PCG Reversed & PCG 8/10/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1918) - familyraya (Chess.com 1779), Chess.com 8/10/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4

8.fxe5 Nf2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Jafarzada_Ali (lichess 2196) - JimWest (lichess 2199), lichess 8/10/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Be2 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 c6

9.Nh4 Be6 10.f4 exf4 11.Bxf4 Nd5 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.g3 Bxh4 14.gxh4 Qxh4, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 8/9/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Babuganesan (Chess.com 1767) - JimWest (Chess.com 1904), Chess.com 8/9/2021

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.f3 Nge7

12.Be3 exf3 13.gxf3 d4 14.Bd2 d3 15.Qg2 Ne5 16.f4 Nc4, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

lautia (lichess 2171) - JimWest (lichess 2194), lichess 8/9/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nxe4 Be7 8.Nec3 Bxe6 9.Bf4 Nf6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O c6 12.Re1 Bf7 13.Nd2 Nbd7 14.Nf3 Bh5 15.Be2 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Bb4 17.Qd3 Bxc3 18.Qxc3 Re8

19.Bg5 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1 Qf8 21.Qb3 Re8 22.Rxe8 Qxe8 23.Kf1 Qb8 24.c4 dxc4 25.Qxc4+ Kh8 26.Bf4 Qg8 27.Qxg8+ Kxg8 28.Ke2 Kf7 29.Kd3 Ke6 30.b4 Ne5+ 31.Bxe5 Kxe5 32.h3 Nd5 33.Bxd5 Kxd5 34.a3 c5

35.b5 h5 36.f4 h4 37.a4 b6 38.Ke2 Ke4, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/8/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1912) - Rozentuzjazmowany (Chess.com 1708), Chess.com 8/8/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Bc5 6.c3 d5 7.e5 Qe7 8.d4 Bb6 9.Be2 Ne4 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.O-O O-O-O 12.Kh1 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Ng5 14.Bxg5 Qxg5 15.f4 Qh4 16.Nd2 Ne7

17.Qe1 Qh6 18.Qg3 Kb8 19.Qg5 Qxg5 20.fxg5 Rdf8 21.Bh5 g6 22.Bg4 h6 23.gxh6 Rxh6 24.Rf2 Rfh8 25.Nf1 R6h7 26.Re1 c6 27.Kg2 g5 28.h3 Ng6 29.Re3 Nf4+ 30.Rxf4 gxf4 31.Rf3 Rf8 32.Rxf4 Bc7 33.Rf3 a5

34.a4 b5 35.Bd7 Rg7+ 36.Kh1 Rd8 37.Bxc6 bxa4 38.Bxa4 Kb7 39.Ne3 Kb6 40.Bb3 Rh8 41.Nxd5+ Kb7 42.Nxc7 Kxc7 43.Bxf7 Rf8 44.e6 Kd6 45.Kh2 Rb8 46.Rf2 Rb7 47.c4 Rb4 48.c5+ Ke7 49.d5 Rb5 50.d6+ Kd8 51.e7+ Kd7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ganesan2020 (lichess 2055) - JimWest (lichess 2202), lichess 8/8/2021

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.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qd2 e3

11.Qc3 exf2+ 12.Kxf2 Nxb4 13.Qxb4 Ne7 14.Bd3 O-O+ 15.Kg1 Qe3#.

2 PCG Games 8/7/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Zoundz (Chess.com 1966) - JimWest (Chess.com 1903), Chess.com 8/7/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.f3 d5 7.fxe4 h6 8.e5 hxg5 9.Bxg5 Be7 10.exf6 gxf6 11.Bf4 Bxf5 12.Nc3 c6 13.Be2 Qb6 14.O-O Qxb2

15.Bxb8 Rxb8 16.Rxf5 Qxc3 17.Rb1 Bd6 18.Bh5+ Kd8 19.h3 Qe3+ 20.Kh1 Qg3 21.Kg1 Qe3+ 22.Kh1 Qg3 23.Kg1 Qe3+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Bubalo2222 (lichess 2118) - JimWest (lichess 2194), lichess 8/7/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Ng5 h6 8.Nf3 fxe4 9.Nxe5 Bf5 10.c3 Bd6 11.f4 Nf6 12.h3 h5 13.Be3 Ne6 14.Bxe6 Bxe6 15.Ng6 Rg8 16.Nd2 O-O-O 17.O-O-O Nd5

18.Rhe1 Nxe3 19.Rxe3 Bf5 20.Ne5 g5 21.g3 gxf4 22.gxf4 Bc5 23.Ree1 e3 24.Ndc4 Rxd1+ 25.Kxd1 Bxh3 26.Nxe3 Rf8 27.Rh1 Bxe3 28.Rxh3 Bxf4 29.Ng6 Rd8+ 30.Kc2 Rd2+ 31.Kb3 Bd6 32.Rxh5 b6 33.Ne5 Bxe5 34.Rxe5 a5

35.a4 Kb7 36.Re6 Rh2 37.Rg6 Rh1 38.Rf6 Rh4 39.Rg6 Rf4 40.Rh6 Rg4 41.Rf6 Rh4 42.Rg6 Rf4 43.Rh6 Rg4 44.Re6 Rf4 45.Rg6 Rh4 46.Rf6 Rg4 47.Re6 Rh4 48.Rf6 Rg4 49.Re6, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/6/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Jankosom (Chess.com 1846) - JimWest (Chess.com 1902), Chess.com 8/6/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 Bxf5 8.Qe2 Nc6 9.Nb3 O-O-O 10.Nc3 d5 11.O-O-O Nf6 12.h3 h5 13.Re1 Rhe8 14.Nd1 Kb8

15.Ne3 Be6 16.c3 g6 17.Nc5 Nd7 18.Nxb7 Kxb7 19.Qa6+ Kb8 20.Qxc6 Nb6 21.Ba6 Bc8 22.Bxc8 Kxc8 23.Qxg6 Rh8 24.Qc6 Rd6 25.Qb5 Qf7 26.Rhf1 Rf6 27.Qe2 Rf8 28.Nd1 Nc4

29.b3 Nd6 30.Qxh5 Qxh5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1901) - Jankosom (Chess.com 1847), Chess.com 8/6/2021

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 Bd7 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.O-O Be7 12.c3 O-O 13.Be3 Bb5 14.Re1 Bh4 15.Nxh4 Qxh4 16.Nd2 Nxd2 17.Qxd2 Rae8

18.Qf2 Qxf2+ 19.Bxf2 Bd3 20.Re3 Be4 21.c4 c6 22.Rc1 f6 23.exf6 Rxf6 24.cxd5 cxd5 25.Rc7 Rf7 26.Rec3 Ref8 27.Rxf7 Rxf7 28.Rc8+ Rf8 29.Rc7 Rf7 30.Rc8+ Rf8 31.Rc7 Rf7 32.Rc8+, draw,

2 PCG Games 8/5/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

theokrause (Chess.com 1880) - JimWest (Chess.com 1895), Chess.com 8/5/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.Nd2 Bd6 10.f4 Ne6 11.Bxe6 Bxe6 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Kb1 e3

14.Ndc4 Ne4 15.Nxd6 cxd6 16.Nd3 Nxg5 17.fxg5 d5 18.Rde1 d4 19.c3 Bf5 20.Kc2 Rad8 21.cxd4 Rxd4 22.Rd1 Rc8+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Akshay_r2005 (lichess 2120) - JimWest (lichess 2197), lichess 8/5/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qd2 c6 7.Be2 O-O 8.h4 b5 9.a3 a5

10.d4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Nh2 exd4 13.Qxd4 d5 14.Bxb5 Bxg5 15.Bxc6 Nxc6 16.hxg5 Nxd4, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/4/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1877) - Liebhaber_e4 (Chess.com 1911), Chess.com 8/4/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 Nf2 8.Qf3 Be6 9.d5 Bg4 10.Qf4 Bh5 11.Bxe3 Nxh1 12.Nc3 Be7 13.Nf3 Nd7 14.O-O-O Bxf3 15.gxf3 Nf2 16.d6 O-O 17.dxe7 Qxe7 18.Bxf2 Qxe5

19.Bg3 Qxf4+ 20.Bxf4 Nf6 21.Be5 c6 22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.Ne4 f5 24.Nd6 Kg7 25.Nxf5+ Kf6 26.Nd6 b5 27.Bxf7 Ke5 28.Bb3 Rxf3 29.Nxb5 cxb5 30.Bd5 Raf8 31.Bxf3 Rxf3 32.Re1+ Kf6 33.Kd2 a5

34.a3 h5 35.Ke2 Rh3 36.Rf1+ Ke5 37.Rf2 Ke4 38.Kf1 h4 39.Kg2 Re3 40.h3 Rg3+ 41.Kh2 Re3 42.Rd2 Kf3 43.b3 b4 44.axb4 axb4 45.Rd4 Re2+ 46.Kg1 Kg3 47.Rd3+ Kf4 48.Rd4+ Re4 49.Rd3 Re3 50.Kf2 Re4

51.c3 bxc3 52.Rxc3 Re6 53.Rc4+ Kg5 54.Rg4+ Kh5 55.b4 Rc6 56.Rd4 Rc3 57.Kg2 Rb3 58.Rd5+ Kg6 59.b5 Rg3+ 60.Kh2 Rb3 61.Rd6+ Kg5 62.b6 Rb2+ 63.Kg1 Kf4 64.Rg6 Kf3 65.Kh1 Rb1+ 66.Kh2 Rb2+ 67.Kh1 Rb1+ 68.Kh2 Rb2+ 69.Kh1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

thechesslovers3 (lichess 2201) - JimWest (lichess 2188), lichess 8/4/2021

1.e4  e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.d3 Be7 7.Nc3 c6 8.Ne4 h6 9.h3 Nd7 10.Ng3 Be6 11.Be3 d5 12.c3 Qc7 13.Qa4 Nc5 14.Qc2 O-O-O 15.d4 exd4 16.Nxd4 Bd7 17.O-O-O Bg5

18.Rde1 Bxe3+ 19.Rxe3 Rde8 20.Rhe1 Rxe3 21.Rxe3 Qf4 22.b4 Re8 23.Qd2 Rxe3 24.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 25.fxe3 Na4 26.Ndf5 Bxf5 27.Nxf5 Nxc3 28.a3 Kd7 29.Nxg7 Ne4 30.Kd1 Nd6 31.Ke2 Ke7 32.Nh5 Kf7 33.Kd3 Nb5 34.a4 Nd6 35.g4 b6

36.Kd4 Ne4 37.b5 cxb5 38.axb5 Nd6 39.Kxd5 Nxb5 40.Kc6 Nc3 41.Nf4 b5 42.Nd3 a6 43.Kb6 Nd5+ 44.Kxa6 Nxe3 45.Kxb5 Kf6 46.Kc5 Kg5 47.Kd4 Nxg4 48.hxg4 Kxg4 49.Ke4 h5 50.Nf4 h4 51.Ke3 Kg3 52.Ke4 h3 53.Nxh3, draw.

10/5 PCG 8/3/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

chess77ii (lichess 2227) - JimWest (lichess 2190), lichess 8/3/2021

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.a4 Rf8

12.Nf7 Qxf7 13.Be3 d4 14.cxd4 Nxd4 15.Qd2 Nb3 16.Bxc5 Nxd2 17.Bxf8 Nxb1 18.Bb4 e3 19.Rxb1 Qxf2+ 20.Kd1 Bb3+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/2/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Philethanh (Chess.com 1818) - JimWest (Chess.com 1873), Chess.com 8/2/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.c4 d5 7.cxd5 Qxd5 8.Nb3 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.Bd2 Bxc3 11.bxc3 O-O

12.Be2 e3 13.Bxe3 Qxg2 14.Bf3 Qg6 15.Bxb7 Be4 16.Bxa8 Bxa8 17.Rf1 Nd5 18.Kd2 Nd7 19.Rg1 Qd6 20.Qg4 g6 21.Bh6 Rxf2+ 22.Kd1 Nxc3+ 23.Kc1 Qa3#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2196) - Kolomytchenko (lichess 2173), lichess 8/2/2021

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 c6 11.O-O-O Be6

12.d5 cxd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Bxd5 Nd7 15.Bxb7 Rd8 16.Bc6 g6 17.Qh3 Qe6 18.Qxe6+ fxe6 19.Nf3 Bh6 20.Bxh6 Nf2 21.Rd2 Ng4 22.Bg5, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/1/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Scorpion1977OV (Chess.com 1813) - JimWest (Chess.com 1868), Chess.com 8/1/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Ng5 d5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Be3 Bd6 9.Nd2 O-O 10.Nf1 h6 11.Nh3 c6 12.g4 Bc8 13.Nf4 Nxg4 14.Bxg4 Bxf4 15.Bxc8 Qxc8 16.Qh5 Qf5

17.Qe2 Bxe3 18.fxe3 Qf3 19.Qxf3 Rxf3 20.Ke2 Nd7 21.Nd2 Rf7 22.Rhg1 Raf8 23.Rg2 Kh8 24.Rag1 Nf6 25.h3 Ne8 26.Nf1 Nd6 27.Nh2 Nf5 28.Ng4 Nh4 29.Ne5 Nxg2 30.Nxf7+ Rxf7 31.Rxg2 Rf3 32.h4 Rh3

33.Rg6 Rxh4 34.Rd6 Rh2+ 35.Kd1 Rh1+ 36.Kd2 h5 37.Rd7 h4 38.Rxb7 h3 39.Rf7 h2 40.Rf4 Rd1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2191) - miswanto01 (lichess 2175), lichess 8/1/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Nbd2 Be6 9.h3 Qd7 10.Ng5 h6 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Bh5+ Kd8 13.O-O e5 14.Be3 Qe6 15.Bg6 d5 16.Bf5 Qd6

17.Nb3 d4 18.Bd2 a5 19.a4 b6 20.Qe2 Bf8 21.c3 Ne7 22.cxd4 Nxf5 23.Rxf5 exd4 24.Qf2 c5 25.e5 Qe6 26.exf6 Qxb3 27.Qf3 Ra7 28.Rd5+ Rd7 29.Rxd7+ Kxd7 30.fxg7 Bxg7 31.Qb7+ Kd6 32.Qxg7 Rg8

33.Bf4+ Kc6 34.Qxh6+ Kb7 35.Rc1 Rxg2+ 36.Kxg2 Qxb2+ 37.Kh1 Qe2 38.Qh7+ Ka6 39.Qe4 Qxe4+ 40.dxe4 Kb7 41.h4 Kc6 42.h5 Kd7 43.h6 Ke7 44.h7 Kf7 45.h8=Q, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 7/31/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

deanbuil5 (Chess.com 1806) - JimWest (Chess.com 1861), Chess.com 7/31/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Qh5+ Nxh5 10.Bxd8 Kxd8 11.Nf7+ Ke7 12.Nxh8 Be6 13.Be2 Nf6 14.O-O Bxc3 15.bxc3 Nbd7 16.Rab1 b6 17.f4 Rxh8

18.f5 Bf7 19.g4 h6 20.h4 Nh7 21.a4 a5 22.Kg2 Rd8 23.Kg3 Ndf6 24.Kf4 Be8 25.g5 hxg5 26.hxg5 Nxg5 27.Kxg5 Bxa4 28.Rb2 Kf7 29.Rh1 Kg8 30.c4 c6 31.cxd5 cxd5 32.Bb5 Bxb5 33.Rxb5 Rd6 34.Rhb1 e3

35.Kf4 e2 36.Re1 Ne4 37.Ke5 Rd8 38.c4 Re8+ 39.Kxd5 Nc3+ 40.Kc6 Nxb5 41.Kxb5 Re4 42.Kxb6 Rxd4 43.c5 Rd2 44.Kxa5 Kf7 45.Kb6 Kf6 46.c6 Rb2+ 47.Ka7 Kxf5 48.c7 Rc2 49.Kb7 Rb2+ 50.Ka7 Ra2+ 51.Kb7 Rb2+ 52.Ka7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

bady67 (lichess 2175) - JimWest (lichess 2184), lichess 7/31/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.c3 Qf6 7.Bxg8 Rxg8 8.d4 Bg4 9.Qb3 Qf7 10.Qxf7+ Kxf7 

11.Ne1 Be2 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Nf3 Bxf1 14.Kxf1 Nd7 15.Nbd2 Bd6 16.Nc4 Bc7 17.a4 Rae8 18.g3 g5 19.b4 Nf6 20.Ncd2 Rd8 21.Ke2 g4 22.Nh4 f3+ 23.Ke1 Rxd2 24.Bxd2 Nxe4 25.Rc1 Bb6

26.Be3 Bxe3 27.fxe3 Rd8 28.Nf5 h5 29.c4 Kf6 30.Nh4 Rd3 31.Rd1 f2+ 32.Ke2 Rxd1, White resigns.