2 PCG Games 3/10/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Yoyoyoyo81 (Chess.com 1749) - JimWest (Chess.com 1833), Chess.com 3/10/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nc3 c6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Qd2 h6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O-O Nd7 12.Ne4 d5 13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.g4 Bh7 15.Rhf1 e4 16.dxe4 Bxe4 17.Nd4 Qf4 18.Qxf4 Rxf4 19.f3 Bh7

20.c3 Re8 21.Bd3 Bxd3 22.Rxd3 Nc5 23.Rd2 a5 24.Nb3 Nxb3+ 25.axb3 Re3 26.Rdf2 g5 27.Kd2 Re8 28.Re2 Rxe2+ 29.Kxe2 a4 30.bxa4 Rxa4 31.Kd2 Kf7 32.Re1 Rf4 33.Re3 b5 34.b3 d4 35.Rd3 dxc3+ 36.Kxc3 b4+ 37.Kd2 Ke6 38.Ke2 c5

39.Re3+ Kd5 40.Re8 Rf6 41.Rd8+ Ke5 42.Rc8 Kd4 43.Rd8+ Kc3 44.Rd3+ Kb2 45.Kd2 Rf4 46.Ke3 c4 47.bxc4 Rxc4 48.Rd6 b3 49.Rxh6 Kc1 50.Rd6 b2 51.Ke2 b1=Q 52.Rd1+ Kc2 53.Rxb1 Kxb1

54.Kf2 Kc2 55.Kg3 Kd3 56.h4 gxh4+ 57.Kxh4 Ke3 58.Kh5 Kxf3 59.g5 Kf4 60.g6 Kf5 61.g7 Rc1, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Mahistar0901 (lichess 2039) - JimWest (lichess 2166), lichess 3/10/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Nbd2 c6 7.Be2 a5 8.d4 fxe4 9.Nh4 exd4 10.cxd4 d5 11.g3 O-O 12.Qb3 Na6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nxe4 Bxh4 15.gxh4 Qxh4 16.Nb3 Qxd4 17.O-O Nc5 18.Qe3 Qxe3 19.fxe3 Bh3

20.Rfc1 Ne4 21.Nxe4 dxe4 22.Rc4 Rae8 23.b4 axb4 24.Rxb4 Re7 25.a4 Kh8 26.Rab1 Bc8 27.a5 g6 28.Rc4 Rf5 29.a6 bxa6 30.Rxc6 Bb7 31.Rcb6 Rff7 32.Bc4 Rg7 33.Rxa6 h5 34.Rab6 Rc7 35.Be6 Rge7 36.Ba2 Kg7

37.Kg2 Rc2+ 38.Kh3 Rxa2 39.Rxb7 Rxb7 40.Rxb7+ Kf6 41.Rb4 Kf5 42.Rb5+ Kf6 43.Kg3 h4+ 44.Kf4 Rxh2 45.Kxe4 h3 46.Kf3 Ra2 47.Rb1 h2 48.Rh1 Ke5 49.Kg3 Ke4 50.Rxh2 Rxh2 51.Kxh2 Kxe3

52.Kg2 Kf4 53.Kh2 g5 54.Kg2 Kg4 55.Kh2 Kf3 56.Kg1 g4 57.Kf1 g3 58.Kg1 g2 59.Kh2 Kf2 60.Kh3, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/9/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1827) - wecanwin45 (Chess.com 1795), Chess.com 3/9/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 d6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.f5 a5 9.a4 Qb8 10.Na3 Na7 11.Nc4 b5 12.axb5 Nxb5 13.Bg5 a4 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Kh1 c6 16.g4 d5 17.Ncd2 dxe4 18.Nxe4 Qd8

19.g5 Be7 20.f6 Bb4 21.Nxe5 Nd4 22.Nxd7 Qxd7 23.c3 Nxe2 24.Qxe2 Ba5 25.fxg7 Kxg7 26.Nf6 Qb7 27.Qe4 Rh8 28.Rxa4 Qxb2 29.Qe5 Kg6 30.Rxa5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

pechauri (lichess 2273) - JimWest (lichess 2167), lichess 3/9/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.c4 c6 11.f4 exf3 12.Bxf3 dxc4 13.Qe2 Qe8 14.Nxc4 Bxg3 15.hxg3 Qxe2 16.Bxe2 Be6 17.Bf4 Bxc4 18.Bxc4+ Nd5 19.Rae1 Nd7

20.Re7 N7b6 21.Bxd5+ Nxd5 22.Rxb7 Nxf4 23.gxf4 Rfd8 24.Re1 Rxd5 25.Ree7 Rxf4 26.Rxg7+ Kh8 27.Rxh7+ Kg8 28.Rbg7+ Kf8 29.Rc7 Kg8 30.Rxa7 Ra4 31.Rag7+ Kf8 32.Rb7 Kg8 33.Rhc7 Rxa2 34.Rxc6 Rd8

35.Kh2 Ra5 36.Kh3 Rd3+ 37.Kh4 Rf5 38.g4 Rf8 39.Kh5 Rh3+ 40.Kg6 Rg3 41.g5 Rd8, White forfeits.

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/8/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

metallictaste (Chess.com 1661) - JimWest (Chess.com 1819), Chess.com 3/8/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Neg5 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bb4+ 8.c3 Qe7+ 9.Be2 Bc5 10.O-O Bxd4 11.Qxd4 Nf6 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Rfe1 Nc6 14.Qd2 Bf5 15.Bg4 Qd7 16.Bxf5 Qxf5

17.Ne6 Ne4 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 c6 20.Bg3 Nxg3 21.fxg3 a6 22.Rf1 Qc2 23.Qe3 Qxb2 24.Rae1 Qa3 25.Qe7 Rxf1+ 26.Kxf1 Rf8+ 27.Kg1 Qxe7 28.Rxe7 Rb8 29.Kf2 h6 30.Ke3 Kf8 31.Rc7 Re8+ 32.Kd2 Re7 33.Rc8+ Kf7

34.Rb8 Ke6 35.Kd3 Kd6 36.c4 Kc7 37.Rg8 dxc4+ 38.Kxc4 Kb6 39.h4 h5 40.a4 a5 41.Kd4 c5+ 42.Kd5 Rd7+ 43.Ke5 Rc7 44.Rh8 c4 45.Rxh5 Rc5+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2162) - Lucin (lichess 2098), lichess 3/8/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d5 6.e5 Qe7 7.d4 Ne4 8.c3 Qh4+ 9.g3 Qh5 10.Qxh5 Be7 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Nd2 g6 14.Qe2 Bf5 15.Ngf3 a5 16.O-O g5

17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.Nxg5 Bg6 19.e6 f6 20.Nf7 Rg8 21.Bxc7 Kf8 22.Bd6 Bxd6 23.Nxd6 Ke7 24.Nf5+ Bxf5 25.Rxf5 Rg6 26.Raf1 Rag8 27.c4 h6 28.cxd5 cxd5 29.Rxd5 Rxg3+ 30.hxg3 Rxg3+ 31.Kh2 Rh3+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 3/7/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

timtiger72 (Chess.com 1821) - JimWest (Chess.com 1814), Chess.com 3/7/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.d4 e4 7.Ng5 d5 8.Be2 Nf6 9.f3 Bd6 10.fxe4 Bxe4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Bg5 O-O 13.Bc4+ Kh8 14.Nc3 Qc7 15.h3 Nbd7 16.Be6 Rae8 17.Bf5 e3

18.Qe2 Nd5 19.Qh5 N7f6 20.Qh4 Bg3 21.Nxd5 cxd5 22.Bf4 Bxh4 23.Bxc7 e2 24.Rfe1 Bxe1 25.Rxe1 Ne4 26.g4 g6 27.Be5+ Rxe5 28.dxe5 gxf5 29.Rxe2 fxg4 30.hxg4 Rg8 31.Rg2 Rg5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

hashashin88 (lichess 2072) - JimWest (lichess 2180), lichess 3/7/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.d5 f4 7.h4 Nb8 8.Nc3 Be7 9.Ne6 Bxe6 10.dxe6 O-O 11.g4 fxg3 12.fxg3 Nc6 13.Bxh6 gxh6 14.Qh5 Rf6 15.Nd5 Rg6 16.O-O-O Rc8 17.Rdf1 Kh8 18.Rf7 Rxe6 19.Rhf1 Rg6

20.Qf5 Nd4, White forfeits.

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/6/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Acro_88 (Chess.com 1835) - JimWest (Chess.com 1811), Chess.com 3/6/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.b3 Bg4 9.Bb2 Nd7 10.Nbd2 O-O-O 11.Be2 Bxf3 12.Nxf3 Ne7 13.Qd2 Ng6 14.Qa5 Bc5 15.Rfd1 Bb6 16.Qb4 Rhe8 17.a4 Nh4 18.a5 Nxf3+ 19.Bxf3 Bc5

20.Qc3 Bd4 21.Rxd4 exd4 22.Qc4 Ne5 23.Qc5 Nxf3+ 26.gxf3 a6 27.Rd1 Qg6+ 28.Kf1 Qh6 29.Qa7 Qh3+ 30.Ke2 Rd6 31.Qa8+ Kd7 32.Qxb7+ Ke6 33.Bxd4 Re7

34.Qc8+ Red7 35.Qg8+ Rf7 36.Qc8+ Rfd7 37.Qg8+ Rf7 38.Qc8+ Rfd7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2175) - Norton7 (lichess 2118), lichess 3/6/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 O-O 5.fxe5 Ne8 6.d4 Bb6 7.Nf3 d6 8.exd6 cxd6 9.Bc4 Nf6 10.Bg5 Bg4 11.O-O h6

12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.c3 Nc6 14.Nbd2 Qxf3, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/5/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1804) - wenphiao (Chess.com 1705), Chess.com 3/5/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Neg4 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.Qe2+ Be7 9.Qb5+ Qxb5 10.Bxb5+ c6 11.Be2 Nd5 12.Bxg4 Bxg4 13.c3 O-O-O 14.Nf3 Rhe8 15.O-O Bd6 16.a4 f6 17.Na3 a6 18.Nc4 Bc7 19.a5 Kb8

20.Bd2 Re2 21.Rae1 Rde8 22.Rxe2 Rxe2 23.Re1 Bxf3 24.gxf3 Rxe1+ 25.Bxe1 f5 26.Bd2 f4 27.Kg2, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

carlosleiva (lichess 2039) - JimWest (lichess 2171), lichess 3/5/2023

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.Nf3 exf2+ 11.Kxf2 dxc3 12.Qc2 Ne7 13.Bd3 O-O 14.Bxh7+ Kh8 15.Bg5 Nbc6 16.Rad1 Qe8

17.Rhe1 Qh5 18.Re4 Qxg5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 3/4/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

utmseng (Chess.com 1754) - JimWest (Chess.com 1827), Chess.com 3/4/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O d5 8.c4 c6 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.Re1 O-O 11.a3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nbd7 13.Qb3 Qb6 14.Qxb6 Nxb6 15.cxd5 Nbxd5 16.Bc4 Kh8 17.Bxd5 cxd5 18.Nf1 Rac8 19.Bd2 Bg6

20.Ne3 h5 21.h3 Rfd8 22.Rab1 b6 23.Rec1 Kh7 24.Kh2 h4 25.Rb4 Ng8 26.Ng4 Rc4 27.Rxc4 dxc4 28.Bg5 Rd5 29.Bxh4 Ra4 30.Ra1 Nh6 31.Ne5 Nf5 32.Nxg6 Kxg6 33.Bd8 e3 34.fxe3 Nxe3 35.Be7 Nd5 36.Bb4 Nxb4 37.cxb4 Rd5 38.Rd1 b5

39.Kg3 Kf5 40.Kf3 g5 41.Ke3 g4 42.h4 Kg6 43.g3 Rf5 44.d5 Rf3+ 45.Ke2 Kf7 46.Rf1 c3 47.Rxf3+ gxf3+ 48.Kxf3 c2 49.g4 c1=Q 50.g5 Qxa3+ 51.Kg4 Qxb4+ 52.Kh5 Kg7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Vidaurr (lichess 2063) - JimWest (lichess 2158), lichess 3/4/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.Ng5 Nh6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.O-O Qxd1 9.Rxd1 Bxc2 10.Rd2 Bxb1 11.Rxb1 Bd6 12.Ne4 O-O-O 

13.Nxd6+ cxd6 14.b4 Kb8, White forfeits.

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/3/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Nishyanth (Chess.com 1844) - JimWest (Chess.com 1820), Chess.com 3/3/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc3 d5 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qe2 c6 8.f3 Nf6 10.fxe4 dxe4

11.Ndxe4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Qh4+ 13.g3 Qxe4 14.Qxe4+ Bxe4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2136) - AntonTroyanov (lichess 1980), lichess 3/3/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Na4 Bxg1 7.Rxg1 Bg4 8.Be2 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 Nd4 10.Qd1 Qd7 11.c3 Nc6 12.b4 O-O-O 13.f5 Ne7 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Nb2 d5 17.Qa4 Qxa4 18.Nxa4 dxe4 19.dxe4 Rd3

20.Ke2 Rhd8 21.Rad1 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 b6 23.Rxd8+ Kxd8 24.Nb2 b5 25.Nd3 Kd7 26.g4 Kc6 27.Nc5 Nc8 28.Kd3 Nd6 29.a4 bxa4 30.Nxa4 Kb5 31.Nc5 Kc6 32.h4 a5 33.Nb3 axb4 34.cxb4 Kb5 35.Nc5 c6

36.Nd7 Kxb4 37.Nxf6 c5 38.g5 hxg5 39.hxg5 c4+ 40.Kc2 c3 41.g6 fxg6 42.fxg6 Nc4 43.Nd5+ Kc5 44.Kxc3, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 3/2/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Maatthieu (Chess.com 1835) - JimWest (Chess.com 1803), Chess.com 3/2/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Neg5 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bb4+ 8.c3 Qe7+ 9.Be3 Bc5 10.Ngf3 Nf6 11.Bd3 O-O 12.h3 Bd7 13.Qc2 Nc6 14.O-O-O Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Bxd4 16.Bxd4 c5 17.Rde1 Qd6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6

19.Bxh7+ Kh8 20.Re2 Qh6+ 21.Qd2 Kxh7 22.Qxh6+ Kxh6 23.g4 Rae8 24.Rhe1 Rxe2 25.Rxe2 Re8 26.Rxe8 Bxe8 27.f4 g6 28.Kd2 Bc6 29.h4 Bd7 30.f5 gxf5 31.gxf5 Bxf5

32.b4 b6 33.Ke3 Kh5 34.bxc5 bxc5 35.Kf4 Bb1 36.a3 d4 37.cxd4 cxd4 38.Kf3 Kxh4 39.a4 a5 40.Ke2 Kg3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Uljalgas-188 (lichess 2031) - JimWest (lichess 2132), lichess 3/2/2023

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.c4 Bd6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Ba4+ Nc6 12.Qc2 Rc8 13.f4 O-O 14.Qf2 h6

15.h4 hxg5 16.hxg5 Ng4 17.Qh4 Nxd4 18.Nc3 Rxc3 19.bxc3 Ne2+ 20.Kh1 Nxc3 21.Bb3 Bc5 22.Bb2 Bd4 23.Rac1 Ne2 24.Bxd4 Nxd4 25.Rfd1 Nxb3 26.axb3 g6

27.Rc5 d4 28.Rdc1 Rf7 29.Rxf5 gxf5 30.Kg1 Rh7 31.Qg3 d3, White resigns.

PCG with 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.f3 Bxe6

Philidor Counter Gambit

restyle005 (lichess 2420) - CM ArnieChipmunk (lichess 2428), lichess 2/6/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.f3 Bxe6

9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.Bb5 Nge7 11.Nc3 O-O-O 12.Na4 Bd6 13.Be3 d4 14.Bf2 e3 15.Bg3 Bxg3+ 16.hxg3 Qe5 17.Qe2 Qxg3+ 18.Kf1 Rxh8

19.Nc5 Bd5 20.Rh3 Qd6 21.Nb3 Nf5 22.Kg1 h5 23.Rd1 g5 24.Bxc6 Bxc6

25.c3 Ng3 26.Qe1 d3 27.Qxg3 e2 28.Re1 d2 29.Nxd2 Qxd2 30.Qf2 Re8 31.Rxh5 Bb5

32.g3 Rd8 33.Rh1 Qxb2 34.Kg2 Rd2 35.Qe3 b6 36.Rh8+ Kb7 37.Qe7 Bc6 38.Qe3 Qc2 39.Qxg5 Rd3 40.Qf4 Rxf3 

41.Qxf3 Bxf3+ 42.Kxf3 Qd3+ 43.Kf2 Qf5+ 44.Kxe2 Qc5 45.Kf1 Qd6, White forfeits.

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/28/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1793) - bongrabulan1959 (Chess.com 1838), Chess.com 2/28/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 Nf2 8.Qf3 Be6 9.d5 Nxh1 10.dxe6 fxe6 11.Bxe3 Be7 12.Nd2 Nd7 13.O-O-O Nxe5 14.Qh5+ Ng6 15.Ngf3 O-O 16.Bxe6+ Kh8 17.Rxh1 Nf4 18.Bxf4 Rxf4

19.Ne5 Rf6 20.Nf7+ Rxf7 21.Qxf7 Qf8 22.Rf1 Qxf7 23.Rxf7 Bd6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

xojeme (lichess 2175) - JimWest (lichess 2121), lichess 2/28/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nd4 d5 6.c4 c5 7.cxd5 cxd4 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Qa4 Bxb5 10.Qxb5+ Qd7 11.Qc4 Na6 12.O-O Bc5 13.Bg5 Ne7 14.d6 Ng6 15.Nd2 Nxe5 16.Qd5 Qxd6 17.Qxb7 O-O 18.Nxe4 Qb6 19.Qd5+ Nf7

20.Rac1 Kh8 21.Nxc5 Nxc5 22.Rxc5 Nxg5 23.Qxg5 Qxb2 24.Rc7 d3 25.Qd5 Rad8 26.Rb7 Qe2 27.Rd7 Rxd7 28.Qxd7 d2 29.Qd6 Re8 30.g4 Qxg4+ 31.Kh1 Qf3+ 32.Kg1 Qe2, White forfeits.