2 PCG Games 10/30/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

samueldrn (Chess.com 1705) - JimWest (Chess.com 1826), Chess.com 10/30/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Bxg8 exf3 6.Bd5 fxg2 7.Bxg2 Nd7 8.d4 exd4 9.Qxd4 Qf6 10.Qxf6 Nxf6 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nd5 Bd8 14.O-O-O O-O 15.Rhf1 c6 16.Ne3 d5 17.c3 Bg5

18.Kc2 Bxe3 19.fxe3 Bf5+ 20.Kb3 Rae8 21.Rde1 Be4 22.Bh3 Rxf1 23.Bxf1 Bg6 24.Bh3 c5 25.a4 d4 26.cxd4 cxd4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

thecheesedoctor (lichess 2025) - JimWest (lichess 2143), lichess 10/30/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.Bc4 fxe4 5.Nxe5 Nh6 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Qxg6+ Ke7 9.d3 Bf5 10.Nd5+ Kd7 11.Qg3 c6 12.Bg5 Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qc5 14.b4 Qd4 15.Bc3 Rg8 16.Bxd4 Rxg3 17.Nf6+ Ke7 18.hxg3 d5

19.Bb3 exd3 20.cxd3 Bxd3 21.Kd2 Bf5 22.Rae1+ Kf7 23.f3 Na6 24.g4 Be6 25.a3 Bg7 26.Kd3 Rh8 27.Rhf1 Bxf6 28.Bxf6 Kxf6 29.Re2 Nf7 30.Rfe1 Nc7 31.Ba2 Rg8 32.Kd4 Nd6 33.Kc5 Rd8 34.Bb1 Nc4 35.a4 Rd6

36.Ba2 b6+ 37.Kd4 Na6 38.b5 c5+ 39.Kc3 Nb4 40.Bb1 d4+ 41.Kb3 Nd2+ 42.Kb2 Nc4+ 43.Kc1 Ne3 44.Kd2 Bc4 45.Rf2 Re6 46.g3 Bd5, White forfeits.

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/29/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

swiecsd (Chess.com 1817) - JimWest (Chess.com 1843), Chess.com 10/29/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.f3 Qe8 12.a3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nbd7 14.f4 Nxe5 15.fxe5 Nd7 16.Rxf8+ Nxf8

17.c4 Ne6 18.Bh4 Qg6 19.Bh5 Qh6 20.Bg3 Bd7 21.c5 Rf8, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2150) - cattaan (lichess 1965), lichess 10/29/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Nf3 d6 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.O-O O-O 12.c4 Nb6 13.exd6 cxd6 14.d5 Bd7 15.Qd3 Bg4 16.Nc3 Rc8 17.b3 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Nd7 19.Bf4 Ne5

20.Bxe5 dxe5 21.Rae1 Qb6+ 22.Kh1 Qf6 23.Ne4 Qxf3 23.Rxf3 f6 24.d6 Bd8 25.g4 Ba5 26.Rd1 Rfd8 27.Rd5 Bb4 28.Rfd3 Rd7 29.Kg2 Kf7 30.Kf3 Ke6 31.Rb5 a5 32.Rdd5 Rc6 33.h4 h6 34.h5 b6

35.Ng3 Rcxd6 36.Nf5 Rxd5 37.cxd5+ Rxd5 38.Rxb6+ Kf7 39.Rb7+ Ke6 40.Nxg7+ Kd6 41.Rb6+ Kc5 42.Rxf6 Bd2 43.Nf5 Bg5 44.Ke4 Rd2 45.Ra6 Rxa2 46.Nxh6 Bxh6 47.Rxh6 Ra3 48.Re6 Rxb3 49.Rxe5+ Kb4

50.h6 a4 51.h7 Rh3 52.Rh5, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/28/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

viseshking (Chess.com 1706) - JimWest (Chess.com 1835), Chess.com 10/28/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e3 10.Bxe3 dxe3 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.Nf7+ Ke7 13.Nxh8 Nh6 14.Bd3 Bf5 15.Bxf5 Nxf5 16.Rb1 b6 17.h4 Nc6 18.g4 Nh6 19.f4 Rxh8

20.g5 Nf5 21.Rh3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Wampenschleifer (lichess 2097) - JimWest (lichess 2151), lichess 10/28/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Nf7 Kxf7 12.Bc4+ Kg7 13.d3 Nc6 14.Qg5+ Kh8 15.O-O Bg7 16.Re1 Nd4

17.Rxe4 Bxh3 18.Rh4 Bf5 19.Be3 Nxc2 20.Qxf5 Nxa1 21.Bg5 Qe7 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.Re4 Qg7 24.Rg4 Qe7 25.Re4 Qg7 26.Rg4 Qe7 27.Re4, draw.

2 PCG Games 10/27/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

vtfy (Chess.com 1714) - JimWest (Chess.com 1830), Chess.com 10/27/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.d4 e4 7.Re1 Be7 8.Nfd2 d5 9.Nxe4 Bxe4 10.f3 Bg6 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Nf6 13.Bg5 O-O 14.Nc3 Bb4 15.Re5 Bxc3 16.Qxc3 Nbd7 17.Re6 Re8

18.Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.Re1 Qg6 20.Bh4 Re8 21.h3 Rxe1+ 22.Bxe1 Qe8 23.Bg3 Qe2 24.Qb3 Qb5 25.Qxb5 cxb5 26.c3 a6 27.Kf2 Kf7 28.Bd6 g6 29.g4 Ke6 30.Bh2 h5 31.Ke3 hxg4 32.hxg4 Nb6 33.b3 g5 34.Be5 Nbd7 35.Bh2 Nf8

36.Kd3 Ng6 37.Bc7 Kd7 38.Bg3 Ne8 39.Bf2 Ng7 40.c4 bxc4+ 41.bxc4 dxc4+ 42.Kxc4 Nf4 43.Be3 b5+ 44.Kb4 Nd5+ 45.Ka5 Nxe3 46.Kxa6 Kc6 47.Ka5 Ne6 48.a4 bxa4 49.Kxa4 Nxd4 50.Kb4 Kd5 51.Kc3 Nxf3 52.Kd3 Nxg4

53.Ke2 Ke4 54.Kf1 Ne3+ 55.Kf2 Kf4 56.Ke2 g4 57.Kf2 g3+ 58.Ke2 g2 59.Kf2 g1=Q+ 60.Ke2 Qf1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Hituzuge (lichess 2054) - JimWest (lichess 2154), lichess 10/27/2022

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.Kg1 Bxe6 11.Nxh8 Nc6 12.Bb5 Nge7 13.Qf1 Qd4+ 14.Qf2 Qxf2+ 15.Kxf2 O-O-O 16.Bxc6 Nxc6 17.Ng6 hxg6 18.Nc3 Rf8+ 19.Kg3 Nd4

20.h3 Nxc2 21.Rac1 Ne3 22.Rhe1 Nf5+ 23.Kh2 c6 24.Rf1 Rf6 25.Rce1 b5 26.Rc1 Kb7 27.Ne2 Bd7 28.g4 Nh4 29.Nd4 Nf3+ 30.Nxf3 exf3 31.Rc3 f2 32.Kg2 d4 33.Rc5 Kb6 34.b4 d3 35.Rxf2 Rd6 36.Rd2 Be6 37.Rg5 Bxa2

38.Re5 Bc4 39.Re7 a5 40.bxa5+ Kxa5 41.Rxg7 Kb4 42.Kf2 Kc3 43.Ke1 Re6+ 44.Kd1 Bb3+ 45.Kc1 Re1+ 46.Rd1 Rxd1#.

2 PCG Reversed Games 10/26/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1812) - Fradika1939 (Chess.com 1663), Chess.com 10/26/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Nd4 8.O-O Be7 9.c3 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 O-O 11.f5 Ne8 12.Nd2 Bg5 13.Nc4 Bxc1 14.Raxc1 c6 15.a4 b5 16.axb5 cxb5 17.Ne3 Nf6 18.g4 h6

19.h4 Nh7 20.Qg3 f6 21.Nd5 a5 22.Qe3 Ra6 23.Ra1 Rf7 22.Kh2 Rfa7 23.d4 Kh8 24.dxe5 dxe5 25.Rfd1 Rd7 26.Qe2 Qb8 27.b4 a4 28.Ra3 Rad6 29.c4 bxc4 30.Qxc4 Qa7 31.Kg2 Nf8 32.b5 Kh7 33.Rxa4 Qb7

34.Ra3 Rd8 35.Rad3 Rc8 36.Qb4 Qb8 37.b6 Rdc6 38.R1d2 Kh8 39.b7 Rd8 40.Qb5 Rcd6 41.g5 Kh7 42.gxf6 gxf6 43.Nxf6+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2150) - Radamm (lichess 2056), lichess 10/26/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Qd7 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 O-O-O 10.a4 d5

11.exd5 Ne7 12.fxe5 Nfxd5 13.d4 Kb8 14.dxc5 f6 15.O-O fxe5 16.Bg5 Rhe8 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Bxd5 Qxc5+ 19.Kh1 Rxd5 20.Qh5 Qc4, Black resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 10/25/2022

Philidor Counter Game Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1832) - LeonQuirkey (Chess.com 1775), Chess.com 10/25/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 a6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Ne2 e3

10.O-O Qh4 11.h3 Nf2 12.Qe1, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2146) - Spasoje93 (lichess 2031), lichess 10/25/2022

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Nd7 8.Nf3 Be7 9.c3 f6 10.Bb5 fxe5 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.dxe5 O-O 13.O-O Ba6 14.Re1 Nc5 15.Nd4 Qd7 16.Nd2 Nd3 17.Re3 Bg5 18.Rg3 Bh6 19.e6 Qd6

20.Nc4 Bxc4 21.Bxh6 g6 22.Bxf8 Rxf8 23.Rxd3 Bxd3 24.Qxd3 Qf4 25.Rf1, Blach resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 10/24/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1827) - wladek80180 (Chess.com 2018), Chess.com 10/24/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Nd5 6.d4 f5 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.Ne2 Be6 9.Bxd5 Bxd5 10.Nbc3 Bb4 11.O-O Bxc3 12.Nxc3 O-O 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.c3 Rad8 15.Qb3 Qxb3 16.axb3 h6 17.b4 a6 18.h4 Ne7

19.Bf4 Nd5 20.Rae1 Nxf4 21.Rxf4 g5 22.hxg5 hxg5 23.Rff1 Kg7 24.g4 Kg6 25.gxf5+ Rxf5 26.Rxe4 Rxf1+ 27.Kxf1 Kf5 28.Re2 c6 29.Kg2 Ke6 30.Kg3 b6 31.Kg4 c5

32.bxc5 bxc5 33.dxc5 Rd5 34.b4 a5 35.bxa5 Rxc5 36.Re3 Rxa5 37.Kxg5 Rxe5+ 38.Rxe5+ Kxe5 39.c4 Kd4 40.c5 Kxc5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2149) - denizg (lichess 2025), lichess 10/24/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Ng4 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 O-O 10.Nf3 f5 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Re8 13.Bc4+ Kh8 14.O-O c5 15.h3 Nh6

16.Bxh6 gxh6 17.d5 Nd7 18.e6 Nb6 19.Ne5 Nxc4 20.Nf7+ Kg8, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/23/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Bigfun2 (Chess.com 1783) - JimWest (Chess.com 1803), Chess.com 10/23/2022

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.Be3 d4 12.cxd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bxd4 14.Nd2 Bxb2 15.Nxe4 Bc3+ 16.Nxc3 Qxc3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

kdhz (lichess 2172) - JimWest (lichess 2143), lichess 10/23/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Nb3 Bxf5

9.h3 d5, White forfeits

2 PCG Games 10/22/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Beginner2500 (Chess.com 1706) - JimWest (Chess.com 1795), Chess.com 10/22/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Qg3 Kxh8 14.O-O-O Bf5 15.Qf4 Bg6

16.h4 Nh5 17.Bxe7 Nxf4 18.Bxd8 Rxd8 19.d5 Nb4 20.a3 Nbxd5 21.Nxd5 Rxd5 22.Rxd5 Nxd5 23.c4 Nf4 24.b4 Nd3+ 25.Kd2 Nxf2 26.Rf1 Ng4 27.Rf8+ Kf7 28.Rc8 e3+ 29.Ke2 Be4 30.Rxc7+ Kh6 31.c5 Bxg2

32.b5 Bd5 33.a4 Bc4+ 34.Ke1 Ne5 35.Re7 Nf3+ 36.Kd1 e2+ 37.Kc2 e1=Q 38.Rxe1 Nxe1+ 39.Kc3 Bd5 40.Kd4 Bg2 41.Ke5 Nd3+ 42.Kd6 Kh5 43.a5 a6 44.c6 Bxc6 45.bxc6 bxc6 46.Kxc6 Kxh4 47.Kb6 Nb4

48.Kc5 Kg3 49.Kxb4 h5 50.Kc5 h4 51.Kb6 h3 52.Kxa6 h2 53.Kb6 h1=Q 54.a6 Qa8, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

SHarmain (lichess 2199) - JimWest (lichess 2142), lichess 10/22/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.g3 c6 7.Nxe4 dxe4 8.Qh5+ Kd7 9.Qxe5 Bd6 10.Qxg7+ Ne7 11.c4 Qf8 12.Qxf8 Rxf8 13.c5 Bc7 14.Nc3 Ba5 15.Bg2 Nd5 16.Bd2 Bxc3 17.bxc3 b6 18.c4 Nf6 19.cxb6 axb6

20.O-O Ra4 21.Rfc1 Ba6 22.Bf1 b5 23.cxb5 Bxb5 24.Bh6 Rf7 25.Bh3+ Ke7 26.Rab1 Rxd4 27.Rxb5 cxb5 28.Rc7+ Nbd7 29.Bg5 Rg7 30.Be3 Rc4 31.Rb7 Ng4 32.Bf4 b4 33.Bf1 Rc2 34.Rxb4 Nxf2 35.Be3 Ng4 36.Rxe4+ Kd8

37.a4 Nxh2 38.Bg2 Rxg3 39.Bf2 Nf3+ 40.Kf1 Nd2+, White resigns.

15/10 PCG 10/21/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Vilhena0203 (Chess.com 1642) - JimWest (Chess.com 1788), Chess.com 10/21/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ne5 dxe5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Bb5+ c6 8.fxg6 Bg7 9.gxh7+ Kf8 10.Be2 Nf6 11.Qxe5 Qe7 12.Qxe7+ Kxe7 13.O-O Rxh7 14.Nc3 Bf5 15.Bg5 Nbd7 16.f3 e3 17.Bxe3 Rah8 18.h3 Bxc2 19.Bg5 Kf8

20.Rac1 Bg6 21.f4 Ne4 22.Nxe4 Bxe4 23.b4 Bxd4+ 24.Kh2 Bd5 25.Bf3 Nb6 26.Bxd5 Nxd5 27.Rfd1 Be3 28.Rc4 Bb6 29.Rd2 Rf7 30.g3 a6 31.Re2 Kg7 32.h4 Nf6 33.Bxf6+ Kxf6 34.Re5 Bc7 35.Rg5 Rg7 36.Rxg7 Kxg7 37.Re4 Rf8 38.Kg2 Rf7

39.Kf3 Kf8 40.h5 Re7 41.Rxe7 Kxe7 42.g4 Kf7 43.g5 Bd6 44.h6 Bxb4 45.Kg4 c5 46.Kf5 c4 47.g6+ Kg8 48.Ke6 Bd2 49.Kf6 Bc3+ 50.Ke7 Bb4+, draw.