2 PCG Reversed Games 7/17/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1937) - vidyabalanbhumi (Chess.com 1785), Chess.com 7/17/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.c3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 d5 10.fxe5 Nxe5 11.exd5 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Qxd5 13.Qxd5 Nxd5 14.d4 Bd6 15.a4 Rae8 16.Na3 c6 17.Nc4 Bc7 18.a5 Re2

19.Bd2 b5 20.axb6 axb6 21.Rae1 Rfe8 22.Rxe2 Rxe2 23.Re1 Rxe1+ 24.Bxe1 f5 25.g3 Kf7 26.Bd2 Ke6 27.Kf2 Nf6 28.Kg2 Ne4 29.Bf4 Bxf4 30.gxf4 b5 31.Ne5 Kd5 32.Kf3 Nd2+ 33.Ke2 Nc4 34.b3 Nxe5 35.fxe5 g5

36.Kd3 h5 37.c4+ Ke6 38.cxb5 cxb5 39.Ke3 Kd5 40.h3 f4+ 41.Kf3 b4 42.h4 gxh4 43.Kxf4 Ke6 44.Kf3 Kf5 45.Kg2 Kg4 46.e6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2160) - Renegoopio (lichess 2072), lichess 7/17/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 exf4 6.Bxf4 Bg4 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Bh5 10.Nbd2 Qd7 11.c3 Rad8 12.Qc2 h6

13.Rae1 g5 14.Bh2 g4 15.hxg4, Black forfeits.

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/16/2024

Philidor Counter Defense

Hasan-Masud (Chess.com 1963) - JimWest (Chess.com 1918), Chess.com 7/16/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Neg5 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bb4+ 8.c3 Qe7+ 9.Be2 Bc5 10.O-O Bxd4 11.cxd4 Qf6 12.Re1 Ne7 13.Bb5+ c6 14.Bd3 g6 15.b4 O-O 16.Qe2 Nf5 17.b5 Nxd4 18.Qe3 cxb5 19.Ba3 Nbc6

20.Bxf8 Qxf8 21.Qg3 Bf5 22.Bxf5 Qxf5 23.Rad1 Rf8 24.f3 Qf4 25.Qxf4 Rxf4 26.Ne6 Nxe6 27.Rxe6 d4 28.Rd6 Rf7 29.a3 a6 30.Kf2 Re7 31.h4 Kf7 32.g4 a5 33.g5 b4 34.axb4 axb4

35.Rf6+ Kg7 36.Rd6 Rf7 37.Rb1 h6 38.Kg3 hxg5 39.hxg5 Re7 40.Kf2 Rf7 41.Kg3 Re7 42.Kf2 Rf7 43.Kg3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2158) - StefanGaudernak (lichess 2128), lichess 7/16/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Bc5 6.exf6 Qxf6

7.Qe2 O-O 8.Nc3 Bg4 9.Nxe4 Qe6, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 7/15/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Laetiluc193 (Chess.com 1884) - JimWest (Chess.com 1922), Chess.com 7/15/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5

6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Nc5 exd4+ 9.Be2 Qxc5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

wojtek76 (lichess 2303) - JimWest (lichess 2172), lichess 7/15/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Ng5 Nf6 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.fxe6 d5 9.Nc3 c6 10.f3 exf3 11.gxf3 Na6 12.Bg5 Nc7 13.Bh3 O-O-O 14.O-O-O Kb8 15.Rhe1 h6 16.Bh4 g5 17.Bg3 Re8 18.Bf5 Rg8 19.Qe5 Nh5

20.Re2 Bg7 21.Qxc7+ Qxc7 22.Bxc7+ Kxc7 23.Bg6 Nf4 24.Bxe8 Nxe2+ 25.Nxe2 Rxe8 26.c3 Rxe6 27.Kd2 Bd8 28.Ng3 Bd6 29.Kd3 Bxg3 30.hxg3 Kd7 31.Rh1 Ke7 32.c4 dxc4+ 33.Kxc4 Kf7 34.d5 cxd5+ 35.Kxd5 Rb6 36.b3 Kg6

37.Rc1 Rf6 38.Ke4 Re6+ 39.Kd4 Rf6 40.Ke3 Re6+ 41.Kf2 Ra6 42.a4 Rb6 43.Rc3 a5 44.g4 h5 45.gxh5+ Kxh5 46.Ke3 Rb4 47.Kd3 Kg6 48.Kc2 b6 49.Rd3 Kf5 50.Rd5+ Kf4 51.Kc3 Kxf3 52.Rxg5 Kf4 53.Rd5 Ke4 54.Rd8 Ke5

55.Rd1 Rh4 56.Rd8 Rb4 57.Rd7 Ke6 58.Rd4 Rxd4 59.Kxd4 Kd6 60.Kc4 Kc6 61.Kd4 b5 62.Kd3 bxa4 63.bxa4 Kd5 64.Kc3 Kc5 65.Kb3 Kd4 66.Kb2 Kc4 67.Kc2 Kb4 68.Kb2 Kxa4

69.Ka2 Kb4 70.Kb2 a4 71.Ka2 a3 72.Ka1 Kb3 73.Kb1 a2+ 74.Ka1 Ka3, stalemate.

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/14/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1916) - Accelerationism (Chess.com 1859), Chess.com 7/14/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Be2 Nc6 7.fxe5 Nxe5 8.d4 Nfg4 9.dxc5 d4 10.Nd5 f5

11.Qxd4 fxe4 12.Bxg4 Nxg4 13.Ne2 c6 14.Ne3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Falcon_11 (lichess 2341) - JimWest (lichess 2181), lichess 7/14/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.c4 Bxf5 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Nb3 O-O-O 10.Be3 Nb4 11.Qd2 d5 12.c5 c6 13.a4 Nd3+ 14.Bxd3 exd3 15.a5 a6 16.Na4 g6 17.O-O Ne4 18.Qb4 h5 19.Bf4 Re8

20.f3 Bh6 21.Nb6+ Kd8 22.fxe4 Bxf4 23.exf5 Qh4 24.Rxf4 Qxf4 25.Qd2 Qxf5 26.Rf1 Qe4 27.Rf7 Qe1+ 28.Qxe1 Rxe1+ 29.Kf2 Rb1 30.Rd7+ Kd8 31.Rxb7 Rxb2+ 32.Ke3 Rf8 33.Nd2 Rf6 34.Nf3 Rxg2

35.Rb8+ Ke7 36.Rb7+ Ke6 37.Nc8 Rxf3+ 38.Kxf3 d2 39.Rb1 Rxh2 40.Rg1 Kf6 41.Nb6 Rh4 42.Ke3 Re4+ 43.Kxd2 Rxd4+ 44.Kc3 Rg4 45.Nd7+ Ke7 46.Rxg4 hxg4 47.Ne5 g3 48.Nxg6+ Kf6 49.Nf4 Ke5 50.Ng2 Ke4

51.Kd2 Kd4 52.Ke2 Kxc5 53.Kf3 Kb5 54.Kxg3 Kxa5 55.Kf3 Kb4 56.Ke3 c5 57.Kd3 Kb3 58.Ne3 c4+ 59.Kd4 c3 60.Kxd5 c2 61.Nxc2 Kxc2 62.Kc4 a5 63.Kb5 a4 64.Kxa4, draw.

2 PCG Games 7/13/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

whitegullnumber576 (Chess.com 1990) - JimWest (Chess.com 1909), Chess.com 7/13/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 e3 8.fxe3 Qxe3+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Bxe2 Bxf5 11.Nc3 Ne7 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Bc4+ Kh8 14.Nf3 Nbc6 15.h4 Bg4 16.Rde1 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Rae8 18.Rhf1 a6

19.Re4 d5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Bxd5 Rxe4 22.Bxe4 Nxd4 23.Bxb7 c6 24.c3 Nf5 25.Bxc6 Nxh4 26.f4 g5 27.Bb7 a5 28.f5 Rxf5 29.Rxf5 Nxf5 30.Bf3 Kg7 31.c4 Kf6

32.c5 Ke7 33.a3 Nd4 34.Bd1 h5 35.Bxh5 Nb3+ 36.Kc2 Nxc5 37.Kc3 Kd6 38.Kc4 Kc6 39.Bd1 Kb6 40.Kd4 Kb5 41.Be2+ Kb6 42.Ke5 Na4 43.b3 Nc5 44.Bc4 g4 45.Kf4 g3 46.Kxg3 Ne4+ 47.Kf4 Nd2 48.Ke3 Nb1 49.a4 Kc5

50.Kd3 Na3 51.Kc3 Nb1+ 52.Kb2 Nd2 53.Kc3 Ne4+ 54.Kc2 Nd6 55.Kd3 Kb4 56.Kd4 Nb7 57.Kd5 Nc5 58.Kc6 Nxa4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Hitman_stayalert (lichess 2256) - JimWest (lichess 2176), lichess 7/13/2024

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.Qh4 Rg8 10.Nxf8 Rxf8 11.Bh6 Rg8 12.O-O-O Rg4 13.Qh3 Rg6 14.Qe3 Bf5 15.f3 Qe7 16.Bg5 exf3

17.Qb3 Rxg5 18.Bb5+ Kf8 19.Rhe1 Qd6 20.Qxf3 c6 21.h4 Bg4 22.Qf2 Rxb5, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/12/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

MDKABERALIOO7 (Chess.com 1932) - JimWest (Chess.com 1910), Chess.com 7/12/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.Qa4+ Nc6 9.a3 dxc3 10.axb4 cxb2 11.Bxb2 Qxg5 12.b5 Nce7

13.Rd1 b6 14.c5 Bf5 15.cxb6 cxb6 16.Bd4 Nh6 17.Bxb6 O-O 18.Bxa7 Bg4 19.Rb1 Qxe5 20.b6 Qc3#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2170) - born_to_be_the_best (lichess 2190), lichess 7/12/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 Nf2 8.Qf3 Qe7 9.Bxe3 Nxh1 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Nd5 Qd7 12.O-O-O Bb4 13.c3 Ba5 14.Nh3 O-O 15.Rxh1 Qg4 16.Rf1 Qxf3 17.Rxf3 Bxh3 18.Rxh3 Bb6 19.Rg3 Kh8

20.Rf3 Rae8 21.Nxb6 axb6 22.Rxf7 Rxf7 23.Bxf7 Rf8 24.e6 h6 25.Bf4 Rc8 26.d5, Black forfeits.

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/11/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Mullah-J (Chess.com 1916) - JimWest (Chess.com 1893), Chess.com 7/11/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.c4 Nf6 7.Nc3 c6 8.Qb3 Qb6 9.Be2 Qxb3 10.Nxb3 d5 11.O-O Bb4 12.Nd1 Bd6 13.Ne3 Be6 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Bd2 O-O 16.Rac1 Nc6 17.a3 Rac8 18.f3 Ne7

19.fxe4 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Nxe4 21.Bf3 Nxd2 22.Nxd2 Bf4 23.Ndf1 Nf5 24.Rc3 Nxd4 25.Nxd5 Nxf3+ 26.gxf3 Bxd5 27.Ne3 Bxe3+ 28.Rxe3 Bxf3 29.Re7 Bc6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2158) - stefan7210 (lichess 2144), lichess 7/11/2024

1.e3 d6 2.e4 e5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Nbd7 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 c6 7.c3 Qb6 8.Qb3 Qc7 9.O-O O-O 10.f5 b5 11.h3 a5 12.Bg5 Bb7 13.Nbd2 Nc5 14.Qc2 d5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Kh1 dxe4 17.dxe4 Rad8 18.Rad1 Rd7

19.Nb3 Nb3 20.Qxb3 Rfd8 21.Rxd7 Rxd7 22.Rd1 Qd8 23.Rxd7 Qxd7 24.Qd1 Qxd1+ 25.Bxd1 Kf8 26.Kg1 Ke7 27.Kf2 Kd6 28.g4 Bd8 29.Bb3 f6 30.a3 c5 31.Bc2 Bb6 32.Ke2 c4

33.g5 Bc5 34.gxf6 gxf6 35.Nh2 b4 36.axb4 axb4 37.cxb4 Bxb4 38.Ng4 Ke7 39.Ne3 Ba5 40.Nxc4 Ba6 41.Bd3 Bxc4 42.Bxc4 Bb4 43.Bg8 h6 44.Kd3 Kd7 45.Kc4 Bf8 46.b4 Bd6 47.b5 Bb8 48.Bd5 Kd6 49.b6 Ke7 50.Kb5 Kd7

51.Ka6 Bd6 52.Kb7 Bc5 53.Be6+ Kd6 54.Ka6 Bd4 55.Bd5 Be3 56.h4 Kd7 57.h5 Kc8 58.Kb5 Kd7 59.Be6+ Kd6 60.b7 Kc7 61.Bd5 Ba7 62.Ka6 Bd4 63.Be6 Be3 64.Bc8 Bd4 65.Kb5 Ba7 66.Kc4 Kd6

67.Kb5 Bd4 58.b8=Q+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 7/10/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

MinhHieu8899 (Chess.com 2051) - JimWest (Chess.com 1858), Chess.com 7/10/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Ng5 h6 10.Nf7 Rh7 11.g3 g5

12.Qe2 Rxf7 13.Bxf7+ Kxf7 14.Rd1 Be6 15.b3 Nbd7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Vishalmh13 (lichess 2107) - JimWest (lichess 2159), lichess 7/10/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 Be7 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Nf6 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qxd8+ Bxd8 10.Bd2 Bg4 11.Ng5 h6 12.Ne6 Bxe6 13.Bxe6 Nd4 14.Bb3 Nxb3 15.axb3 O-O 16.f3 c6 17.Be1 Bb6+ 18.Bf2 Bxf2+ 19.Kxf2 a6

20.Na4 Rad8 21.Rfd1 Nd7 22.Rd6 Rf6 23.Rad1 Rxd6 24.Rxd6 Kf7 25.c4 Ke7 26.c5 Nf6 27.Rxd8 Kxd8 28.Nb6 Nd7 29.Nxd7 Kxd7 30.Ke2 g5 31.h3 h5 32.b4 h4

33.Kd3 Ke7 34.Kc4 Ke6 35.Kb3 Kd7 36.Ka4 Kc8 37.Ka5 Kc7 38.b3 Kc8 39.Kb6 Kb8 40.b5 axb5 41.b4 Kc8 42.Ka7 Kc7 43.Ka8 b6 44.Ka7 bxc5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 7/9/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Vinayakghate1950 (Chess.com 1903) - JimWest (Chess.com 1872), Chess.com 7/9/2024

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.Bxe3 dxe3 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.Nf7+ Ke7 13.Nxh8 Nh6 14.fxe3 Nc6 15.Bd3 Bf5 16.Bxf5 Nxf5 17.e4 Nh6 18.Rb1 b6 19.O-O Rxh8

20.c5 Nxe5 21.cxb6 axb6 22.Rb5 Nd7 23.h3 Ra8 24.Ra1 Ra4 25.Rb4 Ra5 26.g4 Ne5 27.a4 Rc5 28.Rb5 Rxb5 29.axb5 Nhf7 30.c4 Nd6 31.Kg2 Nexc4 32.Rc1 Kd7 33.Kf3 Ne5+ 34.Kg3 Nxe4+ 35.Kg2 Nd6

36.Rd1 Nec4 37.Rd3 g5 38.h4 h6 39.hxg5 hxg5 40.Kg3 Ke6 41.Rd4 Na3 42.Rd3 Naxb5 43.Re3+ Kf6 44.Rf3+ Kg7 45.Re3 c5 46.Re7+ Kf6 47.Rd7 c4 48.Kf3 c3 49.Ke2 Ke6 50.Rg7 Nd4+ 51.Kd3 c2

52.Kd2 Ne4+ 53.Kc1 Kd5 54.Rd7+ Kc4 55.Rc7+ Kd3 56.Rd7 Nc5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

gojuph (lichess 2071) - JimWest (lichess 2164), lichess 7/9/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Ng5 h6 6.Nh3 fxe4 7.dxe4 c6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Nd2 O-O 10.Qb3+ Kh7 11.O-O-O Ng4 12.c4 Nxe3 13.Qxe3 Bxh3 14.Qxh3 Rxf2 15.Qg3 Rxd2 16.Kxd2 Bg5+ 17.Kc2 Na6

18.h4 Bf4 19.Qc3 c5 20.g3 Nb4+ 21.Kb1 Qa5 22.a3 Qa4 23.gxf4 Qxd1+ 24.Qc1 Qxc1+ 25.Kxc1 Nc6 26.f5 Nd4 27.h5 a6 28.Kd2 b5 29.Rh3 bxc4 30.Bxc4 a5 31.a4 Rb8 32.b3 Rb4 33.Rg3 Rb8

34.Kc3 Rxb3+ 35.Bxb3 Ne2+ 36.Kc4 Nxg3 37.Kb5 Nxe4 38.Kxa5 Nc3 39.Kb6 c4 40.Bc2 Nxa4+ 41.Bxa4 Kg8 42.Kb5 c3 43.Bb3+ Kf8 44.Kc4 Ke7 45.Kxc3 Kf6 46.Bc2 d5 47.Bb1 e4

48.Kd4 Kxf5 49.Kxd5 Kg5 50.Kxe4 Kxh5 51.Kf4 g5+ 52.Kg3 g4 53.Bf5 Kg5 54.Bxg4 h5 55.Bxh5, draw.