2 PCG Reversed Games 2/8/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1755) - Azur_line (Chess.com 1622), Chess.com 2/8/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 dxe4 7.Bb5 e3 8.Nf3 Nf2 9.Qe2 Nxh1 10.Bxe3 a6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.Nbd2 Rb8 13.O-O-O Be6 14.Rxh1 Bxa2 15.Qxa6 Bd5 16.c4 Rb6 17.Qa4 Rb4

18.Qa6 Rb6 19.Qa4 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Be7 21.d5 O-O 22.Bxb6 cxb6 23.Qxc6 Bg5 24.Kc2 Qb8 25.Re1 Rc8 26.Qa4 Rc5 27.e6 Bxd2 28.exf7+ Kxf7 29.Qd7+ Kg6 30.Qe6+ Kh5 

31.Qe5+ Bg5 32.Qxb8, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2196) - gabriel_bee (lichess 2027), lichess 2/8/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 O-O 6.Nf3 d5 7.e5 Re8 8.d4 Bb6 9.Be2 Ne4 10.O-O f6 11.c3 c5 12.Nbd2 Nxd2 13.Qxd2 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nc6 15.Bb5 fxe5 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Bxe5 Bg4 18.Kh1 Bxf3 19.Rxf3 Bc7

20.Bxc7 Qxc7 21.Raf1 Rf8 22.Rxf8+ Rxf8 23.Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.h3 Qg3 25.Kg1 Kf7 26.Qf2+ Qxf2+ 27.Kxf2 Kf6 28.b4 Kf5 29.Kf3 h5 30.g4+ hxg4+ 31.hxg4+ Kg5 32.Kg3 a6 33.a3 g6

34.a4 Kf6 35.Kf4 g5+ 36.Ke3 Ke6 37.Kd3 Kd6 38.Kc3 Kc7 39.a5 Kd6 40.Kd3, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/7/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1750) - Blynch113 (Chess.com 1757), Chess.com 2/7/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O a6 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.c3 f6 13.Be3 fxe5 14.Nxe5 Bd7 15.Nd2 Nf6 16.Ndf3 Be8 17.Qc2 c5

18.dxc5 c6 19.Bd4 Qc7 20.Rae1 Nd7 21.Nxd7 Bxd7 22.Rxe7 Rad8 23.Rxg7+ Kh8 24.Qxh7#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Karen1235671 (lichess 2374) - JimWest (lichess 2215), lichess 2/7/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.e6 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Kf8 13.Rb1 b6 14.Bb5 Kg8 15.Bxd7 Qxd7 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Qd4 Qg7 18.O-O Kxh8 19.f3 Rg8

20.g3 c5 21.Qe3 f5 22.fxe4 fxe4 23.Rf4 Rf8 24.Rbf1 Rxf4 25.Rxf4 Bg4 26.c4 Bf3 27.Rxf3 exf3 28.Qe8+ Qg8 29.Qxg8+ Kxg8 30.cxd5 Kf7 31.Kf2 Kf6 32.Kxf3 Ke5 33.c4 b5 34.cxb5 Kxd5

35.g4 Kc4 36.Ke3 Kb3 37.Kd2 Kb2 38.Kd3 Kb3 39.Kd2 Kb2 40.Kd3 Kb3 41.Kd2, draw.

2 PCG Games 2/6/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

TXUTXI73 (Chess.com 1680) - JimWest (Chess.com 1737), Chess.com 2/6/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 Rf8 9.h3 Kf7 10.Re1 Kg8 11.d4 exd4 12.Nxd4 d5 13.Qe2 Bd6 14.Nxf5 Rxf5 15.Qe6+ Rf7 16.Bg5 Qxg5 17.Qxd6 Na6 18.Re5 Qf6 19.Qxf6 Rxf6

20.Rae1 Raf8 21.f3 Nc5 22.Re7 a5 23.a3 a4 24.Rc7 R6f7 25.Ree7 Rxe7 26.Rxe7 h6 27.Ne2 Rf7 28.Re8+ Kh7 29.Nd4 h5 30.b4 axb3 31.cxb3 Rf4 32.Ne6 Nxe6 33.Rxe6 Rf7 34.Kf2 h4 35.Ke3 g5 36.Kd4 Kg7

37.Kc5 Rd7 38.Re3 Kf6 39.a4 Kf5 40.b4 Kf4 41.Re2 d4 42.Re4+ Kg3 43.Rxd4 Rxd4 44.Kxd4 Kxg2 45.Kc5 Kxh3 46.Kb6 Kg3 47.Kxb7 h3 48.a5 h2 49.a6 h1=Q 50.a7 Qxf3 51.Kb8 Qf8+ 52.Kb7 Qxb4+ 53.Kxc6 Qa4+ 54.Kb7 g4 55.a8=Q Qxa8+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

JS63 (lichess 2204) - JimWest (lichess 2214), lichess 2/6/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.dxe5 Nxe5 7.Qe2 Bg4 8.Bf4 Bxf3 9.gxf3 Qe7 10.Nc3 Nxf3+ 11.Kd1 Qxe2+ 12.Kxe2 Nd4+ 13.Kd3 Nc6 14.Rae1+ Be7 15.Be6 Nf6 16.Rhg1 Kf8 17.Nb5 Ne8 18.Re3 a6 19.Nc3 Bf6

20.Nd5 Ne5+ 21.Bxe5 Bxe5 22.f4 Bf6 23.Rge1 Rd8 24.Bd7 Kf7 25.Bf5 c6 26.R3e2 cxd5 27.Be6+ Kf8 28.Bxd5 b5 29.Bb7 Nc7 30.b3 Kf7 31.f5 Rhe8 32.a4 Rxe2 33.Rxe2 Re8 34.Rxe8 Kxe8 35.axb5 axb5 36.Bc6+ Ke7 37.c4 bxc4+ 38.Kxc4 Be5

39.b4 Bxh2 40.b5 Bg1 41.Kd3 Kf6 42.Ke4 h5 43.Kf4 d5 44.Bd7 Ke7 45.Bc6 Kd6 46.Kg5 Ke5 47.Bd7 h4 48.Kxh4 Nxb5 49.Bxb5 Kxf5 50.Kg3 g5 51.Kf3 g4+ 52.Kg3 Kg5 53.Bd7 d4 54.Bxg4 Bh2+ 55.Kf3 Bf4

56.Ke4 Be3 57.Be2 Kh4 58.Kd3 Kg3 59.Bd1 Kf2 60.Ba4 Kf3 61.Bc6+ Kf4 62.Ba4 Ke5 63.Bc2 Kd5 64.Ba4 Kc5 65.Bd1 Bg1 66.Be2 Bf2 67.Bh5 Bg1 68.Be2 Bf2 69.Bh5 Bg1 70.Be2, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/5/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

GameKnight (Chess.com 1669) - JimWest (Chess.com 1751), Chess.com 2/5/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.Ng5 d5 8.e6 O-O 9.Qh5 h6 10.h4 c6 11.Nc3 Qb6 12.O-O-O Qxf2 13.Ngxe4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Qf4+ 15.Nd2 Bxe6 16.Bd3 Nd7  17.Rhf1 Qg4

18.Qa5 Rxf1 19.Rxf1 b6 20.Qa3 c5 21.Be4 Bd5 22.Bxd5+ Nxd5 23.Qd3 N7f6 24.g3 Re8 25.c4 Re3 26.Qc2 Nb4 27.Qa4 Qg6 28.Nf3 Qe4 29.Qd1 Nxa2+ 30.Kd2 Rd3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2208) - Eng_AhmedSaleh (lichess 2201), lichess 2/5/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 exf4 7.Bxf4 h6 8.h3 Nh5 9.Bh2 Bh4+ 10.Nxh4 Qxh4+ 11.Kf1 Ng3+ 12.Bxg3 Qxg3 13.Nc3 Nd4 14.Nd5 O-O 15.Qe1 Qxe1+ 16.Rxe1 Nxc2 17.Rc1 Nd4 18.Rxc7 f5

19.Rxc8 Raxc8 20.Ne7+ Kh7 21.Nxc8 fxe4+ 22.Ke1 Rxc8 23.dxe4 Rc1+ 24.Bd1 Rb1 25.Kd2 g5 26.e5 Rxb2+ 27.Kc3 Rxg2 28.Kxd4 dxe5+ 29.Kxe5 Rxa2 30.Bf3 b6 31.h4 gxh4 32.Rxh4 Rf2 33.Be4+ Kg7

34.Rg4+ Kf7 35.Bd5+ Kf8 36.Rg8+ Ke7 37.Rg7+ Kf8 38.Rxa7 Re2+ 39.Kd6 h5 40.Rh7 Rh2 41.Kc6 h4 42.Kxb6 h3 43.Kc5 Rc2+ 44.Kd6 h2 45.Rf7+ Ke8 46.Rf1 Rd2 47.Ke5 Ke7 48.Be4 Re2 49.Kf4 Rb2 50.Kg3 Ke6 51.Rh1 Ke5 52.Bg2 Kf5 53.Rxh2 Rb3+ 54.Bf3 Rc3

55.Rh5+ Kg6 56.Ra5 Kf6 57.Kf4 Rc1 58.Ra6+ Ke7 59.Be4 Re1 60.Ke5 Kd7 61.Ra7+ Ke8 62.Kf5 Rf1+ 63.Ke6 Kd8 64.Bd5 Re1+ 65.Kd6 Rc1 66.Rd7+ Ke8 67.Rh7 Rf1 68.Rh8+ Rf8 69.Bc6+ Kf7 70.Bd5+ Ke8

71.Rh7 Rf6+ 72.Be6 Rf1 73.Ra7 Rd1+ 74.Bd5 Kf8 75.Rf7+ Ke8 76.Rf2 Rd3 77.Ra2 Kf8 78.Rg2, Black forfeits.

2 PCG Reversed Games 2/4/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1736) - yadollahradmanesh (Chess.com 1687), Chess.com 2/4/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bb4+ 4.c3 Bc5 5.f4 exf4 6.Bxf4 a6 7.d4 Ba7 8.Bd3 d6 9.Nf3 O-O 10.O-O c5 11.dxc5 dxc5 12.Kh1 b5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.e5 Qe7 16.Be4 Bb7 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.Nbd2 Nc6 19.Qc2 Qc7

20.Rae1 Rae8 21.Qf5 Ne7 22.Qe4 Ng6 23.h4 Bb8 24.Nb3 c4 25.Nbd4 Nxe5 26.Nxe5 Rxe5 27.Qxe5 Qxe5 28.Rxe5 Bxe5 29.Nf5 h5 30.Ne7+ Kh7 31.Rf5 Bf6 32.Rxh5#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2201) - Tersee (lichess 2268), lichess 2/4/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Bg4 12.Be2 Nf2 13.Kxf2 Bc5+ 14.Kg2 O-O-O 15.Nc3 Bxf3+ 16.Bxf3 Qxe5 17.Nxd5 c6 18.Bf4 Qe6 19.b4 Bd6

20.Bg4 f5 21.Bxd6 Qxd6 22.Bxf5+ Kb8 23.Ne3 Qf4 24.Qe2 Rhe8 25.Re1 Qxb4 26.Bd3 Re5 27.Kh1 Rde8 28.Qf2 Rxe3 29.Rxe3, Black forfeits.

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/3/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1730) - T_R_U_T_H (Chess.com 1787), Chess.com 2/3/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 exf4 8.Bxf4 Bg7 9.c3 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.Nd2 Ne5 12.d4 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 Nh5 14.Be3 c6 15.Rae1 Qd7 

16.h3 f5 17.exf5 Rxf5 18.Qg4 Rxf1+ 19.Nxf1 Qxg4 20.hxg4 Nf6 21.Bf4 Nd5 22.Bxd6 Rd8 23.Bg3 Bh6 24.Be5 b5 25.Nh2 Rf8 26.Nf3 Be3+ 27.Kh1 g5 28.Bg3 Rf6

29.Ng1 Rh6+ 30.Nh3 Bf4 31.Bxf4 Nxf4 32.Re5 Nxh3 33.gxh3 Rxh3+ 34.Kg2 Rd3 35.Rxg5+ Kf7 36.Rf5+ Kg6 37.Rf3 Rd2+ 38.Rf2 Rd3 39.Rf3 Rd2+ 40.Rf2 Rd3 41.Rf3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

IAM_NEXT_TAL (lichess 2047) - JimWest (lichess 2193), lichess 2/3/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Ng5 d5 8.Bb3 Bd6 9.h3 h6 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Nh4 Bh7 12.g4 g5 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.gxf5 Kg7 15.h4 g4 16.f3 e4 17.fxg4 Bg3+ 18.Kf1 Qb6

19.Qe2 exd3 20.cxd3 Re8 21.Qf3 Re1+ 22.Kg2 Rxh1 23.Kxh1 Bxh4 24.Bf4 Nbd7 25.Qh3 Bg5 26.Bxg5 hxg5 27.Re1 Rh8 28.Re7+ Kg8 29.Qxh8+ Kxh8 30.Ne4 Nxe4 31.dxe4 Nf6 32.e5 Nxg4

33.Bd1 Nf2+ 34.Kg2 Nxd1 35.f6 Qf2+ 36.Kh3 Qf5+ 37.Kg3 Qf4+ 38.Kg2 Ne3+ 39.Kg1 Qf1+ 40.Kh2 Qg2#.

2 PCG Games 2/2/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

KyryloPoluliakh (Chess.com 1719) - JimWest (Chess.com 1731), Chess.com 2/2/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.Nc3 fxe4 7.Nxe4 d5 8.Nc3 e4 9.Ne5 O-O 10.Be2 c6 11.O-O Bf5 12.f3 Nd7 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.fxe4 dxe4 15.Qd2 Rad8 16.Rad1 Nd5 17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.Qb4 Bg6

19.Rxf8+ Rxf8 20.Rf1 Rxf1+ 21.Bxf1 a6 22.h3 h6 23.Qb3 Kh7 24.a3 Qc6 25.Kh1 s3 26.Qxe3 Qxc2 27.b4 Be4 28.Kg1 Qc6 29.Bd3 Kh8 30.Bxe4 dxe4 31.Kh1 Qc2 32.Kh2 Qd3 33.Qf2 e3 34.Qf3 Qxd4

35.Qf8+ Kh7 36.Qf5+ g6 37.Qf7+ Qg7 38.Qxg7+ Kxg7 39.Kg3 Kf6 40.Kf3 Ke5 41.Kxe3 b5 42.g3 g5 43.g4 Kd5 44.Kd3 Ke5 45.Ke3 Kd5 46.Kd3 Ke5 47.Ke3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

dara476 (lichess 2019) - JimWest (lichess 2190), lichess 2/2/2023

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.Qc3 Nxb4 11.Qxb4 Qc1+ 12.Ke2 Bg4+ 13.f3 exf3+ 14.gxf3 O-O-O 15.fxg4 Qd1+ 16.Kf2 Nh6 17.Bg2 Rhf8+ 18.Kg3 Qxg4#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/1/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1727) - vsyun55 (Chess.com 1711), Chess.com 2/1/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be2 O-O 8.c3 Bb6 9.Nbd2 Re8 10.Qc2 Nh5 11.Bg3 d5 12.O-O-O d4

13.Nxd4 Bxd4 14.Bxh5 Be3 15.Kb1 Ne5 16.Bxe5 Rxe5 17.Bf3 Be6 18.Rhe1 Bxd2 19.Rxd2 Ra5 20.a3 c5 21.d4 cxd4 22.Rxd4 Qb6 23.Rb4 Qa6 24.Rd1 Rb5 25.Qd3 Qb6 26.Rxb5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Leon01001 (lichess 2178) - JimWest (lichess 2185), lichess 2/1/2023

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.Ne4 exf2+ 11.Nxf2 dxc3 12.Qxd8+ Kxd8 13.Bg5+ Ke8 14.Rc1 Nc6 15.Bf4 Nge7 16.Rxc3 Rf8 17.Nd3 Bf5 18.Bg3 Kf7 19.Be2 Kg8

20.O-O Nd4 21.Bf3 Nec6 22.Nc5 Nxf3+ 23.Rcxf3 Nd4 24.R3f2 b6 25.Na6 c5 26.Nc7 Rac8 27.Nb5 Nxb5 28.cxb5 Bd3 29.Rxf8+ Rxf8 30.Rxf8+ Kxf8 31.a4 Bc2 32.e6 Ke7 33.Bb8 Bxa4 34.Bxa7 Bxb5 35.Bxb6 c4 36.Bd4 g6 37.Kf2 Kxe6

38.Ke3 Kd5 39.g3 h5 40.h4 Bd7 41.Bf6 Bf5 42.Kd2 Bd3 43.Kc3 Ke4 44.Bd8 Kf3 45.Bc7 Kg4 46.Bb8 g5 47.hxg5 Kxg5 48.Bc7 Kg4 49.Bb8 h4 50.gxh4 Kxh4

51.Bc7 Kg4 52.Bb8 Kf3 53.Bc7 Ke4 54.Bb8 Kd5 55.Bh2 Bf1 56.Bb8 Bd3 57.Bh2 Bf1 58.Bb8 Bd3, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 1/31/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Cadetethiago (Chess.com 1626) - JimWest (Chess.com 1726), Chess.com 1/31/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.fxe6 Bb4 9.Bg5 O-O 10.Be2 Qd6 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qxe6 13.Rb1 b6 14.c4 c6 15.Qd2 Nbd7 16.f3 Rae8 17 Qc3 h6 18.Bc1 Kh8 19.Ba3 Rg8

20.Qb4 exf3 21.Bxf3 Qe3+ 22.Kh1 Qxd4 23.cxd5 Qxb4 24.Bxb4 cxd5 25.Rbd1 Re5 26.Bd6 Re6 27.Ba3 Rge8 28.h3 Rc6 29.Rd2 Ne5 30.Re2 Nxf3 31.Rxe8+ Nxe8 32.Rxf3 Nf6 33.Rf2 Kh7 34.Kh2 h5 35.Bb2 h4

36.Rd2 Rc4 37.Bxf6 gxf6 38.Rxd5 Ra4 39.Kg1 Kg6 40.Kf2 Rxa2 41.Rd2 b5 42.Ke3 b4 43.Kd3 a5 44.Re2 Ra3+ 45.Kc4 Rg3 46.Kb5 Rg5+ 47.Ka4 Rc5 48.Rd2 Kg5 49.Re2 f5 50.Rd2 Kf4

51.Rd3 Rxc2 52.Rd5 Ra2+ 53.Kb5 b3 54.Rd4+ Kg5 55.Rd8 a4 56.Rg8+ Kf4 57.Rd8 b2 58.Rd4+ Kg5 59.Rb4 a3 60.Ka4 Ra1 61.Rb3 b1=Q 62.Rxb1 Rxb1 63.Kxa3 Rg1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2179) - VLADIMIR-1971 (lichess 2178), lichess 1/31/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Qe7 6.Qe2 Nfd7 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Nc3 g5

9.h3 Bg7 10.Nxd5, Black resigns.