2 PCG Games 7/21/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

mikhael1963 (Chess.com 1925) - JimWest (Chess.com 1912), Chess.com 7/21/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Be3 d4 9.Bg5 Qf5 10.Bc4 h5 11.Nxh8 Qxg5 12.O-O Nc6 13.Kh1 Nf6 14.Nd2 Ke7 15.Nf7 Qf5 

16.f4 Bxe6 17.Bxe6 Qxe6 18.Ng5 Qd5 19.Ngxe4 Ng4 20.Nxc5 Qxc5 21.Nf3 Kf8 22.Qd3 Re8 23.c3 dxc3 24.Qxc3 Nf2+ 25.Rxf2 Qxf2 26.Ne5 Nxe5 27.fxe5 Qb6 28.Qc4 Qe6 29.Rf1+ Kg8 30.Qxc7 Qe7 31.Qc4+ Qe6

32.Qxe6+ Rxe6 33.Re1 Kf7 34.g3 Rb6 35.Re2 Ke6 36.Kg2 Rb5 37.Kf3 Rxe5 38.Rc2 g5 39.h3 Rf5+ 40.Ke3 Re5+ 41.Kf3 Rf5+ 42.Ke3 Re5+ 43.Kf3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Antipode13 (lichess 2078) - JimWest (lichess 2157), lichess 7/21/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qh4 Nf5 11.Qh3 Nd4 12.Qh6 Nf5 13.Qh3 e3 14.Bxe3 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 Nc6 16.Bd3 d4 17.cxd4 Qxd4

18.Qc1 O-O 18.O-O Nxe5 19.Be2 Qf4 20.g3 Qxc1 21.Raxc1 h6 22.Ne4 Bf5 23.Nc5 b6 24.Nb3 c5 25.f4 Ng4 26.Nd2 Rad8 27.Nf3 Ne3 28.Rf2 Nxc2 29.Bc4+ Kg7 30.Rcxc2 Rd1+ 31.Kg2 Bxc2 32.Rxc2 Rfd8

33.Kf2 Ra1 34.Rc3 Rdd1 35.Be2 Rdc1 36.Rxc1 Rxc1 37.a4 Kf6 38.h3 Ra1 39.Bb5 a6 40.Bxa6 Rxa4 41.Bb5 Ra2+ 42.Ke3 Rb2 43.Bd3 b5 44.Ne5 c4 45.Bxg6 Rb3+ 46.Kf2 c3 47.Bc2 Rb2 48.Ng4+ Kg7 49.Ne3 b4

50.Ke2 b3 51.Kd3 bxc2 52.Nxc2 Rb3 53.Nd4 Ra3 54.Nb5 c2+ 55.Kxc2 Rxg3 56.h4 Rg4 57.f5 Rxh4 58.Nd4 Rxd4, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 7/20/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

rakko (Chess.com 1991) - JimWest (Chess.com 1914), Chess.com 7/20/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe5 Nf6 6.Nc4 d5 7.Ne5 Bb4 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O c6 10.Be3 Be6 11.a3 Bd6 12.f3 Qc7 13.f4 Nbd7 14.Qd2 Rae8

15.Kh1 b5 16.Nd1 a5 17.c3 a4 18.Nf2 Nb6 19.g4 Nc4 20.Bxc4 dxc4 21.Qe2 Bd5 22.g5 Nd7 23.Nfg4 c5 24.Rad1 cxd4 25.Rxd4 Bb7 26.Nxd7 Qxd7 27.Rfd1 Rxf4 28.Bxf4 e3+ 29.Kg1 Qc6 30.Rd5 Bxf4 31.Qf3 e2, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Volkanov_Sergey (lichess 2201) - JimWest (lichess 2154), lichess 7/20/2021

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.Bg5 Be7 12.Bxf6+ Bxf6 13.Qxe4 Kxh8 14.Bd3 Qg8 15.O-O-O Nc6

16.d5 Ne7 17.Qf3 Qg5+ 18.Qe3 Nxd5 19.Qxg5 Bxg5+ 20.Kb1 c6 21.h4 Bf6 22.f3 Be6 23.g4 Nb4 24.a3 Nxd3 25.Rxd3 Bd5 26.Rh3 Rf8 27.f4 Bd8 28.f5 Bb6 29.Kc1 h5 30.gxh5 Rxf5 31.b3 Rxh5

32.c4 Be4 33.Rd7 Bf5 34.Rdd3 Bxh3 35.Rxh3 a5 36.Kc2 Bc5 37.a4 Be7 38.Re3 Bxh4 39.Re8+ Kg7 40.Rb8 b5 41.axb5 cxb5 42.Ra8 bxc4 43.bxc4 Rc5, White forfeits.

15/10 PCG 7/19/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

vidyabalanbhumi (Chess.com 1743) - JimWest (Chess.com 1884), Chess.com 7/19/2021

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.Re1 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nbd7 12.g3 g5 13.gxf4 gxf4 14.Bf1 O-O-O 15.Bd2 Kb8 16.Rad1 Bc5

17.Na4 Rhg8+ 18.Kh2 Be7 19.b3 h5 20.Bc3 b5 21.Nb2 b4 22.Bd2 Bc5 23.Nc4 Ng4+ 24.hxg4 hxg4 25.Qe2 Bxf2 26.Bxb4 c5 27.Ba5 Nb6 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8 29.Nxe5 Qh4+ 30.Kg2 Qg3+, White forfeits.

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2 PCG Games 7/17/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

skchess22 (Chess.com 1888) - JimWest (Chess.com 1860), Chess.com 7/17/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.fxe6 Bb4 9.Bd2 Qd6 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Qxe6 12.Qe2 O-O 13.O-O-O Nc6 14.Rg1 Rae8 15.g4 e3

16.f4 Ne4 17.Qxe3 Nxc3 18.Qxc3 Rxf4 19.Bd3 Rxg4 20.Bxh7+ Kh8 21.Rge1 Qh6+ 22.Kb1 Rxe1 23.Rxe1 Kxh7 24.Re3 Qg6 25.Rh3+ Kg8 26.Qb3 Qf5 27.Rf3 Rf4 28.Rxf4 Qxf4 29.Qxd5+ Qf7 30.Qb5 Nd8

31.Qc5 b6 32.Qg5 Qd7 33.c3 a5 34.h4 Nf7 35.Qg6 Nd6 36.h5 Qf7 37.Qg3 Qxh5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

faim1 (lichess 2179) - JimWest (lichess 2161), lichess 7/17/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.Re1 Bg4 7.Bxg8 Rxg8 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Qf6 10.Qb3 Qf7 11.Qc3 Nd7 12.d4 O-O-O 13.Be3 Kb8

14.b4 Qd5 15.Nd2 Be7 16.a4 Bf6 17.Nf3 e4 18.Nd2 c5 19.bxc5 dxc5 20.Nb3 cxd4 21.Bxd4 Rc8 22.Qb2 Bxd4 23.Nxd4 Nf6 24.Rad1 Qc4 25.Qb3 Qxb3 26.cxb3 a6 27.Nf5 Rc7 28.Nd6 Rd8 29.Nc4 Rxd1 30.Rxd1 Re7

31.Ne3 Kc7 32.b4 g6 33.Kf1 Rd7 34.Rxd7+ Kxd7 35.Ke2 b5 36.axb5 axb5 37.Ng4 Nxg4 38.hxg4 Kd6 39.Ke3 Kd5 40.f4 exf3 41.gxf3 g5 42.Kd3 h6 43.Kc3 Ke5 44.Kd3 Kf4 45.Ke2 Ke5 46.Ke3 Kd5 47.Kd3 Ke5 48.Ke3 Kd5 49.Kd3 Ke5 50.Ke3, draw.

2 PCG Games 7/16/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Liebhaber_e4 (Chess.com 1855) - JimWest (Chess.com 1848), Chess.com 7/16/2021

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.Bh5+ Kf8 11.O-O Kg8 12.Ng6 hxg6 13.Bxg6 Nbd7 14.Nc3 c6 15.Bg5 Ne5 16.Bh5 g6 17.Be2 Kg7 18.Qd2 Rh8

19.Qf4 Ned7 20.Rad1 Bd6 21.Bxf6+ Nxf6 22.Qg5 Bxh2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

tmnviz (lichess 2229) - JimWest (lichess 2156), lichess 7/16/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nfd2 d5 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Ne7 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.c4 Be6 12.cxd5 Qxd5 13.Qa4+ Nbc6 14.Qxe4 Qxe5 15.Qxe5 Nxe5

16.Bb5+ N5c6 17.O-O O-O-O 18.Nf3 h6 19.Re1 Bg4 20.Bf4 Bxf3 21.gxf3 a6 22.Ba4 Rd4 23.Re4 Rhd8 24.Rc1 Rxe4 25.fxe4 Rd4 26.Bc2 g5

27.Be5 Nxe5 28.Bb3+ N7c6 29.Bd5 Kb8 30.h4 Nf3+ 31.Kf1 Nxh4 32.Bxc6 bxc6 33.Rxc6 Kb7 34.Rxh6 Rxe4 35.Rh5 Ra4 36.Rxg5 Rxa3 37.f4 Rf3+ 38.Ke2 Rxf4 39.Rg7+ Kb6 40.Rg1 Rb4 41.Rg8 a5

42.Kd3 Kb5 43.Kc3 Ka4 44.Rg1 Rb3+ 45.Kc4 Nf3 46.Ra1+ Ra3 47.Rb1 Nd2+ 48.Kc5 Nxb1 49.Kc6 Rc3+ 50.Kb6 Kb4 51.Ka6 a4 52.Kb6 a3 53.Kb7 a2 54.Kb6 a1=Q 55.Kb7 Kb5 56.Kb8 Rc6 57.Kb7 Qa6+ 58.Kb8 Rc8#.

2 PCG Games 7/15/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Camarlengo71 (Chess.com 1783) - JimWest (Chess.com 1839), Chess.com 7/15/2021

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 exf2+ 14.Kxf2 Nh6 15.Bd3 Bf5 16.Bxf5 Nxf5

17.e6 Nc6 18.Nf7 Kf6 19.Rhe1 Re8 20.g4 Nh4 21.g5+ Kf5 22.Rad1 Ng6 23.Rd5+ Kf4 24.h3 b6 25.Rg1 Nge5 26.Nxe5 Nxe5 27.Re1 Rxe6

28.h4 Ng4+ 29.Kf1 Ne3+ 30.Kf2 Ng4+ 31.Kf1 Nh2+ 32.Kf2 Ng4+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Neibel (lichess 2071) - JimWest (lichess 2156), lichess 7/15/2021

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Nc3 e4 9.Ne5 Nf6 10.Bb5+ c6 11.Ba4 O-O 12.Qe2 Nbd7 13.Nxd7 Bxd7 14.O-O-O b5 15.Bb3 a5

16.a4 b4 17.Nb1 Ng4 18.f3 Qg5+ 19.Nd2 exf3 20.gxf3 Rae8 21.Qd3 Nf2 22.Qa6 Nxh1 23.Rxh1 Qg2, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/14/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1863) - zangarbeka (Chess.com 1718), Chess.com 7/14/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Qd7 9.a4 a6 10.b4 Ba7 11.Na3 O-O 12.f5 d5 13.Qc2 dxe4 14.dxe4 Rad8 15.b5 Ne7 16.Nc4 Qd3 17.Qxd3 Rxd3 18.Bd2 Rfd8 19.O-O-O axb5 20.axb5 Nd7

21.Be2 Nc5 22.Bxd3 Nxd3+ 23.Kc2 Nf2 24.Nxe5 f6 25.Nc4 Nxh1 26.Rxh1 Bc5 27.Be3 Bxe3 28.Nxe3 Nc8 29.Rd1 Rxd1 30.Kxd1 Nd6 31.c4 Nxe4 32.Nd5 Nd6 33.Ne3 c6 34.bxc6 bxc6 35.Kc2 Kf7 36.Kd3 Ke7

37.c5 Nf7 38.Nc4 g5 39.g4 Kd7 40.Ke4 Nd8 41.Nd6 Ke7 42.Kd4 Nf7 43.Nxf7 Kxf7 44.Kc4 Ke7 45.Kb4 Kd7 46.Ka5 Kc7 47.Ka6 h6 48.h3 Kc8 49.Kb6 Kd7 50.Kb7 Kd8 51.Kxc6 Ke7 52.Kb7 Kd7 53.c6+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ambakkadan (lichess 2174) - JimWest (lichess 2186), lichess 7/14/2021

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

5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Bg5 exf3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 7/13/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

trident789 (Chess.com 1690) - JimWest (Chess.com 1855), Chess.com 7/13/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Be2 Ne7 8.O-O Bxc3 9.bxc3 O-O 10.Ba3 Nbc6 11.Bg4 Nxe5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Qxd5+ Kh8 14.Bxc8 Raxc8 15.Nxe4 c6 16.Qb3 Ng4

17.Rae1 Qc7 18.g3 Ne5 19.f4 Ng4 20.Kg2 Nf6 21.Re2 Nxe4 22.Rxe4 Rce8 23.Qb4 c5 24.Qc4 Qc6 25.Rfe1 h6 26.Kh3 Rxe4 27.Rxe4 b6 28.Qe2 Qg6 29.Re6 Qf5+ 30.Kg2 Qd5+ 31.Kg1 Qxa2

32.Qe5 Qb1+ 33.Kg2 Qxc2+ 34.Kh3 Qf5+ 35.Kg2 Qxe5 36.fxe5 Kg8 37.Re7 Rd8 38.Rxa7 Re8 39.Rb7 Rxe5 40.Rxb6 Re2+ 41.Kh3 Rc2 42.Rb3 c4 43.Ra3 h5 44.Kh4 Rxh2+ 45.Kg5 Kh7 46.Ra4 Rh3

47.Rxc4 Rxg3+ 48.Kxh5 Rg1 49.Rc7 Rh1+ 50.Kg5 Rg1+ 51.Kf4 Kh6 52.c4 g5+ 53.Kf5 Rf1+ 54.Kg4 Rg1+ 55.Kf3 Kh5 56.c5 g4+ 57.Kf2 Rc1 58.c6 Rc2+ 59.Kg3 Rc3+ 60.Kg2 Rc2+ 61.Kg3 Rc3+ 62.Kg2 Rc2+ 63.Kg3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

G65Kamogrig2020 (lichess 2213) - JimWest (lichess 2187), lichess 7/13/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.O-O-O O-O

12.Bxe6+ Nxe6 13.g3 Nxg5 14.fxg5 Bxe5 15.gxf6 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Rxf6 17.Rhe1 Re8 18.Rd7 Rf7 19.Rxf7 Kxf7 20.Kd2 Ke6 21.Ke3 Ke5 22.Rf1 Re7 23.c4 g5 24.g4 Kd6 25.Rf6+ Kc5 26.Rf5+ Kxc4 27.Rxg5 b6

28.h4 Kc3 29.h5 Kxc2 30.h6 Re6 31.Rg7 Rxh6 32.Rxc7+ Kb2 33.Rxa7 Rg6 34.Rxh7 Rxg4 35.Rb7 Rg6 36.a4 Ka3 37.Kxe4 Kxa4 38.Kd3 Kb3 39.Kd2 Kb2 40.Kd3 Rg3+ 41.Kc4 Rb3 42.Rb8 b5+ 43.Rxb5 Rxb5 44.Kxb5, draw.

10/5 PCG 7/12/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

who_mafia (lichess 2030) - JimWest (lichess 2178), lichess 7/12/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qd3 Bg4 9.Qb3 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Qg6+ 11.Kh1 Qh5 12.Bxg8 Rxg8 13.Qe6+ Kd8 14.Rd1+ Kc7 15.Nd2 Rh8

16.c3 Nd7 17.b4 Re8 18.Qc4 Nb6 19.Qb3 Rd8 20.a4 Rd6 21.Rg1 Be7 22.Rxg7 Nc8 23.Nc4 Qxf3+ 24.Kg1 Rd1+ 25.Qxd1 Qxd1+ 26.Kg2 f3+ 27.Kh3 Qd7+ 28.Rg4 h5 29.Nxe5 hxg4+ 30.Kg3 Bd6 31.Bf4 Rh3#.

2 PCG Games 7/11/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Pavlov_AM (Chess.com 1897) - JimWest (Chess.com 1839), Chess.com 7/11/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.d5 Bxf5 7.Bb5+ c6 8.dxc6 bxc6 9.Be2 d5 10.O-O Bd6 11.c4 O-O 12.Nc3 h6 13.Nh3 Qc7 14.cxd5 Bxh2+ 15.Kh1 Rd8 16.Bc4 Kh8

17.Qb3 Be5 18.Be3 Bxh3 19.gxh3 Bxc3 20.bxc3 cxd5 21.Bb5 Nc6 22.Be2 Rab8 23.Qc2 Qd7 24.Kg2 Qf5 25.Rab1 Rxb1 26.Rxb1 Ne5 27.Bxa7 Nf3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Brucelee2021 (lichess 2173) - JimWest (lichess 2182), lichess 7/11/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.c4 c6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qh6 Nf5 13.Qh3 e3

14.Bxe3 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 Qa5+ 16.c3 Nc6 17.e6 d4 18.Qd2 dxc3 19.Qe3 c2+ 20.Qd2 Qe5+ 21.Be2, White resigns.