PCG & PCG Reversed 9/28/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

miskoo8 (Chess.com 1833) - JimWest (Chess.com 1986), Chess.com 9/28/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.c3 f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Nbd2 Nd7 9.Nb3 Nb6 10.Be2 g5 11.h3 h5 12.Nh2 Qg6 13.Bf3 Nf6 14.Qe2 g4

15.hxg4 hxg4 16.Bxg4 Bxg4 17.f3 Be6 18.Bd2 Qg3+ 19.Qf2 Rxh2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2095) - tofik56 (lichess 2017), lichess 9/28/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Nf6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 Bd7 8.O-O Nc6 9.c3 Ng4 10.h3 Nge5 11.d4 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Bg5 13.Bxg5 Qxg5 14.Qd2 Qxd2 15.Nxd2 Ne7 16.Rae1 c6 17.Nc4 d5 18.Ne5 Be6 19.exd5 cxd5

20.Bg4 Rfe8 21.Bxe6 fxe6 22.Rf7 b6 23.Ref1 Nf5 24.Rc7 Re7 25.Rxe7 Nxe7 26.g4 Re8 27.a4 Rf8 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8 29.Kf2 Nc8 30.Ke3 Ke7 31.Kd3 Kd6 32.b3 Ne7 33.c4 dxc4+ 34.bxc4 Nc6 35.Nxc6 Kxc6

36.Ke4 Kd6 37.g5 g6 38.h4 a6 39.Kf4 Kd7 40.Ke5 Ke7 41.c5 bxc5 42.dxc5 Kd7 43.a5 Kc6 44.Kxe6 Kxc5 45.Kf7 Kb5 46.Kg7 Kxa5 47.Kxh7 Kb4 48.Kxg6 a5

49.h5 a4 50.h6 a3 51.h7 a2 52.h8=Q Kb3 53.Qa1, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/27/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1981) - Frexerr (Chess.com 1951), Chess.com 9/27/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Qxe2 Nc6 8.Nf3 h6 9.a4 Qe7 10.b4 Nxb4 11.cxb4 Bxb4+ 12.Bd2 a5 13.O-O O-O 14.f5 Nh5 15.g3 Rad8 16.Nh4 Nf6 17.Bxb4 axb4 18.Nd2 d5 19.a5 Ra8

20.Nb3 dxe4 21.dxe4 Rfd8 22.Rfd1 c5 23.Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.Qc4 b6 25.a6 b5 26.Qxc5 Qd3 27.Qc6 Rd8 28.a7 Qe3+ 29.Kh1 Ng4 30.a8=Q Rxa8 31.Qxa8+ Kh7 32.Qd5 Nf2+ 33.Kg2 Nxe4

34.Rf1 Qe2+ 35.Kg1 Qe3+ 36.Kh1 Qe2 37.Kg1 Qe3+ 38.Kh1 Qe2 39.Kg1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

omchess127 (lichess 2014) - JimWest (lichess 2110), lichess 9/27/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Be2 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bd2 h6 9.h3 c6 10.Nh2 Nbd7 11.f4 Bh7 12.fxe5 Nxe5 13.Nf3 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 d5 15.Qe2 Bd6 16.Rae1 Re8 17.Qd1 Qc7 18.Rxe8+ Rxe8

19.Re1 Rxe1+ 20.Qxe1 Qe7 21.Qxe7 Bxe7 22.Be3 a6 23.Kf2 Nd7 24.Bg4 Nb8 25.Bc8 b5 26.Bf4 Bc5+ 27.Ke2 Ba7 28.Bxb8 Bxb8 29.Bxa6 Bf5 30.a4 b4 31.Na2 c5 32.Bb5 Bc7

33.b3 Kf7 34.c3 Ba5 35.cxb4 cxb4 36.Nc1 Ke6 37.Ke3 Bb6+ 38.d4 Bc2 39.Bd3 Bd1 40.Be2 Bc2 41.Kd2 Be4 42.Bf3 Bxf3 43.gxf3 Bxd4 44.Nd3 Bb6 45.Nxb4 Ke5 46.Nd3+ Kd4 47.b4 Kc4 48.a5 Ba7 49.a6 g5

50.Ne5+ Kb5 51.Nf7 Kxa6 52.Nxh6 Kb5 53.Kc3 Be3 54.Nf5 Bf4 55.Nd4+ Ka4 56.b5 Ka5 57.Kb3 Kb6 58.Ka4 Be3 59.Ne6 d4 60.Kb3 Kxb5

61.Nc7+ Kc5 62.Na6+ Kd5 63.Nb4+ Ke5 64.Nd3+ Kd5 65.Kc2 Kc4 66.Ne5+ Kd5 67.Ng4 Kc4 68.Ne5+ Kd5 69.Ng4 Kc4 70.Ne5+, draw.

2 PCG Games 9/26/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Wildwolf (Chess.com 2052) - JimWest (Chess.com 1956), Chess.com 9/26/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qe2 O-O 11.h4 Nbc6 12.f4 Nf5 13.Rh2 h5

14.g4 Ng3 15.Qg2 Nxf1 16.gxh5 Nxh2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

DARKCASTRO_X (lichess 2052) - JimWest (lichess 2113), lichess 9/26/2025

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.f3 O-O-O

11.Be3 exf3 12.Qxf3 Qxf3 13.gxf3 Bxe3, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/25/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1945) - ahsanulR123 (Chess.com 1921), Chess.com 9/25/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nh5 8.f5 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Qh4+ 10.Kd2 Qf2+ 11.Qe2 Nf4 12.Qxf2 Bxf2 13.Rf1 Bb6 14.Kc2 h6 15.Bxf4 exf4 16.Nd2 O-O-O 17.Nc4 g5 18.fxg6 fxg6 19.Nxb6 axb6

20.Bg4+ Kb8 21.Rxf4 Rdf8 22.Raf1 Rxf4 23.Rxf4 h5 24.Bf3 g5 25.Rf5 g4 26.Be2 Ne7 27.Rf7 Ng6 28.d4 Kc8 29.g3 Kd8 30.Rf6 Ne7 31.a4 d5 32.e5 Kd7 33.Bd3 c6

34.Bf5+ Nxf5 35.Rxf5 Ke7 36.b3 Rh7 37.Kd3 Rh6 38.Ke3 Ke6 39.Rf8 Rg6 40.Rh8 Rg7 41.Rxh5 Rf7 42.Rh6+ Ke7 43.Rf6 Rh7 44.Rf2 c5 45.Ke2 Rh6 46.Kf1 cxd4 47.cxd4 Rc6 48.Kg2 Rc3

49.Rf4 Rxb3 50.Rxg4 Rb4 51.Rg6 Rxa4 52.Rxb6 Rxd4 53.Rxb7+ Ke6 54.h4 Rg4 55.Kh3 Rg8 56.g4 d4 57.h5 d3 58.Rb2 Kxe5 59.Kh4 Kf4 60.g5 Rd8 61.Rf2+ Ke3 62.Rf1 d2

63.h6 d1=Q 64.Rxd1 Rxd1 65.g6 Kf4 66.Kh3 Kf3 67.Kh2 Rd2+ 68.Kh3 Rd1 69.Kh2 Rd2+ 70.Kh3 Rd1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ZVIAD64 (lichess 2133) - JimWest (lichess 2109), lichess 9/25/2025

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.Bxe6 Nxd4 8.Bxh6 Nxe6 9.exf5 Qf6 10.fxe6 Qxh6 11.O-O Qxe6 12.Nc3 c6 13.f4 O-O-O 14.f5 Qh6 15.Qg4 Kb8 16.Qg3 d5 17.h3 Bd6 18.Qf2 Rhf8 19.a4 e4

20.Qd4 Qf6 21.Qf2 h5 22.Nb5 cxb5 23.axb5 b6 24.Ra6 Bc5 25.Qxc5 bxc5 26.Rxf6 Rxf6, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 9/24/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1962) - shadebrigade (Chess.com 1836), Chess.com 9/24/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Nd4 8.c3 Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 Qd7 10.O-O O-O-O 11.f5 h6 12.Be3 Kb8 13.Nd2 d5 14.Rad1 d4 15.cxd4 exd4 16.Bf2 Bc5 17.Rc1 Bb6 18.Nc4 Qb5 19.Nxb6 Qxb6

20.Rc2 Rd7 21.Rfc1 Rhd8 22.Bg3 Rd6 23.Bxd6 Rxd6 24.Rxc7 Rc6 25.R7xc6 bxc6 26.Qg3+ Kb7 27.b3 Ne8 28.Qe5 Nf6 29.Qe7+ Ka6 30.Rc4 Qb5 31.Qa3+ Kb6 32.Rb4 Qxb4 33.Qxb4+ Kc7

34.Qxd4 Nxe4 35.dxe4 c5 36.Qxc5+ Kb8 37.Qf8+ Kb7 38.Qxf7+ Kb6 39.Qxg7 a6 40.Qxh6+ Kb5 41.f6 Kb4 42.f7 Ka3 43.Qxa6+ Kb2 44.f8=Q Kb1 45.e5 Ka1 46.e6 Kb1 47.Qf5+ Ka1 48.Qf2 Kb1 49.Qaf1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2105) - Godwin_eke (lichess 1960), lichess 9/24/2025

1.e3 Nc6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 Bc5 4.Nc3 d6 5.Na4 Bb6 6.Nxb6 axb6 7.f4 Nf6 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Be2 Bg4 10.O-O Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Ne7 12.c3 Ng6 13.f5 Ne7 14.Bg5 Nc6 15.a3 h6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Qc2 Ne7 18.Rae1 c6 19.Kh1 b5

20.Rg1 Ra4 21.Qf2 Qg5 22.h4 Qf6 23.g4 g5 24.h5 c5 25.Bd1 Ra5 26.Bb3 Rc8 27.Ba2 Nc6 28.Bd5 Rc7 29.Bxc6 bxc6 30.Ra1 Rca7 31.b4 cxb4 32.cxb4 Rxa3

33.Qxa7 Rxd3 34.Ra3 Rd4 35.Qa8+ Kg7 36.Qxc6 Rxb4 37.Rd1 d5 38.Qxf6+ Kxf6 39.Ra6+ Kg7 40.f6+ Kh7 41.Rxd5 Rxe4 42.Rd7, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/23/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1963) - nirav_789 (Chess.com 1863), Chess.com 9/23/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.f5 d5 8.Qc2 Qd6 9.Be2 Re8 10.Bg5 dxe4 11.dxe4 Ng4 12.h3 Bf7+ 13.Kf1 Ne3+ 14.Bxe3 Bxe3 15.Nbd2 Qh6 16.g4 a6 17.Kg2 b5 18.Nf1 Bb6 19.Qd2 Qf6

20.Qg5 Qxg5 21.Nxg5 Rd8 22.Rd1 Bb7 23.Ng3 h6 24.Nf3 f6 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.Rd1 Rxd1 27.Bxd1 Na5 28.b4 Nc4 29.Bb3 Kf8 30.Bxc4 bxc4 31.Nd2 Be3 32.Nxc4 Bf4 33.Na5 Ba8

34.Nb3 Bxg3 34.Kxg3 Bxe4 35.Nc5 Bb1 36.Nxa6 Bxa2 37.Nxc7 Ke7 38.Na6 Kd6 39.Nc5 Kd5 40.Ne6 Kc4 41.Nxg7 e4 42.Kf2 Kd3 43.Ke1 Kxc3 44.Nh5 Kxb4 45.Nxf6 e3 46.Ke2 Kc5 47.Kxe3 Kd6

48.Kf4 Ke7 49.Ne4 Kf7 50.h4 Kg7 51.g5 hxg5+ 52.hxg5 Kf8, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

BORISOV-1982 (lichess 2105) - JimWest (lichess 2099), lichess 9/23/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.h3 f5 5.d3 Nf6 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf3 f4 8.d4 h6 9.b4 a6 10.Qd3 g5 11.Bb3 g4 12.hxg4 Bxg4 13.Ne2 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Qd7 15.c3 O-O-O 16.Ba4 b5 17.Bc2 Qg4 18.Qxg4+ Nxg4 19.f3 Nf6

20.Bxf4 exf4 21.Nxf4 Rdg8 22.Rh2 Nd7 23.a4 Kb7 24.axb5 axb5 25.Bb3 Bg5 26.Nd5 Ra8 27.Rb1 Nb6 28.Nxb6 Kxb6 29.Kf2 Ra3 30.Ke2 Rha8 31.Rhh1 Ne7

32.g3 Ra2+ 33.Bxa2 Rxa2+ 34.Kf1 Be3 35.Rd1 Rf2+ 36.Ke1 Rxf3 37.Rd3 Rxg3 38.Ke2 Bf4 39.Rxg3 Bxg3 40.Rxh6 Nc6

41.Rg6 Bf4 42.Rg4 Bc1 43.Kd1 Be3 44.Rg3 Bh6 45.Ke2 Bc1 46.Kd3 Bf4 47.Rg4 Bh6 48.e5 dxe5 49.d5 Ne7 50.Ke4 Bf4 51.Rg7 Nc8 52.Kf5 Nd6+ 53.Ke6 Bd2 54.Rg3 Ne4 55.Rd3 Bxc3 56.Kf5 Bxb4 57.Kxe4 Bd6

58.Rd1 b4 59.Rc1 Kb5 60.Kd3 Ka4 61.Kc4 Ka3 62.Rb1 Ka2 63.Rb3 e4 64.Re3 Kb2 65.Rxe4 Ka3 66.Re3+ Ka4 67.Re1 Ka5 68.Ra1+ Kb6 69.Ra4 Kb7 70.Ra1 Kb6 71.Ra2 Kb7 72.Kb5 Kc8 73.Kc6 Kd8

74.Re2 Bf4 75.Kb5 Bd6 76.Re3 Bf4 77.Rf3 Bd6 78.Kc6 Ke7 79.Rb3 Kf6 80.Rxb4 Bxb4 81.Kxc7 Ke7 82.d6 Bxd6+, draw.

2 PCG Games 9/22/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

red-eyes-black-dragon (Chess.com 1915) - JimWest (Chess.com 1968), Chess.com 9/22/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qd2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nh6

10.Nc3 Ng4 11.Bb5+ c6 12.O-O e3 13.fxe3 Qe5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

chook99 (lichess 2233) - JimWest (lichess 2098), lichess 9/22/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7

7.exd6 exf3 8.dxe7 Qxe7+ 9.Kd2 fxg2 10.Bxg2 Qg5+ 11.Ke1 Qxg2 12.Qe2+ Kf7 13.Rf1 Re8, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 9/21/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1961) - ldc1943 (Chess.com 1859), Chess.com 9/21/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Qd7 7.O-O h5 8.f5 O-O-O 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Nc3 a6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd5 Be7 13.c3 Rh6 14.b4 Na7 15.a4 b6 16.d4 Bxf3 17.Rxf3 Kb7

18.Qd3 c6 19.Qxa6+ Kb8 20.Qxb6+ Qb7 21.Qxb7+ Kxb7 22.Nxe7 Re8 23.f6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2114) - Finitegroup (lichess 2092), lichess 9/21/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bd3 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 O-O 13.Nxd4 Nxe5 14.Bxh7+ Kxh7 15.Qh5+ Kg8 16.Qxe5 Bf6 17.Rxf6 Qxf6 18.Qxf6 gxf6 19.Rf1 Bg4

20.Rxf6 Kg7 21.Rf4 Be6 22.Bc3 Kg6 23.h4 Rae8 24.g4 Kh7 25.g5 Kg6 26.Kh2 f6 27.Nxe6 Rxe6 28.gxf6 Re2+ 29.Kg3 Rxc2 30.Rg4+ Kf5 31.Rg5+ Ke4 32.Re5+ Kd3 33.Rxd5+ Kc4 34.Rd4+ Kc5

35.Rd7 Kc6 36.Rg7 Rxc3+ 37.bxc3 Rxf6 38.h5 a5 39.Rg6, Black resigns.