10/5 PCG 5/23/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

SamsulI (lichess 2158) - JimWest (lichess 2235), lichess 5/23/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.O-O Bd6 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.Qf3 h6 11.Nh3 e4 12.dxe4 fxe4 13.Qd1 Be6 14.Bf4 O-O

15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.g3 Bxh3 17.Re1 Ne5 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 Nf3+ 20.Kh1 Qc5 21.Re3 Qxb5 22.Rxf3 Rxf3 23.Qxf3 Rf8 24.Qh5 Bf5 25.Re1 Be4+ 26.Rxe4 Qf1#.

PCG with 4.Bc4 exd4

Philidor Counter Gambit

ArnieChipmunk (lichess 2435) - zanoo (lichess 2319), lichess 5/16/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 exd4

5.Nxd4 f4 6.Bxf4 Qf6 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Nc3 Nge7 9.O-O Bd7 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Ne5 12.Bb3 Be7 13.Qh5+ g6 14.Qh6 O-O-O

15.Qf4 Rdf8 16.Qxf6 Bxf6 17.h3 h6 18.Rfe1 g5 19.Rad1 g4 20.h4 Bxh4 21.Ne6 Rf7 22.Bd4 Bf6 23.c4 b6 24.Bc2 Nxc4 25.Bg6 Bxd4 26.Bxf7 Bxb2 27.Nf4 Ne5

28.Ng6 Nxf7 29.Nxh8 Nxh8 30.Re7 Bf6 31.Rh7 Bf5 32.Rxh6 Bg5 33.Rxh8+ Kb7 34.Rh5 Bc2 35.Rxg5 Bxd1 36.Rf5 b5 37.f3 gxf3 38.gxf3 a5 39.Kf2 b4

40.Rf4 Kb6 41.Rd4 Bc2 42.f4 Kc5 43.Rd2 Bf5 44.Kg3 a4 45.Kh4 b3 46.axb3 axb3 47.Kg5 Be4 48.f5 Bxd5 49.f6 Bf7 50.Kh6 Kc4 51.Kg7 Be6 52.Re2 Bd5 53.Rd2 Be6 54.Re2 Bd5 55.Rd2 Be6, draw.

2 PCG Games 5/21/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Bunk_Moreland (lichess 2449) - JimWest (lichess 2228), lichess 5/21/2021

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.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.a3 Bd6 12.Qd2 Qe8 13.f4 Be6 14.Nd1 Nbd7 15.Ne3 h6 16.Bxf6 Nxf6

17.b3 Nh5 18.Bxh5 Qxh5 19.c4 Rac8 20.c5 Bb8 21.b4 a6 22.a4 Rf6 23.b5 axb5 24.axb5 Rcf8 25.bxc6 bxc6 26.Ra8 Bxe5 27.Rxf8+ Rxf8 28.fxe5 Rxf1+ 29.Nxf1 Kh7 30.h3 Kg6 31.Qf4 Qg5 32.Qxg5+ Kxg5 33.Kf2 h5

34.Ke3 h4 35.Nd2 Kh5 36.Nf1 g5 37.Nh2 Kg6 38.Kf2 Kh5 39.Ke3 Kg6 40.Nf1 Kh5 41.Kf2 g4 42.hxg4+ Kxg4 43.Ne3+ Kf4 44.Nf1 Kg4 45.Ke3 Kg5 46.Nh2 Bd7 47.Nf1 Kg4 48.Kf2 Kg5 49.Ne3 Be6 50.g3 hxg3+ 51.Kxg3 Bd7

52.Ng2 Be6 53.Nf4 Bc8 54.Ne2 Kf5 55.Nc3 Bd7 56.Na2 e3 57.Kf3 e2 58.Kxe2 Ke4 59.Nb4 Kxd4 60.e6 Bxe6 61.Nxc6 Kxc5 62.Ne7 d4 63.Ng6 Bc4+ 64.Kd2 Kd5 65.Ne7+ Ke4 66.Nc6 d3 67.Nb4 Ba6 68.Nxd3 Bxd3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

AryaSaranathan (lichess 2067) - JimWest (lichess 2232), lichess 5/21/2021

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.cxd4 Qxg5 11.Bxe3 Qe7 12.Bd3 c5 13.Qh5+ g6 14.Bxg6+ hxg6 15.Qxh8 Qf8 16.d5 Bf5 17.O-O Na6 18.Rad1 O-O-O

19.Bg5 Re8 20.Qh7 Rxe5 21.Rfe1 Nf6 22.Qh4 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Nd7 24.Be7 Qg7 25.h3 b6 26.Bd6 Qf6 27.Re8+ Kb7 28.Qxf6 Nxf6 29.Re7+ Ka8 30.Be5 Nd7 31.g4 Nxe5 32.Rxe5 Bd3 33.d6 Nb8 34.Re7 Nc6

35.Re8+ Kb7 36.d7 Kc7 37.Re6 Kxd7 38.Rxg6 Bxg6, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/20/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

El_Daniell_Sam (lichess 2246) - JimWest (lichess 2231), lichess 5/20/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.Nbd2 Bg4 10.a5 Nd7 11.b4 a6 12.c3 Qe7 13.Bb3 Be6 14.d4 O-O 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Qc2 Rad8 17.Rad1 Kh8

18.Nc4 g5 19.Nd6 g4 20.Ne1 Bxb3 21.Qxb3 Nb8 22.Nf5 Qf7 23.Rxd8 Bxd8 24.Qxf7 Rxf7 25.f3 h5 26.fxg4 hxg4 27.Nd3 Nd7 28.Rd1 Bc7 29.Nf2 Nf6 30.Nh6 Rg7 31.Nf5 Rf7 32.g3 Kh7 33.gxf4 exf4 34.Rd3 Be5

35.Nd6 Bxd6 36.Rxd6 g3 37.hxg3 fxg3 38.Nh3 Kg7 39.e5 Ne4 40.Rd4 Nxc3 41.Rg4+ Kf8 42.Rxg3 Ne2+ 43.Kg2 Nxg3 44.Kxg3 Ke7 45.Nf4 Rg7+ 46.Kf3 Rg1 47.Nd3 Ke6 48.Ke4 Rg4+ 49.Kf3 Rd4 50.Ke3 Rxd3+ 51.Kxd3 Kxe5

52.Kc4 Kd6 53.Kd4 c5+ 54.bxc5+ Kc6 55.Kc4 Kc7 56.Kd5 Kd7 57.Kd4 Kc6 58.Kc4 Kc7 59.Kd5 Kd7 60.Kd4 Kc6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2224) - donquijote01 (lichess 2085), lichess 5/20/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.Qxg4 Qxd4 10.Ne2 Qxe5 11.Nbc3 f5 12.Qf4 Qa5 13.O-O O-O-O

14.Qxf5+ Qxf5 15.Rxf5 Bd6 16.Be3 g6 17.Rf2 h5 18.Raf1 h4 19.h3 Rdg8 20.Nd4 Bd7 21.Nxe4 g5 22.Nxd6+ cxd6 23.Nf5 Kb8 24.Nxd6 g4 25.hxg4 Rxg4 26.Bf4 Rhg8 27.Ne4+ Kc8 28.Nf6 Bc6 29.Nxg8 Rxg8 30.Kh2, Black resigns.

15/10 PCG 5/19/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

sharatkumar (Chess.com 1932) - JimWest (Chess.com 1995), Chess.com 5/20/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.Bh5+ g6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O c6 12.f4 Qa5 13.Bd2 e3 14.Be1 Bf5 15.g4 Be4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Qd3 Bxe1 18.Raxe1 Qd2

19.Rd1 Qxd3 20.Rxd3 Nd2 21.Rd1 Rxf4 22.Rxe3 Ne4 23.Rf1 Rxf1+ 24.Bxf1 a5 25.Bd3 Ng5 26.h4 Nf7 27.Nxf7 Kxf7 28.h5 Nd7 29.Rf3+ Kg7 30.Re3 Kf7 31.g5 gxh5 32.Bxh7 Nf8 33.Rf3+ Kg7 34.Bd3 Ne6

35.Rf6 Nxd4 36.Kg2 Re8 37.c3 Ne6 38.Rg6+ Kf7 39.Rh6 Nf4+ 40.Kg3 Nxd3 41.g6+ Kg7 42.Rxh5 Kxg6, White resigns.

10/5 PCG 5/18/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Nordec (lichess 2169) - JimWest (lichess 2266), lichess 5/18/2021

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.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.f3 Qe8 12.fxe4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nxe4 14.Bd2 Rxf1+ 15.Kxf1 Nd7 16.Nf3 Ndf6 17.c4 Be6

18.cxd5 Bxd5 19.c4 Bf7 20.Ne5 Rd8 21.Bxd3 Rxd4 22.Nxf7 Rxd3, Black resigns.

15/10 PCG 5/17/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

sokolik39 (Chess.com 1841) - JimWest (Chess.com 1985), Chess.com 5/17/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Bxb4 d4 9.Nd2 Qxe5 10.Qe2 Nf6 11.h3 Nc6 12.Ba3 h5 13.O-O-O Bf5 14.g3 O-O-O 15.Bg2 Rhe8 16.Rhe1 Qe6 17.Qf1 d3

18.b3 Nd4 19.Bb2 Qa6 20.Kb1 Nc2 21.Re3 Bg6 22.g4 hxg4 23.hxg4 Nxe3 24.fxe3 Kb8 25.g5 Nh5 26.Qh1 Qa5 27.Qh4 Qc5 28.Re1 Qc6 29.a3 a5 30.Ka2 Rd7 31.Bh3 Rde7 32.Bg4 Rh8 33.Bd1 Qe8 34.Qg4 Qc8 35.Qg2 Rf8

36.Bc3 b6 37.Bb2 Qe6 38.Rh1 Qf7 39.Rf1 Qe8 40.Rh1 Rh8 41.Qg4 Qc8 42.Qg2 Qf5 43.Bg4 Qf7 44.Rf1, draw.

15/10 PCG Reversed 5/16/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1992) - SilentsoundJ (Chess.com 2083), Chess.com 5/16/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Nxe2 Ng4 8.d4 e3 9.O-O c5 10.c3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Nc6

12.h3 Ngxe5 13.dxe5 Qxd1 14.Rxd1 Bc5 15.Nbc3 O-O 16.Na4 Be7 17.Bxe3 Nxe5 18.Bc5 Rfe8 19.Bxe7 Rxe7 20.Nac3 Nc4 21.b3 Ne3 22.Rd3 Rae8 23.Rc1 f5 24.Nf4 Kf7 25.Nfd5 Nxd5 26.Nxd5  Rd7 27.Rc7 Rxc7 28.Nxc7 Re7 29.Nd5 Rd7

30.Nf4 Rc7 31.h4 g6 32.a4 h6 33.Kh2 g5 34.hxg5 hxg5 35.Nh3 Kf6 36.Kg3 Rc6 37.a5 a6 38.b4 g4 39.Nf4 Kg5 40.Nd5 Rc4 41.Rc3 f4+ 42.Kf2 Rd4 43.Rc5 g3+ 44.Ke2 Kh4 45.Kf3 Rd3+ 46.Kxf4 Rd2

 47.Ne3 Rd4+ 48.Kf3 Rxb4 49.Rc4+, Black resigns.

15/10 PCG 5/15/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

42exact (Chess.com 2012) - JimWest (Chess.com 1978), Chess.com 5/15/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.dxe5 Bb4 7.Be3 Ne7 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qe2 O-O 10.O-O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qe8 12.h4 Qa4 13.Kb2 Nbc6

14.h5 Nxe5 15.Nxh7 Nc4+ 16.Ka1 Qa3 17.Bc1 Qxc3+ 18.Kb1 Qb4+ 19.Ka1 Qc3+ 20.Kb1 Qb4+ 21.Ka1 Qc3+, draw.

15/10 PCG 5/14/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Antorgate (Chess.com 1894) - JimWest (Chess.com 1990), Chess.com 5/14/2021

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.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 O-O 11.c4 c6 12.Be2 Nbd7 13.O-O Qe8

14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.c4 Be6 18.c5 f5 19.a4 f4 20.Bh5 Qe7 21.Bg4 Kh8 22.Re1 Rg8 23.Bxe6 Qxe6 24.Qh5 Rg7 25.Rad1 Rag8 26.g3 Rg5 27.Qe2 f3 28.Qxf3 Rf5 29.Qg2 Rgf8 30.f4 exf3 31.Qf2 Qa6

32.Re7 Qxa4 33.Rde1 R5f7 34.h3 Rxe7 35.Rxe7 b6 36.Kh2 bxc5 37.dxc5 a5 38.g4 Qf4+ 39.Kg1 Rb8 40.c6 Rb1+ 41.Re1 Qb4 42.Rxb1 Qxb1+ 43.Kh2 Qb8+ 44.Kg1 Qd6 45.Qd4+ Kg8 46.Kf2 Qxc6 47.Kxf3 Kf7

48.Qa7+ Kg6 49.Qxa5 d4+ 50.Kf4 Qd6+ 51.Ke4 d3 52.Qd2 h5 53.Qxd3 Qxd3+ 54.Kxd3 hxg4 55.hxg4 Kg5 56.Ke3 Kxg4, draw.

10/5 PCG Reversed 5/13/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2278) - renepostrano (lichess 2219), lichess 5/13/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Ne5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Bc5

8.Nf3 Bf2+ 9.Ke2 b6 10.c4 Ba6 11.Qa4+, Black resigns.

15/10 PCG Reversed 5/12/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1985) - Feerry68 (Chess.com 1791), Chess.com 5/12/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 O-O 6.c3 d6 7.d4 Bb6 8.Bd3 Bg4 9.Nf3 Nh5 10.Bg3 Qe7 11.O-O Nxg3 12.hxg3 Nc6 13.Nbd2 Ne5

14.Be2 Nxf3+ 15.Bxf3 Bd7 16.Nc4 c6 17.Nxb6 axb6 18.a3 Rad8 19.Qb3 b5 20.Rae1 Qg5 21.Kf2 Kh8 22.e5 Be6 23.Qc2 Bc4 24.Rh1 Be6 25.Qxh7#.