2 PCG Games 11/29/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Mullah-J (Chess.com 1934) - JimWest (Chess.com 1968), Chess.com 11/29/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.b3 Bg4 9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.Bb2 O-O-O 11.a4 Bd6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Ne7 14.Bd3 h5 15.Nc4 Bc7 16.b4 Ng6 17.b5 Nh4 18.Qd1 Qg5 

19.g4 fxg3 20.f3 Nb6 21.Bc1 Qf6 22.Qe2 Nxc4 23.Bxc4 Rhf8 24.bxc6 Bb6+ 25.Be3 Qxc6 26.Bd5 Bxe3+ 27.Qxe3 Qb6 28.Qxb6 axb6 29.a5 bxa5 30.Rxa5 Nxf3+ 31.Kg2 Nh4+ 32.Kg1 Rxf1+ 33.Kxf1 Rf8+ 34.Kg1 Rf2

35.Ra8+ Kc7 36.Ra7 Nf3+ 37.Kh1 Rh2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Isaac_Newton_7 (lichess 2008) - JimWest (lichess 2113), lichess 11/29/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Bd3 e4 7.Qe2 Be7 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Ne5 cxb4 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Nxg6 Nf6 12.Qh6 Rg8 13.Ne5 Bf5 14.Bg5 Nbd7 15.Nxd7 Nxd7 16.Qh5+ Bg6 17.Bxe7 Bxh5 18.Bxd8 Rxd8 19.O-O Bf3

20.g3 h5 21.h4 Nf6 22.Nc3 a6 23.a4 b4 24.Na2 a5 25.c3 bxc3 26.bxc3 Rc8 27.Rfb1 Rg7 28.Rb6 Rc6 29.Rb5 b6 30.Rab1 e3 31.fxe3 Be4 32.Rxb6 Rxg3+ 33.Kf2 Rg2+ 34.Kf1 Rxb6 35.Rxb6 Rxa2 36.Rxf6 Rxa4

37.Rh6 Ra1+ 38.Ke2 Ra2+ 39.Kd1 Rh2 40.Ra6 Rxh4 41.Rxa5 Rh1+ 42.Kd2 h4 43.Ke2 h3 44.Ra6 h2 45.Rh6 Ra1 46.Rxh2 Ra2+ 47.Kf1 Rxh2 48.Kg1 Rc2 49.c4 Rxc4 50.Kf1 Rc2 51.Ke1 Ke7 52.Kd1 Ra2

53.Kc1 Ke6 54.Kd1 Kf5 55.Ke1 Kg4 56.Kf1 Kf3 57.Kg1 Kxe3 58.Kf1 Kxd4 59.Ke1 Ke3 60.Kd1 Ra1#.

2 PCG Games 11/28/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

CLSalome (Chess.com 1816) -JimWest (Chess.com 1958), Chess.com 11/28/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bd2 Nf6 7.Nc3 a5 8.a3 Na6 9.Ng5 Qc7 10.Bf7+ Kf8 11.Be6 h6 12.Bxc8 Qxc8 13.Nf3 f4 14.Qe2 g5 15.g3 Kf7 16.O-O-O b5 17.gxf4 gxf4 18.Na2 Qe6 19.Kb1 b4

20.axb4 Nxb4 21.Nxb4 axb4 22.b3 c5 23.Kb2 Ra3 24.Ra1 Rha8 25.Rxa3 Rxa3 26.Ra1 Rxa1 27.Kxa1 Qd7 28.Bc1 Qa7+ 29.Kb1 Nd7 30.Nd2 Nf6 31.Nc4 Ke6 32.Bb2 Bf8 33.Qf3 Qg7 34.Qh3+ Qg4 35.Qf1 Qf3 36.Nd2 Qg4

37.f3 Qh4 38.Qg1 Kf7 39.Nc4 Qg5 40.Qf2 Ne8 41.h4 Qg3 42.Qf1 Qxh4 43.Qg2 Qg3 44.Qh1 Nf6 45.Bc1 h5 46.Bd2 Be7 47.Be1 Qg6 48.Qh3 Qg1 49.Qh4 Qg2

50.Nb6 Qxf3 51.Nd5 Nxd5 52.Qxh5+ Qxh5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Gasan1907 (lichess 2146) - JimWest (lichess 2112), lichess 11/28/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.O-O fxe4 6.Ng5 d5 7.Bb5 exd4 8.Qxd4 Nf6 9.f3 Qd6 10.Kh1 Bd7 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.c4 h6 13.Nh3 O-O-O

14.Nc3 exf3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/27/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

YouSoMean (Chess.com 1938) - JimWest (Chess.com 1997), Chess.com 11/27/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nxe4 Be7 8.Qg4 g6 9.Ng5 Nf6 10.Qa4+ c6 11.Nf7 Qb6 12.Nxh8 Ne4

13.f3 Qf2+ 14.Kd1 Bh4 15.c3 Bxe6 16.fxe4 Bg4+ 17.Be2 Qxe2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

boriszadunaiskiy (lichess 2078) - JimWest (lichess 2126), lichess 11/27/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Ng5 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Be3 Bxf5 9.O-O-O d5 10.a3 O-O-O 11.h4 h6 12.Nh3 Qd7 13.Nf4 Bd6 14.Nb5 g5 15.Nxd6+ Qxd6

16.Nh5 Bg4 17.Nxf6 Bxe2 18.Bxe2 Qxf6, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/26/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

jeyakumar (Chess.com 1954) - JimWest (Chess.com 2002), Chess.com 11/26/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Qd3 fxe4 5.Qxe4 Nf6 6.Qh4 e4 7.Nfd2 d5 8.Nb3 Be7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.f3 Bf5 12.c3 Nbd7 13.fxe4 Bxe4 14.N1d2 Bg6 15.Nf3 Ne4 16.Qe1 Ndf6 17.Ng5 Nxg5 18.Bxg5 Ne4 19.Bxe7 Qxe7

20.Bf3 Rae8 21.Bxe4 Rxf1+ 22.Qxf1 Qxe4 23.Rd1 Qe3+ 24.Kh1 Bc2 25.Rc1 Bxb3 26.axb3 Qe2 27.Rb1 Qxf1+ 28.Rxf1 Re2 29.Rb1 Kf7 30.Kg1 Rc2

31.Rf1+ Ke7 32.Rf2 Rc1+ 33.Rf1 Rc2 34.Rf2 Rc1+ 35.Rf1 Rc2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2113) - UseYourIllusion (lichess 2121), lichess 11/26/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 d5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 exf4 6.Bxf4 O-O 7.Be2 c6 8.e5 Ne8 9.d4 Bb4 10.Nf3 f6 11.O-O Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 fxe5 14.Bxe5 Nd7 15.Bh2 Bd6 16.Bxd6 Nxd6 17.b3 Qg5 18.Qd3 Nf5 19.Bg4 g6

20.Bxf5 gxf5 21.Rae1 Rf7 22.Ne2 f4 23.Qf3 Rae8 24.Qg4 h6 25.Qxg5+ hxg5 26.Kh2 Nf6 27.Ng1 Ne4 28.Nf3 Rf5 29.c4 Ng3 30.Rf2 Kg7 31.Re5 Kg6 32.Rxf5 Rxf5 33.Ne5+ Kh5 34.Ng4 Rf8 35.cxd5 cxd5 36.Rc2 Re8

37.Ne5 Rf8 38.Rc7 Nf5 39.Rh7+ Nh6 40.Ng4 Kg6 41.Rxh6+ Kf5 42.Rh7 Ke4 43.Rxb7 Kxd4 44.Rxa7 Rd8 45.Rg7 Kc3 46.Rxg5 d4 47.Ne5 Rd5 48.h4 Kb2 49.Nd3+, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/25/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2016) - ibrahim_samli (Chess.com 2037), Chess.com 11/25/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 d5 7.Qf3 dxe4 8.dxe4 Qd6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nd2 Nc6 12.O-O-O b6 13.Bb5 Bb7 14.Bxc6 Bxc6 15.g4 Rfd8 16.Ne2 a5 17.Ng3 Qg5 18.h4 Qf4

19.Rhe1 Bf2 20.Nh5 Qxf3 21.Nxf3 Bxe1 22.Rxe1 f6 23.g5 Kf7 24.gxh6 gxh6 25.Nd2 Rd3 26.Rg1 Rad8 27.Rg7+ Kf8 28.Rxc7 Be8

29.Nxf6 Rxd2 30.Nh7+ Kg8 31.Nf6+ Kf8 32.Nh7+ Kg8 33.Nf6+ Kf8, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Fero1000 (lichess 2023) - JimWest (lichess 2116), lichess 11/25/2024

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.Nc3 O-O-O 11.Be3 d4 12.Nxe4 dxe3 13.Nxf6 exf2+ 14.Qxf2 Bxf2+ 15.Kxf2 Nxf6 16.Re1 Bxa2 17.b3 Rxh8 18.Ra1 Bxb3 19.cxb3 a6

20.Bc4 Rf8 21.Rhe1 Ne4+ 22.Kg1 Nd6 23.Be6+ Kb8 24.Bd5 Nb4 25.Bf3 Nc2 26.Rac1 Nxe1 27.Rxe1 Re8 28.Rd1 h6 29.Kf2 a5 30.h4 Ne4+ 31.Kg1 Nf6 32.Kf2 g5 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.g4 Ne4+ 35.Kg2 Nc5 36.Rd5 b6 37.Rxg5 Nxb3

38.Bc6 Rd8 39.Rg7 Nd4 40.Be8 Rxe8 41.g5 Ne6 42.Rg6 Nxg5 43.Rxg5 Kb7, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/24/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

DarkestDarker (Chess.com 1952) - JimWest (Chess.com 2015), Chess.com 11/24/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.e6 O-O 10.Qh5 h6 11.Nf7 Qe8 12.Bxh6 Bxe6

13.Rb1 Qxf7 14.Rxb7 Qxh5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2116) - Marcel10 (lichess 2059), lichess 11/24/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d5 6.Be2 dxe4 7.dxe4 Nd4 8.fxe5 Nd7 9.Nf3 Nxf3+ 10.Bxf3 O-O 11.Bf4 Qe7 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.b4 Bb6 14.Nxb6 axb6 15.O-O Qe7 16.Qd4 Ra4 17.c3 c5 18.Qd1 Ra3

19.Qd6 Qxd6 20.exd6 Rxc3 21.bxc5 bxc5 22.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 23.Rxc1 b6 24.e5 Re8 25.Bc6 Re6 26.Bxd7 Bxd7 27.Rb1 b5 28.a4 b4 29.a5 Re8 30.a6 Ra8 31.Be3 Rxa6 32.Bxc5 Ra4 33.Rxb4 Rxb4 34.Bxb4 f6 35.exf6 gxf6

36.Kf2 Kf7 37.Ke3 Ke6 38.Kd4 h5 39.h4 Kf5 40.g3 Ke6 41.Kc5 Ba4 42.Bd2 Bd1 43.Bf4 Kd7 44.Kd4 Bg4 45.Kc5 Bf3 46.Bd2 Bg4 47.Bc3 f5 48.Be5 Bf3 49.Bf4 Be4 50.Kd4 Ke6 51.Kc5 Kd7

52.Bg5 Bf3 53.Be7 Be4 54.Kd4 Ke6 55.Ke3 Bc2 56.Kf4 Bd1 57.Kg5 Bg4 58.Kf4 Bd1 59.Kg5 Bg4 60.Kf4 Bd1, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/23/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

POV_chess (Chess.com 1885) - JimWest (Chess.com 2019), Chess.com 11/23/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.Re1 Nd7 7.Nc3 Ngf6 8.d4 e4 9.Bg5 d5 10.Bf1 h6 11.Bh4 Bd6 12.Nd2 O-O 13.f3 Qc7 14.fxe4 Bxh2+ 15.Kh1 Nxe4 16.Ncxe4 Bxe4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Bc4+ Kh8 19.Rxe4 Bg3

20.Qd2 Nf6 21.Bxf6 Rxf6 22.Qe3 Raf8 23.Re8 Qf4 24.Qxf4 Rxf4 25.Rxf8+ Rxf8 26.Rf1 Rxf1+ 27.Bxf1 Bf2 28.c3 g5 29.g4 Kg7 30.Kg2 Be3 31.b3 Kf6 32.Kf3 Bd2 33.c4 Ke6 34.Ke4 a5 35.a4 b6 36.Bg2 Kd6

37.d5 cxd5+ 38.cxd5 Bf4 39.Bf1 Kc5 40.Bc4 Kd6 41.Kf5 Ke7 42.Kg6 Bd6 43.Kxh6 Kf6 44.Kh5 Bf8 45.Bb5 Bd6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2115) - Gahrmann (lichess 2185), lichess 11/23/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Qxe2 Nfd7 8.e6 fxe6 9.Qxe6+ Qe7 10.Qxe7+ Bxe7 11.Bxf4 c6 12.Ne2 O-O 13.O-O Nf6 14.Nbc3 Nbd7 15.h3 Nc5 16.Rae1 Ne6 17.Bh2 Bc5+ 18.Kh1 b5 19.Nf4 Nd4

20.Ne6 Nxe6 21.Rxe6 Rac8 22.Bd6 Bxd6 23.Rxd6 Rfe8 24.Rf2 Kf7 25.Rd7+ Re7 26.Rxe7+ Kxe7 27.Re2+ Kd6 28.b4 Re8 29.Rxe8 Nxe8 30.d4 Nf6 31.Kg1 Ne4 32.Nxe4 dxe4 33.Kf2 Kd5 34.Ke3 g5 35.g4 Kc4 36.a3 Kd5

37.c3 h6 38.Kd2 Kc4 39.Ke3 Kxc3 40.Kxe4 Kb3 41.Ke5 Kxa3 42.Kd6 Kxb4 43.Kxc6 Ka4 44.d5 b4 45.d6 b3 46.d7 b2 47.d8=Q b1=Q 48.Qd4+ Kb3 49.Qxa7 Qh1+ 50.Kd6 Qxh3 51.Qf7+ Kc2 52.Qf5+ Kd2 

53.Ke6 h5 54.Qxg5+ Kd3 55.Qxh5 Qe3+ 56.Kf6 Qd4+ 57.Kg6 Qd6+ 58.Kh7 Qe7+ 59.Kh6 Qf8+ 60.Kh7 Qe7+ 61.Kg6 Qe6+ 62.Kg5 Qe7+ 63.Kf5 Qf8+ 64.Kg5 Qe7+ 65.Kf4 Qe3+ 66.Kf5 Qe4+ 67.Kg5 Qe7+, draw.

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.