2 PCG Games 4/29/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

nihatyilmaz (Chess.com 1955) - JimWest (Chess.com 2004), Chess.com 4/29/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.a4 d5 9.Ba2 Bd6 10.Re1 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 O-O 13.Qe2 Kh8 14.Bg5 Qc7 15.Rac1 Rae8 16.Qf1 h6 17.Bh4 Bb4 18.Re2 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Qa5

20.c4 Qxa4 21.Bb3 Qb4 22.cxd5 Qxh4 23.dxc6 bxc6 24.Ra1 Nc5 25.Rxa7 Nxb3 26.cxb3 Qd4 27.Rc7 Qxd3 28.Rxc6 Qxb3 29.Re3 Qd5 30.Rc7 e4 31.Qc1 Qf5 32.Rg3 e3 33.fxe3 Rg8 34.Rf3 Qg6 35.Kh2 Ne4

36.Rc6 Re6 37.Rc7 Rf6 38.Qf1 Nd2 39.Rxf6 Nxf1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

pavlos_n_passant (lichess 2155) - JimWest (lichess 2164), lichess 4/29/2025

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.c3 O-O-O 11.Be3 d4 12.cxd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bxd4 14.Nd2 Bxb2 15.Rb1 Bc3

16.Qxe4 Bxd2+ 17.Ke2 Bd5 18.Qa4 Bc6 19.Qg4+ Kb8 20.Rb3 Nh6 21.Qc4 Qe5+ 22.Kd1 Qe1+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/28/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Time175 (Chess.com 2072) - JimWest (Chess.com 2024), Chess.com 4/28/2025

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.h4 exf2+ 11.Kxf2 Nc6 12.Bf4 Nge7 13.Bd3 Bf5 14.Rf1 O-O 15.Kg1 dxc3 16.Bxf5 Rxf5 17.Qb3 Nd4 18.Qa2 c5 19.Rad1 Qa5

20.g4 Rff8 21.Rxd4 cxd4 22.c5+ Kh8 23.Nf7+ Rxf7 24.Qxf7 Ng8 25.Qc4 Qxa3 26.Qxd4 Rf8 27.g5 c2 28.Qe3 Qxe3+ 29.Bxe3 Rxf1+ 30.Kxf1 Ne7 31.e6 Kg8 32.Ke2 Nd5 33.Bc1 Kf8 34.Kd2 Ke7 35.Kxc2 Kxe6

36.Kb3 g6 37.Bd2 Kd7 38.Kc4 Kc6 39.Kd4 Ne7 40.Be1 Nf5+ 41.Ke5 Kxc5 42.Bf2+ Kc4 43.Bxa7 Nxh4 44.Kf6 Nf3 45.Be3 b5 46.Kg7 b4 47.Kxh7 Nh4

48.Bf2 b3 49.Bxh4 b2 50.Kxg6 b1=Q+ 51.Kg7 Kd5 52.g6 Ke6 53.Kh6 Qh1 54.Kg5 Qg2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2144) - Aderiho (lichess 2142), lichess 4/28/2025

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 f5 10.Qxf5 Qxd5

11.Nc3 Qc4 12.Qc8+ Kf7 13.Qxb7+ Be7 14.Qxb5 Qd4 15.Nge2, Black resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 4/27/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2016) - Terence3D (Chess.com 1854), Chess.com 4/27/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.f5 d5 8.Qc2 dxe4 9.dxe4 Ng4 10.h3 Ne3 11.Bxe3 Bxe3 12.Nbd2 a5 13.O-O-O a4 14.a3 Bd7 15.Kb1 Qe7 16.Bc4 Rfb8 17.Nf1 Bc5 18.g4 b5 19.Ba2 Na5

20.g5 Nc4 21.f6 Qf8 22.Rxd7 Bxa3 23.Rxc7 Nxb2 24.Rxf7 Qxf7 25.Bxf7+ Kxf7 26.Nxe5+ Kg8 27.f7+ Kh8 28.Ne3 Nc4 29.N3xc4 bxc4+ 30.Ka2 Bd6 31.Nxc4 Be7 32.Rb1 Rc8, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2138) - plucas25 (lichess 2310), lichess 4/27/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 Nxe5 8.Be2 Ng6 9.Bxe3 Nh4 10.Bf3 Be7 11.Qd2 O-O 12.Nc3 Nd7 13.O-O-O Nb6 14.Bf4 Bf5 15.Kb1 c6 16.g3 Nxf3 17.Nxf3 Nd5 18.Nxd5 Qxd5 19.Rhf1 Bg4

20.Qd3 Rfe8 21.Rde1 Bf8 22.Re5 Rxe5 23.Nxe5 Be6 24.c4 Qg2 25.h4 Bf5 26.Qxf5 Qxf1+ 27.Kc2 f6 28.Qe6+ Kh8 29.Nf7+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 4/26/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Aridon1992 (Chess.com 2104) - JimWest (Chess.com 2008), Chess.com 4/26/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8

7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nf7 Nxf7 9.Bxf7+ Kxf7 10.O-O Nf6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

asheraxel (lichess 2136) - JimWest (lichess 2151), lichess 4/26/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe5 Nf6 6.Nc4 d5 7.Ne5 Bb4 8.Bg5 O-O 9.Be2 c6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Bg4 Qe8 12.Bxd7 Bxd7 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.a3 Bd6 15.Ne2 Rae8 16.Qd2 h6 17.Bh4 Ng4 18.Bg3 Bxg3 19.Nxg3 Qf7

20.Rae1 Qf4 21.Qxf4 Rxf4 22.h3 Nf6 23.Ne2 Rf5 24.Ng3 Rg5 25.Re3 h5 26.Kh2 h4 27.Ne2 Nh5 28.f4 Rg6 29.g4 hxg3+ 30.Nxg3 Nxg3 31.Rxg3 Rxg3 32.Kxg3 Kf7 33.f5 Kf6 34.Kg4 e3

35.c3 e2 36.Re1 Re4+ 37.Kf3 Kxf5 38.h4 Rxh4 39.Rxe2 Re4 40.Rg2 g5 41.Rh2 Re7 42.Rh8 g4+ 43.Kf2 Ke4 44.Rg8 Kd3 45.Rxg4 Kc2 46.a4 Kxb2 47.Rg3 Kb3 48.a5 Ka4 49.a6 bxa6 50.Rg8 Kb3 51.Rc8 Re6

52.Rc7 Kxc3 53.Rxa7 Kxd4 54.Rxa6 Ke5 55.Ke2 c5 56.Ra1 Kd4+ 57.Kd2 Rh6 58.Rg1 Rh2+ 59.Kc1 c4 60.Rd1+ Kc3 61.Rg1 d4 62.Rg3+ d3 63.Rg1 Kb3 64.Rg8 d2+ 65.Kd1 c3

66.Rb8+ Ka4 67.Ra8+ Kb5 68.Rb8+ Ka6 69.Kc2 Rh1 70.Rd8 Rc1+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 4/25/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

snca2104 (Chess.com 1865) - JimWest (Chess.com 2001), Chess.com 4/25/2025

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.Ngxe4 dxc3 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Bg5+ Ke8 11.bxc3 Be7 12.Be3 Nc6 13.f4 Bf5 14.Bd3 Rd8 15.Bc2 Nh6 16.O-O Rf8 17.h3 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Nf5 19.Bxf5 Rxf5

20.g4 Rf8 21.Kf2 Nxe5 22.Ke2 Nxc4 23.Bxa7 b6 24.Rf3 Ra8 25.Kd3 Ne5+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Viktor2021 (lichess 2085) - JimWest (lichess 2152), lichess 4/25/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc4 d5 7.Ne3 Bg6 8.c4 c6 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.Bd2 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nf6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Bb5+ Nc6 14.O-O O-O 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Nc2 Qc7 17.f4 exf3 18.gxf3 Bxc2 19.Qxc2 Rae8

20.Bg5 h6 21.Bh4 Qf4 22.Bg3 Qe3+ 23.Kg2 Qe2+ 24.Rf2 Qxc2 25.Rxc2 Nh5 26.Be5 Nf4 27.Bxf4 Rxf4 28.Rb1 Rf7 29.Rcb2 Re3 30.Rc1 Rexf3 31.Rcc2 R3f6 32.h3 Rg6+ 33.Kh2 Kh7

34.Rg2 Rxg2+ 35.Kxg2 g5 36.Rb8 Rc7 37.Rd8 Kg6 38.Rd6+ Kh5 39.Kg3 a5 40.a4 c5 41.Rxd5 cxd4 42.cxd4 Rc3+ 43.Kg2 Kh4 44.Rxa5 Rc2+ 45.Kf3 Kxh3

46.d5 g4+ 47.Ke3 g3 48.d6 g2 49.Rh5+ Kg3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 4/24/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Vinayakghate1950 (Chess.com 1950) - JimWest (Chess.com 2004), Chess.com 4/24/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Ba4 O-O 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Bb3 Kh8 13.Ne2 Qe8 14.c3 Bd6 15.Nxd7 Bxd7 16.h3 Qg6 17.Qd2 h6 18.Bxf6 Rxf6 19.Kh1 Raf8

20.Ng1 Bf4 21.Qe2 h5 22.Bd1 Be8 23.f3 Qg3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Milius007 (lichess 2107) - JimWest (lichess 2141), lichess 4/24/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Be2 Ne7 8.e6 O-O 9.Nf7 Qe8 10.Bh5 g6 11.Qd4 Bxc3+ 12.Qxc3 Rxf7 13.exf7+ Qxf7 14.Be2 c6 15.b3 Nf5 16.Bb2 Qg7 17.Qxg7+ Nxg7 18.c4 Be6 19.cxd5 cxd5

20.O-O Nc6 21.Rfd1 Rd8 22.h3 d4 23.Bc4 Bxc4 24.bxc4 d3 25.Rab1 b6 26.Bf6 Rd6 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Kf1 Rd4 29.Rbc1 Kf6 30.Rc3 Ne5 31.c5 bxc5 32.Rxc5 Ra4 33.Rd2 h5 34.f3 e3 35.Rb2 e2+ 36.Ke1 h4

37.Rd5 g5 38.Rd2 Ra3 39.Rd6+ Kf5 40.Rd5 Rc3 41.Kf2 Rc1 42.Rxe2 dxe2 43.Kxe2 Rc2+ 44.Ke3 Rxa2, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 4/23/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Pataskam (Chess.com 1991) - JimWest (Chess.com 1992), Chess.com 4/23/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qd2 Bg4 11.Be2 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nbd7 13.g3 fxg3 14.fxg3 O-O 15.Be2 Rad8 16.Bc4+ Kh8 17.Qe2 h6 18.Be3 Bc5

19.Rad1 Bxe3+ 20.Qxe3 Qb6 21.Qxb6 Nxb6 22.Bb3 Ng4 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.h3 Nf6 25.Rf5 Nbd7 26.g4 g6 27.Rf2 Kg7 28.Kg2 Nc5 29.Kf3 b5 30.Re2 a5 31.a3 Nxb3 32.cxb3 b4

33.Na4 Rd3+ 34.Re3 Rd2 35.h4 h5 36.gxh5 gxh5 37.Nc5 Rxb2 38.axb4 axb4 39.Ne6+ Kg6 40.Nd8 c5 41.Nc6 Ng4 42.Rd3 Rf2+ 43.Kg3 Rf6 44.Ne7+ Kf7 45.Nf5 Rc6 46.Rd7+ Ke8 47.Rh7 Nf6 48.Re7+ Kf8 49.Rxe5 c4 50.Nd4 cxb3

51.Rf5 b2 52.Nxc6 b1=Q 53.Rxf6+ Kg7 54.Rf4 Qd3+ 55.Rf3 Qd6+ 56.e5 Qxc6 57.Re3 Qc3 58.Kf3 Kg6 59.Rxc3 bxc3 60.Ke3 Kf5 61.e6 Kxe6 62.Kd3 Kf5 63.Kxc3 Kg4 64.Kd2 Kxh4

65.Ke1 Kg3 66.Kf1 Kh2 67.Kf2 h4 68.Kf1 Kg3 69.Kg1 h3 70.Kh1 h2, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

izcq (lichess 2130) - JimWest (lichess 2159), lichess 4/23/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Ndxe4 Nxe4 9.Qxe4 Qxe4+ 10.Nxe4 Nxd4 11.Bd3 Bxf5 12.Be3 Bxe4 13.Bxe4 Nc6 14.O-O Be7 15.Bd5 Kd7 16.c3 Bf6 17.Rae1 Rhe8 18.f4 g6 19.g3 a6

20.Bg2 Re7 21.Bh3+ Ke8 22.Re2 Kf7 23.Rfe1 Rae8 24.Kf2 Kg7 25.Kf3 d5 26.Bc5 Rxe2 27.Rxe2 Rxe2 28.Kxe2 d4 29.cxd4 Nxd4+ 30.Kf2 Nc6 31.Ba3 a5 32.b3 Nb4 33.Bxb4 axb4, draw.

2 PCG Games 4/22/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

MELLOPROO1 (Chess.com 1934) - JimWest (Chess.com 2001), Chess.com 4/22/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.a3 Be7 7.b4 a6 8.Bb2 f4 9.h3 h6 10.Bb3 g5 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.d4 Nbd7 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.O-O-O b5 15.g3 a5

16.bxa5 Qxa5 17.gxf4 gxf4 18.Nh4 Bxa3 19.Ng6 Bxb2+ 20.Kxb2 Qa3+ 21.Kb1 Qa1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

AZHS220612 (lichess 2237) - JimWest (lichess 2167), lichess 4/22/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Bf7+ Kxf7 7.Nxe5+ Ke8 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Nxg6 Nf6 10.Qh4 Rg8 11.Nf4 Rg4 12.Qh3 fxe4 13.Qe3 Bd6 14.Ne2 Bf5 15.Nbc3 Qe7 16.Bd2 Kd7 17.O-O-O Rag8 18.Ng3 Bxg3 19.hxg3 Kc8

20.Rde1 Kb8 21.f3 Rxg3 22.Qf4 Bc8 23.Nxe4 Nxe4 24.Rxe4 Qd6 25.Qxd6 cxd6 26.Bf4 Rxg2 27.Bxd6+ Ka8 28.b3 Bf5 29.Rc4 Rg1+ 30.Rxg1 Rxg1+ 31.Kb2 a6

32.Bc5 Rg2 33.a4 h5 34.Bb6 Kb8 35.Rf4 Rxc2+ 36.Ka3 Bc8 37.Rh4 Rc3 38.Rxh5 Rxf3 39.Rh8 a5 40.Rg8 Rf5 41.Rh8 Nb4 42.Bxa5 Rxa5 43.Kxb4 Rg5 44.Rf8 b6

45.Kc4 Kb7 46.Rf7+ Ka6 47.Rf4 Be6+ 48.Kb4 Rg3 49.Rc4 Bxc4 50.bxc4 Rg5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 4/21/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

LABorAZY (Chess.com 1893) - JimWest (Chess.com 1973), Chess.com 4/21/2025

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4

8.Bf7+ Nxf7 9.Nxf7 Kxf7 10.O-O Nf6 11.Re1 Bd6 12.Nc3 Re8 13.Bg5 Bf5 14.Bxf6 gxf6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

PollitoSuarez (lichess 2120) - JimWest (lichess 2157), lichess 4/21/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.d3 Be7 7.h3 h6 8.O-O c6 9.Nc3 Nd7 10.Re1 Qc7 11.a4 O-O-O 12.b4 g5 13.Nh2 Nf6 14.b5 h5 15.bxc6 bxc6 16.Na2 d5 17.Qf3 Be6 18.Qe2 Bd6 19.Nf3 g4

20.Nxe5 gxh3 21.g3 h4 22.Kh2 hxg3+ 23.fxg3 Bxe5 24.Kh1 Ng4 25.d4 Bf5 26.dxe5 Be4+ 27.Kg1 h2+, White resigns.