PCG Reversed & PCG 6/29/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1911) - eureka444 (Chess.com 1717), Chess.com 6/29/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 exf4 6.Bxf4 O-O 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Nbd2 h6 10.d4 Bb6 11.h3 Bh5 12.O-O Bg6 13.Bd3 Re8 14.Qc2 d5 15.e5 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 Nh7 17.Kh1 Ne7 18.Rae1 Nf8 19.Bh2 Ne6

20.b4 c6 21.Nb3 Rf8 22.a4 Bc7 23.a5 a6 24.Nc5 b6 25.axb6 Bxb6 26.Nxe6 fxe6 27.Ra1 a5 28.bxa5 Rxa5 29.Rxa5 Bxa5 30.Ra1 Qb6 31.Rb1 Qa7 32.g4 c5 33.Kg2 c4 34.Qc2 Rb8 35.Rxb8+ Qxb8

36.Nd2 g6 37.Bg3 Kg7 38.h4 Qf8 39.Nf3 Nc8 40.Be1 Qf4 41.Nh2 Ne7 42.Bd2 Qf8 43.Qa4 Bd8 44.Qd7 Kf7 45.Bc1 h5 46.Ba3 Qe8 47.Qxe8+ Kxe8 48.gxh5 gxh5 49.Nf3 Ng6 50.Kg3 Kf7 51.Bc1 Be7 52.Ng5+ Bxg5 53.Bxg5 Nf8

54.Kf3 Nd7 55.Ke3 Nb6 56.Kd2 Kg6 57.Kc2 Kf5 58.Kb2 Ke4 59.Ka3 Kd3 60.Kb4 Nd7 61.Be7 Nb6 62.Kb5 Nc8 63.Bb4 Ke4 64.Kc6 Na7+ 65.Kd6 Nb5+ 66.Kxe6 Kd3 67.Kxd5 Nxc3+ 68.Bxc3 Kxc3

69.e6 Kd3 70.e7 c3 71.e8=Q c2 72.Qg6+ Kd2 73.Qxc2+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

CikaSrecko (lichess 2048) - JimWest (lichess 2118), lichess 6/29/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nbd2 a5 7.a4 Na6 8.O-O f4 9.d4 Qc7 10.Qe2 Bg4 11.d5 cxd5 12.exd5 Be7 13.Ba2 O-O-O 14.Rd1 g5 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Nc5 17.Qc2 e4 18.h3 Bd7 19.Ne1 Bxa4

20.b3 Bd7 21.Bb1 Kb8 22.Bb2 Bf6 23.b4 axb4 24.cxb4 Bxb2 25.Qxb2 Na4 26.Qd4 Rde8 27.Bxe4 Qc3 28.Nf3 Qxd4 29.Rxd4 Nc3 30.Bd3 Ne2+ 31.Bxe2 Rxe2 32.Re1 Re1+ 33.Nxe1 Rc8

34.Nf3 Rc1+ 35.Kh2 Rc2 36.Nxg5 Rxf2 37.Kg1 Rb2 38.Rxf4 h6 39.Nf7 Kc7 40.Rc4+ Kb6 41.Nxd6 Bb5 42.Rh4 Bd3 43.Nc4+ Bxc4 44.Rxc4 Kb5 45.Rc7 b6 46.Rc6 Rxb4 47.Rxh6 Rd4 48.Rd6 Kc5 49.Rd8 b5

50.g4 b4 51.Rb8 Rxd5 52.Kg2 Kc4 53.Rc8+ Rc5 54.Rb8 b3 55.Re8 b2 56.Re1 Kb3 57.Rb1 Ka2 58.Rxb2+ Kxb2 59.Kg3 Kc3 60.g5 Rxg5+, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/28/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1907) - Trabizontsi (Chess.com 1894), Chess.com 6/28/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Qxe2 Nbd7 8.Nf3 Qe7 9.a4 a6 10.Na3 Bxa3 11.Rxa3 d5 12.fxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Qxe5 14.exd5 Qxe2+ 15.Kxe2 Nxd5 16.Kf2 O-O-O 17.d4 f5 18.Re1 Rde8 19.Rxe8+ Rxe8

20.Bd2 Nf6 21.Bf4 Ne4+ 22.Kg1 g5 23.Be5 h5 24.Ra1 Nd6 25.Bxd6 cxd6 26.Kf2 f4 27.Re1 Rxe1 28.Kxe1 d5 29.Kf2 b5 30.axb5 axb5 31.Kf3 Kd7

32.h4 Ke6 33.hxg5 Kf5 34.g6 Kxg6 35.Kxf4 Kf6 36.b4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

alipishahang (lichess 2003) - JimWest (lichess 2123), lichess 6/28/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nfd2 d5 6.Nc3 c6 7.Be2 Bb4 8.O-O Ne7 9.Nb3 O-O 10.a3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qc7 12.Bb2 Qxe5 13.Rb1 Qg5 14.f3 Bh3 15.g3 Bxf1 16.Qxf1 exf3 17.Bxf3 Qe3+ 18.Kg2 Ng6

19.Re1 Qxf3+ 20.Qxf3 Rxf3 21.Kxf3 Nd7 22.Kg2 Rf8 23.Nd4 Nc5 24.Ne6 Nxe6 25.Rxe6 Kf7 26.Re2 Re8 27.Rxe8 Kxe8 28.Kf3 Ne5+ 29.Ke2 Nc4 30.Bc1 Kd7 31.Kd3 b5 32.Kd4 Nd6 33.Ke5 Ne4 34.Bb2 Nd2 35.Kf5 Ke7 36.g4 Kf7

37.h4 g6+ 38.Kf4 Nc4 39.Bc1 Kf6 40.g5+ Ke6 41.Kg4 a5 42.Kf4 a4 43.Kg4 Ke5 44.h5 Ke4 45.h6 Ne3+ 46.Kg3 Nxc2 47.Kg4 d4 48.cxd4 Nxd4 49.Bb2 c5 50.Kg3 b4 51.axb4 cxb4 52.Kf2 a3 53.Ba1 b3 54.Ke1 b2

55.Kd2 bxa1=Q, stalemate.

2 PCG Games 6/27/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

tusharsaxena1707 (Chess.com 1735) - JimWest (Chess.com 1908), Chess.com 6/27/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bb3 O-O 12.O-O a6 13.Rae1 Bxb3 14.axb3 Bb4

15.Re3 Bc5 16.Rfe1 Ne6 17.Kh1 Bxe3 18.Rxe3 Nxg5 19.fxg5 Ng4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

waldenbuchman (lichess 2122) - JimWest (lichess 2117), lichess 6/27/2024

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.Bh5+ g6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Bxg6+ Kf8 12.Bg5 Be6 13.h4 Nbd7 14.a3 Be7 15.Ne2 Bd6 16.Qd2 Kg7 17.h5 Bf7

18.h6+ Kxg6 19.Bh4 Kh7 20.Qg5 Rg8 21.Qf5+ Bg6 22.Qh3 Qe7 23.O-O-O Raf8 24.g4 Qe6 25.Rhg1 e3 26.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 27.fxe3 Ne4 28.Rg2 Rf7 29.b4 c6 30.Kb2 Rgf8

31.Kb3 Rf1 32.Be1 b5 33.Kb2 Nb6 34.Kc1 Nc4, White resigns.

PCG with 6.e6 Bc5 7.c4

Philidor Counter Gambit

IM Sultanjr (lichess 2437) - CM ArnieChipmunk (lichess 2400), lichess 5/6/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.c4

7...e3 8.f4 d4 9.Qa4+ Nc6 10.a3 d3

11.Nf7 d2+ 12.Nxd2 exd2+ 13.Bxd2 Bf2+ 14.Kd1 Qd4 15.Nxh8 Bxe6

16.Qb3 O-O-O 17.Qc3 Qxc3 18.bxc3 Nh6 19.Kc2 Bf5+ 20.Kc1 Na5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/25/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

dragansplit (Chess.com 1856) - JimWest (Chess.com 1933), Chess.com 6/25/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e3 10.f4 c5 11.Bd3 Ne7 12.Nxh7 Rxh7 13.Bxh7 g6 14.Qd3 Bf5 15.Qd1 Nbc6 16.Qf3 Qa5

17.Bxe3 Qxc3+ 18.Kf2 Qxe3+ 19.Qxe3 dxe3+ 20.Kxe3 O-O-O 21.Rad1 Rh8 22.Bxg6 Bxg6 23.h3 Nf5+ 24.Kf2 Nfd4 25.g4 Rf8 26.f5 Nxe5 27.Kg3 Be8 28.Rhe1 Nxc4 29.Rc1 b5 30.a4 a6 31.axb5 axb5 32.Ra1 Bc6

33.Ra7 Nd6 34.h4 Ne4+ 35.Kf4 Nf6 36.Re5 Nd5+ 37.Kg3 b4 38.Ra5 Nb3 39.Ra7 c4 40.Re6 Nd4 41.Re1 c3, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ArtinShoaei (lichess 2118) - JimWest (lichess 2112), lichess 6/25/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.d3 Be7 6.O-O f4 7.h3 h6 8.Re1 Nf6 9.d4 g5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qxd8+ Bxd8 12.Nd5 g4 13.hxg4 Bxg4 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Nh2 Bd7 16.c3 O-O-O 17.g3 fxg3 18.fxg3 Bg5 19.Bxg5 hxg5

20.Rad1 g4 21.Be2 Rdg8 22.Rd2 Be6 23.b3 Rh3 24.Kg2 Kb8 25.Bb5 Nd8 26.Bd7 Rgh8 27.Rh1 Bxd7 28.Rxd7 Ne6 29.Re7 Ng5 30.Rxe5 Rxh7+ 31.Rxh7 Rxh7+ 32.Kf1 Rh1+ 33.Ke2 Re1+ 34.Kd3 Rd1+ 35.Kc4 Nf7

36.Re7 Nd6+ 37.Kb4 b6 38.e5 a5+ 39.Ka4 Nf5 40.Rf7 Nxg3 41.e6 Re1 42.e7 Kb7 43.Rg7 Nf5 44.Rxg4 Nxe7 45.a3 Nc6 46.b4 axb4 47.cxb4 Re8 48.b5 Ra8+ 49.Kb3 Na5+ 50.Kb4 Rh8

51.Re4 Rh1 52.Ka4 Rc1 53.Kb4 Rc5 54.Rd4 Rh5 55.Ka4 Rh3 56.Kb4 c5+ 57.bxc6+ Nxc6+ 58.Kc4 Nxd4 59.Kxd4 Rxa3, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 6/24/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1931) - mosayedouda (Chess.com 1845), Chess.com 6/24/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nc6 8.fxe5 Nxe5 9.Nf3 Nxf3+ 10.gxf3 Be6 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Nxe3 O-O-O 13.Bd3 Nd7 14.O-O-O g6 15.Kb1 f5

16.exf5 gxf5 17.Nxf5 Rhf8 18.Nd4 Bd5 19.Be4 Nc5 20.Bxd5 Rxd5 21.c3 Rfd8 22.Kc2 Re5 23.Rhe1 Rh5 24.Rd2 Rf8 25.b4 Nd7 26.Rde2 Nf6 27.Kb3 Nd5 28.Re8+ Rxe8 29.Rxe8+ Kd7 30.Re2 Nf4 31.Rd2 Kc8 32.a4 Rd5 33.c4 Rd7 34.Kc3 Rg7 35.Ne2 Nxe2+ 36.Rxe2 Kd7

37.Kd4 Rf7 38.Ke3 Re7+ 39.Kf2 Rf7 40.Re4 Kd6 41.h4 h5 42.a5 c5 43.bxc5+ Kxc5 44.Re5+ Kxc4 45.Rxh5 b5 46.axb6 axb6 47.Rg5 b5 48.h5 b4 49.Rg8 b3 50.Rc8+ Kd3 51.Rb8 Kc2 52.Kg3 b2

53.Kg4 b1=Q 54.Rxb1 Kxb1 55.f4 Kc2 56.Kg5 Kd3 57.h6 Ke4 58.Kg6 Rxf4 59.h7 Rh4 60.Kg7 Rxh7+ 61.Kxh7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2105) - Phoenixfuryx (lichess 2026), lichess 6/24/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Nd5 6.d4 Qh4+ 7.g3 Qd8 8.Bg2 Be7 9.Bxe4 O-O 10.Ne2 f5 11.Bxd5+ Qxd5 12.O-O Nc6 13.Nbc3 Qe6 14.Be3 Nb4 15.a3 Nd5 16.Nxd5 Qxd5 17.Nc3 Qa5 18.Qd2 b6 19.b4 Qa6

20.Nd5 Bd8 21.Qd3 Qxd3 22.cxd3 c6 23.Nc3 a5 24.bxa5 Rxa5 25.a4 Be6 26.Rfc1 Be7 27.d5 cxd5 28.Bxb6 Raa8 29.d4 Bg5 30.Rd1 Rfc8 31.Nb5 Bd8

32.Bxd8 Rxd8 33.Nc7 Bd7 34.Nxa8 Rxa8 35.a5 Kf7 36.Rdc1 Ke6 37.a6 Bb5 38.a7 g5 39.Rc5 Bc4 40.Kf2 h5 41.Ke3 Kd7 42.h4 f4+ 43.gxf4 gxf4+ 44.Kxf4 Rf8+ 45.Kg5, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/23/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Sirach (Chess.com 1936) - JimWest (Chess.com 1933), Chess.com 6/23/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ng5 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.O-O Bd6 10.f4 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.fxe5 Bxe5 13.d4 Bd6 14.Qf3 Qc7 15.Bf4 Bxf4 16.Qxf4 Qxf4 17.Rxf4 h6 18.Nh3 Ne4 19.Nxe4 fxe4

20.Rxf8+ Kxf8 21.Rf1+ Kg8 22.Nf4 Bd7 23.b3 Rf8 24.g3 Rf6 25.Rf2 g5 26.Ng2 Rxf2 27.Kxf2 Kf7 28.Ne3 Kf6 29.c4 Be6 30.Ke2 h5 31.Kd2 Ke7 32.Kc3 a5 33.c5 Kd7 34.a3 Kc7 35.b4 axb4+ 36.Kxb4 Kb7

37.Ka5 Ka7 38.Ka4 Ka6 39.Kb4 Bh3 40.a4 Be6 41.h4 gxh4 42.gxh4 Bh3 43.a5 Be6 44.Ka4 Bh3 45.Kb4 Be6 46.Ka4 Bh3 47.Kb4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2113) - Tals_Putzfrau (lichess 2125), lichess 6/23/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O e5 8.c3 Re8 9.a4 d5 10.Nxe5 dxe4 11.d4 Be6 12.Bb5 Qd5 13.Na3 Red8 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Be3 Rab8 16.b4 a5 17.c4 Qd6 18.c5 Qd5

19.b5 cxb5 20.Nxb5 Rb7 21.c6 Rxb5 22.axb5 Qxb5 23.Qa4 Qe2 24.Rae1 Qh5 25.Qd1 Qxd1 26.Rxd1 Nd5 27.Rfe1 Bxe5 28.fxe5 a4 29.Bg5 Ra8 30.Ra1 a3 31.Rxe4 a2 32.Re2 Nb4 33.Be7 Nxc6 34.Bc5 Rb8

35.Rexa2 Bxa2 36.Rxa2 Rb1+ 37.Kf2 Rc1 38.Ra8+ Kg7 39.Bf8+, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/22/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

pooooooookkkkkkkkkk (Chess.com 1916) - JimWest (Chess.com 1935), Chess.com 6/22/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Nh3 Bxf5 8.Bg5 c6 9.Be2 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.f3 Qc7 12.f4 Bxh3 13.gxh3 Nbd7 14.Qe1 h6 15.Bh4 Bxf4 16.Bg3 Bxg3 17.Qxg3 Qxg3+ 18.hxg3 Rae8 19.Rf4 Nh7

20.Raf1 Ng5 21.Kh2 Ne6 22.Rxf8+ Rxf8 23.Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.Kg2 Nxd4 25.Bg4 Nf6 26.Bc8 b6 27.Bb7 Ke7 28.Kf2 Kd6 29.Ne2 Nxc2 30.a3 c5 31.Ba6 Nd4

32.Nc3 h5 33.Ke3 Ne6 34.Nb5+ Ke5, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2102) - Alex83kom (lichess 2147), lichess 6/22/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe4 6.Nf3 Nc5 7.d4 Ne6 8.c3 c5 9.Bb5+ Nc6 10.O-O a6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.Be3 Qb6 13.Qb3 Rb8 14.Qxb6 Rxb6 15.b3 cxd4 16.cxd4 a5 17.Nc3 Ba3 18.Na5 Rb4 19.Bd2 O-O

20.Bxb4 Bxb4 21.Rac1 Ba6 22.Rf2 Rc8 23.Rfc2 Ba3 24.Rd1 g6 25.h4 h6 26.Nh2 Kg7 27.Ng4 c5 28.Nf6 Nxd4 29.Rxd4 cxd4 30.Rxc8 Bxc8 31.Nxd5 Bf5

32.Ndb6 Bb1 33.Nc4 Bb4 34.a3 Be1 35.Kf1 Bxh4 36.Nxa5 d3 37.Nc4 Ba2 38.Nc5 Be7 39.Nxd3 Bxb3 40.Ndb2 Bc5 41.a4 Bb4 42.a5 Kf8 43.a6 Bc2 44.a7 Be4 45.Nb6 Bc5 46.a8=Q+ Bxa8 47.Nxa8 Bd4 48.Nd3 Ke7 49.Nc7 f6

50.Nd5+ Ke6 51.Nxf6 Bxe5 52.Nxe5 Kxf6 53.Nf3 Kf5 54.Kf2 g5 55.Kg3 h5 56.Nd4+ Ke5 57.Ne2 Kf5 58.Kh3 Ke4 59.Ng3+ Kf4 60.Nxh5+ Kf5 61.g4+ Kg6 62.Kg3 Kf7 63.Kf3 Ke6 64.Ke4 Kf7 65.Kf5 Kg8 66.Kxg5 Kh7

67.Ng3 Kg8 68.Kg6 Kh8 69.g5 Kg8 70.Nf5 Kh8 71.Kf7 Kh7 72.g6+ Kh8 73.g7+ Kh7 74.g8=Q#.