PCG Reversed & PCG 9/11/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1760) - Yiweiwu (Chess.com 1603), Chess.com 9/11/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 Ng4 6.Nh3 c6

7.f5 d4 8.Qxg4 dxc3 9.Qxg7 Rf8 10.Qxe5+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Irena112 (lichess 2160) - JimWest (lichess 2119), lichess 9/11/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.d4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.O-O Nxd4 7.c3 f4 8.cxd4 Qxg5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nc3 Bh3 11.Qf3 Bg4 12.Qd3 Rd8 13.Nd5 Bd6 14.Qb3 c6 15.Nb4 Qe7 16.a3 Bh5 17.Bd2 Bf7 18.Rad1 O-O 19.Bc3 Kh8

20.a4 Bxc4 21.Qxc4 Nf7 22.a5 a6 23.Nd3 Bb8 24.b4 Ba7 25.Nc5 Bxc5 26.bxc5 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Rd8 28.Rxd8+ Nxd8 29.h3 h6

30.Qb3 Qxc5 31.Bb4 Qc1+ 32.Kh2 c5 33.Qd3 cxb4 34.Qxd8+ Kh7 35.Qf8 Qc4 36.Qf5+ Kg8 37.Qc8+, White resigns.

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2 PCG Games 9/9/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

LeNnDozie (Chess.com 1756) - JimWest (Chess.com 1803), Chess.com 9/9/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Be2 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bh5+ g6 9.Be2 Bg7 10.d4 O-O 11.O-O c6 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.f4 Qe8

14.Kh1 h6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Ng4 Bg7 17.f5 g5 18.c3 Nf6 19.Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.Bh5 Qe7 21.Bg6 Bd7 22.Nh5 Be8 23.Bxe8 Raxe8

24.Qg4 e3 25.Nf4 Qe4 26.Qg3 e2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

MattLevine (lichess 2024) - JimWest (lichess 2151), lichess 9/9/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.Ng5 d5 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Bb5+ Nbc6 11.O-O O-O 12.Qh5 h6 13.Nh3 Bxh3 14.Qxh3 Qc8

15.Bxc6 Qxh3 16.Bxd5+ Nxd5 17.gxh3 Rae8 18.Rfd1 Rxe5 19.Na3 Rg5+ 20.Kf1 Ne3+, White resigns.

10/5 PCG 9/8/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

CHESS_YouTube_Coach (lichess 2168) - JimWest (lichess 2154), lichess 9/8/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6

6.Nxe4 Nxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.fxg6 Bg7  9.gxh7+ Kf8 10.Bh6 Qf6 11.Bd3 Qxf2+ 12.Kd1 Rxh7 13.Bxg7+ Kxg7 14.Qe2 Qxe2+ 15.Kxe2 Ng3+ 16.Kf3 Nxh1 17.Bxh7 Kxh7 18.Nd2 Nc6 19.c3 Be6 20.Rxh1 Rf8+ 21.Ke3 Ne7

22.a3 Nd5+ 23.Ke4 Rf4+ 24.Kd3 Bf5+ 25.Ke2 Bg4+ 26.Ke1 Ne3, White forfeits.

15/10 PCG Reversed 9/7/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1821) - MrCatbeast (Chess.com 1944), Chess.com 9/7/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5

7.Bb5+ Ke7 8.Ne2 f5 9.Bg5+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/6/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

vince92 (Chess.com 1755) - JimWest (Chess.com 1810), Chess.com 9/6/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Ng5 d5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.f3 h6 9.exf4 Bg4 10.Nf3 dxe4

11.O-O exf3 12.gxf3 Bh5 13.Re1+ Be7 14.Qe2 Qxd4+ 15.Be3 Qe5 16.f4 Qa5 17.Qf2 Nc6 18.Nc3 O-O-O

19.Ba4 Ng4 20.Qf3 Nxe3 21.Qxe3 Bc5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

AG1957 (lichess 1995) - JimWest (lichess 2146), lichess 9/6/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.O-O O-O-O 12.Kh1 Rxh8 13.f4 c6 14.c3 h6 15.Bxf6 Nxf6

16.f5 Bd7 17.b4 Bd6 18.g3 h5 19.a3 h4 20.g4 Qe5 21.Rf2 e3 22.Rg2 Ne4 23.Qd4 h3 24.Qxe5 hxg2+ 25.Kxg2 Bxe5 26.h3 Nxc3 27.Nxc3 Bxc3 28.Ra2 d4 29.Bd3 Re8 30.Re2 b6 31.Kg3 c5 32.bxc5 bxc5

33.h4 Bc6 34.g5 Be4 35.Bxe4 Rxe4 36.f6 gxf6 37.gxf6, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/5/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Chen123456789 (Chess.com 1707) - JimWest (Chess.com 1793), Chess.com 9/5/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.Bh5+ g6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.Ng4 Bxg4 13.Bxg4 Nxg4 14.Qxg4 Nc6 15.c3 Qc8 16.Qh4 Ne7 17.Bh6 Bxg3 18.hxg3 Nf5

19.Qg5 Nxh6 20.Qxh6 Qe6 21.Rfe1 Rf8 22.f4 Qg4 23.Kf2 Rae8 24.Re3 Rf5 25.Rh1 Re7 26.Ree1 Rh5 27.Rxh5 gxh5 28.Qf6 Rg7 29.Qd8+ Kf7 30.Qxc7+ Kg6 31.Qe5 h4 32.f5+ Qxf5+ 33.Qxf5+ Kxf5 34.gxh4 Kg4 35.g3 Rf7+ 36.Kg2 Rf3

37.c4 Rxg3+ 38.Kf2 Rf3+ 39.Ke2 dxc4 40.Rd1 Rd3 41.Rxd3 cxd3+ 42.Kd2 Kxh4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2141) - dilzacmor1996_wowowo (lichess 2055), lichess 9/5/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Nd5 6.d4 e3 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 Nc6 9.c3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 f6 11.Qb3 Nf4

12.Bxe3 Nd3+ 13.Ke2 Na5, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/4/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1806) - Dr_Trepanation (Chess.com 1856), Chess.com 9/4/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Bc5 6.c3 O-O 7.Nf3 d5 8.e5 Re8 9.d4 Nh5 10.Be3 Bf8 11.Bb5 Bg4 12.O-O f6 13.h3 Bd7 14.Bxc6 bxc6

15.Bf2 fxe5 16.Nxe5 Rxe5 17.dxe5 Qg5 18.Qf3 Nf4 19.Be3 Nxh3+ 20.Qxh3 Qxe5 21.Qxd7 Qxe3+ 22.Kh1 Bd6 23.Qf7+ Kh8 24.Qf3 Qh6+ 25.Qh3 Qg6 26.Na3 Re8 27.Rae1 Rb8 28.Nb1 h6

29.b3 Qc2 30.Qh5 Kh7 31.Qf5+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

jamesbands007 (lichess 2104) - JimWest (lichess 2172), lichess 9/4/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Nf3 Bd6 9.Bg5 Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Re1 Qc7 13.Qd2 e4

14.dxe4 fxe4 15.Nd4 Nxd4 16.Qxd4 Bxh2+ 17.Kh1 Be5 18.Qd2 Bxc3 19.Qxc3 Qxc3 20.bxc3 a6 21.Ba4 Rac8 22.Bd2 Ng4 23.Be3 Nxe3 24.Rxe3 Rxf2 25.Kg1 Rf6 26.Rd1 Bf7 27.Bb3 Rfc6 28.Bxd5 Bxd5 29.Rxd5 Rxc3 30.Rxe4 Rxc2

31.Re7 R2c7 32.Rd8+ Rxd8 33.Rxc7 b5 34.Ra7 Rd6 35.Kh2 h6 36.Kh3 Kh7 37.g3 b4 38.Kh4 Rd4+ 39.Kh5 Rd5+ 40.Kh4 Ra5 41.Rb7 Ra4 42.Kh5 a5 43.Kg4 b3+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/3/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

sudhirhansalia (Chess.com 1675) - JimWest (Chess.com 1796), Chess.com 9/3/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qe2 Bd6 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.Nc3 Nf6 12.Bg5 O-O 13.Bxf6 Rxf6 14.Nxd5 Qa5+ 15.Nc3 Nd4 16.Bc4+ Kg7 17.Qd2 Nxf3+ 18.gxf3 Bb4

19.a3 Bxc3 20.Qxc3 Qxc3 21.bxc3 Bd7 22.Kd2 Bc6 23.Rhe1 Re8 24.Ke2 e4 25.fxe4 fxe4 26.Kf1 e3 27.Re2 Bf3 28.Rxe3 Rxe3 29.fxe3 Bd5+ 30.Ke2 Bxc4 31.dxc4 Re6 32.Rd1 Re7 33.Rd6 Rc7 34.Kd3 Kf7 35.e4 Ke7 36.e5 Rc5

37.Kd4 Ra5 38.c5 Rxa3 39.c6 bxc6 40.Rxc6 Ra2 41.Rc7+ Ke6 42.Rxh7 Rxc2 43.Rxa7 Rd2+ 44.Ke3 Rxh2 45.Ra6+ Kxe5 46.Rxg6 Rh3+ 47.Kd2 Kd5 48.Rg4 Kc5 49.Re4 Rh2+ 50.Re2 Rxe2+ 51.Kxe2 Kc4

52.Kd2 Kc5 53.Kd3 Kd5 54.c4+ Kc5 55.Kc3 Kc6 56.Kd4 Kd6 57.c5+ Kc6 58.Kc4 Kc7 59.Kb5 Kb7 60.c6+ Kc7 61.Kc5 Kc8 62.Kd6 Kd8 63.c7+ Kc8 64.Kc6, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

axlsal (lichess 2162) - JimWest (lichess 2166), lichess 9/3/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng1 d5 6.c4 d4 7.Ne2 c5 8.Ng3 Nc6 9.Nxe4 Nxe5 10.Qh5+ Ng6 11.Bd3 Nf6 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.O-O Be7 14.Nd2 O-O 15.Ne4 Qf5 16.Qe2 Nf4 17.Bxf4 Qxf4

18.Nxc5 Bxc5 19.Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.Qh5+ Kg8 21.Qxc5 Be6 22.Rad1 Rad8 23.b3 b6 24.Qc6 Qd6 25.Qb7 Rd7 26.Qe4 Bf5 27.Qh4 e3 28.Rfe1 Qf6 29.Qg3 d2 30.Re2 Rfd8 31.Qe3 Rd3 32.Qf4 R3d4 33.Qe3 Re4 34.Qf3 Rxe2 35.Qxe2 Qd4

36.h3 Bc2 37.Qe6+ Kh8 38.Qf7 Bxd1, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/2/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

AllNewMe (Chess.com 1803) - JimWest (Chess.com 1799), Chess.com 9/2/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.d3 Nc6 12.Qg3+ Kxh8 13.Bg5 Bg7 14.dxe4 Qd4 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.c3 Qxe4+ 17.Qe3 Qxe3+ 18.fxe3 Bf5 19.O-O-O Re8

20.Bd3 Bxd3 21.Rxd3 Ne5 22.Rd5 Bg5 23.Re1 c6 24.Ra5 Nd3+ 25.Kd2 Bd8 26.Rxa7 Nxe1 27.Kxe1 Rxe3+ 28.Kd2 Bg5 29.Kd1 Re7 30.a4 Kg7 31.a5 Be3 32.Ra8 h5 33.a6 bxa6 34.Rxa6 c5 35.b4 cxb4 36.cxb4 Re4

37.b5 Rb4 38.Ke2 Bc5 39.Rc6 Rxb5 40.g4 hxg4 41.hxg4 Be7 42.Kf3 Bf6 43.Kf4 Kg6 44.Ra6 Rb4+ 45.Kg3 Rb3+ 46.Kf4 Rb4+ 47.Kg3 Kf7 48.Ra7+ Ke6 49.Ra6+ Ke5 50.Ra5+ Ke4 51.Ra3 Bg5 52.Ra5 Rb3+ 53.Kg2 Bh4

54.Ra4+ Ke5 55.Rc4 Rg3+ 56.Kh2 Rd3 57.Rc5+ Kf4 58.Rc4+ Kg5 59.Ra4 Bg3+ 60.Kh3 Bf4+ 61.Kg2 Kxg4 62.Ra2 Rg3+ 63.Kf2 Be3+ 64.Kf1 Kf3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Cadenas81 (lichess 2097) - JimWest (lichess 2173), lichess 9/2/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.O-O Kf8 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.fxe3 Kg8 13.Ng6 hxg6 14.Nc3 c6 15.a3 Nbd7 16.b4 a6 17.Rb1 Ne5 18.a4 b5 19.Qd4 Nc4

20.Bxc4 bxc4 21.h3 Qa7 22.Qxa7 Rxa7 23.b5 cxb5 25.axb5 axb5 26.Nxb5 Ra2 27.Nd4 Bf7 28.Rb8+ Kh7 29.Rf4 g5 30.Rf2 Ra1+ 31.Rf1 Ra3 32.Nf5 Bg6 33.g4 Bxf5 34.Rxf5 Rxe3 35.Rxg5 Rxh3 36.Rb7 Ne8 37.Re7 Kh6

38.Rxd5 Rg3+ 39.Kh2 Nf6 40.Rc5 Rxg4 41.Rxc4 Rf4 42.Kg3 Rf3+ 43.Kg2 Re3 44.Rcc7 Nh5 45.c4 Rg3+ 46.Kf2 Rf3+ 47.Ke2 Ng3+ 48.Ke1 Nf5 49.Rxe4 Rc3 50.Re5 g6 51.c5 Nd4

52.Rc8 Nf3+ 53.Kf2 Nxe5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/1/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

corenn (Chess.com 1662) - JimWest (Chess.com 1790), Chess.com 9/1/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.d3 Nf6 7.Nh4 Bg6 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.Nc3 Be7 10.a4 d5 11.Ba2 Bf7 12.Nf5 O-O 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.Qf3 Qd6 15.Rfe1 Rae8 16.h3 h6 17.Bd2 Kh8 18.a5 a6

19.Na4 e4 20.dxe4 dxe4 21.Qe2 Bxa2 22.Rxa2 Nd5 23.c4 Nf4 24.Qe3 Nd3 25.Rf1 Nf6 26.Nc3 Nb4 27.Ra4 Nc2 28.Qe2 Nd4 29.Qe3 Nf5 30.Qe1 Qd3 31.Bf4 g5 32.Bc1 Nd6 33.c5 Nb5 34.Ne2 Nd5 35.Qd1 Qxd1 36.Rxd1 e3

37.fxe3 Nxe3 38.Rd7 Nd5 39.h4 Rxe2 40.Kh2 Rc2 41.Bxg5 hxg5 42.hxg5 Nf4 43.Re4 Rxg2+ 44.Kh1 Rxg5 45.Ree7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

elefant4711 (lichess 2226) - JimWest (lichess 2158), lichess 9/1/2022

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 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.Bd3 Qd7 13.O-O Nc6 14.Bxf5 Qxf5 15.Bxc7 Qe4 16.c3 Kd7 17.Re1 Qg6 18.Bg3 Rag8

19.Qf3 Qf7 20.Qf4 Rxg3 21.hxg3 Bd6 22.Qf5+ Kc7 23.Qf3 Qh7 24.Nd2 Ne7 25.Nf1 Nf5 26.Rac1 Qh1+ 27.Kf2 Rh5 28.c4 Nxd4 29.cxd5+ Kb6 30.Qe3 Rf5+ 31.Qf3 Nxf3, White resigns.

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