PCG & PCG Reversed 4/12/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

hrhwbd (Chess.com 1800) - JimWest (Chess.com 1923), Chess.com 4/12/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Bd3 e4 7.Bxe4 dxe4 8.Ne5 Nf6 9.O-O Bd6 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Nc3 Qe8 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Ng4 f5 14.Ne5 Bxe5 15.dxe5 Qxe5 16.f4 Qd6 17.Nd5 Nc6 18.c4 Be6

19.Qh5 Bxd5 20.cxd5 Ne7 21.Rac1 Rac8 22.Rc3 Rf6 23.Rh3 Rf7 24.Qg5+ Rg7 25.Qh5 Qg6 26.Qe2 Qg4 27.Qd2 Qxh3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2116) - Solar5 (lichess 2084), lichess 4/12/2025

1.e3 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O e5 8.c3 Nbd7 9.a4 c6 10.Na3 Qb6+ 11.Kh1 Nc5 12.Nc4 Qb3

13.fxe5 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nh5 15.Bxh5 gxh5 16.exd6 Qxd1 17.Rxd1 Nb3 18.Ra3, Black forfeits.

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/11/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Teorachess (Chess.com 1746) - JimWest (Chess.com 1899), Chess.com 4/11/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.exd6 exf3 6.dxc7 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 Nc6 8.Bf4 Nf6 9.Nd2 Bc5 10.Bg3 O-O 11.Nxf3 Bg4 12.Bc4+ Kh8 13.Re1 Rac8 14.c3 Bb6 15.Kc2 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Bxc7 17.Bxc7 Rxc7 18.Rad1 g6 19.Bb3 Kg7

20.Ba4 a6 21.Rd6 b5 22.Bb3 Re8 23.Re3 Rxe3 24.fxe3 a5 25.e4 a4 26.Be6 b4 27.c4 Ne5 28.b3 Nxf3 29.bxa4 Nxe4 30.Rd7+ Rxd7 31.Bxd7 Nc5 32.Bb5 Nxh2

33.a5 Nf3 34.a6 Nd4+ 35.Kb2 Nxa6 36.Bxa6 h5 37.c5 h4 38.a3 bxa3+ 39.Kxa3 h3 40.Bb7 h2 41.Kb4 g5 42.Kc4 Ne6 43.Bd5 Kf6 44.c6 Nc7 45.Bh1 Ke5 46.Kc5 g4 47.Kb6 Kd6 48.Kb7 g3

49.Bg2 Ne6 50.Kb6 Ke5 51.Kb5 Nd4+ 52.Kc4 Nxc6 53.Bxc6 Kf4 54.Kd3 Kg4 55.Bg2 Kf4 56.Ke2 Kg4 57.Kf1 Kf4 58.Ke2 Kg4 59.Kf1 Kf4 60.Ke2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2122) - armentopchyanlove (lichess 2117), lichess 4/11/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 h6 7.Be2 O-O 8.f5 d5 9.Qc2 dxe4 10.dxe4 Ng4 11.h3 Ne3 12.Bxe3 Bxe3 13.Nbd2 Bxd2+ 14.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 15.Nxd2 a6 16.O-O-O Bd7 17.Nb3 Rad8 18.Nc5 Bc8

19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Rd1 Rd6 21.g4 Kf8 22.h4 Ke7 23.g5 Rxd1+ 24.Kxd1 Kd6 25.b4 a5 26.a3 axb4 27.axb4 b6 28.Nb3 Nd8 29.Nd2 hxg5 30.hxg5 g6 31.Nc4+ Ke7 32.f6+ Kf8 33.Nxe5 Bb7 34.Bd3 Ne6 35.Nf3 c5

36.b5 Ke8 37.Kd2 Kd7 38.Ke3 Kd6 39.c4 Ba8 40.e5+ Kd7 41.Be4 Bxe4 42.Kxe4 Kc7 43.Ke3 Kd7 44.Kf2 Kc7 45.Kg3 Kd7 46.Kg4 Nd4 47.Nxd4 cxd4 48.Kf4 d3 49.Ke3 d2 50.Kxd2 Ke6 51.Kd3 Kxe5

52.c5 bxc5 53.Kc4 Kd6 54.b6 Kc6 55.b7 Kxb7 56.Kxc5 Kc7 57.Kd5 Kd7 58.Ke5 Kc6 59.Ke4 Kc5 60.Ke5 Kc6 61.Ke4 Kc5 62.Ke5 Kc6, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 4/10/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1909) - Honzikkk (Chess.com 1787), Chess.com 4/10/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bd7 7.Be2 Qe7 8.a4 a5 9.Na3 Na7 10.Nc4 Ng4 11.Qc2 b5 12.axb5 Bxb5 13.h3 Bxc4 14.hxg4 Bb5

15.d4 exd4 16.Bxb5+ Nxb5 17.cxd4 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 O-O 19.Be3 Rfe8 20.e5 dxe5 21.Qxh7+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2119) - Bufesimo87 (lichess 1978), lichess 4/10/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 d6 4.f4 Be7 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Nd4 8.c3 Nc6 9.O-O Nf6 10.a4 O-O 11.f5 Qd7 12.Bg5 g6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.fxg6 fxg6 15.Bg4 Qe7 16.Nd2 Bg5

17.Qb3+ Kg7 18.Qxb7 Rxf1+ 19.Nxf1, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 4/9/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

nikoadd (Chess.com 1840) - JimWest (Chess.com 1903), Chess.com 4/9/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Nxd8 8.O-O f4 9.Nc3 c6 10.g3 Be7 11.gxf4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Bxg5 13.Bxg5 Nhf7 14.Bh4 Bh3 15.Rfd1 Ne5 16.Be2 O-O 17.Bg3 Nf3+ 18.Bxf3 Rxf3

19.Rd3 Rxd3 20.cxd3 Ne6 21.f4 Rd8 22.Rd1 Nd4 23.Kf2 Bg4 24.Rd2 Nf3 25.Rd1 Nd4 26.Rd2 Nf3 27.Rd1 Nd4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

harlampiizmish (lichess 2042) - JimWest (lichess 2120), lichess 4/9/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.d4 e4 7.Nh4 Bg6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Qe2 d5 10.Bb3 Nc6 11.Nc3 Nxd4 12.Qe3 Nxb3 13.axb3 d4 14.Qg3 dxc3 15.Nxg6 hxg6 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Qxg6+ Kf8 18.O-O Qe8 19.Qg3 cxb2

20.Rae1 Qc6 21.c4 Re8 22.Rd1 Kf7 23.Qg4 Rd8 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Qh5+ Kg8 26.g4 e3 27.fxe3 Rd2 28.Qe8+ Qxe8 29.Rxf6 b1=Q+ 30.Rf1 Qxe3+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 4/8/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Prezes2400 (Chess.com 1761) - JimWest (Chess.com 1884), Chess.com 4/8/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.Bb3 Bg4 9.d4 Qc7 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qf3 Nbd7 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.g3 g5 14.gxf4 gxf4 15.Kh2 O-O-O 16.Be6 Kb8 17.Bxd7 Rxd7 18.b4 a6 19.Na4 b5

20.Nc5 Bxc5 21.bxc5 Rdd8 22.Bb2 Rd2 23.Qc3 Rd4 24.f3 Rhd8 25.Rf2 Nd7 26.Rd2 Rxd2+ 27.Qxd2 Nxc5 28.Qb4 Nd7 29.a4 c5 30.Qc3 b4 31.Qc4 Kb7 32.Qd5+ Qc6 33.Rd1 Qxd5 34.Rxd5 Kc7

35.h4 c4 36.Bxe5+ Nxe5 37.Rxe5 Rd2+ 38.Kh3 Rxc2 39.Kg4 b3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

monacha86 (lichess 2022) - JimWest (lichess 2115), lichess 4/8/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.c3 Nh6 8.d5 c5 9.Qa4+ Nd7 10.Nbd2 Be7 11.Bb5 a6 12.Nb3 Rb8 13.Bd3 O-O 14.Nbd2 Rf7 15.Qc2 Nf8 16.Qb3 Ng6 17.Bxa6 Rf8 18.Bd3 Nh4 19.Nxh4 Qxh4

20.Nf3 Qh5 21.Be2 Qf7 22.Qc2 g5 23.b4 g4 24.Nd2 cxb4 25.cxb4 Kh8 26.g3 f3 27.Bd3 Bg5 28.Nc4 Bxc1 29.Qxc1 Qf6 30.a4 Nf7 31.Ne3 Ng5 32.Nf5 Nh3+ 33.Kh1 Bxf5 34.exf5 Rbc8

35.Qe3 Rc3 36.Rfc1 Rfc8 37.Rxc3 Rxc3 38.Rc1 Rxc1+ 39.Qxc1 Nxf2+ 40.Kg1 Nxd3 41.Qc8+ Kg7 42.Qxb7+ Kh6 43.a5 e4 44.a6 Qa1#.

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/7/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

RAHMANPAMIMPINS (Chess.com 1740) - JimWest (Chess.com 1850), Chess.com 4/7/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qd2 a5 8.a3 Na6 9.O-O-O b5 10.Ba2 b4 11.Nb1 bxa3 12.Nxa3 f4 13.Bxf6 gxf6

14.d4 Nb4 15.Bc4 Qb6, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2110) - AlekhineAlexander88 (lichess 2107), lichess 4/7/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 d5 7.Qf3 Nc6 8.Bg5 dxe4 9.dxe4 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nd2 Rd8 12.O-O-O Qg5 13.Nh3 Qe7 14.Bb5 a6 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Nb3 Bd6 17.Nf2 c5 18.h4 c4

19.Na5 Rb8 20.Nc6 Bd7 21.Nxe7+ Bxe7 22.Ng4 f6 23.Ne3 Rb5 24.Nd5 Bf8 25.g4 Rdb8 26.Rh2 Ba3 27.Rdd2 Bd6 28.g5 fxg5 29.hxg5 a5 30.gxh6 a4 31.hxg7 a3

32.Nf6+ Kxg7 33.Nxd7 axb2+ 34.Kb1 Ra8 35.Qg4+ Kf7 36.Qg6+ Ke7 37.Qe6+ Kd8 38.Rh8+ Bf8 39.Rxf8#.

2 PCG Games 4/6/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

frunzzete (Chess.com 1850) - JimWest (Chess.com 1844), Chess.com 4/6/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.Ng5 d5 8.e6 O-O 9.Nc3 c6 10.Qh5 h6 11.Nf7 Qe8 12.Qg4 Kh7

13.Nxe4 Qxf7 14.exf7 Bxg4 15.Nd6 Be6 16.Nxb7 Bxf7 17.f3 Nd7 18.O-O-O Nf6 19.Bd3+ Bg6 20.Rhe1 Nfg8 21.Nc5 Bxd3 22.Rxd3 Ng6 23.Re6 Nf4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

trasportalegname (lichess 2091) - JimWest (lichess 2099), lichess 4/6/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Ng5 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.Bb5+ Nc6 10.Qe2 Bd6 11.O-O O-O 12.f4 Nd4

13.Qd1 Nxb5 14.axb5 exf4 15.Bxf4 Bxf4 16.Rxf4 d4 17.Ne2 Nh5 18.Nxd4, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 4/5/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Traper75 (Chess.com 1794) - JimWest (Chess.com 1843), Chess.com 4/5/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 c6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nh4 O-O 8.Nxf5 Bxf5 9.exf5 d5 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Qb3 Kh8 13.Qxb7 Nd7 14.Qxd5 Rb8 15.Rb1 e4 16.d4 Qc7 17.Nxe4 Qc2 18.Nd2 Rfe8+ 19.Be2 Nb6

20.Qb3 Qxf5 21.O-O Rxe2 22.Nf3 Nd7 23.Qa4 Nf8 24.Qxa7 Rd8 25.Qc7 Ne6 26.Ne5 Bxe5, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Igor959 (lichess 2097) - JimWest (lichess 2094), lichess 4/5/2025

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.Kc3 Qxg2

12.Re1+ Kf7 13.Qh5+ g6 14.Qd5+ Qxd5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 4/4/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

danfran99 (Chess.com 1715) - JimWest (Chess.com 1890), Chess.com 4/4/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.d3 Be7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Ng5 d5 9.Bb5 O-O 10.f4 exf4 11.Rxf4 Bc5+ 12.Kh1 Ng4 13.Rf1 Nf2+ 14.Rxf2 Bxf2 15.Qf3 Bb6 16.Qxd5+ Qxd5 17.Nxd5 Nd4

18.Ne7+ Kh8 19.c3 Nxb5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

akshaychachad100 (lichess 2017) - JimWest (lichess 2102), lichess 4/4/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.c3 f4 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Qf6 10.Nd2 O-O-O

11.Nb3 exd4 12.cxd4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Qxd4 14.Be6+ Kb8 15.O-O g5, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 4/3/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Teorachess (Chess.com 1738) - JimWest (Chess.com 1911), Chess.com 4/3/2025

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.Nc3 Nc6 13.Qg3 Kxh8 14.O-O-O Bf5 15.Rhe1 Nh5 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Qe3 Rg8 18.g3 Nf6 19.f3 Re8

20.g4 Bg6 21.Qf4 e3 22.Re2 Nb4 23.Rde1 Nbd5 24.Nxd5 Nxd5 25.Qg3 b5 26.h4 h6 27.h5 Bh7 28.Rg1 Qg5

29.Qxc7 Nxc7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Erdhiansyah (lichess 1999) - JimWest (lichess 2098), lichess 4/3/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.d3 Be7 6.h4 h6 7.Nh2 Nf6 8.Nd5 g6 9.Nxf6+ Bxf6 10.a3 Bxh4 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Ng4 h5 13.Nh6 Rxh6 14.Bxh6 Bg5 15.Rxh5 Bxh6 16.Rxh6 Qf6 17.Qf3 O-O-O 18.O-O-O Nd4

19.Qd5 Qg5+ 20.Kb1 Qxh6 21.Qa5 Kb8 22.Qb4 Nc6 23.Qb3 Na5 24.Qb4 Nxc4 25.dxc4 Qf4 26.Qb3 Qxf2 27.Rd5 Qxg2 28.c5 Bxc2+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 4/2/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

UN2357 (Chess.com 1805) - JimWest (Chess.com 1909), Chess.com 4/2/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.dxe5 Bc5

7.Be3 Bxe3 8.fxe3 Qxg5 9.Qxd5 Qxe3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

MfumuNsakuNeVunda (lichess 2038) - JimWest (lichess 2098), lichess 4/2/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d3 3.Be2 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Nd4 Nf6 8.O-O c6 9.Nh5 g6 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.c3 Bg7 12.d3 exd3 13.Bxd3 O-O 14.f4 Qh4 15.Qb3 Bxd4+ 16.cxd4 a5 17.Be3 Na6 18.a3 b5 19.Rae1 a4

20.Qa2 Bf5 21.Bxf5 Rxf5 22.b3 axb3 23.Qxb3 Rh5 24.h3 Qg3 25.Qc2 Rc8 26.f5 Rxh3 27.fxg6 Qh2+ 28.Kf2 Rf8+ 29.Ke2 Qxg2+ 30.Kd1 Qxc2+ 31.Kxc2 Rxf1 32.Rxf1 Rxe3 33.gxh7+ Kxh7

34.Rf6 Rxa3 35.Rxc6 Nb4+, White resigns.