PCG & PCG Reversed 6/20/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

21000 (Chess.com 1917) - JimWest (Chess.com 1899), Chess.com 6/20/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.f3 Bb4 8.Bd2 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 Bxf5 10.fxe4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Qh5+ Bg6 13.Qe5+ Qe7 14.O-O-O Qxe5 15.dxe5 c6 16.Be2 O-O 17.e6 Re8 18.Bg4 Na6

19.h4 h5 20.Bh3 Nc5 21.Rde1 Ne4 22.Bd4 c5 23.Be3 d4 24.Bf4 Nf2 25.Rh2 Nxh3 26.Rxh3 Bf5 27.Rg3 Rxe6 28.Rxe6 Bxe6 29.Be5 Bg4 30.Kd2 Re8 31.Bd6 b6 32.Kd3 Kh7 33.a4 a5 34.Bc7 Re6

35.c3 Be2+ 36.Kd2 dxc3+ 37.Kxc3 Bg4 38.Kc4 Re4+ 39.Kb5 Rb4+ 40.Kc6 Rxb2 41.Bxb6 c4 42.Bxa5 Rb3 43.Rxb3 cxb3 44.Bc3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2150) - marcelqwe (lichess 2081), lichess 6/20/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.f4 O-O 6.fxe5 Nxe4 7.d4 Qe8 8.Bd3 d5 9.Nf3 Bb6 10.O-O Nxe5 11.Bxe4 dxe4 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.Bf4 Qe7 14.Nd2 f5

15.Nc4 c6 16.Bd6 Qf7 17.Nxb6 axb6 18.Bxf8 Qxf8 19.Qb3+ Kh8 20.Qxb6 f4 21.Rxf4, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/19/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

gasnuj28 (Chess.com 1777) - JimWest (Chess.com 1901), Chess.com 6/19/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.Be2 Bxf5 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.Qd2 h6 12.Nh3 c6 13.O-O-O b5 14.Bb4 Re8 15.Nf4 a5 16.Bc5 Nbd7 17.Qe3 Nxc5 18.dxc5 Qe7 19.h3 a4

20.Kb1 a3 21.b3 b4 22.g4 Bh7 23.Qd4 Qe5 24.Qxe5 Rxe5 25.Rhe1 g5 26.Ng2 Nd7 27.Bf1 Nxc5 28.f3 Rae8 29.fxe4 Nxe4 30.Ka1 Nc3 31.Rc1 Rxe1 32.Nxe1 c5 33.Bd3 Bxd3 34.Nxd3 Ne4

35.Re1 Rf8 36.Kb1 Rf3 37.Ne5 Rxh3 38.Kc1 Kg7 39.Nd7 Rg3 40.Nb6 Nf6 41.Re7+ Kg6 42.Re6 Kf7 43.Re1 Rxg4 44.Nd7 Nxd7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

zephyr91 (lichess 2064) - JimWest (lichess 2137), lichess 6/19/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe5 Nf6 6.Nc4 d5 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.b3 Bc5 9.Bb2 O-O 10.h4 Ng4 11.Ne3 Nxf2 12.Bc4+ Kh8 13.Qe2 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 Nxh1 15.O-O-O Nf2 16.Qg3 Qe7 17.Re1 Nc6 18.h5 h6 19.d3 Bd7

20.dxe4 Rae8 21.e5 Be6 22.Bb5 Qg5+ 23.Qxg5 hxg5 24.Re2 a6 25.Bd3 Nxd3+ 26.cxd3 Rf1+ 27.Kd2 Rh1 28.d4 Rxh5 29.Re3 Rh4 30.Rd3 Nb4 31.Rg3 Rg4 32.Rh3+ Kg8 33.Rh2 Nd5 34.Kd3 c6 35.Ba3 b5 36.Bc5 Bf5+ 37.Ke2 Be4

38.Rh1 Rxg2+ 39.Kf1 Rxa2 40.Rh5 g4 41.Rg5 Bf3 42.b4 Ne3+ 43.Ke1 Re2#.

2 PCG Games 6/18/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

sillygambitaccepted (Chess.com 1882) - JimWest (Chess.com 1888), Chess.com 6/18/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Nd7 10.d5 Nb6 11.Bb3 cxd5 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 O-O-O 14.b4 Ne7 15.Rd1 Nxd5 16.Rxd5 Kb8 17.Bd2 g5 18.a4 h5 19.b5 Be7

20.Ba5 b6 21.Bb4 g4 22.hxg4 hxg4 23.Qxg4 Rh4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

vvoix (lichess 2120) - JimWest (lichess 2137), lichess 6/18/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.a4 Bg4 9.b3 Nd7 10.Bb2 O-O-O 11.Nbd2 Ne7 12.Bc3 Ng6 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 h5 15.Rfd1 Nh4 16.Qe2 Bc5

17.b4 Bd4 18.Bxd4 exd4 19.Nf3 Nxf3+ 20.Qxf3 Ne5 21.Qe2 f3 22.Qf1 fxg2 23.Qe2 Rhf8 24.Bb3 Qg5 25.Ra3 Nf3+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/17/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

eucabezas (Chess.com 1665) - JimWest (Chess.com 1869), Chess.com 6/17/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Qe2 Be7

7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.Qxe5 Qd7 9.Qxg7 Bb4+ 10.c3 Qxg7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2133) - linares91 (lichess 2069), lichess 6/17/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Be7 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 c6 7.c3 O-O 8.f5 d5 9.Qc2 Qb6 10.h3 Nh5 11.g4 Nf4 12.Bxf4 exf4 13.Nbd2 Qe3 14.Nf1 Qb6 15.O-O-O a5 16.e5 a4 17.d4 c5

18.f6 gxf6 19.Bd3 h6 20.Bh7+ Kh8 21.e6 fxe6 22.Nh4 cxd4 23.Ng6+ Kg7 24.Nxe7 Ne5, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/16/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1865) - adrist123 (Chess.com 1818), Chess.com 6/16/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 O-O 7.fxe5 Ng4 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Bf4 Nd4 11.Bd3 Nxf3+ 12.gxf3 Nf2 13.Rf1 Nxd3+ 14.cxd3 Rxd3 15.Ke2 Rd7 16.Rad1 b6 17.Rxd7 Bxd7 18.Rd1 Be6 19.Nd5 Rc8

20.b4 Bf8 21.a3 c6 22.Nc3 Be7 23.Bg3 Rd8 24.Rxd8+ Bxd8 25.f4 Kf8 26.f5 Bc4+ 27.Ke3 Ke7 28.Bh4+ f6 29.exf6+ gxf6 30.e5 Kf7 31.e6+ Kg7 32.Ne4 Bd5

33.Nd6 Be7 34.Ne8+ Kh6 35.Bxf6 Bxf6 36.Nxf6 Kg5 37.Nxd5 cxd5 38.e7 Kxf5 39.e8=Q, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

KoalaNefelibato (lichess 2039) - JimWest (lichess 2128), lichess 6/16/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.c4 c6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bb5+ Nbc6 12.c4 O-O 13.Qh5 h6

14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Bxc6 Nxc6 16.Nh3 Qxe5, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 6/15/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1859) - caturbio (Chess.com 1758), Chess.com 6/15/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 d5 7.Qf3 dxe4 8.dxe4 b6 9.Bg5 Bb7 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.O-O-O Qe8 12.Bd3 a5 13.Ne2 Be7 14.Ng3 c5 15.Bb5 Qc8 16.Bxd7 Qxd7 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nc4 Qc7 

19.h4 b5 20.Ne3 c4 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.Rxd5 b4 23.Nh5 Qe7 24.Nxf6+ Qxf6 25.g4 bxc3 26.Qxc3 Qb6 27.g5 Rfd8 28.Rhd1 Rxd5 29.Rxd5 Qg1+ 30.Rd1 Qg4 31.Qxe5 Qxh4 32.f6 c3 33.bxc3 Qh3 34.Qd4 h6

35.fxg7 Re8 36.gxh6 Qxh6+ 37.Qd2 Qxd2+ 38.Rxd2 Rxe4 39.Rd5 Rc4 40.Kc2 a4 41.Rd4 Rxd4 42.cxd4 Kxg7 43.Kd3 f5 44.Ke3 Kf6 45.Kf4 Ke6 46.a3 Kd5 47.Kxf5 Kxd4 48.Kf4 Kc3 49.Ke3 Kb3 50.Kd2 Kxa3 51.Kc1 Ka2

52.Kc2 a3 53.Kc1 Ka1 54.Kc2 Ka2 55.Kc1 Kb3 56.Kb1 Ka4 57.Ka2 Kb4 58.Ka1 Kb3 59.Kb1 Ka4 60.Ka2 Kb4 61.Ka1 Kb3 62.Kb1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2136) - k00bik (lichess 2181), lichess 6/15/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d4 Ne3 8.Bxe3 fxe3 9.Bb5 Bf5 10.O-O Be4 11.c3 a6 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Qe2 Rb8 14.b4 Be7 15.Qxe3 O-O 16.Nbd2 f5 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Qxe4 Qd5

20.Qxd5+ cxd5 21.Rae1 Rfe8 22.Ne5 Bxe5 23.dxe5 Re6 24.Rf2 Rbe8 25.Rfe2 Rc6 26.Rd1 Rxc3 27.Rxd5 Rc4 28.a3 Rc1+ 29.Kf2 Rf8+ 30.Kg3 Rc3+ 31.Kh4 Rxa3 32.g3 Ra4 33.Rb2 Rb8 34.Kh3 a5 35.b5 Rb4

36.Rbd2 R4xb5 37.e6 a4 38.Rd8+ Rxd8 39.Rd8#.

2 PCG Games 6/14/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

LegendsDontDie (Chess.com 1784) - JimWest (Chess.com 1861), Chess.com 6/14/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.O-O c6 7.Re1 Be7 8.d3 Nbd7 9.h3 Qc7 10.Nh4 Bg6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Bg5 d5 13.Bb3 O-O-O 14.f4 Bc5+ 15.Kh1 exf4 16.Qf3 Bd6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Re6 g5

19.Kg1 g4 20.hxg4 Bc5+ 21.Kf1 Rh1+ 22.Ke2 Rxa1 23.Qh3 Re8 24.g5 Rxe6+ 25.Qxe6+ Nd7 26.Qe8+ Qd8 27.Qxd8+ Kxd8 28.Nd1 Be3 29.c3 Nc5 30.Nxe3 fxe3 31.Kxe3 Nxb3 32.axb3 Rb1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Fermalob (lichess 2183) - JimWest (lichess 2137), lichess 6/14/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.e6 O-O 10.Qh5 h6 11.Nf7 Qe8 12.Nxh6+ gxh6 13.Qxh6 Qg6 14.Qxg6+ Nxg6 15.Bh6 Re8 16.O-O-O Bxe6 17.g3 Nc6 18.Be3 Rad8

19.h4 Bg4 20.Rd2 Bf3 21.Rh2 Nge5 22.Bb5 a6 23.Ba4 Nc4 24.Rd4 Nxe3 25.fxe3 Nxd4 26.Bxe8 Rxe8 27.cxd4 Rf8 28.g4 Kh7 29.g5 Bh5 30.Kb2 Rf3 31.c4 c6

32.cxd5 cxd5 33.Kc3 Rxe3+ 34.Kb4 Rd3 35.Kc5 Rxa3 36.Kxd5 e3 37.Ke4 e2 38.Rh1 Kg6 39.d5 Bf3+ 40.Ke5 Bxh1, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/13/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

m3talfin (Chess.com 1814) - JimWest (Chess.com 1874), Chess.com 6/13/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Qxg5 9.Qxd5 Ne7 10.Qxe4 O-O 11.Bc4+ Kh8 12.O-O Nbc6 13.f4 Qh6 14.e6 b6 15.Rad1 Bb7 16.Qe3 Nf5 17.Qf3 Na5 18.Bd5 Bxd5 19.Rxd5 Qxe6

20.Re1 Qg6 21.Ree5 Rae8 22.Rxe8 Qxe8 23.Qd3 Qe3+ 24.Qxe3 Nxe3 25.Rd7 Rg8 26.Rxc7 Nd5 27.Rxa7 Nxc3 28.bxc3 h6 29.Kf2 Rc8 30.Ke2 Rxc3 31.Kd2 Ra3 32.Kd1 Rxa2 33.Ra6 Ra4 34.g3 Rd4+ 35.Ke2 Rd6

36.h4 h5 37.Ke3 Kh7 38.f5 Rc6 39.Kd3 Nb7 40.Ra7 Nc5+ 41.Kd4 Rd6+ 42.Ke5 Rf6 43.Kf4 Ne6+ 44.Ke5 Nc5 45.Kf4 Kh6 46.Re7 g6 47.Ke5 Rxf5+ 48.Kd6 Rf3 49.Kc6 Na4 50.Ra7 Rc3+ 51.Kb5 Nb2 52.Kxb6 Rxc2

53.Kb5 Nd3 54.Ra3 Ne5 55.Re3 Ng4 56.Rf3 Rf2 57.Rd3 Rf5+ 58.Kb4 Nf2 59.Re3 Nh1 60.Kc3 Rf1 61.Kd4 Rg1 62.Ke4 Rxg3 63.Re1 Rg4+ 64.Kf3 Ng3 65.Rg1 Rxh4 66.Rxg3 Rh4 67.Kg2 g5 68.Kh2 h4 69.Re3 Kh5

70.Kh3 g4+ 71.Kg2 h3+ 72.Kg3 Kg5 73.Re5+ Kf6 74.Rh5 Kg6 75.Rh8 Kg7 76.Rh5 Kf6 77.Rh8 Rd4 78.Rh5 Kg6 79.Rh8 Re4 80.Rg8+ Kf5 81.Rf8+ Ke5 82.Rd8 Rd4 83.Re8+ Kd5 84.Re7 Kc4 85.Re6 Kd3 86.Re7 Re4 87.Rd7+ Ke2

88.Ra7 Kf1 89.Ra1+ Re1 90.Ra2 Kg1 91.Rb2 h2 92.Rg2+ Kf1 93.Rf2+ Kg1 94.Rg2+ Kf1 95.Rf2+ Kg1 96.Rg2+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

sashchampion2024 (lichess 2154) - JimWest (lichess 2131), lichess 6/13/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nd4 d5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qd1 Bc5 8.Be2 Ne7 9.Bh6 Bxd4 10.Qxd4 Nf5 11.Qd2 Nxh6 12.Qxh6 Qe7 13.Qf4 c6 14.Nd2 Nd7 15.e6 Nf6 16.h4 Bxe6 17.h5 O-O-O 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Rxh8 Rxh8

20.Qe3 Rh1+ 21.Bb1 Ng4 22.Qxa7 Qb4 23.O-O-O Kc7 24.Nb3 Bc8 25.Nc5 Kd6 26.Qb8+ Kxc5 27.Qxc8 Rxf1 28.Qf8+ Kb5 29.Qxb4+ Kxb4 30.Rxf1 Kc4 31.Kd2 d4 32.c3 c5 33.b3+ Kd5 34.b4 b6 35.a4 Kc4

36.a5 dxc3+ 37.Kc2 bxa5 38.bxa5 Kb5 39.Kxc3 Kxa5 40.f3 Ne3 41.Rg1 exf3 42.gxf3 Kb5 43.Rxg6 Nd5+ 44.Kc2 c4 45.Rg5 Kc5 46.f4 Kd4 47.f5 Ne3+ 48.Kd2 c3+ 49.Kc1 Ke5 50.Rg3 Nxf5 51.Rxc3 Kd4

52.Kd2 Ke4 53.Rc4+ Kd5 54.Kd3 Ke5 55.Rc5+ Kf4 56.Rc4+ Ke5 57.Re4+ Kd5 58.Re8 Nd6 59.Rd8 Ke5 60.Rh8 Kd5 61.Rh5+ Ke6 62.Kd4 Nf5+ 63.Kd3 Ke5 64.Rg5 Kf4 65.Rg8 Ke5 66.Rg4 Nd6 67.Rg5+ Ke6 68.Kd4 Nf5+ 69.Ke4 Nd6+ 70.Kf4 Kf6

71.Rh5 Ke6 72.Re5+ Kf6 73.Re1 Nf7 74.Rg1 Ke6 75.Ke4 Kf6 76.Rh1 Nd6+ 77.Kf4 Nf7 78.Rh5 Kg6 79.Ra5 Kf6 80.Ra6+ Ke7 81.Kf5 Nd6+ 82.Ke5 Nf7+ 83.Kd5 Ng5 84.Rg6 Nf7 85.Rb6 Ng5 86.Ke5 Nf7+ 87.Kf5 Nd6+ 88.Ke5 Nc4+ 89.Kd4 Nxb6, draw.

2 PCG Games 6/12/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

skert8 (Chess.com 1855) - JimWest (Chess.com 1869), Chess.com 6/12/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Qe2 Be7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Ng5 d5 9.Qxe5 Qd7 10.Bb3 O-O 11.Nc3 Bd6 12.Qe2 Ng4 13.Nf3 Na6 14.Re1 Rae8 15.Qd1 Rxe1+ 16.Qxe1 Nc5 17.Be3 Re8

18.Qd2 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Nxb3 20.axb3 Bg4 21.Rxa7 Bc5 22.Ne5 Rxe5 23.d4 Bxa7 24.dxe5 Qf5 25.h3 Qxe5 26.Nd1 Bxd1 27.Qxd1 Qxe3+ 28.Kh1 Qg3 29.Qe2 Be3

30.Qh5 Qe1+ 31.Kh2 Bg1+ 32.Kh1 Bf2+ 33.Kh2 Qg1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

viktorrom (lichess 2225) - JimWest (lichess 2141), lichess 6/12/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Nh4 Bg6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Qf3 d5 11.Bb3 Bd6 12.Qg3 Nf8 13.Qg5 Qc7 14.g3 O-O-O 15.a4 Kb8 16.a5 a6 17.Na4 Rh5 18.Qd2 N8d7 19.c4 Rdh8

20.h4 e4 21.dxe4 Nxe4 22.Qe3 g5 23.cxd5 Nec5 24.Nxc5 Bxc5 25.Qf3 gxh4 26.Bf4 Bd6 27.dxc6 Ne5 28.Qc3 hxg3 29.fxg3 Nxc6 30.Rad1 Bxf4 31.Rxf4 Rh1+ 32.Kf2 Rxd1 33.Bxd1 Qxa5 34.Qxa5 Nxa5

35.Bf3 Nc6 36.Rf7 g5 37.Bxc6 bxc6 38.Kf3 Rh2 39.Kg4 Rxb2 40.Kxg5 a5 41.g4 a4 42.Rf4 Rb5+ 43.Kf6 Ra5 44.g5 a3 45.g6 a2 46.Rf1 a1=Q+ 47.Rxa1 Rxa1 48.g7 Rg1 49.Kf7 c5 50.g8=Q+ Rxg8 51.Kxg8 c4 52.Kf7 c3, White forfeits.