2 PCG Games 10/30/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Bahrinelhsb (Chess.com 1886) - JimWest (Chess.com 1944), Chess.com 10/30/2023

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Nb5 O-O 13.Be3 a6 14.Nd4 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Rad8 16.c3 c5 17.Be3 Nd5

18.Rae1 Nxe3 19.Rxe3 Bxe5 20.fxe5 Rxf1+ 21.Kxf1 Rd1+ 22.Kf2 Rb1 23.Re2 Kf7 24.Ke3 Ke6 25.Kxe4 Rd1 26.h3 g5 27.a4 Rd5 28.g4 Rxe5+ 29.Kd3 Rxe2 30.Kxe2 b5

31.Kd3 c4+ 32.Kd4 Kd6 33.Ke4 Ke6 34.Kd4 Kd6 35.Ke4 Ke6 36.Kd4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

okilon (lichess 2114) - JimWest (lichess 2136), lichess 10/30/2023

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.Qh4 Rg8 10.Nxf8 Rxf8 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Nc3 Nbd7 13.O-O-O c6 14.Rhe1 Qa5 15.Qg5 Rg8 16.Qh6 O-O-O 17.Bg5 Bg6

18.Qh4 Rgf8 19.Kb1 Rde8 20.h3 Nd5 21.Nxd5 Qxd5 22.Qg3 Rxf2 23.Qxf2 Qxg5 24.d5 e3 25.Qf3 Be4 26.Qf7 Re7 27.Qf1 Bxd5 28.g4 Rf7 29.Qd3 Nc5 30.Qa3 Na6

31.Qd6 Rd7 32.Qf8+ Kc7 33.Qh8 Qg8 34.Qd4 Bxa2+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/29/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Papaflessas (Chess.com 1881) - JimWest (Chess.com 1946), Chess.com 10/29/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.a4 Nf6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.h3 h6 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Re1 Qc7 11.Ne4 d5 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Ba2 O-O 14.c3 Kh8 15.Nh2 Rae8

16.Qh5 Bh7 17.Ng4 Bd8 18.Bxh6 gxh6 19.Nxh6 Nf6 20.Qd1 Qg7 21.Ng4 Nxg4 22.hxg4 Bb6 23.d4 e4 24.Re3 Rf4 25.f3 Ref8 26.Bb1 exf3 27.Bxh7 f2+ 28.Kf1 Kxh7 29.Qd3+ Kg8 30.g5 Rh4 31.Rh3 Rxh3 32.Qxh3 Qxg5

33.Qe6+ Kg7 34.Rd1 Qf5 35.Qe7+ Rf7 36.Qh4 Bc7 37.g4 Qg6 38.Kg2 f1=Q+ 39.Rxf1 Rxf1 40.Kxf1 Qf6+ 41.Qxf6+ Kxf6 42.Kf2 Kg5 43.Kf3 a5 44.b3 Bd6 45.c4 Kh4 46.c5 Bc7 47.Ke2 Kxg4

48.Kd3 Kf3 49.Kd2 Ke4 50.Kc3 Ke3 51.b4 axb4+ 52.Kxb4 Kxd4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Karkas01 (lichess 2109) - JimWest (lichess 2147), lichess 10/29/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.Be2 O-O 8.g4 Bg6 9.Nh4 Nbd7 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.g5 Nh7 12.h4 c6 13.O-O d5 14.f4 Qb6+ 15.Kg2 exf4 16.Bxf4 Qxb2

17.Na4 Qb4 18.c3 Qa5 19.Qb3 b5 20.Nb2 Nc5 21.Qc2 Ne6 22.Be5 Rxf1 23.Bxf1 Rf8 24.Kg3 Qd8 25.d4 Bd6 26.Qxg6 Nf4 27.Qxd6 Nh5+ 28.Kg4 Qe8 29.Bd3 Rf2

30.Bg6 N5f6+ 31.gxf6 Qxg6+ 32.Kh3 Qg2#.

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/28/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

chessmail100 (Chess.com 1920) - JimWest (Chess.com 1939), Chess.com 10/28/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.O-O d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.Bb5+ Kf8 10.Nxe5 a6 11.Bf4 axb5 12.Nxb5 Nc6 13.Qe2 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Bd7 15.Nc7 Rc8 16.Rfe1 Bc5 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Nxd5 Qf7 19.c4 Re8

20.Qd2 Bc6 21.Nf4 Bd6 22.Rxe8+ Bxe8 23.Re1 Bd7 24.b4 h5 25.c5 Bc7 26.d4 Rh6 27.d5 Bxf4 28.Qxf4 Qxd5 29.Qb8+ Kf7 30.Qd8 Re6 31.Rc1 Bc6 32.Qxd5 Bxd5 33.b5 Rg6 34.g3 h4 35.Rd1 Be6

36.c6 bxc6 37.bxc6 hxg3 38.fxg3 Bc8 39.Rd8 Rxc6 40.a5 Ba6, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2159) - miswanto01 (lichess 2094), lichess 10/28/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nf3 g5 7.h4 Be7 8.hxg5 Bxg5 9.g3 f6 10.gxf4 Bh6 11.d4 f5 12.Bh3 Bf8 13.c3 Be6 14.Ng5 Qd7 15.Nxe6 Qxe6 16.Bxg4 fxg4 17.Qd3 Qf7 18.Be3 a6 19.Nd2 Nc6

20.O-O-O O-O-O 21.Rdg1 Qg7 22.Qf5+ Kb8 23.Qxg4 Qe7 24.f5 h5 25.Rxh5 Rxh5 26.Qxh5 Bg7 27.Bg5 Qd7 28.Bxd8 Nxd8 29.f6 Bf8 30.Rg8 Ne6 31.Qh8 Qf7 32.Nf3 Ka7 33.Ng5 Nxg5 34.Rxg5 c5 35.Qg8 Qe8

36.Kb1 cxd5 37.cxd5 Qa4 38.b3 Qxd4 39.Qxf8 Qd1+ 40.Kb2 Qd2+ 41.Ka3 Qa5+ 42.Kb2 Qd2+ 43.Kb1 Qd1+ 44.Kb2 Qd2+, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 10/27/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1940) - vidyabalanbhumi (Chess.com 1864), Chess.com 10/27/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.c3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 d5 10.fxe5 Nxe5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.d4 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 c6 14.Nd2 f5 15.Nc4 Bf6 16.Ne3 Nxe3 17.Bxe3 Be7 18.Rae1 Bd6 19.Bf4 Qc7

20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.Re5 g6 22.Rfe1 Rf7 23.Re6 Qd7 24.R1e5 Rd8 25.Qe2 Qc7 26.Re8+ Rxe8 27.Rxe8+ Kg7 28.Qe5+ Qxe5 29.Rxe5 Kf6 30.Kf2 Re7 31.Rxe7 Kxe7 32.h4 Ke6 33.Kf3 Kd5 34.Kf4 Ke6 35.Kg5 Kf7 36.Kh6 Kg8

37.c4 a5 38.d5 cxd5 39.cxd5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2152) - darkest_ninja (lichess 2123), lichess 10/27/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Bc5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.c3 d6 8.d4 Bb6 9.Bd3 Bg4 10.O-O h6 11.h3 Bh5 12.Nbd2 Nd7 13.Kh1 Bg6 14.Qc2 Re8 15.Rae1 Qf6 16.Bh2 Ne7

17.Ne5 dxe5 18.Rxf6 gxf6 19.d5 Nc5 20.Nc4 Nxd3 21.Qxd3 Kh7 22.Nxb6 axb6 23.a3 Rg8 24.Rf1 f5 25.exf5 Nxf5 26.Rxf5 Bxf5 27.Qxf5+ Kg7 28.Qxe5+ Kh7 29.Qxc7 Rg7 30.Qxb7 Rag8 31.g4 f5 32.Qxb6 fxg4

33.hxg4 Rxg4 34.d6 Re4 35.Qb7+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 10/26/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1933) - Kodfish (Chess.com 1872), Chess.com 10/26/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.c3 d5 5.Qc2 dxe4 6.dxe4 Be6 7.f4 exf4 8.Bxf4 Qe7 9.Nf3 O-O-O 10.Nbd2 Nf6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.O-O-O Be3 14.Kb1 Bg4 15.Be2 Rd7 16.Rhf1 Rhd8 17.Nd4 Nxd4 18.cxd4 Qg6 

19.Nf3 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 Rxd4 21.Rxd4 Bxd4 22.Rd1 Bf6 23.Rxd8+ Bxd8 24.Qc5 Kb8 25.Qd5 Bg5 26.Ka1 Qe6 27.e5 Qxd5 28.Bxd5 Bf4 29.Bxf7 Bxe5 30.h3 b6 31.Kb1 c5 32.b3 Kc7 33.Kc2 Kd6 34.Kd3 a6 35.a4 b5 36.axb5 axb5 37.Be8 b4

38.Bf7 Bd4 39.Bh5 Ke5 40.Bf3 g5 41.Kc4 Kf4 42.Kd3 Kg3 43.Ke4 Kh4 44.Kf5 h5 45.Bd5 Be3 46.Ke4 Bd4 47.Kf5 g4 48.hxg4 hxg4 49.Kf4 g3 50.Ke4 Kg5 51.Kd3 Kf4 52.Bf3 Ke5 53.Kc4 Bf2

54.Kd3 Kf4 55.Kc4 Ke5 56.Kd3 Kd6 57.Kc4 Kc7 58.Kd5 Kb6 59.Kc4 Ka5 60.Be4 Kb6 61.Bf3 Ka5 62.Be4 Kb6 63.Bf3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2151) - maetok2023 (lichess 2094), lichess 10/26/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Qxe2 Nfd7 8.Bxf4 Nc5 9.Nf3 Ne6 10.Bg3 Bc5 11.c3 O-O 12.d4 Bb6 13.Nbd2 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.O-O-O Qa5 16.Kb1 Nc6

17.Nb3 Qb6 18.Rxd5 Rad8 19.Rhd1 Rxd5 20.Rxd5 Be7 21.Rd1 a5 22.Nbd4 Nc5 23.Nxc6 bxc6 24.Bf2 Rb8 25.Rd2 Qb7 26.Bxc5 Bxc5 27.e6 Re8 28.Rd7 Rxe6 29.Qxe6 fxe6 30.Rxb7, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/25/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1934) - savelsandi (Chess.com 1760), Chess.com 10/25/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O a5 8.a4 Bg4 9.c3 d5

10.Nxe5 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Bd6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.e5 Re8 14.Qf3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

lixiang (lichess 2023) - JimWest (lichess 2149), lichess 10/25/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nfd2 d5 6.dxe5 Bc5 7.c4 c6 8.Nb3 Bb6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Bb5+ Nc6 11.Nc3 Nge7 12.Qh5+ g6 13.Qh6 Nf5 14.Qf4 O-O

15.Bd2 Nfd4 16.Qh6 Nxb5 17.Nxb5 Bxf2+ 18.Kd1 Be6 19.Bg5 Qd7 20.Nc5 Bxc5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/24/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

ChessT1ckl3s (Chess.com 1834) - JimWest (Chess.com 1930), Chess.com 10/24/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.O-O f4 9.d4 Qc7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qe2 Bg4 12.Rad1 Nd7 13.Rd2 O-O-O 14.Rfd1 Kb8 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 g5 17.b4 h5

18.Kf1 g4 19.hxg4 hxg4 20.Qxg4 Nb6 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Rxd8+ Qxd8 23.Bd3 Qd4 24.Qg8+ Nc8 25.Qb3 Bh4 26.Nd1 a6 27.Qc3 Bxf2 28.Qxd4 Bxd4 29.c3 Bb6 30.Ke2 Nd6 31.a4 Bg1 32.Kf3 b5 33.a5 Kc7

34.g4 fxg3 35.Kxg3 Kd7 36.Kg2 Ba7 37.Kf3 Ke6 38.Kg4 c5 39.Kg5 cxb4 40.cxb4 Bd4 41.Bf1 Nxe4+ 42.Kg6 Kd5 43.Bg2 Kc4 44.Bxe4 Kxb4 45.Kf5 Kxa5 46.Bd5 Kb4 47.Ke4 a5 48.Kd3 a4 49.Bc6 a3 50.Bd5 Ka4 51.Ba2 b4

52.Kc4 Ka5 53.Bb3 Bg1 54.Kd5 Bd4 55.Kc4 Bg1 56.Kd5 Bd4 57.Kc4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

goashim (lichess 2053) - JimWest (lichess 2151), lichess 10/24/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.a3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qe8 13.c4 Nbd7 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.c4 Bc6 17.c5 Qg6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Rb1 Rae8

20.Qd2 a6 21.Qe3 Qf4 22.Rb3 Qxe3 23.Rxe3 Re6 24.Bg4 Ref6 25.Rb3 Bb5 26.Rxb5 axb5 27.Be2 Ra8 28.Bxb5 Rxa3 29.Bd7 Kf8 30.Bc8 Rb3 31.h3 b6 32.cxb6 Rfxb6 33.Kh2 Rb1 34.Rxb1 Rxb1 35.Be6 Rd1 36.Bxd5 Rxd4 37.Ba2 Ke7

38.Kg3 g5 39.Bb1 Kf6 40.f3 exf3 41.Bxh7 fxg2 42.Kxg2 Rb4 43.Bg8 Ra4 44.Bd5 Ke5 45.Bc6 Ra3 46.Bd7 Kf4 47.Be6 Rc3 48.Kf2 Rc2+ 49.Ke1 Kg3 50.Bf5 Rh2 51.Kf1 Rf2+, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 10/23/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1932) - juwell (Chess.com 1758), Chess.com 10/23/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Nd5 6.d4 f5 7.c3 c5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.Ne2 Be6 10.O-O Be7 11.Nf4 Nxf4 12.Bxf4 O-O 13.Be3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Nc3 a6 16.Be2 Nd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.b3 b5 19.Rc1 Qd7

20.Qd2 Rac8 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Rc1 Rxc1+ 23.Qxc1 h6 24.g3 g5 25.h4 Qd8 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.Qf1 Qf8 28.a4 Bxb3 29.axb5 axb5 30.Bxb5 Bd5 31.Bc4 Bxc4 32.Qxc4+ Kg7

33.Qc7 f4 34.gxf4 gxf4 35.Bxf4 Kg6 36.Qc6+ Kf5 37.Bg3 Qg8 38.Qd7+ Qe6 39.Qxe6+ Kxe6 40.Kf2 Kd5 41.Ke3 Bg5+ 42.Bf4 Bd8 43.Bh6 Bb6 44.e6 Bxd4+ 45.Kf4 Kxe6 46.Kxe4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2156) - Kamiljamil (lichess 2099), lichess 10/23/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Ne4 6.Nf3 Nc5 7.Bxf4 Ne6 8.Bg3 d4 9.Be2 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.c3 O-O 12.cxd4 Nxd4 13.Nbc3 Nxe2+ 14.Qxe2 Nc6 15.Rad1 Nd4

16.Nxd4 Qxd4+ 17.Qf2 Bxe5 18.Bxe5 Qxe5 19.d4 Qa5 20.Qf6 Bf5 21.d5 Qb6+ 22.Qxb6 axb6 23.d6 c6 24.b3 b5 25.h3 h5 26.Rf4 Rfd8 27.g4 hxg4 28.hxg4 Be6 29.Ne4 Bd5 30.Nf6+ Kg7 31.Nxd5 cxd5

32.Rxd5 Rxa2 33.Rxb5 Rxd6 34.Rxb7 Rd1+ 35.Rf1 Rxf1+ 36.Kxf1 Rb2 37.b4 Kh6 38.Rxf7 Rxb4 39.Rf2 Rxg4 40.Rf3 Kg5 41.Ra3 Kh4 42.Kf2 g5 43.Ra8 Rf4+ 44.Kg2 Kg4 45.Ra3 Rb4

46.Rc3 Rb2+ 47.Kg1 Kf4 48.Rc4+ Kg3 49.Rc3+ Kh4 50.Ra3 g4 51.Rc3 g3 52.Rc8 Kh3 53.Rh8+ Kg4 54.Rg8+ Kf3 55.Rf8+ Kg4 56.Rg8+ Kh3 57.Rh8+ Kg4 58.Rg8+, draw.

2 PCG Games 10/22/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

jhk3 (Chess.com 1771) - JimWest (Chess.com 1937), Chess.com 10/22/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.c4 c6 9.Bg5 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Qa5 11.a3 Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 O-O 14.f3 exf3 15.Nxf3 Be6 16.Re1 Bf7 17.Ne5 Nbd7 18.Nxd7 Nxd7 19.Re7 Rad8

20.c5 Rfe8 21.Nf5 Rxe7 22.Nxe7+ Kf8 23.Nf5 Nf6 24.Bd3 Bg6 25.Nd6 Bxd3 26.Kxd3 Rd7 27.Re1 b5 28.b4 a5 29.bxa5 Ra7 30.Kc3 Rxa5 31.Kb3 Ra4

32.Re6 Rxd4 33.Nf5 Rf4 34.Ng3 Ne4 35.Nh5 Nxc5+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

zahra_kh (lichess 2129) - JimWest (lichess 2145), lichess 10/22/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.exf5 Bd6 8.g4 h5 9.g5 Bxf5 10.Bb3 Ne7 11.Nc3 Ndc6 12.Be3 O-O-O

13.O-O-O Bg4, White resigns.