Tuesday, July 9, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/8/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1871) - drdubius (Chess.com 1817), Chess.com 7/8/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 g6 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.c3 O-O 10.Bd3 d6 11.exd6 Qxd6 12.O-O Bg4 13.Na3 a6 14.Nc4 Qd8 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Qd7 17.Be4 Nde7 18.a4 f5 19.Bxc6 Qxc6


20.Qxc6 Nxc6 21.Bf4 Rf7 22.Rfe1 Kf8 23.Ne5 Nxe5 24.Bxe5 Bxe5 25.Rxe5 Re7 26.Rae1 Rae8 27.Rxe7 Rxe7 28.Rxe7 Kxe7 29.Kf2 Ke6 30.Ke3 g5 31.g3 Kd5 32.Kd3 b5 33.axb5 axb5 34.b3 c6


35.c4+ Ke6 36.Ke3 b4 37.Kf3 h6 38.h4 Kf6 39.hxg5+ hxg5 40.Ke3 Ke6 41.Kf3 Kd6 42.Ke3 Ke6 43.Kf3 Kd6 44.Ke3 Ke6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

chook99 (lichess 2176) - JimWest (lichess 2162), lichess 7/8/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf4 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.c4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 c6 11.Nc3 O-O 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Be2 Nc6 14.O-O Qe7 15.f3 Qxe6 16.fxe4 Nxe4 17.Qe3 Rxf1+ 18.Rxf1 Re8


19.Bf3 Nxc3 20.Qxe6+ Rxe6 21.bxc3 Ne7 22.Kf2 Ra6 23.Re1 Rxa2+ 24.Kg3 Kf7 25.Re5 Rc2 26.Bxd5+ Nxd5 27.Rxd5 Rxc3+ 28.Kf4 Rc7 29.Ra5 a6 30.d5 Rc2 31.Ke5 Ke7


32.g4 Re2+ 33.Kd4 Kd6 34.h4 Rg2 35.g5 Rg4+ 36.Ke3 Rxh4, White resigns.

Monday, July 8, 2024

2 PCG Reversed Games 7/7/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1880) - MATRIDEEPBHATTACHARYYA (Chess.com 1884), Chess.com 7/7/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 exf4 6.Bxf4 Bg4 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nd4 11.c3 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 c6 13.Kh1 Re8 14.Nd2 a5 15.a4 b5 16.d4 bxa4 17.Rxa4 Qb6 18.Nc4 Qb5 19.Rfa1 d5


20.exd5 cxd5 21.Nxa5 Bd8 22.b4 Bxa5 23.Rxa5 Rxa5 24.Rxa5 Qc6 25.Rc5 Qa6 26.Be5 Qa1+ 27.Kh2 Ne4 28.Rc7 f6 29.Qg4 g6 30.Qd7 fxe5 31.Qxe8#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2156) - mahone02 (lichess 2155), lichess 7/7/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 d4 5.fxe5 Nfd7 6.Nf3 c5 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Nbd2 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Qxe5 11.Nf3 Qe7 12.Be2 Nc6 13.O-O O-O 14.a4 b6 15.b3 Ne5 16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.Bg4 Qg5 18.Bxc8 Raxc8


19.Qc1 Qxc1 20.Raxc1 Rc6 21.Rf3 a6 22.Rcf1 b5 23.axb5 axb5 24.Ra1 c4 25.bxc4 bxc4 26.Ra7 g6 27.h4 h5 28.Rd7 cxd3 29.cxd3 Rc1+ 30.Kh2 f5 31.exf5 Rxf5 32.Rxf5 gxf5 33.Rxd4 Kf7


34.Rd6 Rd1 35.Kg3 Rd2 36.Kf3 Kg7 37.g3 Rd1 38.d4 Rd3+ 39.Kf4 Kh7 40.d5 Kg7 41.Kxf5 Rxg3 42.Rd7+ Kh6 43.Rd8 Rf3+ 44.Ke6 Re3+ 45.Kd7 Re4 46.Rh8+ Kg6 47.d6 Rxh4


48.Kd8 Rd4 49.d7 Kg5 50.Rg8+ Kh4 51.Ke7 Kh3 52.d8=Q Rxd8 53.Rxd8 h4 54.Kf6 Kh2 55.Kg5 Kh3 56.Rd3+, Black forfeits.

Sunday, July 7, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/6/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1880) - Ziqian_Gao (Chess.com 1860), Chess.com 7/6/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Nd4 8.c3 Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.f5 d5 12.Bg5 dxe4 13.dxe4 Qd6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Rd1 Qb6+ 16.Qf2 Qxf2+ 17.Kxf2 Rad8 18.Nd2 Be7


19.Nf3 Bc5+ 20.Ke2 f6 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Rd1 Rxd1 23.Kxd1 Kf7 24.Ke2 a5 25.a4 c6 26.c4 Bb4 27.b3 Ke7 28.g4 Bc5 29.h4 h6 30.h5 Bb4 31.Kd3 Bc5 32.Ne1 Kd6 33.Nc2 Kc7 34.Kc3 b6


35.b4 axb4 36.Nxb4 Bd4+ 37.Kb3 Kb7 38.Nd3 c5 39.Ne1 Ka6 40.Nc2 Kb7 41.Na3 Kc6 42.Nb5 Bf2 43.Nc3 Bd4 44.Nd5 Bf2 45.Kb2 Bd4+ 46.Ka3 Bf2 47.Kb3 Be1


48.Ka3 Ba5 49.Kb3 Kd6 50.Ka3 Kc6 51.Kb3 Kd6 52.Ka3 Kc6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

LL76 (lichess 2179) - JimWest (lichess 2155), lichess 7/6/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.d4 e4 7.Ng5 d5 8.Bb3 Nf6 9.f3 h6 10.fxe4 Bg4 11.Nf7 Bxd1 12.Nxd8 Kxd8 13.e5 Bxc2 14.Bxc2 Nfd7


15.Rf7 c5 16.e6 Nf6 17.Bf4 Nc6, White forfeits.

Saturday, July 6, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/5/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

remiigrac (Chess.com 1777) - JimWest (Chess.com 1875), Chess.com 7/5/2024

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.O-O Nc6 9.a3 h6 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.h3 Bxc2 12.Be3 Ke7 13.Nb5 a6 14.Nc3 Bh7 15.Rfe1 Kd7 16.Rad1 Rad8 17.b4 Kc8 18.b5 axb5 19.Nxb5 Rhe8


20.Rc1 Bg8 21.Bxg8 Nxg8 22.Nh4 Nge7 23.a4 g5 24.Nf3 Nf5 25.Bd2 e4 26.Nd4 Nfxd4 27.Nxd6+ Rxd6 28.Be3 Nf5 29.Bc5 Rde6 30.Ra1 e3 31.fxe3 Nxe3 32.a5 Nc2 33.Rxe6 Rxe6 34.Ra2 Re1+ 35.Kf2 Rc1


36.a6 bxa6 37.Rxa6 Kb7 38.Ra4 Na1 39.Bf8 Nb3 40.Bxh6 Nc5 41.Rg4 Ne5 42.Rb4+ Kc6 43.Rb8 Rc2+ 44.Kf1 Ne4 45.Re8 Rc1+ 46.Ke2 Ng3+ 47.Kf2 Nh1+ 48.Ke2 Nf7 49.Bg7 Rc2+ 50.Kf1 Ng3+ 51.Kg1 Nf5 52.Bf6 Nh4


53.g4 Nd6 54.Re6 Kb7 55.Re3 Nc4 56.Rb3+ Kc6 57.Bxg5 Nd2 58.Ra3 Nhf3+ 59.Kf2 Nxg5 60.Kg3 Nde4+ 61.Kf4 Rf2+ 62.Ke5 Nc5 63.Rc3 Rh2 64.Kd4 Nge6+ 65.Ke5 Ng5 66.Kd4 Rd2+ 67.Ke5 Rd5+ 68.Kf4 Nge6+ 69.Ke3 Re5+ 70.Kf3 Kd6


71.h4 Nd7 72.Rc4 c5 73.g5 Nxg5+ 74.hxg5 Rxg5 75.Kf4 Rg1 76.Ke4 Rg4+ 77.Kd3 Ne5+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2158) - yongyong73 (lichess 2052), lichess 7/5/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O d5 9.e5 Nd7 10.d4 Nb6 11.c3 Be6 12.Nbd2 f6 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.Bg3 Ne7 15.Bd3 c6 16.Qc2 h6 17.Rae1 Bf7 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.Bxe5 Nd7


20.Nf3 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 Qb8 22.Bh7+ Kh8 23.Nxf7+, Black resigns.

Friday, July 5, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/4/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

KShan03 (Chess.com 1723) - JimWest (Chess.com 1877), Chess.com 7/4/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.c3 Nh6 7.d4 Qf6 8.g3 g5 9.b4 Bh3 10.Re1 Nd7 11.b5 c5 12.Nbd2 O-O-O 13.Rb1 Nb6 14.Bf1 Bxf1 15.Rxf1 Be7 16.a4 g4 17.a5 Nd7 18.Nh4 Qf7 19.Ng2 f3


20.Ne3 Bg5 21.Ndc4 Nf6 22.Nf5 Nxf5 23.Bxg5 Nxe4 24.Bxd8 Rxd8 25.Qd3 Ng5 26.Ne3 e4 27.Qd2 Nxe3 28.Qxe3 Nh3+ 29.Kh1 d5 30.dxc5 h5 31.c6 Kb8 32.cxb7 Qxb7


33.a6 Qb6 34.Qxb6+ axb6 35.Rbd1 h4 36.Rd2 hxg3 37.fxg3 e3 38.Rc2 e2 39.Rfc1 Re8 40.Rd2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2151) - ValeraKTR (lichess 2267), lichess 7/4/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.f5 g6 8.Bh6 Re8 9.fxg6 hxg6 10.Bg5 Kg7 11.Be2 Rh8 12.a4 a5 13.Na3 Qd7 14.Bxf6+ Kxf6 15.Rf1 Kg7 16.h3 Qe7 17.Qd2 Be6 18.Nc2 f6 19.Ne3 Rad8


20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Nb8 22.O-O-O c6 23.d4 Ba7 24.Bc4 c5 25.dxe5 dxe5 26.d6 Qd7 27.Nxe5 fxe5 28.Rf7+ Qxf7 29.Bxf7 Kxf7


30.Qd5+ Kg7 31.Qxe5+ Kh6 32.Qf4+ Kg7 33.Qe5+ Kh6 34.Qe3+ Kh7 35.Qe7+ Kh6 36.Qh4+ Kg7 37.Qe7+ Kh6 38.Qh4+ Kg7 39.Qe7+ Kh6, draw.

Thursday, July 4, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/3/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1879) - miloradsuntic22 (Chess.com 1722), Chess.com 7/3/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bg4 7.O-O Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nd4 9.c3 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 Be7 11.a4 Qd7 12.Na3 a6 13.a5 O-O 14.f5 Nh7 15.Nc4 Ng5 16.Bxg5 Bxg5 17.Ne3 Qb5


18.Nc4 Qc5+ 19.Qf2 Qxf2+ 20.Rxf2 Be7 21.Rf3 f6 22.g4 Kf7 23.h4 Rfd8 24.Ne3 c6 25.c4 Rdb8 26.h5 b6 27.axb6 Rxb6 28.Ra2 Rab8 29.Rf2 Ra8 30.Rd2 a5 31.Kf1 Bd8 32.Ke2 Rb3


33.c5 dxc5 34.Nc4 Ke7 35.Rc2 Bc7 36.Kd2 a4 37.Rc3 Rb4 38.Rca3 Kd7 39.Ra1 Kc8 40.b3 Kb7 41.Rxa4 Raxa4 42.bxa4 Ka6 43.Kc2 Ba5 44.Ra2 Rb8 45.Rb2 Bb4 46.Ra2 Rd8 47.Rb2 Rd4 48.Ra2 Ba5 49.Rb2 Rd8 50.Ra2 Rb8 51.Rb2 Rb4 52.Rxb4 cxb4


53.Kb3 c5 54.Ne3 Bd8 55.Nc4 Be7 56.Ne3 Kb6 57.Nd5+ Ka5 58.Nxe7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Himangsu206 (lichess 2100) - JimWest (lichess 2152), lichess 7/3/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.exf5 Bd6 8.g4 h5 9.Rg1 hxg4 10.Rxg4 Nf6 11.Rxg7 Bxf5


12.Bg5 Nh5 13.Bxd8 Nxg7 14.Bf6 Kf8 15.Nbd2 Rh6 16.Bxg7+ Kxg7 17.O-O-O Kh8 18.h4 Bg4 19.Rg1 Bxf3 20.Nxf3 Rf8 21.Ng5 Rxh4


22.f3 Rxc4, White resigns.

Wednesday, July 3, 2024

2 PCG Games 7/2/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Champov (Chess.com 1671) - JimWest (Chess.com 1874), Chess.com 7/2/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a3 Nf6 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.h3 Nbd7 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Nd2 Qc7 12.Be6 O-O-O 13.a4 Kb8 14.a5 a6 15.Nc4 d5 16.Nd2 Rdf8 17.c4 d4 18.f3 Bb4 19.O-O Nc5


20.Bg4 Bxd2 21.Bxd2 Nxg4 22.fxg4 Rxf1+ 23.Qxf1 Nb3 24.Rd1 Nxd2 25.Rxd2 Qxa5 26.Re2 Qc7 27.b4 Re8 28.Qc1 c5 29.bxc5 Qxc5 30.Qg5 Qd6 31.Re4 Qf6 32.Qc1 Rf8 33.Qe1 Re8


34.h4 Qd6 35.Qa5 Ka7 36.c5 Qc6 37.Qb4 Qb5 38.Qa3 a5 39.Re2 Qb4 40.Qxb4 axb4 41.Ra2+ Kb8 42.Ra5 e4 43.dxe4 Rxe4 44.Rb5 d3 45.c6 d2 46.Rxb7+ Kc8 47.Rd7 Re1+ 48.Kh2 d1=Q, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

EDGE4 (lichess 2233) - JimWest (lichess 2139), lichess 7/2/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.h3 a5 8.O-O b5 9.Nxb5 cxb5 10.Bxb5+ Bd7 11.a4 O-O 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.d4 e4 14.Nd2 d5 15.c4 Kh8 16.c5 Na6 17.Nb3 Nb4 18.Rc1 h6 19.Bf4 Nd3


20.Bxd3 exd3 21.Re1 Ne4 22.f3 d2 23.Bxd2 Nxd2 24.Qxd2 Bf6 25.Rc3 Qc7 26.Nc1 Rae8 27.Ne2 g5 28.Rec1 Rxe2 29.Qxe2 Bxd4+ 30.Kh1 Bxc3 31.Rxc3 d4 32.Rc1 d3 33.Qd2 Re8


34.Qc3+ Kh7 35.Qf6 Bg6 36.h4 d2, White resigns.

Tuesday, July 2, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/1/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

MightyJoe001 (Chess.com 1842) - JimWest (Chess.com 1867), Chess.com 7/1/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.Ng5 d5 8.e6 O-O 9.Qh5 h6 10.Nf7 Qe8 11.Qg4 Kh7 12.Qh5 Kg8 13.Qg4 Rxf7 14.exf7+ Qxf7


15.Qf4 Qxf4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2135) - ThisWasATerribleDay (lichess 2059), lichess 7/1/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O e5 8.c3 exf4 9.Bxf4 Nh5 10.Be3 f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.d4 h6 13.Qb3+ Kh8 14.Re1 Qd7 15.Bb5 a6 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Qd1 Bg4 18.Nbd2 Rae8 19.Bf2 Nf4


20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.Qf1 Re2 22.Re1 Qe7 23.Rxe2 Qxe2 24.Qxe2 Nxe2+ 25.Kf1 Nf4 26.Bg3 Nd5 27.Kf2 Kg8 28.a3 a5 29.c4 Nb6 30.b3 Kf7 31.h3 Bc8 32.c5 Nd7 33.cxd6 cxd6 


34.Bxd6 Ke6 35.Bc7 c5 36.dxc5 Nxc5 37.Bxa5 Bb7 38.b4 Nd3+ 39.Ke3 Ne5 40.Nxe5 Bxe5 41.Nf3 Bb8 42.Bb6 g5 43.g4 Bc6 44.Bc5 Bd6 45.Nd4+ Kd5 46.Bxd6 Kxd6 47.Nxc6 Kxc6, Black resigns.

Monday, July 1, 2024

2 PCG Games 6/30/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

FilNotBishop (Chess.com 1762) - JimWest (Chess.com 1902), Chess.com 6/30/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.Ngxe4 dxc3 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.bxc3 Bf5 11.cxb4 Bxe4 12.Bg5+ Ke8 13.O-O-O Ne7 14.f3 Bg6 15.g3 Rf8 16.Bg2 c6 17.Rhf1 Nd7 18.Bf4 Nb6 19.Bh3 Kf7


20.e6+ Kg8 21.Bd6 Rfe8 22.c5 Nbd5 23.Rxd5 Nxd5 24.a3 a5 25.bxa5 Rxa5 26.Kb2 Rb5+ 27.Ka1 Ne3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Mahesh1979 (lichess 1969) - JimWest (lichess 2120), lichess 6/30/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.dxe5 Bc5 7.e6 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Be2 Kf8 11.O-O Kg8 12.Bg5 Kxh8 13.Nc3 c6 14.Kh1 Nbd7 15.f4 h6 16.Bh4 b5 17.Bh5 Bf7 18.Bg4 Qf8 19.Bxd7 Nxd7


20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Qxd7 Bd5 22.f5 Re8 23.f6 g5 24.Bg3 e3 25.Qf5 e2 26.f7 exf1=Q+ 27.Rxf1 Re2 28.Be5+ Rxe5 29.Qxe5+ Kh7 30.Qf5+ Kh8, White forfeits.