2 PCG Reversed Games 7/3/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1807) - KingdomOfAttilan (Chess.com 1676), Chess.com 7/3/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.c3 f6 12.Qe1 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Ng5 14.f4 Ne6 15.Be3 f5 16.Nd2 Qe8 17.Kh1 Kh8

18.Rg1 Rg8 19.Bd3 Qh5 20.Qf2 Bh4 21.Qg2 Ne7 22.Nf3 g5 23.fxg5 f4 24.Bf2 Nxg5 25.Qg4 Qxg4 26.Rxg4 Nxf3 27.Rxh4 Nxh4 28.Bxh4 Ng6 29.Bf6+ Rg7 30.Rg1 Kg8 31.Bxg7 Kxg7 32.Kg2 Rf8 33.Kf3 Kh6

34.Bxg6 hxg6 35.Rg4 g5 36.h4 gxh4 37.Rxh4+ Kg5 38.Rg4+ Kh6 39.Rxf4 Rc8 40.Rf7 b6 41.Rd7 Rf8+ 42.Ke3 c6 43.Rd6+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2147) - PopilliiLaenates (lichess 2159), lichess 7/3/2021

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Bg4 6.Be2 exd3 7.exf6 Bxe2 8.Nxe2 dxe2 9.Qxe2+ Kd7 10.fxg7 Bxg7

11.Qg4+ Kc6 12.Qxg7 Re8+ 13.Kf2 Qh4+ 14.g3 Qe4 15.Qc3+ Kd7 16.Qd3+ Kc8 17.Qxe4 Rxe4 18.Nc3, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 7/2/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

proust (Chess.com 1651) - JimWest (Chess.com 1805), Chess.com 7/2/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Qg3 Kxh8 14.O-O-O Bf5

15.d5 Nb4 16.a3 Na6 17.Rhe1 Qf8 18.Qe5 Bg6 19.f3 Qg7 20.fxe4 Re8 21.Qd4 Bh5 22.Rd2 Qxg5 23.Qxa7 Nc5 24.h3 Qe5 25.Rf2 Bg6 26.Ref1 Nfxe4 27.Nxe4 Nxe4, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

bartdf (lichess 2228) - JimWest (lichess 2151), lichess 7/2/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bb3 Na6 6.a4 Nc5 7.Nbd2 Nxb3 8.Nxb3 Nf6 9.O-O fxe4 10.dxe4 Nxe4 11.Re1 Bf5 12.c4 Be7 13.Be3 O-O 14.Rc1 Bg4 15.Qe2 Ng5

16.Nbd2 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Nh3+ 18.Kh1 Nf4 19.Bxf4 Rxf4 20.Rg1 Bf8 21.Ne4 h6 22.Rg3 Rc8 23.Rd1 Kh8 24.Nc5 Qe7 25.Nd3 Rd4 26.Kg2 Re8 27.b3 e4 28.Nf4 exf3+ 29.Qxf3 Qe4 30.Qxe4 Rdxe4 31.Ng6+ Kg8 32.Nxf8 Rxf8 33.Rxd6 Re2

34.Rf3 Rxf3 35.Kxf3 Rb2 36.Rd3 a5 37.Kg3 Kh7 38.h4 h5 39.f4 Kh6 40.Rd6+ g6 41.Rd3 Rb1 42.Kg2 Rb2+ 43.Kg3 Rb1 44.Kg2 Rb2+ 45.Kg3, draw.

2 PCG Games 7/1/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

ssangel (Chess.com 1791) - JimWest (Chess.com 1801), Chess.com 7/1/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.a4 Nf6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.O-O Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 d5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Bb3 O-O 13.Nc3 Kh8 14.Rae1 Nd7

15.Qg4 Nc5 16.Ba2 Qd7 17.Qxd7 Nxd7 18.b4 a6 19.Bb3 b5 20.a5 Rae8 21.Nd1 g6 22.c3 Bg7 23.Re2 Nf6 24.Rfe1 e4 25.d4 Nh5 26.g3 Bh6 27.Ne3 Bxe3 28.Rxe3 Ng7 29.g4 Ne6 30.Rf1 Ng5 31.Kg2 Nf3 32.Bd1 Nd2 33.Rfe1 Nc4 34.R3e2 Kg7

35.Bb3 Rf3 36.Bxc4 bxc4 37.Rc2 Ref8 38.Re3 h5 39.Rce2 hxg4 40.hxg4 R8f4 41.Rxf3 Rxf3 42.Re3 Rxe3 43.fxe3 Kf6 44.Kg3 g5 45.Kf2 Ke6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Advait1603 (lichess 2187) - JimWest (lichess 2145), lichess 7/1/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Qe2 Be7 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.h4 h6 8.Nc3 Na6 9.Bd2 Nc5 10.Be3 fxe4 11.dxe4 Ne6 12.h5 Ng5 13.Nxg5 Bxg5 14.Bxg5 Qxg5 15.g3 Be6 16.Qd2 Qxd2+ 17.Kxd2 O-O-O

18.Rae1 Rgf8 19.Ref1 Bc4 20.Ne2 d5 21.exd5 Rxd5+ 22.Ke3 Rfd8 23.Nc3 Bxf1 24.Nxd5 Bg2 25.Ne7+ Kd7 26.Rg1 Kxe7 27.Rxg2 Rd1 28.a4 a5 29.b3 Ke6 30.f4 exf4+ 31.gxf4 Kf7 32.f5 Rh1

33.Rd2 Rxh5 34.Rd7+ Kf6 35.Rxb7 Rxf5 36.Ke4 Re5+ 37.Kf4 Re2 38.Ra7 Rxc2 39.Rxa5 g5+ 40.Kg4 Kg6 41.b4 Rc4+ 42.Kg3 Rxb4 43.Ra6 Rc4 44.a5 h5 45.Rb6 Rc3+ 46.Kg2 Kf5 47.a6 h4 48.a7 Ra3 49.Rb7 Kg4 50.Rb4+ Kh5 51.Rb7 g4

52.Rh7+ Kg5 53.Rg7+ Kf5 54.Rf7+ Kg6 55.Rc7 Ra2+ 56.Kg1 Kf5 57.Rf7+ Ke4 58.Rh7 h3 59.Rg7 Kf3 60.Rf7+ Kg3 61.Rf5 Rxa7 62.Rf1 Ra3 63.Kh1 Kh4 64.Rd1 g3 65.Rd4+ Kg5 66.Rd1 Kf4 67.Rf1+ Ke3

68.Re1+ Kf3 69.Rf1+ Kg4 70.Re1 Rd3 71.Rc1 c5 72.Rf1 c4 73.Rc1 c3 74.Kg1 Rd2 75.Kf1 c2 76.Rxc2 Rxc2 77.Ke1 h2 78.Kd1 Ra2 79.Kc1 h1=Q#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/30/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1816) - Thugmoves (Chess.com 1673), Chess.com 6/30/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d5 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Qb4+ 8.Bd2 Qxb2 9.exf6+ Be6 10.Bc3 Bb4 11.Qd2 Bxc3 12.Qxc3 Qc1+ 13.Kf2 d4 14.Qe1 Qxc2+ 15.Nd2 gxf6 16.Ngf3 O-O-O 17.Be2 Bd5 18.Rf1 Rhg8 19.Kg1 Nb4

20.Rc1 Qxa2 21.Rf2 Nc2 22.Rxc2 Qxc2 23.Nxd4 Qc3 24.Nf5 Rde8 25.Nf3 Qxe1+ 26.Nxe1 Rxg2+ 27.Nxg2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ianogata (lichess 2044) - JimWest (lichess 2174), lichess 6/30/2021

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.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O c6 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Qxc3 Nbd7 13.f3 Qe8

14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.h4 b5 16.fxe4 Nxe4 17.Qb4 a5 18.Qb3 Nf2 19.Bd3 Nxh1 20.Rxh1 h6 21.Bd2 Qe7 22.Rg1 Qxh4 23.g4 Qf2 24.Rf1 Qxf1+ 25.Bxf1 Rxf1+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/29/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

joe0011 (Chess.com 1778) - JimWest (Chess.com 1807), Chess.com 6/29/2021

1.e4 e5 2/Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.Bb3 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nbd7 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Rd1 O-O-O 14.Be6 Kb8 15.Bd2 g5 16.Be1 h5

17.Rd2 Bb4 18.Rad1 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Nc5 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8 22.Bf5 Nxa4 23.c4 Qd4 24.Qa3 Nc5 25.Bb4 b6 26.Bxc5 Qxc5 27.Qxc5 bxc5 28.Kf1 g4 29.h4 Kc7

30.Ke2 Kb6 31.Kd2 Ka5 32.Kc3 Ka4 33.Bc8 Nxe4+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2167) - marranga (lichess 2162), lichess 6/29/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxf4 Bc5 7.d4 Bb6 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Bd3 h6 10.h3 c5 11.c3 Nc6 12.Bb5 cxd4 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.cxd4 c5 15.Nc3 cxd4 16.Nxd4 Nc5 17.O-O Ne6 18.Be3 Qh4

19.Nf5 Bxe3+ 20.Nxe3 d4 21.Nf5 Qg5 22.Ne4 Qd8 23.Ned6 Ba6 24.Rf2 Qg5 25.Ne4 Qd8 26.Qg4 Ng5 27.h4 Ne6 28.Nxh6+ Kh8 29.Nxf7+ Rxf7 30.Qh5+ Kg8 31.Qxf7+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 6/28/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1827) - Sergio8383 (Chess.com 1629), Chess.com 6/28/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.O-O c5 12.c3 cxd4 13.cxd4 c6 14.Nc3 f5 15.exf6 Nxf6 16.Qe1+ Be7 17.Ne5 Bd7 18.Nxd7 Qxd7

19.Na4 Qc7 20.Nc5 Qa7 21.Qe6 Qc7 22.Bg5 Qc8 23.Rae1 Qxe6 24.Rxe6 Kf7 25.Rxc6 Rab8 26.b3 Rb4 27.Be3 a5 28.Nd7 a4 29.Ne5+ Ke8 30.Rc8+ Bd8 31.Rxd8+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2178) - Maslenko (lichess 2113), lichess 6/28/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 Ng4 6.Nh3 Nc6 7.Nxd5 O-O 8.c3 f5 9.b4 Bb6 10.a4 fxe4 11.dxe4 exf4 12.Bxf4 a6 13.Nxb6 Qxd1+ 14.Rxd1 cxb6 15.Bc4+ Kh8 16.O-O Nf6

17.Bg5 Bxh3 18.Bxf6 Bxg2 19.Bxg7+ Kxg7 20.Kxg2 Ne5 21.Bd5 Ng4 22.Rde1 Rxf1+ 23.Kxf1 Nxh2+ 24.Kg2 Ng4 25.Bxb7 Ra7 26.Bc8 Ne5 27.Bf5 a5 28.bxa5 Rxa5 29.Rb1 Rxa4 30.Rxb6 Rc4

31.Rb7+ Kf6 32.Rxh7 Rxc3 33.Rh3 Rxh3 34.Kxh3 Nf7 35.Kg4 Nd6 36.Kf4 Nxe4 37.Bxe4, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/27/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1828) - eureka444 (Chess.com 1674), Chess.com 6/27/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Nxe2 dxe4 7.fxe5 exd3 8.exf6 dxe2 9.Qxe2+ Kd7 10.fxg7 Bxg7

11.Qg4+ Kc6 12.Qxg7 Re8+ 13.Kf2 Qh4+ 14.g3 Qe7 15.Qc3+ Kd7 16.Be3 Kc8 17.Nd2 Nc6 18.Nf3 a5 19.Rhe1, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

MarioGo (lichess 2135) - JimWest (lichess 2170), lichess 6/27/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Ng5 h6 10.Ne6 Bxe6 11.Bxe6 Nbd7 12.Qd2 O-O-O 13.Rd1 Bb4

14.a3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Kb8 16.f3 Nc5, White resigns.

10/5 PCG 6/26/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Ken_Maynard (lichess 2217) - JimWest (lichess 2167), lichess 6/26/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Bxg8 Rxg8 5.d4 fxe4 6.Ng5 h6 7.Nxe4 d5 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qxe5+ Kf7 10.Nec3 c6 11.O-O Bd6 12.Qe2 Qh4 13.g3 Qxd4 14.Bxh6 g5 15.Qh5+ Kf6 16.h4 gxh4

17.Be3 Qg4 18.Qxg4 Rxg4 19.Ne2 hxg3 20.fxg3+ Kg7 21.Kg2 b6 22.Nd2 Ba6 23.Bd4+ Kg8 24.c4 dxc4 25.Rf6 Bb4 26.Nf3 Nd7 27.Rh6 Bb7 28.Rah1 c5 29.Rh8+ Kf7 30.R1h7+ Ke6 

31.Nf4+ Rxf4 32.gxf4 cxd4 33.Kf2 Rxh8 34.Rxh8 Bxf3 35.Kxf3 c3 36.bxc3 dxc3 37.Rh2 Nc5 38.Ke3 Kf5 39.Kf3 Ne6 40.Rh5+ Kf6 41.Rh6+ Ke7 42.Rh2 c2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/25/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

quicksilver_k (Chess.com 1764) - JimWest (Chess.com 1906), Chess.com 6/25/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Bd3 e4 7.Qe2 Qe7 8.O-O exd3 9.Qxd3 Qd6 10.Re1+ Be7 11.Nc3 c6 12.Bg5 Nf6 13.Re2 O-O 14.Rae1 Bd8 15.Bh4 Bg4 16.h3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Bc7 18.Bg3 Qd8 19.Re7 Nbd7

20.Qf5 Bxg3 21.fxg3 Rf7 22.R7e6 Nf8 23.R6e3 Ne4 24.Qg4 Nxc3 25.bxc3 Qd7 26.Qg5 h6 27.Qh5 Qf5 28.Qe2 Nd7 29.Rf3 Qg6 30.Re3 Raf8 31.g4 Nf6 32.Re6 Qg5 33.Re5 Qh4

34.Qe3 Ne4 35.Kh1 Rf1+ 36.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 37.Kh2 Qf2 38.Re8+ Kh7 39.Qd3 Qg1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Bahaa04 (lichess 2180) - JimWest (lichess 2179), lichess 6/25/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne7

9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qh6 Nf5 11.Qh3 Nd4 12.Qh6 Nf5 13.Qh3 Nd4 14.Qh6 Nf5, draw.

15/10 PCG 6/24/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

chesspoki (Chess.com 1720) - JimWest (Chess.com 1901), Chess.com 6/24/2021

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.Ng4 Bxg4 12.Bxg4 Nbd7 13.Ne2 Bd6 14.Ng3 Qc7 15.Bxd7 Nxd7 16.Qg4 Rae8

17.Nf5 Nf6 18.Nh6+ Kh8 19.Qh4 Ng8 20.Nxg8 Kxg8 21.Rae1 Be7 22.Bxe7 Qxe7 23.Qxe7 Rxe7 24.Re3 Ref7 25.b3 Rd8 26.Rd1 Rfd7 27.c3 a5 28.b4 axb4 29.cxb4 Ra8 30.a3 Ra4 31.Rc1 Rd8 32.Kf1 Rda8

33.Ra1 Rxb4 34.Rd1 Rc4 35.Rb3 b5 36.Ke2 Raa4 37.Ke3 Rc2 38.f3 exf3 39.Kxf3 Rac4 40.Rdd3 Ra2 41.Rdc3 Rd2 42.Rd3 Rcxd4 43.Rxd2 Rxd2 44.Rc3 Ra2 45.Rxc6 Rxa3+ 46.Ke2 d4 47.Rd6 Ra4 48.Rd5 Rb4

49.Kd3 Kf7 50.Rxd4 Rxd4+ 51.Kxd4 Ke6 52.Kc5 Ke5 53.Kxb5 g5 54.Kc6 h5 55.Kd7 h4 56.Ke7 g4 57.Kf7 Kf5 58.Kg7 Kg5 59.g3 hxg3 60.hxg3 Kf5  61.Kh6 Kf6 62.Kh5 Kf7 63.Kxg4 Kg6

64.Kf4 Kf6 65.Kg4 Kg6 66.Kh4 Kh6 67.g4 Kg6 68.g5 Kg7 69.Kh5 Kh7 70.g6+ Kg7 71.Kg5 Kg8 72.Kh6 Kh8 73.g7+ Kg8 74.Kg6, stalemate.

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/23/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1919) - ALRAYBX (Chess.com 1922), Chess.com 6/23/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 dxe4 7.Bc4 c5 8.c3 cxd4 9.cxd4 Bb4+ 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Nge2 Ncxe5 12.dxe5 Qxd1+ 13.Kxd1 Nf2+ 14.Kc2 Nxh1 15.Be3 Be6 16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Rxh1 Ba5

18.Nxe4 Bb6 19.Nd6+ Ke7 20.Bxb6 axb6 21.Kb1 Ra5 22.Nc4 Rc5 23.b3 b5 24.Nb2 Rxe5 25.Ng3 Rf8 26.Rc1 Rf2 27.Nd3 Ree2 28.Nxf2 Rxf2 29.Rc7+ Kd6 30.Rxg7 Rxg2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Cincinnato2020 (lichess 2168) - JimWest (lichess 2188), lichess 6/23/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.fxe6 Bb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Re8 12.f3 Rxe6 13.fxe4 Nxe4 14.Bd3 Nd7 15.c4 Ndf6 16.cxd5 Qxd5 17.Bb2 Rb6

18.c4 Qd7 19.Qc2 Re8 20.Rae1 Rbe6 21.d5 R6e7 22.Re2 Nc5 23.Rxe7 Qxe7 24.Bf5 Qe3+ 25.Kh1 Nfe4 26.g4 Nd3 27.Be6+ Kh8 28.Ba3 Nef2+ 29.Kg2 Qe4+ 30.Kg3 Rxe6 31.dxe6 Qxg4#.