2 PCG Games 5/17/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

C-Sides (Chess.com 1924) - JimWest (Chess.com 2011), Chess.com 5/17/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.O-O fxe4 7.Nxe4 d5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.dxe5 dxc4 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qf3 Be6 12.Rd1 Qc8 13.Be3 Bf5 14.Rd2 Qe6 15.Ng5 Bxg5 16.Bxg5 Ne7 17.Rad1 Nc6 18.Bf6 O-O 19.Qf4 Rae8

20.Qh6 Rxf6 21.exf6 Qe1+ 22.Rxe1 Rxe1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

sindang_cell (lichess 2025) - JimWest (lichess 2040), lichess 5/17/2026

1.e4 e5 2.h3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.Bg5 c6 8.Qd2 f4 9.Nh2 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Bg4 Na6 12.Bxc8 Rxc8 13.Ng4 Nc5 14.O-O-O a5 15.g3 fxg3 16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.fxg3 Qf2 18.Qxf2 Rxf2 19.Rdf1 Rcf8

20.Rxf2 Rxf2 21.Nd1 Rf3 22.g4 Ne6 23.h4 Rg3 24.Nf2 Rg2 25.Rf1 g5 26.h5 Kg7 27.c3 b5 28.Kd2 Nf4 29.Ke3 Rg3+ 30.Kd2 Rf3 31.d4 Kf6

32.a3 a4 33.dxe5+ dxe5 34.Kc2 Nh3 35.Nxh3 Rxf1 36.Kd2 Rf3 37.Ng1 Rg3 38.Ne2 Rxg4 39.Kd3 Rg2 40.Ke3 Rxe2+ 41.Kxe2 g4 42.Kd3 Kg5 43.c4 bxc4+ 44.Kxc4 g3 45.Kc5 g2 46.Kxc6 g1=Q 47.Kd5 Qd4+, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 5/16/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2007) - chessangam789 (Chess.com 1861), Chess.com 5/16/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 dxe4 7.Bb5 Be7 8.Ne2 Bh4+ 9.g3 e3 10.O-O Nf2 11.Qe1 Nh3+ 12.Kg2 Qd5+ 13.Rf3 Bg4 14.Bxc6+ Qxc6 15.Qf1 Ng5 16.gxh4 Bh3+ 17.Kg3 Bxf1 18.Rxf1 Ne4+ 19.Kf4 Nd2

20.Nxd2 exd2 21.Bxd2 Qxc2 22.Ke3 O-O-O 23.Bc3 Qg6 24.Nf4 Qb6 25.Nd3 Rhe8 26.Rxf7 Rf8 27.Raf1 Rxf7 28.Rxf7 Qh6+ 29.Ke2 Qh5+ 30.Rf3 Rf8 31.Ne1 Rxf3 32.Nxf3 Qf7

33.a3 b6 34.Ke3 c5 35.dxc5 bxc5 36.Ng5 Qf6 37.exf6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2041) - GlebTS (lichess 1959), lichess 5/16/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Nd4 8.c3 Ne6 9.f5 Nc5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.O-O Qg5 13.Kh1 Qe3 14.Be2 Nd7 15.Qd2 Qb6 16.a4 Be7 17.Na3 Bg5

18.Nc4 Bxd2 19.Nxb6 axb6 20.d4 Nf6 21.Bf3 Ke7 22.Rfd1 Be3 23.dxe5 dxe5 24.Rd3 Bg5 25.g3 h5 26.h4 Bh6 27.b4 Rhd8 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.a5 Ra8 30.Kg2 Bd2 31.Ra3 c5

32.bxc5 Rxa5 33.Rb3 Rxc5 34.Rxb6 Rc7 35.c4 Nd7 36.Rb2 Bc3 37.Rb3 Rxc4 38.Rxb7 Kd6 39.Bxh5 Rxe4 40.Bxf7 Rb4 41.Rxb4 Bxb4 42.g4 Ke7 43.Be6 Nf6 44.g5 Nh5 45.Kf3 Be1 46.Kg4 Nf4 47.Bc4 Ng2 48.f6+ gxf6 49.gxf6+ Kxf6 50.Bb5 Nxh4

51.Bc6 Nf5 52.Ba8 Ke6 53.Kf3 Nd6 54.Ke2 Bg3 55.Kf3 Bf4 56.Ke2 Kf5 57.Kf3 Nc4 58.Ke2 Nb6 59.Bb7 Ke6 60.Kf3 Nd7 61.Ke2 Nc5 62.Ba8 e4 63.Bxed4 Nxe4

64.Kf3 Kf5 65.Ke2 Ng3+ 66.Kd3 Ke5 67.Kc4 Nf5 68.Kd3 Kd5 69.Kc3 Be3 70.Kd3 Bd4 71.Ke2 Ke4 72.Kd2 Ne3 73.Ke2 Bc5 74.Kf2 Nf5+ 75.Ke2 Nd4+ 76.Kf2 Nb3+ 77.Kg3 Nc1 78.Kg4 Ke3 79.Kf5 Kf3

80.Ke5 Kg4 81.Kd5 Be3 82.Ke4 Bd2 83.Kd5 Kf5 84.Kc4 Ke4 85.Kc5 Be3+ 86.Kd6 Nd3 87.Ke6 Nc5+ 88.Kd6 Bd4 89.Kc6 Ke5 90.Kb5 Kd5 91.Kb4 Nd3+ 92.Kb5 Ne5 93.Kb4 Nc6+ 94.Kb5 Bc5 95.Ka4 Kd4

96.Kb5 Nb4 97.Ka4 Kc4 98.Ka5 Kc3 99.Kb5 Kd4 100.Ka4 Kd5 101.Kb5 Kd6 102.Kc4 Kc6 103.Kc3, draw.

2 PCG Games 5/15/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

C-Sides (Chess.com 1940) - JimWest (Chess.com 2002), Chess.com 5/15/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5

6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Anjangoud (lichess 2027) - JimWest (lichess 2042), lichess 5/15/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4

8.Bd2 dxc3 9.bxc3 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Qxg5 11.Be2, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/14/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Kodfish (Chess.com 1871) - JimWest (Chess.com 1985), Chess.com 5/14/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Be2 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Nfd2 d5 7.Nb3 Nf6 8.O-O Bd6 9.c4 c6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Bg5 Bb4 12.cxd5 Bxc3 13.bxc3 cxd5 14.c4 Be6 15.Nc5 Bc8 16.cxd5 Qxd5

17.Rc1 Qxg5 18.d5 Bh3 19.g3 Bxf1 20.Ne6 Bxe2 21.Qe1 Qxd5 22.Nxf8 Kxf8 23.Qxe2 Nc6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2055) - SamyarGerami1395 (lichess 1944), lichess 5/14/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Ng4 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Nf3 O-O 10.Bb5 a6 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.O-O c5 13.a3 cxd4 14.axb4 dxc3 15.bxc3 c6 16.Nd4 c5 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.exf5 Nf6 19.bxc5 dxc5

20.Qxd8 Rfxd8 21.Be3 Nd5 22.Bxc5 Nc3 23.f6 gxf6 24.Be7 Re8 25.Bxf6 Ne4 26.Bg5 Nxg5 27.fxg5 a5 28.Ra4 Re5 29.h4 Kg7 30.g4 Rb5 31.Rf5 Rb1+ 32.Kg2 Rb2+ 33.Kg3 Rb3+ 34.Kf4 Rb4+ 35.Rxb4 axb4 36.Rb5 Ra4

37.Kf5 h6 38.gxh6+ Kxh6 39.h5 Kg7 40.g5 Ra1 41.Rxb4 Ra5+ 42.Kg4 Kh7 43.Rf4 Kg7 44.h6+ Kg6 45.Rf6+ Kh7 46.Rxf7+ Kg8 47.Rd7 Kh8 48.g6 Rb5 49.Rd8#.

2 PCG Games 5/13/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Bucio-J (Chess.com 1851) - JimWest (Chess.com 2001), Chess.com 5/13/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Be7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O h6 8.Nbd2 c6 9.Nh4 Bh7 10.Bh5+ Nxh5 11.Qxh5+ Kd7 12.Qg4+ Kc7 13.Ng6 Bxg6 14.Qxg6 Bf6 15.Ne4 Nd7 16.b4 d5 17.Nc5 Nxc5 18.bxc5 Qe7 19.d4 exd4

20.Bf4+ Kd7 21.Rfe1 Qf8 22.Bd6 Qg8 23.Rab1 b5 24.Qf5+ Kd8 25.cxd4 a6 26.Rb3 Ra7 27.Rbe3 Qf7 28.Be7+ Rxe7 29.Rxe7 Qxe7 30.Rxe7 Kxe7 31.Qf4 Rc8

32.Qd6+ Ke8 33.Qe6+ Kd8 34.Qg8+ Kc7 35.Qe6 Kb7 36.Qd7+ Rc7 37.Qg4 a5 38.Kf1 a4 39.Ke2 Re7+ 40.Kd2 Kc7 41.f3 Bg5+ 42.Kd1 b4 43.Qg3+ Kb7 44.f4 Bf6 45.a3 b3 46.Qc3 Kc8 47.Qa5 Bxd4 48.Qa8+ Kc7 49.Qa7+ Kd8 50.Qb8+ Kd7

51.Qd6+ Ke8 52.Qxc6+ Kf8 53.Qa8+ Re8 54.Qxd5 b2 55.Qd6+ Kg8 56.Qd5+ Kh8 57.Qf5 Rb8 58.Qb1 Bxc5 59.Kc2 Bd4 60.g4 Rc8+ 61.Kd3 Rc1 62.Qc2 Rxc2 63.Kxc2 g6 64.h4 Kg7 65.h5 gxh5 66.gxh5 Kf6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Csori_84 (lichess 1987) - JimWest (lichess 2050), lichess 5/13/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.c3 fxe4 6.Ng5 d5 7.Bb5 exd4 8.Qxd4 Nf6 9.O-O Bd6 10.c4 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Nc3 h6

13.Nh3 Bxh3 14.gxh3 Qd7 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.Kh1 Qxh3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/12/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

EitanBrain (Chess.com 2085) - JimWest (Chess.com 2000), Chess.com 5/12/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qd2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nh6 10.Qf4 Ng4

11.Qxf6 gxf6 12.f3 Nf2 13.Rg1 Nh3 14.Rh1 Nf2 15.Rg1 Nh3 16.Rh1 Nf2 17.Rg1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

inu187 (lichess 1994) - JimWest (lichess 2045), lichess 5/12/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.c3 Qf6 7.d4 g5 8.g3 Bh3 9.Re1 fxg3 10.hxg3 Bg4 11.Be2 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nd7 13.Bh5+ Kd8 14.Qb3 Kc7 15.Qf7 Qxf7 16.Bxf7 Be7 17.Nd2 Rf8 18.Be6 Nh6 19.Nc4 Nf7

20.dxe5 Nfxe5 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 22.Kg2 Nd3 23.Re2 Nxc1 24.Rxc1 Rf6 25.Bf5 h6 26.Rd1 Rhf8 27.Bg4 Kb8 28.c4 Bd8 29.Red2 Bb6 30.f3 Bc5 31.a3 a5 32.Rb1 a4

33.b4 axb3 34.Rxb3 Kc7 35.Rdb2 b6 36.a4 Ra8 37.Ra2 Ra5 38.Rd3 Rf8 39.e5 dxe5 40.Rd7+ Kb8 41.Rh7 Rf6 42.Rd2 Bd4 43.Ra2 b5 44.cxb5 cxb5 45.Rb2 Bxb2, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/11/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1988) - Arbe632 (Chess.com 1923), Chess.com 5/11/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 d6 5.Na5 Nf6 6.f4 Bd4 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 h5 10.c3 Bb6 11.Nxb6 axb6 12.O-O Qd7 13.f5 g6 14.a3 Nh7 15.fxg6 fxg6 16.Bxh5 gxh5 17.Qxh5+ Kd8 18.Bg5+ Kc8 19.Bf6 Rg8

20.Bh4 Qg4 21.Qxg4+ Rxg4 22.g3 Rg7 23.Rf5 Kd7 24.Raf1 Ke6 25.Rh5 Rf8 26.Rh6+ Kd7 27.Rxf8 Nxf8 28.Bf6 Rg6 29.Rxg6 Nxg6 30.h4 Ke6 31.Bg5 Nf8

32.h5 Kf7 33.g4 Nh7 34.Bh4 Kg7 35.g5 Nf8 36.Kg2 Ne6 37.Kf3 Nf4 38.h6+ Kg6 39.d4 Na5 40.dxe5 dxe5 41.b4 Nc4 42.a4 Nd2+ 43.Kg4 Nxe4 44.h7 Kxh7 45.Kf5 Ng6 46.Kxe4 Nxh4 47.Kxe5 Kg6

48.Ke6 Nf3 49.Kd7 Ne5+ 50.Kxc7 Kxg5 51.Kxb6 Kf6 52.Kxb7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Gullit15 (lichess 1997) - JimWest (lichess 2042), lichess 5/11/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Qe2 fxe4 5.Qxe4 Nf6 6.Qe2 Be7 7.O-O c6 8.d4 e4 9.Nfd2 d5 10.Bb3 Bf5 11.f3 Nbd7 12.fxe4 Bxe4 13.Nf3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 O-O 15.Qd3 Bd6 16.Bf4 Bxf4 17.Rxf4 Qc7 18.Rf1 Rae8 19.Nd2 Kh8

20.Rae1 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Ng4 22.Nf3 h6 23.h3 Ngf6 24.c3 a6 25.Bc2 Ne4 26.Qe2 Ndf6 27.Ne5 Kg8 28.Bxe4 Nxe4 29.Rf1 Rxf1+ 30.Qxf1 Qe7 31.Qf5 Qf6 32.Qxf6 Nxf6

33.Kf2 Kf8 34.Nd3 Ne4+ 35.Ke3 Ke7 36.Nf2 Nxf2 37.Kxf2 Kf6 38.Kf3 h5 39.g4 hxg4+ 40.hxg4 g5 41.Kg3 a5 42.Kf3 b5 43.Ke3, draw.

2 PCG Games 5/10/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Robocov-DC3 (Chess.com 1884) - JimWest (Chess.com 1981) - Chess.com 5/10/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.h3 Qc7 9.d4 a5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Ng5 h6 12.Ne6 Bxe6 13.Bxe6 Nbd7 14.g3 g5 15.Bxd7+ Qxd7 16.Qxd7+ Nxd7 17.gxf4 gxf4 18.b3 Kf7

19.Bb2 Rhg8+ 20.Kh2 Rg6 21.Rad1 Ke6 22.Rg1 Rag8 23.Rxg6+ Rxg6 24.Rg1 Rxg1 25.Kxg1 Bc5 26.Kg2 Bd4 27.Nd1 Bxb2 28.Nxb2 b5 29.axb5 cxb5 30.c4 b4 31.Kf3 Nc5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Dr_David (liches 2037) - JimWest (lichess 2050), lichess 5/10/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.c3 g5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Qxe5 10.Qh5+ Kd8 11.Rd1+ Kc7 12.Qf7+ Qe7 13.Qh5 h6

14.g3 Nf6 15.Qf3 Bg4, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/9/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1975) - chess2chessk (Chess.com 1964), Chess.com 5/9/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d4 Bf5 8.Bxf4 Be4 9.c3 Be7 10.Bb5 g5 11.Bc1 h5 12.O-O Qd7 13.Nxg5 Bxg5 14.Bxg5 Rg8 15.h4 a6 16.Bxc6 Qxc6 17.Nd2 Rxg5 18.hxg5 Ne3 19.Qxh5 Nxf1

20.Rxf1 Bg6 21.Qh8+ Kd7 22.Qxa8 b5 23.Qxc6+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ttbox_123halo (lichess 2082) - JimWest (lichess 2048), lichess 5/9/2026

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.