2 PCG Games 12/13/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

sree_2012 (Chess.com 1938) - JimWest (Chess.com 2001), Chess.com 12/13/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Qe2 fxe4 6.Qxe4 Nf6 7.Qe2 Bg4

8.h3 Nd4 9.Qd3 Bf5 10.Nxd4 Bxd3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

bady67 (lichess 2059) - JimWest (lichess 2002), lichess 12/13/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.b3 Bg4 8.Bb2 Nd7 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 O-O-O 11.c3 h5 12.b4 Ne7 13.Nd2 g5 14.Qd3 g4 15.a4 Bh6

16.a5 f3 17.hxg4 hxg4 18.gxf3 Bxd2 19.Qxd2 gxf3 20.Qe3 Qg6+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 12/12/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

BlueWolfOriginal (Chess.com 1937) - JimWest (Chess.com 2001), Chess.com 12/12/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.O-O fxe4 7.d5 Na5 8.Bb5+ c6 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Nxe5 cxb5 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Nxg6 Nf6 13.Qh6 Rg8 14.Nxe7 Qxe7 15.Bg5 Rg6 16.Qh4 Bb7 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.Rfe1 O-O-O 19.f3 d5

20.fxe4 dxe4 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.Qxe4 Qd4+ 23.Qxd4 Rxd4 24.Re7 Rd2 25.g3 Rh6 26.Rf1 Nc6 27.Rf8+ Rd8 28.Rxd8+ Kxd8 29.Rb7 b4 30.h4 Rg6 31.Kf2 h6

32.c3 bxc3 33.bxc3 Kc8 34.Rf7 Rd6 35.Ke3 a5 36.Rg7 Re6+ 37.Kf4 Ne7 38.g4 Kd7 39.g5 hxg5+ 40.Kxg5 Rc6 41.h5 Rxc3 42.h6 Rg3+ 43.Kf6 Rf3+ 44.Kg5 Rf5+ 45.Kg4 Rf2 46.Kg5 Rxa2

47.h7 Rh2 48.Kf6 Rf2+ 49.Kg5 Rh2 50.Kf6 Rf2+ 51.Kg5 Rf8 52.Rf7 Rh8 53.Kf6 Kc6 54.Rxe7 Kb5 55.Kg7 Rxh7+ 56.Kxh7 a4

57.Kg6 a3 58.Kf5 Kb4 59.Ke4 a2 60.Ra7 Kb3 61.Kd3 Kb2 62.Rb7+ Ka1 63.Ra7 Kb2 64.Rb7+ Ka1 65.Rc7 Kb2 66.Rb7+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Salavat_Taimasov (lichess 1998) - JimWest (lichess 2017), lichess 12/12/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.O-O O-O 10.f3 c6 11.fxe4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nxe4 13.Be3 Nxc3 14.Qd2 Nxe2+ 15.Qxe2 Nd7 16.Rxf8+ Nxf8 17.Qh5 Be6 18.Rf1 Qe8 19.Qg5 Ng6

20.Nxg6 Qxg6 21.Qxg6 hxg6 22.Bf4 b5 23.Kf2 a5 24.Ke3 Bf5 25.Kd2 Be4 26.g3 Rf8 27.Re1 a4 28.Kc3 g5 29.Bxg5 Rf2 30.Rc1 Rxh2 31.Bf4 Rg2 32.Bd6 g6

33.Be5 g5 34.a3 g4 35.Bd6 Kg7 36.Kb4 Rxc2 37.Rxc2 Bxc2 38.Kc5 Bb3 39.Kxc6 Bc4 40.Kc5 Kg6 41.Bf4 Kf5 42.Bd6 Ke4 43.Be5 Kd3 44.Kb4 Kc2 45.Bf4 Kb2

46.Be5 Be2 47.Bd6 Ka2 48.Bc5 Bc4 49.Bd6 Be2 50.Kc3 Bc4 51.Kb4 Be2, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 12/11/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2023) - luqman_naja (Chess.com 1898), Chess.com 12/11/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 c5 3.d3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.c3 O-O 9.a4 a6 10.Na3 h6 11.Nc4 Nh7 12.a5 Be6 13.Qa4 Qe7 14.f5 gxf5 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.Nb6 Rad8 17.Nd5 Qd7 18.Nh4 Be6 19.Nb6 Qc7

20.Bg4 Qe7 21.Nf5 Bxf5 22.Bxf5 d5 23.Qg4 Kh8 24.Qh3 Ng5 25.Qh5 Rd6 26.Nd7 Rxd7 27.Bxd7 f6 28.Bxc6 bxc6 29.Bxg5 fxg5 30.Rxf8+ Qxf8 31.Rf1 Qd6 32.h4 gxh4 33.Qxh4 Kh7

34.Qh3 Qg6 35.Qf5 h5 36.Qxg6+ Kxg6 37.g3 Bf6 38.Kg2 Kg5 39.b4 cxb4 40.cxb4 e4 41.dxe4 dxe4 42.Rc1 Be7 43.Rxc6 Bxb4 44.Rxa6 Bd2

45.Ra8 Kg4 46.a6 e3 47.Rg8+ Kf5 48.Kf3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2014) - vetrivelap (lichess 1878), lichess 12/11/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 exf4 7.Bxf4 O-O 8.O-O Ne5 9.d4 Nxf3+ 10.Bxf3 d5 11.e5 Ne4 12.c4 f5 13.cxd5 Qxd5 14.Nc3 Qc6 15.Qb3+ Kh8

16.Rac1 Nd2 17.Bxd2, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/10/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

elminim (Chess.com 1938) - JimWest (Chess.com 2017), Chess.com 12/10/2025

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.Bh5+ g6 12.Bf3 c6 13.Na3 d5 14.c4 Ne7 15.cxd5 Nxd5 16.Nac4 O-O 17.Nd6 Nd7 18.O-O-O Nb4

19.Nxf5 gxf5 20.Kb1 Nf6 21.Rhe1 Rae8 22.Nc4 Rxe1 23.Rxe1 Re8 24.Ne5 Nd7 25.a3 Nd5 26.Bh5 Re7 27.g3 Nxe5 28.dxe5 Nf6 29.Be2 Ng4 30.Bxg4 fxg4 31.Kc2 Kf7 32.Kc3 Ke6

33.Kd4 Rd7+ 34.Ke4 Rd2 35.b4 Rxh2 36.Kf4 h5 37.Kg5 Rh3 38.Re3 h4 39.Re1 Rxg3 40.Kxh4 Rxa3 41.Kxg4 Ra4 42.Re4 a5 43.Kf3 Rxb4 44.Re1 a4 45.Ke3 Kxe5

46.Kd3+ Kd5 47.Kc3 Rb3+ 48.Kc2 b5 49.Rh1 Re3 50.Kb2 b4 51.Rh5+ Re5 52.Rh4 c5 53.Rh1 Kc4 54.Rc1+ Kb5 55.Rc2 c4 56.Rf2 a3+ 57.Ka2 Ka4 58.Rg2 b3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2022) - AlekhineAlexander88 (lichess 2004), lichess 12/10/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d5 3.d3 dxe4 4.dxe4 Qxd1+ 5.Kxd1 Nf6 6.Bd3 Bc5 7.f4 exf4 8.Bxf4 O-O 9.Nc3 Ng4 10.Nh3 Nc6 11.Kd2 Nce5 12.Rae1 Nxd3 13.cxd3 c6 14.Rhf1 Be6 15.Ng5 Rfe8 16.h3 Nf6 17.Nxe6 Rxe6 18.Be3 Bxe3+ 19.Rxe3 Rd8

20.Kc2 Nd5 21.Nxd5 cxd5 22.Ref3 dxe4 23.dxe4 f6 24.Re3 Rc6+ 25.Rc3 Rxc3+ 26.Kxc3 Kf7 27.e5 Ke6 28.exf6 gxf6 29.Re1+ Kf5 30.Re7 Rc8+ 31.Kb3 h5 32.Rxb7 Rg8 33.g4+ hxg4 34.hxg4+ Rxg4 35.Rxa2 Ke4

36.Ra4+ Kf3 37.Rxg4 Kxg4 38.a4 f5 39.a5 f4 40.a6 f3 41.a7 f2 42.a8=Q f1=Q 43.Qg8+ Kf5 44.Qh7+ Kg5 45.Qg7+ Kh5 46.Qe5+ Kh6 47.Qe3+ Kg7 48.Qc3+ Kf8 49.Kb4 Ke7 50.b3 Kd8

51.Qd4+ Kc7 52.Qc4+ Qxc4+ 53.Kxc4 Kb6 54.Kb4 Kb7 55.Kb5 Kb8 56.Kb6 Ka8 57.b4 Kb8 58.b5 Ka8 59.Kc7 Ka7 60.b6+ Ka8 61.b7+ Ka7 62.b8=Q+ Ka6 63.Qb6#.

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.