2 PCG Games 6/22/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

T-34-158 (Chess.com 1770) - JimWest (Chess.com 1902), Chess.com 6/22/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bc4 Nc6 12.Qg3+ Kxh8 13.Bg5 Bg7 14.O-O-O Bf5

15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.c3 Re8 17.Kb1 e3+ 18.Ka1 e2 19.Rd2 e1=Q+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

samhari (lichess 2137) - JimWest (lichess 2187), lichess 6/22/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.dxe5 Bc5 7.Be2 Ne7 8.Bh5+ g6 9.Bg4 O-O 10.O-O Nbc6 11.e6 Ne5 12.Bh3 c6 13.Be3 Bd6 14.Nd2 Nf5 15.Bxf5 Rxf5

16.f4 exf3 17.Ndxf3 Nxf3+ 18.Rxf3 Rxg5 19.Bxg5 Qxg5 20.Qe2 b6 21.Raf1 a5 22.b3 Ba6 23.c4 Re8 24.Kh1 dxc4 25.bxc4 Qh4 26.g3 Qxc4 27.Qb2 Qxe6 28.R1f2 Bc5 29.Rd2 Qe1+ 30.Kg2 Re2+ 31.Rxe2 Qxe2+ 32.Qxe2 Bxe2

33.Rf6 Bc4 34.Kf3 Bxa2 35.Ke4 Bd5+ 36.Ke5 Bf8 37.Rf1 a4 38.Kf6 a3 39.Kg5 a2 40.h4 Bg7 41.h5 a1=Q 42.Rxa1 Bxa1, White resigns.

15/10 PCG Reversed 6/21/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1924) - Redaktor69 (Chess.com 1927), Chess.com 6/21/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Bg4 12.Be2 O-O-O 13.Nc3 Bxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Qxe5 15.Kxh1 Bd6 16.Qg1 c6 17.Bd2 Rde8 18.Re1 Qf6 19.Rf1 Qe5

20.Bf4 Qxf4 21.Bg4+ Kb8 22.Rxf4 Bxf4 23.Bd7 Reg8 24.Qf2 g5 25.Ne2 Rd8 26.Bh3 Be5 27.c3 f6 28.Nd4 h5 29.Nf5 Rde8 30.Bf1 Bf4 31.Bd3 Re5 32.Ng3 Re6 33.Ne2 Be5 34.Bf5 Re7 35.Kg2 Rg7 36.Nd4 g4 37.b4 h4

38.b5 h3+ 39.Kh1 g3 40.hxg3 Rxg3 41.bxc6 Rxc3 42.Qb2 Rc1+ 43.Qxc1 Bxd4 44.c7+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/20/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

SilniBaskelica92 (Chess.com 1885) - JimWest (Chess.com 1914), Chess.com 6/20/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Be2 Kf8 11.O-O Kg8 12.Bg5 c6 13.Na4 Bd6 14.c4 Kxh8 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Rc1 Nc6 18.Nc3 Rd8

19.Kh1 Bb8 20.f3 f5 21.fxe4 dxe4 22.Qe1 Rg8 23.Qf2 Qg7 24.Rcd1 Qh6 25.g4 e3 26.Qg2 fxg4 27.Ne4 Be5 28.b3 Nd4 29.Nc5 Bd5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

FranciswhiteKnight (lichess 2048) - JimWest (lichess 2189), lichess 6/20/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Be2 Bc5 7.Nxh7 Rxh7 8.Bh5+ Kf8 9.Nd2 Qh4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.g3 Qxh5 12.Qd8+ Qe8 13.Qxc7 Nc6 14.Bf4 Qd7 15.Qxd7 Bxd7 16.O-O-O Be6

17.a3 a5 18.f3 exf3 19.Rd2 Nge7 20.h4 Kf7 21.Rd3 Bg4 22.Rxf3 Bxf3 23.Rf1 Nd4 24.Be3 Ne2+ 25.Kb1 Bxe3 26.Rxf3+ Kg8 27.Rxe3 Nxg3, White forfeits.

15/10 PCG Reversed 6/19/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1900) - AnkithHavaldar1 (Chess.com 1889), Chess.com 6/19/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 Ng4 6.Nh3 Ne3 7.Bxe3 Bxe3 8.Nxd5 Bxh3 9.Nxe3 Qh4+ 10.g3 Qh6 11.Bxh3 Qxh3 12.Qg4 Qxg4 13.Nxg4 exf4 14.gxf4 Nc6 15.O-O-O O-O-O

16.c3 h5 17.Ne3 Rh6 18.Rhg1 Rg8 19.Rg2 Rd6 20.Nf5 Rg6 21.Rxg6 fxg6 22.Nh4 g5 23.fxg5 Ne5 24.d4 Ng4 25.Rd2 Rf8 26.Nf5 g6 27.Ne7+ Kd7 28.Nxg6 Rf1+ 29.Kc2 Ne3+ 30.Kb3 Rg1 31.h4 a5 32.a4 c6

33.Re2 Nd1 34.e5 b5 35.axb5 cxb5 36.e6+ Ke8 37.d5 Rg4 38.d6 Nxc3 39.bxc3 a4+ 40.Ka3 Rg3 41.d7+ Kd8 42.e7+ Kc7 43.d8=Q+ Kc6 44.e8=Q+ Kc5 45.Qe5+ Kc4 46.Qdd4#.

15/10 PCG 6/18/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

g_money137 (Chess.com 1707) - JimWest (Chess.com 1879), Chess.com 6/18/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Be2 c6 7.O-O O-O 8.a4 f4 9.Qb1 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Qa2+ Kh8 12.Qc4 Bg4 13.Rfe1 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nd7

15.Qe6 Nc5 16.Qf5 a5 17.Qh3 Qe7 18.Bg4 Rae8 19.Bf5 Ne6 20.Qh5 Nd4 21.Bg6 Rd8 22.Ne2 Nxc2 23.Bf5 Qf7 24.Bg6 Qg8 25.g3 f3 26.Qxf3 Nxe1 27.Rxe1 Bg5 28.Qh5 Bd2 29.Rd1 Bb4 30.Kg2 Bc5 31.Rf1 Rf6

32.f4 Rdf8 33.f5 Qb3, White resigns.

PCG and PCG Reversed 6/17/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

migrojaso (Chess.com 1801) - JimWest (Chess.com 1877), Chess.com 6/17/2021

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.Nc3 Nd4 11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.Qh5+ g6 13.Qxd5 Nxc2+ 14.Kd1 Rd8 15.Qxd8+ Kxd8 16.Kxc2 Qxh8

17.Bg5+ Kc8 18.Rd1 Nf6 19.Be2 Bxf2 20.Rhf1 e3 21.h3 h6 22.Bf4 g5 23.Be5 Qf8 24.Rd3 Qc5+ 25.Bc3 c6 26.a3 Nd5 27.Kb1 Nxc3+ 28.Rxc3 Qf5+ 29.Ka2 Qd5+ 30.Kb1 Qxg2 31.Rd3 Qxh3 32.Rxf2 g4

33.Rf8+ Kc7 34.Re8 g3 35.Rexe3 Qh1+ 36.Kc2 g2 37.Bf3 g1=Q 38.Bxh1 Qxh1 39.Re7+ Kb6 40.Rb3+ Kc5 41.Rbxb7 Qg2+ 42.Kb1 Qf1+ 43.Kc2 Qc4+ 44.Kb1 Qd3+ 45.Kc1 Qc4+ 46.Kb1 Qd3+ 47.Kc1 Qc4+ 48.Kb1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1872) - BlackMamba4747 (Chess.com 1725), Chess.com 6/17/2021

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 a6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Ne2 e3 10.O-O Qh4 11.h3 Nf2 12.Qe1 Qg5 13.Kh2 Ne4 14.Rf3 c5 15.Bxe3 Qg6 16.Nbc3 cxd4 17.Bxd4 c5

18.Nxe4 Qxe4 19.Bc3 Qxc2 20.Rc1 Qg6 21.Nf4 Qb6 22.Rd1, Black forfeits.

Carol Jarecki 1935-2021

[photo by David Llada]

Carol Jarecki [pictured] was a nurse, a pilot, and an international arbiter.

15/10 PCG 6/15/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

wladek80180 (Chess.com 1966) - JimWest (Chess.com 1872), Chess.com 6/15/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.O-O-O Nc6

13.Bxf6+ Bxf6 14.Qxe4 Kxh8 15.d5 Ne7 16.Bd3 Bf5 17.Qf3 Qf8 18.Bxf5 Nxf5 19.Kb1 Nd6 20.Rhe1 Qg7 21.c3 Rf8 22.g3 b5 22.Re2 b4 23.cxb4 Bxb2 24.Qd3 Bf6 25.a3 a5 26.Ka2 axb4 27.axb4 Ra8+ 28.Kb3 Qd7

29.Ra2 Rxa2 30.Kxa2 Qa4+, White resigns.

3 PCG Games 6/14/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

bjg345 (Chess.com 1788) - JimWest (Chess.com 1859), Chess.com 6/14/2021

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.Nc3 Nd4 11.Qd2 O-O-O 12.Bb5 c6 13.Ba4 Nh6 14.O-O Rxh8

15.Ne2 Nxe2+ 16.Qxe2 Nf5 17.b4 Bb6 18.Rb1 Nd4 19.Qd1 Qg6 20.Kh1 Bg4 21.Qe1 Nf3 22.Qc3 Bd4 23.Qa3 b5 24.Bxb5 cxb5 25.Be3 Qh5 26.Bf4 Rf8 27.Bg3 Kb7 28.Qa5 Bb6 29.Qxb5 Nd2

30.Rfd1 Nxb1 31.Rxd5 Qe8 32.Qc4 Be6 33.Qxe4 Bxd5 34.Qxd5+ Qc6 35.Qe5 Rd8 36.Qxg7+ Rd7 37.Qg5 Nc3 38.h3 Bc7 39.Bxc7 Rd1+ 40.Kh2 Qxc7+ 41.g3 Qc6 42.Qg7+ Kb6

43.g4 Rh1+ 44.Kg3 Ne4+ 45.Kh4 Qf6+ 46.Qxf6+ Nxf6 47.Kg5 Ne4+ 48.Kh6 Rxh3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

judgespn (Chess.com 1722) - JimWest (Chess.com 1862), Chess.com 6/14/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Nf7 Kxf7 13.Bc4+ Kg7 14.O-O-O Nc6

15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Qxe4 Nxd4 19.c3 Bf5 20.Qxf5 Nxf5 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.g4 Nd6 23.Bd3 Nf7 24.Kc2 Be5 25.Bf5 Bf4 26.Rd1 Rxd1 27.Kxd1 Bxh2 28.Ke2 Nd6 29.Bc2 h6 30.f4 Bxf4 31.Kf3 Bc1 32.b3 b5 33.Bd3 Bb2

34.c4 bxc4 35.bxc4 c5 36.a4 a5 37.Kf4 Kf6 38.Bh7 Bc1+ 39.Kf3 Ke5 40.Bg8 Kd4 41.Bd5 Nxc4 42.Bc6 Nb6 43.Ke2 c4 44.Kd1 Bb2 45.Kc2 c3 46.Bb5 Nc4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

baheej (lichess 2178) - JimWest (lichess 2187), lichess 6/14/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bb3 Na6 6.c3 Be7 7.h4 Nc5 8.Ng5 Nxb3 9.axb3 Nf6 10.Nd2 h6 11.Ngf3 O-O 12.b4 fxe4 13.dxe4 Be6 14.Qc2 Qc7 15.c4 Qb6 16.Ra4 a5 17.bxa5 Rxa5 18.Rxa5 Qxa5 19.O-O Qb6

20.b3 Ng4 21.g3 d5 22.cxd5 cxd5 23.exd5 Bxd5 24.Ne4 Rxf3 25.Qc8+ Bf8 26.Qxg4 Bxe4 27.Qxe4 Rxg3+ 28.Kh2 Rxb3 29.Be3 Qe6, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 6/13/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

HogeyeBill (Chess.com 1974) - JimWest (Chess.com 1902), Chess.com 6/13/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Ng1 d5 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 Nf6 9.Be3 Bd6 10.Nd2 O-O 11.c3 Nbd7

12.Ne2 Ng4 13.O-O Bxh2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Harry_Potter2008 (lichess 2064) - JimWest (lichess 2206), lichess 6/13/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O d5 8.c4 c6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Qa4+ Nc6 12.Nb3 O-O 13.Bg5 Be6

14.Nb5 Be7 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Nc5 Bxc5 17.dxc5 f5 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 Qf6 20.Qxf6 Rxf6 21.f4 d4 22.Bb5 a6 23.Ba4 Rc8 24.b4 d3 25.Kf2 Kg7 26.Ke3 a5 27.a3 axb4 28.axb4 Rh6 29.Rh1 Kf6 30.g3 Rg6 31.Bb5 Rg7 32.Rhc1 Bd5

33.Rd1 h5 34.Rg1 Rcg8 35.Kd4 Ke6 36.Rge1 Rd8 37.Ke3 h4 38.Kf2 hxg3+ 39.hxg3 Kf6 40.Re3 Rh8 41.Kg2 Rgh7 42.Kf2, White resigns.

15/10 PCG 6/12/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

TMS16 (Chess.com 1856) - JimWest (Chess.com 1928), Chess.com 6/12/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.b3 Bg4 9.Bb2 Nd7 10.Nbd2 O-O-O 11.Bd3 Bc5 12.Nc4 Re8 13.h3 h5

14.hxg4 hxg4 15.Bxe5 Qh6 16.Re1 Qh1#.

15/10 PCG Reversed 6/11/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1934) - Count99 (Chess.com 1909), Chess.com 6/11/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Qxe2 Nfd7 8.Bxf4 Nc5 9.Nf3 Be7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.d4 Ne6 12.Be3 c5 13.c3 Nc6 14.O-O f6

15.exf6 Rxf6 16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.Bxc5 Nxc5 18.Nd4 Rg6 19.Nxc6 bxc6 20.Rae1 Ne6 21.Kh1 Qd6 22.Qe5 Qxe5 23.Rxe5 Rf8 24.Rxf8+ Kxf8 25.g3 Ke7 26.Nf3 Kd6 27.Re2 Rf6 28.Kg2 Nc5 29.Nd2 a5 30.b4 Na4

31.bxa5 Nxc3 32.Re3 Nxa2 33.Ra3 Nb4 34.a6 Rf8 35.a7 Ra8 36.Nb3 c5 37.Ra5 c4 38.Nd4 c3 39.Nb5+ Kc5 40.Nxc3+ Kc4 41.Na4 Nc6 42.Nb6+ Kb4 43.Nxa8 Kxa5 44.Nc7 Nxa7 45.Nxd5 Nc6 46.Ne3 Ne7

47.g4 Kb5 48.Kg3 Kc5 49.h4 Kd4 50.Kf3 Ke5 51.h5 g6 52.hxg6 hxg6 53.g5 Nc6 54.Kg4 Ke4 55.Ng2 Ne5+ 56.Kg3 Kf5 57.Nh4+ Kxg5 58.Nxg6, draw.