2 PCG Games 12/30/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

537892128909 (Chess.com 1983) - JimWest (Chess.com 1848), Chess.com 12/30/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.c3 g5 8.Qb3 Ne7 9.Rd1 Nd7 10.Na3 g4 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Ne1 Ng6 13.f3 h5 14.Be2 Nc5 15.Qc2 Be6 16.Nc4 Nh4 17.b4 Nd7 18.Nd6+ Bxd6 19.Rxd6 Qf7

20.b5 gxf3 21.Nxf3 Nxf3+ 22.Bxf3 cxb5 23.Ba3 Bg4 24.Rad1 Bxf3 25.Rxd7 Bxd1 26.Rxd1 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Kxd8 28.Qe2 a6 29.Bc5 Kc8 30.Bd6 Qe6 31.Bb4 h4 32.Qf2 Qc6 33.Qa7 Re8, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Aminreyhani (lichess 2064) - JimWest (lichess 2173), lichess 12/30/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7

7.exd6 exf3 8.dxe7 Qxe7+ 9.Kd2 fxg2 10.Bxg2 Qg5+ 11.Ke2 Qxg2 12.Rg1 Qe4+ 13.Kf1 Bh3+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/29/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

rezasf (Chess.com 1881) - JimWest (Chess.com 1849), Chess.com 12/29/2021

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.Be3 d4 11.Bc1 d3 12.cxd3 exd3 13.Qf3 Bb4+ 14.Nd2 Qxf3 15.gxf3 O-O-O 16.a3 Bxd2+ 17.Bxd2 Nf6 18.Rg1 Rxh8 19.Rxg7 Ne5

20.Bc3 Nxf3+ 21.Kd1 Bb3+ 22.Kc1 Rd8 23.Bh3+ Kb8 24.Bd2 Ne4 25.Bf4 d2+ 26.Bxd2 Nfxd2 27.a4 Nf3 28.Rd7 Rg8 29.Bg4 Ne5 30.Rd4 Nxf2 31.Ra3 c5

32.Rf4 Ned3+ 33.Kd2 Nxf4 34.Rxb3 Nxg4 35.h3 Ne5 36.a5 Rg2+ 37.Kc1 c4 38.Rb5 Ned3+ 39.Kb1 a6 40.Rb6 Nd5 41.Rh6 Rxb2+ 42.Ka1 Nc3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2169) - Turuto (lichess 2016), lichess 12/29/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 d6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.c3 Qd7 10.Nbd2 a6 11.h3 Bh5 12.d4 h6 13.e5 Bxf3 14.Nxf3 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Rac8

17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Bg4 Qd8 19.Bxc8 Qxc8 20.Qg4 Qd8 21.Rae1 Bg5 22.Re2 Qd6 23.h4 Bf6 24.Ref2 Kh8 25.Rxf6 gxf6 26.Qf3 Kg7 27.Qxb7 Re8 28.Qf3 Qe7 29.Qg3+ Kh7

30.Qf4 Rg8 31.Qf5+ Rg6 32.h5, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 12/28/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

z_ccz (Chess.com 1653) - JimWest (Chess.com 1840), Chess.com 12/28/2021

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.Bb2 Nd7 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 O-O-O 12.Nc3 Bd6 13.Rad1 Bc7 14.b4 Ne7

15.b5 Nb6 16.Bb3 c5 17.Qg4+ Kb8 18.Qe6 Qxe6 19.Bxe6 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Bxd8 22.a4 Bc7 23.a5 Nbc8 24.a6 b6 25.Nd5 Nxd5 26.Bxd5 Bd6 27.f3 Ne7 28.c4 Nxd5 29.exd5 Kc7 30.Kf2 Kd7 31.Ke2 Ke7 32.Kd3 Kf6 33.Ke4 g5

34.Bc3 h5 35.Ba5 bxa5 36.b6 Bb8 37.b7 a4 38.Kd3 e4+ 39.fxe4 Ke5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

LightDolphin (lichess 2103) - JimWest (lichess 2177), lichess 12/28/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Qe2 Bd6 9.f4 e4 10.dxe4 dxe4 11.Qc4 Qc7 12.Nc3 Nf6 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Qxd5 h6 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.Qxe6+ Qe7 17.Qxf5 Rf8 18.Qg6+ Kd8 

19.Be3 Rf6 20.Qh5 Kc7 21.g3 Raf8 22.O-O-O Rf5 23.Qe2 Bc5 24.Rhe1 Bxe3+ 25.Kb1 Bb6 26.Bxc6 bxc6 27.Qc4 e3 28.g4 Rxf4 29.Qe2 Rf2 30.Qd3 Rxh2 31.Qc3 Rff2 32.Rc1 Qf6 33.Qxf6 gxf6 34.b3 Re2 35.Rf1 Bd4

36.a4 a5 37.Rfd1 c5 38.Rf1 Kd7 39.Rfd1 Ke6 40.Rf1 Reg2 41.Rfe1 Rxg4, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 12/27/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

zingthing (Chess.com 1673) - JimWest (Chess.com 1867), Chess.com 12/27/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ c6 4.Ba4 f5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nbd2 Na6 7.d4 Nxe4 8.dxe5 Nac5 9.Bb3 Nxb3 10.axb3 dxe5 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Qxd8+ Kxd8 13.Nxe5 Be6 14.Be3 Bd6 15.Nc4 Bxc4 16.bxc4 Be5 17.c3 Kc7

18.Rxa7 Rxa7 19.Bxa7 Ra8, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

sajad2021 (lichess 2232) - JimWest (lichess 2170), lichess 12/27/2021

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.Nc3 O-O-O

11.Be3 d4 12.Nxe4 dxe3 13.Nxc5 Qxb2 14.Qxe3 Qxa1+ 15.Ke2 Qd1#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/26/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1863) - maksimalen (Chess.com 1708), Chess.com 12/26/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Nxe2 exf4 7.e5 Nh5 8.O-O g5 9.d4 Ng7 10.c3 Nc6 11.b4 h5 12.h4 Be7 13.hxg5 Bxg5 14.Bxf4 Ne6 15.Nd2 Qe7 16.Nb3 O-O-O 17.Qd2 Rdg8

18.Bxg5 Rxg5 19.Nf4 Nxf4 20.Qxf4 Rhg8 21.Rf2 Nd8 22.Qf3 c6 23.Nc5 b6 24.Nd3 Rg3 25.Qe2 h4 26.Kh2 Ne6 27.b5 Ng5 28.Nb4 c5 29.Nxd5 Qd7 30.Nf6 Qe8 31.Nxe8, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

WildTiger (lichess 2111) - JimWest (lichess 2185), lichess 12/26/2021

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e3 10.h4 c5 11.fxe3 Nc6 12.exd4 cxd4 13.Bf4 Nge7 14.Qc2 h6 15.Bd3 O-O 16.Bh7+ Kh8 17.g3 Qa5 18.Ne4 dxc3 19.O-O Nd4

20.Qd3 Nb3 21.Rae8 Bh3 22.Rf2 Rad8 23.Qc2 Nd4 24.Qb1 c2 25.Rxc2 Nxc2 26.Re2 Nd4 27.Rf2 Qb6 28.Qd3 Ndf5 29.Nd6 Nxd6 30.exd6 Nf5 31.Bxf5 Bxf5 32.Qd2 Rfe8 33.Bxh6 Qxd6 34.Qxd6 Rxd6 35.Bxg7+ Kxg7 36.Rxf5 Rd3

37.Kg2 Rxa3 38.h5 Ree3 39.Rg5+ Kh6 40.Rg8 Kxh5 41.Rg7 b6 42.Rg8 a5 43.Rh8+ Kg6 44.Rg8+ Kf7 45.Rg4 Rac3 46.Rf4+ Kg6 47.Rg4+ Kf5 48.Rd4 Rxg3+ 49.Kh2 Rgd3 50.Rh4 Rc2+ 51.Kg1 Rd1#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/25/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1878) - ratkomih (Chess.com 1873), Chess.com 12/25/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 Nf6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O d6 11.Bb5 dxe5 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Nxe5 Bd6 14.Nf3 Ba6 15.Re1 Qf6 16.c3 Rae8 17.a4 Bf4 18.Na3 Be3+ 19.Bxe3 Nxe3

20.Qd2 Nf5 21.Nc2 Bb7 22.Rxe8 Rxe8 23.Re1 Rd8 24.Qf4 c5 25.dxc5 Bxf3 26.Qxf3 Rd2 27.Nd4 Nxd4 28.Qxf6 gxf6 29.cxd4 Rxd4 30.Re7 Rxa4 31.Rxc7 a5 32.Ra7 Ra1+ 33.Kf2 Ra2 34.Kf3 Rxb2 35.Rxa5 Rb3+ 36.Kf4 Rb2

37.Kg3 Rb3+ 38.Kh4 Rb2 39.Kh3 Rc2 40.g4 Kg7 41.Kg3 Kg6 42.h4 Rc3+ 43.Kf4 Rc4+ 44.Kf3 Rc3+ 45.Ke4 Rc4+ 46.Kd5 Rxg4 47.c6 Rxh4 48.Kd6 Rd4+ 49.Rd5 Rc4 50.Rc5 Rd4+ 51.Ke7 Re4+ 52.Kf8 Ra4 53.c7 Ra8+ 54.c8=Q Rxc8+ 55.Rxc8 f5

56.Rc1 h5 57.Rg1+ Kf6 58.Rg7 f4 59.Rxf7+ Kg5 60.Rg7+ Kf5 61.Rh7 Kg4 62.Rg7+ Kh3 63.Rf7 Kg3 64.Rg7+ Kh3 65.Rf7 Kg4 66.Rg7+ Kh4 67.Rf7 Kg3 68.Rg7+ Kh3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

santoshsahu (lichess 2195) - JimWest (lichess 2185), lichess 12/25/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.a4 Bg4 7.c3 Nd7 8.Qb3 Nh6 9.Nbd2 Qc7 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 Be7 12.d4 O-O-O 13.a5 g5 14.Be6 Kb8 15.a6 b6 16.Bxd7 Rxd7 17.Qe6 Ng8 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.Nxe5 Rd6

20.Qf7 Nh6 21.Qg7 Bf6 22.Qxc7+ Kxc7 23.Nc4 Rd3 24.e5 Be7 25.h4 b5 26.hxg5 Nf7 27.Nd6 Nxd6 28.exd6+ Bxd6 29.g3 fxg3 30.f4 h5 31.gxh6 Rxh6 32.f5 Bc5+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 12/24/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Atharv100 (Chess.com 1807) - JimWest (Chess.com 1878), Chess.com 12/24/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.f3 d5 7.fxe4 h6 8.Ne6 Bxe6 9.fxe6 dxe4 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.Bc4 Nc6 12.a3 Ba5 13.b4 Bb6 14.d5 Ne5 15.Bb5+ c6 16.Ba4 O-O

17.d6 Nd3+ 18.cxd3 Qxd6 19.dxe4 Qe5 20.Bd2 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 22.Qe2 Qd4 23.Rc1 Rae8 24.Rf1 Rxf1+ 25.Qxf1 Rxe6+ 26.Kd1 Rd6 27.Qc4+ Qxc4 28.Rxc4 Bg1

29.h3 b5 30.Bxb5 cxb5 31.Rc8+ Kh7 32.Ke2 Bd4 33.Rc7 a6 34.Rb7 Bb2 35.g4 Bxa3 36.Bc3 Kg8 37.Rxg7+ Kf8 38.Rh7 Bc1 39.Rc7 Bg5 40.Bg7+ Kg8 41.Be5 Re6 42.Rc8+ Kf7 43.Rc7+ Ke8 44.Rc8+ Kd7 45.Rc7+ Kd8 46.Rc5 Bf6

47.Rd5+ Ke7 48.Kf3 Rxe5 49.Rd3 Re6 50.Kg3 Bg5 51.Kf2 Re4 52.Rb3 Ke6 53.Kf3 Rc4 54.Kg3 Be7 55.h4 Rxb4 56.Rxb4 Bxb4 57.Kf4 Kf6 58.g5+ hxg5+ 59.hxg5+ Kg6 60.Ke4 Kxg5 61.Kd5 Bc3 62.Kc5 b4 63.Kc4 a5

64.Kb3 Kf4 65.Ka4 Ke3 66.Kb3 Kd3 67.Ka4 Kd4 68.Kb3 Kc5 69.Ka4 Kb6 70.Kb3 Kb5 71.Ka2 a4 72.Kb1 Kc4 73.Ka2 a3 74.Kb1 b3 75.Kc1 a2 76.Kd1 a1=Q+ 77.Ke2 Qe1+ 78.Kf3 b2 79.Kg2 b1=Q 80.Kh3 Qg6 81.Kh2 Qh4#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

SovetnikOxotnik (lichess 2132) - JimWest (lichess 2201), lichess 12/24/2021

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Bc4 f5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bg5+ Nf6 8.Nc3 Bd6 9.O-O-O Ke8 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nd5 Rf8 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Rhe1 Bg4 14.Be2 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Kf7 16.Ne3 Rad8 17.Bd5+ Kg7 18.Nf5+ Kh8

19.Nh6 Kg7 20.Nf5+ Kh8 21.Re3 Bc5 22.Rf3 Nd4 23.Nxd4 Rxd5 24.Ne6 Rxd1+ 25.Kxd1 e3 26.Rf5 Rg8 27.Nxc5 Rxg2 28.Nxe4 Rxh2 29.Rxf6 Kg7 30.Rf3 h5 31.Rg3+ Kh6 32.Rg8 Rh4 33.Ng3 Rd4+ 34.Ke2 Rd5

35.Rc8 h4 36.Rh8+ Kg5 37.Ne4+ Kf5 38.Rxh4 Re5 39.f3 Kg6 40.Rg4+ Kf7 41.Ke3 b6 42.Kd4 Ra5 43.a3 c5+ 44.Kd3 a6 45.c4 Ra4 46.Kc3 Ke7 47.Rg6 b5 48.cxb5 axb5 49.Nd2 Rf4 50.Rb6 b4+ 51.axb4 cxb4+ 52.Rxb4 Rf8

53.Re4+ Kd7 54.Kd4 Kc6 55.Re5 Rd8+ 56.Kc3 Rf8 57.Kc4 Rf4+ 58.Re4 Rf5 59.Re6+ Kd7 60.Ra6 Rf4+ 61.Kd5 Rf5+ 62.Ke4 Rb5 63.b3 Rb4+ 64.Kd5 Rb5+ 65.Kc4 Rf5 66.b4 Kc7 67.b5 Kb7 68.Rh6 Rf4+ 69.Kd3 Rf5

70.b6 Rd5+ 71.Kc4 Rxd2 72.f4 Rf2 73.Kd5 Rxf4 74.Kc5 Rf5+ 75.Kc4 Rf4+ 76.Kd5 Rf5+, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/23/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1879) - Misotakira (Chess.com 1750), Chess.com 12/23/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Bc5 6.Nf3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Nbd2 Bg4 9.Be2 h6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Qc2 Nh5 12.Bh2 Qe7 13.d4 Bb6 14.Nc4 Rfe8 15.Nxb6 axb6 16.Nd2 Qg5 17.Kf2 g6 18.Nf3 Qf6 19.Rhf1 Kh8

20.Kg1 Nf4 21.Bxf4 Qxf4 22.Bd3 f5 23.exf5 Bxf5 24.Bxf5 gxf5 25.a3 Re3 26.Rae1 Ree8 27.Ne5 Qg3 28.Nf7+ Kh7 29.Qxf5+ Qg6 30.Rxe8 Rxe8 31.h4 Re2 32.Qxg6+ Kxg6 33.d5 Na5 34.Nd8 Nc4

35.Ne6 Rxb2 36.Nxc7 Ne3 37.Re1, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

agrimont (lichess 2326) - JimWest (lichess 2197), lichess 12/23/2021

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Bf4 Kf8 11.O-O Kg8 12.Nd2 Kxh8 13.Nb3 Bb6 14.Be3 Nc6 15.Bxb6 axb6 16.c3 Rd8 17.Qd2 Qf7 18.Rad1 Qg6 19.Qf4 Rd7

20.Kh1 Rf7 21.Qg3 Qh6 22.Nd4 Nxd4 23.cxd4 Nh5 24.Bxh5 Qxh5 25.Rc1 Qg4 26.Qe5 Qf5 27.Qxf5 Bxf5 28.b4 c6 29.Rfe1 b5 30.Re3 h6 31.Ra3 Bg4 32.Rc2 Kh7 33.Kg1 Bf5 34.Rcc3 g5 35.Kf1 h5 36.Ra7 Kg6

37.a4 bxa4 38.Rxa4 h4 39.h3 g4 40.hxg4 Bxg4 41.Ra5 h3 42.gxh3 Bf3 43.b5 cxb5 44.Rxb5 Rh7 45.Rxd5 Rxh3 46.Ke1 Rh1+ 47.Kd2 e3+ 48.Kxe3 Bxd5 49.Rc5 Bc6 50.d5 Rh5

51.Kd4 Rh4+ 52.Ke5 Rh5+ 53.Ke4 Rh4+ 54.f4 Rh5 55.Kd4 Rxd5+ 56.Rxd5 Bxd5 57.Kxd5 Kf5 58.Kc5 Kxf4 59.Kb6 Ke5 60.Kxb7, draw.

2 PCG Games 12/22/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

jannipic (Chess.com 1727) - JimWest (Chess.com 1873), Chess.com 12/22/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.g3 Bd6 9.c4 c6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.c5 Bc7 12.Bf4 Bxf4 13.gxf4 Qe7 14.f5 Kh8

15.f3 Nh5 16.h4 Ng3 17.Rh3 Nxf5 18.fxe4 dxe4 19.Nxe4 Qxe6 20.Bd3 Nxd4 21.Re3 Nd7 22.Qd2 Nf3+ 23.Rxf3 Rxf3 24.O-O-O Qxa2 25.Ng5 Nxc5, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ag36694 (lichess 2229) - JimWest (lichess 2223), lichess 12/22/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf4 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Bf4 Bb4 8.Be2 O-O 9.g4 Nc6 10.a3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Na5 12.h4 Nc4 13.h5 h6 14.Nh3 Nh7 15.Bg3 b5 16.Bxc4 bxc4 17.Rb1 c6

18.Qc1 Nf6 19.Qd1 Re8 20.O-O e3 21.Re1 exf2+ 22.Bxf2 Ne4 23.Qe2 Bd7 24.Qe3 Rb8 25.Bg3 Rb6 26.Kg2 Nxg3 27.Qxg3 Rxb1 28.Rxb1 Qe7 29.Rb8 Qe4+ 30.Kh2 Qxc2+ 31.Nf2 Kh7 32.Rxe8 Bxe8 33.Kg2 Qe2

34.Qc7 a6 35.Qb7 a5 36.Qa8 Bf7 37.Qxa5 Qe3 38.Qb4 Qd2 39.a4 Qa2 40.a5 Qb3 41.Qxb3 cxb3 42.Nd3 c5 43.a6 c4 44.Nb2 Be8 45.a7 Bc6 46.Kf3 Kg8 47.Kf4 Kf7 48.Ke5 Ke7

49.Kf4 Kf6 50.Na4 Bb7 51.Nb2 Bc6 52.Nd1 Bb7 53.Nb2 Bc6, draw.