2 PCG Games 10/20/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

kadi56 (Chess.com 1614) -JimWest (Chess.com 1791), Chess.com 10/20/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Be2 Bc5 7.O-O Ne7 8.Bg4 Nbc6 9.e6 O-O 10.Nf7 Qe8 11.Bg5 Nd4 12.c3 Nxe6 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nh6+ gxh6 15.Qxd5 e3 16.b4 exf2+ 17.Kh1 Bb6 18.Nd2 Kh8 19.a4 Nf4

20.Qf3 Ng6 21.Qg3 Bxg4 22.Qxg4 Rae8 23.a5 Be3 24.Nf3 Ne5 25.Nxe5 Qxe5 26.c4 Rg8 27.Qf3 c6 28.b5 cxb5 29.Qxb7 bxc4 30.Rab1 Rg7 31.Qc6 Reg8 32.g3 c3

33.Rb5 Qd4 34.Rf5 Qd3 35.Qb5 Qxb5 36.Rxb5 c2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

TheDarkLord8822 (lichess 2069) - JimWest (lichess 2137), lichess 10/20/2022

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.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nd7 11.Rd1 O-O-O 12.Qg4 Nh6 13.Qh5 g6 14.Qe2 Bd6 15.b3 Bc7 16.Bb2 Rhf8 17.f3 Nb6 18.Bd3 g5 19.a4 a5

20.b4 axb4 21.a5 bxc3 22.axb6 Bxb6+ 23.Kh1 cxb2 24.Ra8+ Kc7 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.c4 Bd4 27.c5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/19/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

caz83 (Chess.com 1602) - JimWest (Chess.com 1777), Chess.com 10/19/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ng5 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.O-O Bd6 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Nf3 Qc7 13.h3 Bd7 14.a3 Rae8 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bxf6 Rxf6

17.Nh4 g5 18.Nf3 e4 19.dxe4 fxe4 20.Nd4 Ref8 21.Qh5 Kg7 22.Nd1 Bc5 23.c3 Qb6 24.h4 Bxd4 25.cxd4 gxh4 26.Qxh4 Qxd4 27.Qg3+ Rg6 28.Qe3 Qxe3 29.Nxe3 Rgf6

30.Rf1 Bc8 31.Ng4 Bxg4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

blueocean2000 (lichess 2122) - JimWest (lichess 2138), lichess 10/19/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Ndxe4 Nxe4 9.Qxe4 Qxe4+ 10.Nxe4 Nxd4 11.Bd3 Bxf5 12.Be3 Bxe4 13.Bxe4 Nc6 14.O-O-O Be7 15.Bd5 Nb4 16.Bb3 O-O-O 17.g4 Kb8 18.f4 Rhf8 19.g5 g6

20.h4 c6 21.c3 Na6 22.h5 d5 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Bd4 Bd6 25.Bf6 Bxf4+ 26.Kb1 Rde8 27.Rde1 Nc5 28.Bc2 Ne4 29.Bxe4 dxe4 30.Rh4 Bg3 31.Rexe4 Bxh4 32.Rxh4 Re6 33.Rf4 Kc8 34.Kc2 Kd7 35.Rd4+ Rd6 36.Rf4 a6

37.Kb3 Rdxf6 38.gxf6 Ke6 39.Kc4 Rxf6 40.Re4+ Kd7 41.Kc5 Rf5+ 42.Kd4 c5+ 43.Ke3 Kd6 44.Rg4 Rf6 45.Rg5 b5 46.b3 a5 47.c4 bxc4 48.bxc4 a4 49.Rd5+ Kc6 50.Rg5 a3 51.Kd3 Kb6 52.Kc2 Ka5

53.Rxc5+ Kb4 54.Rc8 Rf2+ 55.Kb1 Kc3, White forfeits.

2 PCG Reversed Games 10/18/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1795) - ferdomravec50 (Chess.com 1815), Chess.com 10/18/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 Be7 8.Nf3 Nf2 9.Qe2 Nxh1 10.Bxe3 O-O 11.Nc3 Bh4+ 12.Kf1 c6 13.Kg1 b5 14.Bd3 Bf2+ 15.Kxh1 Bxe3 16.Qxe3 f6 17.Re1 Bg4 16.exf6 Qxf6 19.Ne4 Qe7

20.Neg5 Qxe3 21.Bxh7+ Kh8 22.Rxe3 Nd7 23.Bg6 Rf6 24.Bd3 Raf8 25.h3 Bxf3 26.Nxf3 a6 27.c3 c5 28.Ne5 Nxe5 29.Rxe5 c4 30.Be4 Rf2 31.Rh5+ Kg8 32.Bd5+ R8f7 33.Bxf7+ Kxf7 34.Kg1 Rxb2 35.Rf5+ Kg6 36.Rf2 Rb1+ 37.Rf1 Rxf1+ 38.Kxf1 Kf5

39.Ke2 Ke4 40.a3 a5 41.h4 g6 42.g4 Kf4 43.h5 gxh5 44.gxh5 Kf5 45.d5 Ke5 46.h6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2132) - MarwanMG (lichess 2123), lichess 10/18/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qxg4 Bxb5 9.d5 Qxd5 10.Nc3 Qd7 11.e6 fxe6 12.Nxb5 Qxb5 13.Qxe6+ Be7

14.Qc8+ Kf7 15.Qxh8, Black resigns.

10/5 PCG 10/17/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Tolya2009 (lichess 2133) - JimWest (lichess 2132), lichess 10/17/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.c4 c6 9.Be2 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Qd6 11.O-O Bxd2 12.Nxd2 Qxe6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Qa4+ Nc6 15.Qa3 Nxd4 14.Qa4+ Nc6 15.Bb5 O-O 16.Rac1 Rfc8

19.Nb3 a6 20.Bxc6 Rxc6 21.Nc5 Qe7 22.b4 Rac8 23.Rb1 Nd7 24.Nxd7 Qxd7 25.b5 axb5 26.Qxb5 R8c7 27.Rfd1 d4 28.Qb3+ Kf8 29.Qa4 Rc4 30.Qa8+ Kf7 31.Qa5 d3 32.Qh5+ Kg8 33.h4 g6 34.Qa5 Rc2 35.Qa8+ Kg7

36.Qa5 Qf7 37.Qe5+ Kg8 38.Qxe4 Qxf2+ 39.Kh1 R2c4 40.Qe6+ Kg7 41.Qe5+ Qf6 42.Qxf6+ Kxf6 43.Rxd3 Rxh4+ 44.Rh3 Rxh3+ 45.gxh3 g5 46.Kg2 Rc2+ 47.Kg3 Rxa2 48.Rxb7 Ra3+ 49.Kg2 h5

50.Rb6+ Kf5 51.Rb5+ Kf4 52.Rb4+ Ke3 53.Rb5 Ra2+ 54.Kg3 h4+ 55.Kg4 Rg2+ 56.Kh5 Kf4 57.Rb4+ Kg3 58.Kxg5 Kxh3+ 59.Kh5 Ra2 60.Rxh4+ Kg3 61.Rg4+ Kf3 62.Rg5 Rh2+ 63.Kg6 Rg2 64.Rxg2 Kxg2, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/16/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1774) - srahman_pd (Chess.com 1586), Chess.com 10/16/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Qd7 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 d5 10.fxe5 Nxe5 11.d4 Nxf3+ 12.gxf3 Be7 13 e5 Nh5 14.Be3 Qf5 15.Nd2 Ng3 16.Rh2 Qd3 17.Bf2 Bh4 18.Nb3 Qf1+ 19.Kd2 Qb5

20.Bxg3 Bxg3 21.Rg2 Bf4+ 22.Kc2 g6 23.Qd3 Qa4 24.Rd1 O-O-O 25.Kb1 b6 26.Nc1 g5 27.Qc2 Qb5 28.Qb3 Qd7 29.Rh1 Bxc1 30.Kxc1 Qf5 31.Qd1 f6 32.exf6 Qxf6 33.Qd3 Kb7 34.Qe3 h6 35.Re2 Rhe8 36.Qxe8 Rxe8 37.Rxe8 Qxf3 38.Ree1 a5

39.Ref1 Qe3+ 40.Kb1 a4 41.a3 Ka6 42.Re1 Qd3+ 43.Ka1 Kb5 44.Re6 h5 45.Re5 Qf3 46.Rhe1 g4 47.hxg4 hxg4 48.R5e3 Qf2 49.R1e2 Qg1+ 50.Re1 Qh2 51.R1e2 Qh4 52.Ka2 Kc4 53.Rg2 c5 54.dxc5 bxc5 55.Reg3 d4

56.Rxg4 Qe1 57.cxd4 cxd4 58.Rc2+ Kd3 59.Rcg2 Qd1 60.R4g3+ Kc4 61.Rg8 Qb3+ 62.Kb1 Qe3 63.R8g3 Qe1+ 64.Ka2 Qf1 65.Rc2+ Kd5 66.Rd2 Ke4

67.Rg4+ Ke5 68.Rgxd4 Qb5 69.Rb4 Qa5 70.Rdd4 Qc5 71.Rxa4 Kf5 72.Rac4 Qe5 73.a4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

DaniRazi (lichess 2049) - JimWest (lichess 2132), lichess 10/16/2022

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.Bb3 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nbd7 13.Rad1 O-O-O 14.Be6 Kb8 15.a3 h6 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.b4 g5

18.Na4 h5 19.Nc5 Bxc5 20.bxc5 Qe7 21.Bf5 Qxc5 22.Rb1 g4 23.hxg4 hxg4 24.Bxg4 Nxg4 25.Qxg4 Rhg8 26.Qf3 Rg3 27.Qh5 f3 28.Qh7 Rxg2+ 29.Kh1 b6

30.Qh4 Rgg8 31.Qf6 Rh8+ 32.Qxh8 Rxh8+ 33.Kg1 Qe7 34.Rfd1 Qg5+ 35.Kf1 Rh1#.

2 PCG Games 10/15/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Afrodin_udin (Chess.com 1584) - JimWest (Chess.com 1766), Chess.com 10/15/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Ng5 Nf6 7.Bc4 d5 8.Be2 Bd6 9.g4 Bc8 10.h4 O-O 11.Be3 c6 12.Nd2 b5 13.Qb3 Qe7 14.Rg1 a5 15.Nh3 a4 16.Qc2 Kh8

17.f4 exf3 18.Nxf3 Qxe3 19.Qd2 Qxd2+ 20.Kxd2 Bxg4 21.Rxg4 Nxg4 22.Rg1 Nf6 23.Nfg5 Nbd7 24.Ne6 Rf7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

FitDefiantSardine (lichess 2094) - JimWest (lichess 2134), lichess 10/15/2022

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 Qxf6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O c6 12.f3 e3 13.Qd3 Bf5 14.Qxe3 Bxc2 15.Ng4 Qg6 16.f4 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Be4 18.Bf3 Nd7

19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.fxe5 Rxf1+ 22.Rxf1 Rf8 23.Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.Qf4+ Ke7 25.Kf2 e3+ 26.Qxe3 Qc2+ 27.Kf3 Qxa2 28.Qg5+ Kf7 29.Qh5+ Kf8 30.Qxh7 Qd2

31.Qf5+ Kg8 32.Qe6+ Kh8 33.Qc4 g5 34.h3 Qf4+ 35.Ke2 Qe4+ 36.Kf2 Qf4+ 37.Kg1 Qe3+, draw.

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PCG Reversed & PCG 10/13/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1762) - jakrimas901 (Chess.com 1731), Chess.com 10/13/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 Nf6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Be7 9.g3 O-O 10.Bg2 c6 11.O-O Qb6 12.c3 Nc7 13.Kh1 d6 14.Nbd2 Bg4 15.Nc4 Qb5 16.Nxd6 Bxd6 17.exd6 Ne8 18.Qb3 Qxb3 19.axb3 Nxd6

20.h3 Be6 21.c4 Rfd8 22.Bd2 Nf5 23.Kh2 Nxd4 24.Nxd4 Rxd4 25.Be3 Rd3 26.Rxa7 Rxa7 27.Bxa7 Rxb3 28.Bd4 Ne7 29.g4 Bxc4 30.Ra1 Ba6 31.Re1 Nd5

32.Re8+ Kh7 33.Be4+ f5 34.Bxf5+ g6 35.Rh8#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

GMSulbr (lichess 2251) - JimWest (lichess 2126), lichess 10/13/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Nb3 Bxf5 9.d5 Ne5 10.Qb5+ c6 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.Qa6 d5 13.Bf4 Bd7 14.O-O-O Ng6 15.Bg3 Qb4 16.a3 Qb6 17.Qe2 Be7 18.Na4 Qd8 19.Nac5 O-O

20.f3 Bxc5 21.Nxc5 Re8 22.fxe4 Bg4 23.Qa6 Bxd1 24.Kxd1 Nxe4 25.Nxe4 Rxe4 26.Bd3 Re6 27.Rf1 Qb6 28.Qa4 Qxb2 29.Qg4 Rae8 30.Qg5 Qxa3, White forfeits.

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/12/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

SimplyForPractice (Chess.com 1662) - JimWest (Chess.com 1748), Chess.com 10/12/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Bxf6+ Bxf6 14.Qxe4 Nxd4

15.O-O-O Bf5 16.Rxd4 Bxe4 17.Rxd8 Rxd8 18.Nxe4 Rxh8 19.Nxf6 Kxf6 20.Re1 Rg8 21.g3 h5 22.Re4 a5 23.Kd2 b6 24.Ke3 Rd8 25.f4 Rd1 26.Re5 h4 27.g4 Rh1 28.g5+ Kf7 29.Kf3 Rxh2 30.Re2 Rh1 31.Kg4 h3

32.f5 h2 33.g6+ Kf6 34.Re6+ Kg7 35.Kg3 Rc1 36.Kxh2 Rxc2+ 37.Kg3 Rxb2 38.Kg4 Rxa2 39.Kg5 Rg2+ 40.Kh5 Rh2+ 41.Kg5 Rg2+ 42.Kh4 Rf2 43.Kg4 a4 44.Re7+ Kg8 45.Rf7 a3 46.f6 a2

47.g7 Rxf6 48.Rxf6 a1=Q 49.Kg5 Qxf6+ 50.Kxf6 b5 51.Ke5 Kxg7 52.Kd4 b4 53.Kc4 c5 54.Kb3 Kf6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2122) - jsica (lichess 2020), lichess 10/12/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.c3 Bg4 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Be2 O-O 9.Nbd2 a6 10.d4 Ba7 11.O-O Re8 12.Qc2 b5 13.Kh1 c5 14.Bxd6 cxd4 15.cxd4 Rc8 16.Qd3 Bh5 17.e5 Bg6 18.Qb3 Ne4 19.Nxe4 Bxe4

20.Qe3 Bb7 21.Rac1 Nb6 22.Rxc8 Nxc8 23.Bc5 Bxc5 24.dxc5 Qc7 25.b4 Bxf3 26.Bxf3 Rxe5 27.Qb3 Rf5 28.Re1 Kf8 29.Bg4 Rf4 30.Bxc8 Qxc8 31.Qe3 Rf6 32.Qe7+ Kg8 33.Qe8+ Qxe8 34.Rxe8#.

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/11/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Kingkudo18092020 (Chess.com 1836) - JimWest (Chess.com 1742), Chess.com 10/11/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Qg4 Nf6 8.Qh3 O-O 9.Be2 Qe8 10.O-O h6 11.Kh1 hxg5 12.Bxg5 Bxe6 13.Qh4 Nbd7 14.f4 c6 15.f5 Bf7 16.Nd2 Bh5 17.g4 Bxg4 18.Bxg4 Nxg4 19.Qxg4 Nf6

20.Qe2 Qh5 21.Qxh5 Nxh5 22.Nb3 Bd6 23.Be3 Nf6 24.Nd4 Ng4 25.Bf4 Bxf4 26.Rxf4 Nf6 27.Ne6 Rf7 28.Rg1 Nh5 29.Rfg4 Re8 30.Rg5 Nf6 31.Nxg7 Ree7 32.Nh5+ Kh7 33.Nxf6+ Rxf6 34.R1g3 e3 35.Rh5+ Rh6 36.Rxh6+ Kxh6

37.Rg6+ Kh7 38.Rg1 e2 39.Re1 Kg7 40.Kg1 Kf6 41.Kf2 Kxf5 42.Rxe2 Rh7 43.Kg3 a5 44.h4 b5 45.Rf2+ Ke5 46.Kg4 c5 47.Kg5 d4 48.h5 c4 49.Kg6 Rb7 50.h6 d3 51.h7 Rb8 52.Kg7 dxc2 53.Rxc2 Rb7+ 54.Kh6 Rb6+ 55.Kg5 Rb8

56.Rg2 b4 57.Kh6 Rh8 58.Kg7 Rc8 59.h8=Q Rxh8 60.Kxh8 Kd4 61.Rd2+ Kc5 62.Kg7 a4 63.Kf6 c3 64.Rc2 Kd4 65.bxc3+ bxc3 66.Ke6 Kd3 67.Rc1 Kd2 68.Ra1 c2 69.Kd5 c1=Q 70.Rxc1 Kxc1

71.Kc4 Kb2 72.Kb4 a3 73.Ka4 Kxa2 74.Kb4 Kb2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2118) - Eriha123 (lichess 2007), lichess 10/11/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 d6 4.c3 Nc6 5.f4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Ng4 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.Nc3 Qf6 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.h3 Nh6 13.O-O O-O 14.Be3 Rae8 15.Kh1 Nf5 16.Bf2 Ne7 17.e5 Qh6

18.Nh2 Qxf4 19.Bg1 Qh6 20.Ng4 Bxg4 21.Qxg4 dxe5 22.dxe5 Ng6 23.Bxb6 cxb6 24.Qd7 Nxe5 25.Qxa7 Nc4 25.Rf2 Re3 26.Raf1 f6

27.Nd1 Rxh3+ 28.gxh3 Qxh3+ 29.Kg1 Qg4+ 30.Rg2 Qd4+ 31.Nf2 Ne3 32.Qxg7#.