2 PCG Reversed Games 9/29/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1754) - Ba3henov (Chess.com 1726), Chess.com 9/29/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 Qd7 9.Nbd2 Nh5 10.Bg3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 O-O-O 12.d4 Bb6 13.Nc4 Rde8 14.Nxb6+ axb6 15.Qc2 h6 16.O-O-O Qe6

17.d5 Qxe4 18.Qxe4 Rxe4 19.Bd3 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Re3 21.dxc6 Rxf3 22.cxb7+ Kxb7 23.Be4+ c6 24.Bxf3 d5 25.Rde1 Ra8, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2116) - The_Ark_of_Troy (lichess 2081), lichess 9/29/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Nc4 9.exd5+ Qe7 10.Qxe7+ Bxe7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Nge2 Nb6 13.O-O Nbxd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.c3 Rae8 16.Nf4 Nxf4 17.Bxf4 c6 18.Rae1 Bf6

19.Bd6 Rxe1 20.Rxe1 Rd8 21.Be5 Re8 22.Kf2 Bh4+ 23.g3 Bg5 24.h4 Bh6 25.g4 f6 26.Bg3 Rxe1 27.Kxe1 Bc1 28.b3 Bb2 29.Kd2 a5 30.a4 Kf7 31.Bd6 Ke6 32.Bc5 f5 33.gxf5+ Kxf5 34.Kc2 Ba1 35.b4 h5 36.bxa5 g5 37.hxg5 Kxg5

38.c4 h4 39.d5 h3 40.Bd6 Kf5 41.dxc6 bxc6 42.a6 Bd4 43.Kd3 Ba7 44.Ke2 Kg4 45.Kf1 Kf3 46.Bh2 Ke4 47.Bg1 c5 48.Ke2 Ke5 49.Kf3 Kd6 50.Kg3 Kc6 51.Kxh3 Kb6 52.Kg4 Kxa6 53.Kf5 Ka5 54.Ke4 Kxa4 55.Kd5 Kb4

56.Bh2 Bb6 57.Bb8 Bd8 58.Bd6 Bb6 59.Bxc5+ Bxc5 60.Kc6 Kxc4, draw.

2 PCG Games 9/28/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

adrianobacha (Chess.com 1721) - JimWest (Chess.com 1746), Chess.com 9/28/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.Bg5 Be7 9.c4 c6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.Rd1 Bb4 14.Bb5 Bxc3+ 15.bxc3 Ne7 16.O-O a6

17.Bxf6 axb5 18.Qxb5 Rxf6 19.Qxb7 Rxe6 20.Ra1 Rc8 21.Rfc1 Rec6 22.Qb4 Rc4 23.Qb2 Qc7 24.Qa3 Rxc3 25.Rxc3 Qxc3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Apocalipchess (lichess 2067) - JimWest (lichess 2116), lichess 9/28/2022

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.Qxe4 Nbc6 11.Bb5 O-O 12.O-O Be6 13.Rad1 Rad8

14.Bxc6 Nxc6 15.f4 Qh5 16.Rxd8 Rxd8 17.f5 Bd5 18.Qf4 Qe2 19.Qh4, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/27/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Heer1612 (Chess.com 1596) - JimWest (Chess.com 1751), Chess.com 9/27/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Be3 Bxe3 8.Nf7 Bxf2+ 9.Kxf2 Qf6+ 10.Ke1 Bxe6 11.Nxh8 Qxb2 12.Nd2 Nf6 13.Rb1 Qd4 14.Rxb7 Nbd7 15.Rxc7 Ng4

16.Qe2 Qa1+ 17.Qd1 Qxd1+ 18.Kxd1 Nf2+ 19.Ke1 Nxh1 20.Bb5 Ke7 21.Nf7 Rf8 22.Ng5 Bf5 23.Nf1 Kd6 24.Rxa7 h6 25.Ne3 Ne5 26.Nxf5 Rxf5 27.Nh3 g5 28.Ra6+ Kb5 29.Be2 g4 30.Ng1 h5

31.a4 Rf2 32.Rh6 Rxg2 33.Kf1 Rxh2 34.a5 Ng3+ 35.Ke1 Nxe2 36.Nxe2 Nf3+ 37.Kf1 e3 38.Re6 Rf2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Sudhirsana (lichess 2121) - JimWest (lichess 2111), lichess 9/27/2022

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.Qh5+ g6 11.Qg5 Qxf2+ 12.Kd1 Nf6 13.Be2 O-O-O

14.Rf1 Qd4+ 15.Ke1 Be7 16.c3 Qe5 17.Bf4 Qf5 18.Qxf5 gxf5 19.g4 Rxh8 20.gxf5 Bd7 21.Bg5 Rg8 22.Bh4 Ne5 23.Nd2 Rg2 24.Rd1 c6 25.c4 d4 26.Bxf6 Bxf6 27.Nxe4 Bh4+ 28.Kd2 Nxc4+ 29.Kc1 Rxe2 30.Rxd4 Ne3 31.Nc3 Rxh2 32.Rf3 Bg5

33.f6 Nd5+ 34.Kb1 Nxf6 35.Rf1 Nd5 36.Nxd5 cxd5 37.Rxd5 Bd8 38.Rc1+ Bc6 39.Re5 Bf6 40.Re6 Rxb2+ 41.Ka1 Rf2+ 42.Kb1 Kd7 43.Rce1 Bd5 44.R6e3 Rb2+ 45.Kc1 Rxa2 46.Rd3 Ra1+ 47.Kd2 Rxe1 48.Rxd5+ Kc6, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/26/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

ahmedalbana707 (Chess.com 1564) - JimWest (Chess.com 1746), Chess.com 9/26/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.O-O Bd6 9.f4 exf4 10.Re1+ Nge7 11.Ne6 Bxe6 12.Rxe6 O-O

13.Qf3 Nd4 14.Qf1 Nxe6 15.c4 Nd4 16.Ba4 b5 17.cxb5 Qb6 18.Kh1 Nxb5 19.Bxf4 Bxf4 20.Qxf4 Rac8 21.Nc3 Nxc3 22.bxc3 Rxc3 23.Qe5 Qc7 24.Qe3 f4 25.Qd2 f3

26.Bb3 fxg2+ 27.Kxg2 Kh8 28.Re1 d4 29.Qg5 Ng6 30.Kh1 Rxd3 31.Re4 Qb7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2112) - AlexIce (lichess 2131), lichess 9/26/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Qh4+ 7.g3 Qd8 8.Bc4 c5 9.c3 Nc6 10.Ne2 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bb4+ 12.Nbc3 O-O 13.O-O Qb6

14.Nd5 Qc7, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/25/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

max-Neves7 (Chess.com 1849) - JimWest (Chess.com 1754), Chess.com 9/25/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 Bxf5 8.Be2 Nf6 9.Nc3 c6 10.O-O d5 11.Nb3 Nbd7 12.Qd2 O-O 13.Qg5 Bg6 14.Rae1 Rae8

15.Bd3 Qf7 16.Be2 h6 17.Qf4 Nh7 18.Qc7 Ndf6 19.Qg3 Nh5 20.Qd6 Re6 21.Qb4 b6 22.Kh1 Nf4 23.Nd2 Nxe2 24.Rxe2  Rf6 25.Nb3 Bh5 26.Ree1 Rxf2 27.Rxf2 Qxf2 28.Rg1 Qxc2 29.Qd6 Qxb2 30.Qxc6 Nf6

31.Nxd5 Nxd5 32.Qxd5+ Bf7 33.Qxe4 Bxb3 34.axb3 Qxb3 35.Re1 Qf7 36.Qe2 Qd5 37.Qe3 Rd8 38.Ra1 Qxd4 39.Qe6+ Kh8 40.Re1 a5 41.Rb1 Qd1+ 42.Qe1 Qxe1+ 43.Rxe1 a4 44.Kg1 a3 45.Re2 b5 46.Kf2 b4

47.Ra2 Ra8 48.Kf3 b3 49.Rd2 a2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2103) - memodemir4 (lichess 1973), lichess 9/25/2022

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 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Bg4 12.Be2 O-O-O 13.Nc3 Bxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Qxe5 15.Kxh1 d4

16.Ne2 Bd6 17.Bf4 Qf6 18.Qf1 Bxf4 19.Nxf4 Kb8 20.Nd3 Rhe8 21.Qg2 Qe7 22.Bxb7, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/24/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

too_many_rooks_0 (Chess.com 1607) - JimWest (Chess.com 1763), Chess.com 9/24/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Be7

6.a3 fxe4 7.Nxe4 d5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

fabaxe (lichess 2083) - JimWest (lichess 2104), lichess 9/24/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.f3 Bc5 7.dxe4 Ne7 8.Qf3 Rf8 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qxh7 Bf2+ 11.Ke3 Bg4+ 12.Nf3 dxe4 13.Kxf2 exf3

14.Bh6 Qd4+ 15.Kg3 Nf5#.

2 PCG Games 9/23/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

dhruv909 (Chess.com 1886) - JimWest (Chess.com 1766), Chess.com 9/23/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bb3 Na6 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.a3 Nc5 9.Ba2 a5 10.Be3 Ncd7 11.d4 e4 12.Nh4 Bg4 13.f3 exf3 14.Nxf3 d5 15.O-O Bd6 16.Bg5 O-O 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Rxf3 Qc7 19.Qd3 Rae8

20.Raf1 Kh8 21.Bf4 Bxf4 22.Rxf4 b5 23.Qf3 b4 24.axb4 axb4 25.Na4 Ng8 26.Rxf8 Rxf8 27.Qd3 Rxf1+ 28.Qxf1 Qa7 29.Bb3 Qxd4+ 30.Kh1 Ngf6 31.c3 Qe5 32.Bc2 bxc3 33.Nxc3 Kg8 34.Qf2 c5 35.Qe2 Qxe2 36.Nxe2 d4

37.Bb3+ Kf8 38.Nf4 Ke7 39.g4 g5 40.Nd3 h5 41.gxh5 Nxh5 42.Ba4 Nf4 43.Nxf4 gxf4 44.Kg2 Ne5 45.Bd1 c4 46.Kf2 Nd3+ 47.Kf3 Nxb2 48.Bc2 d3 49.Bxd3 Nxd3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Wombed08 (lichess 2170) - JimWest (lichess 2096), lichess 9/23/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Nc3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nd7 11.g3 fxg3 12.Qxf6 Ngxf6 13.fxg3 Bc5+ 14.Kg2 O-O-O 15.Bg5 Rde8 16.Rad1 h6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6

18.Bf7 Re7 19.Bg6 Rd8 20.Bf5+ Kc7 21.Rxd8 Kxd8 22.Rd1+ Kc7 23.Ne2 Re8 24.Ng1 Rd8 25.Rxd8 Kxd8 26.Nf3 Bd6 27.g4 Ke7 28.g5 hxg5 29.Nxg5 Bc5 30.Ne6 Bd4 31.c3 g6 32.Nxd4 exd4 33.Bxg6 dxc3 34.bxc3 Kd6 35.h4 Ke5

36.h5 Ng8 37.Kf3 Nh6 38.a3 a5 39.Ke3 c5 40.Kd3 b5 41.Be8 b4 42.axb4 axb4 43.cxb4 cxb4 44.Bg6 Ng8 45.Kc4 Ne7 46.Bh7 Nc6 47.h6 Kf6 48.Bf5 Ne5+ 49.Kxb4 Nf7 50.h7 Kg7 51.Kc5 Ne5 52.Kd5 Nd3

53.Kd4 Nb4 54.Ke5 Nd3+ 55.Kd6 Kh8 56.Ke7 Kg7 57.Ke8 Ne5 58.Kd8 Nd3 59.Ke7 Ne5 60.Kd6 Nd3 61.Kd5 Kh8 62.Kd4 Nb4 63.Ke3 Nc6 64.Kf4 Kg7 65.Bd7 Ne7 66.Bf5 Nc6 67.Bd7 Ne7 68.Ke5 Ng6+ 69.Kd6 Nf8

70.Bf5 Kh8 71.Ke7 Kg7 72.h8+ Kxh8 73.Kxf8, stalemate.

10/5 PCG Reversed 9/22/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2084) - achmazschool (lichess 2107), lichess 9/22/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 Nf2 8.Qf3 Be6 9.d5 Bc8 10.Bxe3 Nxh1 11.Nc3 Bb4 12.Nge2 O-O 13.O-O-O Nd7 14.Bd4 Bc5 15.Bxc5 Nxc5 16.Rxh1 Qg5+ 17.Qf4 Qxf4+ 18.Nxf4 Re8 19.Re1 Bf5

20.h3 a6 21.g4 Bd7 22.b4 b5 23.bxc5 bxc4 24.c6 Bc8 25.Kd2 f5 26.d6 cxd6 27.exd6 Rxe1 28.Kxe1 fxg4 29.d7 Bxd7 30.cxd7 Rd8 31.hxg4 Rxd7 32.Ke2 Rd4 33.Ke3 Rd7

34.Nfd5 Kf7 35.Kd4 g6 36.Kxc4 h5 37.gxh5 gxh5 38.Ne4 h4 39.Nf4 Rc7+ 40.Kd3 Rb7 41.Nd6+ Kf6 42.Nxb7 Kf5 43.Ke3, Black resigns.

15/10 PCG Reversed 9/21/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1787) - bfqaqish1 (Chess.com 1666), Chess.com 9/21/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 O-O 8.f5 a6 9.a4 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Ne7 11.Na3 c6 12.b4 Bb6 13.Nc4 Bc7 14.O-O d5 15.Nd2 Bb6+ 16.Kh1 Be3 17.Nb3 Bxc1 18.Rxc1 Qc7 19.a5 Rad8

20.Qc2 dxe4 21.dxe4 Rd6 22.Nc5 Rfd8 23.Rcd1 Nc8 24.Rxd6 Rxd6 25.Rd1 Qe7 26.h3 Ne8 27.Rxd6 Nexd6 28.Qd3 Nb5 29.Bd1 Kf8 30.Ba4 Ncd6 31.Bxb5 Nxb5 32.Kg1 Ke8 33.Kf1 Qd6 34.Ke2 Qxd3+ 35.Kxd3 Nd6

36.c4 Kd8 37.g4 Kc7 38.g5 Ne8 39.h4 g6 40.f6 Nd6 41.Nb3 Kd7 42.Nc5+ Kc7 43.Kc3 Kc8 44.Kb3 Kc7 45.Nd3 Nxe4 46.Nxe5 Nd6 47.c5 Nf5 48.Nxf7 Nxh4 49.Nd6 Kd7 50.Kc4 Nf3 51.Ne4 Ne5+ 52.Kd4 Nf7

53.Ke3 Ke6 54.Kf4 Ne5 55.Nf2 Nc4 56.Ke4 Ne5 57.Nh3 Nf7 58.Nf4+ Kd7 59.Nh3 Ke6 60.Nf4+ Kd7 61.Nh3 Ke6, draw.

2 PCG Games 9/20/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

TheGodDelusion2020 (Chess.com 1828) - JimWest (Chess.com 1764), Chess.com 9/20/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.g3 c6 7.Bg2 O-O 8.Nh4 h6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Ng6 Re8 11.Qh5 fxe4 12.Bxe4 d5 13.Bg2 Be6 14.O-O Bf7 15.Qg4 Bxg6 16.Qxg6 Nd7 17.Rad1 Nf8 18.Qg4 Qc8

19.Qh5 Qe6 20.Bh3 Qf7 21.Qe2 Nh7 22.Bf5 g6 23.Qg4 Ng5 24.Bxg6 Qxg6 25.h4 h5 26.Qb4 Nf3+ 27.Kh1 Qg4 28.Qxg4+ hxg4 29.Ne2 Kf7 30.c3 Rh8

31.d4 exd4 32.cxd4 Bxh4 33.gxh4 Rxh4+ 32.Kg2 Rah8 33.Kg3 Rh3+ 34.Kxg4 Nh2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

azat-1960 (lichess 2087) - JimWest (lichess 2081), lichess 9/20/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.Nb3 d5 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.Bd2 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Nge7 12.O-O-O O-O 13.h4 h5

14.Bd2 Bg4 15.f3 exf3 16.gxf3 Rxf3 17.Bh3 Rxh3 18.Qd3 Rxd3, White resigns.