Sunday, July 31, 2022

15/10 PCG Reversed 7/30/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1766) - nhanKU (Chess.com 1584), Chess.com 7/30/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.f5 Ng4 8.Qc2 Bf2+ 9.Ke2 Bb6 10.h3 Nf6 11.Bg5 d5 12.Nbd2 Qd6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Re1 Qc5 15.Kd1 a5 16.Kc1 a4 17.a3 Bd7 18.Kb1 Qd6 19.g4 h6


20.Bg2 d4 21.Nc4 Qc5 22.Nxb6 Qxb6 23.cxd4 Nxd4 24.Nxd4 Qxd4 25.Rd1 c6 26.Rhe1 b5 27.Qd2 Kh7 28.Qe3 Qd6 29.d4 Rfd8 30.dxe5 Qxe5 31.Qd4 Qe7 32.Qd6 Qe5 33.Qxe5 fxe5


34.Rd6 Rab8 35.Red1 Rb7 36.Rxc6 Bxc6 37.Rxd8 b4 38.Kc2 b3+ 39.Kc3 Rc7 40.Kd2 Bb5 41.Ke3 Kg7 42.Rd2 Kf6 43.h4 Rc1 44.Bf3 Rh1 45.Bxh1, Black resigns.

Saturday, July 30, 2022

15/10 PCG 7/29/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Fradika1939 (Chess.com 1712) - JimWest (Chess.com 1762), Chess.com 7/29/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Be2 c6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.exf5 Bxf5 9.Nc3 Nd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Qc7 12.Nh2 Rae8 13.Ng4 d5 14.Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.Bf3 e4 16.dxe4 dxe4 17.Be2 Rd8 18.Bc4+ Kh8


19.Qe2 b5 20.Bb3 a5 21.a3 h6 22.Rad1 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.Qe3 Qc7 26.Qc5 Qd7 27.Kh2 a4 28.Ba2 Be6 29.Bxe6 Qxe6 30.g3 Kh7 31.Qd4 g5


32.Qe3 g4 33.h4 Kg6 34.Ne2 Nd5 35.Nf4+ Nxf4 36.Qxf4 Qf5 37.Qd6+ Qf6 38.Qc5 Qxb2 39.Qxc6+ Qf6 40.Qxe4+ Qf5 41.Qc6+ Kg7 42.Kg2 h5


43.Qc7+ Kg6 44.Qc6+ Kg7 45.c3 Qd3 46.Qc7+ Kg6 47.Qc6+ Kg7 48.Qc7+ Kg6 49.Qc6+ Kg7, draw.

Friday, July 29, 2022

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/28/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1763) - Leroymatt91 (Chess.com 1611), Chess.com 7/28/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.d5 e3 9.dxc6 Qxd1+ 10.Kxd1 Nf2+ 11.Ke2 Kd8 12.Bxe3 Nxh1 13.Nc3 a6 14.Bc4 b5 15.Bxf7 Bf5 16.Nf3 Ng3+ 17.hxg3 Bxc2


18.Nd5 Kc8 19.Nb6+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

dfdez (lichess 2205) - JimWest (lichess 2137), lichess 7/28/2022

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.Nc3 O-O-O 11.h4 Rf8 12.f3 Nge7 13.Bg5 exf3 14.Bxf6 fxe2 15.Bxe7 exf1=Q+ 16.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 17.Kxf1 Bxe7 18.Re1 Kd7


19.Ne2 Bxh4 20.g3 Bf6 21.Nf4 Nd8 22.Nxe6 Nxe6 23.Nf7 Bxb2 24.Rb1 Bf6 25.Rxb7 Ke7 26.Nh8 g5 27.Ng6+ hxg6 28.Rxa7 Kd7 29.Ke2 Nd4+ 30.Kd3 Nf5 31.Ra6 c6 32.c4 dxc4+ 33.Kxc4 Nxg3


34.a4 Ne4 35.Ra7+ Kd6 36.Rf7 Ke6 37.Rc7 Kd6 38.Rf7 g4 39.Kd3 Nc5+ 40.Kc4 Nd7 41.Rh7 g3 42.Rh1 Nb6+ 43.Kb3 Nxa4 44.Rg1 Be5 45.Kxa4 Ke6 46.Kb3 Kf5


47.Kc4 Kg4 48.Kd3 c5 49.Ke4 Bd4 50.Rd1 g2, White resigns.

Thursday, July 28, 2022

15/10 PCG 7/27/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

guaravajm (Chess.com 1650) - JimWest (Chess.com 1758), Chess.com 7/27/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.Nd5 c6 9.Nxf6+ Qxf6 10.Qd2 Nd7 11.O-O-O O-O-O 12.h3 h6 13.g4 Bh7 14.Bg2 Rhe8


15.h4 Qe6 16.g5 Qxa2 17.c3 Bg8 18.c4 Nc5 19.Kc2 e4 20.Ra1 Qb3+ 21.Kb1 exf3 22.Bh3+ Kb8 23.Ra3 Qb6 24.d4 Bh7+ 25.Ka2 Ne4 26.Qf4 Nxf2 27.Rh2 Nxh3 28.Rxh3 Re2


29.Rb3 Bb1+ 30.Kxb1 Qxb3, White resigns.

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

2 PCG Games 7/26/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Smart_Pawn24 (Chess.com 2104) - JimWest (Chess.com 1752), Chess.com 7/26/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.d4 fxe4 9.dxe5 exf3 10.exf6 Qxf6 11.gxf3 d5 12.Bd3 O-O 13.Be2 Bf5 14.Qd2 Nd7 15.O-O-O b5


16.a3 Nb6 17.Rhg1 Nc4 18.Bxc4 bxc4 19.f4 Rab8 20.Qd4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Izm1119 (lichess 2124) - JimWest (lichess 2137), lichess 7/26/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.Nc3 c6 7.Bb3 Na6 8.O-O Nc5 9.d3 Nxb3 10.axb3 Be7 11.Re1 O-O 12.Ne4 d5 13.Nxf6+ gxf6 14.Nh4 Bg6 15.Bh6 Rf7 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.Bd2 Qd7 18.Ra4 Qf5


19.Rg4 Bc5 20.Be3 Bxe3 21.Rxe3 Rg7 22.Rf3 Qe6 23.Ra4 a6 24.d4 e4 25.Re3 f5 26.c4 Rf8 27.cxd5 cxd5 28.Qc1 f4 29.Rc3 f3 30.Kh2 fxg2 31.Kxg2 Qf5


32.Qe3 Qf4 33.Qxf4 Rxf4 34.Kg3 Rgf7, White resigns.

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

2 PCG Games 7/25/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

samardayal (Chess.com 1924) - JimWest (Chess.com 1765), Chess.com 7/25/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qd2 a5 8.a4 Na6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.d4 fxe4 11.Nxe4 d5 12.Nxf6+ gxf6 13.Bxa6 Rxa6 14.dxe5 fxe5 15.Nxe5 O-O 16.O-O-O Qf6 17.Nf3 Bg4


18.Rhg1 Bxf3 19.gxf3+ Kh8 20.Rg3 Rb6 21.Qd4 Rb4 22.Qxf6+ Rxf6 23.Rdg1 Rf8 24.Rg7 Rxa4 25.R1g3 Rb4 26.c3 Rbf4 27.Rxb7 Rxf3 28.Rgg7 Rh3 29.Rg2 Rhf3 30.Rgg7 Rh3 31.Rg2 Rhf3 32.Rgg7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Carlsen_Ege (lichess 1991) - JimWest (lichess 2136), lichess 7/25/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ c6 4.Ba4 f5 5.O-O fxe4 6.Nxe5 Nf6


7.Nc4 b5 8.Bxb5 cxb5 9.Ne3 d5 10.Re1 Bd6 11.Nxd5 O-O 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.Nc3 Qxf2+ 14.Kh1 Qh4, White resigns.

Monday, July 25, 2022

15/10 PCG 7/24/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Tucker97 (Chess.com 1698) - JimWest (Chess.com 1779), Chess.com 7/24/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Bxd5 Qxd5 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.O-O Bxc3 9.bxc3 Bg4 10.Re1 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Qxf3 12.Rxe5+ Ne7 13.gxf3 Nbc6 14.Re6 O-O 15.Ba3 Rae8 16.Rae1 Rxf3 17.Bxe7 Rxc3


18.d5 Nxe7 19.Rxe7 Rxe7 20.Rxe7 Rxc2 21.a4 Kf8 22.d6 cxd6 23.Rxb7 a5 24.Rb5 Rc5 25.Rb8+ Kf7 26.Rb7+ Kf6 27.Rb6 Ke5 28.Rb7 Kf6 29.Rb6 Ke6 30.Rb7 Rg5+ 31.Kf1 Rg4 32.f3 Rxa4 33.Rxg7 Rh4


34.Kg2 a4 35.Kg3 Rb4 36.Rxh7 a3 37.Ra7 Rb3 38.h4 Kf5 39.Ra6 Rd3 40.Ra5+ d5 41.Kf2 Kf4 42.Ke2 Re3+ 43.Kd2 Rxf3 44.Rxd5 a2 45.Ra5 Kg4 46.h5 Rf2+ 47.Ke3 Rh2


48.h6 Rh3+ 49.Ke2 Rxh6 50.Kd3 Rh2 51.Kc3 Kf4 52.Kb3 Ke4 53.Rxa2 Rxa2 54.Kxa2, draw.

Sunday, July 24, 2022

15/10 PCG 7/23/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

flaviojazz (Chess.com 1586) - JimWest (Chess.com 1772), Chess.com 7/23/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Nc3 c6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.h4 O-O 9.Qd2 b5 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.Ne4 Be7 12.O-O-O Nd7 13.Kb1 d5 14.Ng3 Bg4 15.Be2 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Bxh4 17.d4 Bxg3 18.fxg3 exd4


19.Rxh7 Kxh7 20.Rh1+ Kg8 21.Bd3 Nf6 22.Qh2 Kf7 23.Qg2 Rh8 24.Rxh8 Qxh8 25.g4 Re8 26.a3 g5 27.Ka2 Re3 28.Qd2 Qh3 29.Qa5 Rxd3 30.cxd3 Qxf3 31.Qxa7+ Kg6 32.Qxd4 Qxg4 33.Qc5 Qe6


34.d4 Ne4 35.Qf8 g4 36.Qf4 Qf5 37.Qc7 Qf6 38.Qc8 g3 39.Qg8+ Kf5 40.Qc8+ Kf4 41.Qc7+ Ke3 42.Qc8 Kxd4 43.a4 bxa4 44.Ka3 g2 45.Qa8 g1=Q 46.Qxa4+ Ke5 47.Ka2 Qff1 48.Qxc6 Qc4+, White resigns.

Saturday, July 23, 2022

PCG with 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.exf5

Philidor Counter Gambit

PattesDeVelours (lichess 2463) - CM ArnieChipmunk (lichess 2448), lichess 7/12/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.exf5


7...Nc6 8.Bb5 Bd6 9.O-O Bxf5 10.Re1 O-O-O 11.Bg5 Nf6 12.c3 Rhe8


13.Nbd2 h6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Ne4 Be7 16.Nh4 Bh7 17.Ng3 Rd2 18.Re2 Red8


19.Nhf5 Bf8 20.Rxd2 Rxd2 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Rb1 Bc5, White resigns.

Friday, July 22, 2022

PCG with 5...Nf6 and 8.Bd3 Be6

Philidor Counter Gambit

Shepa2017 (Chess.com 2400) - ArnieChipmunk (Chess.com 2428), Chess.com 7/7/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Nxf6+ gxf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Bd3 Be6


9.O-O Nc6 10.Nh4 Qd7 11.Qh5+ Qf7 12.Qf3 O-O-O


13.c3 Bc5 14.Be4 Bd5 15.Be3 Bb6 16.Nf5 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 Kb8


18.Rad1 Qxa2 19.b4 Qe2 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Ng3 Qd3 22.Bxb6 axb6 23.b5 Qxb5 24.Qxh7 Qc4


25.h4 Qxc3 26.h5 e4 27.Qxe4 f5 28.Qxf5 Nd4 29.Qg5 Ne6 30.Qg6 Nf4 31.Qg5 Rf8


32.h6 Qc6 33.Nh5 Ne2+, White forfeits.

Thursday, July 21, 2022

2 PCG Games 7/20/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

kutiekelsey (Chess.com 2053) - JimWest (Chess.com 1787), Chess.com 7/20/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qd2 c6 7.Be2 h6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.O-O-O O-O 10.h4 b5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Kb1 Nd7 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Rdg1 d5 15.Ng3 Bg4


16.Qe3 Bc5 17.d4 exd4 18.Qd3 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Ne5 20.Qe2 Nxf3 21.gxf3 Qf6 22.Nh5 Qxf3 23.Rxg7+ Kh8 24.Qe5 Rf6 25.Qxf6 Qxf6 27.Nxf6 Kxg7 28.Nd7 Bd6 29.Rg1+ Kf7 30.Re1 Rd8, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Myckey (lichess 2045) - JimWest (lichess 2151), lichess 7/20/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.O-O Kf8 11.Be3 Bd6 12.Qd2 Kg8 13.Ng6 hxg6 14.Nc3 c6 15.Bg5 Nbd7


16.f3 d4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.fxe4 Nf6 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Qh6 Qg7 21.Qxg7+ Kxg7 22.Bf3 Rh8 23.g3 Be5 24.a3 c5 25.Rad1 a5 26.b3 b5 27.Be2 c4 26.bxc4 Bxc4 27.Bxc4 bxc4 28.Rb1 Re8 29.Rb7+ Kh6 30.a4 d3


31.cxd3 cxd3 32.Rd1 Bd4+ 33.Kf1 Rxe4 34.Rxd3 Bc5 35.Rdd7 Rxa4 36.h4 g5 37.Rh7+ Kg6 38.hxg5 fxg5 39.Kg2 Ra2+ 40.Kh3 Ra1 41.Rbg7+ Kf6 42.Rf7+ Ke6 43.Kg4 a4


44.Kxg5 a3 45.Rf6+ Kd5 46.Rd7+ Kc4 47.Ra6 a2 48.Rb7 Rg1 49.Rxa2 Rxg3+ 50.Kh3 Rc3 51.Rc7 Kb3 52.Rxc5 Rxc5 53.Rg2 Rc4+ 54.Kg3 Rc8 55.Kh2 Rc2 56.Rxc2 Kxc2, draw.

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

2 PCG Games 7/19/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

ferdomravec50 (Chess.com 1859) - JimWest (Chess.com 1774), Chess.com 7/19/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.dxe5 Bc5 7.e6 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Be2 Kf8 11.O-O Kg8 12.Ng6 hxg6 13.Bg5 Nbd7 14.Nd2 c6 15.c4 Ne5 16.b3 Nf7 17.Bh4 g5 18.Bg3 d4


19.Bh5 e3 20.Bxf7+ Bxf7 21.Nf3 e2 22.Qc2 exf1=Q+ 23.Rxf1 Qe4 24.Qd2 g4 25.Re1 gxf3 26.Rxe4 Nxe4 27.Qd1 Nxg3 28.hxg3 fxg2 29.Kxg2 Re8 30.Qd3 a5 31.a4 b6 32.Qf3 Bg6


33.Kf1 Bb4 34.Kg1 Re1+ 35.Kh2 Be4, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

FaubrizioMaurizio (lichess 2009) - JimWest (lichess 2147), lichess 7/19/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 c6 5.d3 Nf6 6.Ng5 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb3 Bb4 9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.f4 Nc6 12.fxe5 Nxe5 13.Bf4 Ng6 14.Be3 Ng4 15.Bd2 Kh8 16.Qf3 h6 17.Nh3 d4


18.cxd4 Qxd4+ 19.Kh1 N6e5 20.Qg3 Bd7 21.Nf4 Rae8 22.c3 Qd6 23.d4 Ng6 24.Qh3 Nxf4 25.Bxf4 Qf6 26.Qf3 Qb6 27.h3 Nf6 28.Rab1 Qa6 29.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 30.Rxe1 Re8 31.Rxe8+ Bxe8 32.Qe3 Ne4 33.Kh2 Bc6


34.d5 Bd7 35.c4 Qg6 36.c5 Bb5 37.d6 Bf1 38.g3 Bb5 39.a4 Bc6 40.Qd4 Qh5 41.Qd3 Qe8 42.a5 Nxc5 43.Qc2 Nxb3 44.Qxb3 Qe2+ 45.Kg1 Qg2#.