PCG & PCG Reversed 6/19/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

rahim110110 (Chess.com 1718) - JimWest (Chess.com 1867), Chess.com 6/19/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.Be2 Bxf5 8.Nc3 c6 9.Bh5+ g6 10.Be2 h6 11.Nh3 Bg7 12.Nf4 h5 13.Be3 Nbd7 14.h3 h4 15.a4 Qb6 16.Rb1 a5 17.O-O O-O-O

18.Na2 Rdg8 19.b4 g5 20.bxa5 Qxa5 21.Nh5 Nxh5 22.Bxh5 Nf6 23.Be2 Bf8 24.c4 g4 25.hxg4 Nxg4 26.cxd5 Qxd5 27.Nb4 Bxb4 28.Rxb4 Qd6 29.Qb3 Qh2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2161) - yktak (lichess 2274), lichess 6/19/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O Bg4 11.c3 Bg5 12.Bxg5 Nxg5 13.Nbd2 Ne4 14.Be2 Qd7

15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Nd2 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 Qd5 18.Qxe4 Qb5 19.Rab1 Rae8 20.Qc2 Qe2 21.Rbe1 Qh5 22.Qf5 Qxf5 23.Rxf5 g6 24.Rff1 Re6 25.d5 Rxe5 26.dxc6 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 bxc6 28.Re7 Rd8 29.Re2 f5 30.g3 Kf7 31.Kf2 Kf6

32.h4 Rb8 33.b3 Rd8 34.c4 Rd3 35.Nf1 h6 36.Rd2 Rxd2+ 37.Nxd2 g5 38.hxg5+ hxg5 39.Kf3 Ke6 40.g4 a5 41.a4 c5 42.gxf5+ Kxf5 43.Ne4 g4+ 44.Ke3 c6

45.Nxc5 Kg5 46.Ne4+ Kh4 47.Kf2 Kh3 48.c5 Kh2 49.Ng3 Kh3 50.Nf1 Kh4 51.Kg2, Black resigns.

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2 PCG Games 6/17/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Krisstianes_017 (Chess.com 1773) - JimWest (Chess.com 1857), Chess.com 6/17/2022

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.Nh5 O-O 10.Be2 Qe8 11.O-O Bxe5 12.dxe5 Qxe5 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.c4 c6 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.Rc1 Nc6 17.Rc3 Kh8 18.Rg3 Rg8 19.Qd2 Be6

20.Qh6 Rxg3 21.fxg3 Qg5 22.Qxf6+ Qxf6 23.Rxf6 Bg8 24.Bg4 Rd8 25.Bf5 Nd4 26.Bg4 e3 27.Rf1 Be6 28.Bxe6 Nxe6 29.Rf7 d4 30.Nf6 Ng7 31.Rd7 Rxd7 32.Nxd7 Ne6 33.Ne5 Kg7 34.Nd3 Kf6 35.Kf1 Kf5 36.Ke2 Ke4

37.h4 h5 38.b4 b6 39.a4 a6 40.Nb2 Nc7 41.Nd3 Nd5 42.b5 axb5 43.axb5 Nc3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

guedisa (lichess 2206) - JimWest (lichess 2154), lichess 6/17/2022

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.Bb5+ Nbc6 12.O-O O-O 13.Qh5 h6 14.Nh3 Rf5 15.Qh4 Nxe5 16.c4 a6

17.cxd5 axb5 18.Qxe4 Qxd5 19.Qxd5+ Nxd5 20.Rfb1 Bd7 21.f3 Nc4 22.Be1 Rf6 23.Nf2 Nde3 24.Rc1 Bc6 25.Bc3 Rg6 26.Ng4 Nxg4 27.fxg4 Rxg4 28.g3 Re4 29.Bb4 Re2

30.a4 Rg2+ 31.Kf1 Rxh2 32.axb5 Rxa1 33.Rxa1 Rh1+ 34.Ke2 Rxa1 35.bxc6 bxc6, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/16/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

DaanZoetbrood (Chess.com 1860) - JimWest (Chess.com 1838), Chess.com 6/16/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.Nc3 Be6 10.Bb3 Bxb3 11.axb3 Ne6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Ng4 f5 14.Nf6+ Kf7 15.Ncd5 c6

16.c4 cxd5 17.Nxd5 Bc5 18.b4 Bd4 19.Ra2 Rhc8 20.c5 Rd8 21.Nc3 Bxc3+ 22.bxc3 a6 23.O-O Rd3 24.Rc1 Rad8 25.Raa1 Nf4 26.Kf1 Rd2 27.c4 Nd3 28.Rcb1 Rxf2+ 29.Kg1 Rg8 30.g3 f4

31.Rf1 fxg3 32.hxg3 Rxg3+ 33.Kh1 Rgf3 34.Kg1 Rxf1+ 35.Rxf1 Rxf1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2170) - Doktorlivsi (lichess 2274), lichess 6/16/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 Ng4 6.Nh3 c6 7.f5 Ne3 8.Bxe3 Bxe3 9.Qf3 d4 10.Nd1 Bh6 11.Be2 Na6 12.O-O Nb4 13.c3 Nc2 14.Rb1 Qa5 15.a3 Bd7 16.g4 f6 17.g5 Bxg5 18.Nxg5 fxg5

19.Qh5+ Kd8 20.Qxg5+ Kc7 21.Qd2 Ne3 22.Nxe3 dxe3 23.Qxe3 Raf8 24.Kh1 Rf6 25.d4 Rh6 26.dxe5 Qxe5 27.Qf4 Re8 28.Qxe5+ Rxe5 29.Bf3 c5 30.b4 b6 31.Rg1 g6 32.fxg6 hxg6 33.Rbe1 Bc6 34.c4 g5 35.b5 Bb7 36.Bg2 Rd6

37.Rd1 Rxd1 38.Rxd1 Bxe4 39.Bxe4 Rxe4 40.Rc1 Kd6 41.a4 Ke5 42.Kg2 Re3 43.Kf2 Ra3 44.Rg1 Kf4 45.Rc1 Ra2+ 46.Kg1 Rxa4 47.Rc3 Ra2 48.h3 a6 49.bxa6 Rxa6 50.Rb3 Ra4 51.Rxb6 Rxc4 52.Rb3 Rc2

53.Ra3 c4 54.Kf1 Rd2 55.Rc3 Rd4 56.Ke2 Ke4 57.Rg3 Kf4 58.Rg4+ Ke5 59.Rxg5+ Kd6 60.Rg4 Rxg4 61.hxg4 Ke5 62.Kd2 Kf4 63.Kc3 Kxg4 64.Kxc4, draw.

15/10 PCG Reversed 6/15/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1839) - md900 (Chess.com 1725), Chess.com 6/15/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 a6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be2 h6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Na3 b5 10.b4 Bb6 11.a5 Ba7 12.Nc2 Ng4 13.d4 exd4 14.cxd4 Qe7 15.h3 Nf6 16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Ne4 18.O-O Nc3

19.Qe1 Nxe2+ 20.Qxe2 Nxb4 21.Ba3 c5 22.Bxb4 cxb4 23.Rab1 Qd8 24.Nxb4 Qxa5 25.Qe4 O-O 26.Nc6 Bxc6 27.Qxc6 Qb6 28.Rfc1 Rfd8 29.Qxb6 Bxb6 30.Rd1 Rd7 31.Rb3 Rad8 32.Rbd3 a5 33.Kh1 b4

34.d5 a4 35.d6 b3 36.Nd2 Ra8 37.Nc4 Bc5 38.Rd5 a3 39.Rxc5 Ra6 40.Nxa3 Rxa3 41.Rb5 Kh7 42.Rb1 Kg6 43.R1xb3 Rxb3 44.Rxb3 Kf5 45.Rb5 f6 46.g4+ Ke6 47.exf6 Kxf6 48.Rb6 Ke6 49.Kg2 Rxd6 50.Rxd6+ Kxd6

51.Kf3 Ke5 52.h4 g6 53.h5 gxh5 54.gxh5 Kf5 55.Kg3 Kg5 56.Kh3 Kxh5 57.Kg3 Kg5 58.Kh3 h5 59.Kg3 h4+ 60.Kh3 Kh5 61.Kh2 Kg4 62.Kg2 h3+ 63.Kh2 Kh4 64.Kh1 Kg3 65.Kg1 h2+ 66.Kh1 Kh3, stalemate.

10/5 PCG Reversed 6/14/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2176) - redaabdalftah (lichess 2248), lichess 6/14/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Nh3 Qh4+ 8.g3 Qh6 9.Bg2 Nf2 10.Nxf2 exf2+ 11.Kxf2 Qb6 12.Re1 Be6 13.Kg1 Nc6 14.c3 O-O-O 15.Qe2 Be7 16.Be3 Bd5 17.a4 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Qb3 19.Na3 a6

20.Nc4 Kb8 21.a5 Na7 22.Reb1 Nb5 23.Nd2 Qd5+ 24.Qf3 Qxf3+ 25.Nxf3 Na7 26.Rf1 f6 27.exf6 Bxf6 28.Bg5 Rhf8 29.Bxf6 Rxf6 30.Ne5 Re6 31.Rf7 Kc8 32.Rxg7 c5 33.Rf1 cxd4 34.cxd4 Rxd4 35.Rf8+ Rd8 36.Rxd8+ Kxd8 37.Rxb7 Rxe5 38.Rxa7 Rxa5

39.Rxh7 Rb5 40.h4 Rxb2+ 41.Kh3 Ke8 42.Ra7 Rb6 43.h5 Kf8 46.g4 Kg8 47.Kh4 Rc6 48.g5 Rc4+ 49.Kg3 Ra4 50.h5 Ra1 51.Kg4 a5 52.Kh5 a4 53.Kg6 Kf8 54.h7, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/13/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Pavlov_AM (Chess.com 1930) - JimWest (Chess.com 1867), Chess.com 6/13/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bf4 Ne6 10.Bxe6 Bxe6 11.O-O-O Bb4 12.Nb5 Ba5 13.f3 O-O 14.Nd4 Rae8 15.Nxe6 Rxe6 16.Nc4 Bb6 17.Nxb6 cxb6 18.fxe4 Nxe4

19.Bg3 Nxg3 20.hxg3 Re2 21.Rd2 Rxd2 22.Kxd2 Rf2+ 23.Kd3 Rxg2 24.Rh3 g5 25.b4 g4 26.Rh5 Rxg3+ 27.Kd4 Kg7 28.Rd5 Rg2 29.c4 Rd2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

abdallafarj22 (lichess 2142) - JimWest (lichess 2171), lichess 6/13/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Bxb4 d4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qd2 e3 11.Qc3 exf2+ 12.Kxf2 Nxb4 13.Qxb4 Ne7 14.Be2 O-O+ 15.Bf3 Qxe5 16.Qc3 Qc5+ 17.Qe3 Qxe3+ 18.Kxe3 Nf5+ 19.Kf2 Nd4

20.Nd2 Bg4 21.Rae1 Bxf3 22.Nxf3 Nxf3 23.gxf3 Rf4 24.Re4 Raf8 25.Rxf4 Rxf4 26.b3 Rd4 27.Ke3 Rh4 28.h3 Kf7 29.Rh2 Ke6 30.f4 Kf5 31.Rg2 Rxh3+ 32.Kd4 g6 33.Rf2 Rh4 34.Ke3 c5 35.Rf3 Rh2 36.Rg3 Rxa2

37.Rg5+ Kf6 38.Rxc5 Ra3 39.Rb5 b6 40.Rb4 h5 41.Kf3 Ra1 42.Kg3 Rg1+ 43.Kh3 Kf5 44.Ra4 Rb1 45.Rxa7 Rxb3+ 46.Kh4 Kxf4 47.Rf7+ Ke5 48.Rb7 Rb4 49.Kg5 Rxc4 50.Kxg6 Rc6+ 51.Kxh5 Kd5 52.Kg4 Kc5 53.Kf3 Re6

54.Rc7+ Kb4 55.Rc1 b5 56.Kf2 Re5 57.Rb1+ Kc3 58.Kf3 b4 59.Kf4 Re8 60.Kf3 b3 61.Kf4 b2 62.Rg1 Kc2 63.Rg2+ Kb3 64.Rg3+ Ka2 65.Rg2 Ka1, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/12/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1856) - Andie161 (Chess.com 1840), Chess.com 6/12/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.d5 a6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.e6 Ne5 11.exf7+ Nxf7 12.dxc6 Qxd1+ 13.Kxc1 Bg4+ 14.Ke1 O-O-O 15.Nc3 Ne5 16.Bg5 Rd4 17.Nge2 Rb4 18.b3 Nxc6

19.a3 Rb7 20.h3 Bf5 21.Rf1 Bg6 22.Kf2 Nd4 23.Kg1 Bd6 24.Nxd4 cxd4 25.Ne2 Bc5 26.Kh1 h6 27.Bh4 Re8 28.b4 Ba7 29.Rad1 d3 30.cxd3 exd3 31.Nf4 Bh7 32.Nxd3 Rd7 33.Rc1+ Kb7 34.Nc5+ Bxc5 35.Rxc5 Rd3

36.Rf7+ Kb6 37.Bf2 Re2 38.Ra5+ Rxf2 39.Rxf2 Be4 40.Kh2 Rd7 41.Re5 Bc6 42.Ra2 Rd4 43.Re6 Rc4 44.Rd2 a5 45.bxa5+ Kxa5 46.Rg6 Ka4 47.Rxg7 Kxa3 48.Rh7 Rh4 49.Rd6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

hector9428 (lichess 2112) - JimWest (lichess 2174), lichess 6/12/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nc3 a5 8.Qe2 Na6 9.O-O-O f4 10.d4 Qc7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.h3 Nc5 13.g3 fxg3 14.fxg3 Be6 15.Be3 Bxc4 16.Qxc4 Ncd7 17.Ng5 O-O-O

18.Ne6 Qb8 19.Nxd8 Rxd8 20.Qe6 Bb4 21.Rd3 Bxc3 22.bxc3 Re8 23.Qf5 g6 24.Qf3 Rf8 25.Rhd1 Qc7 26.g4 Nd5 27.Qg3 N5b6 28.Bxb6 Nxb6 29.Qe3 Nxa4 30.Rd7 Qxd7 31.Rxd7 Kxd7 32.Qh6 Rf7 33.Qe3 Kc7

34.c4 Nb6 35.Qb3 a4 36.Qa2 c5 37.Qa3 Kc6 38.Qc3 g5 39.Qxe5 Rf1+ 40.Kd2 Nxc4+ 41.Ke2 Nxe5, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 6/11/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1867) - EnmanuelDSosa (Chess.com 1868), Chess.com 6/11/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 Ng4 6.Nh3 O-O 7.Nxd5 f5 8.b4 fxe4 9.bxc5 Qxd5 10.dxe4 Qxe4+ 11.Qe2 Qb4+ 12.Bd2 Qxc5 13.Qc4+ Qxc4 14.Bxc4+ Kh8 15.O-O exf4 16.Bxf4 Nc6 17.Bxc7 Bd7 18.Ng5 Nge5

19.Bxe5 Nxe5 20.Nf7+ Nxf7 21.Rxf7 Rxf7 22.Bxf7 Bc6 23.c4 g6 24.Bd5 Bxd5 25.cxd5 Rd8 26.Rc1 Rd7 27.d6 Kg7 28.Rc7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2161) - Cureton (lichess 2186), lichess 6/11/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ng4 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 Qe7 10.Bd3 Bf5 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 Bxe4 13.Bxe4 O-O 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Re1 Qf6 16.h3 Nh6 17.g4 Qd8 18.f5 Kh8 19.Bxh6 gxh6

20.Qd2 h5 21.Qg5 Rg8 22.Qxd8 Raxd8 23.g5 h6 24.h4 hxg5 25.hxg5 f6 26.g6 Rd7 27.Re6 Kg7 28.Rae1 Rgd8 29.Re7+ Kh6 30.Rxd7 Rxd7 31.Re6 Kg7 32.Kg2 c5 33.Kg3 cxd4 34.cxd4 c5 35.Kh4 c4 36.d5 c3 37.Nd4 Rc7

38.Rxd6 Rc4 39.Kxh5 c2 40.Nxc2 Rxc2 41.Rd7+ Kg8 42.Rxa7 Rh2+ 43.Kg4 Rd2 44.Ra5 Kg7 45.Kf4 Kh6 46.a4 Rf2+ 47.Ke4 Re2+ 48.Kd4 Re5 49.Rb5 Rxf5 50.d6 Rf1 51.Rd5 Rd1+ 52.Kc5 Rc5+ 53.Kb6 Rc8

54.d7 Rb8+ 55.Kc7 Rb7+ 56.Kxb7 f5 57.Rxf5 Kxg6 58.Rd5 Kf7 59.d8=Q Kg7 60.Qc7+ Kf6 61.Qf4+ Ke6 62.Rd6+ Ke7 63.Qf6+ Ke8 64.Rd8#.

2 PCG Games 6/10/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

vinrrica (Chess.com 1698) - JimWest (Chess.com 1859), Chess.com 6/10/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Nc3 h6 10.Bh4 c6 11.a3 a5 12.Nh2 g5 13.Bg3 a4 14.Kh1 Qb6 15.Rb1 d5 16.Ng4 Bxg4 17.Bxg4 Kg7 18.Bxd7 Nxd7 19.Qg4 Qc7

20.d4 Bd6 21.Rae1 e4 22.Bxd6 Qxd6 23.f3 Rfd8 24.fxe4 Nf6 25.Qf5 dxe4 26.Nxe4 Nxe4 27.Qf7+ Kh8 28.Rxe4 Rf8 29.Qc4 b5 30.Qe2 Rxf1+ 31.Qxf1 Rf8 32.Qe1 Qg6 33.Re6 Rf1+ 34.Qxf1 Qxe6 35.Qf8+ Kh7 36.c3 h5 37.Qf2 h4

38.Qc2+ Kh6 39.Qf2 Kg6 40.Qf8 Qe1+ 41.Kh2 Qg3+ 42.Kg1 Qe1+ 43.Qf1 Qd2 44.Qb1+ Kh6 45.Kh1 Qf2 46.Qc1 Kh5 47.Qd1+ Kh6 48.Qc1 Kh5 49.Qd1+ Kh6 50.Qc1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ChessKingTrainer (lichess 2136) - JimWest (lichess 2154), lichess 6/10/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Nh6 7.Nc3 c6

8.Bf4 Qf6 9.Bxb8 Qxg5 10.Bg3 Bxe6 11.Be2 Be7 12.Bh5+ Bf7 13.Bxf7+ Nxf7, White resigns.