PCG Reversed & PCG 11/22/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2011) - cablecharger9222 (Chess.com 1919), Chess.com 11/22/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.c3 f6 12.Qe1 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Ng5 14.f4 Ne4 15.Nd2 fxe5 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.fxe5 Nxd4

18.Bc4+ Kh8 19.Rxf8+ Bxf8 20.Qxe4 Nc6 21.Bd3 Bc5+ 22.Kh1 Qe7 23.Qxh7#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Meretgeldi (lichess 2090) - JimWest (lichess 2109), lichess 11/22/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.O-O Nc6 5.d4 fxe4 6.Ng5 d5 7.Bb5 exd4 8.Qxd4 Nf6 9.f3 h6 10.fxe4 hxg5 11.Bxg5 Qd6 12.e5 Qc5 13.Bxc6+ bxc6 14.c3 Qxd4+ 15.cxd4 Ne4 16.Be3 Be6 17.Nd2 Nxd2 18.Bxd2 Be7 19.Rac1 Bd7

20.e6 Bxe6 21.Rxc6 Bd6 22.Re1 Kd7 23.Rc2 Bxh2+ 24.Kf2 Raf8+ 25.Ke2 Bg4+ 26.Ke3 Bf4+ 27.Kd3 Bf5+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/21/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

paulmacariola03 (Chess.com 1899) - JimWest (Chess.com 1992), Chess.com 11/21/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d4 Be7 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qe2 f4 8.Bd2 Bg4 9.Bb5 Nf6 10.O-O-O O-O 11.h3 Nd4 12.Qd3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Nxb5 14.Qxb5 Bd6 15.Bxf4 Nd7 16.Be3 Rxf3 17.Rdg1 Rf7 18.Rg3 b6 19.Rhg1 Bc5

20.Bxc5 Nxc5 21.Qc4 g6 22.Nd5 Kg7 23.Ne3 Qd7 24.f3 Kh8 25.Ng4 Rd8 26.b3 Qd2+ 27.Kb1 Re7 28.Nf6 Qd4 29.Qe2 c6 30.h4 Na4

31.bxa4 Qb4+ 32.Kc1 Qa3+ 33.Kb1 Qb4+ 34.Kc1 Qa3+ 35.Kb1 Qb4+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2081) - Chube88 (lichess 2027), lichess 11/21/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 d6 4.Nc3 a6 5.f4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Qd7 8.f5 Nf6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 gxf6

11.Nd5 Bxf3, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/20/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1993) - mzhaozhao (Chess.com 2056), Chess.com 11/20/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 h6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.c3 Qe7 9.a4 a5 10.Na3 g6 11.Nc4 Bg7 12.b3 exf4 13.Bxf4 Nh5 14.Bd2 O-O 15.Qc1 Kh7 16.g4 Nf6 17.g5 Ng8 18.Ne3 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5

20.Ng4 h5 21.Nxe5 Qxe5 22.Bf4 Qe6 23.Rb1 Ne7 24.Qd1 Rad8 25.c4 Kg7 26.Bd2 Qe5 27.Rc1 Qc5+ 28.Kh1 Nc6 29.Bc3+ Kg8 30.h4 Nd4 31.Bxh5 Nf5 32.Rxf5 Qxf5 33.Bg4 Qf4

34.Qe2 Bc8 35.Rg1 Bxg4 36.Qxg4 Qxg4 37.Rxg4 Rfe8 38.Bf6 Rc8 39.Kg2 Kf8 40.Kf3 Re6 41.d4 Ree8 42.d5 c6 43.dxc6 Rxc6 44.h5 gxh5 45.Rh4 Rec8 46.Rxh5 Ke8 47.Kf4 R6c7 48.Rh7 Rb7 49.g6 Ra7 50.g7 Kd7 51.Rh8 Raa8

52.Kg5 Ke6 53.Bc3 f6+ 54.Bxf6+ Kf7 55.Bc3 Rab8 56.Kh6 Rg8 57.Kh7 Rbe8 58.Rxg8 Rxg8 59.Kh6 Re8 60.Kh7 Rb8 61.e5 dxe5 62.Bxe5 Rc8 63.Bd4 Rg8 64.Kh6 Rb8 65.Kh7 Rg8 66.Kh6 Rb8 67.Kh7 Rg8, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

WALTER00000 (lichess 1982) - JimWest (lichess 2090), lichess 11/20/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.a3 f5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nf3 f4 8.Qd2 Bg4 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Nd4 12.O-O-O c6 13.Rdf1 b5 14.Ba2 a5 15.Qd1 b4 16.Ne2 bxa3 17.Nxd4 axb2+ 18.Kxb2 exd4

19.Qd2 Rb8+ 20.Kc1 Be5 21.Kd1 Qb6 22.Ke2 Qb4 23.Rb1 Qxd2+ 24.Kxd2 Ke7 25.Bb3 Rb4 26.Ra1 Ra8 27.Ra4 Rxa4 28.Bxa4 Kd7 29.Rb1 Kc7 30.h4 c5

31.Rb5 h6 32.h5 Ra7 33.Kc1 Ra8 34.Kd2 Ra7 35.Kc1 Ra8 36.Kd2, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/19/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

agupt2014 (Chess.com 1932) - JimWest (Chess.com 1992), Chess.com 11/19/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.h3 Qe8 12.Ng4 Nxg4 13.Bxg4 Bxg4 14.Qxg4 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Qg6 16.Rab1 b5 17.Be3 Qxg4 18.hxg4 Nd7

19.f3 exf3 20.gxf3 Nb6 21.Bc1 Nc4 22.Rb3 Rae8 23.Ba3 Rf7 24.Bc1 a5 25.Rb1 a4 26.Kf2 Rfe7 27.Kg1 h6 28.Rf2 g5 29.Rf1 Kh7 30.Rf2 Kg6

31.f4 Re1+ 32.Rf1 Rxf1+ 33.Kxf1 gxf4 34.Bxf4 Rf8 35.Kg2 Rxf4 36.Kg3 Re4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2092) - SlyOldFoxyStoat (lichess 2042), lichess 11/19/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bd6 5.fxe5 Bxe5 6.d4 Bxh2 7.Rxh2 Nxe4 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.c3 Bg4 10.Be2 Qe7 11.Nbd2 f5 12.Nxe4 fxe4 13.Ng5 Bd7 14.Bh5+ Kf8 15.Qe2 Be8 16.Qf2+ Kg8 17.Bxe8 Rxe8 18.Be3 h6 19.Nh3 g5

20.O-O-O Rh7 21.Rf1 Rf8 22.Qxf8+ Qxf8 23.Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.Nxg5 Rg7 25.Ne6+, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/18/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1971) - FischerFeynman (Chess.com 1878), Chess.com 11/18/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.d5 a6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.e6 Nf6 11.exf7+ Kxf7 12.dxc6 Qxd1+ 13.Kxd1 Bg4+ 14.Ke1 Rc8 15.Nc3 Rxc6 16.Be3 Bd6 17.Nge2 Be5 18.h3 Bxe2 19.Kxe2 Rb8

20.Rab1 Rd8 21.Rhf1 Bxc3 22.bxc3 Rd7 23.g4 Ke6 24.Rf5 Nd5 25.Bd2 e3 26.Be1 h5 27.c4 Nb6 28.Rxh5 Nxc4 29.Bc3 Rf7 30.Rf1 Rxf1 31.Kxf1 Na3 32.Bxg7 Kf7 33.Bc3 Nxc2 34.Ke2 Nb4 35.Bxb4 cxb4

36.Kxe3 Rc2 37.Ra5 Rc3+ 38.Kf4 Rxh3 39.Rxa6 b3 40.axb3 Rxb3 41.Ra7+ Kg6 42.Ra6+ Kg7 43.Kg5 Rb5+ 44.Kh4 Rb1 45.Kh5 Rh1+ 46.Kg5 Rb1 47.Ra7+ Kg8 48.Kh5 Rb6 49.g5 Rc6 50.g6 Rc1

51.Kh6 Rh1+ 52.Kg5 Rg1+ 53.Kf5 Rf1+ 54.Ke4 Re1+ 55.Kf3 Rg1 56.Ra6 Kg7 57.Kf4 Rxg6 58.Rxg6+ Kxg6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Token_ast (lichess 2059) - JimWest (lichess 2087), lichess 11/18/2024

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.Ng4 Be7 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Be3 a5 14.a4 Na6 15.Na2 Qe7 16.c4 Be6 17.c5 Bg5 18.Qd2 Bxe3 19.Qxe3 Qf6

20.f3 Qf4 21.Qxf4 Rxf4 22.g3 Rf6 23.fxe4 Rxf1+ 24.Rxf1 dxe4 25.Nc3 Bd5 26.Kf2 Nb4 27.Nxd5 cxd5 28.Bb5 Rf8+ 29.Ke2 Rxf1 30.Kxf1 Kf7

31.Ke2 Ke6 32.h3 Nc2 33.Kd2 Nxd4, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 11/17/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

DYASANAJ (Chess.com 1894) - JimWest (Chess.com 1952), Chess.com 11/17/2024

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.Bh5+ Kf8 11.Ng6+ hxg6 12.Bxg6 Nbd7 13.Bg5 c6 14.O-O Kg8 15.c4 Ne5 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Bh5 g6 18.Be2 Kg7 19.Nc3 Rh8

20.h4 Nf7 21.Na4 Nxg5 22.hxg5 Nh5 23.Nxc5 Qxc5 24.Rc1 Qd6 25.Qd4+ Kg8 26.Bxh5 Rxh5 27.g3 Bg4 28.Qf6 Qxf6 29.gxf6 Bf3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

SimplePlayer2008 (lichess 2069) - JimWest (lichess 2081), lichess 11/17/2024

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.Qh5+ g6

11.Nxg6 Qxf2+ 12.Kd1 Nf6 13.Qe2 Bg4, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 11/16/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1935) - Leo-der_GOAT (Chess.com 1752), Chess.com 11/16/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nh5 8.f5 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Qh4+ 10.g3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Qxg3+ 12.Kd2 Qf2+ 13.Qe2 Qg3 14.Kc2 O-O-O 15.a4 Rhe8 16.Na3 d5

17.Qg2 dxe4 18.Qxg3 exd3+ 19.Kb1 e4 20.Bg4 f6 21.Nc4 Bd4 22.cxd4 Rxd4 23.Ne3 d2 24.Bxd2 Rxd2 25.Rd1 Red8 26.Rxd2 Rxd2 27.Ra3 Nb4 28.Rb3 Nd3 29.Rxd3 Rxd3 30.Be2 Rd4

31.Qxg7 Rxa4 32.Qf8+ Kd7 33.Bb5+ c6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2075) - hard_training_1014 (lichess 2081), lichess 11/16/2024

1.e3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.c3 Ne8 9.f5 d5 10.fxg6 fxg6 11.exd5 Qxd5 12.Qb3 Be6 13.Qxd5 Bxd5 14.Be3 Rd8 15.Nbd2 Be6 16.Ne4 Bf5 17.Rad1 Nf6 18.Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.Bg5 e4

20.dxe4 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Bxe4 22.Bxf6 Rxf6 23.Bc4+ Kf8 24.Ng5 Rf4 25.Ne6+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/15/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Sakovskii (Chess.com 1953) - JimWest (Chess.com 1931), Chess.com 11/15/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qd2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nh6 10.Qf4 Ng4 11.Qxf6 gxf6 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.fxe3 Nxe3 14.Na3 Ke7 15.Kd2 Nxf1+ 16.Rhxf1 Nd7 17.Nb5 c6 18.Nd4 Rxh8

19.Nf5+ Bxf5 20.Rxf5 Rg8 21.g3 Ne5 22.Raf1 Rg6 23.R1f2 e3+ 24.Kxe3 Ng4+ 25.Kd4 Nxf2 26.Rxf2 Rg4+ 27.Kd3 Re4 28.b3 b5 29.a3 Ke6 30.b4 f5 31.Re2 Ke5 32.c3 Rxe2 33.Kxe2 Ke4

34.Kd2 h5 35.Ke2 a6 36.Kd2 d4 37.cxd4 Kxd4 38.h3 c5 39.bxc5 Kxc5 40.Kc3 a5 41.Kd3 b4 42.axb4+ axb4 43.h4 Kd5 44.Kc2 Ke4 45.Kb3 Kf3 46.Kxb4 Kxg3 47.Kc3 Kxh4 48.Kd2 Kg3 49.Ke2 Kg2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

boriszadunaiskiy (lichess 2007) - JimWest (lichess 2095), lichess 11/15/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.fxe6 Bb4 9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.Be2 Qd6 12.O-O Qxe6

13.Bd2 Nc6 14.b3 Nxd4, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/14/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

besourav (Chess.com 1948) - JimWest (Chess.com 1995), Chess.com 11/14/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.Nc3 fxe4 7.Nxe4 d5 8.Nc3 e4 9.Ne5 O-O 10.Qd2 Nbc6 11.f4 exf3 12.Nxf3 Bg4 13.Be2 Qd7 14.O-O-O Rae8 15.Qg5 h6 16.Qh4 Ng6 17.Qg3 Nf4 18.Bb5 Bxf3 19.gxf3 a6

20.Bxc6 Qxc6 21.Rhg1 Re7 22.Rde1 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Qf6 24.Re5 c6 25.b3 b5 26.Kb2 b4 27.Na4 Ng6 28.f4 Qxf4 29.Qxf4 Rxf4 30.Re6 Rf6 31.Rxf6 gxf6 32.Nc5 a5 33.Nb7 f5 34.Kc1 f4 35.Nxa5 Ne7

36.Kd2 Kf7 37.Ke2 Ke6 38.Kf3 Kf5 39.Nb7 Nc8 40.Nd8 Ne7 41.Nf7 h5 42.h4 Ng6 43.Nh6+ Kf6 44.Kf2 Nxh4 45.Ng8+ Ke6 46.Nh6 Nf5 47.Nxf5 Kxf5

48.Ke2 Ke4 49.c3 bxc3 50.a4 f3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2088) - Niko7878 (lichess 1956), lichess 11/14/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3

7.Bc4 Be6 8.Bxe6 fxe6 9.Qxg4 Qd5 10.Bxe3 Nc6 11.Nc3 Bb4 12.Nge2 O-O-O 13.O-O Qd7 14.Rad1 h5 15.Qe4 g5 16.d5 exd5 17.Nxd5 Be7 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7

19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Nc3 g4 21.Qf5+ Kb8 22.Qxh5 Qg7 23.Qg5 Qh8 24.Qf6 Qg8 25.Bg5 g3 26.hxg3 Re8 27.Bf4 Qc4 28.Re1, Black forfeits.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/13/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Kolodej99 (Chess.com 1868) - JimWest (Chess.com 1982), Chess.com 11/13/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Be2 Bc5 7.e6 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.O-O Kf8 11.c3 Kg8 12.Be3 Bd6 13.Nd2 Kxh8 14.Bd4 Nbd7 15.Re1 c6 16.b4 a6 17.a4 Rf8 18.Nf1 Ne5 19.h3 Ng6

20.Rc1 Nf4 21.f3 exf3 22.Bxf3 Qf7 23.Be5 Bxe5 24.Rxe5 Qg6 25.Kh2 Bf5 26.Ng3 Be4 27.Re7 b5 28.axb5 axb5 29.Ra1 Bxf3 30.Qxf3 Ng8 31.Rb7 h5 32.Raa7 h4 33.Nf1 Ne6

34.Qe2 Qf5 35.Kg1 Nf4 36.Qg4 Qxg4 37.hxg4 Ne2+ 38.Kh2 Rxf1 39.Rxg7 Nf6 40.Rgf7 Nxg4+ 41.Kh3 Rxf7 42.Rxf7 Ne5 43.Re7 Nf4+ 44.Kh2 Nfg6 45.Rc7 Kg8 46.g3 hxg3+ 47.Kxg3 Kf8

48.Kf2 Ke8 49.Ke3 Kd8 50.Ra7 Nd7 51.Kd4 Nge5 52.Ra8+ Kc7 53.Rh8 Nc4 54.Rh7 Ncb6 55.Rg7 Nc4 56.Rh7 Ncb6 57.Rg7 Nc4 58.Rh7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2076) - Dashnak (lichess 2017), lichess 11/13/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.c3 c6 7.Nf3 h6 8.Be2 O-O 9.Nbd2 Ng4 10.d4 Bb6 11.h3 Nf6 12.Qc2 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.O-O-O Qa5 15.Kb1 Qb6 16.Nc4 Qc6 17.b4 b5 18.Na5 Qb6 19.Nb3 Be3

20.Rxd6 Qc7 21.Rxf6 Bxf4 22.Rxf4 Qxf4 23.Bxb5 Bd7 24.Nc5 Bc6 25.Bxc6 Nxc6 26.Nd4 Nxd4 27.cxd4 Rfd8 28.d5 Rab8 29.a3 a5 30.Qc3 axb4 31.axb4 Rdc8 32.Re1 Qf2 33.Kc1 Qa2

34.d6 Qxg2 35.d7 Rd8 36.e5 Qc6 37.e6 fxe6 38.Rxe6 Rxd7 39.Rxc6, Black resigns.