PCG & PCG Reversed 11/9/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

lennyfield (Chess.com 1683) - JimWest (Chess.com 1847), Chess.com 11/9/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Be2 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Nd4 Nf6 8.Bh5+ g6 9.Be2 Bc5 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.O-O O-O 12.d3 exd3 13.Bxd3 c6 14.a4 Bg4 15.Qd2 Nbd7 16.Qc3 Bc7

17.f3 Bxg3 18.hxg3 Be6 19.Nd4 Bf7 20.f4 Nh5 21.Be2 Ng7 22.Bd3 Nf6 23.f5 gxf5 24.Nxf5 Nxf5 25.Rxf5 Bg6 26.Rg5 Ne4 27.Bxe4 dxe4 28.Qc4+ Kh8 29.Be3 Rf7 30.Bd4+ Kg8 31.Rg4 Qd5 32.Qc3 Rd8 33.Be3 Rd6

34.Rg5 Qe6 35.Re5 Qf6 36.Bg5 Qf2+ 37.Kh2 Rd5 38.Rxd5 cxd5 39.Bh6 Qf5 40.Rd1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2168) - Topolino_4 (lichess 2120), lichess 11/9/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Ng4 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Nf3 Re8 10.Bd3 Bf5 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 Bxe4 13.Bxe4 Rxe4 14.Ng5 Ne3

15.Qh5 Nxf1 16.Qxh7+ Kf8 17.Qxe4 Qd7 18.Kxf1 Qb5+ 19.Qe2 Qxg5 20.fxg5, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/8/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

joeohio2017 (Chess.com 1986) - JimWest (Chess.com 1854), Chess.com 11/8/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.e6 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 O-O-O 13.Qd4 Qc5 14.Be2 Qxd4 15.cxd4 Rxh8 16.O-O Rf8

17.Rfc1 Ng4 18.Bxg4 Bxg4 19.c4 Be6 20.cxd5 Bxd5 21.Rc3 c6 22.Rb1 h6 23.Bh4 g5 24.Bg3 h5 25.h3 h4 26.Bh2 Nf6 27.Be5 Nh5 28.Rc5 Nf4 29.Bxf4 gxf4 30.Rbc1 Kb8 31.R5c3 Rg8 32.Kf1 f3 33.gxf3 exf3 34.Re3 b5

35.Rcc3 a5 36.Rxf3 Bxf3 37.Rxf3 Kb7 38.Rf4 Rh8 39.Ke2 Kb6 40.Kd3 Rh5 41.Ke3 b4 42.axb4 axb4 43.Kd3 Kb5 44.Kc2 c5 45.Kd3 c4+ 46.Kc2 Ka4 47.d5 Rxd5 48.Rxc4 Rf5 49.f4 Ka3 50.Kc1 Kb3 51.Re4 Rc5+ 52.Kb1 Rc3

53.Re1 Rxh3 54.Rf1 Rc3 55.f5 Rc7 56.f6 Rf7 57.Rf3+ Ka4 58.Kb2 h3 59.Rxh3 Rxf6 60.Re3 Rf2+ 61.Kb1 b3 62.Rc3 Ka3 63.Rc1 Rb2+ 64.Ka1 Rh2 65.Kb1 Rg2 66.Rd1 Rb2+ 67.Ka1 Rc2 68.Kb1 Ra2 69.Re1 Rd2

70.Rf1 Rb2+ 71.Ka1 Rh2 72.Kb1 Rg2 73.Re1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2184) - Rolyfcb (lichess 2190), lichess 11/8/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 e3 8.Nf3 Nf2 9.Qe2 Nxh1 10.Bxe3 a6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.Nbd2 Bg4 13.O-O-O Be7 14.Rxh1 O-O 15.Qc4 Rb8 16.Rf1 Qd5 17.Qxd5 cxd5

18.h3 Be6 19.Bg5 Bxg5 20.Nxg5 h6 21.Ngf3 f6 22.Re1 Rb5 23.Nb3 fxe5 24.Nxe5 Bf5 25.g4 Be4 26.Nc5 Rf2 27.Nxe4 dxe4 28.Rxe4 Rf1+ 29.Kd2 Rxb2 30.Nd3 Rxa2 31.Re8+ Kh7 32.Re7 Rh1 33.Rxc7 Rxh3

34.d5 Rh2+ 35.Kc1 Rh1+ 36.Kd2 Ra5 37.d6 Rd5 38.d7 Rh2+ 39.Ke3 Rh4 40.Ke4, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/7/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

limsa76 (Chess.com 1657) - JimWest (Chess.com 1849), Chess.com 11/7/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Bd3 e4 7.Qe2 Be7 8.Ne5 exd3 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Nxg6 Nf6 11.Qd1 hxg6 12.Qxd3 Rg8 13.Nc3 c6 14.Bd2 Bf5 15.Qe2 Kf7 16.O-O-O Bd6 17.f3 Re8 18.Qf2 Qc7

19.h3 Bg3 20.Qf1 Nbd7 21.Ne2 Nh5 22.f4 Re4 23.Qf3 Rxe2 24.Qxe2 Re8 25.Qf3 Be4 26.Qg4 Ndf6 27.Qg5 Bxf4 28.Bxf4 Qxf4+ 29.Qxf4 Nxf4 30.g4 Bxh1 31.Rxh1 Ne2+ 32.Kd2 Nxd4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Yury_Drakakhrust (lichess 2141) - JimWest (lichess 2179), lichess 11/7/2021

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.Nc3 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Re1 O-O 12.Nxe4 Bxe5 13.Bxe6+ Nxe6 14.fxe4 Nd7

15.Nc3 Rf5 16.Bd2 Nxe5 17.Rad1 Nd4 18.Nd5 Nef3+ 19.gxf3 Nxf3+ 20.Kh1 Rxd5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/6/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

justlikecheckers (Chess.com 1732) - JimWest (Chess.com 1853), Chess.com 11/6/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nc3 a5 8.a4 Na6 9.O-O f4 10.h3 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.d4 Qc7 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Qd2 Qe7 15.Rad1 Be6 16.Qe2 O-O

17.Rd2 Bxc4 18.Qxc4+ Kh8 19.Rfd1 Qb4 20.Qxb4 axb4 21.Ne2 Nc5 22.b3 Nxe4 23.Rd7 Nc5 24.Rc7 Bd8 25.Rxd8 Rfxd8 26.Nxe5 Rd1+ 27.Kh2 Rd2 28.Nxf4 Rxf2 29.Nh5 Rg8 30.Kg1 Rxc2 31.Ng6+ Kh7

32.Ne5 Rc1+ 33.Kf2 Rf8+ 34.Ke2 Ne6 35.Rxb7 Nf4+ 36.Nxf4 Rxf4 37.Kd2 Rc3 38.a5 Rf2+ 39.Ke1 Ra2 40.Kd1 Rxa5 41.Nc4 Rd5+ 42.Ke1 Rxb3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ClassicalCam (lichess 2154) - JimWest (lichess 2182), lichess 11/6/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc3 d5 7.Nb3 Nf6 8.Be2 c6 9.O-O Bd6 10.f3 O-O 11.Bg5 Qc7 12.f4 h6 13.Bxf6 Rxf6 14.g3 Nd7 15.Bg4 Raf8

16.Qe2 b5 17.Nd1 a5 18.Ne3 Bxg4 19.Qxg4 a4 20.Nd2 R6f7 21.b3 axb3 22.axb3 Nf6 23.Qe2 Qb6 24.Kg2 Qxd4 25.Nf5 Qc5 26.b4 Qxb4 27.Rfb1 Qc5 28.Nb3 Qc4 29.Qxc4 bxc4 30.Nxd6 cxb3 31.Nxf7 bxc2 32.Nxh6+ gxh6

33.Rb2 Ng4 34.h3 Ne3+ 35.Kh2 d4 36.Re1 Rd8 37.g4 d3 38.Rxe3 d2 39.Re2 d1=Q 40.Rexc2 Qd5 41.Kg3 e3 42.Re2 Qd4 43.Kf3 Rf8 44.f5 h5 45.Rbc2 hxg4+ 46.hxg4 Re8 47.Rg2 Qe4+ 48.Kg3 Rd8

49.Rce2 Rd4 50.Kh3 c5 51.f6 Kf7 52.g5 Qh4#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/5/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1839) - xeexu (Chess.com 1842), Chess.com 11/5/2021

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 f6 10.exf6 Qxf6 11.O-O Bd6 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 O-O 14.h3 Bh5 15.Bd2 Qg6 16.Bd3 Qg3

17.Be1 Qf4 18.Qc1 Qxc1 19.Rxc1 Bxf3 20.Rxf3 Rxf3 21.gxf3 Re8 22.Kg2 Ne7 23.Bh4 Ng6 24.Bxg6 hxg6 25.Re1 Rxe1 26.Bxe1 Kf7 27.Bg3 Bxg3 28.Kxg3 Kf6 29.Kg4 b6 30.h4 c5 31.dxc5 bxc5 32.a3 a6 33.a4 a5

34.Kf4 Ke6 35.Kg5 Kf7 36.f4 d4 37.cxd4 cxd4 38.f5 gxf5 39.Kxf5 g6+ 40.Ke5 Kg7 41.Kxd4 Kh6 42.c4 Kh5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

SreesanthPradeesh (lichess 2095) - JimWest (lichess 2178), lichess 11/5/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nf3 Bd6 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.c3 e4

13.dxe4 fxe4 14.Nd4 Qc7 15.Bxf6 Bxh2+ 16.Kh1 Rxf6 17.Qh5 Ba6 18.Re1 Rh6 19.Qg4 Bg1+ 20.Qh3 Rxh3+ 21.gxh3 Qh2#.

2 PCG Games 11/4/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

ScavalierS (Chess.com 1635) - JimWest (Chess.com 1840), Chess.com 11/4/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.O-O Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.g3 O-O

13.Re1 Nd4 14.Rb1 Bxe5 15.fxe5 Nf3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

tarudutt (lichess 2290) - JimWest (lichess 2176), lichess 11/4/2021

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.Bxe3 dxe3 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.Nf7+ Ke7 13.Nxh8 exf2+ 14.Kxf2 Nh6 15.Bd3 Bf5 16.Bxf5 Nxf5 17.Rhf1 Nc6 18.Ke2 Nh6 19.Rad1 Rxh8

20.Rd5 Ke6 21.Kd3 Nxe5+ 32.Kd4 Nf5+ 33.Ke4 Nd6+ 34.Kd4 Nexc4 35.Re1+ Kd7 36.a4 Rf8 37.Re2 Rf4+ 38.Kd3 h6 39.Rd4 Rxd4+ 40.Kxd4 a5 41.g4 Nb6 42.Re5 Nxa4 43.Rxa5 b5

44.c4 c5+ 45.Kd5 Nc3+ 46.Kxc5 Nb7+, White resigns.

"The Marshall Spectator" 11/3/2021

Read my article on the PCG.

2 PCG Reversed Games 11/2/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1856) - eugene053 (Chess.com 1720), Chess.com 11/2/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nf3 g5 7.h4 gxh4 8.Bxf4 Be7 9.d4 h3 10.Rxh3 Nf2 11.Kxf2 Bxh3 12.gxh3 Bh4+ 13.Nxh4 Qxh4+ 14.Bg3 Qe4 15.Qd3 Qh1 16.Qf3 Qxf3+ 17.Kxf3 Nc6 18.c3 Rg8 19.Nd2 Ne7

20.Bd3 O-O-O 21.Bh4 Rd7 22.Bxe7 Rxe7 23.Bxh7 Rh8 24.Bf5+ Kd8 25.Rg1 f6 26.exf6 Rf7 27.Rg6 c6 28.Kg3 Re8 29.Bg4 Re3+ 30.Kf4 Rd3 31.Nf3 Rh7 32.Rg8+ Kc7 33.Rg7+ Rxg7 34.fxg7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2169) - Kalinichev_Stepan (lichess 2264), lichess 11/2/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxf4 g5

7.e6 fxe6 8.Qh5+ Ke7 9.Bxg5+ Nf6 10.Bxf6+, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/1/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1858) - AlexEmmons (Chess.com 1858), Chess.com 11/1/2021

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qh5 10.Rg1 Nxf1 11.Rxf1 Bh3 12.Rg1 Bc5

13.Rg5 Qh6 14.Rg3 Qh5 15.Qxd5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

eldeno (lichess 2138) - JimWest (lichess 2154), lichess 11/1/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.c3 fxe4 6.Ng5 d5 7.Bb5 exd4 8.Qxd4 Nf6 9.O-O Be7 10.f3 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.fxe4 dxe4 13.Qc4+ Qd5

14.Qe2 h6 15.c4 Qd3 16.Qxd3 exd3 17.Nf3 Bc5+ 18.Kh1 Ne4 19.a3 a5 20.Nbd2 Nf2+ 21.Kg1 Ng4+ 22.Kh1 Ne3 23.Ne4 Nxf1 24.Nxc5 Rxf3 25.gxf3 d2 26.Nd3, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/31/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1850) - steny0 (Chess.com 1691), Chess.com 10/31/2021

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 Be7 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be2 Be6 8.O-O Qd7 9.Ng5 O-O-O 10.Nxe6 fxe6 11.c3 Rdf8 12.Nd2 h6 13.d4 g5 14.Bg3 Kb8 15.Qc2 h5

16.e5 Ng4 17.Bxg4 hxg4 18.Rxf8+ Rxf8 19.Rf1 dxe5 20.Rxf8+ Bxf8 21.dxe5 Bc5+ 22.Kh1 Be3 23.Nc4 Bf4 24.Qe2 Bxg3 25.hxg3 Qh7+ 26.Kg1 Qf5 27.a4 a6 28.a5 Ne7 29.Qf1 Kc8 30.Qxf5 Nxf5 31.Kf2 Kd7

32.Ne3 Kc6 33.Nxg4 Kd5 34.b3 c5 35.Kf3 Ne7 36.Ne3+ Kxe5 37.Nc4+ Kf6 38.Nd6 Nd5 39.c4 Nc3 40.Nxb7 Ke5 41.Nxc5 Nb1 42.Nxa6 Nd2+ 43.Kg4 Nxb3 44.Kxg5 Nxa5 45.c5 Kd5 46.Kf4 e5+ 47.Kf3 e4+ 48.Ke2 Nc4

49.g4 Ne5 50.g5 Ng6 51.Ke3 Ne5 52.g3 Ng6 53.c6 Kxc6 54.Kxe4 Kd6 55.Nb4 Ke6 56.Nd3 Ne7 57.Nf4+ Kf7 58.Ke5 Nc6+ 59.Kd6 Nd4 60.g4 Nb5+ 61.Ke5 Na3 62.g6+ Kg7 63.Kf5 Nc4 64.Nh5+ Kg8

65.g7 Nd6+ 66.Kg6 Ne4 67.Nf6+ Nxf6 68.Kxf6 Kh7 69.Kf7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

chalime64 (lichess 2121) - JimWest (lichess 2160), lichess 10/31/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.d5 f4 7.Nf3 Nb8 8.g3 fxg3 9.fxg3 Ng4 10.O-O Nf6 11.Nh4 Be7 12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.Rxf5 O-O 14.Nc3 Kh8 15.Be3 Nbd7

16.Qf3 Nb6 17.Bb3 Nfd7 18.Rf1 g6 19.Rxf8+ Qxf8 20.Qg4 Qg7 21.Nb5 Nf6 22.Qh3 Bd8 23.Qe6 a6 24.Nc3 Qd7 25.Rxf6 Bxf6 26.Qxf6+ Qg7 27.Bg5 Rf8 28.Qxg7+ Kxg7 29.Kg2 Nd7 30.Bc4 b5 31.Be2 b4 32.Nd1 a5

33.c3 Nc5 34.Bf3 h6 35.Bd2 bxc3 36.Bxc3 a4 37.a3 g5 38.g4 Nd3 39.Ba5 Rf7 40.h3 Kg6 41.Bc3 Nf4+ 42.Kg3 Nd3 43.Ne3 Nc5 44.Nf5 Nd3 45.Ne3 Nc5 46.Nf5 Nd3 47.Ne3, draw.