PCG Reversed & PCG 3/8/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest Chess.com 1891) - Malikleo (Chess.com 1825), Chess.com 3/8/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 O-O 6.c3 d5 7.e5 Ng4 8.d4 Bb6 9.Nf3 h6 10.h3 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 Re8 12.Be2 f6 13.Bh2 Qe7 14.Na3 Qe3 15.Nc2 Qe7 16.Qd2 Bf5

17.Kd1 Bxc2+ 18.Qxc2 Nd7 19.Re1 Nf8 20.Bd3 Ne6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Kunwar_Shivaji (lichess 2005) -JimWest (lichess 2142), lichess 3/8/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Be3 d4 9.Bg5 Qf5 10.Bh4 Bxe6 11.Nxh8 Nc6 12.Be2 Nf6 13.O-O O-O-O 14.a3 Rxh8 15.b4 Bb6 16.Nd2 g5 17.Bg3 h5 18.h3 h4 19.Bh2 g4

20.Nc4 gxh3 21.Nxb6+ axb6 22.g3 Rd8 23.Qe1 d3 24.cxd3 exd3 25.Bd1 Bd5 26.f3 Re8 27.Qf2 Rg8 28.g4 Nxg4 29.fxg4 Rxg4+ 30.Bxg4 Qxg4+ 31.Bg3 Qxg3+ 32.Qxg3 hxg3

33.Rf8+ Kd7 34.Rh8 h2+ 35.Rxh2 gxh2+ 36.Kxh2 b5 37.Kg3 Bc4 38.Kf4 Nd4 39.Rh1 Nc2 40.a4 bxa4 41.Ke5 b5 42.Rh7+ Kc6 43.Rh6+ Kb7 44.Ke4 Nxb4

 45.Kd4 d2 46.Rh1 Bb3 47.Kc3 d1=Q 48.Rxd1 Bxd1 49.Kxb4 Kb6, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/7/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

MiracleChop (Chess.com 1790) - JimWest (Chess.com 1884), Chess.com 3/7/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.d4 Be7 6.d5 Nb8 7.Bd3 fxe4 8.Nxe4 Nf6 9.c4 O-O 10.Qc2 h6 11.h3 a5 12.Be3 Na6 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Bg6 b6 15.g4 Nb4 16.Bh7+ Kh8 17.Qg6 Qe7

18.g5 Bxg5 19.Nxg5 hxg5 20.Bxg5 Qf7 21.Qxf7 Rxf7 22.a3 Kxh7 23.axb4 Bf5 24.bxa5 bxa5 25.b4 a4 26.Ke2 Bc2 27.c5 Bb3 28.Ra3 Bxd5 29.Rha1 Raf8 30.Be3 Bb3

31.cxd6 cxd6 32.b5 Bc4+ 33.Kd2 Bxb5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2135) - unprasad72 (lichess 2187), lichess 3/7/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Nxe2 dxe4 7.fxe5 exd3 8.exf6 dxe2 9.Qxe2+ Kd7 10.fxg7 Bxg7 11.Qg4+ Kc6 12.Qxg7 Re8+ 13.Kf2 Na6 14.Be3 Rxe3 15.Kxe3 Qe7+ 16.Kf3 Re8 17.Qh6+ f6 18.Nc3 Nc5

19.Rhe1 Qxe1 20.Rxe1 Rxe1 21.Qxf6+ Re6 22.Qd4 Rd6 23.Qxc5+ Kxc5 24.Ne4+ Kd5 25.Nxd6 cxd6 26.g4 Ke5 27.h4 b5 28.c3 a5 29.b3 d5 30.Ke3 h6

31.g5 hxg5 32.hxg5 a4 33.g6 axb3 34.axb3 Kf6 35.Kd4 b4 36.cxb4 Kxf6 37.Kxd5 Kf7 38.Kd6 Ke8 39.Kc7, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 3/6/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Erkapocchia (Chess.com 1791) - JimWest (Chess.com 1877), Chess.com 3/6/2024

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Nc3 f5 7.Bg5+ Nf6 8.O-O-O Ke8 9.Bc4 Nc6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Rhe1 fxe4 12.Nxe4 Ke7 13.Nxd6 cxd6 14.Nd2 Be6 15.Bxe6 Kxe6 16.Ne4 Rad8 17.g4 h5 18.h3 hxg4 19.hxg4 Rh2

20.Rd2 Rg2 21.f3 Rxd2 22.Kxd2 Nd4 23.Re3 Rh8 24.c3 Rh2+ 25.Kd3 Nc2 26.Re2 Rxe2 27.Kxe2 d5 28.Nc5+ Kd6 29.Nxb7+ Kc6 30.Nd8+ Kd7 31.Nf7 Ke6 32.Nh6 d4 33.Kd2 Ne3 34.cxd4 exd4 35.Kd3 Ke5

36.Nf5 Nxf5 37.gxf5 Kxf5 38.Kxd4 Kf4 39.Kd5 Kxf3 40.Ke6 Ke4 41.Kxf6 Kd3 42.Ke6 Kc2 43.b4 Kb2 44.Kd5 Kxa2 45.Kc5 Ka3 46.Kb5 Kb3 47.Ka5 a6 48.Kxa6 Kxb4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ama-Spieler (lichess 2061) - JimWest (lichess 2130), lichess 3/6/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.g3 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 a5 9.a4 Na6 10.d4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Rxe4 Bf5 13.Re2 e4 14.Nd2 d5 15.c3 Bg4 16.f3 exf3 17.Bxf3 Bxf3 18.Nxf3 Rxf3

19.Rxe7 Rxg3+ 20.hxg3 Qxe7 21.Bf4 Re8 22.Be5 Nb8 23.Qg4 Nd7 24.Re1 Nxe5 25.Rxe5 Qf7 26.Qe2 Rxe5 27.Qxe5 h6 28.Kg2 Kh7 29.Qb8 Qe7 30.Kf2 h5 31.Qc8 g6

32.b3 Kg7 33.Qa8 h4 34.gxh4 Qxh4+ 35.Kg2 Qe4+ 36.Kh3 Qf3+ 37.Kh2 Qe2+ 38.Kg3 Qe1+ 39.Kg2 Qe4+ 40.Kg3 Qd3+ 41.Kg4 Qxc3 42.Qxb7+ Kh6 43.Qb6 Qd2 44.Qc5 Qd1+ 45.Kf4 g5+ 46.Kf5 Qf3+ 47.Ke6 Kg6

48.Kd7 Qf6 49.Kc7 g4 50.Qc2+ Kg5 51.Qe2 Qxd4 52.Kxc6 Qc3+ 53.Kd6 Qxb3 54.Qe7+ Kh5 55.Qh7+ Kg5 56.Qe7+ Kf4 57.Qf6+ Kg3 58.Qe5+ Kg2 59.Qe2+ Kg3 60.Qe1+ Kf3 61.Qf1+ Kg3 62.Qg1+ Kh4

63.Qd4 Qg3+ 64.Kxd5 Qf3+ 65.Kc5 Kg3 66.Qg1+ Kf4 67.Kb5 g3 68.Qc1+ Qe3 69.Qf1+ Kg4 70.Qd1+ Qf3 71.Qd7+ Kh4 72.Qd4+ Kh3 73.Qh8+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/5/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

rithvik (Chess.com 1840) - JimWest (Chess.com 1873), Chess.com 3/5/2024

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Nf7 Kxf7 13.Bc4+ Kg7 14.O-O-O Nc6 15.Bxf6+ Bxf6 16.Qxe4 Nxd4 17.c3 Bf5 18.Qe3 b5 19.Bxb5 Qd5

20.Qg3+ Kh8 21.Bf1 Qxa2 22.cxd4 Qb1+ 23.Kd2 Qxb2+ 24.Ke1 Re8+ 25.Qe3 Rxe3+ 26.fxe3 Qc3+ 27.Kf2 Bg5 28.Re1 Be4 29.Ba6 Bh4+ 30.g3 Bxh1 31.Rxh1 Bg5 32.Re1 Qd2+ 33.Re2 Bxe3+ 34.Kf3 Qxd4 35.Rxe3 Qf6+ 36.Kg4 Qxa6

37.Kg5 Qg6+ 38.Kf4 Qh6+ 39.Kf3 Qxh2 40.Re8+ Kg7 41.Re7+ Kf6 42.Rxc7 Qh5+ 43.Kf2 Qf5+ 44.Kg2 a5 45.Ra7 h5 46.Kh2 Qf2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2125) - bozok22 (lichess 2067), lichess 3/5/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 d6 5.Na4 Bb6 6.Nxb6 axb6 7.f4 exf4 8.Bxf4 Nf6 9.Nf3 h6 10.h3 O-O 11.Be2 Re8 12.O-O Nh7 13.a3 Qf6 14.Qc1 Nd4 15.Nxd4 Qxd4+ 16.Be3 Qe5 17.c3 c5 18.Bf3 f5 19.Bf4 Qe7

20.exf5 Bxf5 21.Bd5+ Kh8 22.Qd2 Bg6 23.Rae1 Qd7 24.Be4 Bxe4 25.Rxe4 Nf6 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Re1 Rxe1+ 28.Qxe1 Kg8 29.Qf2 Kf7 30.Be3 Kg8

31.Bxh6 d5 32.Bg5 Nh7 33.Bd2 Qb5 34.Qf5 Qxd3 35.Qxd3, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/4/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

gudfuntyme (Chess.com 1896) - JimWest (Chess.com 1931), Chess.com 3/4/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Be2 c6 6.O-O Nd7 7.Re1 Be7 8.Qb3 Nc5 9.Qd1 Nd3 10.Bxd3 Bxd3 11.Qb3 Qd7 12.c4 Bxb1 13.Rxb1 O-O-O 14.Qc2 Nf6 15.d4 e4 16.Ng5 d5 17.Nf7 Bb4

18.Re2 Qxf7 19.Bf4 Bd6 20.Bg5 Kb8 21.c5 Bxh2+ 22.Kxh2 Qh5+ 23.Kg1 Qxg5 24.Re3 Nh5 25.b4 a6 26.a4 Nf4 27.Rg3 Qf6 28.Qd2 Nd3 29.b5 axb5 30.axb5 cxb5 31.Rxb5 Rhf8

32.f3 Qxd4+ 33.Kh2 exf3 34.c6 Qh4+ 35.Rh3 Qf4+ 36.Qxf4+ Nxf4 37.Rxf3 Kc7 38.cxb7 Rb8 39.Rc3+ Kd6 40.Rb6+ Ke5 41.Rc7 Rf6 42.Rxf6 Kxf6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2118) - chook99 (lichess 2184), lichess 3/4/2024

1.e3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.c3 c6 9.Kh1 Qc7 10.a4 d5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.fxe5 Qxe5 13.Bf4 Qe7 14.e5 Nd7 15.d4 f6 16.exf6 Nxf6 17.Bg5 Bf5 18.Nd2 Qd7 19.Bxf6 Bxf6

20.Nf3 Rae8 21.Bd3 Bxd3 22.Qxd3 Bg7 23.Rae1 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 Re8 25.Rxe8+ Qxe8 26.Kg1 Bf6 27.Kf2 Qe6 28.b4 a6 29.a5 Kf7 30.h3 Kg7 31.g4 Qd6 32.Qe3 Kf7 33.g5 Bd8

34.Ne5+ Kg8 35.Qf4 Qe6 36.h4 Bc7 37.Qf6 Qf5+ 38.Qxf5 gxf5 39.Nd3 Bd6 40.Kf3 Kf7 41.Nc5 Bxc5 42.bxc5 Ke7 43.Kf4 Ke6 44.h5 Kf7 45.Kxf5 Ke7 46.Ke5, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 3/3/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

eueraumbebado (Chess.com 1896) - JimWest (Chess.com 1915), Chess.com 3/3/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.exf5 Bd6 8.g4 h5 9.Nh4 Ne7 10.Bg5 hxg4 11.Bxe7 Bxe7 12.Ng6 Rh6 13.Nc3 c6 14.O-O-O Bxf5

15.Nxe7 Kxe7 16.Rhe1 Nf7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

pb21000 (lichess 2208) - JimWest (lichess 2117), lichess 3/3/2024

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.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/2/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1924) - eric_santos (Chess.com 1838), Chess.com 3/2/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Nxe2 dxe4 7.fxe5 Ng4 8.d4 Qh4+ 9.g3 Qh3 10.Nf4 Qh6 11.Qxg4 Qc6

12.Qc8+ Ke7 13.Nc3 b5 14.Ncd5+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

iPista (lichess 2141) - JimWest (lichess 2128), lichess 3/2/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nxe4 Nxe4 7.Qh5+ Kd7 8.Bc4 Nf6 9.Be6+ Kc6 10.Qf3+ d5 11.Qc3+ Kb6 12.Qb3+ Ka5

13.Bd2+ Ka6 14.Qa4+ Kb6 15.Qa5+ Kc6 16.Qc3+ Kb6 17.Qb3+ Kc6 18.Qc3+ Kb6 19.Qb3+ Kc6 20.Qc3+, draw.

2 PCG Games 3/1/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Chris98765 (Chess.com 1842) - JimWest (Chess.com 1921), Chess.com 3/1/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bc4 Nc6 13.Qg3 Kxh8 14.c3 Bf5 15.O-O Bg6 16.Qe3 Na5 17.Be6 Qd6 18.Bh3 Nc4 19.Qc1 Rg8

20.b3 Nb6 21.Bf4 Qd8 22.g3 Nbd5 23.Be5 Bd6 24.c4 Nb4 25.Bxd6 cxd6 26.d5 Nd3 27.Qc3 Ne5 28.Bg2 Rf8 29.f3 Qb6+ 30.Kh1 exf3 31.Bxf3 Nxf3 32.Rxf3 Be4 33.Re1 Bxf3+ 34.Qxf3 Qd8

35.Re6 Nd7 36.Qd1 Ne5 37.Kg2 Re8 38.c5 Rxe6 39.dxe6 Qf6 40.cxd6 Qxe6 41.Qd4 Kg8 42.Qxa7 Qxd6 43.Qa8+ Kg7 44.Qxb7+ Kh6 45.Qa7 Qd5+ 46.Kh3 Qe6+ 47.Kg2 Qd5+ 48.Kh3 Qe6+ 49.Kg2 Qd5+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ama-Spieler (lichess 2077) - JimWest (lichess 2127), lichess 3/1/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.c3 Bg4 9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.b4 O-O-O 11.Qb3 Ne7 12.a4 g5 13.Be2 h5 14.Ba3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 g4 16.Be2 f3 17.Bc4 Bh6 18.Rfd1 Bxd2 19.Rxd2 fxg2

20.Be6 Ng6 21.b5 Nf4 22.Bxd7+ Rxd7 23.Rxd7 Kxd7 24.bxc6+ Qxc6 25.Rd1+ Kc8, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 2/29/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1943) - artee1 (Chess.com 1784), Chess.com 2/29/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be6 6.f5 Bd7 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Be2 h6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.O-O g6 11.fxg6 fxg6 12.c3 Qe7 13.Nbd2 O-O-O 14.b4 a6 15.a4 Nb8 16.c4 c5 17.bxc5 dxc5

18.Nb1 Nc6 19.Nc3 Nd4 20.Nxd4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2123) - ildarkl (lichess 2189), lichess 2/29/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 Be7 8.Nf3 Nf2 9.Qe2 Nxh1 10.Bxe3 Bh4+ 11.Kf1 Ng3+ 12.hxg3 Bxg3 13.Nbd2 O-O 14.Ne4 Bh4 15.Kg1 Nc6 16.c3 Bg4 17.Rf1 Ne7 18.g3 Ng6 19.Qg2 Be7

20.Nh2 Be6 21.d5 Bxd5 22.Bxd5 c6 23.Bb3 Nxe5 24.Bd4 Ng6 25.Qf3 Qe8 26.Ng4 b6 27.Re1 Qc8 28.Nh6+ gxh6 29.Nf6+ Kg7 30.Nh5+ Kg8 31.Rxe7 Nxe7

32.Qf6 Qg4 33.Qh8#.