Sunday, October 31, 2021

2 PCG Games 10/30/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

hjoshi14 (Chess.com 1957) - JimWest (Chess.com 1845), Chess.com 10/30/2021

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.c3 O-O-O 11.Nd2 Ne5 12.Nb3 Nd3+ 13.Kd1 Bxf2 14.Be3 Ne7 15.Kc2 Rxh8


16.Rd1 Bxe3 17.Qxe3 Qf2+ 18.Qd2 e3 19.Qe2 Qxe2 20.Bxe2 Nf2 21.Nd4 Bd7 22.Rhe1 Nxd1 23.Bxd1 Nf5 24.g4 Nxd4+ 25.cxd4 Re8 26.Bf3 c6 27.Kd3 g5 28.Rxe3 Rxe3+ 29.Kxe3 Kd8 30.b4 a6 31.h3 Ke7 32.a3 Kd6 33.Be2 h6


34.Kf3 Bc8 35.Ke3 b6 36.Kf3 c5 37.Ke3 cxb4 38.axb4 a5 39.b5 Bd7 40.Kd2 Be8 41.Kc3 Bg6 42.Bf1 Be4 43.Kb3 Ke6 44.Kc3 Kf6 45.Kb3 Kg6 46.Kc3 Bf3 47.Bd3+ Kf6 48.Bf1 h5 49.gxh5 Bxh5 50.Bg2 Bf7


51.Bf3 Kf5 52.Bg4+ Kf4 53.Bd7 Bg6 54.Be6 Be4 55.Bf7 Bg2 56.Be6 Ke4 57.Bg4 Bf1 58.Bd7 Bc4 59.Bc6 Kf4 60.Bd7 Kg3 61.Kd2 a4 62.Kc3 a3 63.Kc2 a2 64.Kb2 Kf4 65.Be6 Ke3 66.Bd7 Kxd4 67.Be6 Kc5


68.Bd7 d4 69.Bc6 d3 70.Bd7 Kd4 71.Bg4 Ke3 72.Bd7 d2 73.Bg4 Kf2 74.Bf5 Ke1 75.Bc2 Bxb5 76.Kxa2 d1=Q 77.Bxd1 Kxd1 78.Kb3 Bf1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Dom_P (lichess 2037) - JimWest (lichess 2166), lichess 10/30/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.O-O fxe4 6.Nxe4 d5


7.Neg5 dxc4 8.Re1 Bg4 9.h3, White resigns.

Saturday, October 30, 2021

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/29/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

calrkjo7 (Chess.com 1720) - JimWest (Chess.com 1849), Chess.com 10/29/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Ng5 d5 8.Bb3 h6 9.Nf3 Bd6 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Re1 O-O 12.Ne2 Kh8 13.Ng3 Bg4 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Ne4 16.Qh5 Nxg3 17.fxg3 Qf6


18.Bd2 Qf2+ 19.Kh2 Qxd2 20.c4 Qxd3 21.cxd5 e4 22.dxc6 Qxg3+ 23.Kh1 Qh2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2175) - Killermove1517 (lichess 2256), lichess 10/29/2021

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 Bh3+ 12.Kxh1 Bxf1 13.Nc3 Qc4 14.Nd2 Qc6 15.Qxf1 O-O 16.Qg2 d4 17.Qxc6 Nxc6 18.Ne2 Nxe5 19.Nxd4 Rad8


20.Ne2 Rfe8 21.Nc3 Ng4 22.Nf3 Ne3 23.Bxe3 Rxe3 24.Kg2 g6 25.Kf2 Re6 26.Rd1 Rxd1 27.Nxd1 Kg7 28.Nc3 a6 29.h4 c5 30.a4 h6 31.a5 Rd6 32.Ne4 Rc6 33.c4 f5 34.Nc3 Kf6 35.Nd5+ Ke6 36.Ke3 Rd6


37.Kf4 Rxd5 38.cxd5+ Kxd5 39.Ne5 g5+ 40.hxg5 hxg5+ 41.Kxf5 c4 42.Nf7 Kc5 43.Kxg5 Kb5 44.Nd6+ Kxa5 45.Nxc4+ Kb4 46.Nd2 a5 47.Kf4 a4 48.Ke3 a3 49.bxa3+ Kxa3

50.Kd3 b5 51.Kc2 b4 52.Nc4+ Ka4 53.Kb2 b3 54.Nd2 Kb4 55.Nxb3, draw.

Friday, October 29, 2021

PCG with 5...Nf6 6.Nxf6+ gxf6

Philidor Counter Gambit

DLChess2018 (lichess 2624) - CM ArnieChipmunk (lichess 2523), lichess 10/21/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Nxf6+ gxf6


7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Be3 Be6 10.O-O-O+ Bd6 11.c4 b6 12.c5 bxc5 13.Bxc5 Ke7 14.Bxd6+ cxd6 15.Kb1 Nc6 16.Bd3 Nb4


17.Be4 Bxa2+ 18.Ka1 Rab8 19.Nh4 Be6 20.Bf5 Rb6 21.g4 Ra6+ 22.Kb1 Bb3 23.Rd2 Ba2+ 24.Kc1 Bd5


25.Rxd5 Nxd5 26.Kb1 Rb8 27.Bxh7 Rab6 28.Kc2 Rxb2+ 29.Kd3 Nf4+ 30.Ke4 Rxf2


31.Nf5+ Ke6 32.Ng7+ Kf7 33.Nf5 Rb4+ 34.Ke3 Re2+ 35.Kf3 Rb3+, White resigns.

Thursday, October 28, 2021

3 PCG Games 10/27/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

mijo8 (Chess.com 1741) - JimWest (Chess.com 1849), Chess.com 10/27/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.c3 Nf6 7.O-O d5 8.Bb3 Bd6 9.Re1 Nbd7 10.Nxe5 O-O 11.d4 Bxe5 12.dxe5 Ne4 13.f3 Nec5 14.Bc2 Qb6 15.Kh1 Rae8


16.Bxf5 Rxf5 17.b4 Ne6 18.Qc2 Rxe5 19.Rxe5 Nxe5 20.Be3 Qxe3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Razvan_Buzu (lichess 2165) - JimWest (lichess 2182), lichess 10/27/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc3 d5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O Bd6 9.Nb3 O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.f3 Qc7 12.h3 exf3 13.Rxf3 Ne4 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Rxf8+ Bxf8 16.Bd3 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Nd7


18.Re1 Qd6 19.Qf5 Nf6 20.Re6 Qg3 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Qxf6 Bg7 23.Qf3 Qxf3 24.gxf3 Rf8 25.Kg2 Kf7 26.Re2 Rg8 27.Kf2 Bf6 28.c3 Bh4+ 29.Ke3 Rg3 30.Rh2 Rg1 31.Na5 Bg3 32.Re2 Rh1 33.Nxb7 Rxh3


34.Nd8+ Kf6 35.Nxc6 Kf5 36.Nxa7 Bf4+ 37.Kf2 Rh2+ 38.Kf1 Rh1+ 39.Kg2 Rh2+ 40.Kf1 Rh1+ 41.Kf2 Rh2+ 42.Ke1 Rh1+ 43.Kf2 Rh2+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Kylar1 (Chess.com 1773) - JimWest (Chess.com 1856), Chess.com 10/27/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Qxg5 9.Qxd5 Ne7 10.Qc4 Nbc6 11.Qxe4 Bf5 12.Qf3 O-O 13.Bc4+ Kh8 14.O-O Bxc2 15.Qe2 Bg6


16.f4 Rxf4 17.Rxf4 Qxf4 18.Rf1 Qe4 19.Qxe4 Bxe4 20.Rf7 Bd5 21.Bxd5 Nxd5 22.Bd2 Nxe5 23.Rf5 Re8 24.h3 c6 25.Kh2 g6 26.Rf1 Kg8 27.Bh6 Nf7 28.Bc1 h5 29.b3 Ne3 30.Rf3 Nf5 31.Bb2 h4 32.Rf4 Re2 33.Bf6 Rxa2


34.Rb4 b5 35.Rf4 N7d6 36.Rg4 Kf7 37.Be5 Re2 38.Bf4 a5 39.Kg1 Ne4 40.Bc7 Re1+ 41.Kh2 Neg3 42.Bxg3 Nxg3 43.Rxg3 hxg3+ 33.Kxg3, White resigns.

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

2 PCG Games 10/26/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

hammerheaddog (Chess.com 1675) - JimWest (Chess.com 1843), Chess.com 10/26/2021

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.O-O e4 7.Ng5 d5 8.g4 Bc8 9.Bb5 Nf6 10.f3 h6 11.Nh3 exf3 12.Qxf3 Be7 13.Nc3 O-O


14.Nf4 Bxg4 15.Qg2 Nxd4 16.Bd3 Bc5 17.Kh1 c6 18.Ng6 Re8 19.Rxf6 Qxf6 20.Qxg4 Re1+ 21.Kg2 Rf8 22.Nf4 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Qxf4 24.Qg6 Qf3+ 25.Kg1 Ne2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Pramodjha (lichess 2187) - JimWest (lichess 2183), lichess 10/26/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qh6 c5 12.Bb5+ Bd7 13.Nxd7 Nxd7 14.Bxd7+ Kxd7 15.Qh3+ Qe6 16.Ne2 Qxh3 17.gxh3 cxd4 18.Nxd4 a6


19.c3 Be5 20.Ke2 Bxd4 21.cxd4 Rac8 22.Rac1 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Rc8 24.Rc3 Rxc3 25.bxc3 b5 26.Ke3 Ke6 27.f3 exf3 28.Kxf3 Kf5 29.h4 a5 30.a3 a4 31.h3 h6


32.Ke3 g5 33.hxg5 Kxg5 34.Kf3 Kh4 35.Kg2 h5 36.Kh2 Kg5 37.Kg3 h4+ 38.Kf3 Kf5 39.Ke3 Kg5 40.Kf3 Kf5 41.Ke3 Kg5 42.Kf3, draw.

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

2 PCG Reversed Games 10/25/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1838) - dilipchepte123 (Chess.com 1868), Chess.com 10/25/2021

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bd3 Bg4 10.O-O O-O 11.Qe1 c5 12.Bxe4 dxe4 13.Qxe4 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Qxd4+ 15.Qxd4 cxd4 16.f4 Rac8 17.c3 dxc3 18.Nxc3 Bb4


19.Nd5 Bc5+ 20.Be3 Rfd8 21.Bxc5 Rxc5 22.Nc3 Rd2 23.Ne4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2189) - Kentyara (lichess 2196), lichess 10/25/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 3.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O Bg4 11.c3 Bg5 12.Bxg5 Nxg5 13.Nbd2 a6 14.Be2 Nxf3+ 15.Nxf3 Ne7 16.h3 Bh5


17.Nh4 Bg6 18.Nxg6 Nxg6 19.Bd3 Qg5 20.Bxg6 hxg6 21.Qf3 c6 22.Qf4 Qh6 23.Qxh6 gxh6 24.Rf6 Rae8 25.Raf1 Kg7 26.g4 Re6 27.h4 b5 28.a3 a5 29.g5 h5 30.b4 a4 31.Rxe6 fxe6 32.Rf6 Re8

33.Kf2 Re7 34.Ke3 Re8 35.Kd3 Re7 36.Ke3 Re8 37.Kd3 Re7 38.Ke3, draw.

Monday, October 25, 2021

2 PCG Reversed Games 10/24/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1829) - Red900 (Chess.com 1700), Chess.com 10/24/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 exf4 7.Bxf4 O-O 8.O-O Bd7 9.h3 d5 10.e5 Nh5 11.Bh2 g6 12.d4 Be6 13.c3 b6 14.Nbd2 Nb8 15.Kh1 Nd7

16.Ne1 c5 17.Bxh5 gxh5 18.Qxh5 Re8 19.Nd3 cxd4 20.cxd4 Nf8 21.Nf4 Ng6 22.Nxe6 fxe6 23.Rf7 Nf8, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2182) - sohrab1357 (lichess 2267), lichess 10/24/2021

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qxg4 Qa5+ 9.c3 Qxb5 10.Qxe4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bb4+ 12.Nc3 Bc6 13.Qg4 Bxc3+ 14.bxc3 Qd3 15.Ne2 O-O 16.O-O Qe4 17.Qxe4 Bxe4


18.Ng3 Bd3 19.Rf3 Bg6 20.Bd2 Nc6 21.Raf1 Rad8 22.Bc1 b5 23.Ba3 b4 24.Bxb4 Nxb4 25.cxb4 Rxd4 26.a3 Re8 27.Nf5 Bxf5 28.Rxf5 Re4 29.Rxf7 R4xe5 30.Rxa7 h6 31.h3 Rg5 32.Rf2 Re3 33.Kh2 h5 34.a4 h4 35.b5 Rb3


36.Ra6 Rb4 37.b6 Rg3 38.a5 Rb1 39.Rf4 Rb2 40.Ra8+, Black resigns.

Sunday, October 24, 2021

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/23/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1812) - Beginnerdawn (Chess.com 1825), Chess.com 10/23/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 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 Bh5 15.Nc3 Qg4+ 16.Kh1 Bg6


17.Qxd5 Bb6 18.Bg5 O-O 19.Be7 c6 20.Qc4 Qxc4 21.Bxc4 Rfe8 22.Bd6 h6 23.Bd3 Bh5 24.Rf1 f6 25.exf6 gxf6 26.Ne4 Kg7 27.Nh4 Bg6 28.Nxg6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

AndranikKhachatryan (lichess 2136) - JimWest (lichess 2182), lichess 10/23/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.e6 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Bd2 c6 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Nbd7 13.Ba5 Kf8 14.Be2 Kg8 15.O-O Kxh8 16.h3 Rf8


17.Bb4 c5 18.Bc3 d4 19.Bd2 Nd5 20.c4 Nf4 21.Bxf4 Rxf4 22.b3 d3 23.Bg4 Bxg4 24.hxg4 Ne5 25.f3 e3 26.Qe1 e2 27.Rf2 Qd6 28.Qd2 Qd4 29.Re1 Rxf3


30.Rxe2 dxe2 31.Qxd4 cxd4 32.Rxe2 Re3 33.Rf2 Kg8 34.Rf4 d3 35.Rd4 Nxg4 36.Rxg4 d2 37.Rd4 Re1+, White resigns.

Saturday, October 23, 2021

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/22/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Olivier20092009 (Chess.com 1733) - JimWest (Chess.com 1812), Chess.com 10/22/2021

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.c3 O-O-O


11.Be3 d4 12.cxd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bxd4 14.Nd2 Bxb2 15.Nxe4 Bc3+ 16.Nxc3 Qxc3+ 17.Qd2 Qxd2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2188) - AkibaZoombinstein (lichess 2335), lichess 10/22/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Nd4 8.O-O Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 Be7 10.Nc3 Qd7 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Bg5 c6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Kh1 h5 15.Ne2 h4 16.Qf5 Qxf5 17.Rxf5 Rd8


18.g4 hxg3 19.Nxg3 Ke7 20.Raf1 Rdf8 21.R5f3 Ke6 22.c3 Bg5 23.d4 Bf4 24.dxe5 Bxe5 25.Rd1 g6 26.Kg1 Rh4 27.a4 Rfh8 28.Rd2 Bxg3 29.hxg3 Rxe4 30.Rfd3 Re1+ 31.Kf2 Ra1 32.Re2+ Kf6 33.Rf3+ Kg7


34.Kg2 Rxa4 35.Re7 Rf8 36.Rxb7 Ra2 37.Rf2 g5 38.Rc7 Ra6 39.Rd2 Re8 40.Kf2 Rb8 41.b4 Kg6 42.Rd6+ f6 43.Rcxc6 Rxc6 44.Rxc6 Kf5 45.Rc5+ Ke4 46.g4 Rd8 47.Ke2 Kf4 48.Rf5+ Kxg4 49.Rxf6 Kg3


50.Rf3+ Kh4 51.Rf7 Rc8 52.Kd3 Ra8 53.b5 a5 54.bxa6 Rxa6 55.Rh7+ Kg3 56.Kc4 Rg6 57.Rh1 g4 58.Kb4 Kf2 59.Rc1 g3 60.c4 Re6 61.c5 Re1 62.Rxe1 Kxe1 63.c6 g2 64.c7 g1=Q 65.c8=Q Qd4+ 66.Qc4 Qxc4+ 67.Kxc4, draw.