PCG Reversed & PCG 7/30/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1940) - PDKM6 (Chess.com 1858), Chess.com 7/30/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Nbd7 8.O-O c6 9.f5 Qb6+ 10.Kh1 h5 11.a4 a5 12.Na3 h4 13.Nc4 Qc7 14.h3 d5 15.exd5 cxd5 16.Na3 Rc8 17.Bg5 e4

18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.dxe4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.c3 Qg3 22.Qe1 Bd6 23.Qxg3 Bxg3 24.Nc2 O-O 25.Ne3 Rfd8 26.Rad1 f6 27.Kg1 Kf7 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Rd1 Rxd1+ 30.Nxd1 Ke7 31.Kf1 Kd6 32.Ke2 Ke5 33.Ne3 Bf4

34.Nc4+ Kxf5 35.Nxa5 b6 36.Nc4 Bc7 37.b4 Ke6 38.Ke3 Kd5 39.Nd2 f5 40.Nb3 f4+ 41.Ke2 Kc4 42.Nd4 Bb8 43.Nc6 Bc7 44.a5 bxa5 45.bxa5 Kb5 46.Ne7 Kxa5 47.Nf5 Be5 48.Nxh4 Bxc3 49.Ng6 Kb4 50.Nxf4 g5

51.Nd5+ Kc4 52.Nxc3 Kxc3 53.Ke3 Kc4 54.Kxe4 Kc5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

esteniosobral (lichess 2168) - JimWest (lichess 2225), lichess 7/30/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.Ngxe4 dxc3 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.bxc3 Be7 11.Bg5 Bf5 12.Bxe7+ Kxe7 13.Ng3 Be6 14.Bd3 Nc6 15.f4 g6 16.Rb1 b6 17.Be4 Bd7 18.O-O Raf8 19.Ne2 Na5

20.Bd3 Nh6 21.Nd4 Nf5 22.Rbe1 Nxd4 23.cxd4 Bf5 24.Be2 h5 25.d5 Nb7 26.Rd1 Rd8 27.Bd3 Bxd3 28.Rxd3 Nc5 29.Rg3 Rhg8 30.a4 a5 31.Ra3 Rdf8 32.Rff3 Rf5 33.h3 h4 34.Kf2 g5 35.fxg5 Rgxg5 36.Rxf5 Rxf5+ 37.Ke3 Rxe5+ 38.Kf4 Re4+ 39.Kf5 Rxc4

40.Re3+ Kd7 41.g4 hxg3 42.Rxg3 Rxa4 43.Rg7+ Kd6 44.Kg5 Kxd5 45.h4 Ne6+ 46.Kg6 Nxg7 47.h5 Nxh5, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/29/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest Chess.com 1934) - arturito1515 (Chess.com 1857), Chess.com 7/29/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.c3 O-O 7.Be2 Re8 8.O-O e5 9.Qc2 d5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.fxe5 Rxe5 12.Bf4 Re8 13.e5 Ng4 14.d4 Bf5 15.Bd3 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 c5 17.Nd2 cxd4 18.cxd4 Qb6 19.Kh1 Rac8

20.h3 Nh6 21.g4 Re7 22.Qe3 Rc2 23.Bxh6 Bxh6 23.Qxh6 Qxb2 24.Nf3 Rf2 25.Qh4 Rxf3 26.Rab1 Rxf1+ 27.Rxf1 Rd7 28.e6 Qe2

29.exf7+ Rxf7 30.Rxf7 Kxf7 31.Qxh7+ Kf6 32.Qh8+ Kf7 33.Qh7+ Kf6 34.Qh7+ Kf6 35.Qh8+ Kf7 36.Qh7+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

The_Ark_of_Troy (lichess 2241) - JimWest (lichess 2215), lichess 7/29/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.dxe5 Nxe5 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8+ Bxd8 9.O-O Nf6 10.Re1 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Rxe4 Bf6 13.b3 Bf5 14.Re2 O-O-O 15.Bb2 Rhe8

16.h3 h5 17.Bf7 Rh8 18.c4 Bd3 19.Re3 e4 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Bg6 Rd4 22.Rae1 b5 23.Bxe4 bxc4 24.Bc6 cxb3 25.axb3 Bg6 26.Re7 Rd6 27.Ba4 Rhd8 28.Rg7 Rd1 29.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30.Kh2 Be4 31.f3 Bd5

32.Rd7 c6 33.Bxc6 Bxb3 34.Rf7 Bxf7, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/28/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

antonyoung17 (Chess.com 1956) - JimWest (Chess.com 1936), Chess.com 7/28/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.c4 Bd6 9.Bg5 O-O 10.cxd5 Qe8 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nc4 Bb4+ 13.Nd2 e3 14.fxe3 Qxe3+ 15.Ne2 Bg4 16.Qc2 Na6

17.O-O-O Bxe2 18.Bxe2 Qxe2 19.Rhe1 Bxd2+ 20.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 21.Rxd2 Rae8 22.Rf1 f5 23.a3 Rd8, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2221) - fantasticdriver (lichess 2065), lichess 7/28/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.c3 O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.Qc2 Nh5 10.f5 gxf5 11.Ng5 f4 12.Nxf7 Qh4 13.Qb3 Re6 14.d4 Na5 15.Qd5 Nc6 16.Qb3 exd4 17.Bxh5 Qxh5 18.Rxf4 Be5

19.Nxe5 dxe5 20.Rf5 Qh4 21.Nd2 Qe1+ 22.Rf1 Qe3+ 23.Kh1 Kh8 24.cxd4 Nxd4 25.Qxe3, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/27/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Mossyhorn (Chess.com 1797) - JimWest (Chess.com 1936), Chess.com 7/27/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Bg2 c6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Qe2 Nd7 12.Rfe1 Qc7 13.Rad1 Rae8 14.Ne4 Be7 15.Qd2 d5 16.Nc3 Bg4 17.Qe2 Bb4

18.a3 Bxc3 19.bxc3 e4 20.dxe4 Rxe4 21.Qd3 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Ne5 24.Rxe5 Qxe5 25.Kg2 Qf6 26.c4 Qxf3+ 27.Qxf3 Rxf3 28.Kxf3 dxc4 29.Ke4 b5 30.Kd4 a5 31.c3 Kf7

32.a4 bxa4 33.Kxc4 Ke6 34.f3 g5 35.h3 h5 36.Kd3 h4 37.gxh4 gxh4 38.c4 Kf5 39.Kc3 Kf4 40.Kb2 Kxf3 41.Ka3 Kg3 42.Kxa4 Kxh3 43.Kxa5 Kg4 44.c5 h3 45.Kb6 h2 46.Kxc6 h1=Q+ 47.Kc7 Kf5

48.c6 Ke6 49.Kb6 Kd6 50.c7 Qc6+ 51.Ka7 Qxc7+ 52.Ka8 Qd7 53.Kb8 Kc6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2221) - leeho_pobedil (lichess 2261), lichess 7/27/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 Bg4 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Bd3 f5 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Nxe3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Nc5 14.f4 g5 15.Nd5 O-O-O 16.Bxf5+ Kb8 17.O-O-O gcf4 18.e6 Rde8 19.Rhf1 Nxe6

20.Bxe6 Rxe6 21.Nxf4 Ree8 22.Nd3 Rhf8 23.Rxf8 Rxf8 24.c3 b6 25.Re1 Kb7 26.b4 a6 27.a4 Rf3 28.Kc2 Rf7 29.Re2 Rg7 30.Rf2 Ne7 31.Ne5 Nc6 32.Nxc6 Kxc6 33.Rf6+ Kb7 34.Rh6 Re7 35.h4 Ka7 36.Kb3 Kb7 37.h5 Ka7

38.Kc4 Kb7 39.Kd4 Ka7 40.c4 Kb7 41.a5 c6 42.axb6 Kxb6 43.Rd6 Rg7, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/26/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1940) - Augustolyra (Chess.com 1845), Chess.com 7/26/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.c3 e5 7.Be2 exf4 8.Bxf4 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.h3 Ne5 11.d4 Nxf3+ 12.gxf3 Bxh3 13.Rf2 Nh5 14.Bh2 Qg5+ 15.Kh1 Ng3+ 16.Bxg3 Qxg3 17.Rh2 Bh6

18.Qg1 Qxg1+ 19.Kxg1 Be3+ 20.Kh1 Bd7 21.Na3 f5 22.Nc2 Bf4 23.Rg2 fxe4 24.fxe4 Bh3 25.Rf2 Bg3 26.Rf3 Rxe4 27.Bc4+ Be6 28.Bxe6+ Rxe6 29.Rxg3 Re2 30.Rg2 Rae8 31.Rag1 R8e4 32.Rxe2 Rxe2 33.Rg2 Rxg2 34.Kxg2 Kf7

35.Kf3 Kf6 36.Ne3 c6 37.Nc4 Ke6 38.Na5 c5 39.dxc5 dxc5 40.Nxb7 Kd5 41.Nd8 a5 42.b3 c4 43.Nb7 cxb3 44.axb3 a4 45.bxa4 Kc4 46.a5 Kb5 47.c4+ Ka6 48.Nc5+ Kxa5 49.Ne6 Kb6 50.Kf4 h6 51.Ke5 Kc6

52.Kf6 Kd6 53.c5+ Kd5 54.Kxg6 Kxe6 55.Kxh6 Kd5 56.c6 Kxc6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Abdulmalik2000 (lichess 2139) - JimWest (lichess 2222), lichess 7/26/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nbd2 c6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 a5 9.c3 Kh8 10.d4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Rxe4 Bf5 13.Re1 e4 14.Nd2 d5 15.Nf1 Nd7 16.Bf4 h6 17.g4 Bh7 18.Bg3 Nf6 19.h3 Bd6

20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.Ne3 Rae8 22.Qb3 b5 23.Rad1 a4 24.Qc2 Nd7 25.b3 axb3 26.axb3 Ra8 27.Ra1 Qf4 28.Qe2 Qg5 29.Ra2 Rxa2 30.Qxa2 h5 31.Qa7 Nf6 32.Qe7 Re8 33.Qd6 hxg4 34.Qg3 Ra8 35.hxg4 Ng8 36.Qd6 Qf6 37.Qxf6 Nxf6 38.g5 Nh5

39.Bh3 Nf4 40.Bd7 Ra6 41.c4 bxc4 42.bxc4 Bg8 43.cxd5 cxd5 44.Bf5 g6 45.Bd7 Be6 46.Bb5 Rb6 47.Bf1 Kg7 48.Kh2 Rb8 49.Kg3 Nh5+ 50.Kg2 Rf8 51.Rc1 Rf7 52.Rc6 Nf4+ 53.Kg1 Bd7 54.Rd6 Bh3

55.Nxd5 Bxf1 56.Nxf4 Rxf4 57.Kxf1 e3 58.Ke2 exf2 59.Kf1 Rf5 60.Rd7+ Kg8 61.d5 Rxg5 62.Kxf2 Rf5+ 63.Ke3 Rf7 64.Rd8+ Rf8 65.Rd6 Kg7 66.Rd7+ Rf7 67.Rxf7+ Kxf7 68.Ke4 Ke7 69.Ke5 g5 70.Kf5 Kd6 71.Kxg5 Kxd5, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/25/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

HMF1979 (Chess.com 1896) - JimWest (Chess.com 1937), Chess.com 7/25/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Ng5 h6 10.Ne6 Bxe6 11.Bxe6 Nbd7 12.f3 Bc5+ 13.Kh1 O-O-O 14.Na4 Be7 15.Qe2 Kb8

16.b4 Bxb4 17.a3 Be7 18.Rb1 Qa5 19.Qc4 Nc5 20.Nxc5 Bxc5 21.Rb3 Rd4 22.Qe2 Rhd8 23.Rd3 Rxd3 24.cxd3 g5 25.h3 Nh5 26.Qd2 Ng3+ 27.Kh2 Nxf1+ 28.Kh1 Nxd2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2222) - t_fatin65 (lichess 2228), lichess 7/25/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Bg4 6.Bxe2 Bxe2 7.Nxe2 exd3 8.exf6 dxe2 9.Qxe2+ Kd7 10.fxg7 Bb4+ 11.c3 Re8 12.Be3 Qh4+ 13.g3 Qe4 14.O-O Nc6 15.Rxf7+ Kc8 16.Nd2 Qg6 17.Raf1 Bc5 18.Nc4 Nd8

19.Rf8 Rxe3 20.Nxe3 Qxg7 21.Kh1 Bxf8 22.Nf5 Qd7 23.Nd4 Qd5+ 24.Kg1 Bc5 25.Qg4+ Ne6 26.Qg8+ Kd7 27.Rf7+ Kd6 

28.Qxa8 Bxd4+ 29.cxd4 Qxd4+ 30.Rf2 Qd1+ 31.Kg2 Qd5+ 32.Kg1 Qd1+ 33.Kg2 Qd5+ 34.Kg1 Qd1+, draw.

2 PCG Games 7/24/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

BiPirouz (Chess.com 2050) - JimWest (Chess.com 1962), Chess.com 7/24/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nxe4 Be7 8.Qg4 g6 9.Ng5 Nf6 10.Qf4 O-O 11.Ne7 Qe8

12.Nh6+ Kh8 13.Qe5 Nc6 14.Qxc7 Bb4+ 15.Nc3 Qxe6+ 16.Be2 Bd6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ken_Maynard (lichess 2143) - JimWest (lichess 2217), lichess 7/24/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.O-O Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.Ng4 f5 14.Ne3 Bc5 15.Re1 Nxf4 16.Kh1 Bxe3 17.Rxe3 O-O-O 18.Nc3 Nd5 19.Nxd5 Rxd5

20.Rf1 Rd2 21.Rc3 f4 22.Rc4 Rg8 23.Rxe4 Rgxg2 24.Rfxf4 Rxh2+ 25.Kg1 b6 26.Rc4 Rdg2+ 27.Kf1 Rxc2 28.Rxc2 Rxc2, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/23/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1997) - GGZZKK (Chess.com 1966), Chess.com 7/23/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 O-O 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Bd3 f5 11.Be3 Nd7 12.O-O Rae8 13.e6 Bxe3+ 14.Nxe3 Ndc5 15.Nd4 Nxd3 16.cxd3 Nd6 17.Nxg4 fxg4 18.Rxf8+ Kxf8 19.Rf1+ Ke7

20.Rf4 h5 21.Nf5+ Nxf5 22.Rxf5 g6 23.Rf7+ Kxe6 24.Rxc7 Rd8 25.Rxb7 Rxd3 26.Rxa7 Rd1+ 27.Kf2 Rd2+ 28.Kg3 Rxb2 29.h4 gxh3 30.gxh3 Kf5 31.h4 Rb4

32.Ra5+ Kf6 33.Ra6+ Kf5 34.Ra5+ Kf6 35.Ra6+ Kf5 36.Ra5+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ferdi09 (lichess 2181) - JimWest (lichess 2229), lichess 7/23/2023

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Bc4 f5 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bg5+ Nf6 9.Bb5 Bd6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.c3 Kd7 12.Nbd2 h6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.O-O-O Rag8 15.Nh4 Be6 16.Ne4 Ke7 17.h3 f5 18.Nxd6 cxd6 19.Rhe1 e4

20.f3 d5 21.c4 Rh7 22.cxd5 cxd5 23.fxe4 fxe4 24.g4 Rf7 25.Kb1 Rf2 26.b3 Rc8 27.Rf1 Rcc2 28.Rxf2 Rxf2 29.Rc1 Kd6 30.Re1 Ke5 31.Ng6+ Kd4 32.Rd1+ Ke3 33.Ne5 d4

34.Nc4+ Bxc4 35.bxc4 d3 36.c5 Rc2 37.Re1+ Kd4 38.Rc1 Rxc1+ 39.Kxc1 Kxc5 40.h4 Kd4, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 7/22/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

GGZZKK (Chess.com 1958) - JimWest (Chess.com 1999), Chess.com 7/22/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.Bc4 fxe4 5.Nxe5 Qg5 6.Nf7 Qxg2 7.Rf1 Nf6 8.Nxh8 d5 9.Be2 Bh3 10.d4 Bd6 11.Qb3 b6 12.c4 Kf8 13.c5 bxc5 14.Qb7 cxd4 15.Qxa8 d3 16.Qxb8+ Ke7 17.Nd2 dxe2 18.Kxe2 Qg4+ 19.Ke1 e3

20.Qb5 Bb4 21.Qe2 Bxf1 22.Qxe3+ Kf8 23.Kxf1 Qd1+ 24.Kg2 Qg4+ 25.Qg3 Qd1 26.a3 Bxd2 27.Bxd2 Qxa1 28.Qe5 Qd1 29.Bb4+ Kg8 30.Qxc7 Qg4+ 31.Qg3 Kxh8 32.Qxg4 Nxg4 33.h3 Nf6 34.Bc3 Ne4 35.Bd4 a6

36.f3 Nd6 37.Kf2 Kg8 38.Ke2 Kf7 39.Kd3 g6 40.a4 Ke6 41.b4 Nc4 42.b5 axb5 43.axb5 Kd6 44.b6 Kc6 45.Bf2 Nxb6 46.Ke3 Kd6 47.Kf4 Nd7 48.Kg5 Ne5 49.Kh6 Nxf3 50.Kxh7 Ng5+ 51.Kxg6 Nxh3 52.Bg3+ Ke6 

53.Kh5 d4 54.Kh4 Ng1 55.Bf2 Ne2 56.Bxd4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

zaniste (lichess 2135) - JimWest (lichess 2235), lichess 7/22/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Neg5 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bb4+ 8.c3 Qe7+ 9.Be2 Bc5 10.O-O Bxd4 11.Qxd4 Nf6 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Be5 Nc6 14.Bxf6 Nxd4 15.Bxe7 Nxe2+ 16.Kh1 Re8 17.Bc5 Nf4 18.Be3 Ne6 19.Nxe6 Bxe6

20.Rfe1 Bf7 21.h3 a6 22.Rad1 c6 23.Bc5 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Re8 25.Rxe8+ Bxe8 26.Kh2 h5 27.Kg3 g6 28.Kf4 Kf7 29.Ke5 b5 30.Kd6 a5 31.a4 bxa4 32.Bb6 Kf6 33.Bxa5 g5 34.Kc5 Ke5 35.Bc7+ Ke4 36.f3+ Kd3

37.Kb4 Kc2 38.Ka3 c5 39.Bd8 g4 40.fxg4 hxg4 41.hxg4 d4 42.cxd4 cxd4 43.Bf6 d3 44.Bc3 d2 45.Bxd2 Kxd2 46.g5 Kc2 47.g6 Bxg6 48.Kxa4 Kxb2 49.Kb4 Kc2 50.Kc4 Kd2 51.Kd4 Ke2 52.Ke5 Kf2 53.g4 Kg3 54.g5 Kg4 55.Kf6 Bc2 56.g6 Bxg6, draw.