14.Nc5 Nxf2 15.Nxd7 Qxd7 16.Rg1 Rae8

 17.Bb5 Nd3+ 18.Bxd3 exd3+ 19.Kd1 Qg4+ 20.Kc1 Qe2 21.Nd2 Qe1+ 22.Rxe1 Rxe1#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/16/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1871) - dragoverlord (Chess.com 1950), Chess.com 3/16/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d5 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 dxe4 7.dxe4 Qe7 8.fxe5 Nxe5 9.Nf3 O-O

10.Bg5 Nfg4 11.Bxe7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Zta (lichess 2079) - JimWest (lichess 2151), lichess 3/16/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.O-O Nf6 9.Re1 Bd6 10.Bf4 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Bxe5 Bxe5 13.Rxe5 Ng4 14.Ne6 Qb6 15.Nxf8 Qxf2+ 16.Kh1 Nxe5

17.d4 Ng4 18.Nxh7 Kxh7 19.Nc3 Qh4 20.h3 Nf2+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 3/15/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

danieldebarrenechea (Chess.com 1870) - JimWest (Chess.com 1861), Chess.com 3/15/2023

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bg5+ Nf6 9.O-O Ke8 10.Rfe1 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Rxe4 Bf5 13.Re2 Bg4 14.Re3 Bxf3 15.Rxf3 Rf8 16.Rxf8+ Kxf8 17.Bd5 Rb8 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.b3 Kf7

20.Be3 a6 21.c4 Bb4 22.Rd1 Ke6 23.g3 Be7 24.Kg2 a5 25.Rd3 a4 26.Kf3 axb3 27.axb3 Rf8+ 28.Ke4 Ra8 29.f4 exf4 30.Bxf4 Bd6 31.Kf3 Bxf4 32.Kxf4 Rf8+ 33.Kg4 g6

34.h4 Rf5 35.Rf3 h5+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

NickM1961 (lichess 2143) - JimWest (lichess 2151), lichess 3/15/2023

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.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.f3 Qe8 12.fxe4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nxe4

14.Bd3 Nxg5 15.Qd2 Ne4 16.Qe3 Bf5 17.g4 Bg6 18.Rxf8+ Kxf8 19.Rf1+ Kg8 20.c4 Nd7 21.cxd5 cxd5 22.c4 Nxe5 23.Bxe4 Bxe4 24.dxe5 Qxe5 25.Re1 Re8 26.a4 d4, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/14/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1854) - Elia-167 (Chess.com 1701), Chess.com 3/14/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 Bg4 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 Nb8 9.f5 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 c5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.a4 Qb6 14.Rf2 Nc6 15.Na3 Bh4 16.g3 Bg5 17.Nc4 Qc7 18.h4 Bd8 19.Kg2 Na5

20.Ne3 c4 21.Nd5 Qd7 22.f6 Bxf6 23.Nxf6+ gxf6 24.Bg4 Qc6 25.Rxf6 cxd3 26.Bf5 Kg7 27.Qf3 Qc7 28.Bh3 Qe7 29.Rf1 d2 30.Qg4+ Kh7 31.Qh5 Rh8 32.Rxf7+ Kg8 33.Qg6#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

sadegh89 (lichess 2028) - JimWest (lichess 2160), lichess 3/14/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nfd2 d5 6.Nc3 c6 7.Nb3 Bb4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Ne7 10.c4 O-O 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Be2 Nbc6 13.Bb2 Be6 14.Nd4 Nxd4 15.Qxd4 Nc6 16.Qd2 Qh4 17.O-O Rad8 18.Rad1 Qf4 19.Qxf4 Rxf4

20.g3 Rff8 21.f4 exf3 22.Bxf3 Rxf3 23.Rxf3 Bg4 24.Rfd3 Bxd1 25.Rxd1 Kf7 26.Kg2 Ke6 27.Re1 d4 28.Re4 Rd5 29.Kf3 Nxe5+ 30.Kf4 Kd6 31.Bxd4 Ng6+ 32.Ke3 Ra5 33.Bxg7 Rxa3+ 34.Kd2 Ra5 35.Bc3 Rd5+ 36.Rd4 Rxd4+ 37.Bxd4 b6

38.Ke3 Kd5 39.c3 Ne7 40.Kf4 Ke6 41.Kg5 Kf7 42.Kh6 Kg8 43.h4 Nf5+ 44.Kh5 Nxg3+ 45.Kg5 Ne2 46.Be5 b5 47.h5 a5 48.Kh6 a4 49.Bd4 a3 50.Bg7 a2 51.c4 bxc4 52.Ba1 c3 53.Kg5 c2 54.Bb2 c1=Q+ 55.Bxc1 Nxc1, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 3/13/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1850) - Don_Koreelishvili (Chess.com 1686), Chess.com 3/13/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Qxe2 Nc6 8.Nf3 Ng4 9.h3 Nf6 10.b4 Bb6 11.b5 Ne7 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.Nxe5 Qd6 14.d4 Bxd4 15.cxd4 Qxd4 16.Bb2 Qb4+ 17.Bc3 Qxe4 18.Qxe4 Nxe4 19.O-O O-O

20.Re1 f5 21.Bb4 Rfe8 22.Bxe7 Rxe7 23.Nf3 Rae8 24.a4 h5 25.Na3 g5 26.Nc2 g4 27.hxg4 hxg4 28.Nh4 f4 29.Nf5 Re6 30.Ncd4 Rg6 31.Rac1 f3 32.Rxe4 Rxe4 33.gxf3 gxf3+ 34.Kf2 Rf6 35.Rc5 c6 36.bxc6 bxc6 37.Nxc6 Rxa4 38.Kxf3 Kf7

39.Ke3 Re6+ 40.Kd3 Kf6 41.Nfd4 Ra3+ 42.Kc4 Ree3 43.Kd5 Ra6 44.Kd6 Rd3 45.Rf5+ Kg6 46.Rd5 Rd1 47.Kc7 Raa1 48.Rd6+ Kg5 49.Ne6+ Kf6 50.Ned4+ Kg5 51.Ne6+ Kf6 52.Ned4+ Kg5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2155) - ArtemK2021 (lichess 2119), lichess 3/13/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Bg4 12.Be2 Nf2 13.Kxf2 Bc5+ 14.Kg2 Bxf3+ 15.Bxf3 Qxe5 16.Qxd5 Qxd5 17.Bxd5 O-O-O 18.Nc3 Rd7 19.Bf4 Rhd8

20.Bf3 f5 21.Bg5 Be7 22.Bxe7 Rxe7 23.Rf1 Rd2+ 24.Rf2 Rxf2+ 25.Kxf2 c6 26.Ne2 Kc7 27.Nd4 g6 28.b4 Kd6 29.a4 Ke5 30.c3 g5

31.Bxc6 Rc7 32.Bb5 Rxc3 33.Nf3+ Kf4 34.Nd4 Ra3 35.Bd7 Kg4 36.Bxf5+ Kf4 37.Bd7, Black forfeits.