2 PCG Games 10/8/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

fide_doctor (Chess.com 1884) - JimWest (Chess.com 1978), Chess.com 10/8/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.b3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Qe2 Qe7 8.Nd4 Nf6 9.Bb2 Bg4 10.f3 exf3 11.Qxe7+ Bxe7 12.gxf3 Bd7 13.Ngf5 g6 14.Nxe7 Kxe7 15.O-O-O Re8 16.Re1+ Kf7 17.Rxe8 Nxe8 18.Bd3 Nc6 19.Nxc6 Bxc6

20.Re1 Nd6 21.Ba3 Rd8 22.Bc5 b6 23.Bf2 Re8 24.Rxe8 Nxe8 25.Bg3 Bd7 26.Kd1 a5 27.Ke2 c5 28.c3 b5 29.Bc2 Ke7 30.d4 c4 31.bxc4 bxc4

32.h4 Nd6 33.h5 Bf5 34.Bxd6+ Kxd6 35.Bxf5 gxf5 36.Ke3 Ke6 37.f4 h6 38.a4 Kd6 39.Kf3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Veteranmaster (lichess 2023) - JimWest (lichess 2028), lichess 10/8/2025

1.Nf3 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Bxg8 Rxg8 9.c4 Bg4 10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.Qc2 O-O-O 12.b3 Bb4 13.Bb2 Bxd2 14.Nxd2 g5 15.f3 Be6 16.b4 g4 17.Kf2 g3+ 18.hxg3 fxg3+ 19.Ke2 Nb6

20.c5 Rxd2+ 21.Kxd2 Nc4+ 22.Kc3 Ne3 23.Qe2 Nxf1 24.Rxf1 Rd8 25.a4 a6 26.b5 axb5 27.axb5 Qe7 28.Kb4 cxb5 29.Qxb5 Bd7

30.Qa5 Bc6 31.Qa8+ Kc7 32.Qa5+ Kc8 33.Qa8+ Kc7 34.Qa5+ Kc8, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/7/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Brainfreeze1984 (Chess.com 1946) - JimWest (Chess.com 1991), Chess.com 10/7/2025

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.Re1 Bxe5 11.Nxe4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.Nc5 Nxc5 14.Rxe5+ Kd7 15.Rxc5 Rae8 16.Bf4 c6 17.Rd1+ Kc8 18.f3 Nd7 19.Rc3 Rhf8

20.Bd6 Rf6 21.Kf2 Ne5 22.Bxe5 Rxe5 23.Rcd3 Rfe6 24.Rd8+ Kc7 25.R8d7+ Kb6 26.Rxg7 Re2+ 27.Kg3 Rxc2 28.Rdd7 Rg6+ 29.Rxg6 hxg6 30.Rg7 Rxb2 31.Rxg6 Rxa2

32.h4 Rd2 33.h5 Rd8 34.Kf2 a5 35.Re6 a4 36.Re3 Ka5 37.g4 b5 38.h6 b4 39.Ke2 a3 40.h7 a2 41.Re7 b3 42.Rb7 Ka6 43.Rxb3 a1=Q 44.Re3 Qb2+ 45.Kf1 Rd1+ 46.Re1 Rxe1+ 47.Kxe1 Qb1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2041) - ASHRAF1234567 (lichess 2006), lichess 10/7/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 h6 7.Be2 Qe7 8.a4 a5 9.Qc2 exf4 10.Bxf4 g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.d4 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Bb6 14.Nbd2 f5 15.O-O-O fxe4 16.Qxe4 Qxe4 17.Nxe4 g4 18.Nfd2 Bf5

19.Bxg4 Bxg4 20.Nf6+ Ke7 21.Nxg4 Rag8 22.Rde1+ Kd8 23.Nxh6 Rg7 24.Nf7+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 10/6/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1984) - Nowomosjowsk (Chess.com 2004), Chess.com 10/6/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Ne5 11.c3 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Nd7 13.d4 c5 14.d5 Ne5 15.Bxe5 dxe5 16.c4 Qb6 17.b3 Bf6 18.Nc3 a6 19.Rad1 Rfd8

20.Rd3 Rd6 21.Nd1 Rad8 22.Ne3 g6 23.Ng4 Kg7 24.Qg3 Re8 25.Rdf3 Bg5 26.Rxf7+ Kg8 27.Nxe5 Bf6 28.Nd7 Bd4+ 29.Kh1 Qd7

30.Nf6+ Kxf7 31.Nxe8+ Kxe8 32.e5 Rd7 33.Qf3 Rf7 34.Qxf7+ Qxf7 35.Rxf7 Kxf7 36.e6+ Ke7

37.g4 g5 38.Kg2 b5 39.Kf3 b4 40.Ke4 Kf6 41.Kf3 a5 42.Ke4 h6 43.Kf3 Be5 44.Ke4 Bd4 45.Kf3 Ba1 46.Ke4 Bd4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2034) - kiktev_grigory (lichess 2115), lichess 10/6/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5

4.f4 Ng4 5.Qxg4, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/5/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Ho3eiN5652 (Chess.com 1915) - JimWest (Chess.com 1993), Chess.com 10/5/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe5 Nf6 6.Nc4 d5 7.Ne5 c6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qh6 Bf8 12.Qe3 Bg7 13.O-O-O O-O 14.f3 Qf4 15.Qxf4 Rxf4 16.fxe4 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Bg4 18.Re1 d4 19.Bc4+ Kg7

20.Nd1 Nd7 21.e6 Nb6 22.Bb3 Re8 23.Rhf1 Rxf1 24.Rxf1 Bxe6 25.Nf2 Bxb3 26.axb3 Rf8 27.Kd2 Nd7 28.Ke2 Ne5 29.Nd3 Rxf1 30.Kxf1 Nxd3 31.cxd3 Kf6

32.Kf2 Ke5 33.Kg3 c5 34.Kg4 h6 35.Kf3 b5 36.h4 h5 37.g3 a5 38.Ke2 Kf6 39.Kf3 Ke5 40.Ke2 Kf6 41.Kf3 Ke5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2032) - Tobonga (lichess 2132), lichess 10/5/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qxg4 Bxb5 9.d5 Qxd5 10.Nc3 Qc6 11.Nxb5 Qxb5

12.Qc8+ Ke7 13.Bg5+ f6 14.exf6+ gxf6 15.O-O-O fxg5 16.Qd8+ Kf7 17.Nh3 Kg6 18.Qxg5+ Kf7 19.Rhf1+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/4/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

KennyYIN (Chess.com 1868) - JimWest (Chess.com 2007), Chess.com 10/4/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Nc6 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Bc4+ Kh8 11.Ng5 Qe8 12.Nb5 Qg6 13.Ne6 Bxe6 14.Bxe6 Rad8 15.Qe2 Nd4 16.Nxd4 Rxd4 17.Bf5 Qf7 18.c3 Rdd8 19.Qb5 g6

20.Bg4 Nxg4 21.hxg4 Qe6 22.Qxb7 Qxg4 23.Qxc7 Bd6 24.Qxa7 g3 25.Kh2 Qxg2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ballerini1982 (lichess 2072) - JimWest (lichess 2061), lichess 10/4/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.c4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 c6 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Be6 13.c5 Nbd7 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.b4 a6 16.a4 Bg4 17.Ra3 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 Qg4 19.Qxg4 Nxg4

20.h3 Nf6 21.Nf5 Ne8 22.Ne3 Nc7 23.Nc2 Ne6 24.Re3 Rf6 25.f3 exf3 26.Rexf3 Rxf3 27.Rxf3 Rf8 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8 29.Kf2 Ke7 30.Ke3 Kf6

31.Ne1 g5 32.g3 h5 33.Nd3 Ng7 34.g4 h4 35.Ne5 Ne6 36.Nf3 Nf4 37.Ng1 Ke6 38.Kd2 Kf6 39.Ke3 Ke6 40.Kd2 Kf6 41.Ke3, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/3/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

ldc1943 (Chess.com 1880) - JimWest (Chess.com 2020), Chess.com 10/3/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.g4 h5 8.g5 e3 9.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 10.fxe3 Nd5 11.e4 Nb4 12.Bd3 d5 13.Rf1 Nbc6 14.Nb3 dxe4 15.Bxe4 Bd6 16.Bf4 O-O 17.Bxd6 cxd6 18.Nc3 Bd7 19.a3 Na6

20.O-O-O Rae8 21.Rde1 Nc7 22.h4 Bxf5 23.Bxf5 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Rxf5 25.Ne4 Rf4 26.Nxd6 Rxh4 27.Nf5 Rg4 28.Ne7+ Nxe7 29.Rxe7 Nd5 30.Re5 Nb6

31.g6 Rg1+ 32.Kd2 Nc4+ 33.Kd3 Nxe5+ 34.dxe5 Rxg6 35.Nd4 h4 36.Nf5 h3 37.Ne7+ Kf7 38.Nxg6 Kxg6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2081) - Volturi (lichess 2094), lichess 10/3/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.c3 O-O 7.Nf3 Ng4 8.d4 Bb6 9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O Nc6 11.Kh1 h6 12.h3 Nf6 13.Nbd2 Ne7 14.Bh2 Ng6 15.Qc2 Nh5 16.Nc4 Nhf4 17.Nxb6 axb6 18.a3 Bd7 19.Rae1 Qf6

20.e5 dxe5 21.Bxg6 Nxg6 22.Nxe5 Qd8 23.Nxg6 fxg6 24.Qxg6 Rxe1 25.Qf7+ Kh8 26.Rxe1 Bc6 27.Re7 Qg8 28.Qxg8+ Kxg8 29.Rxc7 Re8 30.Be5, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/2/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2008) - maximus-pain (Chess.com 2001), Chess.com 10/2/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 Bxg1 5.Rxg1 d5 6.fxe5 Ng4 7.h3 Nxe5 8.d4 Ng6 9.e5 Qh4+ 10.g3 Qe4+ 11.Be2 c6

12.Nc3 Qf5 13.Bg4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

viktorrom (lichess 2112) - JimWest (lichess 2081), lichess 10/2/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.h3 c6 6.Qe2 Be7 7.d3 Nd7 8.O-O h6 9.Nc3 Ngf6 10.Nh4 Bh7 11.Be6 Nc5 12.Bf5 O-O 13.Bxh7+ Kxh7 14.Nf5 Ng8 15.Nxe7 Qxe7 16.Be3 Ne6 17.Rae1 a6 18.Ne4 Rae8 19.b4 Nf4

20.Bxf4 exf4 21.Qf3 d5 22.Nc5 Qxe1 23.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24.Kh2 Re7 25.Qg4 g5 26.Ne6 Rf6 27.Nd4 Ref7 28.Nf3 Re7 29.Qh5 Rg7 30.Qe8 Re7 31.Qh5 Rg7 32.d4 Ne7 33.Ne5 Ng6 34.Nxg6 Rfxg6

35.Qg4 Rf7 36.Qe2 Rgf6 37.Qe5 Kg6 38.Qe8 Kg7 39.Qe5 Kg6 40.Qe8 Kg7 41.Kg1 h5 42.Kf1 g4 43.hxg4 hxg4 44.Qe5 Kg6 45.Qe8 Kg7 46.Qe5 Kg6 47.Qe8 Kg7, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 10/1/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1996) - rusminsk0 (Chess.com 1934), Chess.com 10/1/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Nd7 6.Nf3 Qb6 7.b3 h6 8.Qd2 Ngf6 9.a4 a5 10.Na3 Be7 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.h3 O-O 13.Be2 Re8 14.O-O Bf8 15.Rae1 Re6

16.Nd4 Re8 17.Nf5 Re6 18.Nd4 Re8 19.Nf5 Re6 20.Nd4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2076) - akmalxudoyorov (lichess 1987), lichess 10/1/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 a5 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.Nf3 b5 9.a4 b4 10.d4 Bb6 11.Be2 Bb7 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qc2 Qe8 14.Nbd2 b3 15.Qxb3 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.O-O-O Bxf5 18.Bb5 Qc8 19.Bxd7 Bxd7

20.Nxe5 Be6 21.Qc2 f6 22.Nc6 fxg5 23.Ne7+ Kh8 24.Nxc8 Raxc8 25.Rhe1 Rf2 26.Qxf2 Bxf2 27.Rxe6 h6 28.Rd7 Bc5 29.Rc6 Bd6 30.Rdxd6 cxd6 31.Rxc8+ Kh7

32.Rd8 h5 33.Rxd6 g6 34.Rd5 Kh6 35.Rxa5 h4 36.h3 Kh5 37.Rb5 Kh6 38.a5 Kg7 39.a6 Kf6 40.a7 Ke6 41.a8=Q Kd6 42.Qa6+ Kc7 43.Rb7+ Kc8 44.Qa8#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/30/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2009) - reKDB1611 (Chess.com 2002), Chess.com 9/30/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d5 6.e5 Ng4 7.d4 Be7 8.Nf3 Bh4+ 9.Nxh4 Qxh4+ 10.Bg3 Qe7 11.Qf3 Qb4+ 12.Qc3 Ne3 13.Kd2 Nc4+ 14.Bxc4 Qxc4 15.Qxc4 dxc4 16.Na3 Be6 17.Kc3 Nc6 18.Nxc4 Rd8 19.Rad1 b5

20.Ne3 b4+ 21.Kd2 Rxd4+ 22.Kc1 O-O 23.Rxd4 Nxd4 24.Kb1 Rb8 25.Rd1 c5 26.h3 h5 27.Bh2 a5 28.g4 h4 29.Nf5 Nxf5 30.gxf5 Bxf5 31.e6 Re8 32.exf7+ Kxf7

33.Rf1 g6 34.Bd6 Re2 35.Bxc5 Rxc2 36.Rxf5+ gxf5 37.Kxc2 Ke6 38.Bf2 Ke5 39.Bxh4 Kf4 40.b3 Kf3 41.Bd8 Kg3 42.Bxa5 f4 43.Bxb4 f3 44.Bc5 Kxh3 45.a4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ottogeorg (lichess 1937) - JimWest (lichess 2082), lichess 9/30/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 e4 7.Ng5 d5 8.Bb3 Nf6 9.c4 c6 10.Nc3 h6 11.Nh3 O-O 12.Nf4 dxc4 13.Bxc4+ Kh7 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.Bxe6 Bd6 16.Be3 Qe7 17.Bh3 Na6 18.a3 Rae8 19.Qc2 Kh8

20.Rae1 Nc7 21.Bf5 Nd5 22.Bd2 Nxc3 23.Bxc3 Qc7 24.g3 e3 25.Rxe3 Rxe3 26.fxe3 Bxg3 27.hxg3 Qxg3+ 28.Kh1 Nd5 29.Bd2 g6

30.e4 gxf5 31.exd5 Qh3+ 32.Kg1 Qg3+ 33.Kh1 Qh3+ 34.Kg1 Qh3+ 35.Kh1, draw.

2 PCG Games 9/29/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

1F44_MS (Chess.com 1979) - JimWest (Chess.com 2000), Chess.com 9/29/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.e6 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.Be2 O-O-O 12.Ng6 hxg6 13.O-O Rh8 14.Bg5 c6 15.f4 Qc5+ 16.Kh1 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Qxc3 18.Rb1 Qg3 19.h4 Nh7

20.Qe1 Qxe1 21.Rfxe1 Nxg5 22.fxg5 Rxh4+ 23.Kg1 Ne5 24.g3 Rh3 25.Kg2 Nf7 26.Rh1 Nxg5 27.Rxh3 Bxh3+ 28.Kf2 Be6 29.Rh1 d4 30.a4 e3+ 31.Ke1 Bf5 32.Rh8+ Kc7 33.Bd3 Bxd3 34.cxd3 Ne6

35.a5 b5 36.axb6+ axb6 37.Re8 Kd7 38.Rb8 b5 39.Ke2 g5 40.Kd1 Nc5 41.Kc2 e2 42.Kd2 Nxd3 43.Kxe2 Nc5 44.Rg8 Ne6

45.Kd3 c5 46.Ra8 c4+ 47.Ke4 d3 48.Ra5 d2 49.Ra1 c3 50.Kd3 b4 51.Rb1 Kd6 52.Rd1 Nc5+ 53.Kc2 Kd5 54.Rb1 Kc4 55.Rf1 b3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ASHRAF1234567 (lichess 2081) - JimWest (lichess 2081), lichess 9/29/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5

6.Bf7+ Kxf7 7.Ng5+ Kf6 8.Qf3 Nd4 9.Qg3 Nxc2+ 10.Ke2 Nd4+ 11.Ke1 f4 12.Qh4 Kg6 13.Nf3 Nxf3+, White resigns.