2 PCG Games 8/30/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

sadasad28 (Chess.com 1647) - JimWest (Chess.com 1830), Chess.com 8/30/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Be2 c6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.h4 b5 10.a3 a5 11.h5 h6 12.Nh2 Bg5 13.Qd1 Ba6 14.exf5 Rxf5 15.Ne4 d5 16.Ng3 Rf8 17.Nf3 Bf4

18.Nh4 Bxg3 19.fxg3 Qb6 20.Rf1 Rxf1+ 21.Bxf1 Qe3+ 22.Qe2 Qxg3+ 23.Qf2 Qxf2+ 24.Kxf2 Nd7 25.Ng6 Re8 26.b4 a4 27.Re1 Bb7 28.Be2 Nf8 29.Nh4 Bc8 30.g4 Ne6 31.Ng6 Ng5 32.Kg3 Bd7 33.Bf1 e4

34.Bg2 exd3 35.Rxe8+ Bxe8 36.cxd3 Bxg6 37.hxg6 Kf8 38.Kf4 Ke7 39.Ke5 Ne6 40.Bf3 Nf8 41.Kf5 Kd6 42.g5 hxg5 43.d4 Ne6 44.Bd1 Nxd4+ 45.Kxg5 Ke5 46.Kg4 Ke4 47.Kg5 Ne6+ 48.Kg4 d4 49.Bf3+ Ke3

50.Bxc6 d3 51.Bf3 Nd4 52.Bd1 Kd2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Nikolays54 (lichess 2132) - JimWest (lichess 2275), lichess 8/30/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 Na5 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.Ng5 h6 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qh4 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Be7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Qxe7+ Kxe7 13.Nd5+ Kd8 14.f3 Nc6 15.c3 Be6

16.Ne3 f4 17.Nc2 Ke7 18.d4 exd4 19.cxd4 d5 20.O-O Rad8 21.Rfd1 g5 22.a3 dxe4 23.fxe4 Bb3 24.Rac1 Bxc2 25.Rxc2 Rd7 26.d5 Ne5 27.h3 g4 28.hxg4 Nxg4 29.Rdc1 Kd6 30.b4 f3

31.g3 f2+ 32.Rxf2 Nxf2 33.Kxf2 Rf7+ 34.Ke3 Rxg3+ 35.Kd4 Rf4, White forfeits.

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/29/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1831) - Dr_Infinity_X (Chess.com 2157), Chess.com 8/29/2021

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 c5 10.c3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bb4+ 12.Nbc3 O-O 13.O-O c5

14.a3 cxd4 15.axb4 dxc3 16.bxc3 Qxd1 17.Rxd1 Nxe5 18.Bf4 Nd3 19.Bd6 Re8 20.Nf4 Rd8 21.Nxd3 exd3 22.Rxd3 Be6 23.Rd4 Rac8 24.Bc5 Rxd4 25.cxd4 Bc4 26.Re1 h5 27.h4 f6 28.Rc1 Bb5 29.d5 Re8 30.d6 Kf7 31.Rc2 Ke6 32.Kf2 g6 33.Rd2 Kd7

34.g3 Ra8 35.Bb6 Rb8 36.Bc7 Rc8 37.Rd4 f5 38.Rd1 Re8 39.Re1 Rxe1 40.Kxe1 Ke6 41.Kd2 Kd5 42.Ke3 Bd7 43.Kf4 Ke6 44.Kg5 Kf7 45.Bb6 Be8 46.Bc5 Ke6 47.Kh6 Ke5 48.Kg7 Ke6 49.Kf8 Bc6 50.Kg7 Be8 51.Kf8 Ba4 52.Kg7 Be8, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

barsik03 (lichess 2238) - JimWest (lichess 2269), lichess 8/29/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O Nf6 6.Re1 Nbd7 7.Nc3 c6 8.Nh4 Bg6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.d4 Qc7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qd3 O-O-O 13.Qxg6 e4 14.Qg3 Bd6 15.Qg6 Bxh2+ 16.Kf1 Bd6 17.Be3 Ne5 18.Qf5+ Kb8

19.Bb3 Neg4 20.Rad1 Nxe3 21.Rxe3 Rh1+ 22.Ke2 Rxd1 23.Nxd1 Bf4 24.Rh3 Qd6 25.c3 Qd2+ 26.Kf1 Qc1 27.Ke2 Rd2+ 28.Ke1 Rxd1+ 29.Bxd1 Qd2+ 30.Kf1 Qxd1#.

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/28/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

gormor (Chess.com 1707) - JimWest (Chess.com 1834), Chess.com 8/28/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.Bh5+ g6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O c6 12.Bf4 Be6 13.b3 Bxe5 14.Bxe5 Nbd7

15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Qd2 Qf4 17.Qxf4 Rxf4, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2249) - romliashter (lichess 2145), lichess 8/28/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Qxe2 Nfd7 8.Bxf4 Bc5 9.Nf3 O-O 10.d4 Be7 11.O-O c5 12.c3 Nc6 13.Be3 b6 14.Nbd2 a5 15.Kh1 h6

16.Rae1 Bh4 17.Nxh4 Qxh4 18.Nf3 Qe7 19.Bg1 Nd8 20.Qd2 Ne6 21.dxc5 Ndxe5 22.Qxd5 Rfd8 23.Qc4 Rac8 24.Rd1 Nd3 25.Qb5 Ndf4 26.Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.Qxb6 Qd3 28.Re1 Qc2 29.Qf2 Qg6 30.Rd1 Nd3 31.Qc2 Rd8

32.Bd4 Nxd4 33.Qxd3 Ne6 34.Qe2 Rb8 35.g3 Qg4 36.Rd2 Ng5 37.Nxg5 Qxg5 38.e6 fxe6 39.Qxe6+ Kh8 40.Qd6 Re8 41.Kg2 Qe3 42.Qd3 Qe6 43.a3 Qc6+ 44.Qf3 Qe6 45.Rf2 Qe1 46.h4 Re6 47.Qf8+ Kh7 48.Qf5+ Kh8 49.Qf8+ Kh7 50.Qf5+ Kh8 51.Qf8+, draw.

10/5 PCG 8/27/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

aris87 (lichess 2166) - JimWest (lichess 2246), 8/27/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qd1 exd4 8.Qxd4 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Qe7 10.Qxe7+ Bxe7 11.Bf4 c6 12.Nd2 O-O 13.O-O-O Nh5 14.Bxb8 Rxb8 15.Nh3 Bxh3 16.gxh3 Rxf2

17.Re1 Bg5 18.Rd1 Rbf8 19.Rg1 Bxd2+ 20.Rxd2 Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 22.Kc2 Nf4 23.c4 Nd3 24.cxd5 cxd5 25.Kc3 Kf7 26.Kd4 Ke6 27.Rc2 Rc1 28.Rg2 Rc4+ 29.Ke3 Ne5 30.Kf4 Nf7 31.h4 Nd6 32.Rg5 Nf5

33.h5 e3+ 34.Kf3 Kf6 35.Rg1 d4 36.hxg6 hxg6 37.Rg4 Rc2, White forfeits.

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/26/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Nautycat (Chess.com 1756) - JimWest (Chess.com 1843), Chess.com 8/26/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.exf5 e4 7.f6 exf3 8.fxe7 Qxe7+ 9.Kd2 fxg2

10.Bxg2 Qg5+ 11.Kd3 Qxg2 12.Qh5+ Qg6+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2239) - AjedrezGenesis (lichess 2290), lichess 8/26/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Na4 Bd4 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.c3 Bb6 9.Nxb6 axb6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O h6 12.h3 Bd7 13.f5 d5 14.Qc2 Re8 15.Bd2 b5 16.a3 b6

17.Be1 dxe4 18.dxe4 Qc8 19.Bxb5 Na5 20.Be2 Bc6 21.Nd2 Qd7 22.b4 Nb7 23.Bh4 Ba4 24.Qb2 Rad8 25.Nc4 Qc6 26.Ne3 Qxe4 27.Ng4 Qc6 28.Bxf6 gxf6 29.c4 Kh7 30.Bf3 e4 31.Nxf6+, Black resigns.

PCG with 5...Nf6 6.Bg5

Philidor Counter Gambit

IngOscarArdila (lichess 2321) - ArnieChipmunk (lichess 2386), lichess 8/18/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Bg5

6...Be7 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.Nh4 Be6 9.d5 Bf7 10.Nf5 Qd7 11.Neg3 Bg6 12.Bd3 c6 13.dxc6 Nxc6 14.O-O O-O-O

15.Be4 Kb8 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Qf3 d5 18.Qb3+ Ka8 19.Nxe7 Qxe7 20.c4 Rb8 21.Qa4 Qb7 22.cxd5 cxd5 23.Rad1 Qb5 24.Qh4 Rb6 25.Rd2 Rd8 26.Rfd1 d4

27.h3 Qd5 28.f3 Qxa2 29.Ne4 Bxe4 30.fxe4 Qf7 31.Rf2 Qg6 32.Rdf1 d3 33.Rxf6 Rxf6 34.Rxf6 Qg8 35.Rf1 d2 36.Rd1 Qf8 37.Qg5 Qd6 38.Kh2 h6 39.Qe3 Qd4 40.Qxh6 Qxe4

41.Rxd2 Rxd2 42.Qxd2 Kb7 43.Qd7+ Kb6 44.Qd8+ Kb7 45.Qd7+ Kb6 46.Qd6+ Kb7 47.Qd7+, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games & PCG 8/24/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1852) - GMAP_1 (Chess.com 1758), Chess.com 8/24/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Nfd7 6.d4 c5 7.c3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Nc6 10.Bxb4 Nxb4 11.Nc3 Qa5 12.a3 Nc6 13.Qd2 Qb6 14.O-O-O O-O 15.Nxe4 Rd8 16.Qc3 Ne7 17.Bc4 Nf8 18.Nf3 Bf5 19.Nd6 Rac8

20.Bxf7+ Kh8 21.Bc4 Nd5 22.Nf7+ Kg8 23.Nxd8 Qxd8 24.Bxd5+ Kh8 25.Bc4 b5 26.b3 bxc4 27.bxc4 Be6 28.d5 Bg4 29.Rd4 Bxf3 30.gxf3 Qg5+ 31.f4 Qg2 32.Rhd1 Rb8 33.R4d2 Qg6 34.Qc2 Qa6 35.Rd3 Rc8 36.Rc3 Ng6 37.Rf1 Nh4

38.f5 Qb6 39.Qf2 Qa5 40.Rc2 Qxa3+ 41.Kd1 Qd3+ 42.Kc1 Qa3+ 43.Kd1 Rb8 44.Qxh4 Rb1+ 45.Kd2 Qb4+ 46.Ke2 Rb2 47.Qd8+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

superdark56 (lichess 2206) - JimWest (lichess 2233), lichess 8/24/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Qe2 d5 7.f3 h6 8.Ne6 Bxe6 9.fxe6 Nc6 10.fxe4 Nxd4 11.Qd1 Nxe6 12.exd5 Qxd5 13.Qxd5 Nxd5 14.Bc4 O-O-O 15.O-O Bc5+ 16.Kh1 Rhf8 17.Rxf8 Nxf8

18.Bxd5 Rxd5 19.Nc3 Rf5 20.Bd2 Nd7 21.Re1 Re5 22.Rxe5 Nxe5 23.Bf4 Ng6 24.Bg3 c6 25.Ne4 Be7 26.Bd6 Kd7 27.Bxe7 Kxe7 28.Nc5 b6 29.Na6 Kd6 30.Nb4 c5 31.Nd3 Ne5 32.Nf4 g5 33.Nh5 Nc4 34.b3 Ne3 35.c4 Ke5

36.Ng7 Kd4 37.Ne6+ Kc3 38.Nd8 Kb2 39.Nc6 a5 40.Ne7 Kxa2 41.Nd5 Nf5 42.Nxb6 Kxb3 43.Nd7 Kxc4 44.Ne5+ Kb3 45.Nd3 c4 46.Nc1+ Kb2 47.Ne2 c3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2235) - BadAngel23 (lichess 2080), lichess 8/24/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Ng6 9.e5 Ne4 10.Nf3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Nbd2 Ng5 13.Nxg5 Bxg5 14.Nb3 c6 15.Nc5 b6 16.Nd3 f5 

17.Nf4 Nxf4 18.Bxf4 Bxf4 19.Rxf4 Qg5 20.Raf1 Rae8 21.Qf3 g6 22.h4 Qe7 23.c3 Qg7 24.h5 Re6 26.hxg6 hxg6 27.Qh3 Kf7 28.Rh4 Ke8 29.Rh7 Qg8 30.Rxa7 Re7 31.Ra8+ Kf7 32.Rxf8+ Kxf8 33.Qh6+ Ke8 34.Qg5 Rf7

35.Rf4 Kd7 36.a3 Rh7 37.Qf6 Kc7 38.Rh4 Rxh4 39.Qxh4 Qf7 40.Qg5 c5 41.Kf2 cxd4 42.cxd4 Kd7 43.Ke3 Qh7 44.b4 Kc6 42.a4 Qf7 43.b5+ Kc7 44.Kf4 Qe6 45.Qf6 Qg8 46.Kg5 Qh7 47.Qxg6 Qh1 48.Qf7+ Kb8

49.Qxd5 Qc1+ 50.Kxf5 Qc2+ 51.Kf6 Qxa4 52.e6 Qc2 53.e7 Qf2+ 54.Ke6 Qe2+ 55.Qe5+, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/23/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Leinhan (Chess.com 1774) - JimWest (Chess.com 1846), Chess.com 8/23/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ng5 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb3 Nc6 9.O-O Bb4 10.Bd2 O-O 11.f4 Kh8 12.Kh1 h6

13.fxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Bxd2 16.Ne6 Bxe6 17.Bxe6 Ba5 18.d4 Ng4 19.d5 Ne3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2235) - miguelags (lichess 2109), lichess 8/23/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Ng6 9.e5 Ne4 10.Nf3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Nbd2 Nxd2 13.Bxd2 c5 14.c3 Qb6 15.Be3 Qc7 16.Rad1 Rad8 17.Kh1 Rfe8

18.Rfe1 Nf8 19.h3 Ne6 20.Rc1 b6 21.Qd2 Qd7 22.Ng5 h6 23.Nxe6 Qxe6 24.Rf1 Qg6 25.Qc2 Qxc2 26.Rxc2 Rd7 27.Rcf2 Bf8 28.Rf3 Re6 29.g4 c4 30.Kg2 b5 31.a3 a5 32.g5 hxg5 33.Bxg5 b4 34.axb4 axb4

35.Rg3 Kh7 36.h4 b3 37.h5 Ra6 38.Rgf3 Kg8 39.R1f2 Rb6 40.Rg3 Kh7 41.Rgf3 Kg8 42.Kh3 Ba3 43.Bc1 Bf8 44.Rg2 Kh7 45.Rgf2 Kg8 46.Kg4 Rb8 47.Kh3 Rb6 48.Rg2 Kh7 49.Rgf2 Kg8 50.Rf5 Re6 51.Rg2 Kh7 52.Rgf2 Kg8 53.Bg5 Rb6

54.h6 gxh6 55.Bf6 Kh7 56.Rg2 Ra7 57.Rf1 Re6 58.Rfg1 Ra2 59.Rg8 Rxf6 60.exf6 Ra8 51.R1g7+ Bxg7 52.Rxa8 Bxf6 53.Ra5 Bxd4 54.Rxd5 Bxc3 55.bxc3, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 8/22/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

TBCIII (Chess.com 1686) - JimWest (Chess.com 1839), Chess.com 8/22/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.O-O fxe4 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.Nxe4 Be7 8.d4 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nxd4 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qxh7 Rf8 13.Qxg6+ Kd7 14.Qg4+ Kc6 15.Be3 Rg8 16.Qd1 Qd7

17.Bxd4 exd4 18.Qxd4 Qxh3 19.Qc3+ Qxc3 20.bxc3 d5 21.Ng3 Bd6 22.Nf5 Rg5 23.Nxd6 Kxd6 24.Rab1 b6 25.Rfd1 Rag8 26.g3 Rg4 27.Rb4 c5 28.Rxg4 Rxg4 29.Kg2 Ra4 30.f4 Rxa2 31.Rd2 Ra3 32.c4 d4

33.f5 Ke5 34.Rf2 Kf6 35.g4 d3 36.cxd3 Rxd3 37.g5+ Kxg5 38.f6 Rd8 39.f7 Rf8 40.Kf1 Kg6 41.Ke1 Rxf7 42.Rxf7 Kxf7 43.Kd2 Ke6 44.Kc3 Ke5 45.Kb3 Kd4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ziglik (lichess 2324) - JimWest (lichess 2235), lichess 8/22/2021

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.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 O-O 11.c4 c6 12.Be2 Qe8 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.c4 Be6 15.Qb3 b6 16.O-O Nc6

17.Rfd1 Na5 18.Qa2 Rc8 19.Rac1 dxc4 20.Nxc4 Qf7 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Qb1 Bxc4 23.Bxc4 Rxc4 24.Qxe4 Kh8 25.Rxc4 Nxc4 26.Qc6 Na5 27.Qb5 Qc4 28.Qd7 Qc6 29.Qxa7 Qb7 30.Qxb7 Nxb7 31.Rb1 Rd8 32.Rxb6 Rxd4 33.Kf1 Nd6

34.a4 Kg7 35.a5 Nc4 36.Rb7+ Kg6 37.a6 Ne5 38.Rb8 Ra4 39.Ra8 h5 40.g3 Ra2 41.h3 Kg7 42.Ra7+ Kg6 43.Ra8 Nd3 44.f4 Kf5 45.a7 Nc5 46.Rc8 Rxa7 47.Rxc5+ Kg6 48.Kg2 Ra3 49.Rb5 Ra2+ 50.Kf3 Ra3+ 51.Kg2 Ra2+ 52.Kg1 Ra3, draw.