PCG & PCG Reversed 12/30/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

vasuliv (Chess.com 1601) - JimWest (Chess.com 1734), Chess.com 12/30/2022

1.e4 e5 2.d3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 a5 9.a4 Na6 10.Bd2 Nc5 11.Be3 fxe4 12.dxe4 Nfxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.c3 Bg4 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Nf6 17.Bg2 Qc7 18.Qc2 d5 19.Rab1 e4

20.c4 Bb4 21.Red1 Qe7 22.cxd5 cxd5 23.Bg5 Rac8 24.Qe2 Rfd8 25.Kh2 h6 26.Be3 Bc5 27.Rbc1 Bxe3 28.Qxe3 Rxc1 29.Rxc1 d4 30.Qf4 d3 31.Rc7 Qd6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2177) - mingazzini (lichess 2096), lichess 12/30/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.Qxg4 Qxd4 10.Ne2 Qxe5 11.O-O Bc5+ 12.Kh1 O-O 13.Nbc3 f5 14.Qf4 Qe6 15.Be3 Bd6 16.Qh4 Be7 17.Qg3 h5

18.Nd4 Qc4 19.Nxc6 Qxc6 20.Bd4 Bf6 21.Bxf6 Rxf6 22.Rad1 Rg6 23.Qh3 Rf8 24.Nd5 Qc5 25.Nf4, Black forfeits.

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/29/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Rafael905 (Chess.com 1661) - JimWest (Chess.com 1735), Chess.com 12/29/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nfd2 d5 6.Be2 Bc5 7.Nb3 c6 8.Nxc5 Qa5+ 9.Nd2 Qxc5 10.Nb3 Qe7 11.Bf4 Be6 12.Rc1 Nd7 13.Qd2 Qf7 14.Nd4 Ne7 15.c4 O-O 16.Bg3 Nf5 17.Nxe6 Qxe6 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Bg4 Nxe5

20.Bxf5 Rxf5 21.O-O Rd8 22.Rfe1 Rf6 23.Rxe4 dxe4 24.Qxd8+ Rf8 25.Qc7 Nd3 26.Rb1 e3 27.fxe3 Qxe3+ 28.Kh1 Nf2+ 29.Bxf2 Qxf2 30.h3 Qf7 31.Qa5 a6 32.a3 h6 33.Qd2 Kh8 34.Kg1 Qf5 35.Re1 Qc5+ 36.Qe3 Qxe3+ 37.Rxe3 Rf7

38.b4 Kg8 39.g4 Kf8 40.Kg2 Rc7 41.Kg3 Rc6 42.h4 Kf7 43.Kf4 Rf6+ 44.Kg3 g5 45.hxg5 hxg5 46.Rf3 Rxf3+ 47.Kxf3 Ke6 48.Ke4 b5 49.Kd4 Kd6 50.Ke4 Ke6 51.Kd4 Kd6 52.Ke4 Ke6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2173) - DEVIL20083 (lichess 2062), lichess 12/29/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ng4 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 Qe7 10.Bd3 Bf5 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 Bg6 13.e5 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 dxe5 15.fxe5 O-O-O 16.h3 Ngxe5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Qf5+ Nd7

19.Qxf7 Qxf7 20.Rxf7 Rhg8 21.Bg5 Rde8 22.Raf1 Nb6 23.Bf4 Nd5 24.Be5 c6 25.c4 Ne3 26.Rc7+ Kd8 27.Rff7 Re6 28.Rxb7 Nxc4 29.Rb8#.

PCG with 6.e6 Bc5 7.Be2 e3

Philidor Counter Gambit

NormWeinstein (lichess 2429) - CM ArnieChipmunk (lichess 2449), 12/24/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Be2 e3

8.Nf7 Qf6 9.O-O exf2+ 10.Kh1 Bxe6 11.Nxh8 Nc6 12.Nd2 O-O-O 13.Nf3 Nge7

14.Ng5 Ne5 15.Nxe6 Qxe6 16.b4 Bb6 17.a4 a6 18.a5 Ba7 19.b5 Rxh8 20.bxa6 bxa6 21.Bb2 Nf5

22.Bxa6+ Qxa6 23.Bxe5 Ne3 24.Qb1 Nxf1 25.Qxf1 Qxf1+ 26.Rxf1 Re8 27.Bg3 Re2 28.c3 Rc2

29.h3 Rxc3 30.Bxf2 Bxf2 31.Rxf2 Ra3 32.Rf5 d4 33.Rd5 d3 34.Kg1 Kb7 35.Kf2 Kc6 36.Rd8 Kb5 37.Ke3 Kxa5

38.Rb8 c5 39.Ke4 c4 40.Ke3 Rb3 41.Ra8+ Kb4 42.Kd2 Rb2+ 43.Kc1 Rxg2 44.Rf8 Kc3

45.Kb1 Rg1+ 46.Ka2 d2 47.Rf3+ Kc2 48.Rf2 Kc1 49.Rf4 c3 50.Rc4 c2 51.Rg4 d1=Q 52.Rxg1 Qxg1

53.Kb3 Qh2 54.Kc4 Qxh3 55.Kc5 Qe3+ 56.Kd6 Kd1 57.Kd5 c1=Q 58.Kd6 Qcc5+ 59.Kd7 Qee5 60.Kd8 Qee7#.

2 PCG Games 12/27/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

PavelGovorov (Chess.com 1590) - JimWest (Chess.com 1773), Chess.com 12/27/2022

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.Be2 O-O 10.Nh5 Qe8 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Ng4 Bxg4 13.Bxg4 f5 14.Bh3 Nd7 15.g3 Qg6 16.Qe2 c6 17.O-O-O b5 18.f4 Kh8 

19.g4 fxg4 20.Bxg4 Nf6 21.Rhg1 Nxh5 22.Bxh5 Bxf4+ 23.Kb1 Qh6 24.Rg2 Rf5 25.Bg4 Rf6 26.Rf1 Raf8 27.h3 a5 28.Bd7 Rd6 29.Bg4 a4 30.Rgf2 Rdf6 31.Qe1 R8f7 32.Qe2 Qf8 33.a3 Bd6 34.Rxf6 Rxf6 35.Rxf6 Qxf6

36.Qg2 Qxd4 37.Be6 Qg7 38.Qf2 b4 39.axb4 Bxb4 40.Qb6 Bf8 41.Qxc6 a3 42.bxa3 Bxa3 43.Qe8+ Qf8 44.Qxf8+ Bxf8 45.Bxd5 e3 46.Bf3 Kg7 47.Kc1 Kf6 48.Kd1 Ke5 49.Ke2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

SabboNara (lichess 2147) - JimWest (lichess 2169), lichess 12/27/2022

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.Kd2 Bxf2 14.Kc2 Ne7 15.Be3 Rxh8 16.Bxf2 Qxf2 17.Qxf2 Nxf2 18.Rg1 Rf8

19.h3 Bf5 20.Kd2 Bg6 21.Be2 Nf5 22.Raf1 Ng3 23.Ke3 Nxf1+ 24.Rxf1 b6 25.Rxf2 Rxf2 26.Kxf2 c5 27.Ke3 Kd7 28.a4 Kd6 29.g4 Ke5 30.h4 Be8 31.Bb5 Bf7 32.h5 h6 33.a5 Be6 34.Be2 Bd7 35.Bd1 Ba4 36.Bc2 Bxb3 37.Bxb3 d4+ 38.cxd4+ cxd4+ 39.Kf2 bxa5

40.Ba4 Kf4 41.Bd7 d3 42.Bf5 e3+ 43.Ke1 Kf3 44.Bxd3 Kxg4 45.Bg6 Kf3 46.b3 a6 47.Bf7 Ke4 48.Ke2 Kd4 49.Bc4 a4 50.Bxa6 a3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 12/26/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

DavidPadilla19939 (Chess.com 1739) - JimWest (Chess.com 1777), Chess.com 12/26/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.g4 d5 7.c4 c6 8.f3 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Nd2 e3 11.Nb3 O-O 12.Qe2 Re8 13.cxd5 Qxd5 14.h4 Nxg4 15.Rg1 Nf6 16.Bh3 Bxf5 17.Bxf5 Qxf5 18.Nc5 b5 19.Qg2 Nh5

20.Ne4 Nd7 21.Nd6 Qd5 22.Nxe8 Rxe8 23.Nxh7 Kxh7 24.Qg6+ Kg8 25.Qxe8+ Nf8 26.Qxe3 Ne6 27.Rg4 Nf6 28.Rg2 Nxd4 29.Rd1 Nxf3+ 30.Ke2 Nd4+ 31.Rxd4 Qxg2+ 32.Qf2 Qxf2+ 33.Kxf2 Nd5 34.Kf3 Kf7 35.Ke4 Ke6

36.a4 a6 37.b3 g6 38.Rd2 bxa4 39.bxa4 Nc3+ 40.Kf4 Nxa4 41.Ra2 Nc3 42.Rxa6 Nd5+ 43.Kg5 Ne7 44.Rb6 Kf7 45.Rb7 Ke6 46.Rc7 Kd6 47.Rb7 Ke6 48.Ra7 Kf7 49.Kh6 Kf6 50.Rc7 Nf5+ 51.Kh7 Nxh4 52.Rxc6+ Kg5 53.Kg7 Kh5 54.Rxg6 Nxg6, draw,

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Philidor Counter Gambit

bluesky9999 (lichess 2092) - JimWest (lichess 2182), lichess 12/26/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Be2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Be3 f4 8.Bd2 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 c6 11.d4 Qc7 12.Qe2 Nbd7 13.Qc4+ Kh8 14.Rad1 Rac8 15.Ne2 g5

16.g3 Rg8 17.Kh2 g4 18.hxg4 Nxg4+ 19.Bxg4 Rxg4 20.f3 fxg3+ 21.Nxg3 Rh4+ 22.Kg2 Rg8 23.Rh1 Nb6 24.Qd3 Bf6 25.Kf2 Qg7 26.f4 exf4 27.Rxh4 fxg3+ 28.Kg2 Bxh4 29.Rh1 Bf6 30.Bh6 Qg4 31.Be3 Rg7  32.Qd2 Nc4 33.Qd3 Nxe3+ 34.Qxe3 Bg5

35.Qd3 Qf4 36.Kh3 Rf7 37.Qe2 Qh4+ 38.Kg2 Rf2+ 39.Qxf2 gxf2 40.Rxh4 Bxh4 41.e5 dxe5 42.dxe5 Kg7 43.c3 Kf7 44.b3 Ke6 45.c4 Kxe5 46.a3 c5 47.a4 a5 48.Kf1 Kd4 49.Ke2 Kc3 50.Kf1 Kxb3 51.Ke2 Kxa4 52.Kf1 Kb4 53.Kg2 Kxc4

54.Kf1 a4 55.Ke2 a3 56.Kf1 a2 57.Kg2 a1=Q 58.Kh2 Qg1+ 59.Kh3 Qg3#.

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/25/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Joey26358 (Chess.com 1677) - JimWest (Chess.com 1778), Chess.com 12/25/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bh6+ Kxh8 12.Bxf8 Nc6 13.Qc5 Nd7 14.Qc3 Qxf8 15.d5+ Nce5 16.Bb5 Qc5 17.Qxc5 Nxc5 18.O-O-O a6 19.Be2 Bf5

20.d6 cxd6 21.Rxd6 Rc8 22.Rd5 Ncd7 23.f3 exf3 24.gxf3 Rxc2+ 25.Kb1 Rxe2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2178) - A518a (lichess 2042), lichess 12/25/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d5 6.e5 Nfd7 7.d4 Qe7 8.c3 f6 9.Nf3 c5 10.Qb3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Nb6 12.Bb5+ Nc6 13.O-O Bd7 14.exf6 Qxf6 15.Re1+ Kf7 16.Bxc6 Bxc6 17.Be5 Qg6 18.Nbd2 Be7 19.Bg3 Bf6

20.Rf1 Ke7 21.Rae1+ Kd7 22.Ne5+ Bxe5 23.Bxe5 Rhf8 24.Qh3+, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/24/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1778) - Markus1949 (Chess.com 1599), Chess.com 12/24/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Qxe2 Nfd7 8.Bxf4 Be7 9.Nf3 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.d4 Nc6 12.c3 Nf8 13.h3 Ne6 14.Bh2 Bf8 15.Nbd2 g6 16.Rae1 Bg7 17.Qf2 Rf8

18.Kh1 Ng5 19.Nxg5 Qxg5 20.Nf3 Qe7 21.Bg3 h6 22.Bh4 g5 23.Bg3 Nd8 24.Nh2 Ne6 25.Ng4 Rae8 26.Nf6+ Bxf6 27.exf6 Qd7 28.Qf5 Qb5 29.Qc2 c5 30.Bd6 Nxd4 31.cxd4 Rxe1 32.Rxe1 Rd8 33.Bxc5 Rc8

34.Qf5 Rd8 35.Be7 Qa5 36.b4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Haspergher (lichess 2192) - JimWest (lichess 2177), lichess 12/24/2022

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.cxd4 Qxg5 11.Bxe3 Qe7 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.f4 Nh6 14.d5 Nxe5 15.fxe5 Qxe5

16.O-O Qxe3+ 17.Kh1 Ng4 18.Ra2 Qh6 19.Qe1+ Kd8 20.Qg3 Re8 21.h3 Re3 22.Rf3 Rxd3 23.Rf8+ Ke7 24.Re2+ Kxf8 25.Kg1 Rxg3, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 12/23/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

SPB1973 (Chess.com 1676) - JimWest (Chess.com 1774), Chess.com 12/23/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Ng5 d5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 h6 13.Nh3 O-O 14.Nf4 Nc6 15.O-O Rc8 16.Bb2 Na5 17.Ba2 Nc4 18.Bxc4 Rxc4 19.g3 b5

20.Ng2 Bh3 21.Re1 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Qd7 23.h3 Nh7 24.h4 Rf3 25.Re3 Rxe3 26.fxe3 Nf6 27.Qe2 Qg4 28.Qxg4 Nxg4 29.Re1 Rc6 30.Kh3 h5 31.Re2 a6 32.Kg2 g6 33.Kg1 Kg7 34.Kg2 Kh6 35.Kh3 Rf6

36.Kg2 Kg7 37.Kg1 Kf7 38.Kg2 Ke6 39.Bc1 Kd7 40.Ra2 Rf3 41.Re2 Kc6 42.Bd2 Kb6 43.Bc1 Ka5 44.Kh3 Nh6 45.Kg2 Nf5 46.Rf2 Rxg3+ 47.Kh2 Rg4 48.Rf4 Rxh4+ 49.Rxh4 Nxh4 50.Kg3 Nf5+ 51.Kf4 h4

52.Kg4 Ka4 53.Bd2 Kxa3 54.Be1 Nxe3+ 55.Kxh4 Ng2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

EagleSight (lichess 2182) - JimWest (lichess 2170), lichess 12/23/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.a4 a5 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.Ng5 h6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Ne6 Bxe6 12.Bxe6 Bb4 13.Bf5 Nbd7 14.Bg6+ Ke7 15.Re1 Rad8 16.Qe2 Nf8 17.Bf5 g6 18.Bh3 g5

19.Bf5 h5 20.Qc4 Rd4 21.Qb3 Qd6 22.g3 Ne6 23.Qxe6+ Qxe6 24.Bxe6 Kxe6 25.f3 h4 26.g4 Rhd8 27.h3 R8d6 28.Rf1 bxc3 29.bxc3 Rc4 30.Bb2 Rd2 31.Rf2 Rxf2 32.Kxf2 Nd7 33.Ke2 Nc5 34.Ra3 Rxa4 35.Rxa4 Nxa4 36.Ba1 b5

37.Kd3 Nb6 37.Ke2 Nc4 38.Kd3 a4 39.Ke2 Kd6 40.Kd3 Kc5 41.Ke2 a3 42.Kd3 Nb2+ 43.Kd2 Kc4 44.Kc1 Kxc3 45.Kb1 Kd2 46.Bxb2 axb2 47.Kxb2 Ke3, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/22/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1774) - swiecsd (Chess.com 1790), Chess.com 12/22/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 d5 7.Qf3 Nc6 8.Bg5 d4 9.Ne2 h6 10.h4 b6 11.Ng3 dxc3 12.bxc3 Nd4 13.cxd4 Qxd4 14.Bxf6 Qxa1 15.Qd1 Bb4+ 16.Kf2 Qxa2+ 17.Kg1 gxf6 18.Nh5 Rd8

19.Qg4+ Kf8 20.Qg7+ Ke7 21.Qxf6+ Kd7 22.Qxe5 Bc5+ 23.d4 Bd6 24.Nf6+ Kc6 25.Qb5+ Kb7 26.e5 a6 27.Qd3 Bc5 28.Qe4+ c6 29.dxc5 bxc5 30.Nc3 Qd2 31.Rh3 Rd4 32.Qb1+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Matonsisimo (lichess 2135) - JimWest (lichess 2171), lichess 12/22/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxc4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 hxg6 9.Qxh8 Qd5 10.d3 cxd3 11.O-O Bf5 12.Re1 Bxe4 13.cxd3 Ne7 14.dxe4 Qa5 15.Bh6 Nd7 16.Bxf8 Nxf8 17.Rad1 Qxa2

18.f4 Qg8 19.Qe5 Qe6 20.Qxc7 Qb6+ 21.Qxb6 axb6 22.f5 Kf7 23.g4 gxf5 24.exf5 Ra4 25.a3 Rb4 26.Rd2 Rb3 27.Kg2 Nh7 28.Rdd2 Nd5 29.Rd2 Nf4+ 30.Kf1 Rf3+ 31.Rf2 Rxf2+ 32.Kxf2 Nd3+ 33.Ke2 Nxe1 34.Kxe1 Ng5

35.h4 Nf3+ 34.Ke2 Nxh4 35.Kd3 Kf6 36.Kc4 Nxf5 37.gxf5 Kxf5 38.Kb5 Ke5 39.Kxb6 Kd5 40.b4 Kc4 41.b5 Kb4 42.Kxb7 Kxb5, draw.