PCG & PCG Reversed 1/22/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

LostInThePosition (Chess.com 1986) - JimWest (Chess.com 2033), Chess.com 1/22/2026

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.Nd2 Nc6 13.Bxf6+ Bxf6 14.Qg3+ Kxh8 15.c3 Bf5 16.Qf4 Bg6 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 Qg8 19.O-O Re8

20.Qf3 Qg7 21.Rae1 Rf8 22.Qh5 Rg8 23.g3 Ne7 24.Re6 Ng6 25.Qf5 Be7 26.Rfe1 Rf8 27.Qe4 Qf7 28.f4 Bd6 29.Qxb7 Nxf4

30.gxf4 Qxf4 31.Qg2 Rg8 32.Re8 Qxh2+, White resigns.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2019) - Jolon123 (lichess 2024), lichess 1/22/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.d5 Ngxe5 9.dxc6 Qxd1+ 10.Kxd1 Bg4+ 11.Ke1 bxc6 12.Be2 Bf5 13.Be3 c4 14.Nc3 Bb4 15.Bd4 f6 16.Bxe5 fxe5 17.Bxc4 e3 18.Rc1 Rd8 19.Nf3 e4

20.Ne5 Rd2 21.Rf1 Bg6 22.Nxg6 hxg6 23.Bf7+ Ke7 24.Bxg6 Rxh2 25.Bxe4 c5 26.a3 Ba5 27.b4 cxb4 28.Nd5+ Kd6 29.Nxe3 Rd4 30.Nf5+ Ke5 31.Nxd4 Kxd4 32.axb4 Bxb4+ 33.c3+ Bxc3+ 34.Rxc3 Kxc3

35.Rf7 Kd4 36.Bf3 Rh1+ 37.Kf2 Ra1 38.Rxg7 a5 39.Ra7 a4 40.Kg3 a3 41.Kf4 Kc3 42.g4 a2 43.Kg5 Kd4 44.Ra4+ Ke3 45.Bd5 Kd2 46.Rxa2+ Rxa2 47.Bxa2 Ke3 48.Kf5 Kd4, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 1/21/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Slip-debain (Chess.com 2025) - JimWest (Chess.com 2026), Chess.com 1/21/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nbd2 a5 8.a4 Na6 9.Be2 Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 f4 12.Nb3 Bg4 13.Qc2 Nc7 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Kh8 16.d4 g5 17.dxe5 dxe5 18.Qe2 Ne6 19.Red1 Ng7

20.Rd3 h5 21.Rad1 b6 22.Rd6 Rfc8 23.R1d3 Qf7 24.Nd2 Nge8 25.Bxh5 Qxh5 26.Qxh5+ Nxh5 27.Rh6+ Kg7 28.Rxh5 Kg6 29.Rh8 Kg7 30.Rh5 Kg6 31.Rh8 Kg7 32.Rh5, draw.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2015) - Pavlo07 (lichess 2027), lichess 1/21/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.c3 Bb7 9.f5 d5 10.Qc2 dxe4 11.dxe4 Nd7 12.Kh1 f6 13.Rd1 Qe8 14.Be3 Nc5 15.Bxc5 Bxc5 16.b4 Bd6 17.Bc4+ Kh8 18.Bd5 Qe7 19.a4 Nd8

20.Bxb7 Nxb7 21.Nbd2 Qf7 22.Qa2 Qh5 23.Nc4 Rad8 24.Ne3 g6 25.g4 Qh3 26.Qg2 Qh6 27.g5 fxg5 28.Qxg5 Qh3 29.Qg3 Qh6 30.Qg5 Qg7

31.Nd5 gxf5 32.Qxg7+ Kxg7 33.Rg1+ Kh8 34.Ng5 Rde8 35.Raf1 f4 36.Rf3 c6 37.Rh3 cxd5 38.Rxh7+ Kg8 39.Rxb7 Rf6 40.Nh7+ Kh8 41.Nxf6 dxe4

42.Nxe8 e3 43.Nxd6 f3 44.Ne4 f2 45.Nxf2 exf2 46.Rf1 e4 47.Rxf2 e3 48.Re2 Kg8 49.Rxe3 Kf8 50.Rxa7 b5 51.axb5 Kg8 52.Re8#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/20/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2014) - RogerStock (Chess.com 2028), Chess.com 1/20/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 a6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Ne2 e3 10.O-O c5 11.c3 cxd5 12.cxd5 Bb4 13.Nbc3 O-O 14.h3 Nf2 15.Qe1 Qg5 16.Kh2 Nd3 17.Qg3 Qxg3+ 18.Nxg3 Nxc1 19.Raxc1 Rb8

20.Rc2 Rd8 21.Nge2 Be6 22.Rf3 c5 23.d5 Bxd5 24.Nxd5 Rxd5 25.Rxe3 Re8 26.a3 Bd2 27.Re4 f5 28.Nf4 Bxf4 29.Rxf4 Rdxe5 30.Rfc4 Rc8 31.b4 Kf7 32.bxc5 Rc6

33.R2c3 g5 34.Kg3 h6 35.Kf3 Ke6 36.a4 a5 37.g3 h5 38.h4 g4+ 39.Kf4 Kd5 40.Rc2 Re4+ 41.Rxe4 fxe4 42.Rd2+ Kxc5 43.Rc2+ Kd5 44.Rd2+ Ke6 45.Rd4 e3 46.Kxe3 Ke5

47.Re4+ Kf5 48.Rf4+ Ke5 49.Re4+ Kf5 50.Rf4+ Ke5 51.Re4+, draw.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit

AAbilashan (lichess 1942) - JimWest (lichess 2010), lichess 1/20/2026

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.Na3 Nc6 10.Nb5 Qxe5 11.Bd6 cxd6 12.Nc7+ Kd8 13.Nxa8 Bf5 14.g3 Nge7 15.Bg2 Kd7 16.Nb6+ axb6 17.O-O h5 18.Qb3 Kc7 19.Rfe1 h4

20.Qa4 hxg3 21.fxg3 e3 22.b4 Be4 23.Bxe4 Qxe4 24.b5 Ne5 25.Kf1 Qf3+ 26.Kg1 Qf2+ 27.Kh1 Qxh2#.

PCG & PCG Reversed 1/19/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

MkrtchyanNofear (Chess.com 2036) - JimWest (Chess.com 2032), Chess.com 1/19/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.c4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Nc3 c6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Be2 Re8 14.O-O Rxe6 15.f3 Nc6 16.fxe4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Rxe4 18.Rf4 Qe7

19.Bd3 Rxf4 20.Qxf4 Re8 21.Qf5 g6 22.Qxd5+ Kg7 23.Qc4 Qe3+ 24.Kh1 Qxd4 25.Qxd4 Nxd4 26.Rd1 Nc6 27.g3 Rd8 28.Kg2 Nb4 29.Be2 Rxd1 30.Bxd1 Nxa2

31.Kf3 Nb4 32.Ke4 Kf6 33.Bb3 h5 34.h4 Na6 35.Kd5 Kf5 36.Bd1 g5 37.Bxh5 gxh4 38.gxh4 Nb4+ 39.Kd6 Nd3 40.Kc7 Nxb2 41.Kxb7 a5 42.Be8 a4 43.Bxa4 Nxa4 44.h5 Kg5 45.h6 Kxh6, draw.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2039) - helios_erebus (lichess 1955), lichess 1/19/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Nxe2 exd3 8.exf6 dxe2 9.Qxe2+ Kd7 10.fxg7 Bb4+ 11.c3 Re8 12.Be3 Bc5

13.Qb5+ Kc8 14.Qxc5 Qh4+ 15.g3 Qe4 16.O-O Nc6 17.Qf5+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 1/18/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Vzesgelentei (Chess.com 1906) - JimWest (Chess.com 2046), Chess.com 1/18/2026

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.Ng5 d5 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Qh5 h6 12.Nh3 Nbc6 13.O-O-O Bxh3 14.Qxh3 Rxf2 15.Qe6+ Kh8 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Rxd5 Qb6 18.Bb5 a6 19.Rf1 axb5

20.Rxf2 Qxf2 21.Rd7 Qf1+ 22.Kc2 Qc4+ 23.Qxc4 bxc4 24.Rxb7 Nxe5 25.a3 e3 26.Re7 Ng4 27.h3 Nf6 28.Rxe3 Rc8 29.g4 Kg8 30.a4 Kf7 31.a5 Rc5 32.Ra3 Rc7 33.a6 Ra7 34.Kc3 Nd5+ 35.Kxc4 Nc7

36.b4 Rxa6 37.Rxa6 Nxa6 38.b5 Nb8 39.b6 Ke6 40.Kd4 g5 41.Ke4 Nd7 42.b7 Nc5+ 43.Kf3 Nxb7 44.Kg3 Nd6 45.h4 Kf6 46.hxg5+ Kxg5 47.Kh3 Ne4 48.Kh2 Kxg4

49.Kh1 Kg3 50.Kg1 h5 51.Kh1 h4 52.Kg1 h3 53.Kh1 Nf2+ 54.Kg1 h2+ 55.Kf1 h1=Q+, White resigns.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit

qusar2025 (lichess 2114) - JimWest (lichess 2031), lichess 1/18/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.O-O-O O-O 12.Rhe1 Bxc4 13.Nxc4 Bb4 14.Bxf6 Rxf6

15.Nd5 Bxe1 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Rxe1 f5 18.Rd1 Ne6 19.g3 Rf8, White forfeits.

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/17/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2048) - benricerovel (Chess.com 1838), Chess.com 1/17/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 exf5 6.Bxf5 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O h6 9.h3 Re8 10.c3 Bf8 11.Nbd2 Ne7 12.Bh2 Ng6 13.Qc2 c6 14.Kh1 d5 15.e5 Nh7 16.d4 b6

17.Bd3, Black resigns.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit

xzyt123 (lichess 2005) - JimWest (lichess 2026), lichess 1/17/2026

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.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.O-O c6 12.Bd2 Be6 13.Be3 Nbd7 14.c4 dxc4 15.Nxc4 Bd5 16.Nd2 Qe8 17.Bc4 Qg6 18.Qb3 b5 19.Bxd5+ Nxd5

20.Qc2 Rae8 21.Rac1 Rf6 22.a3 Nxe3 23.fxe3 Rxf1+ 24.Rxf1 Nb6 25.Rf4 Nd5 26.Kf2 Nxf4, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/16/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2047) - 21JAGRUT (Chess.com 1928), Chess.com 1/16/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Na5 Bb6 7.Nxb6 axb6 8.Nf3 h6 9.Be2 Be6 10.a3 O-O 11.f5 Bc8 12.O-O Re8 13.c3 d5 14.Qc2 dxe4 15.dxe4 Na7 16.Kh1 Qe7 17.Be3 Ng4 18.Bg1 Bd7 19.h3 Nf6

20.Rae1 Bc6 21.Bc4 Red8 22.g4 Rd7 23.Bf2 Rad8 24.Rg1 Nxe4 25.Rxe4 Bxe4 26.Qxe4 Nc6 27.h4 Rd1 28.g5 Rxg1+ 29.Bxg1 Kh8 30.gxh6 gxh6 31.Be3 Rd1+ 32.Kh2 Qd6

33.b4 Qf6 34.Bb5 Ne7 35.Qxe5 Qxe5 36.Nxe5 Nxf5 37.Bf2 Rd2 38.Kg1 Kg7 39.Nf3 Kf6 40.Nxd2, Black resigns.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit

hansika_Strategist (lichess 1955) - JimWest (lichess 2012), lichess 1/16/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Qe2 Nf6 7.Nd2 d5 8.Qb5+ Nc6 9.Qxb7 Nxd4 10.Kd1 e3 11.Bb5+ Nxb5 12.Qxb5+ Bd7

13.Qb3 exd2 14.Bxd2 Rb8 15.Re1+ Be7 16.Qa3 Kf7 17.Qxa7 Re8 18.Qe3 Kg8 19.Qf3 Bg4 20.Qxg4 Nxg4, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 1/15/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2041) - orshal90 (Chess.com 1942), Chess.com 1/15/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bd3 Nh4

10.O-O Ng5 11.Bxg5, Black resigns.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2006) - sertsap88 (lichess 2039), lichess 1/15/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Qe7 9.f5 O-O-O 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nd2 Ne7 13.Qc2 d5 14.O-O-O Kb8 15.Kb1 c6 16.h4 Bb6 17.g4 g5 18.h5 Rd7 19.a4 Rhd8

20.Nb3 Qd6 21.a5 Bc7 22.a6 bxa6 23.exd5 Nxd5 24.Bxd5 cxd5 25.Rhe1 f6 26.Qf2 Bb6 27.d4 e4 28.Nc5 Bxc5 29.dxc5 Qc6 30.Qd4 Rc8 31.b4 a5 32.Kb2 Ka8 33.Ra1 bxa4 34.cxb4 Rb7 35.Kc3 Rcb8

36.Reb1 Rb5 37.Ra2 R8b7 38.Rd2 a5 39.Qxd5 bxa4+ 40.Kb3 Qxd5+ 41.Rxd5 Rc7 42.Kc4 Rb6 43.Rxb4, Black forfeits.

2 PCG Games 1/14/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

dhiyanan (Chess.com 2016) - JimWest (Chess.com 2058), Chess.com 1/14/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.d5 c5 9.Nb5 Qd8 10.Re1 Nf6 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Be7 13.Nc3 O-O

14.Bxf4 Nfd7 15.Qg4 Rxf4 16.Qe6+ Kh8 17.Ne2 Nf8, White resigns.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit

omarkhatab91 (lichess 2059) - JimWest (lichess 2004), lichess 1/14/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 Na5 6.O-O Nxc4 7.dxc4 Nf6 8.exf5 Bxf5 9.h3 Be7 10.Bg5 c6 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Rad1 h6 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Nh4 Bh7 15.Nf3 a6 16.Nh2 b5 17.cxb5 axb5 18.Ng4 Nxg4 19.Qxg4 Bf5

20.Qg3 Kh8 21.a3 Bxc2 22.Rc1 Bd3 23.Rfd1 e4 24.f3 Bf6 25.fxe4 Bxc3 26.Rxc3 Bxe4 27.Rxd6 Qf7 28.Rd1 Bd5

29.Rc2 Bb3 30.Rcd2 Bxd1 31.Rxd1 Rad8 32.Rxd8 Rxd8 33.Qh4 Rf8 34.Kh2 Kg8 35.Qe4 Qf6 36.Qc2, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 1/13/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

FatalInjuries (Chess.com 2053) - JimWest (Chess.com 2051), Chess.com 1/13/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.O-O Bd6 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.f4 O-O 11.fxe5 Bxe5

12.Nf3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qb6+ 14.d4 Qxb5 15.Rb1 Qxb1, White resigns.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2011) - victor876087 (lichess 1984), lichess 1/13/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 O-O 6.Nf3 d5 7.e5 Ne8 8.d4 c5 9.c3 Nc6 10.Be2 Qb6 11.Qb3 c4 12.Qxb6 axb6 13.O-O Nc7 14.Nbd2 Ne6 15.Bg3 f6 16.a3 fxe5 17.Nxe5 Bf6 18.Ndf3 Na5 19.Rae1 Nb3

20.Bd1 Na5 21.Bc2 Nc6 22.Nxc6 bxc6 23.Bf5 c5 24.Bxe6+ Bxe6 25.Rxe6 cxd4 26.Nxd4 Bxd4+ 27.cxd4, Black resigns.