Monday, January 31, 2022

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/30/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1847) - Hendi909 (Chess.com 1802), Chess.com 1/30/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Ng6 8.e5 Ne4 9.Nf3 Be7 10.Qb5+ c6 11.Qxb7 O-O 12.Qxc6 Rc8 13.Qa4 a5 14.c3 Bh4+ 15.g3 Nxg3 16.hxg3 Bxg3+ 17.Ke2 Qb6 18.Qc2 Qb5+ 19.Qd3 Qd7


20.Be3 Rb8 21.b3 Bf4 22.Nbd2 Bxe3 23.Qxe3 Qb5+ 24.Kf2 Rfc8 25.Rac1 a4 26.b4 Rb6 27.a3 Qd7 28.Rhg1 Qf5 29.Rg5 Qh3 30.Rg3 Qf5 31.Rg5 Qh3 32.Rcg1 h6 33.R5g4 Rbc6 34.Nb1 Qh5


35.Qd3 f5 36.exf6 Rxf6 37.Rxg6 Rxf3+ 38.Qxf3 Rf8 39.Rxg7+ Kh8 40.Qxf8#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Riedenbrg (lichess 2045) - JimWest (lichess 2201), lichess 1/30/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Nf6 6.Be2 Bxf5 7.O-O d5 8.Nb3 Bd6 9.Bg5 O-O 10.N1d2 Nbd7 11.c4 c6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Rxc8 Qxc8 15.Qc1 h6 16.Bh4 g5 17.Bg3 Bxg3 18.hxg3 b6 19.Qxc8 Rxc8


20.Rc1 Rxc1+ 21.Nxc1 Nb8 22.Nf1 Nc6 23.Nb3 a5 24.Ne3 Be6 25.Nc2 Kf7 26.Bb5 Na7 27.Be2 Ke7 28.Na3 Bd7 29.Kf1 Kd6 30.Ke1 a4 31.Na1 b5 32.N1c2 g4 33.Kd2 h5 34.Ke3 Ne8 35.f3 exf3 36.gxf3 gxf3 37.Bxf3 Ng7


38.Nb4 Be6 39.Kf4 Bf7 40.Nac2 Ne6+ 41.Kf5 Nc7 42.Kg5 Ne6+ 43.Kf6 Nd8 44.Ne3 Be8 45.Bxd5 Nac6 46.Nf5+ Kc7 47.Nxc6 Nxc6 48.Bxc6 Kxc6 49.Ke5 Bf7 50.a3 b4 51.Ne3 bxa3 52.bxa3 Bg6 53.d5+ Kc5


54.d6 Be8 55.Ke6 Kd4 56.Nf5+ Kc3 57.Ng7 Bb5 58.d7 Bxd7+ 59.Kxd7 Kb3 60.Nxh5 Kxa3 61.g4 Kb2 62.g5 a3 63.g6 a2 64.g7 a1=Q 65.g8=Q Qa7+ 66.Ke8 Qb8+ 67.Kf7 Qxg8+ 68.Kxg8, draw.

Sunday, January 30, 2022

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/29/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1840) - Mananaeron (Chess.com 1691), Chess.com 1/29/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Be7 8.h3 Bh5 9.O-O O-O 10.c3 Bg6 11.Nh4 Ne5 12.Nxg6 Nxg6 13.Bh2 Ne7 14.d4 Bg5 15.Qd3 Re8 16.Na3 a6 17.Nc2 Qe7 18.Bf3 Nf4 19.Bxf4 Bxf4


20.Rae1 Qh4 21.Bg4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ErolErdem23 (lichess 2113) - JimWest (lichess 2204), lichess 1/29/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.Bb3 Bxf5 8.O-O h6 9.Nh3 c6 10.Nf4 Bd6 11.Nh5 O-O 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.h3 Kh8 14.c4 Be6 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.Nc3 Qf7 17.Nb5 Bf4 18.Bxf4 Qxf4 19.Qh5 Nc6


20.Rad1 Rad8 21.Qe2 a6 22.Nc3 Qf6 23.Nxe4 dxe4 24.d5 Nd4 25.Rxd4 Qxd4 26.dxe6 Rfe8 27.Rd1 Qe5 28.Re1 Rxe6 29.Bxe6 Qxe6 30.Qxe4 Qxe4 31.Rxe4 Rd1+ 32.Kh2 Rd2 33.Rb4 b5 34.f3 g5 35.a4 bxa4 36.Rxa4 Rxb2 37.Rxa6 Kg7


38.Kg3 h5 39.Ra5 h4+ 40.Kh2 Kg6 41.Ra4 Kh5 42.f4 gxf4 43.Rxf4 Ra2 44.Rf5+ Kg6 45.Rd5 Rb2 46.Rd4 Kh5 47.Rg4 Ra2 48.Rg8 Rb2 49.Rh8+ Kg5 50.Kg1 Ra2 51.g3 hxg3 52.Rg8+ Kh4 53.Rh8+ Kg5


54.h4+ Kg4 55.h5 Kh3 56.Rf8 Ra1+ 57.Rf1 Rxf1+ 58.Kxf1 Kh2 59.h6 g2+ 60.Kf2 g1=Q+ 61.Kf3 Qg6 62.h7 Qxh7 63.Kf4 Qh5, White resigns.

Saturday, January 29, 2022

2 PCG Reversed Games 1/28/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1826) - fedianines12 (Chess.com 1932), Chess.com 1/28/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Nxe2 dxe4


7.fxe5 exd3 8.exf6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2207) - Ylajali (lichess 2252), lichess 1/28/2022

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 Qh5 10.Rg1 Nxf1 11.Rxf1 Bh3 12.Rg1 O-O-O 13.Rg5 Qh6 14.Rg3 Qe6 15.Qd4 c5 16.Qa4 Bd6 17.Bf4 f6


18.Kf2 fxe5 19.Ng5 Qf5 20.Nxh3 exf4 21.Rf3 g5 22.Qxa7 Qxc2+ 23.Kg1 g4 24.Na3 Qxb2 25.Rb1 Qd4+ 26.Rf2 Rd7 27.Nb5 g3 28.Nxd4 gxf2+ 29.Kxf2 cxd4 30.Rc1+ Kd8, Black resigns.

Friday, January 28, 2022

PCG & PCG Reversed 1/27/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

IgorGolduban (Chess.com 1894) - JimWest (Chess.com 1848), Chess.com 1/27/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Bf4 Bc5 7.c4 c6 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.Bb5+ Nc6 10.O-O Nge7 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qh6 Nf5 13.Qh3 Nfd4 14.Bxc6+ bxc6 15.Qh6 Qe7 16.Nc3 Nf5 17.Qh3 Ne3


18.Qg3 Nxf1 19.Rxf1 O-O 20.Kh1 h6 21.Nh3 Bxh3 22.Bxh6 Bf5 23.Bxf8 Rxf8 24.h4 Qg7 25.Ne2 d4 26.Nf4 Qxe5 27.h5 Bd6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2202) - borodinka2020 (lichess 2165), lichess 1/27/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Be7 7.c3 O-O 8.O-O a6 9.f5 d5 10.Qc2 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 d4 12.Bg5 b5 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd2 b4 15.c4 a5 16.b3 Qd6 17.Kh1 Na7 18.Rg1 c5


19.g4 Bg5 20.Nf1 Nc6 21.Rd1 Ne7 22.Qf2 Qh6 23.Rg2 a4 24.Ng3 axb3 25.axb3 Ra3 26.Rb1 Rfa8 27.Nh5 Be3 28.Qg3 f6 29.h4 Ra1 30.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 31.Kh2 Rb1 32.g5 fxg5 33.hxg5 Qd6 34.Ra2 Rxb3 35.Ra8+ Kf7


36.Kh3 Ra3 37.Rh8 h6 38.g6+ Nxg6 39.fxg6+ Ke7 40.Nxg7 Kd7 41.Bg4+ Kc6 42.Nf5 Bf4 43.Nxd6 Bxg3 44.Kxg3 Rxd3+ 45.Bf3 b3 46.g7 b2 47.g8=Q b1=Q 48.Qd5+ Kc7 49.Rh7+ Kb8 50.Qg8#.

Thursday, January 27, 2022

2 PCG Games 1/26/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

luis_barb1 (Chess.com 1729) - JimWest (Chess.com 1854), Chess.com 1/26/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.c4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 c6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Bb5+ Nc6 13.O-O O-O 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Nc3 Re8 16.Na4 Rxe6 17.Nc5 Re7 18.Rac1 Qe8 19.Rfe1 Rc8


20.h3 Nd7 21.Re3 Nxc5 22.Rxc5 Re6 23.Qa5 Qf7 24.b4 Rf8 25.Re2 Qf6 26.b5 Qxd4 27.Rxc6 Rxc6 28.bxc6 Qc4 29.Re1 Qxc6 30.Qxa7 Ra8 31.Qd4 Rxa2 32.Rd1 Ra5 33.Kf1 h6 34.Ke2 Kh8


35.Rd2 Qa6+ 36.Ke1 Ra1+ 37.Rd1 Qa5+ 38.Qd2 Qxd2+ 39.Kxd2 Rxd1+ 40.Kxd1 Kg8 41.Kd2 Kf7 42.Ke3 Ke6 43.Kd4 h5 44.h4 g6 45.f3 exf3 46.gxf3 Kd6 47.f4 Ke6 48.Kc5 Kf5 49.Kxd5 Kxf4 50.Ke6 Kg4 


51.Kf6 Kxh4 52.Kxg6 Kg4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

smolet (lichess 2084) - JimWest (lichess 2198), lichess 1/26/2022

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.h3 Nd3+ 13.Kd1 Nxf2+ 14.Kc2 Nxh1 15.Nb3 Bb6 16.Be3 Ng3 17.Qf2 Qxf2 18.Bxf2 Bxf2 19.a4 Nf6, White resigns.

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

2 PCG Games 1/25/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Joey5721 (Chess.com 1964) - JimWest (Chess.com 1848), Chess.com 1/25/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.Be2 Nf6 5.d3 c6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.h3 O-O 10.Nh2 Be6 11.Ng4 Nd7 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6 13.Bf3 Qd7 14.Kh2 Kh8 15.Ne2 g5 16.d4 g4


17.hxg4 Nxg4+ 18.Bxg4 Bxg4 19.f3 Be6 20.dxe5 dxe5 21.Ng1 Qxd1 22.Rfxd1 Rad8 23.a3 Kg7 24.Nh3 Bxh3 25.gxh3 Kf6 26.Rg1 Rd2+ 27.Rg2 Rxg2+ 28.Kxg2 Rd8 29.Rc1 Rd2+ 30.Kh1 Kg5 31.Rg1+ Kh4


32.Rg2 Rd1+ 33.Kh2 Rf1 34.Rg4+ Kh5 35.Kg2 Rc1 36.h4 Rxc2+ 37.Kh3 Rxb2 38.Rg5+ Kh6 39.Rxe5 Rb3 40.Kg4 Kg6 41.h5+ Kf6 42.Rf5+ Ke6 43.Rxf4 Rxa3 44.Kg5 Ra1 45.Rf6+ Ke7 46.Rh6 Rg1+ 47.Kf5 Rg7


48.f4 a5 49.Re6+ Kd7 50.e5 Rf7+ 51.Rf6 Ke7 52.Rxf7+ Kxf7 53.Kg5 a4 54.f5 a3 55.e6+ Ke7 56.Kh6 a2 57.Kxh7 a1=Q, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

yasinfathi (lichess 2165) - JimWest (lichess 2199), lichess 1/25/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qg4 Nf6 9.Qh3 Qe7


10.Nf7 Bxe6 11.Qc3 Bb4 12.Nxh8 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Qg7, White forfeits.

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

2 PCG Games 1/24/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

GianniBoeri (Chess.com 1959) - JimWest (Chess.com 1867), Chess.com 1/24/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Nf7 Kxf7 13.Bc4+ Kg7 14.Bxf6+ Bxf6 15.Qg3+ Kh8 16.O-O-O Bf5 17.h4 Nc6 18.c3 Bg7 19.Qf4 Qd7


20.h5 h6 21.f3 Rf8 22.fxe4 Bg4 23.Qe3 Bxd1 24.Rxd1 Qg4 25.e5 Qxh5 26.e6 Ne7 27.Be2 Qg5 28.Qxg5 hxg5 29.Rh1+ Kg8 30.Bh5 Rf6 31.Bf7+ Rxf7 32.exf7+ Kxf7 33.Kc2 Nd5 34.Rf1+ Kg6 35.Kd2 b5


36.b3 g4 37.Kd3 Bh6 38.g3 c6 39.Re1 Kf7 40.Re4 Nf6 41.Re5 Nd7 42.Re2 Bg7 43.c4 a6 44.cxb5 cxb5 45.a4 bxa4 46.bxa4 a5 47.Kc4 Bf8 48.Re4 Nf6 49.Re5 Bb4 50.Rb5 Ke7 51.d5 Ne4 52.Rb7+ Kd6 53.Rg7 Nxg3 54.Rxg4 Nf5


55.Rg6+ Kd7 56.Rf6 Ne3+ 57.Kd4 Bc3+ 58.Kxc3 Nxd5+ 59.Kc4 Nxf6 60.Kb5 Kc7 61.Kxa5 Kb7 62.Kb5 Nd5 63.a5 Nc7+ 64.Kc5 Ka6 65.Kc6 Kxa5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

SCiruelos (lichess 2205) - JimWest (lichess 2190), lichess 1/24/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.h3 g5 9.Nh2 Bc5 10.Qh5+ Qg6 11.Qxg6+ hxg6 12.Nd2 Nf6 13.Bd3 g4 14.hxg4 Nxg4 15.Nxg4 Bxg4 16.Nc4 Nd7 17.Bd2 O-O-O


18.Bc3 Rh5, White resigns.

Monday, January 24, 2022

2 PCG Games 1/23/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Imon177 (Chess.com 1812) - JimWest (Chess.com 1857), Chess.com 1/23/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Ng5 Nf6 7.g4 h5 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.d5 Nd4 10.Qd1 Nf3+ 11.Nxf3 exf3+ 12.Be3 hxg4 13.Bb5+ Bd7 14.Bxd7+ Qxd7 15.Qd3 Be7 16.O-O-O Rh5 17.h3 gxh3 18.Bd4 O-O-O 19.Bxa7 Rdh8


20.Qxf3 Qxf5 21.Qe2 Bd8 22.f3 Re8 23.Qf1 h2 24.Rd2 Reh8 25.Bd4 Rh3 26.Rd3 Nxd5 27.Nxd5 Qxd5 28.Bxg7 Qxa2 29.Ra3 Bg5+ 30.Kd1 Qb1+ 31.Ke2 Qxc2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

avcil (lichess 2099) - JimWest (lichess 2191), lichess 1/23/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Qd2 Bg4 12.a4 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Nd7 14.Rad1 O-O-O 15.Be6 Rhe8 16.Bxd7+ Rxd7 17.Qxd7+ Qxd7 18.Rxd7 Kxd7 19.Rd1+ Ke6


20.b4 Rd8 21.Rxd8 Bxd8 22.Kg2 a6 23.Kh3 Bb6 24.Kg2 g5 25.Kf1 h5 26.h3 Bd4 27.Na2 b5 28.axb5 axb5 29.Nc1 Bc3 30.Nd3 Bd4 31.Ke2 Bb6, draw.

Sunday, January 23, 2022

PCG & PCG Reversed 1/22/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Smyslov63 (Chess.com 1825) - JimWest (Chess.com 1829), Chess.com 1/22/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nc6 7.c3 Bxf5 8.f3 exf3 9.Qxe7+ Bxe7 10.Nxf3 O-O-O 11.Be2 Nf6 12.O-O Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 d5 15.Bf4 Bd6 16.Bxd6 Rxd6 17.Nd2 Re8 18.Rae1 Rde6


19.Rxe6 Rxe6 20.Kf2 h5 21.g3 Kd8 22.Re1 Rxe1 23.Kxe1 Ke7 24.Kf2 Nd8 25.Ke3 Ne6 26.h4 c6 27.Nb3 b6 28.Nc1 g5 29.Nd3 g4 30.Bg2 Kd6 31.Nf4 Ng7 32.Kd3 Nf5 33.Ne2 c5 34.b3 cxd4 35.cxd4 a5 36.a3 b5


37.b4 axb4 38.axb4 Nd7 39.Nf4 Nf6 40.Ne2 Kc6 41.Bh1 Nd6 42.Nf4 Nc4 43.Bg2 Kd6 44.Ne2 Kc6 45.Bh1 Nd6 46.Ke3 Kd7 47.Kf4 Ke6 48.Kg5 Nde4+ 49.Bxe4 dxe4 50.Nf4+ Kf7 51.Kf5 e3


52.Ke5 Ke7 53.d5 Ne8 54.Kd4 Nd6 55.Nxh5 e2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2196) - MP_chess_King (lichess 2307), lichess 1/22/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 d6 6.Be2 a6 7.h3 Nh5 8.Bxh5 Qh4+ 9.Kd2 Qf2+ 10.Nce2 Be3+ 11.Kc3 Bd4+ 12.Nxd4 exd4+ 13.Kb3 a5 14.a4 Be6+ 15.Ka3 Nb4 16.Bd2 Qh4 17.Bg4 f5 18.Bxf5 Bxf5 19.exf5 O-O


20.Nf3 Qf6 21.Bxb4 axb4+ 22.Ka2 Rxa4+ 23.Kb1 Rxa1+ 24.Kxa1 Qxf5 25.Nxd4 Ra8+ 26.Kb1 Qd5 27.c3 Qa2+ 28.Kc2 Qa4+ 29.Nb3 bxc3 30.Qa1 cxb2 31.Qxa4 Rxa4 32.Kxb2 Rxf4 33.Rc1 c5 34.Rc2 Kf7


35.Nd2 Rf2 36.Ne4 Rxc2+ 37.Kxc2 Ke7 38.Kc3 b6 39.Kc4 Kd7 40.Kd5 b5 41.Nxd6 b4 42.Ne4 b3 43.Nxc5+ Ke7 44.Nxb3, Black resigns.