2 PCG Games 3/21/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

itsliterallyfree (Chess.com 1747) - JimWest (Chess.com 1853), Chess.com 3/21/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.O-O O-O 10.f3 c6 11.fxe4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nxe4 13.Bd3 Rxf1+ 14.Qxf1 Qf6 15.Qe2 Bf5 16.Bb2 Nd7 17.Nxd7 Bxd7 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Qxe4 Re8

20.Qf3 Qxf3 21.gxf3 Re2 22.Rf1 Rxc2 23.Rf2 Rxf2 24.Kxf2 Be6 25.a3 Kf7 26.Ke3 Kf6 27.Bc1 Bd5 28.Kf2 Kf5 29.Kg3 h5 30.h4 b5 31.Bf4 a5 32.Bd6 a4 33.Bf8 g6 34.Bd6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

OO2_DMA (lichess 2236) - JimWest (lichess 2109), lichess 3/21/2024

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.Be2 Bxe6 11.Nxh8 Qxg5 12.f3 Nf6 13.Qd2 e3 14.Qd3 Nc6 15.g3 O-O-O 16.a3 Rxh8

17.b4 Bb6 18.b5 Ne5 19.Qe4 Nxe4, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 3/20/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

rajneeshchess (Chess.com 1744) - JimWest (Chess.com 1846), Chess.com 3/20/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Nc3 Bg4 9.a3 Nd7 10.b4 O-O-O 11.Qe2 Bd6 12.b5 Ne7 13.bxc6 Nxc6 14.Nd5 Qh6 15.c3 Nf6 16.Rb1 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 Bc7 18.Bxc6 Qxc6

19.Bd2 Bxf3 29.gxf3 Rd6 30.c4 Qd7 31.Rfd1 Rg6+ 32.Kh1 Qh3 33.Rg1 Rd8 34.Bb4 a5 35.Be7 Rd2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

kushwahak (lichess 1994) - JimWest (lichess 2104), lichess 3/20/2024

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.Nf3 exf2+ 11.Kxf2 dxc3 12.Qxd8+ Kxd8 13.Bg5+ Ke8 14.Rc1 Nc6 15.Be2 Nge7 16.Bxe7 Kxe7 17.Rxc3 Bg4 18.Rd1 Rad8

19.h3 Rxd1 20.Bxd1 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Rf8 22.Ke2 Nd4+ 23.Ke3 Nxf3 24.gxf3 Ke6 25.f4 g6 26.Rd3 b6 27.Ke4 a5 28.a4 Rf5 29.Rd8 Rh5 30.Rd8+ Kd7 31.Rf8 Rxh3 32.Rf7+ Kc6 33.e6 Kd6 34.e7 Kd7

35.Ke5 Re3+ 36.Kf6 Re6+ 37.Kg7 Rxe7 38.Rxe7+ Kxe7 39.Kxh7 Kf6 40.Kh6 Kf5 41.Kg7 Kxf4 42.Kxg6 Ke5 43.Kf7 Kd4 44.Ke6 Kxc4, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/19/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

sarathporps (Chess.com 1799) - JimWest (Chess.com 1847), Chess.com 3/19/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.O-O Nc6 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.a3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.f4 Kh8 13.Be3 exf4 14.Bxf4 h6 15.Nf3 d4 16.Nh4 Kh7 17.Bd2 dxc3 18.Bxc3 Ng4

19.Nxf5 Bxf5 20.Rxf5 Qb6+ 21.d4 Ne3 22.Qd3 Nxf5 23.Rf1 Ncxd4 24.Bxd4 Qxd4+ 25.Qxd4 Nxd4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2103) - situbondo1 (lichess 2110), lichess 3/19/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 Bg4 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Bd3 f5 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Nxe3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Ng5 14.O-O Nxe5 15.f4 Nxd3 16.fxg5 Nxb2 17.Rab1 Na4 18.Rxb7 O-O

19.Nxf5 Rf7 20.Ng3 Re7 21.Nf5 Rf7 22.Ng3 Re7 23.Nf5 Rf7, draw.

2 PCG Games 3/18/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

maki_rio (Chess.com 1792) - JimWest (Chess.com 1848), Chess.com 3/18/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O c6 11.f3 Qa5 12.Qe3 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Qxc3 14.bxc3 b5 15.fxe4 Nxe4 16.Bh4 Nxc3 17.Re1 Nxa2+ 18.Kb2 Nb4 19.Be7 Nxc2

20.Kxc2 Rf2+ 21.Re2 Rxe2+ 22.Bxe2 Bf5+ 23.Bd3 Bxd3+ 24.Kxd3 Na6 25.Nxc6 Re8 26.Ra1 Nb8 27.Nxb8 Rxe7 28.Nc6 Rf7 29.Ra2 a6 30.Nb4 a5 31.Nxd5 a4 32.Kc3 Rf1 33.Rb2 a3 34.Ra2 Rc1+ 35.Kd2 Rg1

36.Ke3 Re1+ 37.Kd2 Rg1 38.Kc3 Rc1+ 39.Kb3 Rd1 40.Kxa3 Rxd4 41.Nc7 b4+ 42.Kb3 h5 43.Na6 g5 44.Nxb4 Rh4 45.h3 g4 46.hxg4 Rxg4 47.Rf2 h4 48.Nd5 Rg3+ 49.Kc2 h3 50.gxh3 Rxh3

51.Kd2 Kg7 52.Ne3 Rh5 53.Kd3 Ra5 54.Ke4 Ra4+ 55.Ke5 Ra5+ 56.Nd5 Kg6 57.Rg2+ Kf7 58.Rh2 Kg6 59.Rg2+ Kf7 60.Rf2+ Kg6 61.Rf6+ Kg5 62.Rf1 Kg6 63.Rf6+ Kg5 64.Rd6 Kg4 65.Rg6+ Kf3 66.Rg1 Kf2 67.Rg8 Kf3

68.Rf8+ Kg4 69.Ke4 Ra4+ 70.Kd3 Ra3+ 71.Kc4 Ra4+ 72.Kb3 Ra1 73.Ne3+ Kg3 74.Kb2 Ra7 75.Nf1+ Kg4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

F3Hamij (lichess 2035) - JimWest (lichess 2099), lichess 3/18/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qe2 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nbd7 13.a4 O-O-O 14.a5 a6 15.Rfd1 Kb8

16.Be6 h6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Qe2 Qd6 20.Bc4 Qc7, White forfeits.

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/17/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

knightowl05 (Chess.com 1667) - JimWest (Chess.com 1829), Chess.com 3/17/2024

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 Be7 11.g3 Nc6 12.Bg2 Nxe5 13.c5 Nd3+ 14.Ke2 Nxc1+ 15.Raxc1 Nf6 16.Rhd1+ Ke8 17.Ng5 c6 18.Kf1 h6 19.Nf3 Bg4

20.Re1 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Kf7 22.Rcd1 Rad8 23.Rb1 Rd7 24.Be2 Re8 25.Bc4+ Kf8 26.Re5 Bd8 27.Rf5 Re4 28.Bb3 g6 29.Rf3 Kg7 30.Bc2 Re5 31.Rf4 Rxc5 32.h4 Rxc3

33.Bb3 b5 34.Re1 Bc7 35.Rxf6 Kxf6 36.Re6+ Kg7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2101) - SUBRAMANIAN75 (lichess 1984), lichess 3/17/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 d6 5.Na4 Bb6 6.Nxb6 axb6 7.f4 Nf6 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Qe7 11.a3 b5 12.c3 b4 13.f5 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 bxa3 15.Rxa3 Rxa3 16.bxa3 Ra8 17.a4 h6 18.g4 Nh7 19.Qc2 Qh4

20.Kg2 b5 21.axb5 Ne7 22.Qf2 Qxf2+ 23.Rxf2 Ng5 24.Bxg5 hxg5 25.Rb2 Ra3 26.b6 cxb6 27.Rxb6 Rxc3 28.Rxd6 Nc6 29.Be2 Rc2 30.Kf1 Nd4 31.Bd1 Rxh2 32.Rd8+ Kh7 33.Re8 f6

34.Ba4 Rd2 35.Ra8 Rxd3 36.Be8 g6 37.Bxg6+ Kg7 38.Ra7+ Kg8 39.Ra8+ Kg7 40.Ra7+ Kg8 41.Ra8+ Ko7, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/16/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1827) - neshashkelisha (Chess.com 1769), Chess.com 3/16/2024

1.e3 d6 2.e4 g6 3.d3 Bg7 4.f4 e5 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 exf4 11.Bxf4 Ne5 12.d4 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 d5 14.Nd2 c6 15.Bg5 Nxe4 16.Bxd8 Nxd2 17.Qf2 Nxf1 18.Rxf1 Raxd8 19.Re1 Rfe8

20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.a4 Bh6 22.Qf6 Bc1 23.b3 Bd2 24.c4 dxc4 25.bxc4 Re4 26.d5 cxd5 27.cxd5 Be3+ 28.Kh2 Bf4+ 29.g3 Re2+ 30.Kg1 Be3+ 31.Kh1 Re1+ 32.Kg2 Rg1+ 33.Kh2 Re1

34.Qc3 Re2+ 35.Kh1 Bd2 36.Qd3 Re1+ 37.Kg2 Ba5 38.d6 Kf8 39.Qb5 Bb6 40.a5 Bd8 41.Qxb7 Bxa5 42.Qxa7 Bd8 43.Qd7 Bf6 44.Qc8+ Kg7 45.d7 Rd1 46.g4 h6 47.Qe8 Rd2+ 48.Kf3 Rd3+ 49.Ke2 Rd5 50.Ke3 g5

51.Ke4 Rd4+ 52.Ke3 Rd6 53.Kf3 Rd3+ 54.Ke2 Rd6 55.Kf3 Rd3+ 56.Ke2 Rd6 57.Kf3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

axechec29 (lichess 2013) - JimWest (lichess 2101), lichess 3/16/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 Nf6 11.Ba3 Qa5 12.Bb2 h6 13.Nf3 O-O 14.Re1 Re8 15.c4 dxc4 16.Bxc4+ Be6

17.Nxe5 Bxc4 18.Nxc4 Rxe1+ 19.Qxe1 Qxe1+ 20.Rxe1 Nb4 21.a3 Nxc2 22.Rc1 Re8 23.h3 Re1+ 24.Rxe1 Nxe1 25.d4 Nd3 26.Bc3 Nd5 27.Bd2 b5 28.Nd6 b4 29.axb4 N3xb4 30.Nxf5 a5

31.Nd6 a4 32.Nb5 Kf7 33.Kf1 Ke6 34.Ke2 Kd7 35.Na3, draw.

2 PCG Games 3/15/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

ChessCT1 (Chess.com 1850) - JimWest (Chess.com 1833), Chess.com 3/15/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 4.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.Be2 Bxf5 8.Bh5+ g6 9.Be2 c6 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.Bd2 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 h6 13.Nh3 Bxh3 14.gxh3 Nbd7 15.Rg1 Qe7 16.Qd2 O-O-O 17.O-O-O g5 18.Kb1 Kb8 19.Bb4 Qe6

20.Rg3 Nf8 21.Rb3 e3 22.fxe3 Ne4 23.Qe1 Qxh3 24.Ba5 Rd7 25.Qg1 h5 26.c4 Qe6 27.cxd5 Qxd5 28.Bb4 Ne6 29.Bd3 g4 30.Ka1 N6g5 31.Bxe4 Nxe4

32.Qf1 Rf7 33.Qg1 Rf3 34.Bc5 Nxc5 35.dxc5 Qxc5 36.Qe1 Rhf8 37.Qh4 Rf1 38.Rbd3 Qc1+ 39.Rxc1 Rxc1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

MTSavaghebi (lichess 2117) - JimWest (lichess 2101), lichess 3/15/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Nc3 Bg4 9.Be2 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nd7 11.Re1 O-O-O 12.Qe2 h5 13.g3 g5 14.g4 hxg4 15.Bxg4 Nh6 16.f3 Nxg4 17.fxg4 Bc5+ 18.Kh1 f3

19.Qf1 f2 20.Re2 Qf3+ 21.Qg2 f1=Q#.

2 PCG Reversed Games 3/14/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1831) - nov_ser103 (Chess.com 1783), Chess.com 3/14/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 a5 6.Nf3 Qe7 7.Be2 h6 8.a4 Bg4 9.Na3 c6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nbd7 12.f5 d5 13.Qc2 dxe4 14.dxe4 Nh7 15.Nc4 Qh4+ 16.Kf1 Ng5 17.Bxg5 hxg5 18.Qe2 b5 19.axb5 cxb5

20.Ne3 O-O 21.Rd1 Nf6 22.Nd5 Rfd8 23.Qe1 Nxd5 24.Rxd5 Rxd5 25.Qxh4 gxh4 26.exd5 Re8 27.Be4 f6 28.Ke2 Kf7 29.Rd1 Rd8 30.Kf3 a4 31.Rd2 Rb8

32.d6 Rb6 33.d7, Black forfeits.  

 

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2103) - lajewitsch (lichess 2047), lichess 3/14/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d6 4.f4 Be7 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O h6 8.c3 exf4 9.Bxf4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh5 11.Nbd2 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Be6 13.d4 d5 14.e5 f6 15.Bb5 a6 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Qc2 Kg7 18.Rae1 f5 19.b4 g4

20.Nh2 Bg5 21.Nb3 Qe7 22.Nc5 a5 23.a3 axb5 24.axb5 Ra3 25.Ra1 Rfa8 26.Rxa3 Rxa3 27.Nxe6+ Qxe6 28.Rxf5 Be3+ 29.Kh1 Ra1+ 30.Rf1 Ra8 31.Qe2 Bg5 32.Qxg4 Qxg4 33.Nxg4 h5 34.Nf6 Bxf6 35.Rxf6 c5 36.bxc5 Ra3

37.Rc6 Rxc3 38.Rxc7+ Kg6 39.Kh2 Rc4 40.c6 Rxd4 41.Rd7 Rc4 42.Rxd5, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 3/13/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

ABCD_edwin (Chess.com 1768) - JimWest (Chess.com 1847), Chess.com 3/13/2024

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Ng5 Rf8 10.Nb5 fxe4 11.Nxd6 cxd6 12.f3 exf3 13.Rxf3 h6 14.Nh3 Nd4 15.Rf2 Bxh3 16.gxh3 Rc8 17.Bb3 Nxb3 18.axb3 a6 19.Be3 Ke7

20.Raf1 Nd7 21.c3 Rxf2 22.Rxf2 Rf8 23.b4 Rxf2 24.Kxf2 Nf6 25.Kf3 b5 26.h4 Ke6 27.h3 h5 28.b3 d5 29.Bc5 Ne4 30.Bf8 g6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

justinegallaza (lichess 2126) - JimWest (lichess 2103), lichess 3/13/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Nd5 c6 8.Nc3 b5 9.exf5 Bxf5 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 g6 12.f4 Bg7 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.O-O Qe7 15.Nce4 O-O-O 16.a4 Ne6 17.Qh3 Nf5 18.axb5 cxb5 19.Nxe6 Qxe6

20.Bg5 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Rd4 22.Nc3 h6 23.Bc1 Rh4 24.Qf3 Kb8 25.Nd5 Qd4 26.c3 Qe4 27.Qxe4 Rxe4 28.Ra6 Rd8 29.Nb4 Rxb4 30.cxb4 Ne7 31.Re6 Nc8 32.h3 g5 33.Rf7 Rd1+ 34.Kh2 Rxc1 35.Rxg7 Rc7 36.Rxc7 Kxc7

37.Rxe5 Kd6 38.Re8 Ne7 39.Rh8 Nf5 40.g4 Nd4 41.Rxh6+ Kc7 42.Rg6 Nc6 43.Rxg5 Nxb4 44.Rxb5 Nd3 45.h4 Kc6 46.Rb3 Ne5 47.Kh3 a5 48.h5 a4

49.h6 axb3 50.h7 Nf7 51.Kh4 Kd5 52.Kh5 Ke6 53.Kg6 Nh8+ 54.Kg7 Nf7 55.h8=Q Nxh8 56.Kxh8 Kf6 57.Kg8 Kg5 58.Kf7 Kxg4 59.Ke6 Kf3 60.Kd5 Ke3 61.Kc4 Ke4 62.Kxb3 Kd5 63.Kb4 Kc6 64.b3 Kb6

65.Kc4 Kc6 66.Kb4 Kb6 67.Kc4 Kc6 68.b4 Kb6 69.b5 Kb7 70.Kc5 Kc7 71.b6+ Kb7 72.Kb5 Kb8 73.Kc6 Kc8 74.Kb5 Kb7 75.Ka5 Kb8 76.Ka6 Ka8 77.Kb5 Kb7 78.Kc5 Kb8 79.Kd6 Kb7 80.Kc5 Kb8 81.Kc6 Kc8 82.Kb5 Kb7, draw.