15/10 KIA 11/29/2020

Petroff Defense, King's Indian Attack

JimWest (Chess.com 1966) - lovelin_kk (Chess.com 1781), Chess.com 11/29/2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 dxe4 6.dxe4 Bg4 7.Bg2 Nd4 8.O-O Nxf3+ 9.Bxf3 Bh3 10.Bg2 Qd7 11.Re1 h5 12.Nc4 Bxg2 13.Qxd7+ Nxd7 14.Kxg2 h4 15.Be3 a6 16.a4 O-O-O

17.Rad1 f6 18.c3 g5 19.a5 Be7 20.Rd2 hxg3 21.hxg3 g4 22.Rh1 Bc5 23.Rxh8 Rxh8 24.Rxd7 Kxd7 25.Bxc5 Ke6 26.Ne3 Rg8 27.c4 Rd8 28.Nxg4 f5 29.exf5+ Kxf5 30.Ne3+ Ke4 31.Bb4 Kd3 32.Bc3 e4 33.g4 Ke2

34.g5 Rf8 35.Ng4 Kd3 36.g6 Kxc4 37.g7 Rd8 38.Nf6 b5 39.axb6 cxb6 40.g8=Q+ Rxg8 41.Nxg8 b5 42.Nf6 b4 43.Nxe4 bxc3 44.Nxc3 Kb3 45.f4 Kxb2 46.Na4+ Ka3 47.Nb6 Kb4 48.f5 Kb5 49.f6 a5 50.f7 Kxb6 51.f8=Q Kb5 52.Qa3, Black resigns.

15/10 PCG 11/28/2020

Philidor Counter Gambit

sarathnanda (Chess.com 1907) - JimWest (Chess.com 1962), Chess.com 11/28/2020

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 f5 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.c3 Be7 7.Qb3 Rf8 8.h3 Qb6 9.Nbd2 Qxb3 10.axb3 Na6 11.b4 Nc7 12.c4 fxe4 13.Nxe4 h6 14.Bd2 Kf7 15.Bc3 Kg8 16.O-O-O Bf5

17.Nfd2 a6 18.c5 Nb5 19.cxd6 Nxd6 20.Bxe5 Bxe4 21.dxe4 Nb5 22.Bc3 Nxc3 23.bxc3 Rxf2 24.Nf3 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Bxd8 26.Rd1 Bg5+ 27.Nxg5 hxg5 28.Rd2 Rf4 29.Re2 g4 30.hxg4 Rxg4 31.Kd2 Kf7 32.Ke3 Rg3+ 33.Kd4 Ke6

34.Re3 Rxg2 35.Kc5 Rf2 36.Kb6 Rf7 37.e5 g5 38.c4 g4 39.Kc5 Rg7 40.Kd4 g3 41.Re1 g2 42.Rg1 Rg4+ 43.Kc5 Kxe5 44.Kb6 Rg7 45.Rxg2 Rxg2 46.Kxb7 Kd4 47.c5 Kc4 48.Kxc6 Kxb4 49.Kb6 a5 50.c6 a4 51.c7 Rg8, White resigns.

15/10 KIA 11/27/2020

Sicilian Defense, King's Indian Attack

JimWest (Chess.com 1955) - bhavneetsinghuppal (Chess.com 1806), Chess.com 11/27/2020

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.Nbd2 d6 8.a4 a5 9.Re1 e5 10.c3 Qd7 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.Qb3 Ra6 13.Bd2 Nf6 14.h4 O-O

15.Ne3 Rb8 16.Nf5 Bf8 17.Bg5 Ne8 18.Nd2 Bc8 19.Nc4 h6 20.Bd2 Be6 21.Qc2 Kh7 22.Nfe3 Ne7 23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.exd5 Bf5 25.Ne3 Bg6 26.g4 Kh8 27.h5 Bh7 28.Be4 Nf6 29.Bxh7 Nxh7 30.c4 Ra7 31.Nf5 Be7 32.f4 Bf6

33.fxe5 Bxe5 34.Bc3 f6 35.Bxe5 fxe5 36.Nh4 Ng5 37.Qg2 Re8 38.Re2 Qc8 39.Rf1 Rf7 40.Rxf7 Nxf7 41.Ng6+ Kh7 42.Qe4 Kg8 43.Rf2 Ng5 44.Qg2 e4 45.dxe4 Nxe4

46.Rf8+ Rxf8 47.Ne7+ Kh8 48.Nxc8 Ng5 49.Nxd6 Nf3+ 50.Kh1 Ne1 51.Qe2, Black resigns.

15/10 PCG 11/26/2020

Philidor Counter Gambit

IgorGolduban (Chess.com 1893) - JimWest (Chess.com 1950), Chess.com 11/26/2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qe2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.c3 O-O-O 11.h4 Rf8 12.Be3 d4

13.Nd2 dxe3 14.Nxe4 exf2+ 15.Kd1 Rd8+ 16.Kc1 Qf4+ 17.Kc2 Bf5, White resigns.

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15/10 Petroff 11/24/2020

Petroff Defense, King's Indian Attack

JimWest (Chess.com 1959) - pramodksharma (Chess.com 1778), Chess.com 11/24/2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nbd2 dxe4 7.dxe4 O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.c3 a5 10.a4 Be6 11.Ng5 Bg4 12.Qb3 Qd7 13.h3 Bh5 14.Qc4 Bb6 15.Re1 Rad8 16.Nf1 h6 17.Nf3 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Qxh3

19.Be3 h5 20.Bxb6 cxb6 21.Qb5 Rd7 22.Rad1 Red8 23.Rxd7 Rxd7 24.Ne3 h4 25.Bg2 Qe6 26.gxh4 Ng4 27.Bh3 f5 28.exf5 Qh6 29.Bxg4 Qxh4 30.f6 Rd2 31.Qc4+ Kf8 32.fxg7+ Kxg7 33.Rf1 Qg5 34.Nf5+ Kf6

35.Ng3 Kg7 36.Qe6 Rd8 37.Nh5+ Kh8 38.Qf6+ Qxf6 39.Nxf6 Rd2 40.Rb1 Kg7 41.Ne4 Rd8 42.f3 Kh6 43.Kf2 Ne7 44.Rh1+ Kg7 45.Ke3 Ng6 46.Bf5 Nf4 47.Rh7+ Kg8 48.Nf6+ Kf8 49.Rh8+ Ke7 50.Rxd8 Kxd8

51.Ng4 Ke7 52.Nxe5 Nd5+ 53.Kd4 Nf4 54.Bd3 Kd6 55.Nc4+ Kc7 56.b4 Ne6+ 57.Ke5 Ng5 58.Be4 axb4 59.cxb4 Nf7+ 60.Kf6 Nd8 61.Bd5 Nc6 62.Bxc6 bxc6 63.Ke6 b5 64.axb5 cxb5 65.Na3, Black resigns.

15/10 Caro-Kann 11/23/2020

Caro-Kann Defense, King's Indian Attack

JimWest (Chess.com 1950) - newbielearnersg (Chess.com 1826), Chess.com 11/23/2020

1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 e5 4.Ngf3 Bd6 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nbd7 10.Bg2 Qc7 11.a4 a5 12.c3 Rfd8 13.Qc2 Rac8 14.Re1 dxe4 15.dxe4 Nc5 16.Nc4 Ne6 17.Nxd6 Qxd6 18.Be3 c5

19.Red1 Qc7 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Rd1 Rxd1+ 22.Qxd1 Qd7 23.Qxd7 Nxd7 24.Bf1 Kf8 25.h4 Ke7 26.Bc4 Nc7 27.Kf1 Ne8 28.Ke2 Nd6 29.Bd5 Nb6 30.Bxc5 Nxa4 31.Ba3 Kd7 32.Kd2 b5 33.b3 Nb6 34.Bxd6 Kxd6 35.Bxf7 Kc5

36.Kc2 b4 37.cxb4+ axb4 38.Kd3 Kd6 39.f4 Ke7 40.Bg8 exf4 41.gxf4 h6 42.Kd4, Black resigns.

15/10 PCG 11/22/2020

Philidor Counter Gambit

MrDirtyPawnGrabber (Chess.com 1861) - JimWest (Chess.com 1944), Chess.com 11/22/2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Nc6 12.Bxf6+ Qxf6 13.Qxf6+ Kxf6 14.c3 Bf5 15.Nd2 Bh6 16.Nb3 Rxh8 17.O-O b6

18.f4 a5 19.d5 a4 20.dxc6 axb3 21.axb3 Rd8 22.g3 Rd2 23.Rf2 Rd6 24.Ra7 Rxc6 25.Rd2 Bf8 26.Kf2 Bc5+ 27.Ke1 b5 28.Rb7 e3 29.Rd8 b4 30.Rc8, White resigns.

15/10 PCG 11/21/2020

Philidor Counter Gambit

Klichka6971 (Chess.com 1742) - JimWest (Chess.com 1949), Chess.com 11/21/2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.O-O Bd6 9.Re1 O-O 10.a3 Nc6 11.Nc3 Bb8 12.Nf3 Kh8 13.Bg5 Be6

14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Qe2 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Bg8 17.Qf3 Qd7 18.Ba4 a6 19.Qe3 b5 20.Bb3 d4 21.Qd2 Bxb3 22.cxb3 dxc3 23.Qc3 Rac8 24.Qd2 Nd4

25.Qb2 Nc2 26.Rec1 Nxa1 27.Qxa1 Rxc1+ 28.Qxc1 h6 29.Bxh6 gxh6 30.Qxh6 Nh7, White resigns.

15/10 PCG 11/20/2020

Philidor Counter Gambit

Monazwir_1985 (Chess.com 1826) - JimWest (Chess.com 1945), Chess.com 11/20/2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Ng1 Nf6 6.d3 d5 7.Bb3 exd3 8.Qxd3 c6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Qg3 Nh5 12.Qxe5 Bxg5+ 13.Kb1 Qf6 14.Qe2 Nf4 15.Qf1 Bf5 16.g3 Ne6 17.f4 Bh6 18.h3 Nd4

19.g4 Nxb3 20.axb3 Bc8 21.f5 Be3 22.Nf3 Bb6 23.Re1 Ba5 24.Qd3 Bxc3 25.bxc3 Na6 26.Kb2 Bd7 27.Ne5 Rfd8 28.Rhf1 Nc5 29.Qe3 Ne4 30.Qf4 Bc8 31.Re3 Re8 32.Nf3 Bd7 33.Nd4 Rac8 34.Rfe1 h6 35.R1e2 a5

36.Re1 b5 37.Ra1 b4 38.Rd3 bxc3+ 39.Kc1 Qg5 40.Qxg5 Nxg5 41.Rxc3 Re1+ 42.Kb2 Rxa1 43.Kxa1 Ne4 44.Rd3 Nf6 45.Nf3 a4 46.bxa4 Ra8 47.Ra3 Ra5 48.Ne5 c5 49.c4 Rxa4 50.Rxa4 Bxa4 51.cxd5 Nxd5

52.Nd3 c4 53.Nc5 Bd1 54.Kb2 c3+ 55.Kc1 c2 56.Ne4 Nf4 57.Nf2 Ne2+, White resigns.

10/5 PCG 11/19/2020

Philidor Counter Gambit

jovan44 (lichess 2134) - JimWest (lichess 2218), lichess 11/19/2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Bb3 Na6 7.c3 Nf6 8.O-O Be7 9.Re1 Nc5 10.Bc2 O-O 11.d4 Bxc2 12.Qxc2 exd4 13.Nxd4 Re8 14.b4 Na6 15.Qf5 Nc7 16.c4 d5 17.c5 Qd7

18.Kf1 Qxf5 19.Nxf5 Bf8 20.f3 Rxe1+ 21.Kxe1 a5 22.Bd2 axb4 23.Bxb4 b6 24.Nd2 bxc5 25.Bc3 d4 26.Bb2 Ncd5 27.Nc4 Nb4 28.Kd2 Rxa2 29.Rxa2 Nxa2 30.Ne5 Nb4 31.Bxa3 g6 32.Ng3 Nfd5 33.Ne4 Bh6+ 34.Kd1 Bf4

35.Nc4 Nc3+ 36.Nxc3 dxc3 37.Ke2 c2 38.Ne3 Bxe3 39.Kxe3 Na2 40.Kd2 c1=Q+ 41.Bxc1 Nxc1 42.Kxc1 Kf7 43.Kc2 Kf6 44.Kc3 Ke5 45.Kc4 Kf4 46.Kxc5 Ke3 47.Kxc6 Kf2 48.h4 Kxg2, White resigns.

15/10 Philidor 11/18/2020

Philidor Defense

JimWest (Chess.com 1939) - Bshpawn (Chess.com 1848), Chess.com 11/18/2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Qf6 6.Qxf6 Nxf6 7.Nc3 Bd7 8.Bg5 Be7 9.O-O-O O-O-O 10.Rhe1 Rhe8 11.Kb1 a6 12.Bc4 Be6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.e5 dxe5 15.Rxd8+ Kxd8 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Rxe5 h6

18.Bh4 Ng4 19.Bxe7+ Rxe7 20.Re2 b6 21.h3 Nf6 22.Kc1 Nh5 23.g3 Rf7 24.Kd1 Kd7 25.Ke1 g5 26.Ne4 Ng7 27.g4 Ne8 28.c4 Nd6 29.Nd2 c5 30.b3 Rf4 31.Re3 Ke7 32.Ke2 b5 33.cxb5 Nxb5 34.Nc4 Nd4+ 35.Kf1 Nc2 36.Re5 Rf3 37.Kg2 Nd4

38.Rxc5 Rf4 39.Ra5 h5 40.Rxg5 hxg4 41.Rxg4 Ne2 42.Rxf4 Nxf4+ 43.Kg3 Nd3 44.a4 Nc5 45.Nd2 a5 46.f4 Kf6 47.Kf3 Kf5 48.h4 Nd3 49.Nc4 Nxf4 50.Nxa5 Nd5 51.Nc4 e5 52.Ne3+, Black resigns.

15/10 Sicilian 11/17/2020

Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

JimWest (Chess.com 1933) - WangGavin (Chess.com 1973), Chess.com 11/17/2020

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Qc7 8.f4 Nc6 9.Be3 Bd7 10.O-O Be7 11.f5 e5

12.Ne6 fxe6 13.fxe6 Bc8 14.Rxf6 Bxf6 15.Nd5 Qb8 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Qh5+ Kd8 18.Bb6+ Qc7 19.Bxc7+ Kxc7 20.Qf7+ Kb6 21.Qxf6 Re8 22.Qf2+ Kc7 23.Qf5 Re7 24.c3 b6 25.Rf1 Bb7 26.Qg5 Rae8

27.Rf7 Bc8 28.Bd5 Bxe6 29.Rxe7+ Nxe7 30.Bxe6 Ng6 31.Bf7 Rd8 32.Bxg6 hxg6 33.Qxg6, Black resigns.

15/10 PCG 11/16/2020

Philidor Counter Gambit

DTHW (Chess.com 1732) - JimWest (Chess.com 1924), Chess.com 11/16/2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ng5 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.Qe2 Bd6 10.f4 O-O 11.fxe5 Nxe5 12.h3 h6 13.Nf3 Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 a6 15.Ba4 Bb4 16.Bd2 Bxc3 17.Bxc3 Qe7+ 18.Kd2 Be6

19.Rhe1 Rad8 20.a3 Ne4+ 21.Kc1 Nxc3 22.bxc3 Qf6 23.d4 Kh8 24.Kd2 Bg8 25.Re5 Qg5+ 26.Kd3 b5 27.Bb3 Rfe8 28.Rxf5 Bh7, White resigns.

Becoming Beth Harmon

Anya Taylor-Joy [pictured] explains.

10/5 PCG 11/14/2020

Philidor Counter Gambit

Ken_Maynard (lichess 2167) - JimWest (lichess 2216), lichess 11/14/2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Bxg8 Rxg8 5.d4 fxe4 6.Nxe5 dxe5 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qxe5+ Qe7 9.Qb5+ c6 10.Qb3 Qb4+ 11.Qxb4 Bxb4+ 12.c3 Bd6 13.Be3 Bf5 14.Nd2 Nd7 15.h3 h5

16.g4 hxg4 17.hxg4 Bxg4 18.Nxe4 Be7 19.Rh7 Bf5 20.Ng3 Nf6 21.Rh1 O-O-O 22.O-O-O Ng4 23.Nxf5 gxf5 24.Rdf1 Nxe3 25.fxe3 Bg5 26.Rxf5 Bxe3+ 27.Kc2 Rdf8 28.Rfh5 a6 29.Rh7 Bf4 30.Re7 Bd6 31.Reh7 Kb8

32.R1h6 Rd8 33.Rf7 Ka8 34.Rhh7 Rb8 35.a4 Rgd8 36.b4 Rf8 37.Rd7 Rf2+ 38.Kb3 Bf4 39.Kc4 Bd2 40.Kd3 Bc1 41.b5 cxb5 42.axb5 axb5 43.Rh1 Bb2 44.Rh5 Rc8 45.Rxb5 Rxc3+ 46.Ke4 Re2+ 47.Kd5 Rd3

48.Rdxb7 Rxd4+ 49.Kc6 Rc2+ 50.Kb6 Rd6+ 51.Ka5 Bc3+ 52.Ka4 Rd8 53.Kb3 Rc1 54.R7b6 Rd7 55.Ra6+ Ra7 56.Rc6 Rb1+ 57.Kc4 Ra4+ 58.Kxc3 Rxb5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/13/2020

Philidor Counter Gambit

TheIndPlayer (Chess.com 1797) - JimWest (Chess.com 1942), Chess.com 11/13/2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.f3 h6

7.Nh3 Bxh3 8.gxh3 Qh4+ 9.Ke2 exf3+ 10.Kd2 Qf4+ 11.Ke1 Qxe5+ 12.Kf2 Bc5+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

guedisa (lichess 2080) - JimWest (lichess 2212), lichess 11/13/2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Be3 d4 9.Nxh8 dxe3 10.f3 Bxe6 11.c3 Nc6 12.Be2 Rd8 13.Qa4 exf3 14.Bxf3 Nge7 15.Na3 Bxa3 16.Qxa3 Kf8 17.O-O Bc4

18.Be2 Bxe2 19.Rxf6+ gxf6 20.Re1 Rd1 21.Rxd1 Bxd1 22.c4 e2 23.Kf2 Kg7 24.Qc3 Ne5 25.h3 Kxh8 26.g4 N7g6 27.Qd4 Nf4 28.Qd8+ Kg7 29.Qe7+ Kg6 30.Qe8+ Kg7 31.Qe7+ Nf7

32.Qd7 Nxh3+ 33.Ke1 Nhg5 34.Qf5 Ne5 35.Kf2 Nxg4+ 36.Qxg4 e1=Q+, White resigns.