PCG Reversed & PCG 3/30/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1888) - FatalInjuries (Chess.com 1768), Chess.com 3/30/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxf1 11.Rxf1 Bc5+ 12.Kg2 Qg6+ 13.Kh1 Bh3 14.Qe2 Bxf1 15.Qxf1 O-O-O 16.Nc3 d4 17.Na4 Be7 18.Bf4 d3

19.cxd3 Rxd3 20.Rd1 Rhd8 21.Rxd3 Rxd3 22.Nc3 Bc5 23.Nh4 Qg4 24.Bg3 Qd4 25.Nf5 Qd7 26.Nd6+ cxd6 27.Qxd3 Qc6+ 28.Qd5 Qb6 29.exd6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

JCV2012 (lichess 2018) - JimWest (lichess 2114), lichess 3/30/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O a5 9.a4 Na6 10.Re1 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Na2 Nc5 13.c3 fxe4 14.dxe4 Bg4 15.b4 axb4 16.cxb4 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Nxa4 18.Qb3+ Kh8

19.Nc3 Nxc3 20.Qxc3 Qb6 21.Red1 Be7 22.Rxa8 Rxa8 23.Qc4 Rf8 24.Kg2 Qc7 25.Qa2 b5 26.Rc1 Qb7 27.Qc2 Rc8 28.Qb3 c5 29.bxc5 Rxc5 30.Rxc5 dxc5 31.Qf7 c4

32.Bh5 Qxe4+ 33.f3 Qc2+ 34.Kh3 Kh7 35.Qxe7 Qf5+ 36.Bg4 Qf6 37.Qb4 e4 38.Qxb5 exf3 39.Qxc4 f2 40.Qf1 g6 41.Kg2 h5 42.Bf3 Qd4 43.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 44.Kxf2 Kh6 45.h4 g5 46.Ke3 gxh4 47.gxh4 Kg6

48.Kf4 Kh6 49.Kf5 Kg7 50.Bxh5 Kh8 51.Bf7 Kg7 52.Be6 Kh8 53.h5 Kg7 54.Kg5 Kh8 55.Kg6, stalemate.

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/29/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

NickB2014 (Chess.com 1961) - JimWest (Chess.com 1914), Chess.com 3/29/2024

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.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Nc3 c6 12.Be2 Re8 13.g4 Rxe6 14.g5 e3 15.fxe3 Ne4 16.Nxe4 Rxe4 17.Bd3 Re8 18.Rg1 Qe7 19.Rg3 Na6

20.O-O-O Nb4 21.Bb1 dxc4 22.a3 Nd3+ 23.Bxd3 cxd3 24.Qxd3 Rad8 25.Rh3 g6 26.Rg3 Rd5 27.h4 Qe4 28.Qxe4 Rxe4 29.Rh1 c5 30.dxc5 Rxc5+ 31.Kd2 Rd5+ 32.Kc3 a5

33.b3 b5 34.Kc2 a4 35.b4 Rc4+ 36.Kb1 Rd3 37.Rc1 Rb3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2105) - khongbietchoicoVN (lichess 2093), lichess 3/29/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Nfd2 6.Bxf4 Nc6 7.d4 Be7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Bb5 Nb6 10.O-O f6 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Bg3 Nc4 13.Qc1 fxe5 14.Nxe5 Rxf1+ 15.Qxf1 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 c5 17.c3 cxd4 18.cxd4 c5

19.Nc3 cxd4 20.Bxd4 Rb8 21.b3 a6 22.Qf3 Bb7 23.Rf1 Qf8 24.Nxd5 Bxd5 25.Qxd5+, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/28/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1926) - orshal90 (Chess.com 1865), Chess.com 3/28/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bd3 Nh4 10.O-O c5

11.Bb5+ Bd7 12.Bxd7+ Kxd7 13.Nxh4 Qxh4 14.Rxf7+ Kc6 15.c3 b5 16.a4 b4 17.cxb4 c4 18.b5+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Hoda74 (lichess 2100) - JimWest (lichess 2099), lichess 3/28/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6

8.d5 Nd4 9.Qe3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 3/27/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

pramod037 (Chess.com 1789) - JimWest (Chess.com 1914), Chess.com 3/27/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.O-O Be7 7.Nc3 f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.a4 Bg4 11.b3 Nd7 12.Ba3 Bxa3 13.Rxa3 O-O-O 14.Qe2 Nf6 15.a5 g5 16.a6 b5 17.Raa1 Bxf3 18.gxf3 g4

19.Kh1 gxf3 20.Qxf3 Rd2 21.Rac1 Qd7 22.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Qg4 24.Qxg4+ Nxg4 25.Rd2 Nf6 26.f3 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Kxd8 28.Nd1 Kc7 29.c4 bxc4 30.bxc4 Kb6 31.Nb2 Kxa6

32.Nd3 Nd7 33.Kg2 Kb6 34.Kh3 a5 35.Kh4 a4 36.Kg5 a3 37.Nc1 Kc5 38.Kh6 Kxc4 39.Kxh7 Kc3 40.Na2+ Kb2 41.Nb4 a2 42.Nxa2 Kxa2 43.h4 c5 44.h5 Nf6+ 45.Kg6 Nxh5

46.Kf5 c4 47.Kxe5 c3 48.Kf5 c2 49.e5 c1=Q 50.e6 Ng7+ 51.Kf6 Nxe6 52.Kxe6 Qe3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Scorp3P (lichess 1978) - JimWest (lichess 2108), lichess 3/27/2024

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.O-O Nc6 12.Qg3+ Kxh8 13.c3 Bg7 14.f3 Bf5 15.Bg5 Nxd4 16.cxd4 Qxd4+ 17.Kh1 Qxb2 18.Nd2 Rd8 19.Bxf6 Bxf6

20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.fxe4 Rg8 22.Qf2 Qxf2 23.Rxf2 Bxa1 24.Rf7 Re8 25.Rf4 Be5 26.Rf5 Bd6 27.g4 Rxe4, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/26/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1918) - KingBamzz (Chess.com 1762), Chess.com 3/26/2024

1.e3 d6 2.e4 g6 3.d3 Bg7 4.f4 e5 5.c3 a6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nd7 9.O-O exf4 10.Bxf4 Ne5 11.d4 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Nf6 13.Bg5 Qe7 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Qxf6 Qxf6 16.Rxf6 O-O 17.Nd2 Kg7 18.Raf1 Rae8

19.g4 h6 20.h4 g5 21.hxg5 hxg5 22.R6f5 f6 23.R1f2 Kg6 24.e5 dxe5 25.dxe5 Re6 26.Rxf6+ Rfxf6 27.Rxf6+ Rxf6 28.exf6 Kxf6 29.Ne4+ Kg6 30.Nc5 b6 31.Nxa6 c6 32.Mb8 c5 33.Nd7 Kf7 34.Nxb6 Ke6

35.c4 Ke5 36.b3 Kf4 37.Nd7 Kxg4 38.Nxc5 Kf5 39.Kg2 Ke5 40.Kg3 Kd6 41.Ne4+ Kc6 42.Nxg5 Kc5 43.Ne4+ Kb6 44.Kf4 Kc6 45.Ke5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ro56 (lichess 2046) - JimWest (lichess 2111), lichess 3/26/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O c6 10.Bf4 h6 11.Nf7 Qe7 12.Na4 Bxe6 13.Ne5 Bf7 14.Nxf7 Rxf7 15.c4 Nbd7 16.b4 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Rc1 Rff8

20.Nc5 Nxc5 21.bxc5 Qe6 22.Qb3 Rab8 23.Qa4 a6 24.Rb1 Rfc8 25.Qd4 Rc6 26.Rfc1 Kh8 27.Rc3 Qe7 28.h3 Rbc8 29.Rbc1 Qe6 30.a4 R8c7 31.a5 h5 32.Kh2 g6 33.Rg3 Kh7 34.Rg5 Qe7 35.Re5 Qf8

36.f3 Rxc5 37.Rf1 Rc2 38.Bd1 R2c4 39.Qb6 R4c6 40.Qd4 Qd6 41.fxe4 Nxe4 42.Qxd5 Qxd5 43.Rxd5 Nc3 44.Re5 Nxd1 45.Rxd1 Rc5 46.Rdd5 Rxd5 47.Rxd5 Kh6 48.h4 Rc4 49.g3 Rb4 50.Rd7 Rb5 51.Kh3 Rxa5 52.Rxb7 Ra4

53.Kg2 Ra3 54.Kh2 a5 55.Kg2 a4 56.Ra7 Ra2+ 57.Kh3 a3 58.g4 hxg4+ 59.Kxg4 Ra1 60.Kh3 a2 61.Kg2 Kh5 62.Ra4 Rb1 63.Rxa2 Kxh4 64.Ra4+ Kh5 65.Re4 g5 66.Ra4 g4 67.Ra8 Rb2+ 68.Kg3 Rb3+ 69.Kg2 Rb5 70.Kg3 Rb3+ 71.Kg2 Kg5

72.Rg8+ Kf4 73.Rf8+ Ke5 74.Re8+ Kf6 75.Rg8 Rb4 76.Kg3 Kf5 77.Rf8+ Kg5 78.Rg8+ Kh5 79.Rh8+ Kg6 80.Rg8+ Kf7 81.Rxg4 Rxg4+ 82.Kxg4, draw.

2 PCG Games 3/25/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

metodija11 (Chess.com 1733) - JimWest (Chess.com 1904), Chess.com 3/25/2024

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Bc4 f5 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.Bg5+ Nf6 8.Bb3 Nc6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.Nd5 Rf8 11.O-O-O Ke8 12.Nf3 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nd4 15.Rd3 Nxb3+ 16.axb3 Nxd5 17.Rxd5 Rxf3 18.Be3 Kf7 19.h4 a6

20.Rg1 h5 21.c4 b6 22.b4 a5 23.c5 axb4 24.Kc2 bxc5 25.Bxc5 Bxc5 26.Rxc5 Rxf2+ 27.Kb3 Rf3+ 28.Kxb4 Rb8+ 29.Kc4 Rxb2 30.Rxc7+ Kf6 31.Rc6+ Kf5

32.Rg5+ Ke4 33.Re6 Rc2+ 34.Kb4 Rb2+ 35.Kc4 Rc2+ 36.Kb4 Rb2+ 37.Kc4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Silvain_Ikazaki (lichess 2041) - JimWest (lichess 2122), lichess 3/25/2024

1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 e5 3.e4 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.a4 a5 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Na6 10.Re1 Ng4 11.Bd2 Qb6 12.Qe2 Nc5 13.h3 fxe4 14.dxe4 Nf6 15.b3 Ne6 16.Be3 Nd4 17.Qd1 Nxf3+ 18.Bxf3 Qc7 19.Bg2 Be6

20.Kh2 Rad8 21.f4 d5 22.exd5 Nxd5 23.Nxd5 Bxd5 24.Qe2 Bxg2 25.Qxg2 exf4 26.Bxf4 Bd6 27.Bxd6 Qxd6 28.Re2 Rfe8 29.Rae1 Rxe2 30.Qxe2 Qd2 31.Kg1 Qxe2 32.Rxe2 Rd1+ 33.Kf2 Kf7

34.Ke3 Rd7 35.c3 Re7+ 36.Kf3 Rxe2 37.Kxe2 Ke6 38.Ke3 Ke5 39.b4 b6 40.Kd3 h5 41.bxa5 bxa5 42.Kc4 Kd6 43.Kd4 c5+ 44.Ke4 Ke6 45.c4 g5 46.h4 g4 47.Kf4 Kf6 48.Ke4 Ke6, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 3/24/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1908) - 511980 (Chess.com 1879), Chess.com 3/24/2024

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 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qh3 12.c3 Be7 13.Bf1 Qe6 14.Bg2 O-O 15.O-O f6 16.exf6 Rxf6 17.Qe2 Rxf1+ 18.Bxf1 Bd6 19.Bg2 Re8

20.Bxe4 Qxe4 21.Qxe4 Rxe4 22.Nd2 Re1+ 23.Kf2 Rd1 24.Ke2 Rh1 25.Nf1 h5 26.Bg5 Be7 27.Bxe7 Nxe7 28.Kf2 Nf5 29.Kg2 Rxf1 30.Kxf1 Ne3+ 31.Ke2 Nc4 32.b3 Nd6

33.Rf1 g6 34.Kd3 Kg7 35.c4 dxc4+ 36.bxc4 c6 37.c5 Nf5 38.Rb1, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2120) - VZ87 (lichess 2096), lichess 3/24/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 Be7 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 O-O 6.Nf3 d5 7.e5 Nh5 8.Bg3 Nxg3 9.hxg3 Bg4 10.d4 f6

11.Qd3 h6 12.Rxh6 gxh6 13.Qg6+ Kh8 14.Qxh6+ Kg8 15.Qg6+ Kh8, Black resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 3/23/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1905) - rajeshbabu448 (Chess.com 1782), Chess.com 3/23/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 b6 9.f5 d5 10.Qc2 dxe4 11.dxe4 Bb7 12.Kh1 Bc5 13.b4 Bd6 14.Be3 Ne7 15.Nbd2 Rc8 16.a4 c5 17.b5 Ng4 18.Bg1 Nf6 19.Rad1 Qc7

20.Bc4 Rcd8 21.Rfe1 Nc8 22.h3 Be7 23.g4 Nh7 24.Bh2 Bf6 25.Nf1 Ng5 26.Nxg5 Bxg5 27.Bd5 Bxd5 28.exd5 Ne7 29.Bxe5 Qb7 30.c4 Nc8 31.Nh2 Nd6 32.Bxd6 Rxd6 33.Nf3 Bf6 34.Re4 Rdd8 35.Rde1 Qc7 36.Qh2 Qd7

37.Ne5 Bxe5 38.Rxe5 Rfe8 39.Qe2 Kf8 40.Rxe8+ Rxe8 41.Qxe8+ Qxe8 42.Rxe8+ Kxe8 43.Kg2 Ke7 44.Kf3 Kd6 45.Kf4 f6 46.h4 Kd7 47.g5 hxg5+ 48.hxg5 Kd6 49.gxf6 gxf6

50.Kf3 Ke5 51.Kg4 Kd6 52.Kh5 Kd7 53.Kg6 Ke7 54.Kg7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2107) - LavNik57 (lichess 2101), lichess 3/23/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.c3 Nc6 8.Nbd2 Bg4 9.Be2 h6 10.Qc2 a5 11.O-O-O a4 12.d4 Bb6 13.Nc4 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 d5 15.Nxb6 cxb6 16.e5 Nh7 17.a3 b5 18.Be2 b4

19.cxb4 Nxb4 20.Qd2 Nc6 21.Kb1 Ng5 22.Bxg5, Black forfeits.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/22/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1867) - dayandmoon (Chess.com 1880), Chess.com 3/22/2024

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 Ne3 10.Bxe3 fxe3 11.d4 Bg4 12.Be2 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 c6 14.Qd3 h6 15.Nc3 Na6 16.a3 Nc7 17.Nd1 Ne6 18.Nxe3 Qb6

19.Nf5 Qxb2 20.O-O Qb6 21.Rfb1 Qc7 22.Rxb7 Qa5 23.Nd6+ Kd8 24.Nxf7+ Kc8 25.Nd6+ Kd8 26.Bg4 Nc5 27.dxc5 Qxc5+ 28.Kg2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ShashasHemanaev (lichess 2096) - JimWest (lichess 2117), lichess 3/22/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Be2 Bxf5 9.O-O Bd6 10.f3 O-O 11.fxe4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Nc3 Rxf1+ 14.Qxf1 Qh4

15.Be3 Bxh2+ 16.Kh1 Bg3+ 17.Kg1 Qh2#.