2 PCG Games 8/9/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Bojo13 (Chess.com 1983) - JimWest (Chess.com 2019), Chess.com 8/9/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bb3 Qc7 7.Ng5 h6 8.Nf3 Na6 9.O-O Nc5 10.exf5 Nxb3 11.axb3 Bxf5 12.Re1 Be7 13.d4 e4 14.Nfd2 d5 15.Nf1 O-O

16.f3 exf3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ekaterin1 (lichess 1949) - JimWest (lichess 2081), lichess 8/9/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Qe2 Bd6 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.Ba4 Kh8 12.Bb3 Nd4 13.Qd1 Nxb3 14.axb3 h6 15.Nf3 e4 16.dxe4 dxe4 17.Nh4 Kh7 18.g3 g5 19.Ng2 Be6

20.f3 Bc5+ 21.Kh1 Qxd1 22.Nxd1 Rad8 23.Be3 Bxe3 24.Ndxe3 a6 25.fxe4 Nxe4 26.Kg1 Rd2 27.Rfd1 Rfd8 28.Rxd2 Rxd2 29.Rd1 Rxd1+ 30.Nxd1 b5 31.b4 h5 32.c3 Kg6 33.Nde3 Kf6

34.Ne1 g4 35.Nd3 Nd2 36.Kf2 Nc4 37.Nxc4 Bxc4 38.Nc5 Ke5 39.Ke3 h4 40.Nxa6 hxg3 41.hxg3 f4+ 42.gxf4+ Kf5 43.Nc5 Bd5 44.Kf2 Kxf4 45.Nd3+ Ke4 46.Nc5+ Kf4 47.Kg1 g3 48.b3 Ke3 49.c4 bxc4 50.bxc4 Bxc4

51.Kg2 Kf4 52.Na4 Bd5+ 53.Kg1 Bc6 54.Nc5 Ke3 55.Ne6 Ke4 56.Ng5+ Kf5 57.Nf7 Ke4 58.Nd8 Bd5 59.b5 Ke5 60.Nc6+ Kd6 61.Nb4 Bb7 62.Nc2 Kc5 63.Ne3 Kxb5 64.Nf5 g2 65.Ne3 Kc5 66.Nxg2 Bxg2, draw.

2 PCG Games 8/8/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Materise89 (Chess.com 1956) - JimWest (Chess.com 2006), Chess.com 8/8/2025

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.Bg5 Be7 12.Nf7 Kxf7 13.Bc4+ Kg7 14.Bxf6+ Bxf6 15.Qxe4 Qxd4 16.Qxd4 Bxd4 17.c3 Bf6 18.O-O Nc6 19.Rad1 Ne5

20.Bb3 Bf5 21.Rfe1 Nd3 22.Re3 Nc5 23.Rd5 Nxb3 24.Rxf5 Rd8 25.h3 Rd1+ 26.Kh2 Nd2 27.Kg3 Nf1+ 28.Kf3 Nxe3 29.Kxe3 Rb1 30.Rb5 b6 31.f4 h6 32.Rb3 a5 33.g4 Rh1 34.Ke4 Rxh3

35.Rb5 Rg3 36.Kf5 Rg2 37.a4 Be7 38.b3 Bd6 39.c4 Bc5 40.g5 hxg5 41.fxg5 c6 42.Rxc5 bxc5 43.Ke6 Rb2 44.Kd6 Rxb3 45.Kxc6 Rb4 46.Kxc5 Rxa4

47.Kb5 Ra1 48.c5 a4 49.c3 a3 50.c7 Rc1 51.Kb6 a2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Laithwared (lichess 1975) - JimWest (lichess 2079), lichess 8/8/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Qxg5 9.Qxd5 Nc6 10.Qxe4 Bf5 11.Qa4 Nge7 12.Rd1 O-O 13.h4 Qg4 14.Qxg4 Bxg4 15.f3 Be6 16.a3 Rad8 17.Bd3 Nf5 18.Kf2 h5

19.g4 hxg4 20.fxg4 Nh6+ 21.Kg3 Bxg4 22.Rdf1 Be6 23.Rf4 Rxf4 24.Kxf4 Rf8+ 25.Kg3 Nf5+ 26.Bxf5 Rxf5 27.Rd1 Kf7 28.b4 Nxe5 29.Rd8 Rf3+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 8/7/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Krisstianes_017 (Chess.com 1878) - JimWest (Chess.com 2042), Chess.com 8/7/2025

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.Ng5 d5 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qd1 O-O 10.Be2 c6 11.O-O h6 12.Nh3 Bxh3 13.gxh3 Nd7 14.Kh1 Nxe5 15.Rg1 Nf3 16.Bxf3 Rxf3 17.Rg2 Qb6

18.Qd2 Kh7 19.Nc3 Qxb2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ajedrezxx (lichess 2102) - JimWest (lichess 2073), lichess 8/7/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.h3 a5 9.a4 Na6 10.d4 Qc7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qe2 Nc5 13.Rfd1 Be6 14.Rd2 O-O 15.Rad1 Kh8 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Bxe6 Nxe6 18.Rd7 Qb6 19.Qc4 Nc5

20.R7d6 Qb4 21.Qa2 Nxe4 22.Nxe4 Qxe4 23.Qb3 Qb4 24.Qxb4 axb4 25.b3 e4 26.Nd4 e3 27.Ne6 exf2+ 28.Kxf2 Rg8 29.Nxf4 Be5 30.Ne6 Bxd6 31.Rxd6 Rae8

32.Ng5 Rgf8+ 33.Kg3 h6 34.Nf3 c5 35.Nh4 Kh7 36.Rd7 b6 37.Rb7 Rb8 38.Rd7 Rf6 39.Nf3 Re8 40.Nd2 Re3+ 41.Kh2 Rf2 42.Kg1 Rfe2 43.Nc4 Rg3 44.Rd2 Rgxg2+ 45.Kf1 Rxd2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 8/6/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Kugark (Chess.com 2199) - JimWest (Chess.com 2049), Chess.com 8/6/2025

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.g4 Bxd2+ 17.Rxd2 Qa1+ 18.Qd1 Qc3 19.Qc2 Qa1+ 20.Rd1 Rxd1+ 21.Qxd1 Qc3+ 22.Qd2 Qa1+ 23.Qd1 Qc3+ 24.Qd2 Qa1+ 25.Qd1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Fisherrr777 (lichess 2059) - JimWest (lichess 2075), lichess 8/6/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ c6 4.Ba4 f5 5.d3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.h3 a5 8.c3 b5 9.Bc2 Be7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Re1 Kh8 12.Nf1 Be6 13.d4 Qc7

14.d5 cxd5 15.exd5 Bxd5 16.Bd3 e4 17.Bxe4 Bxe4 18.Qd4 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Nc6 20.Qxf4 Ng8 21.Qg3 Ne5 22.f4 Bh4 23.Qg2 Nd3 24.Re6, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/5/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2033) - Monochonk (Chess.com 2007), Chess.com 8/5/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg4 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 c6 8.O-O Bg7 9.c3 e5 10.Qc2 Qb6+ 11.Kh1 h5 12.a4 Ng4 13.Na3 Ne3 14.Bxe3 Qxe3 15.Nc4 Qxf4 16.Nxd6+ Ke7 17.Be2 Qh4

18.Rxf7+ Kxd6 19.Rxg7 Qf6 20.Rxd7+ Kxd7 21.Rf1 Qe6 22.d4 Raf8 23.Rd1 Kc7 24.d5 Qf6 25.Qb3 Rd8 26.Rf1 Qg5 27.dxc6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

lundag (lichess 2166) - JimWest (lichess 2074), lichess 8/5/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.Bxe6 Nxd4 8.Bc4 Qh4 9.O-O O-O-O 10.c3 Nc6 11.Be6+ Kb8 12.exf5 Be7 13.b4 Rdf8 14.Nd2 Nxf5 15.Nf3 Qh5 16.b5 Nd8 17.Bd5 Nh4 18.Nxh4 Qxd1 19.Rxd1 Bxh4

20.g3 Bf6 21.Be3 h5 22.h4 e4 23.Rac1 Re8 24.c4 c6 25.bxc6 bxc6 26.Bxc6 Nxc6 27.Rxd6 Ne5 28.Rb1+ Kc7 29.Ra6 Ra8 30.Bf4 Rhb8 31.Re1 Kb7 32.Rxf6 gxf6 33.Rxe4 Kc6

34.Bxe5 fxe5 35.Rxe5 Rh8 36.Kg2 a5 37.a4 Kb6 38.f4 Rac8 39.Rb5+ Ka6 40.c5 Rb8 41.Rxb8 Rxb8 42.Kf3 Rc8 43.f5 Rxc5 44.Kf4 Rc4+ 45.Kg5 Rg4+ 46.Kxh5 Rxg3

47.f6 Rf3 48.Kg6 Rg3+ 49.Kh6 Rf3 50.Kg7 Rg3+ 51.Kh6 Rf3 52.Kg7 Rg3+ 53.Kh6, draw.

2 PCG Games 8/4/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Chetam419 (Chess.com 2088) - JimWest (Chess.com 2025), Chess.com 8/4/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Ng1 d5 7.Ne2 Nf6 8.Ng3 Bg6 9.Be2 Bd6 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Qb3 Nbd7 12.Qxb7 Rb8 13.Qc6 Rxb2 14.Bb5 e3 15.O-O exf2+ 16.Kh1 Bxg3 17.hxg3 Bxb1 18.Rfxb1 Rxb1+ 19.Rxb1 Qe7

20.Rf1 Nb8 21.Bxf6 Nxc6 22.Bxe7 Nxe7 23.g4 c6 24.Ba4 Rf4 25.g3 Rxg4 26.Kg2 Nf5 27.Rxf2 Rxg3+ 28.Kh2 g6 29.Rxf5 Rxc3 30.Re5 Rc4 31.Bb3 Rxd4 32.Re8+ Kg7 33.Rc8 a5 34.Ra8 c5

35.Rxa5 Rd2+ 36.Kg3 Rd3+ 37.Kf4 c4 38.Ba4 Ra3 39.Ke5 c3 40.Ra7+ Kh6 41.Rc7 Rxa4 42.Kxd5 Rxa2 43.Rxc3 Rf2 44.Ke5 Rf5+ 45.Ke6 Kg5 46.Rh3 h5 47.Rh1 h4 48.Rg1+ Kh5 49.Rg2 Rf1 50.Ke5 g5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Chessburashka_25 (lichess 2011) - JimWest (lichess 2073), lichess 8/4/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.Bb3 Bxf5 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 O-O 13.c4 h6 14.Nh3 Bxh3 15.gxh3 dxc4 16.Bxc4+ Kh8 17.Bb2 Qc8 18.Rc1 Qxh3 19.Kh1 Ng4

20.Qxg4 Qxg4 21.Rg1 Qf3+ 22.Rg2 Nd7 23.d5 Nf6 24.d6 Rad8 25.Be5 Ng4, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/3/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

MichaelWu18 (Chess.com 1970) - JimWest (Chess.com 2001), Chess.com 8/3/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.d5 Nf6 7.Nc3 c6 8.dxc6 Nxc6 9.Be2 d5 10.Nb3 Bb4 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 O-O 13.Bf4 Re8 14.Nc5 Qe7 15.Nb3 Kh8 16.Bb5 Bd7 17.c4 dxc4 18.Bxc4 Ne5 19.Be2 Bc6

20.Qd2 Rad8 21.Qc3 Nd5 22.Qxe5 Qxe5 23.Bxe5 Rxe5 24.Rad1 Rde8 25.Bc4 g6 26.h3 Kg7 27.Kh2 R8e7 28.g4 g5 29.Nd4 Nb6 30.Bb3 Bd7 31.a4 a5 32.Kg3 Kg6

33.c3 Bxa4 34.Bxa4 Nxa4 35.Nf5 Rxf5 36.gxf5+ Kxf5 37.c4 b6 38.Rd5+ Re5 39.Rxe5+ Kxr5 40.Kg4 Kd4 41.Kxg5 Kxc4 42.Kh6 Nc5 43.Kxh7 a4 44.Kg6 b5 45.h4 a3 46.h5 Ne6

47.Kf6 Nf8 48.Kf7 Nh7 49.Kg7 Ng5 50.Kg6 Ne6 51.Kf6 Nf8 52.Kf7 Nh7 53.Kg7 b4 54.Kxh7 b3 55.Kg6 a2 56.h6 b2 57.h7 b1=Q 58.h8=Q Qxf1 59.Qc8+ Kb3 60.Qb8+ Kc3 61.Qe5+ Kd2 62.Qa5+ Ke2 63.Qxa2+ Kf3

64.Qf7+ Kg2 65.Qe6 Qe2 66.Qf5 Qf3 67.Qg5+ Kxf2 68.Qd2+ Kg3 69.Qe1+ Kf4 70.Qd2+ e3 71.Qd6+ Kg4 72.Qe6+ Kg3 73.Qd6+ Kf2 74.Qd4 Kf1 75.Qa1+ Kg2 76.Qb2+ e2 77.Qd2 Kf1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2077) - UniqueChess0712 (lichess 2186), lichess 8/3/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 Nc6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Qd7 8.O-O O-O-O 9.Bg5 Be7 10.c3 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nbd2 d5 13.exd5 Qxd5 14.d4 Rfe8 15.Bc4 Qh5 16.Qc2 Rf8 17.Rae1 Be7 18.Ne4 Qg6 19.Bd3 f5

20.Ng3 Bd6 21.Nh4 Qh5 22.Nxh5 Bxh5 23.Nxf5, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 8/2/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

DrAshutosh (Chess.com 1845) - JimWest (Chess.com 2016), Chess.com 8/2/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qe2 Bd6 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.Nf3 O-O 12.Bg5 Nd4 13.Nxd4 exd4 14.Nxd5 Qa5+ 15.c3 Nxd5 16.O-O Qxb5 17.c4 Qe8 18.Qxe8 Rxe8 19.cxd5 Bd7

20.Rac1 Rac8 21.Bf6 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Be5 23.Bg5 Bb5 24.Rd1 Bg7 25.d6 h6 26.Bf4 g5 27.Bc1 Be5 28.Kf1 Bxd6 29.b3 Bb4 30.f4 g4 31.Kf2 h5

32.Kg3 Be1+ 33.Rxe1 Rxe1 34.Bb2 Re3+ 35.Kh4 Rxd3 36.Kxh5 Rd2 37.Ba3 Rxa2 38.Bc5 d3 39.Kg5 d2 40.Kxf5 d1=Q 41.h3 gxh3 42.gxh3 Qd5+ 43.Kg6 Qxc5 44.b4 Rg2+ 45.Kh6 Qxb4 46.h4 Qxf4+ 47.Kh5 Be8#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

amirtoli2 (lichess 1996) - JimWest (lichess 2072), lichess 8/2/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Be2 Bc5 7.c4 c6 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.Bc4 dxc4 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Nf7+ Ke7 12.Nxh8 Nc6 13.O-O Nxe5 14.Nc3 Nf6 15.Bg5 Be6 16.Nxe4 Bb6 17.Rfe1 Rxh8 18.Ng3 Nd3

19.Re2 Nxf2 20.Rxf2 h6 21.Bxf6+ gxf6 22.Kf1 Bxf2 23.Kxf2 Rd8 24.Re1 Kf7 25.h3 Rd2+ 26.Re2 Rxe2+ 27.Nxe2 b5 28.a3 a6 29.Nc3 f5 30.Kf3 Kf6 31.Kf4 h5

32.h4 Bf7 33.Ne2 a5 34.Nd4 b4 35.axb4 axb4 36.Nxf5 c3 37.bxc3 bxc3 38.Ne3 Bb3 39.Ke4 c2 40.Nxc2 Bxc2 41.Kf4 Bd1 42.Ke4 Bg4 43.Kf4 Ke6 44.Ke4 Bd1 45.Kf4 Kd5 46.Ke3 Ke5 47.g3 Bg4 48.Kd3 Bc8 49.Ke3 Kf5 50.Kf3 Bb7+ 51.Kf2 Kg4

52.Kg1 Kxg3, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/1/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

kig92 (Chess.com 1844) - JimWest (Chess.com 2009), Chess.com 8/1/2025

1.Nf3 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.Ng5 h6 7.Nh7 f4 8.Nxf8 Kxf8 9.g3 g5 10.Qh5 Qf6 11.h4 Qg6 12.hxg5 Qxh5 13.Rxh5 gxh5 14.f3 Nd7 15.g4 Nf6 16.Rh2 Be6 17.b3 Kg7 18.Kf2 Rh8

19.Kg2 Rxh2+ 20.Kxh2 Rh8+ 21.Kg2 Nd7 22.a4 a5 23.Nd2 Nf8 24.Nc4 Bxc4 25.bxc4 Ne6 26.Rb1 Rb8 27.Ba3 Nc5 28.c3 b6 29.d4 exd4 30.cxd4 Nxa4 31.Bxd6 Rb7

32.Rh1 Nb2 33.Be5+ Kg6 34.Rh8 Nxc4 35.Rg8+ Kh6 36.Rh8+ Rh7 37.Rc8 Nxe5 38.dxe5 Rb7 39.Rxc6+ Kg7 40.Kf2 b5 41.Ke2 a4 42.Ra6 Re7 43.e6 Kf6 44.Rb6 Rxe6 45.Rxb5 Ra6

46.Kd3 a3 47.Rb1 a2 48.Ra1 Ke5 49.Kc3 Ra3+ 50.Kd2 Rxf3 51.Rxa2 Rf2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2085) - Setia (lichess 1979), lichess 8/1/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 h6 6.Be2 Be6 7.O-O exf4 8.Bxf4 Be7 9.c3 d5 10.e5 Nh5 11.Bc1 g6 12.d4 Qd7 13.Be3 Ng7 14.Kh1 O-O-O 15.Nbd2 g5 16.b4 f5 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Nb3 Nf5 19.Bg1 b6

20.a4 Nce7 21.a5 Kb7 22.axb6 cxb6 23.Ba6+ Kb8 24.Re1 Nd6 25.Ne5 Bxe5 26.Rxe5 Ne4 27.Qd3 Ng6 28.Rxe4 dxe4 29.Qxe4 Bxb3 30.Qxg6 Bd5 31.Bf2 Rhf8 32.Bg3+ Ka8

33.c4 Qc6 34.Qxc6+ Bxc6 35.d5 Bb7 36.Bxb7+ Kxb7 37.h3 Rc8 38.Rc1 h5 39.c5 Rf5 40.c6+ Ka8 41.d6 h4 42.d7 Rg8 43.c7, Black resigns.