PCG & PCG Reversed 8/20/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Aliaksandor (Chess.com 2020) - JimWest (Chess.com 2016), Chess.com 8/20/2024

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.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.f3 Qe8 12.fxe4 Bxc3 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.bxc3 fxe5 15.exd5 Rxf1+ 16.Bxf1 cxd5 17.dxe5 Qxe5 18.Qd2 Nc6 19.Re1 Qh5

20.Be2 Qg6 21.Qxd5+ Be6 22.Qb5 Rb8 23.Bc4 Bxc4 24.Qxc4+ Kh8 25.Re4 Rg8 26.Qe2 Qg5 27.Re8 Rxe8 28.Qxe8+ Qg8 29.Qd7 Qd8 30.Qxb7 Qd1+ 31.Kf2 Qxc2+ 32.Kg1 Qxc3

33.Qc8+ Kg7 34.Qd7+ Kg6 35.Qe6+ Qf6 36.Qg4+ Kf7 37.Qd7+ Kg6 38.Qg4+ Kf7 39.Qd7+ Kg6 40.Qg4+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2179) - Mzaliwa (lichess 2209), lichess 8/20/2024

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 Qh4+ 14.g3 Qe4

15.Qc3+ Kd7 16.Qd3+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 8/19/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

haiderchessfsd (Chess.com 2045) - JimWest (Chess.com 2005), Chess.com 8/19/2024

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.Kf1 Ne7 16.Qc3 O-O+ 17.Bf3 Rxf3+ 18.gxf3 Bh3#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

SentrySix (lichess 2091) - JimWest (lichess 2199), lichess 8/19/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c5 11.c3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nc6 13.f4 Qb6 14.Nxc6 bxc6

15.Qc2 Qxd4+ 16.Kh1 Bd7 17.Rad1 Qc5 18.a3 Qxc2, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 8/18/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1990) - khantyeyint2 (Chess.com 2027), Chess.com 8/18/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 d6 6.Na4 Bd4 7.Nf3 Ng4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.f5 h5 10.Nc3 g6 11.Ne2 Nxe2 12.Bxe2 gxf5 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.O-O Qh4 15.h3 Be6 16.Qe1 Qxe1 17.Rxe1 Nf6 18.Bg5 Nd5 19.c4 Nf4

20.Bxf4 exf4 21.Rf1 O-O-O 22.Rxf4 Rdg8 23.Kh2 Rg7 24.d4 c6 25.b3 d5 26.cxd5 Bxd5 27.Bf3 Bxf3 28.Rxf3 Re8 29.Raf1 Re2 30.R3f2 Rxf2 31.Rxf2 Kd7

32.Rf5 Rh7 33.Kg3 Ke6 34.Re5+ Kf6 35.Kh4 Rh8 36.Rxh5 Rd8 37.g4 Rxd4 38.Rf5+ Ke6 39.Rf2 f6 40.Kg3 c5 41.h4 Kf7 42.g5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2196) - talal000001 (lichess 2153), lichess 8/18/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 d6 3.e4 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.c3 a5 9.a4 Nc5 10.Kh1 e5 11.Qc2 Bg4 12.Na3 Nh5 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Nc4 Bxf3 15.Rxf3 Ne6 16.Be3 Nhf4 17.Bxf4 Nxf4 18.Bf1 Qe7

19.d4 exd4 20.Rxf4 dxc3 21.bxc3 Bh6 22.Rf3 Rad8 23.e5 Rd5 24.Re1 b5 25.axb5 cxb5 26.Nxa5 Rxe5 27.Rxe5 Qxe5 28.Nc6 Qc5 29.Nb4 Rd8 30.Rd3 Rc8 31.Nd5 Bg7 32.Qe2 Kf8 33.g3 Re8 34.Qf3 f5

35.Rd1 Re4 36.Bg2 Be5 37.Qd3 Rc4 38.Ne3 Rxc3 39.Qd8+ Kg7 40.Rd7+ Kh6 41.Qh4#.

2 PCG Games 8/17/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

kaytae137 (Chess.com 1861) - JimWest (Chess.com 1976), Chess.com 8/17/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.d5 Nd4 8.Bd3 Be7 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qxh6 Bxd3 11.Na3 Nf5 12.Ne6 Nxh6 13.Nxd8 Rxd8 14.Bxh6 Ba6 15.c4 Bf8 16.Bg5 Rd7 17.b3 Bg7 18.O-O O-O 19.Nc2 b6

20.Nb4 Bb7 21.Rad1 a5 22.Nd3 Rdf7 23.f4 h6 24.Bh4 exf4 25.Be1 g5 26.Bd2 Bc8 27.Rde1 Bf5 28.Nf2 Bd4 29.Kh1 Bxf2 30.Rxf2 Bd7 31.Bc3 Re8 32.Rxe8+ Bxe8 33.Re2 Bd7

34.Kg1 f3 35.gxf3 Rxf3 36.Re7 Bh3 37.Re1 Rxc3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

AndreyRozhkov77 (lichess 2252) - JimWest (lichess 2200), lichess 8/17/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.Qf3 Bg4 9.Qe3 Bd6 10.d4 O-O 11.dxe5 Bxe5 12.O-O Re8 13.Qd3 h6 14.h3 Bh5 15.Nf3 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Nbd7 17.Nd2 Nc5 18.c3 Nxb3 19.axb3 a6

20.Kh1 Qc7 21.Qd3 Bf4 22.Nf3 Bxc1 23.Raxc1 Ne4 24.Rce1 Qb6 25.Qc2 Rf8, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 8/16/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Zaenalbaru (Chess.com 2085) - JimWest (Chess.com 1970), Chess.com 8/16/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Ndf2 e3 8.fxe3 Qxe3+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Bxe2 Bxf5 11.Na3 Ne7 12.g4 Bd7 13.O-O Nbc6 14.Nb5 O-O-O 15.c4 a6 16.d5 Ne5 17.Nc3 Bxg4 18.Bxg4+ Nxg4 19.Rf7 Ng6

20.Rxg7 Rd7 21.Rxd7 Kxd7 22.Rf1 Rf8 23.Rxf8 Nxf8 24.Nce4 Ke7 25.h3 Ne5 26.Kg2 Nfd7 27.b3 a5 28.Ng5 Nf6 29.Ne6 c6 30.Nf4 cxd5 31.cxd5 Ng6 32.Nxg6+ hxg6 33.Nc4 Nxd5 34.Nxa5 b5

35.Nc6+ Kd7 36.Nd4 b4 37.Nc2 Kc6 38.a4 bxa3 39.Nxa3 Kc5 40.Kf3 Kb4 41.Nc4 Kxb3 42.Nxd6 Kb4 43.Kg4 Kc5 44.Nf7 Kd4 45.Nh8 Ke5 46.Kg5 Ke6 47.h4 Ke7 48.Nxg6+ Kf7 49.h5 Kg7

50.h6+ Kh7 51.Nf8+ Kh8 52.Kg6 Ne7+ 53.Kg5 Ng8 54.h7 Nf6 55.Kxf6, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

GNPikachu (lichess 2299) - JimWest (lichess 2188), lichess 8/16/2024

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.Bh6+ Kxh8 12.Bxf8 Nc6 13.Qc5 Nd7 14.Qc3 Qxf8 15.O-O-O Nf6 16.Bc4 Qb4 17.Qxb4 Nxb4 18.f3 exf3 19.gxf3 Bf5

20.c3 Nbd5 21.Rde1 c6 22.Re5 Bg6 23.Rhe1 Kg7 24.Kd2 Rf8 25.Rg1 b5 26.Bd3 Kf7 27.Bf5 Bxf5 28.Rxf5 a5 29.Rfg5 Ke6 30.b3 Rf7 31.Rg7 Rxg7 32.Rxg7 Ne7

33.c4 bxc4 34.bxc4 Nf5 35.Ra7 Nxd4 36.Ke3 Nf5+ 37.Kf2 Nd6 38.Rxa5 Nxc4 39.Rc5 Ne5 40.Rc2 Kd6 41.a4 Nd5 42.a5 Nd3+ 43.Kg3 N3b4 44.Rc1 c5 45.f4 Kc6 46.f5 Kb5 47.Ra1 c4 48.Kh4 c3 49.Kg5 c2

50.f6 Nxf6 51.Kxf6 Ka6 52.h4 Nd3 53.h5 c1=Q 54.Rxc1 Nxc1 55.Kg7 Nd3 56.Kxh7 Nf4 57.h6 Ne6 58.Kg6 Nf8+ 59.Kg7 Ne6+ 60.Kf6 Nf8 61.Kf7 Nh7 62.Kg7 Ng5 63.Kg6 Ne6 64.Kf6 Nf8 65.Kf7 Nh7

66.Kg7 Ng5 67.Kg8 Kxa5 68.h7 Nxh7, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/15/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

yoshi-yosh (Chess.com 1918) - JimWest (Chess.com 1977), Chess.com 8/15/2024

1.Nf3 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bb3 a5 6.a4 Na6 7.Ng5 Nh6 8.Ne6 Bxe6 9.Bxe6 f4 10.d4 Qf6 11.d5 Nc7 12.Bh3 cxd5 13.cxd5 Nf7 14.Qg4 Rd8 15.Bd2 h5 16.Qf3 Ng5 17.Qb3 Nxh3 18.gxh3 Rb8 19.Bxa5 Qf7

20.Nc3 Qd7 21.Ne4 Be7 22.O-O-O O-O 23.Rhg1 Rfc8 24.Kb1 b5 25.Bb4 bxa4 26.Qa3 Ne8 27.Bxd6 Bxd6 28.Qa2 Qb5 29.Rd2 Qc4 30.Qxc4 Rxc4 31.f3 Rcb4 32.c3 Rb3 33.Rdg2 a3

34.Nxd6 Rxb2+ 35.Ka1 Rxg2 36.Rxg2 Nxd6 37.Rg6 Nb5 38.c4 Nc3 39.Rg1 a2 40.Rc1 Rb1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2189) - meli26 (lichess 2118), lichess 8/15/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.c3 a5 7.a4 Be6 8.Nd2 h6 9.d4 Bb6 10.Ngf3 O-O 11.Bd3 Re8 12.O-O Nbd7 13.h3 Nf8 14.Kh1 Ng6 15.Bh2 Qd7 16.e5 dxe5 17.Bxg6 fxg6 18.Nxe5 Qd5 19.Nxg6 Bd7

20.Nf4 Qc6 21.Qf3 Rad8 22.Qxc6 Bxc6 23.Nc4 Ba7 24.Nxa5 Be4 25.Rae1 Bb6 26.Nb3 Nd5 27.Nxd5 Bxd5 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8 29.Nc5 Re2 30.Rg1 Bxc5 31.dxc5 c6 32.Bd6 Rxb2 33.h4 Ra2 34.Kh2 Rxa4 35.Kh3 Rc4 36.g3 Rxc3

37.Rb1 Rb3 38.Rxb3 Bxb3 39.Kg4 Kf7 40.Kf5 g6+ 41.Ke5 h5 42.Bc7 Bd5 43.Bb6 Ke7 44.Kf4 Bb3 45.Kg5 Bc2 46.g4 hxg4 47.Kxg4 Ke6 48.Kg5 Bd3 49.h5 gxh5 50.Kxh5 Be4

51.Kg5 Bd5 52.Kf4 Kf6 53.Ke3 Kf5 54.Kd4 Ke6 55.Ke3 Kf5 56.Kd4 Ke6 57.Ke3 Kf5, draw.

2 PCG Games 8/14/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

jaquechess22 (Chess.com 1799) - JimWest (Chess.com 1969), Chess.com 8/14/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.a4 Bg4 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qb1 Bxf3 11.gxf3 a5 12.Qa2 Qe7 13.Kh1 Na6 14.Rad1 Nb4 15.Qb1 O-O-O 16.Ne2 d5 17.exd5 cxd5 18.Bb5 Qc7 19.c3 Nc6 

20.d4 Rhe8 21.dxe5 Rxe5 22.Nd4 Re7 23.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Bxd4 25.cxd4 g6 26.Rc1 Kb8 27.Qc2 Rc8 28.Qc5 Qf7 29.Qb6 Qc7 30.Qc5 Qf7 31.Re1 Na7

32.Qe7 Qxe7 33.Rxe7 Nxb5 34.axb5 b6 35.Rd7 Rc2 36.Rxd5 Rxb2 37.Rd7 a4 38.d5 a3 39.Rd8+ Kc7 40.Ra8 a2 41.Kg2 Kd6 42.Ra6 Kxd5 43.Ra3 Kc5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Yanis_Andrei (lichess 2237) - JimWest (lichess 2182), lichess 8/14/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.gxf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nc3 h6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 c6 10.Ne4 Nbd7 11.Nh2 d5 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Ng4 Bxg4 14.Bxg4 Re8 15.Bh5 Re7 16.Qg4 Kh8 17.f4 exf4 18.Bxf4 Ne5 19.Bxe5 Rxe5

20.Rxe5 Bxe5 21.d4 Bf6 22.c3 Qe7 23.Rf1 Rf8 24.Kh1 Bg5 25.Rxf8+ Qxf8 26.Qe2 Qe7 27.Qxe7 Bxe7 28.Bg4 b6 29.Bd7 c5 30.Bc6 cxd4 31.cxd4 Bf6 32.Bxd5 Bxd4 33.b3 a5 34.Kh2 g5

35.Kg3 Kg7 36.Kf3 Kf6 37.Ke4 Bc5 38.g4 Bf2 39.Bc4 Bc5 40.a4 Kg6 41.Ke5 h5 42.Bd3+ Kh6 43.Kf5 hxg4 44.hxg4 Be3 45.Kf6 Bd4+ 46.Kf7 Be3 47.Bg6 Bf4 48.Bf5 Be3 49.Bc2 Bf4 50.Kf6 Be3 51.Ke5 Kg7

52.Ke6 Bf4 53.Kd5 Kf6 54.Kc4 Ke5 55.b4 axb4 56.Kxb4 Bd2+ 57.Kb5 Ba5 58.Bf5 Kf4 59.Kc4 Be1 60.Kb5 Ba5 61.Bc8 Kg3 62.Kc4 Kf4 63.Kd3 Be1 64.Bf5, draw.

2 PCG Games 8/13/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Sakovskii (Chess.com 1918) - JimWest (Chess.com 1986), Chess.com 8/13/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qe2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.c3 O-O-O 11.Be3 d4 12.cxd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bxd4 14.Nd2 Bxb2 15.Rd1 Bc3

16.Qe3 Bxd2+ 17.Qxd2 Rxd2 18.Rxd2 Qa1+ 19.Rd1 Qc3+ 20.Rd2 Nf6 21.Bb5 c6 22.Ba4 Qa1+ 23.Rd1 Qxa2 24.Bxc6 bxc6 25.O-O e3 26.fxe3 Bd5 27.Rf2 Qb3 28.Re1 Ng4 29.Rf8+ Kc7 30.e4 Qb4

31.Rff1 Qd4+ 32.Kh1 Nf2+ 33.Rxf2 Qxf2 34.Ra1 Bxe4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

system88 (lichess 2105) - JimWest (lichess 2174). lichess 8/13/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Nh4 f4 9.Nf5 Bxf5 10.exf5 a5

11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.Bxe7 Nxe7 13.Bh5 Nxf5 14.Qg4 Qf6 15.Qh3 Qh6 16.g4 fxg3 17.fxg3 g6 18.g4 Qe3+ 19.Qxe3 Nxe3 20.Rxf8+ Kxf8 21.c4 gxh5 22.gxh5 Nd7 23.Re1 Nc2 24.Rf1+ Kg7 25.h6+ Kxh6 26.Rf7 Nc5

27.Rf6+ Kh5 28.Rxd6 Rg8+ 29.Kf1 Ne3+ 30.Kf2 Nf5 31.Rf6 Nxd3+ 32.Kf3 Nh4+ 33.Ke4 Nc5+ 34.Ke3 Rg2 35.Rf7 Kg6 36.Rf8 Rxh2 37.Rg8+ Kf7 38.Rh8 Ng6 39.Rd8 Rxb2 40.Rd2 Rxd2 41.Kxd2 b5 42.cxb5 cxb5

43.Kc3 h5 44.a3 h4 45.Kb2 h3 46.Kc2 b4 47.axb4 axb4 48.Kd2 h2 49.Ke2 h1=Q 50.Kf2 Qh3 51.Ke2 Qg3 52.Kd2 Qf3 53.Kc2 Qe3 54.Kb2 Qd3 55.Ka2 Qd2+ 56.Kb1 b3 57.Ka1 Qa2#.