PCG Reversed & PCG 12/11/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1803) - HarutyunSarg (Chess.com 1719), Chess.com 12/11/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 d6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Be7 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.h3 Nd7 9.O-O Bf6 10.c3 Nde5 11.Nbd2 Nxf3+ 12.Nxf3 Ne5 13.Qc2 c6 14.d4 Qb6 15.Kh1 Ng6 16.Bxd6 Re8 17.Bh2 Be6 18.e5 Be7 19.Bd3 c5

20.dxc5 Qxc5 21.Rae1 Rad8 22.Be4 b6 23.a3 Qc8 24.Nd4 Bxh3 25.gxh3 Qxh3 26.e6 fxe6 27.Bxg6 hxg6 28.Qxg6 Bd6 29.Qg2 Qh5 30.Nxe6 Rxe6 31.Rxe6 Bxh2 32.Qxh2 Qd5+ 33.Qg2 Qxe6

34.Qf3 Qh6+ 35.Kg1 Qg5+ 36.Kh1 Qd5 37.Qxd5 Rxd5 38.Rf2 g5 39.Kg2 Kg7 40.Kg3 Kg6 41.Kg4 Re5 42.Rd2 Re4+ 43.Kg3 Re7 44.a4 Kh5 45.Rh2+ Kg6 46.Rc2 Re4 47.c4 Kf5 48.a5 Re3+ 49.Kf2 Rb3 50.axb6 axb6

51.c5 bxc5 52.Rxc5+ Kg4 53.Rc4+ Kh3 54.Rc3+ Rxc3 55.bxc3 Kh2 56.Kf3 Kh3 57.Kf2 Kh2 58.Kf3 Kh3 59.Kf2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

RosauroMahawanJr1978 (lichess 2009) - JimWest (lichess 2157), lichess 12/11/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Be2 Nc6 6.d3 Nf6 7.c3 Qd7 8.Nfd2 O-O-O 9.b4 Kb8 10.a4 d5 11.Qc2 e4 12.dxe4 Nxe4 13.g4 Bg6 14.Qb3 d4 15.O-O dxc3 16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.Nxc3 Nd4

18.Qc4 Nxe2+ 19.Qxe2 Bd3 20.Qd2 Bxf1 21.Qxd7 Rxd7 22.Kxf1 Bxb4 23.Na2 Rd1+ 24.Ke2 Re1+ 25.Kf3 Rf8+ 26.Kg2 Bc5 27.Be3 Rxa1 28.Bxc5 Rxa2 29.Bxf8 g6 30.Kg3 Rxa4 31.Kh4 Rf4 32.Bc5 b6 33.Be3 Rf3

34.Kg5 Rxh3 35.Kf6 a5 36.g5 a4 37.Bd4 a3 38.f4 a2 39.Kg7 c5 40.Be5+ Kb7 41.Kf6 Rh1 42.Ke6 a1=Q 43.Bxa1 Rxa1 44.Kd5 Rd1+, White resigns.

10/5 PCG 12/10/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

ijyotirmoy (lichess 2081) - JimWest (lichess 2169), lichess 12/10/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.d4 Qc7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qe2 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Nd7 14.Rad1 O-O-O 15.b4 Kb8

16.b5 Nb6 17.Bb3 Rxd1 18.Rxd1 Rd8 19.a4 Rxd1+ 20.Qxd1 Qd7 21.Qxd7 Nxd7 22.bxc6 bxc6 23.f3 Nc5 24.Bg8 h6 25.Kf1 Kc7 26.Ke1 Kb6 27.Kd1 Ka5 28.Bb3 Kb4 29.Na2+ Ka3 

30.Kd2 Nxb3 31.cxb3 Kxa2 32.b4 Kb3 33.b5 cxb5 34.axb5 Kb4 35.Kd3 Kxb5 36.Kc3 a5 37.Kb3 a4+ 38.Ka3 Be7+ 39.Ka2 Kb4 40.Kb2 a3+ 41.Ka1 Kb3 42.Kb1 Bc5 43.Kc1 a2 44.Kd2 a1=Q

45.Kd3 Qf1+ 46.Kd2 Qxg2+ 47.Kd1 Qxf3+ 48.Ke1 Qxh3 49.Ke2 Qe3+ 50.Kd1 Qxe4 51.Kd2 Bb4+ 52.Kc1 Qc2#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/9/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1807) - kouhyar69 (Chess.com 1735), Chess.com 12/9/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 Bxg1 5.Rxg1 Qh4+ 6.g3 Qxh2 7.Rg2 Qh3 8.fxe5 Nxe5 9.Bf4 d6 10.Bxe5 dxe5 11.Nc3 Bg4 12.Qd2 O-O-O 13.Qf2 Nf6 14.Rh2 Qxh2 15.Qxh2 h5 16.Be2 g5 17.O-O-O Rdf8 18.Rf1 Nd7

19.Bxg4 hxg4 20.Qf2 f6 21.Qxa7 Rh3 22.Nd5 Rxg3 23.Qa8+ Nb8 24.Ne7+ Kd7 25.Nf5 Rg2 26.Qxb7 Nc6 27.Qb5 Rf7 28.Qd5+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

MarekTobiasJanik (lichess 2242) - JimWest (lichess 2162), lichess 12/9/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Be2 Ne7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bg4 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Nbc6 11.Be6+ Kh8 12.Nf7+ Rxf7 13.Bxf7 Nxe5 14.Bh5 c6 15.Qd4 Neg6 16.Bg5 Qd6 17.Bxg6 Nxg6 18.f3 exf3 19.Rxf3 Bd7

20.Rf7 Rg8 21.Raf1 c5 22.Qf2 Bc6 23.Bf4 Nxf4 24.Rxf4 Bb5 25.Re1 Bc4 26.a3 h6 27.Qd2 Qa6 28.Rf7 d4 29.Rfe7 dxc3 30.Qxc3 b5 31.h3 Qb6 32.a4 a6 33.a5 Qg6

34.R1e3 Qd6 35.R7e4 Rf8 36.Rg4 Rf1#.

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2 PCG Games 12/7/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

cjapearson93 (Chess.com 1702) - JimWest (Chess.com 1818), Chess.com 12/7/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.Bb3 Bxf5 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.Qd2 h6 12.Nh3 c6 13.O-O-O Nbd7 14.Nf4 Re8 15.h3 a5 16.a3 b5

17.g4 e3 18.fxe3 Ne4 19.Qe1 Nxc3 20.Qxc3 Be4 21.Rhf1 Qb6 22.a4 bxa4 23.Bxa4 Rab8 24.Nd3 Bxd3 25.Rxd3 Nf6 26.Rxf6 gxf6 27.Bxc6 Red8 28.Ba4 Qb4 29.Bc6 Rd6 30.Qxb4 Rxb4 31.Be8 Kf8 32.Bg6 Rdb6 33.b3 a4

34.bxa4 Rxa4 35.Rc3 Kg7 36.Bf5 Ra7 37.Rc5 Rd6 38.h4 h5 39.Kd2 hxg4 40.Bxg4 Kg6 41.Bf3 Rad7 42.Kd3 f5 43.c4 dxc4+ 44.Rxc4 Re6 45.d5 Red6 46.Kd4 Kf6 47.Rc1 Ra6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Fayezoff (lichess 2037) - JimWest (lichess 2164), lichess 12/7/2022

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.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.a3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qe8 13.f4 Nbd7 14.c4 Nb6 15.c3 dxc4 16.Nxc4 Nxc4 17.Bxc4+ Be6 18.Bxe6+ Qxe6 19.f5 Qc4

20.Bxf6 Rxf6 21.Qc2 Re8 22.Rab1 Re7 23.Rae1 Qd5 24.Rf4 Rxf5 25.Rfxe4 Rxe4 26.Rxe4 Rf8 27.c4 Qf5 28.Qe2 Qd7 29.h3 h6 30.Qe3 Qf7 31.Rg4 Qxc4 32.Qxh6 Qxd4+ 33.Rxd4 gxh6 34.Rd7 Rf7 35.Rd6 Kg7

36.g4 Rc7 37.Kf1 c5 38.Ke2 b5 39.Kd3 b4 40.Kc4 bxa3 41.Ra6 a2 42.Rxa2 Kg6 43.h4 h5 44.Ra6+ Kh7 45.g5 Re7 46.Kxc5 Kg7 47.Kd5 Rb7 48.Ke6 Rb4 49.Rxa7+ Kg6 50.Ra1 Re4+ 51.Kd5 Rxh4 52.Rg1 Rg4 53.Rh1 Kxg5

54.Ke5 Rg2 55.Ke4 Kg4 56.Rf1 h4 57.Rf8 h3 58.Ke3 Kg3 59.Rg8+ Kh2 60.Rh8 Ra2 61.Rg8 Kh1 62.Kf3 Rg2 63.Rh8 h2 64.Rd8 Rg1 65.Kf2 Rg2+ 66.Kf1 Rg1+ 67.Kf2 Rg2+ 68.Kf1 Rg1+ 69.Kf2, draw.

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2 PCG Games 12/5/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

smalltown1977 (Chess.com 1746) - JimWest (Chess.com 1824), Chess.com 12/5/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7

7.exd6 exf3 8.dxe7 Qxe7+ 9.Kd2 fxg2 10.Bxg2 Qg5+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Wampenschleifer (lichess 2060) - JimWest (lichess 2159), lichess 12/5/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.f3 Bd6 10.Bf4 exf3 11.gxf3 Be6 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.Bg3 Nh5 14.Nc4 Bxg3+ 15.hxg3 Nxg3 16.Rg1 Nf5 17.O-O-O O-O

18.Rd7 Rd8 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Ne5 c6 21.Ne4 Kf8 22.Ng5 Nxg5 23.Rxg5 g6 24.c3 Kg7 25.b4 Kf6 26.f4 Rd5 27.Rg2 Ne3 28.Rh2 h5 29.Rh3 Nf5 30.Kc2 a5 31.a3 axb4 32.axb4 g5

33.Rxh5 gxf4 34.Nf3 Ne3+, White resigns.

15/10 PCG Reversed 12/4/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1817) - samvel225577 (Chess.com 1760), Chess.com 12/4/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d5 6.e5 Ng4 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Be2 Bh4+ 9.Nxh4 Qxh4+ 10.g3 Qh3 11.Nc3 Nxh2 12.Nxd5 Qg2 13.Nxc7+ Kd7 14.Rxh2 Qxh2 15.Nxa8 g5

16.e6+ fxe6 17.Bxb8 Rf8 18.Kd2 Rf2 19.Bxa7 Rg2 20.Nb6+ Kc6 21.Nxc8 Qxg3 22.Qf1 Kc7 23.Ne7 b6 24.Re1 Kb7 25.Bxb6 Kxb6 26.Kd1 Rf2 27.Qg1 Qe3 28.Qg4 Rf4 29.Qg2, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/3/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1810) - sudheerdulam (Chess.com 1783), Chess.com 12/3/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Bc5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxc5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.hxg3 Qxh1 10.Qe2 d6 11.cxd6 cxd6 12.Qg2 Qh5 13.Be2 Qg6 14.Nc3 O-O 15.Bf4 Qxc2 16.Bxe5 dxe5 17.Rb1 Bf5 18.Nf3 Rad8

19.Kf2 Bd3 20.Ne1 Qd2 21.Nxd3 e4 22.Nxe4 Qc2 23.Rc1 Qa4 24.Nc3 Qd4+ 25.Kf1 Rhe8 26.Nf4 Qe3 27.Rd1 g5 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Nfd5 Qc1+ 30.Kf2 Qxb2

31.Qe4 Rd6 32.Qe8+ Kg7 33.Qe5+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Haspergher (lichess 2207) - JimWest (lichess 2159), lichess 12/3/2022

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bc4 exf3 6.Qxf3 Qe7 7.O-O Nc6 8.exd6 cxd6 9.Bf4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Bg4 11.Qg3 O-O-O 12.Nd5 Qd7 13.Nxf6 gxf6 14.f3 Be6 15.Bxe6 Qxe6 16.Rfe1 Ne5 17.Rad1 Rg8 18.Qf2 Kb8 19.Be3 a6

20.Rd4 Be7 21.Ra4 d5 22.Ba7+ Ka8 23.Bb6 Rc8 24.Re3 Qxb6 25.f4 Bc5 26.fxe5 Bxe3, White forfeits.

PCG with 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Bxf5

Philidor Counter Gambit

GM Gmedmundo (Chess.com 2379) - CM ArnieChipmunk (Chess.com 2428), Chess.com 11/12/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Bxf5

6.g4 h6 7.Nf7 Kxf7 8.gxf5 Nf6 9.c4 Nc6 10.Nc3 Qd7 11.Bh3 Re8 12.Be3 h5 13.Rg1 Nb4 14.Qb3 Nd3+ 15.Kf1 c5 16.d5 Ng4

17.Nxe4 Rxe4 18.Qxd3 Qxf5 19.Rg3 Be7 20.Kg2 Bf6 21.Re1 Rhe8 22.Re2 Qe5

23.Bxg4 hxg4 24.h3 gxh3+ 25.Rxh3 Rg4+ 26.Kf1 Re4 27.b3 Qa1+ 28.Kg2 Qe5 29.Rg3 Rh8 30.Rh3 Rxh3 31.Kxh3 Qh5+ 32.Kg2 Rg4+ 33.Kf3 Qh3#.

10/5 PCG 12/1/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Kapilaw (lichess 2122) - JimWest (lichess 2153), lichess 12/1/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.exf5 Bd6 8.g4 h5 9.Bxg8 hxg4 10.Bd5 gxf3 11.Bxf3 Bxf5 12.c3 O-O 13.Bd5+ Be6 14.Bxe6+ Nxe6 15.Be3 Bc5 16.Nd2 Bxe3 17.fxe3 Rad8 18.O-O-O Rf2 19.h4 Nc5

20.h5 Nd3+ 21.Kc2 Nxb2 22.Kxb2 R8xd2+ 23.Rxd2 Rxd2+ 24.Kb3 Re2 25.Rh3 Kh7 26.c4 Kh6 27.a3 Kg5 28.Rg3+ Kf6 29.Rg6+ Kf7 30.Rg3 Rh2 31.Rf3+ Kg8 32.Rf5 e4 33.Kc3 b6 34.Kd4 Ra2 35.Kxe4 Rxa3

36.Rf3 Ra5 37.Rf5 Rxf5 38.Kxf5 a5 39.e4 Kf7 40.e5 a4 41.e6+ Ke7 42.Kg6 a3 43.h6 gxh6, White resigns.

10/5 PCG Reversed 11/30/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2160) - FILOUPA65 (lichess 2037), lichess 11/30/2022

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 Nc6 10.Bd3 f5 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 fxe4 13.Bxe4 d5 14.Bc2 Qf6 15.h3 Nh6 16.Ba3 Re8 17.Ne5 Nf5 18.Qd3 g6

19.g4 Nh4 20.g5 Qf5 21.Ng4 Qxd3 22.Nf6+ Kf7 23.Bxd3 Rh8 24.Kh2 Bf5 25.Bxf5 Nxf5 26.Nxd5 Rac8 27.Rae1 Rhe8 28.Bc1 Nce7 29.Nf6 Rh8 30.Ba3 h6 31.Bxe7 Nxe7 32.Re2 Nf5 33.Ng4 h5 34.Ne5+ Kg7 35.Rfe1 Rce8

36.Nd7 Nd6 37.Nf6 Rxe2+ 38.Rxe2 Nc8 39.Ne8+ Kf7 40.Nxc7 Nd6 41.Nd5 Re8 42.Rxe8 Nxe8 43.Kg3 Ke6 44.Ne3 Nd6 45.Kf3 Nb5 46.Nd1 Nd6 47.Ke3 Nf5+ 48.Kd3 Ng3 49.c4 Nf5 50.Ne3 b6 51.Nxf5 Kxf5 52.Ke3 Ke6

53.Ke4 a6 54.h4 Kd6 55.a4 Ke6 56.d5+ Kd6 57.f5, Black forfeits.