PCG Reversed & PCG 11/20/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1804) - rjr_chess (Chess.com 1823), Chess.com 11/20/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nf3 Ne3 7.Bxe3 fxe3 8.d4 Bg4 9.Be2 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qd8 12.O-O g6 13.Qd3 c6 14.Qxe3 Nd7 15.c3 Qe7 16.Nd2 O-O-O

17.Bg4 h5 18.Bxd7+ Rxd7 19.Nb3 h4 20.Nc5 Rd8 21.Qf3 hxg3 22.hxg3 Qg5 23.Kg2 Bxc5 24.dxc5 Rh5 25.Qf4 Qe7 26.Qxf7 Qxc5 27.Rae1 Rdh8 28.Qe6+ Kc7 29.Qd6+ Qxd6 30.exd6+ Kxd6 31.Rf6+ Kc5

32.Rxg6 Rh2+ 33.Kf3 Rxb2 34.Re7 Kc4 35.Rgg7 Rxa2 36.Rxb7 a5 37.Rbc7 c5 38.Rg4+ Kxc3 39.Rxc5+ Kb3 40.Rxd5 Ra8 41.Re4 Rc2 42.Rb5+ Ka3 43.Ree5 a4 44.Re4 Ka2 45.Rbb4 a3 46.Re2 Rac8 47.Rxc2+ Rxc2

48.g4 Ka1 49.Kf4 a2 50.Kf5 Rb2 51.Ra4 Kb1 52.g5 a1=Q 53.Rxa1+ Kxa1 54.g6 Rf2+ 55.Kg5 Kb2 56.g7 Kc3 57.Kh6 Rh2+ 58.Kg6 Kd4 59.g8=Q Rg2+ 60.Kf7 Rxg8 61.Kxg8, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Araweth (lichess 2287) - JimWest (lichess 2202), lichess 11/20/2021

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.Bg5 O-O 10.Be2 Qd6 11.Bxf6 Rxf6 12.Bg4 c6 13.O-O Bxc3 14.bxc3 Na6 15.Rb1 b6 16.Qe2 Nc7

17.f3 exf3 18.Rxf3 Rxf3 19.gxf3 Re8 20.Re1 Qa3 21.Qe5 Qxc3 22.Re3 Qd2 23.Re2 Qd1+ 24.Kg2 Nb5 25.e7 Nxd4 26.Be6+ Kh8 27.Re1 Qxf3+ 28.Kg1 Nxe6 29.Qxe6 Qf6 30.Rf1 Qxe6 31.Rf8+ Qg8, White resigns.

Je ne sais pas

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2 PCG Games 11/18/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

avysk (Chess.com 1846) - JimWest (Chess.com 1839), Chess.com 11/18/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.f4 Bd6 9.f5 O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.Nc3 Qc7 12.Qe2 Bg3+ 13.Kd1 Bf4 14.Bxf6 Rxf6 15.g4 Na6

16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Qxe4 Nb4 18.c4 Re8 19.a3 Na6 20.b4 Bg5 21.h4 Qf4 22.Qxf4 Bxf4 23.Kc2 h5 24.Be2 hxg4 25.Bxg4 g6 26.Rhg1 Be3 27.Rg2 Bxd4 28.Rd1 c5 29.bxc5 Bxc5 30.Rd7 Re7 31.Bh3 Rg7

32.Rxg6 Rgxg6 33.e7 Bxe7 34.Rxe7 Rg7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

adil3 (lichess 2118) - JimWest (lichess 2199), lichess 11/18/2021

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.fxe3 Qxg5 11.exd4 Qh4+ 12.Kd2 Ne7 13.Kc2 O-O 14.g3 Qe4+ 15.Bd3 Qg2+ 16.Bd2 Bf5

17.Bxf5 Nxf5 18.Kb2 Ne3 19.Qe1 Qxd2+ 20.Qxd2 Nxc4+ 21.Kc2 Nxd2 22.Kxd2 Nc6 23.Raf1 Na5 24.Kd3 c6 25.Rf4 b5 26.Rhf1 Nc4 27.a4 Nb2+ 28.Ke4 Nxa4 29.d5 Nxc3+ 30.Kd4 Nxd5 31.Rxf8+ Rxf8 32.Rxf8+ Kxf8

33.Kc5 b4 34.Kxc6 b3 35.e6 Ne7+ 36.Kd6 b2 37.g4 b1=Q 38.h4 Qd1+ 39.Ke5 Qxg4 40.h5 Qxh5+ 41.Kd6 Qd5+ 42.Kc7 Qxe6 43.Kb8 Qd7 44.Ka8 a5 45.Kb8 a4 46.Ka8 a3 47.Kb8 a2 48.Ka8 a1=Q+ 49.Kb8 Qaa7#.

Unorthodox Openings Newsletter #38

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2 PCG Games 11/16/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

MaryamBakhish (Chess.com 1733) - JimWest (Chess.com 1824), Chess.com 11/16/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.Nc3 c6 7.d4 e4 8.Qe2 d5 9.Ne5 g6 10.f3 Bb4 11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Nd7 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.fxe4 Bxe4 15.O-O O-O-O 16.Bg5 Rde8

17.Qd2 h5 18.Rf2 Rgf8 19.Raf1 Rxf2 20.Qxf2 Bf5 21.Re1 Rxe1+ 22.Qxe1 Qe6 23.Qxe6+ Bxe6 24.Kf2 Bf5 25.Bf4 Bxc2 26.g3 a5 27.Ke3 a4 28.Kd2 Bf5 29.Kc1 b5 30.Kb2 Kd7 31.Kc1 Be4 32.Kd2 Ke6 33.Ke3 Kf5

34.h3 g5 35.Be5 Bg2 36.h4 gxh4 37.gxh4 c5 38.Bd6 b4 39.cxb4 c4 40.b5 Ke6 41.Bc5 Kd7 42.Kd2 Bf3 43.Kc3 Kc7 44.Kb4 Bd1 45.Kc3 Kb7 46.Kb4 Bc2 47.Kc3 Bb3 48.Kb4 Bd1 49.Kc3 Bg4 50.Kb4 Bd1 51.Kc3 Bb3 52.Kb4 Kc7 53.Kc3 Kb7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Epsilonkleiner0 (lichess 2220) - JimWest (lichess 2189), lichess 11/16/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.c4 c6 9.Be2 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Qa5 11.a3 Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 O-O 14.Rac1 Be6 15.cxd5 Bxd5 16.Nf5 Nbd7

17.Ne7+ Kh8 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Rc7 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Ng8 21.Rxb7 Rxf2 22.Rf1 Rxg2 23.e6 d4 24.Kd1 d3 25.Bxd3 exd3 26.e7 Nxe7 27.Rxe7 Rxb2 28.Rff7 Rg8 29.Rxa7 Rxh2 30.Rfd7 Rb8 31.Rab7 Rf8 32.Rf7 Rg8

33.Rfd7 d2 34.a4 h6 35.a5 Rf8 36.Rf7 Rxf7 37.Rxf7 Rh5 38.Ra7 Rd5 39.a6 h5 40.Ra8+ Kh7 41.a7 Ra5 42.Kxd2 Ra3 43.Ke2 Kg6 44.Kf2 h4 45.Rh8 Rxa7 46.Rxh4 Kg5 47.Rb4 Ra3 48.Kg2 Kh5 49.Rb5+ g5

50.Kg1 Kh4 51.Rb4+ g4 52.Kg2 Ra2+ 53.Kg1 Kh3 54.Rb3+ g3 55.Rb8 Ra1+ 56.Rb1 Rxb1#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/15/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1826) - 1KarlPeres1 (Chess.com 1716), Chess.com 11/15/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nf3 Ne3 7.Bxe3 fxe3 8.d4 Bg4 9.Be2 c5 10.c3 Qb6 11.Qb3 Qxb3 12.axb3 Nc6 13.Bb5 Bxf3 14.gxf3 cxd4 15.cxd4 f6 16.f4 Kf7 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Ke2 c5

19.dxc5 Bxc5 20.Nc3 Rhd8 21.Na4 Bd4 22.exf6 Kxf6 23.Rhd1 Bb6 24.Nxb6 axb6 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.Rxd5 Ra2 27.Kxe3 Rxb2 28.Rd6+ Kf5 29.Rxb6 Rxh2 30.Rb5+ Kf6 31.Rb6+ Kf5 32.Rb5+ Kf6 33.Rb6+ Kf5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

DppII (lichess 2218) - JimWest (lichess 2182), lichess 11/15/2021

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.Bg5+ Nf6 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Nd5 Rf8 11.O-O-O Ke8 12.Rhe1 Bg4 13.Bb5 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nxd5 15.Rxd5 Rxf3 16.c4 Kf8

17.c5 Be7 18.Bxe7+ Nxe7 19.Rdxe5 Ng6 20.Re8+ Rxe8 21.Rxe8+ Kf7 22.Rb8 b6 23.Rb7 bxc5 24.Rxc7+ Kf6 25.Rc6+ Ke7 26.Rxc5 Rxf2 27.Rc7+ Kf6 28.Rxa7 Rxh2 29.Bd3 Ne5 30.Ra6+ Kg5 31.Bc2 h5 32.b4 h4

33.b5 h3 34.b6 Rh1+ 35.Kb2 Nc4+ 36.Kc3 Nxb6 37.Rxb6 h2 38.Rg6+ Kf4 39.Rxg7 Rg1 40.Rf7+ Ke5 41.Rh7 h1=Q 42.Rxh1 Rxh1 43.Bb3 Kd6 44.Kc4 Kc7 45.Kc5 Rh5+ 46.Kd4 Kb6 47.Kc4 Ka5

48.Kc3 Rh3+ 49.Kc4 Rh4+ 50.Kc3 Rh2 51.Kc4 Rxh2 52.Bxh2, draw.

2 PCG Games 11/14/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

ciao5 (Chess.com 1750) - JimWest (Chess.com 1829), Chess.com 11/14/2021

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.Nf7 Kxf7 13.Bc4+ Kg7 14.O-O-O Nc6 15.Bxf6+ Bxf6 16.Qxe4 Nxd4

17.Kb1 Bf5 18.Qxb7 Bxc2+ 19.Ka1 Bxd1 20.Rxd1 Nc2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Gilkafka10 (lichess 2122) - JimWest (lichess 2183), lichess 11/14/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.O-O fxe4 5.Nxe5 Qg5 6.Nf7 Qc5 7.Qe2 Nf6 8.Nxh8 d5 9.Bb3 Nc6 10.d3 Nd4 11.Qe3 Nxb3 12.axb3 d4 13.Qe2 Bd6 14.dxe4 Bg4 15.f3 d3+ 16.Qf2 dxc2

17.Qxc5 Bxc5+ 18.Kh1 cxb1=Q 19.Rxb1 Be6 20.Bg5 O-O-O 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Rbd1 Rxh8 23.Rd3 Rd8 24.Rc3 Bd4 25.Rfc1 Bxc3 26.bxc3 Bxb3 27.g3 a5 28.f4 a4 29.Ra1 Rd1+ 30.Kg2 Rxa1, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/13/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1822) - spivakshalom (Chess.com 1744), Chess.com 11/13/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nf3 g5 7.h4 Be7 8.hxg5 Ne3 9.Bxe3 fxe3 10.d4 Bxg5 11.Qd3 Nc6 12.c3 h6 13.Na3 Be6 14.Nc2 Qe7 15.Nxe3 O-O-O 16.O-O-O f5 17.Kb1 Na5

18.Ka1 Bxe3 19.Qxe3 Nc4 20.Bxc4 dxc4 21.d5 Bxd5 22.Qxa7 c6 23.Rhe1 Kc7 24.Qa5+ Kb8 25.Qb6 Qc7 26.Qxc7+ Kxc7 27.Nd4 f4 28.e6 Rde8 29.e7 Rh7 30.Ne6+ Bxe6 31.Rxe6 Rdxe7 32.Rf6 Ref7 33.Rdd6 h5 34.Kb1 h4

35.Rxf7+ Rxf7 36.Rh6 Rg7 37.Rxh4 Rxg2 38.Rxf4 b5 39.a4 Kb6 40.axb5 cxb5 41.Ka2 Ka5 42.Ka3 Rg1 43.b4+ cxb3 44.Kxb3 Rb1+ 45.Kc2 Rh1 46.Rf8 Rh4 47.Ra8+ Kb6 48.Kb3 Kc5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

jakko65 (lichess 2167) - JimWest (lichess 2178), lichess 11/13/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.Be2 Bxf5 8.g4 Bc8 9.h4 Bd6 10.f4 exf3 11.Bxf3 Bg3+ 12.Kf1 O-O

13.Kg2 Bd6 14.Nc3 c6 15.Rf1 Bc7 16.Kh3 Qd6, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/12/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1824) - kira9696 (Chess.com 1710), Chess.com 11/12/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 a6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nc6 9.a4 O-O 10.f5 Qd7 11.Na3 b5 12.Bg5 b4 13.Nc2 Rab8 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.d4 b3

16.dxc5 bxc2 17.Qxc2 dxc5 18.Rd1 Qe7 19.O-O Kh8 20.Be2 a5 21.Bb5 Rb6 22.Bxc6 Rxc6 23.Rd5 Rd8 24.Rfd1 Rcd6 25.Rxd6 cxd6 26.Rd5 Qa7 27.c4 Qb6 28.b3 Qb4 29.Kf2 Qa3 30.Rd3 Qb4 31.Qd1 Qb6

32.Qh5 Rd7 33.Rh3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

furkan57 (lichess 2358) - JimWest (lichess 2195), lichess 11/12/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.d4 e4 7.Re1 d5 8.Bb3 Be7 9.Ne5 Nf6 10.f3 O-O 11.fxe4 Bxe4 12.Nd2 Kh8 13.Nxe4 Nxe4

14.Rxe4 dxe4 15.Qh5 Qxd4+ 16.Be3 Qxe3+ 17.Kh1 Qg5 18.Nf7+ Rxf7 19.Qxf7 Nd7 20.g3 Rf8 21.Qc4 Nc5 22.Rd1 Nxb3 23.axb3 Qg4 24.Rf1 Rxf1+ 25.Qxf1 Qf3+ 26.Qxf3 exf3 27.Kg1 Bc5+ 28.Kf1 g5

29.h3 h5 30.g4 hxg4 31.hxg4 Kg7 32.b4 Be3 33.c4 Kf6 34.b3 Ke5 35.b4 cxb4 36.cxb4 Kf4 37.b4 Kxg4 38.b6 axb6 39.b5 Kf4 40.Ke1 g4 41.Kf1 g3 42.Ke1 g2 43.Kd1 g1=Q+ 44.Kc2 Qc1+ 45.Kb3 Qc5

46.Kb2 Qxb5+ 47.Kc2 Qc4+ 48.Kb2 f2 49.Ka3 f1=Q 50.Kb2 Qfc1#.

2 PCG Games 11/11/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Evstati13 (Chess.com 1723) - JimWest (Chess.com 1844), Chess.com 11/11/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Be2 Qe7 12.O-O Qxe6 13.Bf4 c6 14.Rb1 b5 15.Re1 Nbd7 16.f3 Rae8 17.a4 a6

18.Ra1 exf3 19.Bxf3 Qxe1+ 20.Qxe1 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Nb6 22.axb5 axb5 23.Re6 Ne4 24.Bc7 Nc4 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Rxe4 Ra8 27.Re6 Ra1+ 28.Kf2 Ra2 29.Rxc6 Rxc2+ 30.Kg1 Rxc3 31.d5 Kf7 32.d6 Ke6

33.Rc5 b4 34.Rb5 b3 35.Kf2 Nxd6 36.Ke2 Nxb5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Maddahali (lichess 2031) - JimWest (lichess 2186), lichess 11/11/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nxe5 dxe4 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Qxg6+ Kf8 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.O-O Nf6 13.Nc3 c6 14.Rae1 Rg8 15.Qh6+ Qg7 16.Qxg7+ Rxg7 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Rxe4 Bf5

19.Rf4 Rf7 20.Rh4 Kg7 21.c3 Nd7 22.g4 Bg6 23.f4 Bd3 24.Rf3 Be4 25.Rf2 Raf8 26.f5 Bd5 27.h3 Bxa2 28.Re2 Bc4 29.Re3 Nb6 30.Kf2 Nd5 31.Re5 Nf4 32.Re3 Nd3+ 33.Kg3 Nxb2 34.Kf4 a5 35.Kg5 a4

36.Rh6 Rxf5+ 37.gxf5 Rxf5+ 38.Kxf5 Kxh6 39.h4 a3 40.Kf6 a2 41.Re8 Kh5 42.Kf5 Kxh4 43.Kf4 Kh5 44.Kf5 Bd3+, White resigns.

PCG with 8.Bd3 Be6

Philidor Counter Gambit

superspeed (lichess 2531) - CM ArnieChipmunk (lichess 2518), lichess 11/7/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Nxf6+ gxf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Bd3 Be6

9.O-O Nc6 10.Nh4 Qd7 11.Qh5+ Qf7 12.Bg6 hxg6 13.Qxh8 O-O-O

14.Nf3 Bg7 15.Qh4 Rh8 16.Qa4 Bd5 17.Qa3 Bf8 18.Qe3 Qh7 19.h3 Bd6 20.Rd1 Be6 21.Nd2 Nd4 22.Ne4 Be7 23.Qd3 g5

24.c3 Nc6 25.Ng3 f5 26.Nf1 e4 27.Qe2 f4 28.Re1 Bf5 29.Ne2 f3 30.Qe3 fxg2 31.Nxe4 g4 32.Kxg2 Bxe4+ 33.Qxe4 Qxh3+ 34.Kg1 Bc5

35.Be3 Ne5 36.Qg2 Nf3+ 37.Kf1 Nh2+ 38.Kg1 Nf3+ 39.Kf1 Qxg2+ 40.Kxg2 Rh2+ 41.Kf1 Bxe3 42.Ke2 Bxf2 43.Rf1 Bb6+ 44.Kd3 Ne5+ 45.Ke4 Re2+ 46.Kf5 Nd7

47.Kg5 Be3+ 48.Kh4 Rh2+, White forfeits.