2 PCG Games 8/30/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Baur971 (Chess.com 1909) - JimWest (Chess.com 1913), Chess.com 8/30/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.Ng5 h6 9.Nf7 Rh7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.g3 g5 12.Qd3 Rxf7 13.Bxf7+ Kxf7 14.Rd1 Be7 15.b3 Na6 16.Bb2 Be6 17.Ne2 Rd8

18.Qc3 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 fxg3 20.hxg3 Nxe4 21.Qf3+ Nf6 22.c4 Bg4 23.Qd3 Nc5 24.Qc2 Ncd7 25.Kg2 e4 26.Rd2 Bf3+ 27.Kf1 Bb4 28.Nc3 e3 29.Rd4 Bc5 30.Rd3 Ne5 31.Ne2 Nxd3 32.Bxf6 Bxe2+ 33.Kxe2 exf2 34.Qxd3 Kxf6

35.Qf3+ Kg7 36.Qc3+ Kg8 37.b4 Qe7+ 38.Kf1 Qe1+ 39.Qxe1 fxe1=Q+ 40.Kxe1 Bxb4+ 41.Ke2 Kf7 42.g4 Ke6 43.Kf3 Ke5 44.Ke3 a5 45.a4 c5 46.Kf3 Kd4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

abwzahr691 (lichess 2052) - JimWest (lichess 2079), lichess 8/30/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Be2 c6 6.O-O Be7 7.h3 h6 8.Nh2 Nf6 9.d4 e4 10.f3 d5 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Be5 Nbd7 13.fxe4 Bxe4 14.Bf3 Qb6 15.Rf2 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Nd7 18.Kg2 Nxe5

19.Qd4 Qxd4 20.cxd4 Nd3 21.Rd2 Nf4+ 22.Kh1 Nxh3 23.Nc3 Bd6 24.Rf1 Rf4 25.Ne2 Rh4 26.Kg2 Nf4+ 27.Nxf4 Bxf4 28.Kh1 Bxd2 29.Rf2 Bf4 30.Rg2 Re8 31.Kg1 Bxh2+ 32.Rxh2 Rxh2 33.Kxh2 Re2+ 34.Kg3 Rxb2

35.Kf4 Kf7 36.Ke5 Ke7 37.f4 Rxa2 38.f5 Re2+ 39.Kf4 Re4+ 40.Kg3 Rxd4 41.Kh3 Kf6, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/29/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

ManuJM (Chess.com 1830) - JimWest (Chess.com 1905), Chess.com 8/29/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Bc4 d5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.O-O Nc6 9.c3 Bd6 10.Re1 Qd7 11.Nf1 O-O-O 12.Bg5 Rde8 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nbd2 Ne7 15.Ne3 Be6 16.c4 c6 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Ba4 Nc6 19.Rc1 Kb8

20.Qb3 Rc8 21.Rc2 Bf4 22.Rec1 Ka8 23.Bb5 Qd6 24.g3 Bxe3 25.fxe3 Bd7 26.Qa4 Rhg8 27.Nb3 h5 28.Nc5 Rxg3+ 29.Kh1 Bg4 30.hxg3 Qxg3

31.Bf1 Bf3+ 32.Bg2 Qh3+ 33.Kg1 Rg8 34.Kf1 Rxg2 35.Ke1 Qh1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2086) - kubanychbek1962 (lichess 2050), lichess 8/29/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 d6 4.c3 Nc6 5.f4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Ng4 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.O-O Re8 13.h3 Nf6 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Bxf3 16.Rxf3 Bxd4+ 17.Kh1 Bxe5 18.Rd3 Bd6 19.Bg5 h6

20.Bh4 g5 21.Bf2 Ne4 22.Nxe4 Rxe4 23.Bg3 Re6 24.Qb3 b6 25.Rad1 Qe7 26.Bxd6 cxd6 27.Qd5 Rd8 28.Kh2 Kg7 29.h4 g4 30.Qf5 Qxh4+ 31.Kg1 Rf6 32.g3 Qh3 33.Qe4 Re6 34.Qf4 d5 35.Rd4 Re2 36.Qxg4+ Qxg4 37.Rxg4+ Kf8 38.Rb4 Ke7

39.a4 f5 40.Rb5 Ke6 41.a5 Rd6 42.axb6 axb6 43.Kf1 Re4 44.Kf2 d4 45.Rd3 Kf6 46.Rdb3 Kg5 47.Rxb6 Rxb6 48.Rxb6 d3 49.Rd6 Re2+ 50.Kf3 Rxb2 51.Rxd3 Rb4 52.Ra3 h5 53.Rc3 h4 55.gxh4+ Kxh4

55.Ra3 Kg5 56.Rc3 Rh4 57.Kf2 f4 58.Ra3 Kg4 59.Rb3 Rh2+ 60.Kf1 Ra2 61.Rc3 f3 62.Rc8 Ra4 63.Rg8+ Kf4 64.Rf8+ Ke3 65.Re8+ Re4 66.Rxe4+ Kxe4 67.Kf2 Kf4

68.Kf1 Ke3 69.Ke1 Kd4 70.Kf2 Ke4 71.Kf1 Kf4 72.Kf2 Kg4 73.Kf1 Kg3 74.Kg1 f2+ 75.Kf1 Kf3, stalemate.

2 PCG Games 8/28/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Thomas2861 (Chess.com 1770) - JimWest (Chess.com 1898), Chess.com 8/28/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6

10.Bf4 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

HUSI_matgab (lichess 2106) - JimWest (lichess 2079), lichess 8/28/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 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.Bg5 Nc6 14.Bxf6+ Qxf6 15.Qxf6+ Kxf6 16.O-O-O Bf5 17.h3 Rd8

18.c3 Bh6+ 19.Kb1 e3+ 20.Bd3 e2 21.Rd2 Bxd2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 8/27/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

santtu001 (Chess.com 1831) - JimWest (Chess.com 1893), Chess.com 8/27/2023

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.Bh6+ Kxh8 12.Bxf8 Nc6 13.Bg7+ Kxg7 14.Qg5+ Kh8 15.c3 Bd7 16.Nd2 Qe7 17.O-O-O Rg8 18.Qf4 Be8 19.Rde1 Bg6

20.f3 Nd5 21.Qh6 e3 22.Rxe3 Qxe3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

BlackHoleProtector (lichess 1951) - JimWest (lichess 2070), lichess 8/27/2023

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.Bd2 Nd4 12.Qd1 Nb3 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.fxe3 Nxa1 15.Qxa1 Ne7 16.Qd1 Rxh8 17.Be2 c6 18.Qd2 Rf8 19.Kd1 Qg5

20.Bf1 Nf5 21.Kc1 Qxe3 22.Be2 Qxd2+ 23.Kxd2 Nd4 24.Kc1 Nxe2+ 25.Nxe2 Rf2 26.Kb1 Rxe2 27.Ka1 Rxg2 28.Kb1 e3, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 8/26/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Gilad1223 (Chess.com 1806) - JimWest (Chess.com 1896), Chess.com 8/26/2023

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.Nc3 c6 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.fxe3 Kg8 14.Ng6 hxg6 15.Qe1 Nbd7 16.Qg3 Nf8 17.a3 b5 18.Na2 a5

19.Rad1 d4 20.Nc1 dxe3 21.Qxe3 Bf5 22.h3 Nd5 23.Qg3 Qc5+ 24.Kh1 Ne6 25.Bg4 Ne3 26.Bxf5 gxf5 27.Nb3 Nxf1 28.Nxc5 Nxg3+ 29.Kh2 Nxc5 30.Kxg3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

rksinha52 (lichess 2010) - JimWest (lichess 2084), lichess 8/26/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.d4 Nc6 4.d5 Nb8 5.Nf3 f5 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.O-O Be7 9.Bg5 O-O 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Re1 Bg4 12.Ne4 Be7 13.Re3 Nd7 14.Qd3 Bf5 15.Qe2 h6 16.a3 Nf6 17.Ng3 Bg4

18.h3 Bxf3 19.gcf3 Qd7 20.Kh2 Nh7 21.Rxe5 Bf6 22.Re6 Ng5 23.Re1 Be5 24.Qd3 Nxf3+ 25.Kh1 Nxe1 26.Qg6 Bxg3 27.fxg3 Qf7 28.Qxf7+ Rxf7 29.Rxe1 Kf8 30.Kg1 Re8

31.Rd1 Re3 32.Rd3 Re1+ 33.Kg2 Re2+ 34.Kg1 Rxc2 35.Bb3 Rxb2 36.g4 Rff2 37.Bd1 Rfd2 38.Rxd2 Rxd2 39.Bf3 Ra2 40.h4 Rxa3 41.Kf2 Rxf3+ 42.Kxf3 a5 43.Ke3 b5 44.Kd4 Ke7

45.g5 hxg5 46.hxg5 Kf7 47.Ke4 Kg6 48.Kf4 a4, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 8/25/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

dragansplit (Chess.com 1934) - JimWest (Chess.com 1901), Chess.com 8/25/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d4 Be7 6.d5 Nb8 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.Qe2 Bg4 9.Ne4 Nf6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 O-O 12.Ng5 Nfd7 13.Qh5 Bxg5 14.Bxg5 Nf6 15.Qe2 Nbd7 16.O-O Nb6 17.Bb3 a5 18.c4 h6 19.Bh4 a4

20.Bc2 Qe8 21.b3 a3 22.f4 Nbd7 23.fxe5 Qxe5 24.Qxe5 Nxe5 25.Rae1 Rae8 26.g4 g5 27.Bg3 Nfd7 28.Kg2 Rxf1 29.Rxf1 Rf8 30.Rxf8+ Kxf8 31.Be1 c5 32.dxc6 Nxc6 33.Be4 Nc5 34.Bxc6 bxc6 35.Bb4 Ne4 36.Bxa3 c5

37.Bb2 Kf7 38.Kf3 Nd2+ 39.Ke2 Ne4 40.Ke3 Ng3 41.Kf3 Nf1 42.Kf2 Nd2 43.Ke3 Nf1+ 44.Ke4 Ke6 45.Bc3 h5 46.a4 hxg4 47.hxg4 Nh2 48.a5 Kd7 49.Kf5 Nf3 50.Bf6 Nd2 51.Kxg5 Nxb3 52.a6 Kc6 53.Be7 Nd2

54.a7 Kb7 55.a8=Q+ Kxa8 56.Bxd6 Ne4+ 57.Kh6 Nxd6 58.g5 Nf7+ 59.Kg6 Nxg5 60.Kxg5 Kb7 61.Kf5 Kc6 62.Ke5 Kb6 63.Kd6 Kb7 64.Kxc5 Kc7 65.Kd5 Kd7 66.c5 Kc7 67.c6 Kc8 68.Kc5 Kc7

69.Kb5 Kc8 70.Kb6 Kb8 71.c7+ Kc8 72.Ka5 Kxc7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Vladimir163 (lichess 2035) - JimWest (lichess 2084), lichess 8/25/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Bc4+ Kg7 11.Bh6+ Kxh6 12.Nxh8 Bb4+ 13.c3 Qxh8 14.cxb4 Qf8 15.h4 Kg7 16.h5 Qxb4+ 17.Kd1 Bg4+ 18.f3 Nbd7 19.Qg5+ Kh8

20.h6 Rg8 21.Bxg8 Qxd4+ 22.Ke1 Qb4+ 23.Kf1 Qf8 24.Qg7+ Qxg7 25.hxg7+ Kxf8 26.fxg4 Nxg4 27.Ke2 Kxg7 28.Rac1 c6 29.Rh4 Ngf6 30.Rc4 h5 31.Rcxe4 Nxe4 32.Rxe4 Kf7 33.Rh4 Nf6

34.Rb4 b6 35.Ra4 a5 36.b4 axb4 37.Rxb4 b5 38.g3 Ke6 39.Rh4 c5 40.Kd3 Kd5 41.Rh1 c4+ 42.Kc2 b4 43.Rf1 Ke5 44.Rf4 b3+ 45.axb3 cxb3+ 46.Kxb3 Ne4 47.Rh4 Nxg3 48.Rh3 Kf4 49.Rxh5 Nxh5, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/24/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

itsmeJen15 (Chess.com 1966) - JimWest (Chess.com 1884), Chess.com 8/24/2023

1.Nf3 d6 2.Nc3 e5 3.e4 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.Nh4 Be6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.Nf3 O-O 10.d4 Bg4 11.Bc4+ Kh8 12.d5 Nd7 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 e4

15.Nxe4 Bxb2 16.Qh5 Bxa1 17.Ng5 Qe8+ 18.Be2 Qxh5 19.Bxh5 Bc3+ 20.Kf1 g6 21.Bg4 Ne5 22.Be6 Bd2 23.Ke2 Bxg5 24.Re1 c6 25.dxc6 Nxc6 26.Kd1 Rxf2 27.Bd5 Rd2+ 28.Kc1 Rxd5+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2079) - PabloOrostica (lichess 2088), lichess 8/24/2023

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 Nc6 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Bd3 d5 12.e5 f6 13.h3 Nh6 14.O-O fxe5 15.fxe5 Bf5 16.Bxh6 gxh6 17.Bxf5 Rxf5 18.Qd3 Qd7 19.Rae1 Raf8

20.Nh2 Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 22.Nxf1 Na5 23.Qg3+ Kf8 24.Ne3 c6 25.Qf4+ Kg8 26.Qxh6 Qf7 27.Qg5+ Qg7 28.Qd8+ Qf8, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 8/23/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

leolibeiro77 (Chess.com 1795) - JimWest (Chess.com 1878), Chess.com 8/23/2023

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.Nd2 Nc6 13.Qf4 Kxh8 14.O-O-O Nxd4 15.Rhe1 Ne6 16.Bxf6+ Bxf6 17.Qxe4 Qd4 18.c3 Qxe4 19.Nxe4 Bg7

20.f4 b6 21.f5 Nf8 22.g4 Bb7 23.g5 Re8 24.f6 Bxe4 25.Rd4 Bg6 26.Rxe8 Bxe8 27.Rd8 Bf7 28.fxg7+ Kxg7 29.Rc8 c5 30.Rc7 Ne6 31.Rxa7 Nxg5 32.Rb7 Nf3 33.h3 Ng1 34.h4 h5 35.Kc2 Nf3 36.Rxb6 Nxh4 37.a4 Nf3

38.a5 h4 39.a6 h3 40.a7 h2 41.a8=Q h1=Q 42.Qd8 Qg2+ 43.Kc1 Qg1+ 44.Qd1 Qe3+ 45.Kb1 Nd2+ 46.Ka1 Qe4 47.Qg1+ Bg6 48.Qxg6+ Qxg6 49.Rxg6+ Kxg6 50.Ka2 Kf6 51.Ka3 Ke5 52.b4 cxb4+ 53.cxb4 Kd5

54.Ka4 Kc6 55.b5+ Kb6 56.Kb4 Ne4 57.Kc4 Nd6+ 58.Kb4 Nxb5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

yonmar123 (lichess 2126) - JimWest (lichess 2097), lichess 8/23/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.f3 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.Bb5 Nge7 11.Nc3 O-O-O 12.Bxc6 Nxc6 13.h4 Rxh8 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Qxd5 Bb6

16.c3 exf3 17.Qxf3 Re8+ 18.Kd1 Rd8+ 19.Ke1 Re8+ 20.Kd1 Rd8+ 21.Ke1 Re8+ 22.Kd1, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 8/22/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1887) - TsugTsvang1 (Chess.com 1867), Chess.com 8/22/2023

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 h6 10.Bd3 Bf5 11.Be3 Nd7 12.O-O Bh7 13.Bxc5 Ndxc5 14.b4 Ne6 15.Ne3 Rad8 16.Rad1 Nc3 17.Bxh7+ Kxh7 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.a3 Kg8

20.g3 Nd4 21.Nxd4 Rxd4 22.Nf5 Re4 23.Ne7+ Kf8 24.Ng6+ Ke8 25.Nh8 Rxe5 26.Rxf7 Re7 27.Rxe7+ Kxe7 28.Ng6+ Ke6 29.Nf4+ Ke5 30.Kf2 b5 31.Ke3 Nb8 32.Kd3 Nxa3 33.c3 Nc4 34.h4 a5 35.bxa5 Nxa5 36.h5 c5

37.Ng6+ Kf6 38.Nf4 b4 39.cxb4 cxb4 40.Nd5+ Kg5 41.Nxb4 Kxh5 42.Ke2 Nc4 43.Kf3 g5 44.Nd3 Nd2+ 45.Kg2 Kg4 46.Nf2+ Kf5 47.Kh3 Ne4 48.Nd3 h5 49.Kg2 Nd2 50.Nf2 Ke5 51.Nh3 Kf5 52.Nf2 Ke5 53.Nh3 Ne4

54.Ng1 Kf5 55.Nf3 Nc3 56.Nd4+ Kg4 57.Nc2 Ne5 58.Nd4 Ne3+ 59.Kf2 Kh3 60.Kxe3 Kxg3 61.Nf3 g4 62.Ne5 h4 63.Nxg4 Kxg4 64.Kf2 Kh3 65.Kg1 Kg3 66.Kh1 h3 67.Kg1 h2+ 68.Kh1 Kh3, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2119) - abokhaled000 (lichess 2010), lichess 8/22/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Bc5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.h3 Re8 8.Be2 d6 9.c3 Bb6 10.Nbd2 Ne5 11.Qc2 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Bd7 13.O-O-O Be6 14.Kb1 d5 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.exd5 Bf5 18.Be4 Bxe4 19.dxe4 Rad8

20.Rhf1 Qe7 21.Rde1 c6 22.Nf3 cxd5 23.exd5 Qc5 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Rd1 Qd6 26.c4 a5 27.Qf5 g6 28.Qc2 Re7 29.a4 Bc5 30.Re1 Bb4 31.Rxe7 Qxe7 32.Nd4 Qe1+ 33.Ka2 Qe5 34.Nb5 Qe7 35.Qc1 Kg7 36.Qf4 Qc5

37.Qd4+ Qxd4 38.Nxd4 Kf6 39.Kb1 Ke5 40.Nb5 Bd6 41.Nxd6 Kxd6 42.Kc2 b6 43.Kd3 f5 44.h4 g5 45.hxg5 hxg5 46.g3 f4 47.gxf4 g4 48.Ke4 g3 49.Kf3, Black resigns.