PCG Reversed & PCG 9/21/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1912) - shekhar2703 (Chess.com 1842), Chess.com 9/21/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bc5 7.c3 O-O 8.d4 Bb6 9.Bd3 d6 10.O-O Bg4 11.Kh1 Qe7 12.Nbd2 Rae8 13.h3 Bh5 14.Qc2 Nd8 15.Rae1 Ne6 16.Bh2 c6 17.e5 dxe5 18.Nxe5 Bc7 19.Ndf3 Nd5

20.g4 f6 21.Ng6 Bxg6 22.Bxg6 Rd8 23.Qf5 Nxd4 24.cxd4 Qd7 25.Qxd7 Rxd7 26.Bxc7 Rxc7 27.Bd3 Nf4 28.Bc4+ Kh7 29.Kh2 b5 30.Bb3 Nd3 31.Bc2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

IgorDorozhkinChess (lichess 2147) - JimWest (lichess 2114), lichess 9/21/2023

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.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.Nxd7 Bxd7 13.Rb1 b6 14.O-O h6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.c4 c6 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.c4 Be6 19.cxd5 Bxd5

20.Rc1 Rac8 21.Bc4 Bxc4 22.Re1 Qxf2+ 23.Kh1 Bd3 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Qb3+ Kh8 26.Rg1 Qxd4 27.Qd1 Qf2 28.h3 Rf8 29.Kh2 Be2 30.Qe1 Qxe1 31.Rxe1 Bd3 32.Rc1 e3 33.Rd1 e2 34.Re1 Rf1 35.Rxf1 exf1=Q, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/20/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1935) - Xdevesh_pathakx (Chess.com 1772), Chess.com 9/20/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 Nc6 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Bd3 f5 11.Be3 O-O-O 12.O-O Bxf3 13.gxf3 Bxe3+ 14.Nxe3 f4 15.Bxe4 fxe3 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Rae1 Kd7 18.Rxe3 Ke6 19.f4 Rhf8

20.Rc3 c5 21.Rxc5 Rd7 22.Rf2 g6 23.Rc6+ Kf5 24.Kg2 Rdf7 25.Kg3 Rb8 26.b3 Rb6 27.Rxb6 cxb6 28.h4 h5 29.Re2 Re7 30.c4 Ke6 31.Rd2 Rd7 32.Rxd7 Kxd7 33.Kf3 Ke6 34.Ke4 a6

35.b4 a5 36.bxa5 bxa5 37.a4 Ke7 38.Kd5 Kd7 39.c5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Zenon_004 (lichess 2159) - JimWest (lichess 2120), lichess 9/20/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.c4 d5 7.cxd5 Qxd5 8.Nb3 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.Bd2 Bxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.c4 Qf7 13.Be2 Nc6 14.O-O Rad8 15.d5 Ne5 16.Nd4 Bc8 17.Bf4 Ng6 18.Bg3 b6 19.Qa4 a5

20.Nc6 Rde8 21.Rad1 Bg4 22.Bxg4 Nxg4 23.d6 cxd6 24.Bxd6 Nf4 25.Bxf8 Rxf8 26.Nd4 e3 27.fxe3 Nxe3 28.Rde1 Nxf1 29.Nf3 Nxh2 30.Nxh2 Qg6 31.g4 h5 32.Rf1 Ne2+ 33.Kg2 Rxf1 34.Kxf1 Ng3+ 35.Kg2 h4

36.Qd1 Qe4+ 37.Nf3 Qe2+ 38.Qxe2 Nxe2 39.Nxh4 Nc3 40.Kf3 Nxa2 41.Ke3 Nb4 42.Kd2 Kf7 43.Kc3 g5 44.Nf5 Ke6 45.Nd4+ Ke5 46.Nd2 Nc6 47.Kb3 Nd4+ 48.Nxd4 Kxd4 49.Ka4 Kxc4, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/19/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1925) - Zaenalbaru (Chess.com 2035), Chess.com 9/19/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d4 g5 8.h4 Be7 9.hxg5 Bxg5 10.g3 Ne3 11.Bxe3 fxe3 12.c3 Bg4 13.Be2 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Qd7 15.Qe2 Ne7 16.Na3 Qa4 17.Qb5+ Qxb5 18.Nxb5 Kd8 19.Ke2 a6

20.Na3 c6 21.Nc2 Nf5 22.Rag1 Ke7 23.g4 Nh4 24.Nxe3 Nxf3 25.Kxf3 Bxe3 26.Kxe3 Rag8 27.g5 Rg7 28.Kf4 Rhg8 29.Rh6 Kd7 30.a4 Ke7 31.a5 Kd7 32.b4 Kc7

33.Rg4 Kd7 34.Rh5 Ke6 35.Rh6+ Ke7 36.Rh5 Ke6 37.Rh6+ Ke7 38.Rh5 Ke6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ValyT (lichess 2008) - JimWest (lichess 2113), lichess 9/19/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.a3 fxe4 6.Bxg8 exf3 7.Bd5 fxg2 8.Bxg2 Nd4 9.d3 Be7 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qd1 O-O 12.Bh6 Rf7 13.Ne4 d5 14.Nc3 c6 15.Qd2 Bh3 16.f3 Bxg2 17.Qxg2 Nxf3+ 18.Ke2 Bg5

19.Bxg5 Qxg5 20.Qxg5 Nxg5 21.Raf1 Raf8 22.Rxf7 Rxf7 23.Nd1 e4 24.Ne3 exd3+ 25.cxd3 Ne6 26.Ng4 Kg7 27.Ne5 Re7 28.d4 Nxd4+ 29.Kd3 Rxe5 30.Kxd4 Re2 31.b3 Rb2 32.Kc3 Rg2 33.h4 h5

34.Kd4 Kf6 35.Kc5 Ke6 36.Re1+ Kd7 37.a4 b6+ 38.Kd4 Rg4+ 39.Ke5 Rxh4 40.Kf6 Re4 41.Rg1 Re6+ 42.Kg5 c5 43.Rf1 a5 44.Rf7+ Kc6 45.Rf8 d4 46.Rg8 Kd5 37.Rf8 Ke4 48.Rb8 Kd3, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 9/18/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Papaflessas (Chess.com 1872) - JimWest (Chess.com 1922), Chess.com 9/18/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.a4 Nf6 7.h3 h6 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.O-O d5 10.Bb3 Bd6 11.Ne2 O-O 12.Ng3 Bh7 13.c4 Nc5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Ne4 Ncxe4 16.dxe4 Bxe4 17.Re1 Kh8 18.Nh2 d4

19.Ng4 Nxg4 20.Qxg4 Bf5 21.Qh5 Qe8 22.Qd1 Qg6 23.Kh1 Rad8 24.Rf1 Bb8 25.Bd2 e4 26.Bb4 Rfe8 27.Qe1 e3 28.f3 Bg3 29.Qc1 d3 30.Bc3 d2

31.Bxd2 exd2 32.Qc3 Re1 33.Rd1 Rxd1 34.Rxd1 Be1 35.Qc7 Re8 36.Bf7 Bg3 37.Bxg6 Re1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Mozaffarifard (lichess 2089) - JimWest (lichess 2103), lichess 9/18/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Bxg8 Rxg8 9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.Qe2 O-O-O 11.O-O-O Rde8 12.Rhe1 Rgf8 13.h3 Kb8 14.Qe3 h6 15.Kb1 Be6 16.d4 Qf7 17.a3 Bd5 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Rxe5

20.Qg3 Qxf2 21.Qxf2 Rxf2 22.Rxe5 dxe5 23.g3 e4 24.c4 Be6 25.Nxe4 Bf5 26.Re1 Rf3 27.g4 Bg6 28.Kc1 Rxh3 29.Nd6 Rh2 30.Nf5 Bxf5 31.gxf5 Rf2 32.Rg1 Rxf5 33.Rxg7 a5 34.Rh7 h5 35.Kd2 a4 36.Kc3 c5

37.b4 axb3 38.Kxb3 Ka7 39.Rh6 b6 40.Ka4 Ka6 41.Rh7 Rf4 42.Kb3 Rf3+ 43.Ka4 Rh3 44.Rh6 h4 45.Rh7 Rh1 46.Rh6 h3 47.Rh7 h2

48.Rh6 Rc1 49.Rxh2 Rxc4+ 50.Kb3 Kb5 51.Ra2 Rh4 52.a4+ Ka5 53.Rb2 Rb4+, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/17/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1915) - BalfaKrOOI_FCB (Chess.com 1799), Chess.com 9/17/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Nxe2 Nbd7 7.fxe5 Nxe5 8.d4 Ng6 9.e5 Ne4 10.O-O Be7 11.c3 O-O 12.Nd2 f5 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.Nf4 Nxf4 15.Bxf4 c6 16.Qd2 Qd7 17.Be3 a6 18.a4 b5 19.axb5 axb5

20.Rxf8+ Rxf8 21.Bg5 h6 22.Bxe7 Qxe7 23.b4 Qe6 24.Qe2 Rf7 25.h3 Kh7 26.Rf1 Ra7 27.g4 h5 28.Rf5 g6 29.Rf6 Ra1+ 30.Kg2 Qe7

31.gxh5 g5 32.Qf2 Ra7 33.Qf5+ Kg8 34.Rg6+ Kh8 35.Qc8+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

byjh0528 (lichess 1977) - JimWest (lichess 2100), lichess 9/17/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nc3 fxe4 8.Nxe5 Nf6 9.Nb5 Bd6 10.Bf4 Be6 11.O-O-O O-O 12.Be2 Ne8 13.Bg3 Bxe5 14.Bxe5 Rxf2 15.Bf1 Nc6 16.Bg3 Rf7 17.a3 a6 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Rxd4 Nf6

20.b3 Re8 21.Kb2 c6 22.a4 Rd7 23.Rxd7 Bxd7 24.Bc4+ Be6 25.Be2 b5 26.h3 bxa4 27.Bxa6 axb3 28.cxb3 Rd8 29.Bf4 Nd5 30.Bg5 Rb8 31.Re1 Nf6 32.Kc1 Rxb3 33.Bxf6 gxf6 34.Rxe4 Bd5 35.Rg4+ Kf7 36.Kc2 Ra3

37.Bc4 Bxc4 38.Rxc4 Ra2+ 39.Kd3 Rxg2 40.Rxc6 Rg3+ 41.Ke4 Rxh3 42.Kf5 Rh5+ 43.Kg4 Rg5+ 44.Kh4 Kg6 45.Rc8 Rh5+ 46.Kg3 h6 47.Kf4 Ra5 48.Kg3 h5 49.Rg8+ Kh6 50.Rh8+ Kg7 51.Rb8 Kg6 52.Rg8+ Kf5 53.Rh8 Ke4

54.Kh4 Kf4 55.Rf8 f5 56.Rb8 Ra4 57.Kxh5 Kf3 58.Rb3+ Ke4 59.Rb1 f4 60.Rf1 f3 61.Kg4 Ke3+ 62.Kg3 f2 63.Rxf2 Rg4+ 64.Kxg4 Kxf2, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/16/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

ChessButWithWRizz (Chess.com 1727) - JimWest (Chess.com 1909), Chess.com 9/16/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bc4 c6 4.d3 f5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.O-O f4 9.h3 a5 10.a4 Na6 11.d4 Qe7 12.Qd2 Be6 13.d5 Bf7 14.Bxa6 Rxa6 15.Rfb1 O-O 16.b4 axb4 17.Rxb4 c5 18.Rb5 g5 19.Rab1 Ra7

20.Rb6 h5 21.Nb5 Rxa4 22.Nxd6 g4 23.hxg4 hxg4 24.Ne1 Rd4 25.Qa5 g3 26.f3 Bxd5 27.Qxc5 Qh7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2101) - linares91 (lichess 2124), lichess 9/16/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 d6 3.e4 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.c3 b6 7.Be2 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7 9.a4 a5 10.Na3 e5

11.f5 Qe7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.fxg6 fxg6 15.Qb3+ Kh7 16.g3 d5 17.exd5 Bxd5 18.c4 Bb7 19.Qb5 Rad8 20.Qxe5 Qd7 21.Nc2 Rfe8 22.Qd4 Rxe2 23.Qxd7 Rxd7

24.Nfd4 Re8 25.Rae1 Rxe1 26.Rxe1 c5 27.Ne6 Re7 28.Ng5+ hxg5 29.Rxe7 Bf3 30.Kf2 Bg4 31.Ne3 Bf5 32.Nxf5 gxf5 33.Rb7, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/15/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Trikken2 (Chess.com 1707) - JimWest (Chess.com 1905), Chess.com 9/15/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.exf5 Bd6 8.O-O Bxf5 9.Re1 Nc6 10.c3 O-O-O 11.Bg5 Nf6 12.Nbd2 Rde8 13.Bb3 Rhf8 14.Nc4 Ne4 15.Bh4 Nc5 16.Nxd6+ cxd6 17.Bd5 Bd7 18.Rad1 Kc7

19.b4 Ne6 20.a4 Nf4 21.Bb3 Bg4 22.Re3 Bxf3 23.Rxf3 Ne2+ 24.Kf1 Rxf3 25.gxf3 Nxc3 26.Rc1 Nxa4 27.Bxa4 Kb6 28.Bxc6 bxc6 29.Bg5 d5 30.Ke2 h6 31.Bd2 g5

32.h4 gxh4 33.Bxh6 Rh8 34.Bg7 Rh5 35.Bf6 h3 36.Rh1 a5 37.bxa5+ Kxa5 38.Kd3 c5 39.Bd8+ Kb5 40.Rb1+ Kc6 41.Rb6+ Kd7 42.Bf6 h2 43.Rb7+ Kc6 44.Rb1 h1=Q 45.Rxh1 Rxh1 46.Bxe5 c4+ 47.Kc2 Rh3

48.f4 Rf3 49.Bd4 Rxf4 50.Kc3 Rxd4 51.Kxd4 Kd6 52.f3 Ke6 53.Ke3 Ke5 54.f4+ Kf5 55.Kf3 d4 56.Ke2 Kxf4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2107) - kaher010146 (lichess 2042), lichess 9/15/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Na4 Bxg1 7.Rxg1 Ng4 8.h3 Nh2 9.Nc3 Nxf1 10.Kxf1 Qh4 11.Nd5 O-O 12.f5 Nd4 13.c3 Nxf5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Qf3 Be6 16.Nxc7 Rac8 17.Nd5 f5 18.c4 b5

19.b3 bxc4 20.bxc4 e4 21.Qf4 Qd8 22.Qg5 Qa5 23.Bb2 Rf7 24.Ne7+ Kf8 25.Nxc8 Bxc8 26.Bc3 Qa3 27.Qd8#.

2 PCG Games 9/14/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

chesschinchilla2000 (Chess.com 2003) - JimWest (Chess.com 1904), Chess.com 9/14/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.dxe5 Bc5 7.c4 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Qxg5 9.Bxb4 d4 10.Qxd4 Nc6 11.Qc5 Qc1+ 12.Ke2 Nxb4 13.Qxb4 Bg4+ 14.f3 exf3+ 15.gxf3 O-O-O

16.Bg2 Qc2+ 17.Nd2 Qd3+ 18.Ke1 Qe3+ 19.Kd1 Bxf3+ 20.Bxf3 Qxf3+ 21.Kc2 Qd3+ 22.Kd1 Nh6 23.Qb3 Ng4 24.Qxd3 Rxd3 25.Ke2 Rhd8 26.Rad1 Ne3 27.e6 Nxd1 28.Rxd1 Rxd2+ 29.Rxd2 Rxd2+ 30.Kxd2 Kd8 31.Ke3 Ke7 32.b4 Kxe6

33.Ke4 g5 34.a4 a6 35.b5 a5 36.c5 b6 37.c6 h5 38.h3 h4 39.Ke3 Ke5 40.Kf3 Kf5 41.Kf2 g4 42.Kg2 g3 43.Kg1 Ke5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

IgorIrkutsk (lichess 2099) - JimWest (lichess 2113), lichess 9/14/2023

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.Be2, draw.

2 PCG Games 9/13/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

osbornzee (Chess.com 1815) - JimWest (Chess.com 1905), Chess.com 9/13/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.c4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Nc3 c6 12.Be2 Re8 13.O-O Rxe6 14.Rac1 Nbd7 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.Nb5 Rc6 17.Qb4 Qb6 18.Qb3 Rac8

19.Nc3 Qxb3 20.axb3 a6 21.b4 b5 22.Ra1 Nf8 23.Ra5 Ne6 24.Rd1 Nf4 25.Bf1 Kf7 26.Rda1 Ne6 27.Rxa6 Rxa6 28.Rxa6 Nxd4 29.g3 Rb8 30.Ra7+ Kg6 31.Ra6 Kf7 32.Ra7+ Kg8 33.Ra5 Nc6 34.Rxb5 Rxb5 35.Bxb5 Nxb4

36.h3 Kf7 37.Kf1 Ke6 38.Ke2 Ke5 39.f3 exf3+ 40.Kxf3 d4 41.Nd1 h5 42.Nf2 g5 43.Nd3+ Nxd3 44.Bxd3 g4+ 45.hxg4 hxg4+ 46.Kf2 Nd5 47.Be2 Kf5 48.Bd3+ Ke5 49.Be2 Nb4 50.Bxg4 Nd3+ 51.Ke2 Nxb2

52.Kd2 Nc4+ 53.Kd3 Ne3 54.Be2 Nd5 55.Bf3 Ne3 56.Be2 Nf5 57.g4 Ne3 58.g5 Kf5 59.Kxd4 Kxg5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

A518a (lichess 2120) - JimWest (lichess 2123), lichess 9/13/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Nc6 12.Bxf6+ Qxf6 13.Qxf6+ Kxf6 14.Nc3 Bf5 15.O-O-O Bh6+ 16.Kb1 Rxh8 17.h3 Rd8 18.d5 Ne5 19.g4 Bg6

20.Rhe1 Nf3 21.Re2 Ke5 22.b3 Nd4 23.Ree1 Nf3 24.Re2 Nd4 25.Ree1 Nf3 26.Re2, draw.