2 PCG Games 5/7/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

millerx (Chess.com 2024) - JimWest (Chess.com 1976), Chess.com 5/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.c3 g5 8.Bxg8 Rxg8 9.Qb3 Rg6 10.Nbd2 g4 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.Nc4 Qb5 14.Bxf4 Qxb3 15.axb3 Nd7 16.b4 c5 17.b5 b6 18.Rfe1 Bb7 19.Rad1 O-O-O

20.Ra1 Re8 21.e5 Bd5 22.Ne3 Bb7 23.Rxa7 Nxe5 24.Rea1 Bd6 25.b4 Bb8 26.R7a2 c4 27.Bxe5 Bxe5 28.Nxc4 Bc7 29.Ne3 h5 30.c4 Bf4 31.c5 Bxe3 32.fxe3 Rxe3 33.c6 Bxc6 34.bxc6 Rxc6

35.Ra8+ Kd7 36.R1a7+ Rc7 37.Rxc7+ Kxc7 38.Rh8 Re5 39.Rh6 Kb7 40.Kf2 Ka6 41.Kg3 Kb5 42.Kh4 Re2 43.Rxh5+ Kxb4 44.Kg3 b5 45.Rg5 Re4 46.Rxg4 Rxg4+ 47.Kxg4 Kc4

48.h4 b4 49.h5 b3 50.h6 b2 51.h7 b1=Q 52.h8=Q Qg6+ 53.Kh3 Qf5+ 54.Kh4 Qf2+ 55.Kh3 Qf5+ 56.Kh2 Qf4+ 57.Kg1 Qe3+ 58.Kh1 Qc1+ 59.Kh2 Qf4+ 60.g3 Qf2+ 61.Kh3 Qf5+ 62.Kg2 Qe4+ 63.Kf2 Qf5+ 64.Ke3 Qg5+ 65.Kf3 Qf5+ 66.Kg2 Qe4+ 67.Kh3 Qh1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

curlyman (lichess 2023) - JimWest (lichess 2029), lichess 5/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Nc3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Qxe5 10.cxd5 Nf6 11.Bc4 Bf5 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Re1 O-O-O 14.a4 Nb6 15.Bf1 Nbxd5 16.c4 Ng4 17.g3 e3

18.fxe3 Ndxe3 19.Qe2 Nxf1 20.Qxf1 Qd4+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/6/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

ImBobbyFisherFR (Chess.com 1789) - JimWest (Chess.com 1975), Chess.com 5/6/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.h3 a5 8.a4 Na6 9.Qe2 Nc5 10.O-O f4 11.Rad1 Be6 12.d4 Bxc4 13.Qxc4 Ncxe4 14.dxe5 Nxg5 15.Nxg5 d5 16.exf6 dxc4 17.Rxd8+ Bxd8 18.fxg7 Rg8 19.Ne6 Kf7

20.Re1 Bf6 21.Nxf4 Bxc3 22.bxc3 Rxg7 23.Re4 b5 24.Re6 bxa4 25.Rxc6 a3 26.Rxc4 a4 27.Rd4 a2 28.Rd1 Rb8 29.Rd7+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

denhill (lichess 2056) - JimWest (lichess 2031), lichess 5/6/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 exd4 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.O-O Nxd4

16.Kh1 Nf5 17.Qf4 Bg5 18.Qe5+ Bf6 19.Qf4 Bg5 20.Qe5+ Bf6 21.Qf4, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/5/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1971) - Rintu1978 (Chess.com 1886), Chess.com 5/5/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Nh5 6.Be3 Be7 7.Nf3 Bh4+ 8.Nxh4 Qxh4+ 9.Bf2 Qf6 10.Nc3 c6 11.Be2 Nf4 12.O-O Nxe2+ 13.Qxe2 Qg5 14.Be3 Qh4 15.Qf2 Qxf2+ 16.Rxf2 O-O 17.Raf1 f6 18.Rxf6 Rxf6 19.Rxf6 d6

20.Rxd6 Nd7 21.d4 Kf7 22.e5 Nb6 23.Rf6+ Kg7 24.b3 Bf5 25.d5 Nxd5 26.Nxd5 cxd5 27.c3 Bb1 28.a3 a5 29.Rb6 Ra7 30.Rd6 Ra6 31.Rxd5 Be4 32.Rd4 Bf5

33.g4 Bc8 34.h3 Rc6 35.c4 Kf7 36.a4 Be6 37.Rd6 h5 38.gxh5 gxh5 39.Kh2 Kg6 40.Rxc6 bxc6 41.Bb6 Bf5 42.Bxa5 Bc2 43.b4 Bxa4 44.c5 Kf5 45.Bc7 Bb5 46.h4 Bc4

47.Kg3 Bb5 48.Kf3 Bc4 49.Ke3 Bb5 50.Kd4 Be2 51.Bd8 Bb5 52.Bg5 Be2 53.Bf6 Bb5 54.Bg5 Be2 55.Bf6 Bb5 56.Bg5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

xneoone10 (lichess 1952) - JimWest (lichess 2040), lichess 5/5/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.d3 Be7 7.Nc3 c6 8.Be3 Rf8 9.Qd2 Bg4 10.Ng5 h6 11.f3 Bxg5 12.Bxg5 Qxg5 13.Qxg5 hxg5 14.fxg4 Nd7 15.Ne4 Nf6 16.Nxg5 Nxg4 17.h3 Ne3

18.Kd2 Nxg2 19.Rhg1 Nf4 20.Ne6 Nxe6 21.c3 O-O-O 22.Kc2 Rf2+ 23.Kb3 Rdf8 24.Ka3 g5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/4/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

yamomiya (Chess.com 1991) - JimWest (Chess.com 1965), Chess.com 5/4/2026

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.Qg3 Kh8 15.O-O Nc6 16.Bh6 Bf8 17.Bxf8 Qxf8 18.f3 e3 19.Rae1 Nxd4

20.Rxe3 Nf5 21.Qe5 Nxe3 22.Qxe3 Bd7 23.Rd1 b6 24.Qc3 Qg7 25.Bd5 Nxd5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

DasmaChess (lichess 2162) - JimWest (lichess 2045), lichess 5/4/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf6 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e3 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qh4 Ne7 12.Nxh7 exf2+ 13.Kxf2 Rxh7 14.Qxh7 dxc3 15.Bg5 Qd4+ 16.Ke1 Qxe5+ 17.Kd1 Bg4+ 18.Kc2 Qxg5 19.Qh8+ Kf7

20.Qxc3 Nbc6 21.c5 Bf5+ 22.Kb2 Qf6 23.Bc4+ Kg7 24.Rhf1 Qxc3+ 25.Kxc3 Rd8 26.Rae1 Nd5+ 27.Kb2 Nf6 28.Rf2 Ne4 29.Rxe4 Bxe4 30.Rf7+ Kh6 31.Rxc7 Ne5

32.Bf1 Rd1 33.Be2 Rd2+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/3/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

ArifM60 (Chess.com 2020) - JimWest (Chess.com 1962), Chess.com 5/3/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.h3 Qc7 8.Ng5 h6 9.Ne6 Bxe6 10.Bxe6 Nbd7 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.d4 O-O-O 13.d5 cxd5 14.exd5 Kb8 15.Qe2 Rc8 16.f3 Be7 17.Rd1 Bd8

 

18.Ne4 Bb6+ 19.Kh2 Nxe4 20.Qxe4 g5 21.a4 a5 22.Bd2 h5 23.c3 g4 24.b4 gxh3 25.gxh3 Qg7 26.Rg1 Bxg1+ 27.Rxg1 Qf7 28.bxa5 Rhg8 29.Qb4 Qxd5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Igorst (lichess 2025) - JimWest (lichess 2039), lichess 5/3/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Ba4 O-O 11.O-O Qa5 12.Bb3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qxc3 14.f3 Nbd7 15.Nxd7 Bxd7 16.Bxf6 Rxf6

17.fxe4 Rxf1+ 18.Kxf1 Rf8+ 19.Kg1 Qe3+ 20.Kh1 Qxe4 21.Qd2 Re8 22.c3 Qe3 23.Qxe3 Rxe3 24.Rc1 Bf5 25.Kg1 Re7 26.Kf2 Be4 27.Bc2 Kf7 28.Bxe4 Rxe4 29.a4 b6 30.Kf3 Re7 31.c4 dxc4 32.Rxc4 Re6

33.Kf4 Ke7 34.g4 Kd7 35.g5 g6 36.Rc3 a6 37.Rh3 Re7 38.Rb3 b5 39.axb5 axb5 40.Ra3 Kd6 41.Rc3 Kd5 42.Rc5+ Kxd4 43.Rxc6 b4 44.Kf3 b3 45.h4 Rb7

46.Ke2 b2 47.Rd6+ Ke5, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/2/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1945) - George-Refaat (Chess.com 1887), Chess.com 5/2/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Ng4 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Nf3 Re8 10.Bd3 f5 11.Qb3+ Kh8 12.Qxb4 fxe4 13.Bb5 exf3+ 14.Bxe8 Qxe8+ 15.Kf1 fxg2+ 16.Kxg2 Nc6 17.Qb5 Bd7 18.Qd3 Qh5 19.Bd2 Nb4

20.Qh3 Qg6 21.Qg3 Bc6+ 22.Kg1 Bxh1 23.Kxh1 Nc2 24.Rg1 Nxd4 25.Qxg4 Qxg4 26.Rxg4 Re8 27.Kg2 c6 28.Kf2 Nf4 29.Rg5 g6 30.Ne2 h6 31.Rxg6 Kh7 32.Rf6 Nh4

33.Rxd6 Re7 34.Bc3 Nf5 35.Rd8 Kg6 36.Rg8+ Kh7 37.Rh8+ Kg6 38.Ng3 Nxg3 39.hxg3 a6 40.a4 b5 41.axb5 axb5 42.Rc8 Re6 43.g4 Rd6 44.Ke3 Kf7 45.f5 Ke7 46.Bb4 Kd7 47.Bxd6 Kxc8

48.Bf4 Kd7 49.Bxh6 Ke7 50.b4 Kf6 51.Bf4 Kf7 52.Kd4 Kf6 53.Kc5 Kf7 54.Kxc6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Tim0n1982 (lichess 2013) - JimWest (lichess 2034), lichess 5/2/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.Re1 Be7 7.d4 e4 8.Bxg8 Rxg8 9.Nfd2 d5 10.Qh5+ Bg6 11.Qe5 Nd7 12.Qg3 Qb8 13.Qxb8+ Nxb8 14.c4 Nd7 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.Nc3 Nf6 17.a3 O-O-O 18.b4 Kb8 19.Bb2 Rgf8

20.h3 Bd6 21.g3 h5 22.Nb3 b6 23.Nb5 Kb7 24.Nxd6+ Rxd6 25.Rac1 Rc6 26.Rxc6 Kxc6 27.a4 Kb7 28.Rc1 Rc8 29.Rxc8 Kxc8 30.a5 Kb7 31.axb6 axb6

32.b5 Be8 33.Ba3 Bxb5 34.Bf8 g6 35.Bg7 Ne8 36.Be5 Bc4 37.Nd2 b5 38.f4 e3 39.Nxc4 dxc4 40.Kf1 c3 41.Ke2 c2, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 5/1/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1938) - Vikalppa (Chess.com 1873), Chess.com 5/1/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O a6 8.a4 Re8 9.c3 Bf8 10.f5 d5 11.Qc2 dxe4 12.dxe4 Qe7 13.Kh1 Qc5 14.Na3 Ng4 15.Bd3 Rd8 16.h3 Ne3 17.Bxe3 Qxe3 18.Rad1 Be7 19.Nc4 Qh6

20.Ncxe5 Nxe5 21.Nxe5 Qd6 22.Nxf7 Qg3 23.Nxd8 Bxd8 24.Bc4+ Be6 25.Bxe6+ Kf8 26.Rf3 Qe5 27.Rd5 Qf6 28.Rfd3 Be7 29.Rd7 Qe5 30.Rxe7 Kxe7 31.Rd7+ Ke8 32.Qd3 Qf6

33.Rf7 Rd8 34.Rxf6 Rxd3 35.Rf7 Rd2 36.b4 Rc2 37.Rxc7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2046) - regarmedan (lichess 1946), lichess 5/1/2026

1.e3 b6 2.d3 Bb7 3.e4 e5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.c3 Ng4 10.h3 Nf6 11.Nbd2 d6 12.d4 Qe8 13.Qc2 h6 14.Rae1 Qd7 15.Bb5 a6 16.Bxc6 Bxc6

17.e5 dxe5 18.Nxe5 Qd5 19.Nxc6 Bd6 20.Bxd6 cxd6 21.Ne7+, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/30/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

fawasqias (Chess.com 2034) - JimWest (Chess.com 1927), Chess.com 4/30/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nh4 b5 8.Bb3 b4 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Qxg6+ Kd7 13.Qf7+ Qe7 14.Qxe7+ Kxe7 15.Ne2 fxe4 16.dxe4 Nd7 17.f3 Nc5 18.Bc4 Be6 19.Bxe6 Nxe6

20.O-O-O Rag8 21.Ng3 Nd4 22.c3 Bg5+ 23.Kb1 bxc3 24.bxc3 Rb8+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2054) - roadtogm2029 (lichess 1963), lichess 4/30/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d5 3.d3 dxe4 4.dxe4 Qxd1+ 5.Kxd1 Nf6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.f4 Bc5 8.Nc3 Ng4 9.Nh3 O-O 10.f5 Ne3+ 11.Bxe3 Bxe3 12.Nd5 Bb6 13.Nxb6 axb6 14.a3 Nd4 15.Ng1 Bd7 16.Ne2 Nxe2 17.Kxe2 b5 18.c3 c5 19.Rad1 Bc6

20.Ke3 Rfd8 21.Bc2 Kf8 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8 23.Rd1 Rxd1 24.Bxd1 Ke7 25.b4 c4 26.g4 g5 27.Bc2 f6, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/29/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

limbercillo (Chess.com 1906) - JimWest (Chess.com 1945), Chess.com 4/29/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Nc4 O-O 13.Nxd6 cxd6 14.Be3 d5 15.Ne2 Ng4 16.Bd4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Ne3 18.Rf2 Nf5 19.Ne6 Rfc8

20.c3 Rc6 21.Nd4 Nxd4 22.cxd4 Rac8 23.Re2 Rc1+ 24.Kf2 Rxa1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2050) - achipaenriquezzz (lichess 2097), lichess 4/29/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bb6 7.Na3 O-O 8.Nc4 Re8 9.Nxb6 axb6 10.f5 d5 11.Qc2 d4 12.Bg5 Qd6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.a3 b5 15.cxd4 exd4 16.Be2 Qe7 17.O-O Bxf5 18.Rac1 Bg6

19.Qc5 Qxc5 20.Rxc5 Ra5 21.Nd2 Re5 22.Rfc1 Rxc5 23.Rxc5 b4 24.axb4 Rxc5 25.bxc5 Kf8 26.Nf3 Ke7 27.Kf2 h6, draw.

2 PCG Games 4/28/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Komden (Chess.com 1964) - JimWest (Chess.com 1938), Chess.com 4/28/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.O-O fxe4 7.dxe5 exf3 8.exd6 Qxd6 9.Qxf3 Ne5 10.Qf4 Nxc4 11.Qxc4 Be6 12.Qe4 Nf6 13.Qxb7 O-O 14.Be3 Ng4 15.g3 Nxe3 16.fxe3 Bh3 17.Ne4 Qb6 18.Qd5+ Kh8 19.Rfe1 Qxb2

20.Ng5 Bxg5 21.Qxg5 Qxc2 22.Qd5 Rad8 23.Qb7 c6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

yongyong73 (lichess 2032) - JimWest (lichess 2050), lichess 4/28/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Nfd2 d5 7.c4 c6 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Bb5+ Nc6 11.O-O Bb4 12.Qa4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 O-O 14.Ba3 Re8 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Qxc6 Rc8 17.Qd6 Qxd6 18.Bxd6 Rxc3 19.Bc5 a5

20.Nb3 a4 21.Na5 Nd7 22.Bb4 Rc2 23.a3 Rec8 24.Nb7 Be6 25.Nc5 Nxc5 26.Bxc5 Rb8 27.Rfb1 Rbb2 28.Rxb2 Rxb2 29.Rc1 h6 30.Rc3 Rb3 31.Re3 Rxe3 32.fxe3 Bd7

33.Kf2 Bb5 34.Kg3 Kf7 35.Kf4 Ke6 36.h4 g6 37.g4 Be2 38.g5 h5 39.Bb4 Bc4, draw.