Sunday, December 31, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/30/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

MKameel (Chess.com 1849) - JimWest (Chess.com 1981), Chess.com 12/30/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.f3 Nc6 8.c3 Bxf5 9.fxe4 Bxe4 10.Nxe4 Qxe4 11.Qxe4 Nxe4 12.Nd2 Nxd2 13.Bxd2 d5 14.O-O-O O-O-O 15.Bb5 Bd6 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.h3 Rhf8 18.Rhf1 c5 19.dxc5 Bxc5


20.Bg5 Rxf1 21.Rxf1 Rf8 22.Rxf8+ Bxf8 23.Kd2 Kd7 24.Kd3 Ke6 25.Be3 c5 26.Ke2 g6 27.Kf3 a6 28.b3 Be7 29.g4 Ke5 30.Bf4+ Ke6 31.Be3 Ke5 32.Bf4+ Ke6 33.Be3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2161) - nchesstale (lichess 2208), lichess 12/30/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O h6 8.c3 Bg4 9.f5 d5 10.Qc2 Bc5+ 11.Kh1 a6 12.h3 Bh5 13.g4 Bxg4 14.hxg4 Nxg4 15.Kg2 Be3 16.Na3 Bxc1 17.Qxc1 Qd6 18.Nc2 Qc5


19.Kg3 dxe4 20.Kxg4 exf3 21.Rxf3 e4 22.d4 Qd6 23.Rf4 Rae8 24.Ne3 Qf6 25.Kg3 Qd6 26.Qf1 g5 27.fxg6 fxg6 28.Nc4 Qe7 29.Rxf8+ Rxf8 30.Qg2 b5 31.Ne5 Nxe5 32.dxe5 Qxe5+ 33.Kh3 Qe6+ 34.Bg4 Qf6 35.Qxe4 h5


36.Qe6+ Kg7 37.Qxf6+ Rxf6 38.Bc8 Rf2 39.b3 Rf3+ 40.Kg2 Rxc3 41.Bxa6 c6 42.Rf1 g5 43.Rf3 Rc2+ 44.Rf2 Rc3 45.Rf3 Rc2+ 46.Rf2 Rc3 47.Rf3, draw.

Saturday, December 30, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/29/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1984) - arrchimedes (Chess.com 1899), Chess.com 12/29/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qxg4 Bxb5 9.d5 Qxd5 10.Nc3 Qd7 11.e6 fxe6


12.Nxb5 Qxb5 13.Qxe6+ Kd8 14.Bg5+ Kc7 15.Bf4+ Kd8 16.O-O-O+ Nd7 17.Qxe4 Qc6 18.Qxc6 bxc6 19.Nf3 a5 20.Rhe1 Be7 21.Ne5 Ra7 22.Nxc6+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Artshakir (lichess 2139) - JimWest (lichess 2185), lichess 12/29/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Bxb4 d4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qd2 e3


11.fxe3 Nxb4 12.Qxb4 Qxe3+ 13.Be2 Qc1+ 14.Bd1 Qe3+ 15.Be2 Qc1+ 16.Bd1 Qe3+ 17.Be2, draw.

Friday, December 29, 2023

2 PCG Reversed Games 12/28/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2006) - XxChuckBrownxX (Chess.com 1821), Chess.com 12/28/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng8 6.d4 f5 7.Bc4 Ne7 8.Ne2 Nd5 9.O-O Nc6 10.c3 Nce7 11.Bg5 c6 12.Na3 a6 13.Ng3 g6 14.Bxd5 Qxd5 15.Bf6 Rg8 16.Nc2 Bh6 17.Qe2 Be6 18.Bxe7 Kxe7 19.Ne3 Qd7


20.Nc4 Bxc4 21.Qxc4 Raf8 22.Rae1 Kd8 23.a4 Qd5 24.Qxd5+ cxd5 25.Ne2 f4 26.Nc1 f3 27.gxf3 exf3 28.Nd3 Bd2 29.Rd1 Be3+ 30.Kh1 Kd7 31.a5 Rf5


32.Nc5+ Kc6 33.Rd3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2169) - WhatWouldAlphaZeroDo (lichess 2135), lichess 12/28/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.c3 O-O 8.O-O Nh5 9.f5 gxf5 10.Nxe5 Ng3 11.Nxc6 Nxe2+ 12.Qxe2 bxc6 13.exf5 Kh8 14.d4 c5


15.dxc5 dxc5 16.Qf3 Rb8 17.f6 Bb7, Black resigns.

Thursday, December 28, 2023

2 PCG Games 12/27/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Moshe1001 (Chess.com 1859) - JimWest (Chess.com 2013), Chess.com 12/27/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.h3 Bb4 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Nxd7 Bxd7 13.a3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qe8 15.c4 Qg6 16.Kh2 Rae8 17.Rb1 b6 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.c4 Bc6


20.Be3 Kh8 21.a4 dxc4 22.Bxc4 Nd5 23.Bxd5 Bxd5 24.Rb5 Bc4 25.Rg5 Qd6+ 26.g3 Bxf1 27.Qxf1 Rf3 28.Qa6 Qf6 29.Kg2 Rxe3 30.Qb5 Rf8


31.fxe3 Qf2+ 32.Kh1 Qe1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

atharv_venkatesh (lichess 2250) - JimWest (lichess 2170), lichess 12/27/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Bxb4 d4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qd2 e3


11.fxe3 Nxb4 12.Qxb4 Qxe3+ 13.Be2 Qc1+ 14.Bd1 Qe3+ 15.Be2 Qc1+ 16.Bd1 Qe3+ 17.Be2, draw.

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/26/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

UCFchessmaster (Chess.com 1889) - JimWest (Chess.com 1983), Chess.com 12/26/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qe2 a5 8.a4 Na6 9.O-O-O f4 10.d4 Qc7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.h3 Nc5 13.g3 fxg3 14.fxg3 Be6 15.Bxe6 Nxe6 16.Qc4 Nd8 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nd5 Qf7


19.Nxf6+ gxf6 20.Qxf7+ Nxf7 21.Rd3 Rd8 22.Rhd1 O-O 23.Rd7 Rxd7 24.Rxd7 Rb8 25.c4 b5 26.cxb5 cxb5 27.Ra7 bxa4 28.Rxa5 Rb4 29.Nh4 Nd6 30.Nf5 Nxf5 31.exf5 Kg7 32.Ra7+ Kh6 33.g4 Rb3


34.Rxa4 Rxh3 35.b4 Kg5 36.b5 Rb3 37.Ra7 Rxb5 38.Rxh7 Kxg4 39.Kd2 Kxf5 40.Ke3 Rb3+ 41.Kf2 Ke4 42.Rh4+ Kd5 43.Rh5 Ke6 44.Ke2 f5 45.Rh6+ Kd5 46.Rh5 Ke4 47.Rh4+ f4 48.Kf2 Rb2+ 49.Ke1 Ke3 50.Rh3+ f3 51.Kd1 e4


52.Rg3 Rd2+ 53.Ke1 Rd8 54.Rh3 Rg8 55.Kf1 Ra8 56.Kg1 Ra1+ 57.Kh2 Ke2 58.Kg3 f2 59.Rh2 e3 60.Kf4 Ra4+ 61.Kg3 Ke1 62.Kf3 f1=Q+ 63.Kxe3 Qg1+ 64.Kf3 Qxh2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2166) - tapescrew (lichess 2007), lichess 12/26/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 O-O 6.Nf3 Re8 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Nc3 d6


10.Be2, Black forfeits.

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/25/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

loundraw (Chess.com 1763) - JimWest (Chess.com 1947), Chess.com 12/25/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5


7.Be3 Bxe3 8.Nf7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2154) - Talipov_Rauf1947 (lichess 2117), lichess 12/25/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Nfd7 6.d4 c5 7.c3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bc4 Nc6 11.Nge2 Qh4+ 12.g3 Qh3 13.Nf4 Qh6 14.O-O Bxc3 15.bxc3 Ncxe5 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Be2 Bh3 18.Nxh3 Qxh3


19.Qd4 Nf3+ 20.Bxf3 exf3 21.Rxf3 Rad8 22.Qa4 Qh5 23.Kg2 Rfe8 24.Bf4 Re2+ 25.Rf2 Rxf2+ 26.Kf2 Qxh2+ 27.Kf3 Qh5+ 28.Kg2 Qe2+ 29.Kg1 Rd5


30.Qxa7 g5 31.Qe3 Qb2 32.Rf1 gxf4 33.Qxf4, Black resigns.

Monday, December 25, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/24/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1914) - TheSunWheel (Chess.com 1768), Chess.com 12/24/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.f5 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nd4 10.c3 Nxf3+ 11.Qxf3 d5 12.Bg5 dxe4 13.dxe4 h6 14.Rd1 Bc5+ 15.Kh1 Qe7 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Nd2 Rfd8 18.Nb3 Bb6 19.h3 c6


20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Rd1 Rd6 22.Qe2 Qd8 23.Rxd6 Qxd6 24.Qd2 Qxd2 25.Nxd2 Be3 26.Nc4 Bf4 27.Na5 Bc1 28.b3 Bd2 29.Nxb7 Bxc3 30.Nd8 c5 31.Nc6 a5


32.Kg1 Kf8 33.Kf2 Ke8 34.Ke2 Kd7 35.Kd3 Kxc6 36.Kxc3 Kb5 37.a4+ Kc6 38.Kc4 g6 39.f6 h5 40.h4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Finitegroup (lichess 2071) - JimWest (lichess 2149), lichess 12/24/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nfd2 d5 6.c4 c6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.f3 Bb4


10.O-O Qb6+, White resigns.

Sunday, December 24, 2023

2 PCG Reversed Games 12/23/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1919) - GodOfFrog (Chess.com 1792), Chess.com 12/23/2023

1.e3 g6 2.d3 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 e5 8.c3 Nf6 9.O-O O-O 10.a4 a5 11.Na3 Re8 12.Nc4 b6 13.f5 Ne7 14.Bg5 Rc8 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.fxg6 hxg6 17.Bg4 Bg7 18.Bxc8 Qxc8 19.Qf3 Rf8


20.Ne3 c6 21.g4 d5 22.g5 dxe4 23.dxe4 Qe6 24.Ng4 Nc8 25.Nf6+ Kh8 26.Qg3 Bxf6 27.gxf6 Nd6 28.Qh4+ Kg8 29.Rae1 Ne8 30.Re3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2153) - EkberMirzoyev2013 (lichess 2165), lichess 12/23/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 a6 8.Bxc3+ bxc3 9.Ne2 c5 10.c3 e3 11.O-O g6 12.h3 Nf2 13.Qe1 Bh6 14.Na3 Qh4 15.Nc2 Bxh3


16.Nxe3 Bxg2 17.Nxg2 Nh3+ 18.Kh2 Qxe1 19.Nxe1 Bxc1 20.Rxc1 Ng5 21.Nd3 c4 22.Ndf4 O-O-O 23.Ng3 h5 24.Nfe2 h4 25.Nh1 Rdf8 26.Rf6 Ne4 27.Rxa6 g5 28.Ra8+ Kd7 29.Rxf8 Rxf8 30.Rf1 g4


31.Rf4 f5 32.d5 Ke7 33.Nd4 Ng5 34.Nxf5+ Kd7 35.e6+ Ke8 36.Ng7+ Ke7 37.Rxf8 Kxf8 38.Kg2, Black resigns.

Saturday, December 23, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/22/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1940) - arrchimedes (Chess.com 1929), Chess.com 12/22/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 d5 6.fxe5 Ng4 7.Nh3 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Bb6 9.c3 Ngxe5 10.d4 Bxh3 11.gxh3 Ng6 12.Bg2 Qh4+ 13.Ng3 O-O 14.O-O Rab8 15.Qg4 Qe7 16.Nf5 Qe6 17.Bd2 Nce7


18.Rae1 Qxa2 19.Nxe7+ Kh8 20.Nxg6+ hxg6 21.Bc1, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Borhanalimolla (lichess 2111) - JimWest (lichess 2147), lichess 12/22/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.c4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 c6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bb5+ Nc6 12.Qa4 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Qd6 14.Ba3 Qxe6 15.O-O a6 16.Bxc6+ Qxc6 17.Qxc6+ bxc6 18.Rab1 Kf7 19.Rb7+ Kg6


20.f3 Rhb8 21.Rc7 Rc8 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.fxe4 Nxe4 24.Rf3 Rb8 25.h3 Rb1+ 26.Kh2 Ra1 27.c4 Rxa2 28.cxd5 cxd5 29.Bf8 Rf2 30.Rxf2 Nxf2 31.Bb4 Kf5 32.Kg3 Nd3 33.Bc3 Ke4 34.Kg4 a5 35.Bxa5 Kxd4


36.Kf5 Nc5 37.g4 Kc4 38.h4 d4 39.h5 d3 40.g5 Nb3 41.Be1 Kd5 42.Bc3 d2 43.Bxd2 Nxd2 44.h6 gxh6 45.g6 hxg6+ 46.Kxg6 h5 47.Kxh5, draw.

Friday, December 22, 2023

2 PCG Games 12/21/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

MagMalol (Chess.com 1859) - JimWest (Chess.com 1940), Chess.com 12/21/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.c4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 O-O 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 c6 12.Be2 Qe7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Qb3 Nc6 15.Bg5 Qxe6 16.Bxf6 Rxf6 17.Qxb7 Rb8 18.Qa6 Rbf8 19.O-O Nxd4


20.cxd4 Qxa6 21.Bxa6 Rxa6 22.a4 Rc8 23.a5 Rc4 24.Rfd1 Rb4 25.h4 Rb5 26.Rdc1 Raxa5 27.Rc8+ Kf7 28.Rc7+ Kf6 29.Rac1 Ra6 30.g4 h6 31.R1c6+ Rxc6 32.Rxc6+ Kf7 33.Rc7+ Kg8 34.Rxa7 Rb4 35.Rd7 Rxd4


36.Kf1 Kh7 37.Ke2 Rd3 38.h5 Rd4 39.f3 exf3+ 40.Kxf3 Kg8 41.Kg3 Rd1 42.Kf4 Rd4+ 43.Kf3 Kf8 44.Kg3 Rd1 45.Kf4 Rf1+ 46.Ke5 d4 47.Rxd4 Ke7 48.Rf4 Rxf4 49.Kxf4 Kf6


50.Kg3 Kg5 51.Kf3 g6 52.hxg6 Kxg6 53.Kg3 Kg5 54.Kh3 h5 55.gxh5 Kxh5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

HARWAE (lichess 1998) - JimWest (lichess 2156), lichess 12/21/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.a3 f5 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.d3 Nf6 7.h3 h6 8.Nf3 Be7 9.O-O d5 10.Ba2 Qd7 11.Nh2 O-O-O 12.b4 Kb8 13.b5 Nd4 14.a4 Bb4 15.Ne2 Nxe2+ 16.Qxe2 Bc3 17.Rb1 Rhe8 18.Bd2 Bxd2 19.Qxd2 e4


20.d4 g5 21.a5 Nh5 22.g4 e3 23.fxe3 Ng3 24.gxf5 Nxf1 25.Nxf1 Qxf5 26.Qg2 h5 27.Ng3 Qe6 28.Re1 h4 29.Nh1 Rg8


30.e4 g4 31.Bxd5 Rxd5 32.exd5 Qxe1+ 33.Qf1 gxh3+, White resigns.