2 PCG Games 9/9/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Benji3752 (Chess.com 1868) - JimWest (Chess.com 1929), Chess.com 9/9/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qd2 a5 8.a4 Na6 9.Nh4 fxe4 10.dxe4 Nc5 11.f3 Be6 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nf5 Nd4 15.Nxd4 exd4 16.Ne2 c5 17.O-O-O O-O 18.g4 Qd7 10.b3 b5

20.g5 Be7 21.axb5 Qxb5 22.f4 a4 23.Qd3 Qxd3 24.Rxd3 axb3 25.Rxb3 Ra1+ 26.Rb1 Rxb1+ 27.Kxb1 Ra8 28.h4 g6 29.h5 Bf8 30.h6 Ra3 31.c3 dxc3 32.f5 gxf5 33.exf5 d5 34.g6 d4

35.Nf4 Rb3+ 36.Ka1 c2 37.g7 Rb1+ 38.Rxb1 cxb1=Q+ 39.Kxb1 Bxg7 40.hxg7 Kxg7 41.Ne6+ Kf6 42.Nxc5 Kxf5 43.Kc2 h5 44.Kd2 h4 45.Ke2 Kf4 46.Kf2 h3 47.Ne6+ Ke5 48.Nxd4 Kxd4 49.Kg3 Ke3 50.Kxh3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Rka_Khawlhring (lichess 2091) - JimWest (lichess 2125), lichess 9/9/2023

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 Nc6 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Qd6 12.Bb5 Qxe6 13.Bxc6+ Qxc6 14.Qe2 O-O 15.O-O-O a5 16.h4 b5 17.h5 h6 18.g4 Nh7 19.Bd2 Qf6

20.Rdf1 Ng5 21.Bxg5 Qxg5+ 22.Kb1 c6 23.Rhg1 Rf3 24.Rg3 Raf8 25.Rxf3 Rxf3 26.Qe1 a4 27.Qa5 e3 28.Qa8+ Kh7 29.Qxc6 e2 30.Re1 Rxf2 31.Qxb5 Qd2 32.Rxe2 Rxe2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/8/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Papaflessas (Chess.com 1867) - JimWest (Chess.com 1936), Chess.com 9/8/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 8.a4 Nf6 7.Nc3 d5 8.Bb3 Bd6 9.O-O Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nbd7 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.Rfe1 O-O-O 14.a5 Rde8 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.Qf5+ Kb8 17.a6 b6 18.Na4 Rhf8

19.Qg5 h6 20.Qd2 e4 21.Ref1 Bf4 22.Qc3 e3 23.fxe3 Bxe3+ 24.Kh1 Nh5 25.Rxf8 Ng3+ 26.Kh2 Nf1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Mrm_1391 (lichess 2194) - JimWest (lichess 2131), lichess 9/8/2023

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.Nc3 O-O-O 11.Be3 d4 12.Nxe4 dxe3

13.Nxc5 Qxb2 14.Rd1 Qc3+ 15.Rd2 exd2+, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/7/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1946) - mirza_enamul (Chess.com 1905), Chess.com 9/7/2023

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 f5 11.Qb3+ Kh8 12.Qxb4 fxe4 13.Nxe4 d5 14.Nfg5 Nh6 15.O-O dxe4 16.Bxe4 Nc6 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Bd2 Qd5 19.Rfe1 Bf5

20.Qc5 Ng4 21.Qxd5 cxd5 22.h3 Nf6 23.Bc3 Kg8 24.Re5 Rxe5 25.fxe5 Ne4 26.Nxe4 Bxe4 27.Rf1 Rf8 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8 29.a4 a6 30.Kf2 Kf7 31.g3 Ke6 32.Ke3 h5 33.h4 c6 34.Kf4 g6 35.a5 Bf5 36.Bb4 Bc2 37.g4 hxg4 38.Kxg4 Bf5+ 39.Kg3 Bd3

40.Bc5 Be4 41.b4 Bd3 42.Bb6 Be4 43.h5 gxh5 44.Kxh5 Bd3 45.Kh6 Kf7 46.Bc5 Bc4 47.Kg5 Bd3 48.Kf4 Ke6 49.Ke3 Bf1 50.Kf2 Bd3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

jcabayl (lichess 2139) - JimWest (lichess 2124), lichess 9/7/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7

6.Bg5 exf3 7.Bxe7 fxe2, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/6/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Anoop_Singh (Chess.com 1857) - JimWest (Chess.com 1950), Chess.com 9/6/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.g4 Nc6 8.c3 d5 9.Bg2 h5 10.Nf1 hxg4 11.Ng3 Bd7 12.Bg5 O-O-O 13.Nd2 Re8 14.O-O-O Qf7

15.Bf4 Nh5 16.Qxg4 Nxf4 17.Qxf4 Bd6 18.Qe3 Bxf5 19.Nxf5 Qxf5 20.f3 Bf4 21.fxe4 dxe4 22.Qh3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2116) - umartal (lichess 2213), lichess 9/6/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 d6 4.c3 Nc6 5.f4 exf4 6.Bxf4 Nf6 7.Nf3 Bb6 8.Be2 Ng4 9.Qc2 f5 10.Nbd2 fxe4 11.Nxe4 O-O 12.Bg5 Qe8 13.O-O-O d5

14.h3 dxe4 15.hxg4 exf3 16.d4 Bf5 17.Bc4+ Kh8 18.gxf5 fxg2 19.Qxg2 h6 20.Bxh6, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/5/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

YosedEman (Chess.com 2047) - JimWest (Chess.com 1954), Chess.com 9/5/2023

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, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

narendranp (lichess 2113) - JimWest (lichess 2116), lichess 9/5/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.dxe5 Bc5 7.h4 Ne7 8.e6 O-O 9.Qh5 h6 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Qxc5 Bxe6 12.Bc4 Bxc4 13.Qxc4+ Qd5 14.Nd2 Qxc4 15.Nxc4 Nbc6 16.Be3 b6 17.O-O-O Nf5 18.Bf4 b5

19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 Nd6 21.Bxd6 cxd6 22.Rhf1 Rf6 23.Rd4 Re8 24.Rdd1 e3 25.fxe3 Rxf1 26.Rxf1 Rxe3 27.Kd2 Rg3 28.Rf2 Rg4 29.h5 Rg5 30.Ke3 Rxh5 31.Kd4 Rg5 32.b3 a6 33.c4 bxc4 34.Kxc4 a5 35.Kd4 Kh7

36.Ke4 Kg6 37.Rd2 Kf7 38.Kf4 Ke6 39.g4 d5 40.Rd4 Re5 41.Ra4 g5+ 42.Kf3 Re1 43.Rxa5 Ke5 44.Ra8 Ra1 45.a4 Ra3 46.Rb8 Kd4 47.Rb5 Ra1 48.a5 Rf1+ 49.Kg2 Ra1 50.b4 Kc4 51.Rc5+ Kxb4 52.Rxd5 Rxa5 53.Rd6 Kc3 54.Rxh6 Kd4

55.Re6 Re5 56.Rd6+ Ke4 57.Kg3 Ke3 58.Rf6 Kd4 59.Rf5 Rxf5 60.gxf5 Ke5 61.Kg4 Kf6 62.Kg3 Kxf5 63.Kf3 g4+ 64.Kg3 Kg5 65.Kg2 Kf4 66.Kf2 g3+ 67.Kg2 Kg4 68.Kg1 Kf3 69.Kf1 g2+ 70.Kg1 Kg3, stalemate.

2 PCG Games 9/4/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

nshima (Chess.com 1751) - JimWest (Chess.com 1936), Chess.com 9/4/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.h4 Bc5 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.e6 O-O 9.f4 c6 10.Na4 Bd6 11.Nf7 Qa5+ 12.Nc3 Bb4 13.Bd2 Bxe6 14.Ng5 Bc8 15.a3 Bxc3 16.Bxc3 Qd8 17.Qh5 h6

18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Nh3 Bf5 20.O-O-O Nd7 21.Be2 Nf6 22.g4 Nxh5 23.gxh5 Kh7 24.Ng5+ hxg5 25.hxg5 Qd6 26.g6+ Nxg6 27.hxg6+ Kg8 28.Rdg1 Qxf4+ 29.Kb1 Qf2 30.g7 Qxg1+ 31.Rxg1 Rf7

32.Rg5 Bd7 33.Bg4 Bxg4 34.Rxg4 Rxg7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

LeffChess (lichess 2148) - JimWest (lichess 2110), lichess 9/4/2023

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.Ng5 Nh6 9.Ne6+ Bxe6 10.Bxe6 Ke7 11.Bb3 Nc6 12.Bxh6 gxh6 13.Nc3 Nd4 14.Nd5+ Kd7 15.Nf6+ Ke7 16.Nd5+ Kf8 17.O-O Nxb3 18.axb3 Kf7 19.f4 Ke6

20.fxe5 Bc5+ 21.Kh1 Kxd5 22.c4+ Kxe5 23.Rae1+ Kd6 24.Rf6+ Kd7 25.Rf7+ Kc6 26.Re6+ Bd6 27.b4 Rae8 28.Rff6 Rxe6 29.Rxe6 Kd7 30.Rxh6 Bxb4 31.g4 Bd2 32.Rh5 c6 33.Kg2 h6 34.h4 a5 35.g5 b5 36.cxb5 cxb5 37.g6 Kc6

38.Rf5 h5 39.Kf3 Rg8 40.Rf6+ Kc5 41.Ke4 a4 42.Kd3 Be1 43.Rf5+ Kb4 44.Rxh5 Rxg6 45.Rh7 Kb3 46.h5 Rd6+ 47.Ke2 Bd2 48.Rb7 b4 49.Rf7 Kxb2 50.Rf3 Bc3 51.Rh3 a3 52.h6 a2, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/3/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

NitishP463 (Chess.com 1830) - JimWest (Chess.com 1926), Chess.com 9/3/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nh4 Be6 9.Bg5 Nbd7

10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.dxe4 Qxh4 13.f3 Rf6 14.c3 Rh6 15.h3 Bxh3 16.gxh3 Rg6+ 17.Kh2 Qg3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2098) - haythammed (lichess 2116), lichess 9/3/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 O-O 6.c3 d5 7.e5 Ng4 8.d4 Be7 9.Nf3 f6 10.exf6 Bxf6 11.Be2 Nc6 12.O-O g5 13.Bc1 Qd6 14.h3 Nh6 15.Bxg5 Bxg5 16.Nxg5 Bf5 17.Nd2 Qg3 18.Ndf3 Bxh3 19.Nxh3 Ng4

20.Nhg5 h6 21.Qd3 hxg5 22.Qg6+ Kh8 23.Bd3 Nf6 24.Nxg5 Qe3+ 25.Kh1 Ne7 26.Nf7+ Rxf7 27.Qxf7 Qh6+ 28.Kg1 Neg8 29.Qg6 Qe3+ 30.Rf2 Re8 31.Raf1 Re7

32.Qf5 Rh7 33.Qf3 Qh6 34.Bxh7, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/2/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

KillerBunny314 (Chess.com 1811) - JimWest (Chess.com 1920), Chess.com 9/2/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qd1 c6 8.c4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 d4 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 e3

12.fxe3 Qxg5 13.exd4 Qh4+ 14.g3 Qe4+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

archil1971 (lichess 1947) - JimWest (lichess 2096), lichess 9/2/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Ned2 e4 9.Ng1 Nf6 10.c3 O-O 11.Be2 c6 12.Qb3 Kh8 13.O-O-O a5 14.a4 Na6 15.c4 Nb4 16.c5 Ng4 17.Bxg4 Bxg4 18.Rf1 Nd3+ 19.Kc2 Rxf2

20.Nh3 Bxh3 21.gxh3 Raf8 22.Rxf2 Rxf2 23.Rf1 Rxf1 24.Nxf1 Nb4+ 25.Kb1 Qf6 26.Qd1 h6 27.Ne3 Qf2 28.Qc1 Nd3 29.Ng4 Qg2

30.Nxh6 Nxc1 31.Nf7+ Kg8 32.Nd6 Nd3 33.Nxb7 Qxb2#.

2 PCG Games 9/1/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

NiilistaMorto (Chess.com 1782) - JimWest (Chess.com 1913), Chess.com 9/1/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.O-O fxe4 6.Ng5 d5 7.Bb5 exd4 8.Qxd4 Nf6 9.f3 Bd6 10.fxe4 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.e5 c5 13.Qh4 Bxe5 14.Rxf6 Rxf6 15.Qxh7+ Kf8 16.Qh8+ Ke7 17.Qxg7+ Kd6 18.Nf7+ Rxf7 19.Qxf7 Qh4

20.Qf8+ Ke6 21.Qh6+ Qxh6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

jan315 (lichess 2043) - JimWest (lichess 2086), lichess 9/1/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Ng4 Bxg4 11.Qxg4 O-O 12.Qe2 Qxd4 13.c3 Qf6 14.O-O-O c6 15.Nh5 Qxf2 16.Qg4 Qf7 17.Be2 Qg6 18.Qh3 a5 19.Rdf1 Na6

20.Bxa6 Rxa6 21.Rxf8+ Bxf8 22.Nf4 Qg5 23.Qe6+ Kh8 24.Qf7 Ra8 25.Kc2 Bd6 26.Ne6 Qxg2+ 27.Kb3 a4#.

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/31/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

maychess_1 (Chess.com 1889) - JimWest (Chess.com 1910), Chess.com 8/31/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Be7 6.Be2 c6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Qxb6 axb6 9.Nbd2 Nf6 10.Nc4 Nbd7 11.Be3 b5 12.Na3 O-O 13.h3 h6 14.g4 Bh7 15.Nd2 Nd5 16.Nc2 Nxe3 17.Nxe3 Bg5

18.O-O Bxe3 19.fxe3 Rxf1+ 20.Kxf1 Nc5 21.d4 exd4 22.exd4 Ne4 23.Nxe4 Bxe4 24.Kg1 Bd5 25.a3 Re8 26.Kf2 g5 27.a4 Rf8+ 28.Ke3 Bc4 29.Bxc4+ bxc4 30.a5 Re8+ 31.Kf2 Rf8+ 32.Ke2 Ra8 33.Kf3 d5 34.Kg3 Ra6

35.h4 Kg7 36.Ra3 gxh4+ 37.Kxh4 Kg6 38.b4 cxb3 39.Rxb3 Rxa5 40.Rxb7 Ra3 41.Rb8 Rxc3 42.Rg8+ Kh7 43.Rc8 Rc4 44.Kh5 Rxd4 45.Rxc6 Rc4 46.Rxh6+ Kg7 47.Rd6 Rc7 48.Rxd5 Rc6 49.g5 Ra6 50.Rd7+ Kg8

51.g6 Ra1 52.Kg5 Rg1+ 53.Kf6 Rf1+ 54.Ke5 Re1+ 55.Kf4 Rf1+ 56.Ke3 Rg1 57.Rd6 Kg7 58.Kf2 Rxg6 59.Rxg6+ Kxg6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2078) - AILIN265 (lichess 2086), lichess 8/31/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 O-O 8.f5 d5 9.Qc2 dxe4 10.dxe4 Na5 11.b4 Bb6 12.bxa5 Bxa5 13.O-O Qd6 14.Ba3 Qb6+ 15.Kh1 Rfd8 16.Nbd2 Qe3 17.Nc4 Qxc3 18.Qxc3 Bxc3 19.Rac1 Nxe4

20.Bb2 Bxb2 21.Nxb2 c6 22.Bd3 Nd6 23.Nxe5 h5 24.Nxg4 hxg4 25.g3 Re8 26.Rf4 Re5 27.Nc4 Rc5 28.Re1 Nb5 29.Rxg4 Rd8 30.Nb2 f6 31.Re7 Nc3 32.Rgxg7+ Kf8 33.Rxb7 Nxa2

34.Bc4 Nc3 35.Rg8#.