2 PCG Games 5/9/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

noejoa (Chess.com 1656) - JimWest (Chess.com 1801), Chess.com 5/9/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bb3 Nbd7 9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.f3 Kb8 14.Ne4 d5 15.Nxf6 gxf6 16.Be3 Nc5 17.Bxc5 Bxc5

18.g3 Qb6 19.Kb1 f5 20.Rde1 e4 21.fxe4 dxe4 22.Bc4 exd3 23.Bxd3 Ba3 24.Qc3 Bb4 25.Qe5+ Ka8 26.Rd1 Bc5 27.Qc3 Bd4 28.Qb3 Qxb3 29.axb3 a6 30.c3 Be5 31.Kc2 Bc7 32.b4 Rh6 33.Rde1 Rdh8

34.Rd7 Rxh2+ 35.Rxh2 Rxh2+ 36.Kb3 Bxg3 37.Rg7 Rh6 38.Bc4 Be5 39.Rg8+ Ka7 40.Bf7 f4 41.Bxg6 Rh8 42.Rxh8 Bxh8 43.Be4 Kb6 44.Bf3 Kc7 45.Kc4 Kd6 46.Kd3 Ke5 47.Kc4 Bf6 48.Kd3 Bd8 49.Kc4 Bb6 50.Kd3 Be3

51.b3 Kd6 52.c4 b6 53.Bg4 Bc1 54.Bc8 Ba3 55.Bxa6 Bxb4 56.Bc8 Bc5 57.Bg4 Be3 58.Bf3 Kc5 59.Kc3 Bd4+ 60.Kc2 b5 61.cxb5 cxb5 62.Kd3 Be3 63.Bh5 Kb4 64.Bf7 Bb6 65.Ke4 Bc7 66.Kd3 Bb6 67.Kc2 f3 68.Bh5 f2 69.Be2 Kc5

70.Kc3 b4+ 71.Kd3 Kd6 72.Bf1 Bc5 73.Bg2+ Ke5 74.Kc4 Be7 75.Kd3 Kf4 76.Bf1 Kf3 77.Kd4 Kg3 78.Ke4 Kh2 79.Ke3 Bc5+ 80.Ke2 Bb6 81.Kf3 Kg1 82.Ke2 Bd4 83.Bh3 Bc3 84.Bf1 Be1

85.Bh3 Kh2 86.Bf1 Kg3 87.Ke3 Kg4 88.Ke4 Kg5 89.Ke3 Kf5 90.Bc4 Ke5 91.Bf1 Kd5 92.Bc4+ Kc5 93.Bf1 Kb6 94.Bc4 Kc7 95.Bf1 Kd6 96.Bc4 Ke5 97.Bf1 Kf5 98.Bc4 Kg4 99.Bf1 Kg3 100.Ke2 Bc3

101.Ke3 Bf6 102.Ke2 Bd4 103.Kd3 Bc5 104.Kc4 Be7 105.Kd3 Kh2 106.Ke2 Kg1 107.Bh3 Bc5 108.Bf1 Be3 109.Bh3 Bg5 110.Bf1 Bh4 111.Bh3 Kh2 112.Bf1 Kg3 113.Ke3 Be7 114.Ke2 Bg5 115.Kd3 Kf3

116.Kc4 Bd2 117.Kd4 Kg3 118.Kd3 Be1 119.Ke3 Kh2 120.Ke2 Kh1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

SmashTheBanana (lichess 2187) - JimWest (lichess 2150), lichess 5/9/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 Na5 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.O-O Nc6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Re1 fxe4 11.dxe4 Bg4 12.Nd5 Qd7 13.Qd3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 O-O-O 15.b4 Nd4 16.Qc3 Kb8 17.a4 c6 18.Ne3 g6 19.Rab1 Rc8

20.Rbd1 Qg7 21.Nc4 Rgd8 22.Rb1 d5 23.Nd2 Qh6 24.Nf3 Nxf3+ 25.Qxf3 Rf8 26.Qg3 Qf4 27.Qxf4 Rxf4 28.exd5 cxd5 29.Rxe5 Rxc2 30.f3 Rd4 31.Rbe1 a6 32.b5 Rdd2 33.Rg5 axb5 34.axb5 Rb2 35.h3 Rxb5 36.Re7 Rb1+ 37.Kh2 d4 38.Rxh7 Rb6

39.Rd7 Rf6 40.Rb5 Rxf3 41.Rbxb7+ Ka8 42.Rb5 Rf5 43.Rxf5 gxf5 44.Rd5 f4 45.Kg1 Rd3 46.Kf2 Kb7 47.h4 Kc6 48.Rd8 Kc5 49.h5 Rd1 50.h6 Rh1 51.Rh8 Kc4 52.h7 Kd3 53.Kf3 Rh4 54.Kf2 Rh1 55.Kf3 Rh4

56.g3 fxg3 57.Kxg3 Rh6 58.Kg4 Kd2 59.Kg5 Rh1 60.Kg6 d3 61.Rd8 Rxh7 62.Kxh7 Ke2 63.Re8+ Kf2 64.Rf8+ Ke2 65.Kg6 d2 66.Re8+ Kf2 67.Rd8 Ke2 68.Re8+ Kf2 69.Rf8+ Ke2 70.Re8+, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/8/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

meezo12 (Chess.com 1770) - JimWest (Chess.com 1816), Chess.com 5/8/2022

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Bb5+ c6 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nf7 Qe7 10.Nxh8 Bxe6 11.Ba4 Kf8 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Nc3 Kg8 14.Ng6 hxg6 15.Bb3 Bd6 16.Kh1 Nc5 17.Qd4 Nxb3 18.axb3 a6

19.Rad1 Kf7 20.Nxe4 Bxh2 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Ng5+ fxg5 23.Kxh2 Qf6 24.Qxf6+ Kxf6 25.Kg3 Bf5 26.Rd2 Re8 27.c4 dxc4 28.bxc4 Re4 29.b3 Rg4+ 30.Kf3 Rf4+ 31.Ke2 Rg4 32.g3 Re4+ 33.Kd1 g4 34.Re1 Rxe1+ 35.Kxe1 Ke5

36.Rd8 Bc2 37.b4 b5 38.c5 Be4 39.Kd2 Bd5 40.Kc3 Ke4 41.Rd6 g5 42.Rg6 Kf5 43.Rg7 Bg2 44.Kd4 Kf6 45.Ra7 Bf3 46.Rxa6 Ke6 47.Ra7 Bg2 48.Rg7 Kf6 49.Rg8 Kf5 50.Rf8+ Ke6 51.Re8+ Kf5

52.f4 gxf3 53.Ke3 f2 54.Kxf2 Bd5 55.Rd8 Ke5 56.g4 Kd4 57.Kg3 Kc4 58.Kf2 Be6 59.Rd6 Bxg4 60.Rxc6 Kxb4 61.Rg6 Bc8 62.Rxg5 Kc4 63.c6 b4 64.c7 b3 65.Rg1 b2 66.Ke3 Kc3 67.Ke4 Kc2 68.Rg2+ Kb3

69.Rxb2+ Kxb2 70.Kd5 Kc3 71.Kc6 Kc4 72.Kd6 Kb5 73.Ke7 Kc6 74.Kd8 Bb7 75.c8=Q+ Bxc8, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2138) - pgriffin (lichess 2183), lichess 5/8/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Bg4 12.Be2 Bc5 13.Nc3 Bxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Qxe5 15.Kxh1 O-O-O 16.Nxd5 c6 17.Bf4 Qe6 18.b4 Bxb4 19.Qd4 Bd6

20.Nc3 Bxf4 21.Qxf4 f5 22.Rb1 h6 23.Qb4 Rd7 24.Na4 Qe3 25.Bxc6 Rd1+ 26.Rxd1 bxc6 27.Qd4 Qf3+ 28.Kg1 Qg4+ 29.Qxg4 fxg4 30.Nc5 g5 31.Rd7 Re8 32.Rxa7 Re2 33.c4 Rc2 34.Ra4 Kc7

35.Ne6+ Kd6 36.Nd4 Rc1+ 37.Kg2 Kc5 38.Nf5 h5 39.Ne3 Kd4 40.Kf2 Rc3 41.c5+ Kxc5 42.Ra5+ Kb4 43.Rxg5 Ra3 44.Nc2+, Black resigns.

10/5 PCG 5/7/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

erwin3819 (lichess 2093) - JimWest (lichess 2133), lichess 5/7/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 Na5 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.Ng5 h6 8.Nh7 Nc6 9.Nxf8 Rxf8 10.Qh5+ Rf7 11.Nd5 Kf8 12.Bxh6 gxh6 13.Qxh6+ Kg8 14.O-O-O Qf8

15.Qh5 Be6 16.Qg6+ Qg7 17.Qxe6 fxe4 18.dxe4 Nd4 19.Ne7+ Kf8 20.Ng6+ Kg8 21.h4 Nxe6, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/6/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

iamthebucketman (Chess.com 1680) - JimWest (Chess.com 1828), Chess.com 5/6/2022

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.Bh6+ Kxh8 12.Bxf8 Nc6 13.Qc5 Nd7 14.Qc3 Qxf8 15.d5+ Nce5 16.g3 Qc5 17.Qxc5 Nxc5 18.Bg2 Bf5 19.O-O-O Rd8

20.h3 a5 21.Rhe1 Nc4 22.b3 Nd6 23.c4 Nd3+ 24.Kd2 Nxe1 25.Rxe1 b6 26.Ke3 Bg6 27.Kd4 Rf8 28.Re2 h5 29.Ke5 Kg7 30.Ke6 Rf6+ 31.Kd7 Rf7+ 32.Kc6 Kf8 33.c5 bxc5 34.Kxc5 Ke8 35.a3 Kd7 36.b4 axb4 37.axb4 Rf8

38.h4 Bf5 39.f3 exf3 40.Bxf3 Bg4 41.Bxg4 hxg4 42.Re3 Rf3 43.Re5 Rxg3 44.Rg5 Ne4+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2136) - Polar_Bear24 (lichess 2033), lichess 5/6/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ng4 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 Qe7 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O Nf6 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Ne8 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Nxb4 Nxb4 16.Be4 Nd5 17.Ng5 f5 18.Qh5 h6 19.Bxd5+ Qxd5

20.Nf3 Qf7 21.Qxf7+ Rxf7 22.Bd2 Be6 23.Bc3 Rc8 24.a3 c5 25.Rad1 Bd5 26.dxc5 Bxf3 27.Rxf3 Rxc5 28.Rfd3 Nc7 29.Rd8+ Kh7 30.R1d7 Rxd7 31.Rxd7 Nd5 32.Rxb7 Nxc3 33.bxc3 Rxe5 34.Rxa7 Rc5 35.a4 Rxc3

36.h3 Kg6 37.a5 Kf6 38.a6 g5 39.Ra8 Ra3 40.a7 Ke7 41.Rh8 Rxa7 42.Rh7+ Kf6 43.Rxa7, Black resigns.

10/5 PCG Reversed 5/5/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2130) - garann (lichess 2157), lichess 5/5/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng8 6.d4 Nc6 7.c3 Be6 8.Be3 Qd7 9.Nd2 O-O-O 10.Bb5 a6 11.Bxc6 Qxc6 12.Ne2 f5 13.O-O Be7 14.Nf4 g5 15.Nxe6 Qxe6 16.g3 Nh6 17.Qb3 Qg6 18.Kh1 Ng4

19.Rae1 Qh6 20.Bg1 f4 21.Nxe4 fxg3 22.Nxg3 Rdf8 23.Nf5, Black forfeits.

2 PCG Games 5/4/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

IgorMing (Chess.com 1699) - JimWest (Chess.com 1844), Chess.com 5/4/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nd4 d5 6.Be2 Bc5 7.Nb3 Bb6 8.c4 c6 9.c5 Bxc5 10.O-O Bb6 11.Be3 Ne7 12.Bh5+ g6 13.Be2 O-O 14.Bh6 Rf7 15.a4 a6 16.Bg4 Bxg4 17.Qxg4 Nf5 18.Bg5 Qf8 19.a5 Ba7

20.Nc3 e3 21.Nd1 exf2+ 22.Kh1 h5 23.Qe2 Ng7 24.Nxf2 Rxf2 25.Rxf2 Qxf2 26.Qd3 Qf5 27.Qd2 Nd7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

miswanto01 (lichess 2085) - JimWest (lichess 2129), lichess 5/4/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Qc2 c6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nbd2 a5 8.d4 Nxe4 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxe4 fxe4 11.Qxe4 exd4 12.Qxe7+ Kxe7 13.Nxd4 d5 14.Bd3 g6 15.O-O Na6 16.Rfe1+ Kf7 17.a3 Bd7 18.Re3 Nc5 19.Bc2 Rhe8

20.Rae1 Rxe3 21.Rxe3 Re8 22.h3 Rxe3 23.fxe3 a4 24.Kf2 Kf6 25.Kf3 h5 26.h4 Bg4+ 27.Kf4 Bd7 28.g3 b5 29.e4 dxe4 30.Bxe4 Nxe4 31.Kxe4 c5 32.Ne2 Be6 33.Nf4 Bc4 34.Nd5 Ke6 35.Nb6 Bb3 36.Kf4 Bc2

37.c4 b4 38.Nd5 bxa3 39.bxa3 Kd6 40.Ne3 Bd3 41.g4 hxg4 42.Kxg4 Ke5 43.Kg5 Kd4 44.Kf4 Kc3 45.Ke5 Kb3 46.Kd6 Kxa3 47.Kxc5 Kb3 48.Kd4 Bf5 49.Nxf5 gxf5 50.c5 a3 51.c6 a2

52.c7 a1=Q+ 53.Kd5 Qh8 54.Kc6 f4 55.Kb7 f3 56.c8=Q Qxc8+ 57.Kxc8 f2 58.h5 f1=Q 59.h6 Qh3+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/3/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

bendovi (Chess.com 1686) - JimWest (Chess.com 1839), Chess.com 5/3/2022

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.Nc3 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 Nc6 15.Nb5 Ba5 16.c3 a6 17.Na3 Rxh8

18.Nc2 Kd7 19.f3 Ne7 20.Ne3 c6 21.f4 g6 22.g4 Rg8 23.g5 Ne8 24.h4 Ng7 25.Rae1 Bc7 26.Kh2 Rf8 27.Ng2 Nef5 28.b4 h6 29.a3 hxg5 30.hxg5 Rh8+ 31.Kg1 Ng3 32.Rf2 Rh1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2131) - Reiner21 (lichess 2102), lichess 5/3/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bd6 5.fxe5 Bxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Bg4 12.Be2 O-O 13.Nc3 Qg6 14.Kxh1 c6 15.Bf4 Nd7 16.Qd2 Qh5 17.Rf1 Rae8

18.Bg3 Nc5 19.Qd4 Ne6 20.Qf2 Ng5 21.Nxg5 Bxe2 22.Nxe2 Qxg5 23.Nd4 Qg4 24.Nf5 Qe4+ 25.Kg1 f6 26.Nd6 Qg6 27.Nxe8 Qxe8 28.Qxa7 fxe5 29.Rxf8+ Kxf8 30.Qxb7 e4

31.Qb4+ Kg8 32.Qe1 d4 33.b3 c5 34.a4 e3 35.Qe2 Qe4 36.Qc4+ Kf8 37.Qxc5+, Black forfeits.

2 PCG Games 5/2/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

yadollahradmanesh (Chess.com 1633) - JimWest (Chess.com 1839), Chess.com 5/2/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Nfd2 d5 7.Qh5+ Bg6 8.Qe5+ Ne7 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Ba4 Nd7 11.Qe6 Bf5 12.Qd6 Ng6 13.Qg3 Nb6 14.Bd1 Bd6 15.f4 Bxf4 16.Qf2 O-O 17.Nb3 Bxc1 18.Nxc1 Qg5 19.Na3 Rae8

20.O-O Bg4 21.Qg3 Rxf1+ 22.Kxf1 Qf5+ 23.Ke1 Bxd1 24.Kxd1 Rf8 25.Qe1 Qg4+ 26.Qe2 Rf1+ 27.Kd2 e3+ 28.Kxe3 Qg5+ 29.Kd3 Nf4+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

CHESSTIGER350350 (lichess 2197) - JimWest (lichess 2124), lichess 5/2/2022

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.Be3 d4 12.cxd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bxd4 14.Nd2 Bxb2 15.Rd1 Bc3 16.g3 Nh6 17.h3 Rxh8 18.Bg2 Rd8

19.O-O Bxd2 20.Rxd2 Rxd2 21.Qxd2 Nf7 22.Rd1 Nd6 23.Rc1 Bd7 24.Qc2 Bc6 25.Qb3 Qf7 26.Qxf7 Nxf7 27.Rxc6 bxc6 28.Bxe4 h6 29.Bxc6 Ne5 30.Be4 c5 31.f4 Nc4 32.Kf2 Kc7 33.Ke2 Kd6 34.g4 Nb6 35.Kd3 Nd5

36.Bxd5 Kxd5 37.h4 c4+ 38.Ke3 c3 39.h5 c2 40.Kd2 Ke4 41.g5 Kxf4 42.gxh6 gxh6 43.Kxc2 Kg5 44.Kd3 Kxh5, White resigns.

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PCG Reversed & PCG 4/30/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1848) - AlvaroColombia (Chess.com 1791), Chess.com 4/30/2022

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Ng4 6.d4 Bb6 7.Nf3 exd4 8.cxd4 Nf6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Be2 Re8 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 d5 15.e5 Ne4 16.O-O f5

17.Na4 Ne7 18.Nxb6 axb6 19.Bxe4 fxe4 20.f5 Rf8 21.Qg4 Kh8 22.a3 Qd7 23.e6 Qb5 24.Rf2 Qd3 25.Re1 Ng8 26.Rd2 Nf6 27.Qg3 Qc4 28.Qe5 c5 29.Rf2 cxd4 30.Qxd4 Qxd4 31.Bxd4 b5

32.g4 Ra4 33.Rd1 h6 34.Bxf6 gxf6 35.Rxd5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Isterling (lichess 2105) - JimWest (lichess 2112), lichess 4/30/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.c4 c6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bb5+ Nbc6 12.Qh5+ g6 13.Qh6 Nf5 14.Qh3 Nfd4 15.Bxc6+ bxc6

16.Qc3 Qb6 17.Be3 c5 18.O-O Ne2+, White resigns.