2 PCG Games 8/19/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

ThatChessGuru (Chess.com 1798) - JimWest (Chess.com 1711), Chess.com 8/19/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 fxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.Qg3+ Kxh8 13.O-O Bf5 14.Re1 Bg6

15.b3 Nd4 16.Rd1 Bb4 17.Bb2 Bxc3 18.dxc3 Ne2+ 19.Kh2 Nxg3 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.fxg3 Rd2 22.c4 Kg7 23.Rf1 Rd6 24.g4 h6 25.h4 e3 26.g5 hxg5 27.hxg5 e2 28.gxf6+ Kf7 29.Re1 Rd2 30.Be5 c6 31.Kg3 Rxc2 32.Kf2 Bh5

33.a4 Ke6 34.Ba1 Rd2 35.g3 Rd3 36.Rxe2 Bxe2 37.Kxe2 Rxg3 38.Kd2 Rxb3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

tuge4 (lichess 2067) - JimWest (lichess 2121), lichess 8/19/2022

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.Bg5+ Ke8 11.O-O-O cxb2+ 12.Kxb2 Nc6 13.f4 Nge7 14.Be2 Bf5 15.Ng3 g6 16.Bf6 Rg8 17.Bf3 Kf7

18.Nxf5 gxf5 19.Rd7 Ke6 20.Rxc7 Nd4 21.Rxe7+ Bxe7 22.Bd5+ Kd7 23.e6+ Nxe6 24.Bxe7 Kxe7 25.Re1 Rg6 26.g4 Kd6 27.gxf5 Nxf4 28.fxg6 Nxd5 29.cxd5 hxg6 30.Re6+ Kxd5 31.Rxg6 Rh8 32.Rg2 b5 33.Rc2 a5

34.Kb3 Rh3+ 35.Kb2 b4 36.Kb1 a4 37.Kb2 a3+ 38.Kc1 Kd4 39.Rg2 Kc4 40.Kc2 Kb5 41.Rg5+ Ka4 42.Rg2 Rc3+ 43.Kb1 Rf3 44.Rc2 b3 45.axb3+ Kxb3 46.Rc1 Rf2

47.Rh1 Rb2+ 48.Ka1 Ra2+ 49.Kb1 Rb2+ 50.Ka1 Ra2+ 51.Kb1 Rb2+ 52.Ka1, draw.

10/5 PCG Reversed 8/18/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2115) - pramodh941 (lichess 2161), lichess 8/18/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 Bb4+ 8.c3 Be7 9.Nf3 Nf2 10.Qe2 Nxh1 11.Bxe3 Bh4+ 12.Kf1 O-O 13.Kg1 Ng3 14.hxg3 Bxg3 15.Nbd2 Be6 16.Bd3 f5 17.exf6 Qxf6

18.Ne4 Qg6 19.Nxg3 Qxg3 20.Ng5 Bd5 21.Bxh7+ Kh8 22.Be4 Bxe4 23.Nxe4 Qg6 24.Bf2 Re8 25.Re1 Nd7 26.Qf3 Nf6 27.Nxf6 Rxe1+ 28.Bxe1 Qxf6 29.Qxb7 Re8 30.Bg3 Qg5 31.Be5 Qc1+ 32.Kh2 Re6

33.Qc8+ Kh7 34.Qxe6 Qxb2 35.Qd7 Kh6 36.Qxg7+ Kh5 37.Qh7+ Kg5 38.Qxc7 Qxa2 39.Bg3 a5 40.Qe5+ Kg6 41.d5 Qd2 42.d6 Qh6+ 43.Kg1 Qc1+ 44.Qe1 Qa3 45.d7 Qf8 46.Qe8+ Qxe8 47.dxe8=Q+ Kg7 48.Qe5+ Kg6 49.Qxa5 Kg7

50.Qa6 Kf7 51.Qh6 Ke7 52.c4 Kd7 53.c5 Kc8 54.c6 Kd8 55.Qd6+ Ke8 56.Qd7+ Kf8 57.c7 Kg8 58.c8=Q#.

10/5 PCG Reversed 8/17/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2125) - Larrycot (lichess 2082), lichess 8/17/2022

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 c6 11.O-O-O b5

12.Bxb5 Bb7 13.Ba4 Qc7 14.Nge2 Nd7 15.Bb3 Nb6 16.Rxh1 Bb4 17.Rf1 O-O-O

18.Qxf7 Rhf8 19.Qxc7+ Kxc7 20.Rf7+ Rxf7 21.Bxf7 Rf8 22.e6 Kd6 23.Ne4+ Kd5 24.N2c3+ Bxc3 25.Nxc3+ Kc4 26.e7+ Rxf7 27.e8=Q Rf1+ 28.Kd2 Nd5, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/16/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1710) - boom1991 (Chess.com 1702), Chess.com 8/16/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Ng4 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Nf3 Re8 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.O-O Nf6 12.e5 dxe5 13.dxe5 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Nd5 15.Qc2 g6 16.Ng5 Nde7

17.Ne4 Bf5 18.Nf6+ Kh8 19.Bxf5 Nxf5 20.Nxe8 Qxe8 21.Bd2 Rd8 22.Rae1 Qe6 23.Bc1 Qc4 24.Qb3 Qe6 25.Qxe6 fxe6 26.Rd1, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

srikanthjg (Chess.com 1597) - JimWest (Chess.com 1716), Chess.com 8/16/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qd1 Bc5 8.Be2 Ne7 9.c4 c6 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.fxe3 O-O

12.Rf1 Rxf1+ 13.Kxf1 Nf5 14.Qd2 Qxg5 15.cxd5 Nxe3+ 16.Ke1 Nxg2+ 17.Kd1 Qxd2+ 18.Nxd2 cxd5 19.Nb3 Nf4 20.Bf1 Nc6 21.Nc5 Nxe5, White resigns.

15/10 PCG 8/15/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Stoker1968 (Chess.com 1658) - JimWest (Chess.com 1737), Chess.com 8/15/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Bf4 Bc5 7.Be2 Ne7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.Qxd5 Nxd5 11.Bc4 c6 12.Bxd5+ cxd5 13.Bg3 h6 14.Nh3 Bxh3 15.gxh3 Nc6 16.O-O-O d4 17.Rhe1 e3

18.fxe3 dxe3 19.Rd7 b6 20.e6 Rfe8 21.Rf1 Rxe6 22.Rff7 Re7, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 8/14/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Vasily_Levoev (Chess.com 1532) - JimWest (Chess.com 1731), Chess.com 8/14/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.Qb3 f4 7.Nc4 c6 8.Bd2 Qc7 9.O-O-O b5 10.Na3 a5 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Ne6 Bxe6 13.Qxe6 Qd7 14.Qxd7+ Nbxd7 15.Kb1 Kf7 16.f3 Kg8

17.g3 Nh5 18.gxf4 Nxf4 19.Bxf4 Rxf4 20.Be2 Kh8 21.Nc2 Raf8 22.Ne3 g6 23.Ng4 h5 24.Nf2 Kh7 25.Nh3 R4f7 26.Rhg1 Kh6 27.Rg2 Rg7 28.Rdg1 Rfg8 29.Ng5 Bxg5 30.Rxg5 Nf8

31.d4 Ne6 32.R5g2 Nf4 33.dxe5 Nxg2 34.Rxg2 dxe5 35.h4 g5 36.hxg5+ Rxg5 37.Rxg5 Rxg5 38.Kc2 Rg2 39.Kd3 Kg5 40.Ke3 h4 41.b3 Rxe2+ 42.Kxe2 Kf4 43.Kf2 h3 44.a3 h2 45.Kg2 h1=Q+ 46.Kxh1 Kxf3

47.b4 a4 48.Kg1 Kxe4 49.Kf2 Kd3 50.Kf3 e4+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

auntoftwo (lichess 2137) - JimWest (lichess 2143), lichess 8/14/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qe2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.Nc3 O-O-O 11.Be3 d4

12.Nxe4 dxe3 13.Nxc5 Qxb2 14.Rd1 Qc3+, White resigns.

15/10 PCG 8/13/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Carlososvaldozanola (Chess.com 1616) - JimWest (Chess.com 1742), Chess.com 8/13/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.c3 Nf6 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.Ng5 d5 9.Bxd5 cxd5 10.O-O Bd6 11.Nd2 h6 12.Ngf3 Nbd7 13.Re1 O-O-O 14.Qa4 Kb8 15.Nb3 Bxd3 16.Be3 a6 17.Rad1 Bb5 18.Qh4 Bc6

19.Nfd2 g5 20.Qh3 e4 21.Nf1 Ne5 22.Bd4 Rdf8 23.Bxd4 Bxd4 24.g3 h5 25.Nd4 Bxd4 26.cxd4 g4 27.Qh4 Qf7 28.Qg5 Re8 29.Ne3 Nh7 30.Qf5 Qxf5 31.Nxf5 Ng5 32.Re2 Nf3+ 33.Kg2 h4 34.gxh4 Nxh4+ 35.Nxh4 Rxh4

36.Rh1 Rf8 37.Re3 Rf3 38.Rxf3 gxf3+ 39.Kg3 Rh8 40.h4 Rg8+ 41.Kf4 Kc7 42.h5 Kd6 43.h6 Be8 44.Kf5 Bg6+ 45.Kf6 Bh7 46.Kf7 Rg6 47.Kf8 Ke6 48.Rh4 Rg8#.

10/5 PCG 8/12/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

keroles_amir4 (lichess 2099) - JimWest (lichess 2151), lichess 8/12/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ng5 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb3 Bb4 9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Nc6 11.Ba4 O-O 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Bxe5 Re8 14.f4 Ng4 15.Nf3 Qb6 16.d4 Qxb2 17.O-O Ne3 18.Qb1 Qxc2 19.Qxc2 Nxc2

20.Rac1 Ne3 21.Rfe1 Nc4 22.h3 Bd7 23.Nh2 Nxe5 24.fxe5 Be6 25.Rxc6 Rac8 26.Ra6 Rc7 27.Nf3 h6 28.a4 Kf7 29.Kh2 Rec8 30.Rf1 Rb8 31.Nh4 Rb6 32.Rxb6 axb6 33.Nf5 Bxf5 34.Rxf5+ Ke6 35.Rf3 Rc4 36.Rd3 Rxa4

37.Kg3 b5 38.Kf4 g5+ 39.Kg4 Ra2 40.g3 b4 41.Kh5 Ra3 42.Rd2 Rxg3 43.Kxh6 Rxh3+ 44.Kxg5 b3 45.Kg4 Re3 46.Kf4 Re4+ 47.Kf3 b2 48.Rxb2 Rxd4 49.Re2 Ra4 50.Kf2 Re4 51.Rxe4 dxe4 52.Ke3 Kxe5

53.Ke2 Kd4 54.Kd2 e3+ 55.Ke2 Ke4 56.Ke1 Kd3 57.Kd1 e2+ 58.Ke1 Ke3, stalemate.

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/11/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1752) - paulmacariola03 (Chess.com 1804), Chess.com 8/11/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Qh5 9.Ne2 Qh3 10.Nf4 Qh6 11.Nd5 Qh3 12.Bf1 Qh5 13.Nxc7+ Kd8 14.Nxa8 e3 15.Bg2 Bd7 16.h3 Qg5 17.hxg4 Bxg4 18.Qd3 Nb4 19.Qc3 Bf5

20.Qc7+ Ke8 21.Qb8+ Ke7 22.Qd6+ Ke8 23.Nc7#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

jakko65 (lichess 2149) - JimWest (lichess 2145), lichess 8/11/2022

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.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qe7 12.c4 c6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.c4 Qxe6 15.cxd5 Qxd5 16.Qa4 Kh8 17.Be3 Nc6 18.Rab1 Rab8 19.Rfc1 h6

20.Bc4 Qa5 21.Qxa5 Nxa5 22.Be2 Nc6 23.Bf4 Rbd8 24.Rxb7 Nxd4 25.Bf1 Ne6 26.Be5 Ng4 27.Bg3 a5 28.h3 Nf6 29.Rc6 Nd4 30.Rcc7 Nh5 31.Be5 Ne6

32.g4 Nxc7 33.Bxc7 Rc8 34.gxh5 Rf7 35.Ra7 Rfxc7 36.Rxa5 Re7 37.Ra4 Rce8 38.Bc4 e3 39.fxe3 Rxe3 40.Kg2 R3e4, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 8/10/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

mikhael1963 (Chess.com 1989) - JimWest (Chess.com 1771), Chess.com 8/10/2022

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.Bd3 Bf5 15.Bxf5 Nxf5 16.fxe3 Nc6 17.Rf1 Nh6 18.O-O-O Rxh8

19.Kc2 Nxe5 20.Kb3 Nhg4 21.Rd5 Ke6 22.Rb5 b6 23.h3 Nxe3 24.Re1 N3xc4 25.Rb4 Na5+ 26.Ka2 c5 27.Rbe4 Nac6 28.Kb3 Rd8 29.R4e2 c4+ 30.Kc2 Rd5 31.Re4 b5 32.a4 a6 33.axb5 axb5 34.Ra1 Kf5 35.Re2 b4

36.cxb4 Nxb4+ 37.Kc3 Nbc6 38.g4+ Kg5 39.Rf1 Rd3+ 40.Kb2 Rxh3 41.Rg2 c3+ 42.Kc1 Nd3+ 43.Kc2 Nf4 44.Rgf2 Nd4+ 45.Kc1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

IZIL (lichess 2114) - JimWest (lichess 2139), lichess 8/10/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qe2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.h4 Nd4 11.Bg5 Nxe2 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Bxe2 O-O-O 14.Ng6 hxg6 15.Nd2 d4 16.Nb3 Bb4+ 17.Kf1 d3 18.cxd3 exd3 19.Bf3 d2

20.Rd1 Bxb3 21.axb3 Rd3 22.Rh3 Kb8 23.Be2 Rxh3 24.gxh3 Nd5 25.Bd3 Nf4 26.Be4 c6 27.f3 Kc7 28.Kf2 Kd6 29.Kg3 Ke5 30.Bc2 Nd5 31.Kf2 Kf4 32.Rg1 Ne3 33.Bd1 Nxd1+ 34.Rxd1 a5 35.Ke2 b5 36.Rg1 Kf5 37.Rg5+ Kf6

38.f4 Bd6 39.Rg4 Bb4 40.Rg1 Kf5 41.Kd1 Kf6 42.Rg3 Kf5 43.Rg5+ Kf6 44.Re5 Bd6 45.Re4 Kf5 46.Re8 Bxf4 47.Rc8 g5 48.hxg5 Kxg5 49.Rxc6 Kh4, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 8/9/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

zmoj (Chess.com 1762) - JimWest (Chess.com 1768), Chess.com 8/9/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf6 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Nh6 7.Nf7 Nxf7 8.exf7+ Kxf7 9.Be2 Bc5 10.O-O Rf8 11.Nc3 c6 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.fxe3+ Kg8 14.Qd4 Nd7 15.Rad1 Nf6 16.h3 Qc7 17.Na4 Bxh3 18.Rf4 Bd7

19.Rdf1 Rae8 20.Qxa7 Ra8 21.Qd4 Qa5 22.Nc5 Qc7 23.a3 b6 24.Nxd7 Nxd7 25.Rg4 Qe5 26.Qxe5 Nxe5 27.Rg5 Rxf1+ 28.Bxf1 Nf7 29.Rf5 b5 30.g3 Nd6 31.Re5 Re8 32.Rxe8+ Nxe8

33.b3 Nc7 34.Kg2 Kf7 35.a4 Ke7 36.g4 g5 37.Kg3 Kd6 38.a5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Kalvo_Toni (lichess 2147) - JimWest (lichess 2144), lichess 8/9/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Nh6 7.Nc3 c6 8.Be2 Bc5 9.Nf7 Nxf7 10.exf7+ Kxf7 11.O-O Rf8 12.Bh5+ Kg8 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.fxe3 Qg5 15.Rxf8+ Kxf8 16.Qf1+ Bf5 17.Qf4 Qxf4 18.exf4 Nd7 19.Ne2 Nf6

20.Nd4 Bd7 21.Be2 Re8 22.c3 Kg8 23.h3 h5 24.Re1 h4 25.b4 a6 26.Nb3 Bc8 27.Rd1 Kh7 28.Nd4 g6 29.Rf1 Bf5 30.a4 Kh6 31.Kh2 Nh5 32.Bxh5 Kxh5 33.Kg1 Bd7 34.Re1 b6 35.Kf2 c5 36.bxc5 bxc5 37.Nb3 Bxa4 38.Nxc5 Bb5 39.Ke3 Bc4

40.Rb1 a5 41.Nd7 Re6 42.Ne5 g5 43.Nxc4 gxf4+ 44.Kxf4 dxc4 45.Rb5+ Kh6 46.Rxa5 e3 47.Ra1 e2 48.Re1 Kh5 49.Kf3 Rg6 50.Rxe2 Rg3+ 51.Kf4 Rxc3 52.Re5+ Kh6 53.Re6+ Kg7 54.Rc6 Rc2 55.g4 hxg3 56.Kxg3 c3

57.h4 Rc1 58.Kg4 c2 59.Kh5 Kf7 60.Rc7+ Ke6 61.Rc6+ Kd5 62.Rc8 Kd4 63.Kh6 Kd3 64.h5 Rh1 65.Rxc2 Kxc2 66.Kg6 Rg1+ 67.Kh7 Kd3 68.h6 Ke4 69.Kh8 Kf5 70.h7 Kg6 

71.Kg8 Kh6+ 72.Kh8 Ra1 73.Kg8 Ra8+ 74.Kf7 Kxh7, White resigns.