2 PCG Games 6/10/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Raventhoughts (Chess.com 1877) - JimWest (Chess.com 1947), Chess.com 6/10/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.c3 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.h3 g5 10.Nh2 Rg6 11.Qh5 Bf6 12.Ng4 Bxg4 13.Qxg4 Qd7 14.Nd2 Qxg4 15.hxg4 Nd7 16.d5 cxd5 17.exd5 Ke7 18.b4 Rc8

19.Ne4 Rc4 20.f3 h6 21.Bb2 Bg7 22.Rfc1 Nb6 23.Nd2 Rc8 24.c4 Na4 25.Ba3 e4 26.fxe4 Bxa1 27.Rxa1 Rgg8 28.Rc1 b6 29.Nb3 Kf7 30.Nd4 Kg6 31.Nf5 Kf6 32.Nxd6 Rcd8 33.Nf7 Kxf7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

anek (lichess 2080) - JimWest (lichess 2212), lichess 6/10/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Qe2 Be7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 c6 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.d4 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 d5 12.Bb3 e4 13.Qe2 Qa5 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.O-O O-O

16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Rae8 18.Qd3 Bf6 19.c3 Kh8 20.Bc2 g6 21.a3 Bg7 22.Rae1 Qd8 23.Qg3 a6 24.f3 Rxe1 25.Rxe1 Re8 26.Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.Kh2 c5 28.f4 cxd4 29.cxd4 Bxd4 30.Qb3 Be3 31.Qc3+ d4 32.Qc7 b5

33.f5 Qf8 34.Qe5+ Qg7 35.Qxg7+ Kxg7 36.fxg6 hxg6 37.Kg3 g5 38.Kf3 Kf6 39.Be4 Ke5 40.Bb7 a5 41.Ba6 b4 42.axb4 axb4 43.Bc4 Bc1 44.b3 Be3 45.g3 Bc1 46.Kg4 Ke4 47.h4 gxh4 48.gxh4 d3 49.h5 Ke3

50.Bd5 d2 51.Bf3 Kf2 52.Bd1 Ke1 53.Bf3 d1=Q 54.Bxd1 Kxd1 55.Kf5 Kc2 56.Kg6 Kxb3 57.h6 Bxh6 58.Kxh6 Kc4 59.Kg5 b3 60.Kf5 b2 61.Ke4 b1=Q+ 62.Ke3 Qd3+ 63.Kf4 Kd5 64.Kg5 Qe4 65.Kf6 Qf4+ 66.Ke7 Qf5

67.Kd8 Qf7 68.Kc8 Kc6 69.Kb8 Qb7#.

15/10 PCG Reversed 6/9/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1952) - visba (Chess.com 1762), Chess.com 6/9/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 Nf2 8.Qf3 Qe7 9.Bxe3 Nxh1 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Nd5 Qd7 12.O-O-O Bb4 13.c3 Ba5 14.Nh3 O-O 15.Rxh1 Qf5

16.Nhf4 Be6 17.Bd3 Qg4 18.Qe4 Qh4 19.g3 f5 20.exf6, Black resigns.

2 PCG & 2 PCG Reversed 6/8/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Bro_lfy (Chess.com 1748) - JimWest (Chess.com 1952), Chess.com 6/8/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 Bxf5 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qe2 Nf6 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Nb3 O-O-O 12.O-O-O Rhe8 13.Qc4 d5 14.Qc5 Qxc5 15.Nxc5 e3 16.fxe3 Rxe3 17.h3 h5 18.Bb5 Nb4

19.Ba4 b6 20.a3 bxc5 21.axb4 cxb4 22.Nb1 Ne4 23.Rhe1 Rg3 24.Re2 Bd7 25.Bxd7+ Rxd7 26.Nd2 Nxd2 27.Rdxd2 Kb7 28.Rf2 a5 29.b3 Re7 30.Rde2 Rxe2 31.Rxe2 h4 32.Kd2 c6 33.Rf2 g5 34.Re2 Kb6

35.Rf2 Kb5 36.Kc1 a4 37.Kb2 a3+ 38.Ka2 c5 39.dxc5 Kxc5 40.Re2 Kd4 41.Kb1 Kc3 42.Ka2 d4 43.Rf2 d3 44.cxd3 Rxd3 45.Rf3 Rxf3 46.gxf3 Kd3 47.Kb1 Ke3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Radu965 (Chess.com 1855) - JimWest (Chess.com 1959), Chess.com 6/8/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.Re1 Bg4 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nbd7 12.b3 O-O-O 13.a4 g5 14.Be6 Kb8 15.Ba3 Bxa3 16.Rxa3 Qd6

17.Bxd7 Qxa3 18.Bf5 h5 19.Qe2 Rhg8 20.Qc4 Qe7 21.a5 g4 22.hxg4 hxg4 23.a6 Rd4 24.Qe2 b6 25.Rd1 Rxd1 26.Qxd1 g3 27.f3 Qc5+ 28.Kf1 Qxc3 29.Qd6+ Ka8 30.Qxf6 Qxc2

31.Ke1 Qc3+ 32.Ke2 Qe3+ 33.Kd1 Qxb3+ 34.Kd2 Qa2+ 35.Kc3 Qa3+ 36.Kc2 Qc5+ 37.Kb3 b5 38.Be6 Rb8 39.Qf7 Qb6 40.Kb4 Qxa6 41.Kc5 b4 42.Bc4 Qb6+ 43.Kd6 b3

44.Bd5 cxd5+ 45.Kxd5 b2 46.Qc7 Qxc7 47.Ke6 b1=Q 48.Kf5 Rf8+ 49.Kg4 Qg7+ 50.Kh3 Qh1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1948) - QuoccongTS (Chess.com 2027), Chess.com 6/8/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O a6 8.a4 h6 9.Na3 exf4 10.Bxf4 Be6 11.h3 d5 12.e5 Nd7 13.d4 Bxa3 14.Rxa3 Ne7 15.c3 Ng6 16.Bh2 c5

17.a5 Rc8 18.Bd3 Ne7 19.Bb1 Nf5 20.g4 Ne3 21.Qd3 Nxf1 22.Qh7#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2228) - Nordec (lichess 2277), lichess 6/8/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Nxe2 Nc4 9.e5 Ng4 10.Qd3 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qh5 12.Nf4 Qg5 13.Nc3 Qd8

14.Nfxd5 Nb6 15.Nxb6 axb6 16.h3 Nh6 17.Bxh6 gxh6 18.O-O-O Bb4 19.Qb5+, Black resigns.

10/5 PCG Reversed 6/7/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2234) - Nirish_kumar2008 (lichess 2280), lichess 6/7/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.d5 a6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.e6 Nf6 11.exf7+ Kxf7 12.dxc6 Qxd1+ 13.Kxd1 Bg4+ 14.Ke1 Rc8 15.Nc3 Rxc6 16.Be3 c4 17.Nge2 Bb4

18.Kf2 Bxe2 19.Kxe2 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Rd8 21.Bd4 Kg6 22.Rhf1 Rd5 23.Rab1 Ra5 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Rb2 Rcc5 26.Rf4 f5 27.g4 Kg5 28.Rxf5+ Rxf5 29.gxf5 Rxf5 30.Ke3 Rf3+ 31.Kxe4 Rxc3 32.Kd4 Rh3 33.Kxc4 Rxh2

34.Kd3 h5 35.Rb6 Rh3+ 36.Ke2 Ra3 37.Rb2 Kg4 38.Kf2 h4 39.Kg2 Ra4 40.c3 Kf5 41.Rc2 Ke4 42.Rf2 Kd3 43.Rf3+ Kc2 44.Kh3 Kb1 45.c4 Kxa2 46.Rf6 Kb3 47.c5 a5 48.Rb6+ Ka3 49.Ra6 Kb4 50.c6 Ra3+ 51.Kxh4 Rc3

52.Kg4 a4 53.Kf4 a3 54.Ke4 Kb5 55.Ra8 Rc4+ 56.Kd3 Ra4 57.Rxa4, Black resigns.

15/10 PCG 6/6/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

rllesaoana7113(Chess.com 1798) - JimWest (Chess.com 1964), Chess.com 6/6/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nh4 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.Bb5+ Nc6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Qxg6+ Ke7 14.O-O-O Be6 15.Qg3 Qa5

16.Qf3 Nd4 17.Nxd5+ Bxd5 18.Qxd5 Qxb5 19.Qxb5 Nxb5 20.h3 Rac8 21.Rhe1 Rc7 22.f4 Rhc8 23.c3 e4 24.dxe4 fxe4 25.Rxe4+ Kf7 26.a4 Nxc3 27.bxc3 Rxc3+ 28.Kd2 Rd8+ 29.Ke2 Rc2+, White resigns.

10/5 PCG Reversed 6/5/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2277) - acc_abu_Hamzah (lichess 2149), lichess 6/5/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Nc6 6.c3 Bxg1 7.Rxg1 d5 8.e5 Ng4 9.d4 Nxh2 10.Be2 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qh3 12.Qb3 Ne7 13.Nd2 Qe6 14.O-O-O Ng4 15.Nf3 h6 16.Ne1 g5 17.Bxg4 Qxg4 18.Bd2 Qe6 19.Nd3 Qb6

20.Qa3 Qa6 21.Qxa6 bxa6 22.Nc5 Nc6 23.Rdf1 Ke7 24.Rf6 Na5 25.Rgf1 Rh7 26.Rxh6 Rg7 27.Rhf6 Be6 28.Nxa6 Rh8 29.Nxc7 Nc4 30.Nxe6 fxe6 31.R6f2 a5 32.b3 Na3 33.Kb2 Nb5 34.a4 Nc7 35.g4 Rh4 36.Rg2 Na8

37.b4 Nb6 38.Kb3 axb4 39.cxb4 Nc4 40.Bc1 Rh3+ 41.Ka2 Rd3 42.Bb2 Nxb2 43.Kxb2 Rxd4 44.Kb3 Rg8 45.Rh1 Re4 46.Rh7+ Kd8 47.a5 Kc8 48.Rc2+ Rc4 49.Rxc4+ dxc4+ 50.Kxc4 Rf8 51.Kc5 Kb8 52.b5 Rf2 53.Kb6, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/4/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

reddragon97 (Chess.com 2104) - JimWest (Chess.com 1973), Chess.com 6/4/2021

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.Nc3 Ng4 11.Nd1 Nc6 12.Bb5 O-O-O 13.Bxc6 bxc6

14.h3 e3 15.fxe3 Qh4+ 16.Kf1 d4 17.Qe2 dxe3 18.Bxe3 Bc4 19.Qxc4 Nh2+ 20.Rxh2 Qxc4+ 21.Kf2 Qxc2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2273) - masoud_ps (lichess 2183), lichess 6/4/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 d5 7.Qf3 dxe4 8.dxe4 Nc6 9.Bg5 Qd6 10.Nd2 a5 11.O-O-O a4 12.Nc4 Qe7 13.Ne3 Rd8

14.Rxd8+ Qxd8 15.Nd5 Be7 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.g4 Qd6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.h4 Qd6 20.Rh2 Qc5 21.Qf2 Qxf2 22.Rxf2 f6 23.Rd2 Kf8 24.Bb5 Ke7 25.Bxc6 bxc6 26.Nf3 Ba6 27.Kc2 Rd8 28.Rxd8 Kxd8 29.g5 Ke7 30.b3 axb3+ 31.Kxb3 Be2 32.Nd2 Bd3

33.c4 Kd6 34.Kc3 Be2 35.a4 Kc5 36.gxf6 gxf6 37.a5 Bd1 38.Nb3+ Bxb3 39.Kxb3 Kd4 40.a6 Kxe4 41.a7 Kxf5 42.a8=Q e4 43.Qxc6 Ke5 44.Qxc7+ Kd4 45.Qxh7 e3 46.Qf5 e2 47.Qxf6+ Kd3 48.Qf2 Kd2 49.c5 Kd1 50.c6, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/3/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

SilentsoundJ (Chess.com 2051) - JimWest (Chess.com 2021), Chess.com 6/3/2021

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.Rd1 Nh6 16.Nxe4 Bc3+ 17.Nxc3 Qxc3+ 18.Rd2 Bc4

19.Qd1 Re8+ 20.Be2 Bxe2 21.Qxe2 Rxe2+ 22.Kxe2 Qe5+ 23.Kf3 Qf5+ 24.Ke2 Qe4+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

luom001 (lichess 2298) - JimWest (lichess 2268), lichess 6/3/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.c3 Qf6 7.d4 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Nd7 9.a4 O-O-O 10.a5 g5 11.Qb3 Ne7 12.Rd1 Bxf3 13.Nxf3 g4 14.Ne1 Qg6 15.Qc2 Nf6 16.Be6+ Kb8

17.dxe5 Nxe4 18.Bxg4 Qxg4 19.Qxe4 Qxd1 20.exd6 Nd5 21.d7 Bd6 22.Qe6 Rxd7 23.a6 Rhd8 24.axb7 Re7 25.Qxe7 Nxe7, White resigns.

15/10 PCG 6/2/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

damirkhanov (Chess.com 2044) - JimWest (Chess.com 1991), Chess.com 6/2/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.O-O Nf6 9.Re1 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Nxe4 Bxe5 13.Bxe6+ Nxe6 14.fxe5 Nd7

15.Ng3 Nd4 16.Rd1 Nxc2 17.Rxd7 Nxa1 18.Bg5 Rae8 19.Rxc7 Rxe5 20.Bd2 Rd5 21.Ne4 Rd4 22.Rc1 Rxe4 23.Rxa1 Re2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/1/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

aliniliescu (Chess.com 2112) - JimWest (Chess.com 2002), Chess.com 6/1/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.Ne4 d5 10.Nxf6+ gxf6 11.Bb3 O-O 12.Nh4 Be6 13.f4 Nd7 14.f5 Bf7 15.Qd2 Nc5 16.O-O-O Nxb3+ 17.axb3 Kh8

18.g4 Rg8 19.Rdg1 e4 20.d4 Rg5 21.Rg3 Qe7 22.Qf4 a5 23.Ng2 a4 24.h4 axb3 25.Rxb3 Ra1+ 26.Kd2 Rxh1 27.hxg5 fxg5 28.Qb8+ Bg8 29.Rxb7 e3+ 30.Nxe3 Qe4 31.Qe5+ Qxe5 32.dxe5 d4 33.Nd1 Bd5 34.f6 h5

35.gxh5 Rxh5 36.Kd3 c5 37.Rg7 Rh3+ 38.Ke2 g4 39.Rg5 g3 40.e6 Bxe6 41.Rxc5 Bg4+ 42.Kf1 Bxd1 43.Kg2 Rh2+ 44.Kxg3 Rxc2 45.Rd5 Rxb2 46.Rxd4 Rb8 47.Rxd1 Kg8 48.Rd7 Rb6 49.f7+ Kf8 50.Kg4 Rf6 51.Kg5 Rxf7 52.Rxf7+ Kxf7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

fktdark (lichess 2259) - JimWest (lichess 2255), lichess 6/1/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Nxe7 8.Nc5 e4 9.Ne5 O-O 10.Be2 b6 11.Na4 Nd7 12.c4 Nxe5 13.dxe5 d4 14.O-O c5 15.Bg4 Ng6

16.f4 Rxf4 17.Rxf4 Nxf4 18.g3 Ng6 19.e6 Qe8 20.Qe2 Bxe6 21.Qxe4 Bxg4 22.Qxg4 Qxa4 23.Qe6+ Kh8 24.Re1 Rf8 25.b3 Qxa2 26.Re2 Qxb3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/31/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

timi071 (Chess.com 1920) - JimWest (Chess.com 2032), Chess.com 5/31/2021

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.Qh5+ g6 11.Qh4 Nc6 12.cxd4 Qxd4 13.Qxd4 Nxd4 14.Bd3 exf2+ 15.Kxf2 Ne7

16.Bb2 O-O+ 17.Ke3 Nef5+ 18.Kd2 Nb3+ 19.Kc3 Nxa1 20.Bxa1 h6 21.Ne4 Kg7 22.Nf6 h5 23.h3 h4 24.Kb3 Be6 25.Be4 Rad8 26.Bc3 b5 27.Kb4 bxc4 28.Kc5 Ng3 29.Re1 Nxe4+ 30.Rxe4 Rd3 31.Bb4 c3 32.Re2 Rfd8 33.Rc2 Rd2 34.Rxc3 Rxg2

35.Kb5 Rb8+ 36.Ka6 Rc8 37.Rc6 Bxh3 38.Nd5 Re2 39.Be7 Bg2 40.Bf6+ Kh6 41.Rc4 g5 42.Ne7 Rb8 43.Rc7 Ra2 44.Kxa7 Ra8+ 45.Kb6 R2xa3 46.Nf5+ Kg6 47.Nd4 R8a6+ 48.Kb5 Bf1+ 49.Kb4 R6a4+ 50.Kc5 Rc4+ 51.Kb6 Rxd4

52.e6 Rd6+ 53.Rc6 Rxc6+ 54.Kxc6 Kxf6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

oakgnarl (lichess 2108) - JimWest (lichess 2247), lichess 5/31/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Bb3 Na6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.h3 h6 9.O-O Qc7 10.Re1 O-O-O 11.Nh4 Bh7 12.Be6+ Kb8 13.Bf5 Bxf5 14.Nxf5 d5 15.a3 Bc5

16.b4 Bxe3 17.Nxe3 Qd7 18.Nd2 Rhe8 19.Nb3 e4 20.d4 g5 21.Nc5 Nxc5 22.bxc5 Rg8 23.Rb1 Ka8 24.Qd2 h5 25.Qb4 Rb8 26.Rb3 g4 27.h4 g3 28.fxg3 Rxg3 29.Nxd5 Nxd5, White resigns.