PCG Reversed & PCG 1/18/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1724) - MEGHU (Chess.com 1633), Chess.com 1/18/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O Qe7 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 O-O-O 11.Nc3 g5 12.Bh2 a6 13.Qd2 Ne5 14.Rae1 g4 15.Bxe5 dxe5 16.Bxg4+ Nxg4 17.hxg4 c6 18.Qf2 Qc5

19.Qxc5 Bxc5+ 20.Kh2 Rh7 21.Rf5 Re8 22.Ref1 Re7 23.Kg3 Be3 24.R5f3 Bg5 25.Nd1 f6 26.Ne3 h5 27.Nf5 Re8 28.Nd6+ Kd7 29.Nxe8 Kxe8 30.gxh5 Rxh5 31.Rxf6 Bxf6 32.Rxf6 Ke7 33.Rf5 Rxf5 34.exf5 Kf6 35.Kg4 c5

36.a4 b5 37.axb5 axb5 38.c3 c4 39.dxc4 bxc4 40.g3 e4 41.Kf4 e3 42.Kxe3 Kxf5 43.Kd4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Kooroshsaghafi1400 (lichess 2284) - JimWest (lichess 2181), lichess 1/18/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Bxb4 d4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qd2 e3 11.fxe3 Nxb4 12.Qxb4 Qxe3+ 13.Be2 Qc1+ 14.Bd1 Qe3+ 15.Be2 Qc1+ 16.Bd1 Qe3+ 17.Kf1 Ne7

18.Nc3 O-O+ 19.Bf3 Rxf3+ 20.gxf3 Bh3#.

15/10 PCG Reversed 1/17/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1718) - tasti4 (Chess.com 1621), Chess.com 1/17/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Nxe2 Nc6 7.fxe5 Nxe5 8.d4 Neg4 9.e5 Ne4 10.O-O Qh4 11.h3 Ngf2 12.Qe1 c5 13.Rxf2 Nxf2 14.Qxf2 Qe4 15.Nec3 Qxd4 16.Qxd4 cxd4 17.Nxd5 O-O-O 18.c4 b5

19.Bg5 Re8 20.Na3 Bxa3 21.bxa3 bxc4 22.Rb1 Rxe5 23.Ne7+ Kd7 24.Rb7+ Ke6 25.Bf4 Re4 26.g3 d3 27.Nc6 Rc8 28.Re7+ Kd5 29.Nb4+ Kd4 30.Rd7+ Kc3 31.Nd5+ Kb2 32.Rb7+ Kxa2 33.Nc3+ Kxa3 34.Nxe4 c3

35.Rxa7+ Kb2 36.Rb7+ Kc2 37.Rxf7 d2 38.Nxd2 cxd2 39.Bxd2 Kxd2 40.Rxg7 Rc3 41.Kg2 Ke2 42.Rxh7 Ke3 43.Re7+ Kd4 44.h4 Rc2+ 45.Kh3 Rc6 46.h5 Kd5 47.Kh4 Rf6 48.g4 Kd6 49.Re1 Rf7

50.h6 Rh7 51.Kh6 Rh8 52.g5 Kd7 53.g6, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 1/16/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Raj_Anand_Singh (Chess.com 1640) - JimWest (Chess.com 1730), Chess.com 1/16/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.Bf4 O-O 10.c4 c6 11.O-O Be6 12.c5 Bxe5 13.Bxe5 Nfd7 14.Bd6 Re8 15.f4 b6 16.b4 bxc5 17.bxc5 Qh4 18.f5 Bf7 19.Rf4 Qh6

20.f6 Nxf6 21.Nf5 g5 22.h4 Qg6 23.Ne7+ Rxe7 24.Bxe7 Nbd7 25.Qa4 Re8 26.Bd6 Nh5 27.Rg4 Qh6 28.Rf1 Qe3+ 29.Rf2 Ndf6 30.Bf4 Nxf4 31.Rgxf4 Re6 32.Qxa7 Qxd4 33.Bg4 Re8 34.h5 h6 35.Bd7 Rf8 36.Bxc6 Qd1+ 37.Rf1 Qxh5

38.Rf5 Qe2 39.Bxd5 Bxd5 40.Rxd5 Nxd5 41.Rxf8+ Kxf8 42.Qa8+ Ke7 43.Qxd5 Qe1+ 44.Kh2 Qh4+ 45.Kg1 Qe1+ 46.Kh2 Qh4+ 47.Kg1 Qe1+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ahmad2337 (lichess 2197) - JimWest (lichess 2201), lichess 1/16/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Ng5 Bxg5 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qxg5 Qxg5 9.Bxg5 Nxd4

10.O-O-O fxe4 11.Nxe4 Bf5 12.Nf6+ Nxf6, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 1/15/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Shounem (Chess.com 1607) - JimWest (Chess.com 1744), Chess.com 1/15/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Nfd2 Nf6 9.Bc4 d5 10.Bb5+ c6 11.Ba4 Nbd7 12.O-O O-O 13.Re1 Rae8 14.Bb3 Kh8 15.Nf1 h6 16.Nbd2 Qd6 17.Ne3 Bh7 18.Bc2 Qf4

19.Ndf1 Ng8 20.Re2 Re6 21.b4 a6 22.a4 Bg6 23.Rd2 h5 24.b5 axb5 25.axb5 Nh6 26.Ra7 Qb8 27.Qa1 Nf6 28.bxc6 bxc6 29.Ra6 Nhg4 30.Qa3 Nxe3 31.Nxe3 Ng4 32.Nxg4 hxg4 33.g3 e3 34.fxe3 Bxc2 35.Rxc2 Rxe3

36.Rxc6 Qe8 37.Qa6 Re1+ 38.Kg2 Qe4#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

wojti126 (lichess 2147) - JimWest (lichess 2202), lichess 1/15/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.d4 e4 7.Ng5 d5 8.Bb3 Nf6 9.f3 Bd6 10.fxe4 Bxe4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Nc3 Qc7 14.h3 O-O-O 15.Be6 Rde8 16.d5 Kb8

17.Bxd7 Nxd7 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.Qd4 Bc5, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 1/14/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1758) - pousseur37 (Chess.com 1661), Chess.com 1/14/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Bxg1 5.Rxg1 Nc6 6.c3 d6 7.Be2 Ne7 8.Rf1 Ng6 9.f5 Ne7 10.Kf2 d5 11.Qc2 c6 12.Kg1 Qb6+ 13.Kh1 Bd7 14.a4 dxe4 15.dxe4 c5 16.Na3 Bc6 17.Nc4 Qc7 18.Bf3 Nc8 19.Be3 b6

20.Rfd1 g6 21.Bg5 Ke7 22.Ne3 h6 23.Bxf6+ Kxf6 24.fxg6 Kxg6 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.exd5+ Kg7 27.d6 Nxd6 28.Bxa8, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2210) - almagro2012 (lichess 2067), lichess 1/14/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Ne2 e3 10.O-O Qh4 11.h3 Nf2 12.Qe1 Qg5 13.Kh2 Qh6 14.Qxf2 exf2 15.Bxh6 gxh6 16.Rxf2 Rb8 17.b3 c5 18.c3 Be7

19.Nd2 cxd4 20.cxd4 Bb4 21.Ne4 Bb5 22.Nf6+ Kf8 23.Nd5 c6 24.Nxb4 Bxe2 25.Nxc6, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 1/13/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

papa-fred (Chess.com 1712) - JimWest  (Chess.com 1762), Chess.com 1/13/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 Nf6 11.Ba3 Qa5 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Bb4 Qc7 14.Re1 a5 15.Bc5 e4 16.Bd4 O-O 17.dxe4 fxe4 18.Bc5 Re8 

19.Qd4 h6 20.Nh3 Bxh3 21.gxh3 Qd7 22.Re3 Nh5 23.Kh1 Re6 24.Rg1 Qf7 25.Qd1 Rg6 26.Bd4 Rxg1+ 27.Qxg1 Rf8 28.Re2 Qf3+ 29.Qg2 Qxe2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

BPWJ (lichess 2173) - JimWest (lichess 2205), lichess 1/13/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.exd6 exf3 7.Bxe7 Nxe7 8.dxe7 Qxe7+ 9.Kd2 fxg2

10.Bxg2 Qg5+ 11.f4 Qxg2+ 12.Qe2+ Qxe2+ 13.Kxe2 O-O, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 1/12/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

ajg3eh (Chess.com 1717) - JimWest (Chess.com 1755), Chess.com 1/12/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d3 Na5 6.Bb3 Nxb3 7.axb3 Nf6 8.O-O f4 9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.exd5 Bg4 11.Re1 Be7 12.d4 O-O 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Rxe5 Bf6 15.Re4 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Qxd5 17.Rxf4 Qxf3 18.Rxf3 Rfd8

19.Be3 Bxb2 20.Rb1 Bd4 21.h3 Bxe3 22.Rxe3 Rd2 23.Rc3 c6 24.Re1 Rf8 25.f3 Kf7 26.Ree3 Re8 27.Red3 Ree2 28.Rxd2 Rxd2 29.Kf1 h5 30.g4 h4 31.f4 g6 32.Ke1 Rg2 33.Kd1 Kf6 34.Kc1 Rg3 35.Rd3 Ke7

36.Kd2 Rg2+ 37.Kc3 Rf2 38.Rd4 Rf3+ 39.Rd3 Rxf4 40.Re3+ Kd7 41.Rd3+ Kc7 42.Kb2 g5 43.Re3 Kd6 44.Rd3+ Ke6 45.Re3+ Kf6 46.Rd3 Re4 47.Rd7 Re7 48.Rd3 a5 49.Ka3 b5 50.Kb2 Re6 51.Rc3 Ke5 52.Re3+ Kd5

53.Rd3+ Ke4 54.Rc3 Kf4 55.Rc5 Rg6 56.Rf5+ Kg3 57.c4 bxc4 58.bxc4 Kxh3 59.Rxa5 Kxg4 60.Ra1 h3 61.Kb3 h2 62.Rh1 Kh3 63.Kb4 g4 64.Kc5 g3 65.Kb6 g2 66.Ra1 g1=Q+ 67.c5 Qxa1 68.Kc7 Qa7+ 69.Kd8 Rg8#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

bexenteaurio (lichess 2322) - JimWest (lichess 2194), lichess 1/12/2023

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.Qh5+ g6 11.Qh6 c6 12.Be2 Bf8 13.Qe3 Bg7 14.O-O Nd7 15.f4 O-O

16.Bg4 Nb6 17.Be2 Bh6 18.g3 Bh3 19.Rf2 Rae8 20.b3 Nd7 21.Bg4 Rxe5 22.dxe5 Nxe5 23.fxe5 Bxe3, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/11/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1757) - ChessCTI (Chess.com 1579), Chess.com 1/11/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 Bxg1 5.Rxg1 d6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.c3 h5 8.f5 Bd7 9.Bg5 Qe7 10.Nd2 O-O-O 11.Qc2 Qf8 12.O-O-O Re8 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Kb1 Kb8

15.Nc4 a6 16.Ne3 Na7 17.Nd5 Rh6 18.Bxh5 c6 19.Nb6 Rd8 20.Nxd7+ Rxd7 21.Bf3 d5 22.h3 d4 23.c4 Qc5 24.Qd2 Rh8 25.a3 b5 26.Rc1 Rb7 27.b4 Qb6 28.c5 Qc7 29.Bd1 a5 30.Bb3 axb4 31.axb4 Nc8 32.Kb2 Ne7 33.Ra1 Kc8

34.Bxf7 Nxf5 35.Be6+ Kd8 36.Bxf5 Rb8 37.Ra5 Rg8 38.Rga1 Qg7 39.Bg4 f5 40.exf5 e4 41.Qf4 Rc8 42.Qd6+ Ke8 43.Bh5+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

aksrihari (lichess 2055) - JimWest (lichess 2177), lichess 1/11/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Bg5 Kf8 11.Bh5 Kg8 12.Ng6 hxg6 13.Bxg6 Nbd7 14.O-O Ne5 15.Bh5 g6 16.Be2 Kg7 17.Nc3 c6 18.Kh1 Rh8

19.f3 exf3 20.Bxf3 Nxf3 21.Rxf3 Ng4 22.Bf4 Qh4 23.Bg3 Qxh2+ 24.Bxh2 Rxh2#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/10/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1766) - BartoszMat (Chess.com 1704), Chess.com 1/10/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.O-O Be7 12.c3 Bg5 13.Bxg5 Nxg5 14.Qa4 Nxf3+ 15.gxf3 Bd7 16.f4 c5 17.Qc2 cxd5 18.cxd5 O-O 19.Nc3 c6

20.Rae1 Qb6 21.Qf2 Rab8 22.Na4 Qb4 23.Nc5 Bh3 24.Nxa6 Qa4 25.Nxb8 Rxb8 26.b3 Qb4 27.Kh1 Bxf1 28.Rxf1 Ra8 29.f5 Ra7 30.f6 g6 31.e6 fxe6 32.f7+ Kf8 33.Qf6 Ra8 34.Qh8+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

chedru2000 (lichess 2205) - JimWest (lichess 2179), lichess 1/10/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Be2 Bc5 8.O-O Ne7 9.Bg4 h6 10.Bxc8 Qxc8 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qh4 Nf5 13.Qh3 O-O 14.g3 hxg5 15.Bxg5 Nd7 16.Bf4 Qe8 17.g4 Nd4

18.Nd2 Ne2+ 19.Kh1 Nxf4 20.Qf3 Nxe5 21.Rae1 Qe6 22.h3 g5 23.Nb3 Bb6 24.c3 Rae8 25.Nd4 Bxd4 26.cxd4 Nf3 27.Rd1 Qh6, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/9/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1770) - jtxuk (Chess.com 1749), Chess.com 1/9/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bh6 7.fxe5 Bxc1 8.Qxc1 Nxe5 9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.O-O Qd4+ 11.Kh1 Ng4 12.Bxg4 Bxg4 13.Nc3 c6 14.Qg5 Be6 15.Rae1 Kd7 16.Qe3 Qxe3 17.Rxe3 Rad8 18.Ref3 Ke7

19.b3 f5 20.exf5 gxf5 21.Rg3 Rhg8 22.Rxg8 Rxg8 23.Rf3 Kf6 24.Ne4+ Ke7 25.Nc5 Bd5 26.Rg3 Rxg3 27.hxg3 b6 28.Na4 Kf6 29.c4 Bf7 30.Nc3 h5 31.Kg1 Kg5 32.Kf2 Bg6 33.Kf3 h4 34.gxh4+ Kxh4 35.b4 a6 36.a4 Bf7

37.b5 axb5 38.axb5 cxb5 39.cxb5 Kg5 40.g3 Be8 41.Ke3 Kg4 42.Kf2 f4 43.gxf4 exf4 44.d4 f3 45.d5 Kf4 46.Na4 Bxb5 47.Nxb6 Ke5 48.Kxf3 Kd6 49.Ke4 Bc6 50.Nc4+ Kc5 51.dxc6 Kxc6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Shakhane100 (lichess 2029) - JimWest (lichess 2171), lichess 1/9/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.Qd2 a5 9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.O-O-O b5 12.Be6 Na6 13.f4 Nc5 14.Bh3 b4 15.Nb1 exf4 16.Bxf4 O-O

17.d4 Nd5 18.Be6+ Nxe6, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/8/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1770) - Kradeep (Chess.com 1659), Chess.com 1/8/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Bxg1 6.Rxg1 O-O 7.Be2 d5 8.Nc3 d4 9.Nb5 Na6 10.a4 c6 11.Nd6 Qa5+ 12.Qd2 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 b6 14.Nxc8 Raxc8 15.Rgf1 c5 16.Bg5 Nd7 17.Bg4 Rc7 18.Bxd7 Rxd7 

19.b3 f6 20.Bh4 Nb4 21.Rf5 Re7 22.a5 Re6 23.axb6 axb6 24.Ra7 Rc8 25.Bg3 b5 26.Rc7 Rxc7 27.Bxc7 Rc6 28.Bg3 c4 29.Rxb5 c3+ 30.Kd1 Na6 31.Rd5 Nc7 32.Rxd4 Ne6 33.Rd6 Rxd6 34.Bxd6 Kf7 35.Bb4 Nf4 36.g3 Ne6 37.Bxc3 g6

38.Kd2 f5 39.exf5 gxf5 40.b4 Ke7 41.Be5 Kd7 42.c4 Kc6 43.d4 Nd8 44.d5+ Kb7 45.Ke3 h5 46.Kf4 Kb6 47.Kxf5 Nb7 48.Kg5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

adolfokestler1947 (lichess 2078) - JimWest (lichess 2167), lichess 1/8/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 f5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nbd7 13.a3 O-O-O 14.b4 Kb8 15.a4 h6 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Rab1 Rd4 18.Qe2 Rhd8

19.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 20.Nxd1 Rd4 21.c3 Rxe4 22.Qf1 f3 23.g3 Qd7 24.Bd3 g5 25.Kh2 h5 26.Bxe4 Nxe4 27.Qe1 Qd3 28.Rc1 Qe2 29.Ne3 Qxe1 30.Rxe1 Nxc3 31.Nc4 e4 32.b5 cxb5 33.axb5 Bc5 34.Kg1 Ne2+ 35.Kf1 h4

36.Nd2 hxg3 37.Rxe2 g2+ 38.Kg1 fxe2, White resigns.