2 PCG Reversed Games 2/15/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1795) - dennis_garcia80 (Chess.com 1687), Chess.com 2/15/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Bxg1 6.Rxg1 d5 7.e5 Bg4 8.Be2 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 Ng8 10.d4 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qe7 12.Nc3 c6 13.O-O-O Na6 14.Rgf1 O-O-O 15.Qd2 h6 16.h4 Qe6 17.Kb1 Ne7 18.Ne2 Kb8

19.Nc1 Nc8 20.Nd3 Nb6 21.b3 Rc8 22.a4 c5 23.a5 Nd7 24.dxc5 Ndxc5 25.Nxc5 Rxc5 26.Be3 Rb5 27.Bd4 Rc8 28.Qd3 Rxa5 29.Qf5 Qc6 30.Rc1 Rc7 31.e6 Qxe6 32.Qxe6 fxe6 33.Be5 b6 34.Bxc7+ Nxc7 35.Rf8+ Kb7

36.Rf7 Kc6 37.Rxg7 d4 38.g4 Nb5 39.Re1 Nc3+ 40.Kc1 Kd6 41.Rg6 Ra1+ 42.Kd2 Rxe1 43.Kxe1 a5 44.Rxh6 b5 45.Rh8 a4 46.bxa4 bxa4 47.Ra8 Ke5 48.h5 Kf6 49.Kd2 e5 50.Kd3 Kg5

51.Ra5 Kf4 52.h6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2177) - mary_wagih19 (lichess 2035), lichess 2/15/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O b6 8.c3 Bb7 9.a4 a5 10.Na3 O-O 11.Nc4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Re8 13.Qd2 Kh7 14.Rae1 Ba6 15.Ne3 Nh5 16.Nf5 Nxf4 17.Qxf4 Bg5 18.Nxg5 Qxg5 19.Qxg5 hxg5

20.Rf3 g6 21.Rh3+ Kg8 22.Nh6+ Kg7 23.Ng4 Ne5 24.Nxe5 Rxe5 25.Bf1 Rae8 26.d4 Rxe4 27.Rxe4 Rxe4 28.Bxa6 Re1+ 29.Bf1 Rb1 30.b4 axb4 31.cxb4 Rxb4 32.Rc3 c5 33.dxc5 dxc5 34.Bb5 Rb2 35.h3 f5

36.Rd3 Kh6 37.Rd6 Kh5 38.Rxb6 c4 39.Rc6 Kh4 40.Rxc4+ f4 41.Kh2 Kh5 42.Bc6 Rb6 43.Bf3+ Kh6 44.a5 Ra6 45.Ra4 Kg7 46.Bb7 Ra7 47.a6 Kf6 48.Ra5 Ke6 49.Rxg5 Kf6 50.Ra5 Ke6 51.Kg1 Kf6 52.Kf2 g5

53.Kf3 Kg6 54.Kg4 Kf6, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 2/14/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

ableiberg (Chess.com 1852) - JimWest 1781), Chess.com 2/14/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.O-O Nf6 9.Re1 Bd6 10.d4 e4 11.c4 O-O 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Bc4 Be7 14.Nh3 Kh8 15.Nc3 Nxc3 16.bxc3 Na5 17.Be2 Be6 18.Nf4 Bg8 19.Bb2 Nc4

20.Rb1 Nxb2 21.Rxb2 b6 22.Bb5 Rc8 23.c4 Bd6 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.cxd5 Qh4 26.g3 Qh6 27.Rc2 Qf6 28.Bc6 Rc7 29.Qd2 Re7 30.Qe3 f4 31.Qc3 fxg3 32.hxg3 Qg6 33.Rce2 Rf3 34.Re3 Rxe3 35.Qxe3 h5 36.Kg2 Kg8

37.Rh1 Qf7 38.Ba4 g6 39.Bc2 Kg7 40.Bxe4 Qe8 41.f3 Qa4 42.a3 Qxa3 43.Qg5 Qb2+ 44.Kh3 Rxe4 45.fxe4 Qxd4 46.Rf1 Qe5 47.Qxe5+ Bxe5 48.Kg2 a5 49.Rb1 Bd4 50.Kf3 Kf6 51.Ke2 Ke5 52.Kd3 a4 53.Rb4 Bf2 54.Rxa4 Bxg3

55.Rb4 Bf2 56.Rb2 Bc5 57.Rg2 Kf6 58.Kc4 g5 59.Re2 Ke5 60.Re1 g4 61.Kd3 g3 62.Rf1 g2 63.Rf5+ Kd6 64.Rf6+ Kd7 65.Rf7+ Ke8 66.Rg7 g1=Q 67.Rxg1 Bxg1 68.e5 h4 69.e6 h3 70.d6 h2 71.d7+ Ke7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

jasemhusain (lichess 2217) - JimWest (lichess 2189), lichess 2/14/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Bf4 Bc5 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.Ncxe4 dxe4 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Nf7+ Ke8 11.Nxh8 Nbc6 12.c3 Be6 13.a4 a5 14.Bb5 Kf8 15.O-O Kg8 16.Rfe1 Bf5 17.Rad1 Kxh8

18.Bc4 Ng6 19.Bg3 Ngxe5 20.Bd5 Nd3 21.Re2 Bg4 22.Rde1 Bxe2 23.Rxe2 Rf8 24.Bxd5 Nce5 25.Bxb7 Nxf2 26.Bxf2 Rxf2 27.Rxf2 Nd3 28.b4 Bxf2+ 29.Kf1 axb4 30.cxb4 Bd4 31.b5 Nc5 32.Bc6 Nxa4

33.Ke2 Bb6 34.Kf3 Nc5 35.Kf4 h6 36.h4 Kg8 37.g4 Kf7 38.g5 hxg5+ 39.Kxg5 Ne6+ 40.Kg4 Nd4 41.Bd5+ Kf6 42.Bc4 Nxb5 43.Bxb5 Bf2 44.Bc6 Bxh4 45.Kxh4 g5+ 46.Kg4 Ke5 47.Kxg5 Kd6 48.Be4 c5

49.Kf4 c4 50.Ke3 c3 51.Kd4 c2 52.Bxc2, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/13/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1781) - AleksandrAlmaAta1978 (Chess.com 1719), Chess.com 2/13/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bd6 5.fxe5 Bxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Bg4 12.Be2 Nd7 13.Nc3 Bh3+ 14.Kxh1 Qg6 15.Bf1 Bg4 16.Bg2 Nxe5 17.Nxd5 O-O-O

18.Nxe5 Bxd1 19.Nxg6 hxg6 20.Bf4 Bxc2 21.Rc1 Bf5 22.Rxc7+ Kb8 23.Rxf7+ Ka8 24.Nc7+ Kb8 25.Na6+ Ka8 26.Bxb7#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

SarahWynn (lichess 2076) - JimWest (lichess 2196), lichess 2/13/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.c3 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Qc7 9.Qb3 b5 10.Be6 Bxe6 11.Qxe6+ Be7 12.d4 Nbd7 13.Ng5 Rf8 14.Qb3 Qb6 15.Ne6 Rg8 16.Nf3 h6 17.Re1 g5 18.Bd2 c5

19.d5 c4 20.Qc2 Kf7 21.a4 a6 22.a5 Qa7 23.Rf1 Nc5 24.Nxc5 Qxc5 25.h3 g4 26.hxg4 Rxg4 27.Nh2 Rg6 28.Nf3 Nd7 

29.Nh4 Bxh4 30.Qd1 Nf6 31.Qf3 Rag8 32.Be1 Rg3 33.Qe2 Rxg2+ 34.Kh1 R2g5 35.Bd2 Rh5 36.f3 Bf2#.

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/12/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

lider2018 (Chess.com 1691) - JimWest (Chess.com 1782), Chess.com 2/12/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ng1 Nf6 8.d4 Bb4 9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.Qd2 c6 12.O-O-O a5 13.g4 b5 14.b3 a4 15.b4 Re8 16.a3 Qe7 17.Qe3 Be6 18.Be2 Na6

19.g5 Nd7 20.f4 Bf5 21.Bg4 Qe6 22.Bxf5 Qxf5 23.Ne2 Rf8 24.Rdf1 Nb6 25.Ng3 Qd7 26.Qe1 Nc4 27.Bb2 Qd6 28.Nh5 Rf5 29.Rhg1 Raf8 30.c3 Nc7 31.Qh4 Ne8 32.Rg3 g6 33.Nf6+ Nxf6 34.gxf6 Qxf6

35.Qh6 Rxf4 36.Re1 Rf1, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2194) - Night_Fall (lichess 2209), lichess 2/12/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 O-O 8.f5 d5 9.Qc2 d4 10.cxd4 Bxd4 11.Bg5 Bb6 12.Nc3 Nb4 13.Qd2 Re8 14.a3 Na6

15.Nd5 Nc5 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Nxb6 Nb3 18.Qd1, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 2/11/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Andreas5341 (Chess.com 1739) - JimWest (Chess.com 1760), Chess.com 2/11/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc3 d5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O Bb4 9.f3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.fxe4 Bxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Rxf8+ Qxf8 14.Qe1 Nd7 15.c4 c6 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.c4 Qf6 18.Be3 Re8 19.cxd5 Nb6

20.Qc1 Nd6 21.Bd3 Nxd5 22.Bf2 Kh8 23.Rb1 Nf4 24.Qc2 h6 25.Rd1 Qg5 26.Bg3 Nxd3 27.Qxd3 Nf5 28.Be5 Ne3 29.Rd2 Ng4 30.Bg3 h5 31.Re2 Qc1+ 32.Be1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Captainshatarango (lichess 2115) - JimWest (lichess 2184), lichess 2/11/2023

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.Be3 dxc3 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.O-O-O+ Ke8 11.e6 cxb2+ 12.Kxb2 Nf6 13.a3 Bd6 14.Nf7 Bxe6 15.Nxh8 Nbd7 16.h4 Ke7 17.Be2 Rxh8 18.Rhg1 h5

19.Rd4 Be5 20.Kb3 Bxd4 21.Bxd4 b5 22.Kc3 bxc4 23.Bxa7 Ra8 24.Bd4 Rxa3+ 25.Kb4 Rb3+ 26.Ka4 Nb6+ 27.Ka5 Ra3+ 28.Kb5 Bd7+ 29.Kc5 Ra5+ 30.Kb4 Rb5+ 31.Kc3 Nfd5+ 32.Kc2 g6

33.Re1 Bf5 34.f3 e3+, White resigns.

15/10 PCG Reversed 2/10/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1752) - skmittal (Chess.com 1669), Chess.com 2/10/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 d6 4.c3 h6 5.f4 exf4 6.Bxf4 Nf6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.d4 Bb6 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.Re1 Bg4 12.Nbd2 Nh5 13.Be3 Qf6 14.Kh1 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Qxf3 16.Nxf3 Nf6 17.Bg1 Re7

18.e5 dxe5 19.dxe5 Bxg1 20.exf6 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Bf2 22.Rf1 Bc5 23.fxg7 Kxg7 24.Bc4 f6 25.h3 a6 26.Bd5 Re8 27.Bxc6 bxc6 28.Re1 Rxe1+ 29.Nxe1 Be3 30.c4 Kf7 31.g4 Ke6 32.Kg2 Ke5 33.Kf3 Bc5

34.Nd3+ Kd4 35.Nxc5 Kxc5 36.Kf4 Kxc4 37.Kf5 a5 38.Kxf6 a4 39.h4 Kb4 40.g5 hxg5 41.hxg5 a3 42.bxa3+ Kxa3 43.g6 c5 44.g7 c4 45.g8=Q, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/9/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

cycallos (Chess.com 1702) - JimWest (Chess.com 1746), Chess.com 2/9/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ng5 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb3 Bb4 9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Ba3 Re8 12.f4 Nc6 13.fxe5 Nxe5 14.h3 h6 15.Nf3 Nxf3+ 16.Qxf3 Kh8 17.Kh1 a5 18.Ba4 Bd7 19.Bxd7 Qxd7

20.Qxf5 Qxf5 21.Rxf5 Re2 22.Rc1 Rc8 23.Bb2 Rc6 24.Kg1 Rb6 25.Ba3 Rc6 26.Kf1 Rd2 27.Rf2 Rxf2+ 28.Kxf2 Rxc3 29.Be7 Rc6 30.c4 dxc4 31.Rxc4 Rxc4 32.dxc4 Nd7 33.a4 Kg8 34.Bd8 b6 35.c5 Nxc5 36.Bxb6 Nxa4 37.Bxa5 Nc5

38.h4 g6 39.g4 Kf7 40.Ke3 h5 41.g5 Ke6 42.Kf4 Nb7 43.Bb4 Nd6 44.Bxd6 Kxd6 45.Ke4 Ke6 46.Kf4 Kd5 47.Kf3 Ke5 48.Ke3 Kf5 49.Kf3 Ke5 50.Ke3 Kf5 51.Kf3 Ke5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2186) - ravi7282 (lichess 2124), lichess 2/9/2023

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 Re8 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bc5 13.Be2 Qb6 14.Bxg4 Bxd4+ 15.Kh1 Bxg4 16.Qxg4 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Nc6 18.Ba3 Rxe4 19.Bxd6 Rae8

20.h3 h6 21.Rab1 Qa5 22.Rxb7 Qxc3 23.Qd7 Nd4 24.Qxf7+, Black resigns.

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.