PCG & PCG Reversed 6/21/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

ninokabigting (Chess.com 1743) - JimWest (Chess.com 1912), Chess.com 6/21/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.Be2 c6 7.O-O f4 8.Qb3 Qb6 9.Ng5 Qxb3 10.Nxb3 h6 11.Nf3 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nbd7 14.d4 O-O 15.Bd2 g5 16.a4 h5 17.a5 g4 18.hxg4 hxg4 19.Be2 a6

20.Bc4+ Kg7 21.Be6 Rh8 22.Bxf4 exf4 23.e5 dxe5 24.dxe5 Nxe5 25.Rfe1 Rh5 26.Nd4 Rah8 27.Kf1 f3 28.gxf3 gxf3 29.Nf5+ Rxf5 30.Bxf5 Rh1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2096) - ZVIAD64 (lichess 2140), lichess 6/21/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.c3 h6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Na3 Qe7 10.f5 d5 11.Qc2 Ng4 12.h3 dxe4 13.dxe4 Bf2+ 14.Kf1 Ne3+ 15.Bxe3 Bxe3 16.Nc4 Ba7 17.g4 O-O 18.Kg2 Rad8 19.Rad1 Bc8

20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Rd1 Rxd1 22.Qxd1 b5 23.axb5 axb5 24.Qd5 Bd7 25.Ncxe5 Nxe5 26.Nxe5 Be8 27.Bxb5 Bxb5 28.Qxb5 Bb6 29.Qd5 Kf8 30.Qa8+ Qe8 31.Nd7+ Ke7 32.Qxe8+ Kxe8 33.Nxb6 cxb6

34.e5 Kd7 35.Kf3 Kc6 36.Ke4 Kd7 37.c4 Ke7 38.b4 Kd7 39.h4 Ke7 40.Kd5 Kd7 41.c5 b5 42.e6+ fxe6+ 43.fxe6+ Ke7 44.Ke5 g6 45.h5 gxh5 46.gxh5, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/20/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

PoulosJ (Chess.com 1766) - JimWest (Chess.com 1927), Chess.com 6/20/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.exf5 Bxf5 9.d4 e4 10.Nh4 Bc8 11.g4 d5 12.Ng2 Bd6 13.Ne3 Qc7 14.Ng2 Be6 15.f4 exf3 16.Bxf3 Nbd7 17.Qd3 Rae8 18.Ne2 Kh8 19.Be3 Nb6

20.b3 a5 21.Rae1 a4 22.Nef4 Bf7 23.Bd2 axb3 24.axb3 g5 25.Ne2 h6 26.Ba5 Ra8 27.b4 Kg7 28.Rc1 Bg6 29.Qb3 Ne4 30.Bxe4 Bxe4 31.c4 Rxf1+ 32.Rxf1 Rxa5 33.bxa5 Nxc4

34.Qc2 Bxc2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2084) - ZVIAD64 (lichess 2129), lichess 6/20/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 a6 7.Be2 Ba7 8.a4 Qe7 9.Na3 O-O 10.f5 Ng4 11.Qc2 Bf2+ 12.Kf1 Qf6 13.h3 Ne3+ 14.Bxe3 Bxe3 15.Nc4 Ba7 16.a5 Rd8 17.g4 h6 18.Kg2 Ne7

19.h4 Ng6 20.fxg6 Bxg4 21.gxf7+ Qxf7 22.Raf1 Qg6 23.Kh2 Rf8 24.Ncxe5 dxe5 25.Nxe5 Qh5 26.Nxg4 Rxf1 27.Rxf1 Qxh4+ 28.Kg2 h5 29.Qb3+ Kh8 30.Rh1 Qg5 31.Qf7 g6 32.Qf6+ Qxf6 33.Nxf6 Rf8 34.e5 Be3 35.d4 c5

36.dxc5 Bf4 37.Bxh5 Kg7 38.Bf3 Bxe5 39.Nd7 Rf5 40.Nxe5 Rxe5 41.b4 Re3 42.Bxb7 Rxc3 43.Bxa6 Rb3 44.b5 Ra3 45.c6 Rxa5 46.c7 Ra2+ 47.Kf3 Rc2 48.c8=Q, Black resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 6/19/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1928) - NimosD (Chess.com 1911), Chess.com 6/19/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Bc5 6.c3 O-O 7.d4 Bb6 8.Bd3 d5 9.e5 Ne4 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.O-O Bxf3 12.gxf3 g5 13.fxe4 gxf4 14.exd5 Nxe5 15.Bxh7+ Kxh7 16.Qh5+ Kg8 17.Qxe5 Re8 18.Qf5 c6 19.Nd2 Qxd5

20.Qxd5 cxd5 21.Rxf4 Re2 22.Rf2 Rae8 23.Raf1 R8e7 24.Rxe2 Rxe2 25.Rf2 Re6 26.Nf3 Bc7 27.Kf1, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2081) - PromiseChess (lichess 2052), lichess 6/19/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 d6 6.Na4 Bxg1 7.Rxg1 Ng4

8.h3 Qh4+ 9.g3 Qh5 10.hxg4 Qh2, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/18/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

lrLKH (Chess.com 1782) - JimWest (Chess.com 1920), Chess.com 6/18/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.c3 Nh6 8.h3 g5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nh2 Be6 11.Bxe6 Qxe6 12.Qb3 Qxb3 13.axb3 Nd7 14.b4 a6 15.Nd2 O-O-O 16.Nb3 Nf6 17.f3 Nf7 18.Bd2 Bd6 19.Rfd1 Bc7

20.Be1 Bb6+ 21.Bf2 Bxf2+ 22.Kxf2 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Rxd8+ Nxd8 25.Nc5 h5 26.Nd3 Nd7 27.c4 b5 28.b3 Ne6 29.Nf1 Nd4 30.Nd2 Kd8 31.Nc5 Nxc5 32.bxc5 b4

33.g3 Ke7 34.gxf4 gxf4 35.Ke1 Ne6 36.Kd1 Nxc5 37.Kc2 a5 38.Nf1 Ne6 39.h4 Nd4+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

arman_1364 (lichess 2106) - JimWest (lichess 2071), lichess 6/18/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Bd3 e4 7.Ne5 exd3 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Nxg6 Nf6 10.Qe5+ Kf7 11.Nxh8+ Kg7 12.Bg5 Be7 13.cxd3 Nc6 14.Qg3 Kxh8 15.O-O Nxd4 16.Nc3 Nf5 17.Qe5 Qd6 18.Bxf6+ Qxf6 19.Qxf6+ Bxf6

20.Nxd5 Bd8 21.Rfe1 Nd6 22.Re3 Bd7 23.Rae1 Bc6 24.Nb4 Bg5 25.Rg3 Bd2 26.Re7 Nf5 27.Nxc6 bxc6 28.Rxc7 Nxg3 29.hxg3 Rd8 30.Rxa7 Rxd3 31.Ra8+ Kg7 32.Ra7+ Kg6 33.Rc7 Rd6

34.Kh2 Ba5 35.Rc8 Bb6 36.Rf8 Rd2 37.Rc8 Rxf2 38.Rxc6+ Rf6 39.Rxf6+ Kxf6 40.Kh3 Ke5 41.Kg4 h6 42.Kh5 Be3 43.a4 Kd5 44.b3 Kc5, White forfeits.

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/17/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Cesilia (Chess.com 1890) - JimWest (Chess.com 1909), Chess.com 6/17/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.Bd3 fxe4 7.Bxe4 d5 8.dxe5 dxe4 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Ng5 Ke8 11.Nxe4 Nbc6 12.f4 Bf5 13.Nbd2 Rf8 14.g3 Kf7 15.c3 Kg8 16.O-O Rad8 17.Rae1 h5 18.Nf3 Bxe4 19.Rxe4 g6

20.Ng5 Rd2 21.Rf2 Rxf2 22.Kxf2 Rd8 23.Ke2 a5 24.b3 b6 25.Ne6 Rc8 26.Nd4 Nxd4+ 27.cxd4 Nd5 28.Kd3 Kf8 29.Kc4 c6 30.a3 Ke7 31.b4 axb4 32.axb4 Ra8

33.Re2 Ra1 34.Rb2 Rc1+ 35.Kd3 b5 36.Ke2 Rc4 37.Ra2 Nc3+, White resigns.

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Philidoe Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2070) - kkpraveenkumar (lichess 2090), lichess 6/17/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 O-O 8.f5 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 d5 10.Qc2 dxe4 11.dxe4 h6 12.a4 a5 13.Na3 Nh7 14.Nc4 Ng5 15.h4 Nxf3+ 16.gxf3 Qf6 17.Be3 Bxe3 18.Nxe3 Rad8 19.Nd5 Qd6

20.O-O-O Qc5 21.f6 g6 22.h5 g5 23.Rhg1 Rxd5 24.exd5 Nd8 25.Qd2 Kh7 26.Qd3+ Kh8 27.Qf5 Qe3+ 28.Kb1 c6 29.Rge1 Qf4 30.Rxe5 cxd5 31.Qxf4 gxf4 32.Rexd5 Ne6 33.Rxa5 Rc8 34.Rd7 Nc5 35.Rxf7 Nb3

36.Rb5 Nd2+ 37.Kc2 Nxf3 38.Rbxb7 Nd4+ 39.Kb1 Nf5 40.a5 f3 41.Rfd7 f2 42.Rd1 Ne3 43.Rh1 f1=Q+ 44.Rxf1 Nxf1 45.a6 Nd2+ 46.Kc2 Nf3 47.a7 Nd4+ 48.Kd3 Nc6 49.Ke4 Ra8 50.Kf5 Rxa7 51.Rxa7 Nxa7

52.Kg6 Kg8 53.Kxh6 Kf7 54.Kg5 Nb5 55.h6 Nc7 56.h7 Ne6+ 57.Kf5 Ng7+ 58.fxg7 Kxg7 59.b4, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/16/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 1868) - vidyabalanbhumi (Chess.com 1801), Chess.com 6/16/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 c6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d5 6.e5 Ng4 7.Nf3 Be7 8.d4 g5 9.Bc1 h5 10.Bd3 Be6 11.O-O Nd7 12.c3 c5 13.h3 Nh6 14.Nh2 cxd4 15.cxd4 Qb6 16.Be2 Nxe5 17.Kh1 Nc6 18.Nc3 g4 19.Bxh6 Rxh6

20.Qd2 Rg6 21.hxg4 hxg4 22.Rad1 O-O-O 23.Bd3 Bg5 24.Qc2 Rh6 25.g3 Rdh8 26.Rf2 Be3 27.Rg2 Bxd4 28.Bf5 Be5 29.Nxd5 Qxb2 30.Bxe6+ fxe6 31.Ne7+ Kc7 32.Nxc6 Qxc2 33.Rxc2 bxc6 34.Rd3 Rh3

35.Kg1 Bxg3 36.Nxg4 Rh1+ 37.Kg2 Bd6 38.Rdc3 c5 39.Nf2 R1g2+ 40.Kf1 Rf8 41.Kg1 Rg8+ 42.Kf1 Rgg2 43.Rf3 Kb6 44.Re2 c4 45.Rxe6 Kc7 46.Rf7+ Kc6 47.Rff6 Rxf2+ 48.Rxf2 Rxf2+ 49.Kxf2 Kd5 50.Rg6 c3

51.Ke2 Ba3 52.Kd3 Bb2 53.Ra6 Kc5 54.Rxa7 Kb4 55.Kc2 Ba1 56.a4 Bb2 57.a5 Kb5 58.Ra8 Kc6 59.Rb8 Kc7 60.Rb3 Kc6 61.a6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Gogol215 (lichess 2022) - JimWest (lichess 2072), lichess 6/16/2024

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.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Be2 c6 12.c4 Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qc7 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.c4 Be6 16.c5 Nc6

17.Bf4 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Qa5+ 19.Qd2 Qxd2+ 20.Kxd2 Ng4 21.Bxg4 Bxg4 22.Bg3 Bd7 23.Rab1 Bc6 24.Rb4 Rf7 25.Rb3 Raf8 26.Rf1 a6 27.Rfb1 h5 28.Ke3 g6 29.Bd6 Re8 30.Bg3 Re6 31.Rb6 Re8

32.a4 Kh7 33.a5 Ref8 34.h4 Re8 35.Bf4 Ref8 36.g3 Re8 37.Rf1 Bb5 38.Rh1 Bc6 39.Rf1 Bb5 40.Rh1 Bc6 41.Rf1, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/15/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

seanrob1 (Chess.com 1833) - JimWest (Chess.com 1869), Chess.com 6/15/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 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 c6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Ng4 Bxg4 14.Bxg4 f5 15.Bxf5 Kh8 16.Qg4 Rg8 17.Qh3 Qe7 18.Nf6 Rg7

19.Nxh7 Rxh7 20.Bxh7 Qxh7 21.Qc8+ Kg7 22.Qxb7+ Kg6 23.g3 Qxb7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2073) - dantes2008 (lichess 1970), lichess 6/15/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Qe7 8.f5 d5 9.Qc2 dxe4 10.dxe4 O-O-O 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Nbd2 Rd7 14.O-O-O Rhd8 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Nxf3 g6 17.g4 gxf5 18.gxf5 Qe7

19.Rxd7 Rxd7 20.Rd1 f6 21.Rxd7 Qxd7 22.Qd3 Qg7, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/14/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1843) - Cesilia (Chess.com 1876), Chess.com 6/14/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Ned7 9.e5 Ne4 10.Nf3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.c4 c6 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Nb6 15.c5 Nc4 16.Nd2 Nxd2 17.Bxd2 b5 18.Rae1 Qe8 19.Qg4 Kh8

20.Re3 Qd7 21.Qxd7 Bg5 22.Re2 Kg8 23.Bxg5 Rfb8 24.Qxf7+ Kh8 25.e6, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Surgeon1966 (lichess 1995) - JimWest (lichess 2068), lichess 6/14/2024

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qh3 Nf6

9.Qh6 Bxf2+ 10.Kd1 Qe7 11.Nf7 Rf8 12.Bg5 Bxe6 13.Ne5 Nbd7 14.Bb5 c6

15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Bxc6 Rc8 17.Ba4 Bg4+ 18.Kc1 e3 19.Nc3 e2 20.Bxf6 Rxf6 21.Bxd7+ Kxd7 22.Nxd5 e1=Q+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/13/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Fms007 (Chess.com 1800) - JimWest (Chess.com 1850), Chess.com 6/13/2024

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.Bg5+ Nf6 9.c3 Nc6 10.Nbd2 Kd7 11.Rd1 Rae8 12.O-O Kc8 13.Nh4 Bd7 14.Rfe1 Rhf8 15.f3 h6 16.Be3 Rd8 17.Bf2 Ne7 18.g3 g5 19.Ng2 Kb8

20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.Rxe4 Rxf3 22.Rf1 Rdf8 23.Be2 R3f6 24.Ne3 Bc6 25.Rc4 Bb5 26.Ng4 Rxf2 27.Rxf2 Rxf2 28.Kxf2 Bxc4 29.Bxc4 Nf5 30.Nf6 Ng7 31.Be2 a5 32.a4 b6 33.b3 Kc8 34.c4 Kd8

35.Kf3 Ne6 36.Kg4 Nd4 37.Bd1 Bf8 38.h4 gxh4 39.gxh4 Ke7 40.Ne4 Ke6 41.Ng3 Kf6 42.Ne4+ Kg7 43.Nc3 c6 44.Ne2 c5 45.Nxd4 exd4

46.Bc2 Kf6 47.Kf4 Bd6+ 48.Ke4 Bg3 49.h5 Ke6 50.Bd1 Kd6 51.Be2 Bh4 52.Kf5 Bg5 53.Bd3 Bd2 54.Bc2 Bg5. draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

steve-sawyer1947 (lichess 2098) - JimWest (lichess 2053), lichess 6/13/2024

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.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qh6 c6 12.O-O-O Bf8 13.Qe3 Bg7 14.Be2 O-O 15.Rdf1 Nd7

16.Ng4 Qf4 17.Kd1 h5 18.Qxf4 Rxf4 19.Ne3 Bxd4, White resigns.