2 PCG Games 12/30/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

sarathporps (Chess.com 1841) - JimWest (Chess.com 1985), Chess.com 12/30/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 Nf6 6.d3 d5 7.Nxe5 dxe4 8.Qa4+ c6 9.d4 Be6 10.O-O Be7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.Qc2 Nbd7

13.Nxe4 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Qd5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Tunturipeluri (lichess 2104) - JimWest (lichess 2070), lichess 12/30/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qd2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nh6

10.Qg5 Qxf2+ 11.Kd1 Bg4+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/29/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Emad55499 (Chess.com 1922) - JimWest (Chess.com 1994), Chess.com 12/29/2024

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.Bb2 Nd7 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 O-O-O 12.Nc3 Ne7 13.Rad1 Ng6 14.g3 fxg3 15.fxg3 Bc5+ 16.Kg2 Qxf3+ 17.Rxf3 Rhf8 18.Rdf1 Rxf3 19.Rxf3 Rf8

20.Be6 Rxf3 21.Kxf3 Kc7 22.Na4 Bd6 23.c4 Nc5 24.Nxc5 Bxc5 25.Bg8 Bd4 26.Bxd4 exd4 27.Bxh7 Ne5+ 28.Ke2 c5 29.Bf5 Kd6 30.h4 g6 31.Bc8 b6 32.a4 a5

33.g4 Ke7 34.h5 gxh5 35.gxh5 Kf6 36.Bf5 Kg5 37.Bh3 Kxh5 38.Bf5 Kg5 39.Bh7 Kf4 40.Bf5 Nf7 41.Kd3 Nh6 42.Bh7 Ng4 43.Bg8 Nf2+ 44.Ke2 Nxe4

45.Bh7 Nf6 46.Bc2 Ke5 47.Kd3 Nh5 48.Bd1 Nf4+ 49.Kc2 Ke4 50.Bg4 Ke3 51.Bf5 d3+ 52.Kd1 Ne2 53.Be6 Nd4, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2065) - Pavel1962 (lichess 2027), lichess 12/29/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qxg4 Qa5+ 9.Nc3 Bxb5

10.Qc8+ Qd8 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.Nxb5, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/28/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

ChessChidambaram87 (Chess.com 1905) - JimWest (Chess.com 1987), Chess.com 12/28/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.O-O f4 9.d4 Qc7 10.Ne2 Bg4 11.Qd3 Nd7 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 O-O-O 14.d5 Nb6 15.Bb3 cxd5 16.Bxd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Kb8 18.Rac1 h5 19.c4 g5

20.b4 g4 21.hxg4 hxg4 22.Qxg4 Rh4 23.Qf3 Qh7 24.g3 e4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2053) - Dron53 (lichess 2065), lichess 12/28/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 Nf2 8.Qf3 Qe7 9.Bxe3 Nxh1 10.Nc3 Be6 11.d5 Qh4+ 12.g3 Qxc4 13.dxe6 Qxe6 14.Qxb7 Qc6 15.Qc8+ Ke7 16.O-O-O f6 17.exf6+ gxf6 18.Nd5+ Kf7

19.Qxc7+ Qxc7 20.Nxc7 Nf2 21.Bxf2 Bh6+ 22.Kb1 Nc6 23.Nxa8 Rxa8 24.Ne2 Re8 25.Nc3 Re7 26.a3 Ne5 27.Bc5 Rb7 28.Ne4 Nc4 29.Nd6+ Nxd6 30.Bxd6 Rd7 31.c4 Be3 32.b4 Ke6 33.Re1 Kxd6 34.Rxe3 Kc7

35.Kc2 h5 36.c5 h4 37.gxh4 Rd4 38.Rh3 Kc6 39.h5 Kb5 40.h6 Ka4 41.h7 Rg4 42.h8=Q Rg2+ 43.Kd3, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/27/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

leeyuze (Chess.com 1866) - JimWest (Chess.com 2007), Chess.com 12/27/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.O-O Nf6 9.Re1 Bd6 10.c4 O-O 11.cxd5 Nd4 12.Bc4 b5 13.Bb3 a5 14.Nf3 a4 15.Bc2 Nxd5 16.Nxd4 exd4 17.Nd2 Nb4 18.Nf3 Bb7 19.Bb1 Qc7

20.a3 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 Nc6 22.Bd2 Bxh2+ 23.Kh1 Bd6 24.Re6 Rae8 25.Ba2 Rxe6 26.Bxe6+ Kh8 27.Rc1 Ne5 28.Qh3 Qe7 29.Bxf5 g6 30.Be4 Rxf2 31.Bh6 Nf7

32.Rc8+ Nd8 33.g3 Rxb2 34.Qh4 Rb1+ 35.Kg2 Rb2+ 36.Kh3 Qd7+ 37.Qg4 Qxg4+ 38.Kxg4 Be7 39.Rc7 Bf6 40.Rd7 Rf2 41.Bd5 Re2 42.Bg7+ Bxg7 43.Rxd8+ Bf8 44.Rxf8+ Kg7 45.Rg8+ Kh6

46.Kf3 Rd2 47.Be4 Ra2 48.Rc8 Rxa3 49.Rb8 Rb3 50.Rxb5 Rxb5 51.Bd5 Rxd5 52.Ke4 Rd8 53.Ke5 a3 54.Ke6 a2 55.Ke7 Rd5 56.Ke6 Rg5 57.Ke7 a1=Q 58.g4 Rxg4 59.Kd7 Rg3 60.Kc6 Rxd3

61.Kc5 Rh3 62.Kd6 d3 63.Kc5 d2 64.Kb4 d1=Q 65.Kc5 Qab1 66.Kc4 Rh2 67.Kc3 Rc2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2078) - KASINATHSILJITH (lichess 1970), lichess 12/27/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bb6 7.a4 a6 8.Na3 Bg4 9.Be2 O-O 10.f5 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Ba7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.h4 Rad8 15.Qc2 Qe7 16.O-O-O Kh8 17.Kb1 f6 18.Nc4 Rb8 19.a5 Qd7

20.g4 Qe7 21.g5 fxg5 22.hxg5 Qxg5 23.Qe2 Qf6 24.Bh5 Kg8 25.b4 Ne7 26.Ne3 Bxe3 27.Qxe3 Kh8 28.Rdg1 c6 29.Bg6 Ng8 30.Rh5 Qe7 31.Rgh1 Ra8

32.Kb2 Rab8 33.Kc2 Ra8 34.Kb2 Rab8 35.Kc2 Ra8 36.Kb2, draw.

2 PCG Games 12/26/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

masteringchessdra (Chess.com 2220) - JimWest (Chess.com 2023), Chess.com 12/26/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O d5 8.Nb3 c6 9.c4 Bd6 10.c5 Bc7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Be3 Nbd7 13.f3 Qe8 14.fxe4 Nxe4 15.Qc1 Qg6 16.Bf3 Nxc3 17.Qxc3 Rae8 18.Rae1 Nf6 19.Nd2 Ne4

20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.Bxe4 Rxf1+ 22.Rxf1 Qxe4 23.Rf3 Rf8 24.Rxf8+ Kxf8 25.h3 Bg3 26.Kf1 Bf4 27.Kf2 Bxe3+ 28.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 29.Kxe3 Ke7 30.Kf4 Kf6 31.h4 h5 32.g3 b6

33.b4 b5 34.a3 a6 35.g4 hxg4 36.Kxg4 g6 37.Kf4 Ke6 38.Kg5 Kf7 39.Kg4 Kf6 40.Kf4 Ke6 41.Kg5 Kf7 42.Kg4 Kf6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

al_chetoz (lichess 2012) - JimWest (lichess 2078), lichess 12/26/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.d4 Nc6 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Nxd8 6.Nc3 f5 7.Nf3 fxe4 8.Nxe5 Nf6 9.Bg5 Bd6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nxe4 Bxe5 12.O-O-O Bf5 13.Rhe1 Bxe4 14.Rxe4 Nc6 15.f4 Rd8 16.fxe5 Rxd1+ 17.Kxd1 Nxe5 18.Be2 O-O

19.c3 Rd8+ 20.Kc2 Kg7 21.h3 Rd7 22.g4 h6 23.b3 c5 24.Bb5 Rc7 25.a4 a6 26.Be2 Rd7 27.Re3 a5 28.Bb5 Rc7 29.Kd2 b6 30.Ke2 c4 31.bxc4 Nxc4 32.Re6 Ne5 33.Rxb6 Rxc3

34.Rb7+ Kg6 35.Be8+ Kg5 36.Ra7 Rxh3 37.Rxa5 Kxg4 38.Ra6 f5 39.Re6 Rh2+ 40.Kd1 Nc4 41.Bb5 Nb2+ 42.Ke1 Nxa4 43.Bxa4 h5 44.Rg6+ Kf4 45.Bd7 Ra2 46.Rh6 Kg5 47.Rh8 f4 48.Rg8+ Kh4 49.Rf8 Kg3

50.Rg8+ Kf3 51.Bc6+ Ke3 52.Re8+ Kd4 53.Rh8 Rh2 54.Kf1 h4 55.Kg1 Rc2 56.Ba8 Ra2 57.Bb7 Rb2 58.Bg2 Rb1+ 59.Kh2 Ke3 60.Rxh4 Rb2 61.Rh3+ Kd4 62.Rf3 Ke5 63.Kh3 Re2 64.Kh2 Re3 65.Rf2 Kf5

66.Bf3 Ke5 67.Kh3 Kf5 68.Kh4 Ra3 69.Bg4+ Ke5 70.Kg5 Ra4 71.Re2+ Kd4 72.Kxf4 Kd3+ 73.Kf3 Rxg4 74.Re3+ Kd4 75.Kxg4 Kxe3, draw.

2 PCG Games 12/25/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

ayudiaputri1 (Chess.com 2109) - JimWest (Chess.com 2036), Chess.com 12/25/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Be2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nh4 fxe4 8.dxe4 c6 9.Nf3 h6 10.Be3 a5 11.a4 Na6 12.Bc4+ Kh7 13.Bxa6 Rxa6 14.h3 Be6 15.Kh2 Qe8 16.b3 Qh5 17.Nd2 Qxd1 18.Nxd1 Raa8 19.Nb2 Rad8

20.Bb6 Ra8 21.Nbc4 Bxc4 22.Nxc4 Nxe4 23.Rae1 d5 24.Nxe5 Bd6 25.f4 Rxf4 26.Rxf4 Bxe5 27.g3 Bxf4 28.gxf4 Rf8 29.Bxa5 Rxf4 30.Bb6 c5 31.Re2 Rf6 32.a5 Re6 33.c3 g5

34.Rc2 Kg6 35.Kg1 h5 36.b4 c4 37.Bc7 h4 38.Bd8 Ng3 39.Kf2 Nh5 40.Kf3 Nf4 41.Rh2 Re4 42.Rd2 Re1 43.Bc7 Rf1+ 44.Ke3 Re1+ 45.Kf2 Rc1 46.Bxf4 gxf4 47.Rxd5 Rxc3 48.Rc5 Rxh3 49.Rxc4 Kf5 50.Rc5+ Kg4 51.Rc7 Rf3+ 52.Kg1 Rb3 53.Rg7+ Kf3 54.Rxb7 Kg3

55.Rg7+ Kf3 56.a6 Rxb4 57.a7 Ra4 58.Kh1 Ra2 59.Rh7 Kg3 60.Rg7+ Kf3 61.Kg1 h3 62.Kh1 Kf2 63.Kh2 Ra3 64.Rb7 Ra6 65.Rf7 f3 66.Rc7 Ke3 67.Re7+ Kd4 68.Rd7+ Kc5 69.Kxh3 Kb6 70.Kg3 Rxa7 71.Rd3 Rf7 72.Rxf3 Rxf3+ 73.Kxf3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Sudhirsana (lichess 2089) - JimWest (lichess 2072), lichess 12/25/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Nb5 O-O 13.Nxd6 cxd6 14.Nc4 d5 15.Ne3 Rac8

16.c3 d4 17.cxd4 Nxd4 18.Bd2 Nc2 19.Nxc2 Rxc2 20.Bc3 Nd5 21.Rac1 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Nxf4 23.Re1 Re8 24.g3 Nd3 25.Re2 Nc1 26.Re1 Nxa2 27.Ra1 Nxc3 28.bxc3 a6 29.Kf2 Rc8 30.Rb1 b5

31.Rb4 Rxc3 32.Rxe4 Rc2+ 33.Kg1 h6 34.Re6 Ra2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 12/24/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

FMcooking (Chess.com 1974) - JimWest (Chess.com 2043), Chess.com 12/24/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qd2 O-O 7.O-O-O f4 8.h4 Bg4 9.Be2 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Nc6 11.Rdg1 Kh8 12.h5 h6

13.Bxf4 exf4 14.Qxf4 Nd4 15.Rg6 Nxe2+ 16.Nxe2 Ng8 17.Qe3 Bf6 18.Nf4 Bg5 19.Rxg5 Qxg5 20.Ng6+ Kh7 21.f4 Qg2 22.Rh3 Rf6 23.Rg3 Qh1+ 24.Kd2 Qxh5 25.f5 Rxg6 26.Rxg6 Nf6 27.Qf4 Re8

28.d4 Rxe4 29.Qg3 Rxd4+ 30.Kc3 Ne4+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

alexmats (lichess 1963) - JimWest (lichess 2078), lichess 12/24/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nd4 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 c5 9.Nb3 d4 10.Nxc5 Nc6 11.Nxe4 Nxe5 12.Qf4 Nf7 13.Bd3 Nf6 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.Qxf6 gxf6 16.O-O O-O

17.Nd2 Ne5 18.Be4 Be6 19.f4 Nxc4 20.Nxc4 Bxc4 21.Rfc1 Ba6 22.Bd5+ Kh8 23.Rc7 Rac8 24.Rac1 Rxc7 25.Rxc7 Rd8 26.Be4 d3 27.Rc1 d2 28.Rd1 Be2 29.Bc2 Bxd1 30.Bxd1 Kg7

31.Kf2 f5 32.h3 Kf6 33.g4 fxg4 34.hxg4 h6 35.f5 Kg5 36.Ke3 h5 37.gxh5 Kxf5 38.b3 Kg5 39.a4 a5 40.Kf2 b6 41.Ke3 Kh6 42.Ke4 Rg8 43.Kd3 Rg2 44.Kc2 Rh2 45.Kd3 Kg5 46.Kc2 Kf4 47.Kd3 Kf5

48.Be2 Rh3+ 49.Kc2 Ke4 50.Kxd2 Rxb3 51.Kc2 Rh3 52.Kd2 Kd4 53.Bd1 Kc5 54.Kc1 Kb4 55.Kd2 Rh2+ 56.Kc1 Kc3 57.Kb1 Kd2 58.Bg4 Rh4 59.h6 Rxg4 60.h7 Rh4 61.Kb2 Rxh7, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 12/23/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2044) - Satoshi-Nakamot (Chess.com 1869), Chess.com 12/23/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Nc6 6.c3 d6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 Nh5 9.Bg3 Nxg3 10.hxg3 Qf6 11.d4 Bb6 12.Nbd2 O-O-O 13.Qc2 h5 14.O-O-O Rhe8 15.Rdf1 Qh6 16.Kb1 f5 17.Bd3 fxe4 18.Nxe4 d5 19.Ned2 Kb8

20.Ka1 Re3 21.Re1 Rde8 22.Bg6 R8e7 23.Rxe3 Rxe3 24.Re1 Rxe1+ 25.Nxe1 Qe3 26.Nef3 Qe2 27.Nh4 Qe1+ 28.Nb1 Qxg3

29.Nf5 Bd1 30.Nxg3 Bxc2 31.Bxc2 h4 32.Nf5 g5 33.Nd2 Nd8 34.Nf3 Ne6 35.Ne5 c6 36.Nd7+ Kc7 37.Nxb6 axb6 38.Bd1 Nf4 39.Bf3 h3 40.gxh3 Nxh3 41.Ne3 Kd6 42.Kb1 Nf2 43.Kc2 Ke6 44.Kd2 Ne4+ 45.Bxe4 dxe4

46.Ke2 Kf6 47.Kf2 c5 48.dxc5 bxc5 49.Kg3 b5 50.Kg4 b4 51.cxb4 cxb4 52.a3 bxa3 53.bxa3 Ke5 54.Kxg5 Kd4 55.Kf4 Kd3 56.a4 Kd4 57.a5 Kc5 58.Kxe4 Kb5 59.Nc4 Kc5

60.Kd3 Kb5 61.Kd4 Kc6 62.Nd2 Kb5 63.Nb3 Ka6 64.Kc5 Kb7 65.Kb5 Ka7 66.Nc5 Kb8 67.Kb6 Ka8 68.a6 Kb8 69.Ne6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2079) - Shouryajais (lichess 2053), lichess 12/23/2024

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 Qd7

11.e6 fxe6 12.Nxb5 Qxb5 13.Qxe6+ Be7 14.Qc8+ Bd8 15.Qe6+ Be7 16.Qc8+ Bd8 17.Qe6+ Be7, draw.