2 PCG Games 2/28/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

jon_lee (Chess.com 1862) - JimWest (Chess.com 1938), Chess.com 2/28/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.exd6 exf3 8.dxe7 Qxe7+ 9.Kd2 fxg2

10.Bb5+ c6 11.Re1 Be6 12.Bc4 Qb4+ 13.Kd3 Qxc4+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Xalid2525 (lichess 2227) - JimWest (lichess 2116), lichess 2/28/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 Bxf5 8.Qe2 Nc6 9.c3 Nf6 10.h3 h5 11.Na3 O-O-O 12.Nac4 d5 13.Ne3 Bg6 14.g3 Kb8 15.O-O-O h4 16.g4 Nh7 17.Bg2 Ng5

18.b4 Nxb4 19.cxb4 Qxb4 20.Nb3 Rhf8 21.Kb2 Nf3 22.Bxf3 Rxf3 23.Qc2 a5 24.Rd2 a4 25.Qc5 a3+ 26.Kc1 Qxc5+ 27.Nxc5 c6 28.Kc2 Rdf8 29.Rh2 Re8 30.Kb3 b6 31.Nd7+ Kc7 32.Ne5 Rxe5 33.dxe5 c5

34.Kc2 Bf7 35.Nf5 d4 36.Nxh4 Rc3+ 37.Kb1 Bc4 38.Rh1 e3 39.fxe3 dxe3 40.Rdd1 e2 41.Rc1 Bd3+ 42.Ka1 Bc2 43.Nf5 b5 44.Rhe1 b4 45.Nxg7 c4 46.Rxe2 b3 47.axb3 cxb3, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 2/27/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Mckhyllep04 (Chess.com 1797) - JimWest (Chess.com 1951), Chess.com 2/27/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.Bd2 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Nbd7 10.g3 g5 11.g4 Qc7 12.a4 O-O-O 13.b4 Kb8 14.Ne2 h5 15.Kg2 hxg4 16.hxg4 Rh4 17.Be6 Be7 18.Rh1 Rdh8 19.Rxh4 Rxh4

20.Rh1 Rxh1 21.Kxh1 Nf8 22.Bf5 d5 23.c3 dxe4 24.dxe4 Qd6 25.Bc1 Qd1+ 26.Kg2 Qxa4 27.Qd3 Qb5 28.Qd2 Qb6 29.Ba3 Qc7 30.c4 a5 31.c5 axb4 32.Bxb4 N8d7 33.Qc3 Qd8 34.Ng1 Qf8

35.Nf3 Bxc5 36.Bxc5 Qxc5 37.Qxc5 Nxc5 38.Nxe5 Ncxe4 39.Bxe4 Nxe4 40.f3 Nf6 41.Nf7 Nh7 42.Kf2 Kc7 43.Ke2 b5 44.Kd3 c5 45.Kc3 Kc6 46.Kb3 Kd5 47.Kc3 b4+ 48.Kd3 c4+ 49.Kc2 Kd4 50.Kd2 b3

51.Nd6 c3+ 52.Kc1 Kd3 53.Ne4 Ke3 54.Nxc3 Kxf3 55.Kb2 Kxg4 56.Kxb3 f3 57.Nd1 Kg3 58.Kc3 f2 59.Ne3 Kf3 60.Nf1 g4 61.Kd3 g3 62.Nd2+ Kg2 63.Ke3 f1=Q 64.Nxf1 Kxf1 65.Kf3 g2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

abawad1185 (lichess 2006) - JimWest (lichess 2115), lichess 2/27/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.Ng5 d5 8.e6 O-O 9.Qh5 h6 10.Nf7 Qe8 11.Nxh6+ gxh6 12.Qxh6 Qg6 13.Qxg6+ Nxg6 14.Nc3 Bxe6 15.O-O-O c6 16.f4 Rxf4 17.g3 Rf2 18.Rd2 Rxd2 19.Kxd2 Nd7

20.h4 Rf8 21.Be2 Nge5 22.h5 Kh7 23.a4 a5 24.Rh4 Rg8, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 2/26/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1943) - Jun_Cristobal (Chess.com 1789), Chess.com 2/26/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Nd4 8.c3 Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 Be7 10.O-O Qd7 11.a4 O-O-O 12.f5 h5 13.a5 a6 14.Bg5 d5 15.Na3 dxe4 16.dxe4 Qc6 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Nc2 Rdg8 19.Kh1 Rg4

20.Rfe1 Rhg8 21.Re2 Rf4 22.Qxh5 Rxe4 23.Rxe4 Qxe4 24.Ne1 Rg5 25.Qxf7 Qxf5 25.Nf3 Rxg2 26.Qe8+ Bd8 27.Kxg2 e4 28.Nd4 Qg4+ 29.Kh1, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed'

JimWest (lichess 2109) - Randallpima (lichess 2090), lichess 2/26/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qh5 10.Rg1 Nxf1 11.Rxf1 Bg4 12.Bf4 Bh3 13.Rg1 Bg4 14.Nbd2 Bc5 15.Rg3 O-O 16.Qe2 f6 17.O-O-O fxe5

18.Qxe5 Qxe5 19.Bxe5 Bxf3 20.Rxg7+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 2/25/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Chris98765 (Chess.com 1845) - JimWest (Chess.com 1924), Chess.com 2/25/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O c5 11.c4 cxd4 12.Bxd4 Nc6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.a3 Be6 16.b4 Qd7 17.Qb3 Kh8 18.Rfd1 Bxg3 19.hxg3 Rad8

20.Rd2 Bg4 21.Rad1 Bxe2 22.Rxe2 Ng4 23.Qc3 Rc8 24.Bc5 Rf7 25.f3 exf3 26.gxf3 Nf6 27.Qd4 Qh3 28.Qe5 h6 29.Rh2 Qd7 30.Bd4 Re8 31.Qf4 Kg8

32.Qd2 Qd6 33.Rg2 Nh7 34.Qf2 Ng5 35.f4 Nh3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Fares1984 (lichess 2071) - JimWest (lichess 2104), lichess 2/25/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d3 Na5 5.Bb5+ c6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bb3 Nxb3 8.axb3 f5 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qe2 Nf6 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bh6 a5 13.h3 f4 14.g3 fxg3 15.fxg3 b4 16.Nd1 Be6 17.g4 Nd7 18.Nf3 Bf8 19.Bg5 Qc7

20.Bd2 Bg7 21.Bxb4 O-O 22.Bd2 h6 23.O-O Nc5 24.b4 axb4 25.Bxb4 Rxa1, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 2/24/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1908) - Albertoaraujo67 (Chess.com 1840), Chess.com 2/24/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 Be7 7.c3 Qb6 8.Qb3 O-O 9.Qxb6 axb6 10.f5 d5 11.Nbd2 Bc5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Ne4 Be3 14.Bxe3 Nxe3 15.Kf2 Nxf5 16.g4 Ne7 17.Nd6 Ng6 18.Nd2 Nc5 19.Nxc8 Raxc8

20.Nc4 Nd7 21.Bf3 b5 22.Nd6 Rc7 23.a4 bxa4 24.Rxa4 Nc5 25.Ra7 Rb8 26.Rd1 Nf4 27.Be4 Nxe4+ 28.dxe4 Ne6 29.Nf5 g6 30.Ne3 b5 31.Rxc7 Nxc7 32.g5 Ne6 33.h4 Nc5 34.Kf3 Kf8 35.Ng4 Na4

36.Nf6 Nxb2 37.Rb1 Rd8 38.Rxb2 Rd3+ 39.Kg4 Rxc3 40.Rd2 b4 41.Rd8+ Ke7 42.Rd7+ Kf8 43.Nxh7+ Kg7 44.Nf6 b3 45.Rd8 b2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2093) - harlampiizmish (lichess 1984), lichess 2/24/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qxg4 Bxb5 9.d5 Qxd5 10.Nc3 Qc4 11.Nxb5 Qxb5 12.Qc8+ Ke7 13.Bg5+ f6 14.exf6+ gxf6 15.O-O-O fxg5

16.Qd8+ Kf7 17.Nh3 Bg7 18.Rhf1+ Ke6 19.Nxg5+ Ke5 20.Qd6#.

2 PCG Games 2/23/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

AfraidField (Chess.com 1785) - JimWest (Chess.com 1939), Chess.com 2/23/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.O-O Nd7 7.Nc3 d5 8.Bb3 Bd6 9.Ne2 Ngf6 10.Ng3 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 O-O 13.Qe2 Nc5 14.Bg5 Nxb3 15.axb3 a6 16.Rad1 h6 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.c4 Rae8 19.Qg4 Qf7

20.Kh1 e4 21.dxe4 Bxg3 22.fxg3 Qxf1+ 23.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 24.Kh2 dxe4 25.Qd7 Kf8 26.Qd6+ Re7 27.Qd8+ Kf7 28.Qd2 e3 29.Qe2 Rf2 30.Qe1 Rxb2 31.b4 e2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

VietNamtoi (lichess 2041) - JimWest (lichess 2118), lichess 2/23/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 c6 6.g3 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O a5 9.b3 Na6 10.Bb2 Nc5 11.Ne1 f4 12.d4 exd4 13.Qxd4 Nh5 14.Rd1 Ne6 15.Qd2 Ng5 16.Nf3 Bg4

17.Nxg5 Bxg5 18.f3 fxg3 19.Qxd6 Qxd6 20.Rxd6 gxh2+ 21.Kh1 Ng3+ 22.Kxh2 Nxf1+ 23.Bxf1 Bf4+, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 2/22/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1944) - Florian89 (Chess.com 1900), Chess.com 2/22/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 O-O 6.c3 d5 7.e5 Re8 8.d4 Bf8 9.Be2 Ne4 10.Nf3 c5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Nbd2 Qb6 13.Qb3 Bg4 14.Qxb6 axb6 15.h3 Nxd2 16.Bxd2 Bh5 17.a3 f6

18.Bb5 Bxf3 19.Rxf3 fxe5 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.dxe5 Rxe5 22.Raf1 Rae8 23.R1f2 c4 24.Bf4 Bc5 25.Bxe5 Rxe5 26.Kf1 Bxf2 27.Kxf2 Re6 28.g4 Re7 29.Rg3 Kf7 30.Kf3 Ke6 31.Ke3 Kd6+ 32.Kd2 Rf7 33.Kc2 Kc5

34.Re3 b5 35.Kb1 Rf1+ 36.Ka2 Rh1 37.Re7 Rxh3 38.Rxg7 Rg3 39.Rxh7 Rxg4 40.Rh6 Rg7 41.Rh4 Rd7 42.Rd4 Kb6 43.b4 cxb3+ 44.Kxb3 c5 45.Rh4 Rd6 46.a4 d4

47.cxd4 cxd4 48.axb5 Kxb5 49.Rh5+ Kc6 50.Kc4 d3 51.Rh1 d2 52.Rd1 Kb6 53.Kc3 Kb5 54.Rxd2 Rxd2 55.Kxd2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2159) - InfinityWaz (lichess 2144), lichess 2/22/2024

1.e3 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 e5 4.f4 Nbd7 5.Nf3 c6 6.c3 Qb6 7.Qb3 Qxb3 8.axb3 Be7 9.Be2 Nc5 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.Nbd2 Ng4 12.b4 Ne3 13.Rb1 Ne6 14.g3 f6 15.Nb3 Ng4 16.O-O g5 17.Ne1 Nh6 18.Bh5+ Kf8 19.Be3 Kg7

20.Nc5 Nxc5 21.bxc5 Be6 22.Be2 Bg4 23.Bxg4 Nxg4 24.Ng2 Nxe3 25.Nxe3 Bxc5 26.d4 exd4 27.Nf5+ Kg6 28.cxd4 Bb4 29.g4 Rhe8 30.Ng3 Bd2 31.Rbd1 Bf4 32.Rfe1 Bxg3 33.hxg3 Rad8 34.Kf2 h5 35.Kf3 hxg4+ 36.Kxg4 Rh8

37.Re2 Rd7 38.Kf3 Rhd8 39.Red2 f5 40.exf5+ Kxf5 41.g4+ Ke6 42.Re1+ Kf6 43.Red1 Ke6 44.Re1+ Kf6 45.Red1 Ke6, draw.

2 PCG Games 2/21/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Renzissimo (Chess.com 2006) - JimWest (Chess.com 1945), Chess.com 2/21/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.O-O-O O-O 12.Bxe6+ Nxe6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nc4 Bxf4+ 15.Kb1 f5 16.g3 Bg5 17.h4 Bf6 18.Nd5 Rad8 19.Rhf1 c6

20.Nxf6+ Rxf6 21.Na5 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Rf7 23.Nc4 Rg7 24.Nd6 Rxg3 25.Nxf5 Rf3 26.Nd6 e3 27.Re1 e2 28.Kc1 b6 29.Rxe2 Nf8 30.Nc8 Rf7 31.Ne7+ Kh8 32.Nxc6 Ng6 33.h5 Nf4 34.Re8+ Kg7 35.Ne5 Rc7 36.h6+ Kxh6

37.Rg8 Ng6 38.Nf3 Rf7 39.Nd4 Kh5 40.Kd2 h6 41.Ke3 Ne7 42.Rg2 Nf5+ 43.Nxf5 Rxf5 44.Rg7 a5 45.a4 Rf6 46.c3 Rg6 47.Rb7 Kg4 48.b4 axb4 49.cxb4 h5 50.a5 bxa5 51.bxa5 Ra6 52.Rb5 h4 53.Kf2 h3

54.Rb4+ Kf5 55.Rh4 Kg6 56.Ra4 Kf6 57.Kg3 Ke6 58.Kxh3 Kd5 59.Rh4 Kc5 60.Kg3 Rxa5 61.Rh5+ Kb6 62.Rxa5 Kxa5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Olzii2021 (lichess 2067) - JimWest (lichess 2149), lichess 2/21/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 Na5 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.a4 f4 8.b4 Nc6 9.b5 Nb8 10.Bb2 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 g6 13.Qg4 Qd7 14.Nd5 Qxg4 15.hxg4 Kd8 16.Rxh7 Nd7 17.Ke2 Bg7 18.g5 c6 19.bxc6 bxc6

20.Nf6 Bxf6 21.gxf6 Nxf6 22.Rf7 Nd7 23.Bc3 a5 24.Rb1 Nc5 25.Rb6 Nxa4 26.Rxc6 Nxc3+ 27.Rxc3 Ra6 28.Rcc7 Rf8 29.Rg7 Rg8 30.Rxg8+ Kxc7 31.Rxg6 a4 32.Rh6 a3 33.Rh1 a2 34.Ra1 Kc6 35.Kd2 d5 36.f3 dxe4 37.fxe4 Kc5

38.Kc3 Ra8 39.Kd2 Kb4 40.Kc1 Kc3 41.g3 fxg3 42.Kd1 g2 43.Ke2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 2/20/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

pramod037 (Chess.com 1812) - JimWest (Chess.com 1939), Chess.com 2/20/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc5 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 c6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Be2 Bxc5 11.O-O Bd6 12.f3 Bxe5 13.dxe5 Qxe5 14.fxe4 Be6 15.exd5 Qxd5 16.Bd3 Nd7 17.c4 Qc5+ 18.Kh1 O-O-O

19.b4 Qe7 20.Qa4 Kb8 21.Rae1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Alex6533 (lichess 2084) - JimWest (lichess 2144), lichess 2/20/2024

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.c3 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.dxe5 fxe4 6.Ng5 d5 7.f4 Bc5 8.Bb5 Nge7 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qh4 Nf5

11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.Qf2 Bxf2+, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 2/19/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1934) - dongodoy66 (Chess.com 1867), Chess.com 2/19/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Nxe2 exd3 8.exf6 dxe2 9.Qxe2+ Kd7 10.fxg7 Bxg7 11.Qg4+ Kc6 12.Qxg7 Re8+ 13.Kf2 Qh4+ 14.g3 Qe4 15.Qc3+ Kb6 16.Be3+ Ka6 17.Qd3+ b5 18.Qxe4 Rxe4 19.Nc3 Re6

20.Rhd1 Nc6 21.Nd5 Kb7 22.Bf4 Rc8 23.Re1 Rg6 24.Ne7 Nxe7 25.Rxe7 Rc6 26.c3 Rf8 27.Rd1 h5 28.Rdd7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2145) - KarapetyanXosrov (lichess 2169), lichess 2/19/2024

1.e3 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 e5 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.c3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.f5 Qc7 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 d5 12.Qc2 dxe4 13.dxe4 Rad8 14.Be3 Bc5 15.Bxc5 Nxc5 16.Na3 Nd3 17.Kh1 Nf4 18.Rad1 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Rd8

20.Nc4 Rxd1+ 21.Qxd1 Ne8 22.a4 a6 23.a5 g6 24.fxg6 hxg6 25.Kh2 Kg7 26.g3 Ne6 27.h4 f6 28.b4 Nd8 29.Bg4 Nf7 30.Qd7 Qxd7 31.Bxd7 Ned6 32.Nd2 f5 33.exf5 gxf5 34.Kg2 Kf6

35.g4 f4 36.g5+ Kg6 37.Be6 Nd8 38.Bg4 e4 39.Kf1 N8f7 40.Be6 Ne5 41.c4 e3 42.Nb3 f3 43.Nd4 e2+ 44.Nxe2 fxe2+ 45.Kxe2 Nexc4 46.Bxc4 Nxc4 47.Kd3 Ne5+ 48.Ke4 Nd7

49.Kf4 Kh5 50.Kf5 Kxh4 51.g6 c5 52.bxc5 Nxc5 53.g7, Black resigns.