2 PCG Games 5/8/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

dtweah (Chess.com 1836) - JimWest (Chess.com 1944), Chess.com 5/8/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.h3 h6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Re1 Be7 8.c3 c6 9.d4 e4 10.Nh4 Bh7 11.d5 cxd5 12.Bxd5 Nc6 13.Be6 d5 14.c4 d4 15.Nd2 Qd6 16.Bf5 O-O 17.Bxh7+ Nxh7 18.Nf5 Rxf5 19.Nxe4 Qg6

20.Qb3 Na5 21.Qa4 Rd8 22.Ng3 Nc6 23.Nxf5 Qxf5 24.Qb5 Rf8 25.f3 Bh4 26.Re4 Bg5 27.Qxb7 Bxc1 28.Rxc1 Ng5 29.Ree1 d3 30.Rcd1 Nd4 31.Qxa7 Ndxf3+ 32.gxf3 Nxf3+ 33.Kg2 Nxe1+ 34.Rxe1 Qf3+ 35.Kh2 d2

36.Rg1 Qf4+ 37.Kh1 Qe4+ 38.Kh2 Qe5+ 39.Kh1 d1=Q 40.Rxd1 Qe4+ 41.Kg1 Qg6+ 42.Kh1 Qe4+ 43.Kg1 Qg6+ 44.Kh1 Qe4+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Bullet_Blitz69 (lichess 2051) - JimWest (lichess 2139), lichess 5/8/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qe2 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nbd7 13.Rad1 O-O-O 14.Be6 Kb8 15.a4 h6 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Ra1 g5 18.a5 a6 19.Qe2 h5

20.Rfb1 g4 21.hxg4 hxg4 22.Bxg4 Nxg4 23.Qxg4 Rh4 24.Qe6 Rdh8 25.g3 fxg3 26.fxg3 Rh1+ 27.Kf2 Bc5+ 28.Ke2 R8h2+ 29.Kd3 Rxb1 30.Rxb1 Qd8+ 31.Kc4 Qd4+

32.Kb3 Qb4+ 33.Ka2 Qxa5+ 34.Kb3 Qb4+ 35.Ka2 Qa5+ 36.Kb3 Qb4+ 37.Ka2 Qa5+, draw.

2 PCG Games 5/7/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

godfather9999 (Chess.com 1938) - JimWest (Chess.com 1946), Chess.com 5/7/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qd1 O-O 12.Be2 Nc6 13.c3 Qe7 14.Bg4 Nd8 15.Qb3 c6 16.Nd2 Rb8 17.O-O Nxe6 18.Bxe6+ Qxe6 19.Rae1 Qf7

20.f3 exf3 21.Nxf3 Qg7 22.Re6 Rbe8 23.Rfe1 Rxe6 24.Rxe6 Qf7 25.Re1 b5 26.Qa3 Re8 27.Rae8+ Qxe8 28.Kf2 Qd7 29.Qb3 Qf5 30.Qd1 g5 31.Kg1 g4 32.Ne5 Bxe5 33.dxe5 h5 34.Qe2 Kf7 35.h3 Ke6

36.hxg4 hxg4 37.Qe3 Qxe5 38.Qh6+ Qf6 39.Qe3+ Qe5 40.Qh6+ Qf6 41.Qe3+ Qe5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

mohitms06 (lichess 2124) - JimWest (lichess 2137), lichess 5/7/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.Bd2 dxc3 9.bxc3 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Qxg5 11.g3 Nc6 12.Bg2 Nge7 13.Bxe4 O-O 14.O-O Bh3 15.f4 Qh6 16.Re1 Rad8 17.Qc2 Bf5 18.Bxf5 Nxf5 19.Qb3 b6

20.Re4 Kh8 21.Rae1 Qg6 22.R4e2 Ncd4 23.Bxd4 Nxd4 24.Qc3 Nxe2+ 25.Rxe2 h5 26.e6 Rde8 27.Re5 Rxe6 28.Rg5 Qb1+ 29.Kg2 Re2+ 30.Kh3 Qf1+ 31.Kh4 Rxh2#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/6/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1958) - leon2424 (Chess.com 1875), Chess.com 5/6/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 exf4 8.Bxf4 d5 9.e5 Nd4 10.exf6 Qxf6 11.Be3 Nf5 12.Bc1 O-O-O 13.O-O Bc5+ 14.Kh1 Kb8 15.c3 Rhe8 16.d4 Bd6 17.Bg4 Qh4

18.Bh3 Ng3+ 19.Kg1 Nxf1 20.Kxf1 Bxh2 21.Nd2 Bg3 22.Nf3 Qf6 23.Bg5 Qd6 24.Bxd8 Qxd8 25.Qd3 Qf6 26.Qf5 Qe7 27.Ne5 Bh4 28.Kg1 f6 29.Nd7+ Ka8 30.Rf1 g6 31.Qf3 Qd6 32.Nc5 f5 33.Nd3 Bg3

34.Ne5 Bxe5 35.dxe5 Qxe5 36.Qf4 c6 37.Qxe5 Rxe5 38.Kf2 Kb8 39.Re1 Rxe1 40.Kxe1 Kc7 41.Ke2 Kd6 42.Ke3 Ke5 43.g3 g5 44.a3 b6 45.Bf1 h5 46.Be2, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ZVIAD64 (lichess 2169) - JimWest (lichess 2139), lichess 5/6/2024

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.O-O Nf6 9.Re1 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bb5+ c6 12.Ba4 O-O 13.Nc3 Bb4 14.a3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Nd5 16.g3 Nxc3 17.Bb3 Bxb3 18.cxb3 Nf7

19.Bb2 Nxe5 20.fxe5 Nd5 21.Rxe4 Rae8 22.e6 Re7 23.a4 Rfe8 24.Rg4 g6 25.h4 Rxe6 26.h5 Nf6 27.Bxf6 Rxf6 28.Rd1 Re7 29.h6 Rfe6 30.Rd8+ Re8 31.Rd7 R6e7 32.Rgd4 Kf7 33.Kf2 Rxd7 34.Rxd7+ Re7

35.Rd8 g5 36.Kf3 Re6 37.Rd7+ Re7 38.Rd8 Re6 39.Rd7+ Re7 40.Rd8, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/5/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

vukson90 (Chess.com 1767) - JimWest (Chess.com 1946), Chess.com 5/5/2024

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.O-O-O Qd6 17.f4 exf3 18.gxf3 Qc5

19.Bg2 Qxc3 20.bxc3 Nc4 21.Rde1 Nf6 22.Bf1 Nd6 23.c4 b6 24.Re7 Bd7 25.Bd3 Re8 26.Rhe1 Rxe7 27.Rxe7 h6 28.Kd2 Kg8 29.Kc3 Kf8 30.Re2 Kf7 31.Rg2 Bf5 32.Kd4 Bxd3 33.cxd3 Nf5+ 34.Ke5 Nd6

35.Rg3 Nd7+ 36.Kf4 Nc5 37.d4 Nd3+ 38.Ke3 Nb4 39.c5 Nf5+ 40.Ke4 Nxg3+ 41.hxg3 Nxa2 42.d6 cxd6 43.c6 Nc3+ 44.Kf5 Nd5 45.Ke4 Nc7 46.d5 a5 47.g4 a4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2144) - AzerSeferov (lichess 1997), lichess 5/5/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qxg4 Qa5+ 9.Nc3 Qxb5 10.Nxb5 Bxg4 11.Nc7+ Kd7 12.Nxa8 Nc6 13.h3 Bh5 14.g4 Bg6 15.Ne2 cxd4 16.Bf4 Bc5 17.e6+ fxe6 18.Nc7 e5

19.Nd5 exf4 20.Ndxf4 Ne5 21.Nxg6 hxg6 22.O-O-O Nc6 23.Nxd4 Nxd4 24.c3 Rc8 25.Rxd4+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/4/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

MKameel (Chess.com 1790) - JimWest (Chess.com 1955), Chess.com 5/4/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.Nc3 fxe4 7.Nxe4 d5 8.Nc3 e4 9.Ne5 O-O 10.Qd2 Nbc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Be2 Rb8 13.Na4 Qd6 14.c3 Qf4 15.Qxf4 Rxf4 16.O-O Ng6 17.b3 Rf6 18.Nc5 Nf4 19.Rfe1 Rg6

20.Bf1 Nh3+ 21.Kh1 Nxf2+ 22.Kg1 Nh3+ 23.Kh1 Nf4 24.g3 Ne6 25.Nxe6 Bxe6 26.c4 Rd8 27.Bg2 Re8 28.Rac1 Bg4 29.cxd5 cxd5 30.Rxc7 Ra6 31.a4 Rb6 32.Re3 Reb8 33.h3 Be6 34.Re7 Bf7 35.Rxa7 h6 36.Re1 Rxb3

37.a5 Rb1 38.Rxb1 Rxb1+ 39.Kh2 Ra1 40.a6 e3 41.Re7 Rxa6 42.Rxe3 Ra4 43.Rd3 Kf8 44.g4 g5 45.Kg3 Ke7 46.Bf3 Kd6 47.h4 Bg6 48.Rd2 Ra3 49.hxg5 hxg5 50.Kf2 Rd3 51.Ke2 Rxd2+ 52.Kxd2 Bf7

53.Kc3 Be6 54.Kb4 Kc6 55.Ka5 Bc8 56.Be2 Kd6 57.Kb6 Bd7 58.Bf3 Bc8 59.Be2 Bd7 60.Kb7 Be6 61.Bf3 Bd7 62.Be2 Be6 63.Bf3 Bd7 64.Be2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

morteza_398 (lichess 2050) - JimWest (lichess 2140), lichess 5/4/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Neg5 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bb4+ 8.c3 Qe7+ 9.Be2 Bc5 10.O-O Bxd4 11.cxd4 Qf6 12.Bh5+ g6 13.Re1+ Ne7 14.Bf3 O-O 15.h4 Nbc6 16.Be3 h6 17.Qe2 Bd7 18.Rad1 Rae8

19.Qb5 hxg5 20.Bxd5+ Nxd5 21.Qxd5+ Be6 22.Qe4 Bxa2 23.hxg5 Rxe4 24.gxf6 Rxf6 25.Rd2 Bd5 26.f3 Re7 27.Ree2 Rfe6 28.Kf2 Kf7 29.Re1 a6

30.b4 Nxb4 31.Rdd1 Nc2, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/3/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1946) - Kodfish (Chess.com 1813), Chess.com 5/3/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 d5 6.Be2 dxe4 7.dxe4 Qe7 8.f5 O-O 9.Bg5 Rd8 10.Nd5 Qf8 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Bd3 Be7 13.Qg4+ Kh8 14.O-O-O Nb4 15.Bc4 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 c6 17.Bb3 Bd7 18.Ne2 c5 19.Qh5 Be8

20.Bd5 Rab8 21.Rd3 Qg7 22.Rg3 Qf8 23.Rf1 b5 24.Rff3 c4 25.Rh3 h6 26.Rfg3 Kh7 27.Rg4 a5 28.Rhg3 Bc5 29.Kb1 Bf2 30.Rg8 Qxg8 31.Rxg8 Kxg8

32.Qxh6 Rd7 33.Qxf6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

AMIR40000 (lichess 2095) - JimWest (lichess 2134), lichess 5/3/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Be2 d5 7.O-O Nf6 8.c4 c6 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.cxd5 Bxc3 11.bxc3 cxd5 12.Qa4+ Nc6 13.Qa3 Qe7 14.Qxe7+ Nxe7 15.Ba3 Nc6 16.Nb3 O-O-O 17.Nc5 Nd7 18.Nxd7 Rxd7 19.Rfd1 Kb8

20.Rac1 Re8 21.Bb5 Re6 22.c4 dxc4 23.d5 Bg4 24.dxe6 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Bxd1 26.f3 exf3 27.e7 f2+ 28.Kxf2 Bh5 29.Bxc4 Be8 30.Bd6+ Ka8 31.Ke3 b6 32.Ba6 Na5 33.Kd4 Nb7 34.Bc7 Nc5 35.Bc4 Kb7 36.Be5 g6

37.Bd5+ Kc8 38.Bg8 h5 39.h4 Kd7 40.Bf6 a5 41.Bc4 Ne6+ 42.Ke5 Nc7 43.a4 Kc6 44.Kd4 b5 45.axb5+ Nxb5+ 46.Bxb5+ Kxb5 47.Kd5 Kb6 48.Kd6 Kb7 49.Bd4 a4, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 5/2/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Eriil2004 (Chess.com 1872) - JimWest (Chess.com 1941), Chess.com 5/2/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.h3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Nbd7 9.Bc4+ Kh8 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Bb3 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 g5 13.g4 Qe8 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Bf6 16.Bd2 c6 17.Bb3 Be6 18.Bxe6 Qxe6

19.Bc3 Bxc3 20.Qxc3+ Qe5 21.Qxe5+ dxe5 22.f3 Rad8 23.Rad1 Kg7 24.Kf2 Kf6 25.Ke2 Ke7 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Rd1 Rxd1 28.Kxd1 Kd6 29.b4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Temur777 (lichess 2125) - JimWest (lichess 2140), lichess 5/2/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.d4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.O-O-O O-O 12.Rhe1 Bxc4 13.Nxc4 Nf7 14.Nxd6 Nxd6 15.Bxf6 Rxf6 16.Nxe4 Rxf4 17.Nxd6 cxd6 18.Rxd6 Rc8 19.Red1 Rf2

20.R6d2 Rcf8 21.c4 h5 22.Kc2 Kh7 23.Rxf2 Rxf2+ 24.Rd2 Rf1 25.b4 Kg6 26.c5 a6 27.a4 Ra1 28.Kb3 Rb1+ 29.Rb2 Rc1 30.Rc2 Rb1+ 31.Kc4 Ra1 32.Rd2 Rxa4 33.Rd7 Ra2 34.Rxb7 Rxg2 35.Rb6+ Kf5 36.Rxa6 Rxh2

37.c6 Rc2+ 38.Kb5 h4 39.Kb6 h3 40.c7 h2 41.Ra1 g5 42.Kb7 g4 43.c8=Q+ Rxc8 44.Kxc8 g3 45.b5 g2 46.b6 g1=Q 47.Rxg1 hxg1=Q

48.b7 Qc5+ 49.Kd7 Qb6 50.Kc8 Qc6+ 51.Kb8 Ke6 53.Ka7 Qc7 54.Ka8 Qa5+ 55.Kb8 Kd6 56.Kc8 Qc7#.

2 PCG Games 5/1/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

NickB2014 (Chess.com 1948) - JimWest (Chess.com 1936), Chess.com 5/1/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nc3 fxe4 8.Nxe4 Nf6 9.Nfg5 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 Bf5 11.f3 Bxe4 12.fxe4 Bc5 13.Bg5 Nf7 14.Bh4 Nd6 15.Bd3 O-O 16.O-O-O Bf2 17.Bxf2 Rxf2 18.Rd2 Raf8 19.Rhd1 g6

20.Rxf2 Rxf2 21.Rd2 Rxd2 22.Kxd2 Kg7 23.h4 Kf6 24.Ke3 h6 25.Kf3 c5 26.c3 a5 27.Ke3 g5 28.hxg5+ Kxg5 29.Be2 h5 30.b3 h4 31.a3 b6 32.b4 cxb4 33.cxb4 axb4 34.axb4 Ne8 35.Kf3 Ng7

36.Bf1 Ne6 37.g3 Nd4+ 38.Kf2 hxg3+ 39.Kxg3 Nc2 40.b5 Nd4 41.Bc4 Kh5 42.Bf1 Kg5 43.Bd3 Kh5 44.Kf2 Kg4 45.Ke3 Kg3 46.Bc4 Kg2 47.Bd3 Kg3 48.Bc4 Kg2 48.Bd3 Kg3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

VoronskyQ (lichess 2070) - JimWest (lichess 2135), lichess 5/1/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.Ng5 d5 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qd1 O-O 10.Nc3 c6

11.h4 Qb6 12.Na4 Qxf2#.

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/30/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

10Farewell (Chess.com 1919) - JimWest (Chess.com 1936), Chess.com 4/30/2024

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.Ne4 exf2+ 11.Nxf2 Nc6 12.cxd4 Qxd4 13.Qxd4 Nxd4 14.Bd3 Nb3 15.Rb1 Nxc1 16.Rxc1 Ne7 17.O-O O-O 18.Ne4 Bf5 19.Rce1 Rad8

20.Nc5 Rxd3 21.Rxf5 Rxf5 22.Nxd3 b6 23.c5 Kf7 24.g4 Rf3 25.Rd1 Ke6 26.Kg2 Rf8 27.h4 Nd5 28.Kg3 g6 29.g5 Rf5 30.cxb6 axb6 31.a4 c5 32.a5 c4 33.axb6 Nxb6 34.Nc5+ Kxe5 35.Nd7+ Nxd7 36.Rxd7 Rf8

37.Rc7 Kd4 38.Rd7+ Ke3 39.Re7+ Kd2 40.Rd7+ Kc2 41.Rxh7 Rg8 42.Kg4 c3 43.h5 gxh5+ 44.Kxh5 Kc1 45.Rc7 c2 46.Kh6 Rxg5 47.Kxg5 Kd2 48.Rxc2+ Kxc2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2150) - Strategy-Tactic (lichess 2098), lichess 4/30/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d6 4.f4 Nbd7 5.Nf3 exf4 6.Bxf4 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O b6 9.h3 Bb7 10.Nbd2 c6 11.c3 Ne8 12.d4 b5 13.e5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Bf6 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Bf3 Rc8 18.Qc2 Nd5 19.Rae1 Re8

20.Bxd5 Qxd5 21.b4 g6 22.Qb3 Rxe1 23.Rxe1 Kf8 24.Re5 Qxb3 25.Nxb3 Re8 26.Rxe8+ Kxe8 27.Nc5 Bc8 28.a4 Ke7 29.a5 Kd6 30.Kf2 Kd5 31.Ke3 Kc4 32.Kd2 f5

33.h4 h6 34.g3 g5 35.hxg5 hxg5 36.Nd3 Kd5 37.Ne5 Bb7 38.Kd3 a6 39.Nf3, Black forfeits.