Jim West On Chess: April 2025

Thursday, April 3, 2025

2 PCG Games 4/2/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

UN2357 (Chess.com 1805) - JimWest (Chess.com 1909), Chess.com 4/2/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.dxe5 Bc5

7.Be3 Bxe3 8.fxe3 Qxg5 9.Qxd5 Qxe3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

MfumuNsakuNeVunda (lichess 2038) - JimWest (lichess 2098), lichess 4/2/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d3 3.Be2 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Nd4 Nf6 8.O-O c6 9.Nh5 g6 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.c3 Bg7 12.d3 exd3 13.Bxd3 O-O 14.f4 Qh4 15.Qb3 Bxd4+ 16.cxd4 a5 17.Be3 Na6 18.a3 b5 19.Rae1 a4

20.Qa2 Bf5 21.Bxf5 Rxf5 22.b3 axb3 23.Qxb3 Rh5 24.h3 Qg3 25.Qc2 Rc8 26.f5 Rxh3 27.fxg6 Qh2+ 28.Kf2 Rf8+ 29.Ke2 Qxg2+ 30.Kd1 Qxc2+ 31.Kxc2 Rxf1 32.Rxf1 Rxe3 33.gxh7+ Kxh7

34.Rf6 Rxa3 35.Rxc6 Nb4+, White resigns.

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

2 PCG Games 4/1/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

JULIOCJM (Chess.com 1859) - JimWest (Chess.com 1922), Chess.com 4/1/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 e3 8.Nc4 exf2+ 9.Kxf2 Nf6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.Re1 Qd8 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.d5 Nb4 14.Ne3 Nxd3+ 15.Qxd3 Nd7 16.Nc4 Nc5 17.Qd2 Qh4+ 18.Kg1 Qxc4 19.b3 Qh4

20.Nb5 Bxf5 21.Nxc7 Rac8 22.Ne6 Bxe6 23.dxe6 Qe7 24.Qd5 Rf6 25.b4 Nxe6 26.c4 Kh8 27.Rad1 h6 28.g3 Re8 29.Rd2 Qc7 30.Rde2 Qb6+ 31.Kh1 Qxb4

32.Rxe6 Qxe1+ 33.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 34.Kg2 Re7 35.c5 Re2+ 36.Kh3 Re5 37.Qxb7 Rxc5 38.Qxa7 Kh7 39.a4 Rff5 40.Qe7 Rcd5 41.a5 Rxa5 42.Qxd6 Rh5+ 43.Kg2 Ra2+ 44.Kf3 Rhxh2

45.Qd3+ Kg8 46.Qd5+ Kh8 47.Qd8+ Kh7 48.Qd3+ Kg8 49.Qd5+ Kh8 50.Qd8+ Kh7 51.Qd3+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

yasinmehri (lichess 2145) - JimWest (lichess 2114), lichess 4/1/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Ng5 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d5 Nd4 9.Qd2 Nxf5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Kxd7 12.b3 e3 13.fxe3 Re8 14.Ne6 Nxd5 15.Nxf8+ Rxf8 16.Nxd5 Qh4+ 17.Kd1 c6 18.Re1 cxd5 19.Qxd5 Kc7