2 PCG Games 12/9/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

GM-THEWJAN (Chess.com 2011) - JimWest (Chess.com 2033), Chess.com 12/9/2025

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.Nc3 Nc6 12.Qg3+ Kxh8 13.Bg5 Bg7 14.O-O-O Bf5 15.d5 Nb4 16.a3 Na6 17.Qf4 Bg6 18.d6 c6 19.Rhe1 Nc5

20.Qe3 Ncd7 21.h4 h5 22.Bh6 Qf8 23.Bxg7+ Qxg7 24.f3 exf3 25.Qxf3 Rf8 26.Qh3 Rf7 27.Kb1 Ng4 28.Qg3 a5 29.Ne4 Bxe4 30.Rxe4 Ngf6 31.Qxg7+ Kxg7 32.Ra4 b6 33.Rc4 c5

34.b4 axb4 35.axb4 Ng4 36.Re1 Nge5 37.Rce4 Rf5 38.bxc5 bxc5 39.Ra4 Kf6 40.Ra6 Ke6 41.Kb2 Rf4 42.Kc3 Rxh4 43.g3 Rc4+ 44.Kb3 Rd4

45.Rh1 Rb4+ 46.Kc3 Rc4+ 47.Kb3 Rb4+ 48.Kc3 Rc4+ 49.Kb3 Rb4+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

mellowmusic_2019 (lichess 2046) - JimWest (lichess 2028), lichess 12/9/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 e3 8.fxe3 Qxe3+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Bxe2 Bxf5 11.Na3 Ne7 12.O-O O-O 13.c3 c6 14.Ndc4 d5 15.Ne5 Ng6 16.g4 Be4 17.Nxg6 Bxg6 18.h4 Nd7 19.h5 Be4

20.Kh2 h6 21.Kg3 Rxf1 22.Rxf1 Rf8 23.Rxf8+ Nxf8 24.Bf3 Bd3 25.Kf4 Kf7 26.Ke5 Ke7 27.b3 Nd7+ 28.Kf4 Nf6 29.c4 Kd6 30.g5 hxg5+ 31.Kxg5 Ne4+ 32.Bxe4 dxe4 33.Kf4 a6

34.b4 b5 35.c5+ Kd5 36.Ke3 Ke6 37.Kd2 Kd5 38.Kc3 Be2 39.Nc2 Bxh5 40.Ne3+ Ke6 41.d5+ cxd5 42.Kd4 Be2 43.Nxd5 Bc4 44.Nc7+ Kd7 45.Nxa6 Bxa2 46.Kxe4 g6 47.Ke5 Kc8 48.c6 g5 49.Kf5 Bd5 50.Kxg5 Bxc6

51.Kf6 Kb7 52.Nc5+ Kb6 53.Ke7 Bg2 54.Kd6 Bf1 55.Nd7+ Kb7 56.Kc5 Be2 57.Ne5 Bf1 58.Nc6 Kc7 59.Nd4 Kb8 60.Nxb5 Bxb5 61.Kxb5 Kb7

62.Ka5 Ka7 63.Kb5 Kb7 64.Kc5 Kc7 65.Kd5 Kb6 66.Kc4 Kc6 67.Kc3 Kb5 68.Kb3 Kb6 69.Ka3 Kb5 70.Kb3 Kb6 71.Kc4 Kc6 72.b5+ Kb6 73.Kb4 Kb7 74.Kc5 Kc7 75.b6+ Kb7 76.Kb5 Kb8

77.Kb4 Kb7 78.Kc5 Kb8 79.Kc6 Kc8 80.Kd6 Kb7 81.Kc5 Kb8 82.Kb5 Kb7 83.Ka5 Kb8 84.Ka6 Ka8 85.b7+ Kb8 86.Kb6, stalemate.

2 PCG Games 12/8/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Jhinmain (Chess.com 2125) - JimWest (Chess.com 2048), Chess.com 12/8/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Be2 Bd6 10.f4 O-O 11.O-O Be6 12.c4 Nbd7 13.b3 c5 14.cxd5 Bxd5 15.Be3 cxd4 16.Bxd4 Bc5 17.Nxd7 Bxd4+ 18.Qxd4 Qxd7

19.Bc4 Bxc4 20.Qxc4+ Qd5 21.Nxe4 Qxc4 22.Nxf6+ Rxf6 23.bxc4 Rc8 24.Rab1 b6 25.Rb4 Rfc6 26.Rc1 a5 27.Ra4 Kf7 28.Kf2 h5 29.h3 h4 30.Kf3 Rg6 31.c5 Rg3+ 32.Kf2 Rd3

33.c6 Rd6 34.Rac4 Rd2+ 35.Kf3 Rxa2 36.c7 Rd2 37.Rc6 Rd3+ 38.Kg4 Rg3+ 39.Kf5 g6+ 40.Ke4 Rxg2 41.Rd1 Re2+ 42.Kf3 Re7 43.Rd8 Rcxc7 44.Rxb6 a4 45.Ra6 Ra7 46.Ra8 Rxa8 47.Rxa8 Re1 48.Rxa4 Rg1 49.Ra5 Rg3+ 50.Kf2 Rxh3

51.Rg5 Ra3 52.f5 gxf5 53.Rxf5+ Kg6 54.Rf3 Rxf3+ 55.Kxf3 Kg5 56.Kg2 Kg4 57.Kg1 Kg3 58.Kh1 h3 59.Kg1 h2+ 60.Kh1 Kh3, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

eugenei (lichess 2101) - JimWest (lichess 2021), lichess 12/8/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Bxg8 Rxg8 5.d3 Be7 6.h4 f4 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.g3 Nc6 9.gxf4 Nd4 10.Rh3 Bxh3 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Qh5+ g6 13.Qxh7 Be6 14.f5 Bf7 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Kd7 17.fxg6 Qf8 18.Bg5 Re8 19.O-O-O Kd8

20.Bxe7+ Rxe7 21.Qh5 Qf6 22.Rg1 Qxf2 23.Qg5 Qe3+ 24.Qxe3 Rxe3 25.h5 Rh3 26.Rg5 Ke7 27.Rf5 Rg7 28.Kd2 Rh2+ 29.Ke1 Rxc2 30.h6 Rxg6 31.h7 Rg1+ 32.Rf1 Rxf1+ 33.Kxf1 Rh2

34.h8=Q Rxh8 35.Ke2 Rh2+ 36.Kf3 Rxb2 37.Ke4 Rxa2 38.Kxd4 Rc2, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 12/7/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2039) - AM_KAPPO (Chess.com 2195), Chess.com 12/7/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.f5 d5 8.Qc2 Re8 9.Bg5 dxe4 10.dxe4 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.O-O-O Rad8 14.Kb1 a6 15.g4 b5 16.h4 g5 17.hxg5 hxg5 18.Nb3 Be3 19.Qh2 Bf4

20.Qh7+ Kf8 21.Nc5 Bc8 22.Be2 Ke7 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Rh6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2008) - morsewang1980 (lichess 2022), lichess 12/7/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxf4 Nc6 7.d4 Be7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Bb5 Nb6 10.O-O f6 11.c3 fxe5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 c6 14.Bd3 Be6 15.Nd2 Qd7

16.Qh5, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/6/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

My_Emilia-Tan_EMT_Rezero (Chess.com 2049) - JimWest (Chess.com 2032), Chess.com 12/6/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nc3 a5 8.O-O f4 9.d4 Qc7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.g3 Bh3 12.Re1 fxg3 13.hxg3 Nbd7 14.Nh4 O-O-O

15.Kh2 Ng4+ 16.Kg1 Bxg5 17.Nf5 Nc5 18.Qf3 g6 19.b4 gxf5 20.bxc5 Bd2 21.Re2 Bxc3 22.Qxc3 Nh6 23.Be6+ Kb8 24.Kh2 Rhe8 25.Qb3 Bg4 26.f3 Bxf3 27.Qxf3 Rxe6

28.exf5 Rf6 29.g4 e4+ 30.Qg3 Nxg4+ 31.Kh3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2005) - feras123223 (lichess 1873), lichess 12/6/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 d6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 h5 6.Be2 h4 7.h3 Nh5 8.f5 Ng3 9.Rg1 b6 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bxh4 Nxe2 13.Qxe2 Nd4 14.Qf2 d5 15.O-O-O dxe4 16.dxe4 Bc5 17.Nxd4 Bxd4 18.Qe1 c5 19.Bf2 Qd7

20.Bxd4 cxd4 21.Qe2 a6 22.Nb1 Qc6 23.Rge1 O-O-O 24.Na3 Rh4 25.Qc4 b5 26.Qxc6+ Bxc6 27.c3 Rxe4 28.cxd4 Rxe1 29.Rxe1 Rxd4 30.Nc2 Rc4 31.b3 Rc3 32.Kb2 Rg3

33.Re2 Rxg2 34.Rxg2 Bxg2 35.h4 Kc7 36.Ne3 Bf3 37.Kc3 Kc6 38.b4 e4 39.Kd4 Kd6 40.a3 Kc6 41.Nd5 Kd6 42.Nc3 Kc6 43.Nxe4 Bxe4 44.Kxe4 Kb6

45.Kd5 a5 46.h5 axb4 47.axb4 Kc7 48.Ke6 Kc6 49.Kf7 Kd5 50.Kxg7 Kc4r 51.h6 Kxb4 52.h7 Kc3 53.h8=Q b4 54.Kxf6 b3, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/5/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2043) - SS_Catalin (Chess.com 1954), Chess.com 12/5/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 exf4 6.Bxf4 Ng4 7.Nh3 d4 8.Nb1 Ne3 9.Bxe3 dxe3 10.Qh5 Bd4 11.c3 g6 12.Qf3 Bxh3 13.Qxh3 Bg7 14.Qxe3 Nc6 15.Be2 Nb4 16.Na3 Nc6 17.O-O O-O

18.d4 a6 19.Nc2 Rb8 20.Bf3 b5 21.e5 Na5 22.Be2 Nc6 23.a3 Ne7 24.Bd3 Nd5 25.Qf3 Re8 26.Qxf7+ Kh8 27.Be4 Nb6 28.Qf2 Nc4 29.Ne3 Rf8 30.Qe2 Nxe3 31.Qxe3 c5

32.Rxf8+ Qxf8 33.Rf1 Qe7 34.Bb1 cxd4 35.cxd4 Rc8 36.Bxg6 hxg6 37.Qh3+ Bh6 38.Qxc8+ Kg7 39.Qc3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Iskodar (lichess 2088) - JimWest (lichess 2003), lichess 12/5/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nc3 a5 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.Qe2 Na6 10.O-O f4 11.Rfd1 Bg4 12.Nb1 Nc7 13.Nbd2 Qe7 14.Rdb1 Ne6 15.Qe1 O-O 16.c3 Kh8 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Nxf3 Ng5 19.Nxg5 Bxg5

20.f3 Bh4 21.Qd2 Bg3 22.d4 Qc7 23.b4 axb4 24.cxb4 Qb6 25.Rd1 exd4 26.a5 Qa7 27.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 28.Rxd4 Rf6 29.Rad1 c5 30.bxc5 dxc5 31.Rd8+ Rf8 32.Rxf8+ Rxf8 33.Bd5 Rd8

34.Rb1 Ra8 35.Rxb7 h6 36.Rb5 Be1 37.Rxc5 Rxa5 38.Rxa5 Bxa5 39.Kf1 g5 40.Ke2 Kg7 41.Kd3 Kf6 42.Kc4 Ke5 43.Bf7 Be1 44.Kd3 Bg3

45.Bg6 Kf6 46.Bf5 Ke5 47.Bg4 Bh4 48.Bh5 Bg3 49.Bg4 Bh4 50.Bh5 Bg3 51.Bg4, draw.

2 PCG Games 12/4/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

mharserrano (Chess.com 1929) - JimWest (Chess.com 2039), Chess.com 12/4/2025

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 Be7 12.Bh6+ Kxh8 13.O-O Nc6 14.Qg5 Qg8 15.Qxg8+ Nxg8 16.Be3 Nb4 17.Na3 Nd5 18.Nc4 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Be6

20.Ne5 Nh6 21.b3 Rg8 22.g3 Bh3 23.Rf4 Bg5 24.Nf7+ Nxf7 25.Rxf7 Bxe3+ 26.Kh1 Bxd4 27.Rd1 Bb6 28.Re7 Bg4 29.Rf1 Bf3+ 30.Rxf3 exf3 31.Rf7 f2

32.Kg2 Re8 33.c4 Kg8 34.Rf3 Re1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Adilbek73 (lichess 1959) - JimWest (lichess 1994), lichess 12/4/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 d5 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Re1 Bd6 9.Nh4 Bg6 10.d3 Qd7 11.g3 O-O-O 12.Qf3 e4

13.dxe4 Bxe4 14.Rxe4 dxe4 15.Qg2 Kb8 16.Bg5 Rhf8 17.Nd2 Rde8 18.Rd1 Qc8 19.Bxf6 Rxf6 20.Nxe4 Rh6

21.Nf3 Rxe4 22.Ng5 Re7 23.Nf7 Rf6 24.Ng5 Re2 25.Nf3 Qf5 26.Bd5 Ne7 27.Nh4 Qxf2+ 28.Qxf2 Rfxf2 29.c4 Nxd5 30.Rxd5 Rxh2

31.Nf5 Rd2 32.c5 Rxd5 33.Nxd6 cxd6 34.Kxh2 Rxc5 35.Kg2 Rc2+ 36.Kf3 Rxb2 37.Kf4 Rxa2 38.g4 h6 39.Kf5 Rg2 40.Kf4 g5+ 41.Kf3 Ra2 42.Ke4 Ra5 43.Kd4 Re5, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 12/3/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2041) - Oleksijcapak (Chess.com 2070), Chess.com 12/3/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O c6 8.c3 h6 9.Qc2 e5 10.a4 a5 11.Na3 Qe7 12.Nc4 Nh5 13.f5 d5 14.exd5 cxd5 15.Ne3 Qc5 16.fxg6 fxg6 17.d4 Qd6 18.dxe5 Nxe5

19.Nxe5 Rxf1+ 20.Nxf1 Qxe5 21.Bxh5 Qxh5 22.Be3 Bf5 23.Qd2 Be4 24.Ng3 Qh4 25.Rd1 Kh7 26.Bd4 Rf8 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Qd4+ Kg8 29.c4 Rf4 30.Nxe4 dxe4 31.g3 Qg4 32.Qd5+ Kg7 33.Qe5+ Rf6 34.Rf1 Qe6

35.Qc7+ Kh8 36.Qd8+ Kg7 37.Qc7+ Kh8 38.Qb8+ Kg7 39.Qxb7+ Kh8 40.Qb8+ Kg7 41.Qc7+ Kh8 42.Qd8+ Kg7 43.Qxf6+ Qxf6 44.Rxf6 Kxf6 45.Kf2 Ke5 46.Ke3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2002) - lev64 (lichess 2004), lichess 12/3/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 c5 9.c3 Be7 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.O-O O-O 13.Nbd2 Rac8 14.Qe1 cxd4 15.cxd4 Bb4 16.a3 Bxd2 17.Bxd2 Rc2 18.Bc3 Nxc3 19.bxc3 Rc8

20.Rc1 Ra2 21.Ra1 Rxa1 22.Qxa1 Qg4 23.Qb2 Nf4 24.Kh1 Rxc3 25.Ng1 Rc7 26.h3 Qg5 27.Nf3 Qh5 28.Nh2 Ne6 29.Qb5 h6 30.Qxd5 Qe2 31.Qd6 Rc2 32.Qb8+ Kh7 33.Qxb7 Nxd4

34.Qd5 Ne6 35.Qf3 Qxf3 36.Nxf3 Nf4 37.Nd4 Rxg2 38.Rxf4 Ra2 39.Rxf7 Rxa3 40.Ne6 Rxh3+ 41.Kg2 Re3 42.Rxg7+ Kh8 43.Rxa7 Rxe5 44.Nf4 Rg5+ 45.Kf3 Rf5 46.Kg4 Rg5+ 47.Kf3 h5

48.Ra1 Kh7 49.Rh1 Kh6 50.Rxh5+ Rxh5 51.Nxh5, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/2/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

AlCologne (Chess.com 1992) - JimWest (Chess.com 2032), Chess.com 12/2/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Ng5 Nf6 7.Be2 d5 8.g4 Bc8 9.h4 Bd6 10.Nh3 O-O 11.g5 Bxh3 12.gxf6 Qxf6 13.Rxh3 Qxf2+ 14.Kd2 e3+ 15.Rxe3 Bf4 16.Kd3 Bxe3 17.Bxe3 Qxh4 18.Qb3 Qe4+ 19.Kd2 Re8

20.Kd1 Qxe3 21.Qxd5+ Kh8 22.Bh5 c6 23.Qh1 g6 24.Bxg6 Qe2+ 25.Kc1 Qe1+ 26.Qxe1 Rxe1+ 27.Kd2 Rg1 28.Bc2 Nd7 29.Bd1 Nb6 30.Na3 Rf8 31.Rc1 Rf2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2011) - goran011 (lichess 1968), lichess 12/2/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.Qxg4 Qxd4 10.Ne2 Qc5 11.Nbc3 Qxe5 12.O-O Bd7 13.Qxe4 Qxe4 14.Nxe4 f5 15.N4c3 O-O-O 16.Bf4 Bc6 17.Rad1 Bc5+ 18.Kh1 h6 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8

20.Rd1 g5 21.Rxd8+ Kxd8 22.Be5 f4 23.Nxf4 gxf4 24.Bxf4 h5 25.h4 Bd4 26.Nd1 Be4 27.c3 Bf6 28.Bg5 Bxg5 29.hxg5 Ke7 30.Nf2 Bf5 31.Kh2 Kf7 32.Kg3 Kg6 33.Kf4 Bb1 34.a3 Ba2 35.g3 Bb3

36.Nd3 b6 37.Ne5+ Kg7 38.Nf3 Kg6 39.Nh4+ Kg7 40.Nf5+ Kg6 41.Nd4 Bc4 42.b3 Bd3 43.b4 c5 44.bxc5 bxc5 45.Ne6 c4 46.Nc5 a5

47.Nxd3 cxd3 48.Ke3 Kxg5 49.c4 d2 50.Kxd2 Kg4 51.c5 Kxg3 52.c6 h4 53.c7 h3 54.c8=Q h2 55.Qc7+ Kg2 56.Qxa5 h1=Q 57.Qd5+ Kg1 58.Qxh1+ Kxh1 59.a4, Black resigns.