PCG Reversed & PCG 4/21/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1880) - swiecsd (Chess.com 1840), Chess.com 4/21/2022

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 Bb4+ 10.c3 Ba5 11.O-O O-O 12.Nbd2 Ne7 13.Qe1 c6 14.Bd3 h6

15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Bxe4 f6 17.Qg3 Be6 18.Bxh6 Rf7 19.exf6 Nf5 20.Bxf5 Bxf5 21.Ne5 Bc7 22.Rxf5 Bxe5 23.dxe5 Qb6+ 24.Rf2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

GalahaD_7 (lichess 2032) - JimWest (lichess 2083), lichess 4/21/2022

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Bc4 f5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bg5+ Nf6 8.Nc3 Bd6 9.Nd5 Rf8 10.O-O-O Ke8 11.Rhe1 Nxe4 12.Bh4 h6 13.g4 g5 14.Bg3 Nxg3 15.fxg3 fxg4 16.Nd2 Bf5 17.Ne4 Bxe4 18.Rxe4 Kd7 19.Rxg4 Rae8

20.h4 gxh4 21.Rxh4 Rh8 22.Nf6+ Ke7 23.Nxe8 Kxe8 24.Rf1 Be7 25.Rg4 Bg5+ 26.Kb1 Rf8 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Bd5 Nd8 29.Ra4 c6 30.Be4 a6 31.Ra3 Ke7 32.Rf3 Nf7 33.Rb3 Nd6 34.Bg2 e4

35.Bxe4 Nxe4 36.Rxb7+ Kd6 37.g4 Nc5 38.Rb8 Kd5 39.c3 a5, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 4/20/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

RoyceBracket (Chess.com 1905) - JimWest (Chess.com 1873), Chess.com 4/20/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qd2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nh6 10.Bb5+ c6 11.Ba4 Nd7 12.Qf4 Ng4 13.Qxf6 gxf6 14.O-O Ke7 15.Nc3 Rxh8 16.Bf4 Rg8

17.Ne2 Nge5 18.Bg3 d4 19.Bb3 Nc4 20.Nf4 Bf7 21.Rfe1 f5 22.c3 Nxb2 23.cxd4 Bxd4 24.Rab1 Bxb3 25.axb3 Nc5 26.Re2 Nbd3 27.Nxd3 Nxd3 28.Rd1 Kf7 29.Kf1 c5 30.f3 exf3 31.gxf3 f4 32.Rxd3 fxg3 33.h3 h5 34.b4 b6 35.bxc5 bxc5 36.Kg2 h4

37.Ra2 Ra8 38.Rda3 Ke6 39.Rxa7 Rxa7 40.Rxa7 c4 41.Ra4 Kd5 42.Ra5+ Bc5 43.Ra2 c3 44.Kf1 Kc4 45.Ke1 Kb3 46.Rg2 c2 47.Kd2 Bb4+ 48.Kc1 Ba3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Evgeny_Pustyryov (lichess 2021) - JimWest (lichess 2084), lichess 4/20/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nfd2 d5 6.c4 c6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Bb5 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 Nge7 12.Nc3 O-O 13.O-O Nxe5 14.Rad1 Bg4

15.Be2 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 Nd3 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Qxe4 Nc6 19.Rxd3 Qf6 20.Nc5 Rae8 21.Qd5+ Qf7 22.Qxf7+ Rxf7 23.a3 Re2 24.b4 h6 25.b5 Ne5 26.Rd8+ Kh7 25.Nd3 Nxd3 26.Rxd3 Rb2 27.a4 Ra2 28.Rd4 a6 29.bxa6 bxa6 30.f3 Rb7

31.Rc1 Rbb2 32.Rc6 Rxg2+ 33.Kf1 Rxh2 34.Kg1 Rag2+ 35.Kf1 Rc2 36.Rxc2 Rxc2 37.Rd6 Ra2 38.Rxa6 h5 39.a5 h4 40.Kg1 g6 41.Ra8 Kh6 42.a6 Kg5 43.a7 h3

44.Rh8 Rxa7 45.Rxh3 Ra2 46.Rh2 Rxh2 47.Kxh2 Kf4 48.Kg2 g5 49.Kf2 g4 50.fxg4 Kxg4, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 4/19/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1876) - daka21 (Chess.com 1779), Chess.com 4/19/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d5 3.d3 dxe4 4.dxe4 Qxd1+ 5.Kxd1 Nf6 6.Bd3 Bc5 7.f4 Bg4+ 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Nc3 O-O-O 10.Ke1 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Nd4 12.Rf1 exf4 13.Bxf4 h6 14.Be5 Nh5 15.Bxd4 Bxd4

16.Nb5 Bxb2 17.Rb1 Bd4 18.Nxd4 Rxd4 19.f4 Nf6 20.e5 Nd7 21.Ke2 Nc5 22.Rb5 Nxd3 23.cxd3 Rhd8 24.Rf3 Ra4 25.Rb2 Ra3 26.Rd2 Rd4 27.Ke3 Rda4 28.Rff2 c5 29.Rc2 b6 30.f5 Kd7 31.Rg2 g6 32.fxg6 fxg6 33.Rxg6 h5

34.Rh6 h4 35.h3 c4 36.Rd6+ Ke7 37.Rd4 cxd3 38.Rxd3 Rxd3+ 39.Kxd3 Ra3+ 40.Ke4 Rxh3 41.Rc7+ Ke6 42.Rxa7 Rh2 43.Ra6 Re2+ 42.Kf3 Rxe4 43.Rxb6+ Kf5 44.Rb4 Kg5 45.a4 Re1 46.Rb5+ Kg6 47.Kg4 Rh1

48.Rb6+ Kf7 49.Rh6 Ra1 50.Rxh4 Rxa4+ 51.Kg3 Ra3+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Arsen_Otar4iev (lichess 2038) - JimWest (lichess 2079), lichess 4/19/2022

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.Bxf6+ Bxf6 15.Qg3+ Kh8 16.O-O-O Bf5 17.d5 Nd7 18.d6 c6

19.h4 b5 20.Be2 Qa5 21.Kb1 Rg8 22.Qb3 Nc5 23.Qf7 Nd7 24.g4 Qb4 25.Qb3 Qxb3 26.axb3 Bxg4 27.Bxg4 Rxg4 28.h5 Rf4 29.Rhf1 Bh4 30.c4 bxc4 31.bxc4 Bxf2 32.Kc2 e3

33.Ra1 e2 34.Rxf2 Rxf2 35.Re1 Rh2 36.Kd2 Rxh5 37.Rxe2 Re5 38.Rxe5 Nxe5 39.Ke3 Nxc4+, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 4/18/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1878) - Bigfun2 (Chess.om 1689), Chess.com 4/18/2022

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 g5 11.Qd4 Bg7 12.Bxe3 Nxh1 13.Qxg4 Bxe5 14.Nc3 Bxc3+ 15.bxc3 Qe7 16.Qc8+ Qd8 17.Qxb7 Nd7 18.Bb5 O-O 19.Bxd7 Qxd7

20.O-O-O Qe7 21.Bd4 Qa3+ 22.Qb2 Qd6 23.Ne2 Rab8 24.Qa1 Rfe8 25.Kd2 Qxd5 26.Rxh1 c5 27.Qg1 cxd4 28.Nxd4 Qxa2 29.Qf2 Rbd8 30.Rf1 Qc4 31.Qf6 Qe2+ 32.Kc1 Qe3+ 33.Kb1 Rb8+ 34.Nb3 Qe6 35.Qxg5+ Qg6 36.Qxg6+ hxg6

37.Rf2 a5 38.Ka2 Re4 39.Ka3 Rc4 40.Rf3 a4 41.Nd2 Rg4 42.g3 Rg5 43.Ne4 Re5 44.Nf6+ Kg7 45.Nd7 Reb5 46.Nxb8 Rxb8 47.Kxa4 Rh8 48.h4 Rc8 49.Kb5 f5 50.c4 Kf7 51.c5 Ke6 52.Rd3 Kf7 53.c6 Rb8+ 54.Kc5 Ke7

55.c4 Rc8 56.Rd7+ Ke6 57.Rd6+ Ke7 58.Rxg6 f4 59.gxf4 Kf7 60.h5 Rh8 61.Rg5 Rc8 62.Re5 Kg7 63.Kb6 Kf6 64.Kb7 Rxc6 65.Kxc6 Kf7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

DeadlyForce (lichess 1996) - JimWest (lichess 2095), lichess 4/18/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.d4 dxe4 7.Nxe5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.Nf7 Qe7 10.Nxh8 Qb4+ 11.c3 Qxc4 12.Qc2 Qg8 13.O-O-O Qxh8 14.f3 h6 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.fxe4 Bg4 17.e5 Bxd1 18.Rxd1 Nd5 19.Qg6+ Kd8

20.c4 Ne3 21.Re1 Nxc4 22.Qf7 Nb6 23.e6 Be7 24.Rf1 Nd5 25.Rf5 c6 26.Qh5 Bg5+ 27.Rxg5 Qf8 28.Rxd5+ cxd5 29.Qxd5+ Ke7 30.Qd7+ Kf6 31.g4 Qc8+ 32.Qxc8 Rxc8+ 33.Kd2 Kxe6 34.Kd3 Kd5 35.a4 Rc4 36.b3 Rxd4+, White resigns.

15/10 PCG 4/17/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

HOC1 (Chess.com 1714) - JimWest (Chess.com 1879), Chess.com 4/17/2022

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.Bg5 O-O 10.Qd4 Nc6

11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Qxf6 gxf6 13.O-O-O Bxc3 14.bxc3 Bxe6 15.Nh6+ Kg7, White resigns.

15/10 PCG Reversed 4/16/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1865) - George-luis (Chess.com 1723), Chess.com 4/16/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.f5 d5 8.Qc2 dxe4 9.dxe4 b6 10.Bg5 a5 11.Nbd2 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.O-O-O Be3 14.Kb1 Bb7 15.Bc4 Ne7 16.Rhe1 Bf4

17.g3 Bxd2 18.Rxd2 Rad8 19.Red1 Rxd2 20.Rxd2 c6 21.a4 c5 22.h4 Nxf5 23.exf5 Bxf3 24.Rf2 e4 25.Be2 Qc6 26.Bxf3 exf3 27.Qd1 Re8

28.Rxf3 Re1 29.Qxe1 Qxf3 30.Qe8+ Kh7 31.Qxf7 Qd1+ 32.Ka2 Qxa4+ 33.Kb1 Qd1+ 34.Ka2 Qa4+ 35.Kb1 Qd1+ 36.Ka2 Qa4+, draw.

2 PCG Games 4/15/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

luigi822 (Chess.com 1893) - JimWest (Chess.com 1869), Chess.com 4/15/2022

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.Be3 Bxe3 11.fxe3 Kf8 12.Qd4 Kg8 13.Ng6 hxg6 14.Qe5 Nc6 15.Qg5 Ng4 16.Qxe7 Nxe7

17.Kd2 Rf8 18.Be2 Rf2 19.h3 Ne5 20.Rhg1 c6 21.Raf1 Nc4+ 22.Kc1 Rxf1+ 23.Rxf1 Nxe3 24.Rf2 Nf5 25.Bg4 Bf7 26.Ne2 e3 27.Rf4 c5 28.Ra4 Nc6 29.Bf3 a5 30.g4 Nh4 31.Bh1 b5 32.Ra3 a4 33.Rxe3 d4 34.Rg3 Ne5 35.a3 g5

36.Kd2 Nc4+ 37.Kc1 Kh7 38.Bc6 Nd6 39.Kd2 Bc4 40.Ng1 g6 41.Nf3 Nxf3+ 42.Rxf3 Kg7 43.Rf2 Nf7 44.Be4 Ne5 45.Bd3 Bxd3 46.cxd3 c4 47.dxc4 bxc4 48.Rf5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Aitkazi (lichess 1999) - JimWest (lichess 2095), lichess 4/15/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nbd2 a5 8.Qb3 a4 9.Qc2 b5 10.d4 bxc4 11.dxe5 Nxe4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.Qxe4 d5 15.Qd4 O-O 16.O-O-O Be6 17.a3 c5 18.Qe3 Nc6

19.h4 Na5 20.h5 Nb3+ 21.Kb1 h6 22.Nh4 Bf5+ 23.Ka2 Rad8 24.f3 Bh7 25.f4 d4 26.cxd4 cxd4 27.Qf2 d3 28.g4 Qxe5 29.f5 Qd5 30.Rh3 Nc5 31.Ng2 c3+ 32.Ka1 c2, White resigns.

10/5 PCG Reversed 4/14/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2089) - under11 (lichess 1962), lichess 4/14/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nf3 Bc5 7.d4 Bb6 8.Bxf4 O-O 9.h3 Nh6 10.Bd3 f6 11.c3 fxe5 12.Bxe5 Bf5 13.O-O Bxd3 14.Qxd3 c5 15.Nbd2 cxd4 16.Bxd4 Nc6 17.Rad1 Bc7

18.Bc5 Rf6 19.Nb3 b6 20.Ba3 Bd6 21.Qxd5+ Kh8 22.Bxd6 Ne7 23.Bxe7 Qxe7 24.Qxa8+ Rf8 25.Qd5 Qe3+ 26.Kh1 Nf5 27.Qxf5 Kg8 28.Qd5+ Rf7 29.Ne5 Kh8 30.Nxf7+ Kg8 31.Nh6+ Kh8 32.Qg8#.

15/10 PCG 4/13/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

abibook (Chess.com 1837) - JimWest (Chess.com 1884), Chess.com 4/13/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qe2 Bd6 7.O-O f4 8.Rd1 Bg4 9.Qd3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nf6 11.Nc3 Qe7 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Nd4

14.Rxd4 exd4 15.Bb5+ Kd8 16.Bd2 a6 17.Re1 Qxe1+ 18.Bxe1 axb5 19.a3 b4 20.g3 bxa3 21.bxa3 Rxa3 22.c3 Rf8 23.Bd2 fxg3 24.Bg5+ Kc8 25.Qg4+ Kb8 26.hxg3 dxc3

27.Kg2 c2 28.Qc4 Raf3 29.Be3 Bxg3 30.Qxc2 Bxf2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 4/12/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

dragansplit (Chess.com 1841) - JimWest (Chess.com 1913), Chess.com 4/12/2022

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.h4 exf2+ 11.Kxf2 Nc6 12.cxd4 Qxd4+ 13.Qxd4 Nxd4 14.Bd3 Ne7 15.Nxh7 Bf5 16.Bxf5 Nexf5 17.Ng5 O-O

18.Nf3 Nxf3 19.gxf3 Nd4 20.Rh3 Nb3 21.Rb1 Nxc1 22.Rxc1 Rad8 23.Ke3 c5 24.f4 Rd4 25.Rf3 Rf5 26.a4 b6 27.Rff1 Kf7 28.Rc2 g6 29.Rc3 Ke6 30.Rc2 Rh5 31.Rg1 Kf5 32.Rg5+ Rxg5 33.hxg5 Re4+ 34.Kd3 Rxf4

35.Re2 Rf3+ 36.Kd2 Ke6 37.Kc2 Rf5 38.Rd2 Rxe5 39.Rd8 Rxg5 40.Ra8 Ke5 41.Rxa7 Kd4 42.Ra6 Kxc4 43.Rxb6 Rg2+ 44.Kb1 g5 45.a5 Rf2 46.a6 Rf8 47.Kc2 Ra8 48.Rg6 Kb5 49.Rxg5 Rxa6

50.Kc3 Ra3+ 51.Kb2 Rh3 52.Rg4 c4 53.Kc2 Kb4 54.Rg2 Ra3 55.Kb2 c3+ 56.Kb1 Kb3 57.Rh2 Ra8 58.Rh3 Rg8 59.Rh1 Rg2 60.Rf1 Rb2+ 61.Ka1 Ra2+ 62.Kb1 c2+ 63.Kc1 Ra1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Shaan12329 (lichess 2127) - JimWest (lichess 2113), lichess 4/12/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.dxe5 Bc5 7.c4 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Qxg5 9.Bxb4 d4 10.Qxd4 Nc6 11.Qd2 e3 12.fxe3 Nxb4

13.Qxb4 Qxe3+ 14.Kd1 Bg4+ 15.Kc2 Bf5+ 16.Kd1 O-O-O+ 17.Nd2 Bg4+ 18.Kc2 Bf5+ 19.Kd1 Nh6 20.h3 Rxd2+ 21.Qxd2 Rd8 22.Qxd8+ Kxd8 23.Be2 Qxe5 24.Ke1 Bd3, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/11/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Instrinsic29 (Chess.com 1901) - JimWest (Chess.com 1896), Chess.com 4/11/2022

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.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Rd1 Nd7 13.Ng4 Qg7 14.g3 c6 15.Bg2 Nb6 16.a3 Bd6 17.Ne3 Be6 18.Nb1 Rf7 19.O-O Raf8

20.Nd2 Na4 21.c4 Nxb2 22.cxd5 cxd5 23.Nxe4 Nxd1 24.Nxd6 Nxe3 25.Nxf7 Nxf1 26.Ng5 Bf7 27.Nxf7 Qxf7 28.Kxf1 Rc8 29.Bh1 Qf5 30.Bf3 Qh3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2108) - deepblue2xy (lichess 2119), lichess 4/11/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Ng4 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Qe7 9.Bd3 d5 10.e5 Nc6 11.Nf3 O-O 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nh6 14.Qb3 Qd8 15.Ba3 Re8 16.Rae1 Na5 17.Qc2 g6 18.h3 Bf5

19.g4 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 Nc4 21.Bc1 Qd7 22.f5 gxf5 23.Bxh6 Kh8 24.gxf4 Rg8+ 25.Kh2 f6 26.Rg1 Qf7 27.Rxg8+ Rxg8 28.Rg1 Rxg1+ 29.Kxg1 Qh5 30.Bf4 Qxh3 31.Bh2 Qg4+ 32.Kf2 Kg7 33.exf6+ Kxf6 34.Bxc7 h5

35.Bd8+ Kf7 36.Qxc4 dxc4 37.Ne5+ Ke8 38.Nxg4 hxg4 39.Bh4 b5 40.a3 a5 41.Ke3 b4 42.cxb4 axb4 43.axb4 Kd7 44.Be1 Kc6 45.Kf4 Kd5 46.Bc3 g3 47.Kxg3 Ke4 48.f6 Kd3 49.f7 Kxc3 50.f8=Q, Black resigns.