PCG & PCG Reversed 6/2/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Aetherflux_Reservoir (Chess.com 1889) - JimWest (Chess.com 2027), Chess.com 6/2/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.O-O Nc6 7.d4 Bg4 8.dxe5 Nxe5 9.Re1 Be7 10.Be2 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 c6 12.Be2 Qb6 13.b3 O-O 14.Bb2 Rae8 15.a4 Nfd7 16.Ne4 d5 17.a5 Qc7 18.Ng3 Bd6 19.Qd2 Ng6

20.Bh5 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Nf4 22.Bd1 Nf6 23.f3 Ng6 24.Nf5 Bxh2+ 25.Kf2 Bf4 26.Qc3 Qd7 27.Nd4 Ne4+ 28.fxe4 Bd2+ 29.Qf3 Bxe1+ 30.Kxe1 Rxf3 31.gxf3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2040) - fauzi_11 (lichess 1897), lichess 6/2/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be2 Ngxe5 8.O-O Bc5 9.Kh1 O-O 10.Bf4 Bd6 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Bxe5 Nxe5 13.Nd2 b5 14.Nf3 Ng4 15.Qd2 Ne3 16.Rg1 c5 17.a4 b4 18.b3 a5 19.h3 Ra6

20.Nh2 Rg6 21.Nf1 Qg5 22.Nxe3 dxe3 23.Qe1 Qe5 24.Bf3 Qd4 25.Qe2 f5 26.exf5 Bxf5 27.Rae1 Re8 28.Bh5 Ree6 29.Bxg6 hxg6 30.Rgf1 Kh7 31.Rf3 Kh6

32.Rxe3 Rf6 33.Re8 g5 34.Rh8+ Bh7 35.Qe4 Qxe4 36.Rxe4 Kg6 37.Rc4 Rf5 38.Rc8 Kf6 39.R8xc5 Bg8 40.Rxf5+ Kxf5 41.Rc5+ Kf4 42.Rxa5 Ke3 43.Rxg5 Kd2 44.Rxg7 Bd5 45.Rc7, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/1/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

nickhiggins69 (Chess.com 1934) - JimWest (Chess.com 2035), Chess.com 6/1/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Be2 h6 9.Bh4 c6 10.g4 Bh7 11.Bg3 Nbd7 12.O-O Qc7 13.Nd2 Rae8 14.Nde4 d5 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.d4 Qb6 17.dxe5 Bxe5 18.Bxe5 Nxe5 19.b3 Ng6

20.Na4 Qc7 21.Bd3 Ne5 22.Bxh7+ Kxh7 23.f4 Ng6 24.Qd3 Rxf4 25.Rxf4 Qxf4 26.Rf1 Qe4 27.Qxe4 Rxe4 28.Rf7 Re7 29.Rxe7 Nxe7 30.Nc5 b6 31.Nd7 c5 32.Kf2 g5

33.Ne5 Kg7 34.Ke3 Kf6 35.Nd3 Ke6 36.c3 Nc6 37.Nc1 d4+ 38.cxd4 Nxd4 39.Ke4 Nc6 40.a3 Ne5 41.Ne2 Nd7 42.Ng3 Nf6+ 43.Kd3 Ke5 44.Ne2 Nd5 45.Kc4 Nf4 46.Nxf4 Kxf4

47.Kb5 Kg3 48.Ka6 Kxh3 49.Kxa7 Kxg4 50.Kxb6 h5 51.a4 h4 52.a5 h3 53.a6 h2 54.Kxc5 h1=Q 55.b4 Qa8 56.b5 Kf5 57.Kb6 g4 58.a7 g3 59.Ka6 g2 60.b6 g1=Q, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

genis-14_04 (lichess 1930) - JimWest (lichess 2035), lichess 6/1/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qe2 Nc6 9.Nf7 Qe7 10.Nxh8 Bxe6 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.fxe3 O-O-O 13.Nd2 Nf6 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.O-O-O Bg4 16.Qe1 Bxd1 17.Qxd1 d4 18.exd4 Nxd4 19.Bc4 e3

20.Nf3 e2 21.Qd3 Nxf3 22.Qxe2 Qxe2 23.Bxe2 Nd4 24.Bd3 Nf5 25.Rf1 Nd5 26.Bxf5+ gxf5 27.Rxf5 Ne3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/31/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Jalapindraj (Chess.com 1998) - JimWest (Chess.com 2023), Chess.com 5/31/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d4 Be7 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Bxd8 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.O-O-O fxe4 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nxe4 Bg4 12.Rxd8+ Kxd8 13.Nxf6 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Rf8 15.Rd1+ Nd4 16.Nxh7 Rh8 17.Ng5 Ke7 18.h3 b5 19.Bd5 c6

20.Be4 Rag8 21.f4 Ne2+ 22.Kb1 Nxf4 23.Nf3 Rd8 24.Re1 Kd6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

TucanoRook (lichess 1964) - JimWest (lichess 2016), lichess 5/31/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nd4 d5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qd1 Bg7 8.Bf4 Ne7 9.Qd2 O-O 10.Bh6 Nbc6 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.Nc3 Nxe5 13.O-O-O c6 14.h4 Nf5 15.h5 Nxd4 16.Qxd4 Qf6 17.hxg6 Nxg6 18.Qe3 Qf4 19.Qxf4 Rxf4

20.Rd2 Be6 21.Ne2 Rxf2 22.Nd4 Rf6 23.g3 Raf8 24.Nxe6+ Rxe6 25.Rdh2 Rh8 26.Bh3 Rf6 27.Kd2 Ne5 28.Bg2 Nf3+ 29.Bxf3 Rxf3 30.g4 Rg3 31.Rh4 h6

32.Ke2 Rg2+ 33.Ke3 Rxc2 34.Kf4 Rf8+ 35.Ke5 Rh8 36.g5 h5 37.Ke6 Rg2 38.Rxh5 Rxh5 39.Rxh5 Kg6 40.Rh8 Rxg5, White resigns.