PCG & PCG Reversed 7/4/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

KShan03 (Chess.com 1723) - JimWest (Chess.com 1877), Chess.com 7/4/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.c3 Nh6 7.d4 Qf6 8.g3 g5 9.b4 Bh3 10.Re1 Nd7 11.b5 c5 12.Nbd2 O-O-O 13.Rb1 Nb6 14.Bf1 Bxf1 15.Rxf1 Be7 16.a4 g4 17.a5 Nd7 18.Nh4 Qf7 19.Ng2 f3

20.Ne3 Bg5 21.Ndc4 Nf6 22.Nf5 Nxf5 23.Bxg5 Nxe4 24.Bxd8 Rxd8 25.Qd3 Ng5 26.Ne3 e4 27.Qd2 Nxe3 28.Qxe3 Nh3+ 29.Kh1 d5 30.dxc5 h5 31.c6 Kb8 32.cxb7 Qxb7

33.a6 Qb6 34.Qxb6+ axb6 35.Rbd1 h4 36.Rd2 hxg3 37.fxg3 e3 38.Rc2 e2 39.Rfc1 Re8 40.Rd2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2151) - ValeraKTR (lichess 2267), lichess 7/4/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.f5 g6 8.Bh6 Re8 9.fxg6 hxg6 10.Bg5 Kg7 11.Be2 Rh8 12.a4 a5 13.Na3 Qd7 14.Bxf6+ Kxf6 15.Rf1 Kg7 16.h3 Qe7 17.Qd2 Be6 18.Nc2 f6 19.Ne3 Rad8

20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Nb8 22.O-O-O c6 23.d4 Ba7 24.Bc4 c5 25.dxe5 dxe5 26.d6 Qd7 27.Nxe5 fxe5 28.Rf7+ Qxf7 29.Bxf7 Kxf7

30.Qd5+ Kg7 31.Qxe5+ Kh6 32.Qf4+ Kg7 33.Qe5+ Kh6 34.Qe3+ Kh7 35.Qe7+ Kh6 36.Qh4+ Kg7 37.Qe7+ Kh6 38.Qh4+ Kg7 39.Qe7+ Kh6, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/3/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1879) - miloradsuntic22 (Chess.com 1722), Chess.com 7/3/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bg4 7.O-O Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nd4 9.c3 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 Be7 11.a4 Qd7 12.Na3 a6 13.a5 O-O 14.f5 Nh7 15.Nc4 Ng5 16.Bxg5 Bxg5 17.Ne3 Qb5

18.Nc4 Qc5+ 19.Qf2 Qxf2+ 20.Rxf2 Be7 21.Rf3 f6 22.g4 Kf7 23.h4 Rfd8 24.Ne3 c6 25.c4 Rdb8 26.h5 b6 27.axb6 Rxb6 28.Ra2 Rab8 29.Rf2 Ra8 30.Rd2 a5 31.Kf1 Bd8 32.Ke2 Rb3

33.c5 dxc5 34.Nc4 Ke7 35.Rc2 Bc7 36.Kd2 a4 37.Rc3 Rb4 38.Rca3 Kd7 39.Ra1 Kc8 40.b3 Kb7 41.Rxa4 Raxa4 42.bxa4 Ka6 43.Kc2 Ba5 44.Ra2 Rb8 45.Rb2 Bb4 46.Ra2 Rd8 47.Rb2 Rd4 48.Ra2 Ba5 49.Rb2 Rd8 50.Ra2 Rb8 51.Rb2 Rb4 52.Rxb4 cxb4

53.Kb3 c5 54.Ne3 Bd8 55.Nc4 Be7 56.Ne3 Kb6 57.Nd5+ Ka5 58.Nxe7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Himangsu206 (lichess 2100) - JimWest (lichess 2152), lichess 7/3/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.exf5 Bd6 8.g4 h5 9.Rg1 hxg4 10.Rxg4 Nf6 11.Rxg7 Bxf5

12.Bg5 Nh5 13.Bxd8 Nxg7 14.Bf6 Kf8 15.Nbd2 Rh6 16.Bxg7+ Kxg7 17.O-O-O Kh8 18.h4 Bg4 19.Rg1 Bxf3 20.Nxf3 Rf8 21.Ng5 Rxh4

22.f3 Rxc4, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 7/2/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Champov (Chess.com 1671) - JimWest (Chess.com 1874), Chess.com 7/2/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a3 Nf6 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.h3 Nbd7 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Nd2 Qc7 12.Be6 O-O-O 13.a4 Kb8 14.a5 a6 15.Nc4 d5 16.Nd2 Rdf8 17.c4 d4 18.f3 Bb4 19.O-O Nc5

20.Bg4 Bxd2 21.Bxd2 Nxg4 22.fxg4 Rxf1+ 23.Qxf1 Nb3 24.Rd1 Nxd2 25.Rxd2 Qxa5 26.Re2 Qc7 27.b4 Re8 28.Qc1 c5 29.bxc5 Qxc5 30.Qg5 Qd6 31.Re4 Qf6 32.Qc1 Rf8 33.Qe1 Re8

34.h4 Qd6 35.Qa5 Ka7 36.c5 Qc6 37.Qb4 Qb5 38.Qa3 a5 39.Re2 Qb4 40.Qxb4 axb4 41.Ra2+ Kb8 42.Ra5 e4 43.dxe4 Rxe4 44.Rb5 d3 45.c6 d2 46.Rxb7+ Kc8 47.Rd7 Re1+ 48.Kh2 d1=Q, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

EDGE4 (lichess 2233) - JimWest (lichess 2139), lichess 7/2/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.h3 a5 8.O-O b5 9.Nxb5 cxb5 10.Bxb5+ Bd7 11.a4 O-O 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.d4 e4 14.Nd2 d5 15.c4 Kh8 16.c5 Na6 17.Nb3 Nb4 18.Rc1 h6 19.Bf4 Nd3

20.Bxd3 exd3 21.Re1 Ne4 22.f3 d2 23.Bxd2 Nxd2 24.Qxd2 Bf6 25.Rc3 Qc7 26.Nc1 Rae8 27.Ne2 g5 28.Rec1 Rxe2 29.Qxe2 Bxd4+ 30.Kh1 Bxc3 31.Rxc3 d4 32.Rc1 d3 33.Qd2 Re8

34.Qc3+ Kh7 35.Qf6 Bg6 36.h4 d2, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/1/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

MightyJoe001 (Chess.com 1842) - JimWest (Chess.com 1867), Chess.com 7/1/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.Ng5 d5 8.e6 O-O 9.Qh5 h6 10.Nf7 Qe8 11.Qg4 Kh7 12.Qh5 Kg8 13.Qg4 Rxf7 14.exf7+ Qxf7

15.Qf4 Qxf4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2135) - ThisWasATerribleDay (lichess 2059), lichess 7/1/2024

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 exf4 9.Bxf4 Nh5 10.Be3 f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.d4 h6 13.Qb3+ Kh8 14.Re1 Qd7 15.Bb5 a6 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Qd1 Bg4 18.Nbd2 Rae8 19.Bf2 Nf4

20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.Qf1 Re2 22.Re1 Qe7 23.Rxe2 Qxe2 24.Qxe2 Nxe2+ 25.Kf1 Nf4 26.Bg3 Nd5 27.Kf2 Kg8 28.a3 a5 29.c4 Nb6 30.b3 Kf7 31.h3 Bc8 32.c5 Nd7 33.cxd6 cxd6 

34.Bxd6 Ke6 35.Bc7 c5 36.dxc5 Nxc5 37.Bxa5 Bb7 38.b4 Nd3+ 39.Ke3 Ne5 40.Nxe5 Bxe5 41.Nf3 Bb8 42.Bb6 g5 43.g4 Bc6 44.Bc5 Bd6 45.Nd4+ Kd5 46.Bxd6 Kxd6 47.Nxc6 Kxc6, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/30/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

FilNotBishop (Chess.com 1762) - JimWest (Chess.com 1902), Chess.com 6/30/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.Ngxe4 dxc3 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.bxc3 Bf5 11.cxb4 Bxe4 12.Bg5+ Ke8 13.O-O-O Ne7 14.f3 Bg6 15.g3 Rf8 16.Bg2 c6 17.Rhf1 Nd7 18.Bf4 Nb6 19.Bh3 Kf7

20.e6+ Kg8 21.Bd6 Rfe8 22.c5 Nbd5 23.Rxd5 Nxd5 24.a3 a5 25.bxa5 Rxa5 26.Kb2 Rb5+ 27.Ka1 Ne3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Mahesh1979 (lichess 1969) - JimWest (lichess 2120), lichess 6/30/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.dxe5 Bc5 7.e6 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Be2 Kf8 11.O-O Kg8 12.Bg5 Kxh8 13.Nc3 c6 14.Kh1 Nbd7 15.f4 h6 16.Bh4 b5 17.Bh5 Bf7 18.Bg4 Qf8 19.Bxd7 Nxd7

20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Qxd7 Bd5 22.f5 Re8 23.f6 g5 24.Bg3 e3 25.Qf5 e2 26.f7 exf1=Q+ 27.Rxf1 Re2 28.Be5+ Rxe5 29.Qxe5+ Kh7 30.Qf5+ Kh8, White forfeits.