2 PCG Reversed Games 4/29/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1851) - InterfectorRegis (Chess.com 1697), Chess.com 4/29/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Nxe2 dxe4 7.fxe5 exd3 8.exf6 dxe2 9.Qxe2+ Kd7 10.fxg7 Bxg7

11.Qg4+ Kc6 12.Qxg7 Re8+ 13.Kf2 Qh4+ 14.g3 Qc4 15.Qc3 Re2+ 16.Kf3 Rxc2 17.Qxc4+ Rxc4 18.Nc3 Nd7 19.Bf4 b5 20.Rac1, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2104) - zorro1984 (lichess 2097), lichess 4/29/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 Bc5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.Be2 d6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nc3 c6 11.Qd2 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Qh4+ 13.g3 Qf6 14.Rf1 Qe5 15.O-O-O Bb4 16.d4 Qa5 17.Kb1 Be6 18.d5 cxd5 19.exd5 Bd7

20.Qd3 Rac8 21.Ne4 Bb5 22.Qe3 Bxf1 23.Rxf1 Rfe8 24.Qf4 Rc4 25.Nf6+ gxf6 26.Qxc4 Bc5 27.c3 b5 28.Qg4+ Kf8 29.b4 Qa3 30.bxc5 dxc5 31.Rc1 a5 32.Qf4 Kg7 33.d6 Re1

34.Qd2 Rxc1+ 35.Qxc1 Qa4, Black resigns.

PCG with 5.Bxe7 Qxe7

Philidor Counter Gambit

Elgranconejo (lichess 2447) - CM ArnieChipmunk (lichess 2434), lichess 4/15/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Qxe7

6.dxe5 fxe4 7.exd6 cxd6 8.Nd4 Nc6 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.Ndb5 O-O

11.Qxd6 Qf7 12.O-O-O a6 13.Nc7 Rb8 14.N7d5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Qxf2

16.Bc4 Bf5 17.Rhf1 Qxg2 18.Rxf5 Rxf5 19.Ne7+ Kh8 20.Nxf5 Qg5+ 21.Kb1 Rd8

22.Qxd8+ Nxd8 23.h4 Qf6 24.Rd6 Qf8 25.h5 g6 26.hxg6 hxg6, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 4/27/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

alelia1 (Chess.com 1740) - JimWest (Chess.com 1846), Chess.com 4/27/2023

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.Bc4 Bf5 12.Qf3 O-O-O 13.O-O Rhf8

14.Qe2 Bh3 15.f4 Qg6 16.Bd3 Bf5 17.Rad1 Bxd3 18.cxd3 Nd5 19.Bd2 Nd4 20.Qf2 Qxd3 21.Bc3 Ne2+ 22.Kh1 Qc4 23.Qxa7 Qa6 24.Qxa6 bxa6 25.f5 Nexc3 26.bxc3 Ne3

27.Rxd8+ Kxd8 28.Re1 Rxf5 29.h3 Rf1+ 30.Rxf1 Nxf1 31.Kg1 Ne3 32.Kf2 Nc4 33.e6 Ke7 34.Ke2 Kxe6 35.Kd3 Nd6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

PushUpWheel (lichess 2106) - JimWest (lichess 2098), lichess 4/27/2023

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.Bc4+ Kg7 11.Nxh8 Nc6 12.Qg3+ Kxh8 13.Bg5 Bg7 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Qxc7 Nxd4

16.O-O-O Ne6 17.Bxe6 Qxb2+ 18.Kd2 Bxe6 19.Rb1 Bh6+ 20.Ke2 Bg4+ 21.f3 exf3+ 22.gxf3 Re8+ 23.Kf2 Qd4+ 24.Kg2 Bf5 25.Rhd1 Qh4 26.Qc3+ Bg7 27.Qb3 Re2+ 28.Kh1 Qxh2#.

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/26/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

vindy Chess.com 1668) - JimWest (Chess.com 1855), Chess.com 4/26/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.Ng5 Qb6 8.Bf7+ Ke7 9.Bb3 h6 10.Nf3 g5 11.d4 Bg4 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qd3 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nbd7 15.Na4 Qc7 16.Rd1 b5 17.Nc3 Nc5 18.Qe2 a5 19.a4 b4

20.Na2 Nxb3 21.cxb3 Rd8 22.Bd2 Kf7 23.Qc4+ Kg7 24.Rac1 c5 25.Rc2 Be7 26.Nc1 Rd4 27.Qe2 Rhd8 28.Rc4 Qd7 29.Rxd4 Qxd4 30.Qa6 Qxb2 31.Nd3 Qxb3

32.Nxc5 Qxd1+ 33.Kg2 Bxc5 34.Qxa5 Qxd2 35.Qxc5 Qd6 36.Qa7+ Rd7 37.Qa5 h5 38.Qb5 g4 39.a5 gxf3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

JimWest (lichess 2094) - klausfranz (lichess 1950), lichess 4/26/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 g6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.c3 O-O 8.Be2 Re8 9.O-O Nc6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Nbd2 Re7 12.Qc2 d5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Rae1 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Bg7 17.d4 Bf5 18.Bd3 Qd5 19.a3 Rae8

20.Ng3 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 23.Nxe1 Bf8 24.Qe2 Bd6 25.Ne4 Be7 26.Qf3 Qe6 27.d5, Black resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 4/25/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1877) - wlikey (Chess.com 1687), Chess.com 4/25/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Qe7 6.Qe2 Nfd7 7.Nf3 g5 8.h3 Bg7 9.d4 Nc6 10.c3 Nb6 11.b3 Bf5 12.Ba3 Qd7 13.Nxg5 O-O-O 14.Nd2 f6 15.e6 Bxe6 16.Nxe6 Rde8 17.O-O-O Rxe6 18.Qf3 Bh6 19.Bc6 Re3

20.Qh5 Qg7 21.Bb2 Qg6 22.Qg4+ Qxg4 23.hxg4 Bf8 24.Nf3 a6 25.Bxc6 bxc6 26.Rde1 h6 27.Kc2 Bg7 28.Bc1 Rd4 29.Nh4 Rhe8 30.Bd2 Kb7 31.Nf5 Bf8 32.Rxd4 Rxd4 33.Rf1 c5 34.dxc5 Bxc5 35.Rxf4 Re2

36.Nd4 Rxg2 37.Rxf6 Rxg4 38.Rxh6 Bxd4 39.cxd4 a5 40.Bxa5 Rxd4 41.Bxb6 cxb6 42.Kc3 Rd1 43.Kb4 Rc1 44.a4 d4 45.Rd6 Rd1 46.Kb5 Rb1, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2109) - bambaNG_48 (lichess 2111), lichess 4/25/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Bb6 9.Na3 a6 10.Nc4 Ba7 11.a4 O-O 12.f5 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Qe2 Re8 15.Be4 Nf4 16.Bxf4 exf4 17.O-O-O b5

18.Qf3 bxc4 19.Bxc6 Re3 20.Bxa8 Rxf3 21.Bxf3 cxd3 22.Be4 Be3+ 23.Kb1 d2 24.Kc2 Qe8 25.Bd5 Qxa4+ 26.Kb1 Qd7 27.Be4 Qe8 28.Bd3 a5 29.Rhf1 a4 30.g3 Qd7 31.Bc2 a3

32.bxa3 Qb5+ 33.Ka2 Qd5+ 34.Kb2 Qd6 35.gxf4 Bxf4 36.h3, Black forfeits.

PCG Reversed & PCG 4/24/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1873) - Sff75 (Chess.com 1776), Chess.com 4/24/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bxg1 6.Rxg1 O-O 7.f5 d5 8.Qc2 Na6 9.Be2 Nc5 10.Bg5 b6 11.Nd2 Bb7 12.O-O-O a5 13.Kb1 Qd6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.g4 dxe4 16.dxe4 a4 17.g5 Qc6 18.Bf3 Rfd8

19.Nc4 Nxe4 20.Nxe5 Qe8 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Bxe4 Qxe5 23.Bxb7 Qe3 24.Rd1 Rxd1+ 25.Qxd1 Qxg5 26.Be4 h5 27.Bc2 b5 28.a3 Qh4 29.Qe2 c6 30.Qe8+ Kh7 31.f6+ Kh6 32.Qh8+ Kg5 33.Qxg7+ Kf4 34.Qg1 Ke5

35.Qg3+ Qxg3 36.hxg3 Kxf6 37.Be4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Jesusparra (lichess 2144) - JimWest (lichess 2107), lichess 4/24/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.h3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.Ng5 Qb6 9.Bf7+ Kf8 10.Bb3 h6 11.Ne6+ Bxe6 12.Bxe6 g5 14.Kh2 Kg7 15.Na4 Qc7 16.b3 Nbd7

17.Bb2 b5, White forfeits.

2 PCG Reversed Games 4/23/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1882) - insufficienttechneek (Chess.com 1694), Chess.com 4/23/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Be6 7.c3 Be7 8.Nh3 O-O 9.Nf4 Bc8 10.Be2 Nh6 11.O-O Nd7 12.Nd5 Bg5 13.Bxg5 Qxg5 14.Qd2 Qd8 15.Na3 c6

16.Nf6+ gxf6 17.Qxh6 fxe5 18.Rf5 Re8 19.Rg5+ Kh8 20.Qg7#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2121) - trucar (lichess 2014), lichess 4/23/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d5 3.d3 dxe4 4.dxe4 Qxd1+ 5.Kxd1 Bc5 6.f4 Nf6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Nc3 Bg4+ 9.Nf3 Nd4 10.Rf1 Nxf3 11.gxf3 Bh3 12.Re1 exf4 13.Bxf4 O-O-O 14.Ke2 Rhe8 15.Be3 Bd6 16.Rg1 g6 17.Bg5 Be7 18.Rad1 Nh5 19.Be3 f5

20.Nd5 Rxd5 21.exd5 Bc5 22.Be4 Bxe3 23.Kxe3 fxe4 24.fxe4 Nf6 25.Rd4 Bf5 26.Kf4 Nxe4 27.Re1 g5+ 28.Kxf5 Nd6+ 29.Kxg5 Rxe1 30.Rh4 Re5+ 31.Kf6 Rxd5 32.Rxh7 Rd2 33.Ke6 Re2+ 34.Kd5 Rxc2 35.Rh8+ Kd7 36.Rh7+ Ke8 37.Rh8+ Kf7

38.b4 Kg7 39.Rd8 Rxa2 40.Rd7+ Kf6 41.Rxc7 Rd2+ 42.Kc5 Ne4+ 43.Kb5 Nd6+ 44.Kc5 Ke6 45.Rh7 Ne4+ 46.Kc4 Rd7 47.Rh6+ Nf6 48.h4 Kf5 49.Rh8 Kg4 50.b5 Nh5 51.b6 axb6 52.Kb5 Kxh4 53.Kxb6 Kg5 54.Rb8 Nf6 55.Rxb7 Rd6+ 56.Kc5 Rd5+ 57.Kc4 Kf4

58.Rf7 Rf5 59.Kd3 Kf3 60.Kd4 Kf4 61.Kd3 Ke5 62.Re7+ Kd6 63.Re1 Nd5 64.Rh1 Rf3+ 65.Kd2 Kc5 66.Rh4 Nf4 67.Rh8 Kd4 68.Rd8+ Nd5 69.Ke2 Ra3 70.Kf2 Ke4 71.Re8+ Kf5 72.Rf8+ Nf6 73.Ke2 Ke5 74.Rb8 Kf4 75.Rf8 Ke5 76.Rb8 Nd5 77.Rh8 Nf4+ 78.Kd2 Rd3+ 79.Kc2 Re3

80.Re8+ Ne6 81.Kd2 Kf4 82.Ra8 Kf3 83.Ra7 Nf4 84.Rc7 Rd3+ 85.Kc2 Re3 86.Rc3 Rxc3+ 87.Kxc3, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 4/22/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1867) - LostRookie4 (Chess.com 1778), Chess.com 4/22/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Ng4 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Qe7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.Nf3 d5 11.e5 c6 12.O-O f6 13.h3 Nh6 14.a3 Ba5 15.b4 Bc7 16.Qc2 g6 17.Bd2 Bf5 18.Rae1 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Nf5

20.g4 Ng7 21.Kg2 Ne6 22.f5 Ng7 23.fxg6 hxg6 24.Qxg6 Nd7 25.exf6 Qxf6 26.Qxf6 Nxf6 27.Ne5 Rae8 28.Bh6 Bxe5 29.Rxe5 Rxe5 30.dxe5 Nd7 31.Rxf8+ Nxf8 32.Be3 Nge6 33.Bxa7 Nf4+ 34.Kg3 Nd3 35.b5 Nxe5 36.bxc6 bxc6

37.a4 Nfd7 38.a5 Nd3 39.h4 Nb4 40.Kf4 Kf7 41.h5 Nf6 42.Bd4 Ng8 43.g5 Nd3+ 44.Ke3 Nb4 45.g6+ Ke6 46.Bg7 Kf5 47.Bf8 Kg5 48.Bxb4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

janek_pi3 (lichess 2130) - JimWest (lichess 2116), lichess 4/22/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Nh2 Nf6 8.d3 Bd6 9.dxe4 Bxg3 10.fxg3 Nxe4 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Bd3 Bf5 13.O-O c6 14.Nf3 Qb6+ 15.Kh2 Nd7 16.b3 Rae8 17.Bxe4 Bxe4

18.Ng5 Nf6 19.Bd6 h6 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Bxf8 Rxf8 22.Qe2 Re8 23.Rad1 Qa5 24.a4 Qe5 25.Rf4 g5 26.Rf2 h5 27.Rdf1 Re6 28.Rf5 Qd6 29.Rxg5+ Kh7 30.Kh1 e3 31.Rf3 Qd2

32.Rxh5+ Nxh5 33.Rf7+ Ng7 34.Qh5+Kg8 35.Qf3 Re8 36.Qf6 Qe1+ 37.Kh2 Qxg3+ 38.Kxg3 Nh5+ 39.Kf3 Nxf6 40.Rxf6 e2 41.Rg6+ Kh7 42.Rg4 e1=Q 43.Rf4 Qf1+ 44.Kg4 Qxg2+ 45.Kf5 Rf8+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 4/21/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Makhleen (Chess.com 1818) - JimWest (Chess.com 1850), Chess.com 4/21/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.h3 a5 9.a3 Na6 10.g4 Bg6 11.Nh4 Qb6 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Bb3 Nc5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.dxe4 O-O-O 17.Qe2 Kb8 18.O-O-O Rhf8

19.Kb1 Bg5 20.f3 Qe3 21.Qxe3 Bxe3 22.Rhf1 Rf4 23.Rd3 Bc5 24.Rh1 Rdf8 25.Rf1 Rh8 26.Rh1 Rhf8 27.Rf1 Rh8 28.Rh1 Rhf8, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ravikumar100 (lichess 2049) - JimWest (lichess 2106), lichess 4/21/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Be3 d4 9.Nxh8 dxe3 10.Qh5+ g6

11.Qxc5 Qxf2+ 12.Kd1 e2+ 13.Bxe2 Qxc5 14.Nc3 Bxe6, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 4/20/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1851) - dax-sportswear (Chess.com 1679), Chess.com 4/20/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Ng4 6.Be2 exf4 7.Bxf4 Nf6 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Nc6 10.c3 h6 11.Nbd2 Nh7 12.d4 Ng5 13.Nxg5 Bxg5 14.Bxg5 Qxg5 15.Kh1 Qh4 16.Qe1 Qe7 17.Bf3 Rb8 18.Qf2 a6 19.Rae1 Nd8

20.e5 dxe5 21.Rxe5 Qd6 22.Ne4 Qb6 23.Ng3 Ne6 24.Nf5 f6 25.Ne7+ Kh7 26.Be4+ g6 27.Bxg6+ Kg7 28.Nxc8 Rbxc8 29.Rxe6 Qxe6 30.Bf5 Qe8 31.Bxc8 Qxc8 32.Qf5 Qxf5 33.Rxf5 Re8 34.Kg1 Kg6 35.g4 Re2

36.Rf2 Re1+ 37.Kg2 c6 38.a3 Re6 39.Rd2 Rd6 40.Kg3 b5 41.h4 h5 42.gxh5+ Kxh5 43.Re2 f5 44.Re8 Rg6+ 45.Kh3 f4 46.Rh8+ Rh6 47.Rxh6+ Kxh6 48.Kg4 f3 49.Kxf3 Kh5 50.Kg3 a5 51.b4 a4 52.Kh3 Kg6 53.Kg4 Kf6

54.h5 Ke6 55.h6 Kd5 56.h7 Kc4 57.h8=Q Kxc3 58.d5+ Kb3 59.dxc6 Kxa3 60.Qc3+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Veniamin6 (lichess 2068) - JimWest (lichess 2094), lichess 4/20/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Be3 d4 9.Bg5 Qf5 10.g4 Qd5 11.c4 Qxe6 12.Nxh8 Nc6 13.Bg2 Nf6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.O-O Kf8 16.Qe2 Qxg4 17.Qxg4 Bxg4 18.Bxe4 Kg7 19.a3 a5

20.Nd2 Kxh8 21.Nb3 Bd6 22.f3 Bh3 23.Rf2 Rg8+ 24.Kh1 a4 25.c5 Bf4 26.Nd2 Ne5 27.Bd5 Rd8 28.Bxb7 c6 29.Ba6 d3, White forfeits.