2 PCG Games 8/16/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

renatovb5 (Chess.com 1761) - JimWest (Chess.com 1938), Chess.com 8/16/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ c6 4.Ba4 f5 5.d3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.Bb3 Be7 9.Ng5 h6 10.Ne6 Bxe6 11.Bxe6 Nbd7 12.c4 g5 13.b4 Kf8 14.Nc3 Kg7 15.d5 a5 16.dxc6 bxc6 17.b5 Nc5

18.bxc6 Nxe6 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.cxd5 Nc5 21.Rb1 Rhb8 22.Ba3 Nxe4 23.Qd3 Nf6 24.Qf5 Nxd5 25.h4 Rxb1 26.Rxb1 Qxc6 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.Rb3 Rf8 29.Qg4 Qc8 30.Qf3 Qe6 31.Rb7 Rf7

32.Rb8 Nf6 33.Qc6 Qd5 34.Qc8 Qd1+ 35.Kh2 Ng4+ 36.Kh3 Nxf2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

winchess64 (lichess 2060) - JimWest (lichess 2065), lichess 8/16/2025

1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 e5 3.d3 f5 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.e4 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.O-O O-O 9.Qe2 h6 10.Nh4 Bh7 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.dxe4 Bxh4 13.gxh4 Qxh4 14.Be3 Nd7 15.Kh1 a6 16.Rg1 Nf6 17.f3 Nh5 18.Bf2 Qf6 19.Bg3 Nf4

20.Bxf4 Qxf4 21.Raf1 Rf7 22.Bh3 Re8 23.Rg4 Qf6 24.Rfg1 Kh8 25.R1g3 Rg8 26.Bg2 d5 27.c3 dxe4 28.fxe4 Qf2 29.Qc4 Qe1+, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 8/15/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1934) - Blue_Bishop (Chess.com 1768), Chess.com 8/15/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 dxe4 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.Qxg4 Qxd4 10.Nc3 Bb4

11.Nge2 O-O 12.Nxd4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2061) - Abs53 (lichess 1930), lichess 8/15/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nf3 Ne3 7.Bxe3 fxe3 8.d4 Be7 9.Qd3 Bg5 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Be2 Nc6 12.a3 a6 13.O-O Ne7

14.Nxg5 Ng6 15.Qxe3 h6 16.Nf3 b6 17.Bd3 Ne7 18.Rae1 Be6 19.Ne2 Nf5 20.Bxf5 Bxf5 21.c3 Rc8 22.Ng3 Be6 23.Nd2 c5 24.Nf5 cxd4 25.Nxd4 b5

26.Nxe6 fxe6 27.Rxf8+ Qxf8 28.Rf1 Qe7 29.Nf3 a5 30.Nd4 b4 31.axb4 axb4 32.cxb4 Qxb4 33.Nxe6 Qxb2 34.Qf4 Qb6+ 35.Nd4 Rc4 36.Rd1 Qb2

37.e6 Rc7 38.Qxc7, Black resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 8/14/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1933) - sultanfatih74 (Chess.com 1914), Chess.com 8/14/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Bh5 10.c3 Qd7 11.Qc2 Rab8 12.a4 a6 13.Na3 d5 14.e5 Ne8 15.d4 Bg6 16.Bd3 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 f6

18.Nc2 fxe5 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 Bf6 21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.a5 c6 23.b4 Ne4 24.Rae1 Qd6 25.Na1 Qg3 26.Qxg3 Nxg3 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Nb3 Ne4 29.Re3 Re8 30.Rf3+ Ke7 31.Nc5 Nxc5 32.bxc5 Rf8 33.Rxf8 Kxf8

34.Kf2 Kf7 35.Kf3 Kf6 36.h4 h5 37.Kf4 g6 38.g3 Ke6 39.Kg5 Kf7 40.g4 hxg4 41.Kxg4 Kg7 42.Kg5 Kf7 43.Kg4 Kf6 44.Kf4 Kf7 45.Kg5 Kg7 46.Kg4 Kf6 47.Kf4 Kf7 48.Kg5 Kg7 49.Kg4 Kf6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2052) - Ialwaysplaychessssss (lichess 2067), lichess 8/14/2025

1.e3 d6 2.d3 Nf6 3.e4 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.c3 Re8 9.a4 c6 10.h3 d5 11.Qc2 dxe4 12.dxe4 Nh5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Bxh5 gxh5 15.fxe5 Rxe5 16.Bf4 Re8 17.Nd2 Be6 18.Rae1 Qb6+ 19.Be3 Qc7

20.Qd1 Qg3 21.Qxh5 Be5 22.Nf3 Bc7 23.Qg5+ Qxg5 24.Nxg5 Rad8 25.Nxe6 Rxe6 26.Bg5 Rde8 27.Bf6 Rxe4 28.Rxe4 Rxe4 29.Rf5 Rf4 30.Rxf4 Bxf4 31.c4 Bc1 32.b3 a6

33.g4 b5 34.cxb5 axb5 35.a5 Kf8 36.Bd4 Bf4 37.a6 Bb8 38.a7 Bxa7 39.Bxa7 Ke7 40.Bc5+ Ke6 41.b4 f5 42.gxf5+ Kxf5 43.Kg2 Ke4 44.Kg3 Kf5 45.Kf3 h5 46.h4 Ke5 47.Bf2 Kf5 48.Bd4 Ke6 49.Kf4, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 8/13/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

sanumaiti (Chess.com 1752) - JimWest (Chess.com 1955), Chess.com 8/13/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Bf4 Bxf5 8.Nb5 Na6 9.c4 c6 10.cxd5 Bb4+ 11.Nc3 Nxd5 12.Bd2 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nac7 14.Bc4 h6 15.Nxe4 Qe7 16.O-O Bxe4 17.Re1 O-O 18.Qg4 Qf6

19.Qxe4 Qxf2+ 20.Kh1 Qxd2 21.Qe7 Kh8 22.Bxd5 Nxd5 23.Qxb7 Qxc3 24.Rac1 Qxd4 25.Qxc6 Nf6 26.Rcd1 Qb6 27.Qc4 Rac8 28.Qa4 h5 29.Rb1 Qc5

30.Rbc1 Qxc1 31.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 32.Qd1 Rxd1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Bader1 (lichess 2014) - JimWest (lichess 2048), lichess 8/13/2025

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.Bd2 Qxe5 11.Qxe5+ Nxe5 12.O-O-O Nf6 13.Re1 O-O 14.Bc3 Neg4 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.h3 Bf5 17.g4 Bg6 18.Bc4+ Kh8 19.Rhg1 Rae8

20.h4 Bf7 21.Be2 a5 22.a3 Nd5 23.c4 Nf4 24.b3 Nd3+ 25.Bxd3 exd3 26.Rxe8 Rxe8 27.Kd2 Bg6 28.Re1 Rxe1 29.Kxe1 h6 30.f4 Be4 31.Kd2 Kg8

32.b4 axb4 33.axb4 Kf7 34.b5 b6 35.h5 Kf6 36.Ke3 Bh7 37.f5 Kg5 38.Kxd3 Kxg4 39.Ke4 Bxf5+ 40.Ke5 Bd3 41.Kd5 Kxh5 42.Kc6 Bxc4 43.Kxc7 Bxb5 44.Kxb6 Be2

45.Kc5 Kg5 46.Kd4 Kf4 47.Kc3 h5 48.Kd2 Kf3 49.Ke1 h4 50.Kd2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 8/12/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Benedicto23 (Chess.com 1787) - JimWest (Chess.com 1947), Chess.com 8/12/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nxe4 Qe7 7.Bd3 d5 8.f3 dxe4 9.fxe4 Bxf5 10.O-O Bg4 11.Qe1 Qd7 12.Be3 Be7 13.e5 Nd5 14.c4 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 Nc6 16.d5 O-O-O 17.h3 Nxe5 18.Qxe5 Bc5+ 19.Kh1 Bxh3

20.gxh3 Qxh3+ 21.Qh2 Qxd3 22.Nc3 Qxc4 23.Rac1 Rxd5 24.Nxd5 Qxd5+ 25.Qg2 Qxg2+ 26.Kxg2 Bd6 27.Rf7 Re8 28.Rc2 Re7 29.Rcf2 Kd7 30.Kh3 Be5 31.b3 Ke6 32.Rxe7+ Kxe7 33.Re2 Kd6 34.Kg4 Bf6

35.Rh2 h6 36.Kf5 c5 37.Rd2+ Kc6 38.Ke6 Bd4 39.Rh2 b5 40.Rh4 a5 41.Kf5 b4 42.Ke4 Kb5 43.Kd3 a4 44.Rh3 axb3 45.axb3 Bf6 46.Rh5 Bg5 47.Rh3 Bf6 48.Rh5 Bg5 49.Rh3 Bf6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

aliahmedali (lichess 1973) - JimWest (lichess 2076), lichess 8/12/2025

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6  3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.c3 Nc6 9.Bg5+ Nf6 10.Nbd2 Kd7 11.O-O Rae8 12.Rfe1 a6 13.a4 Kc8 14.Rac1 Kb8 15.b4 h6 16.Bh4 g5 17.Bg3 e4

 

18.Bxd6 exf3 19.Bxc7+ Kxc7 20.Nxf3 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Re8 22.Rxe8 Nxe8 23.h3 Nd6 24.Bb3 g4 25.hxg4 Bxg4 26.Nd2 Bf5 27.f3 h5 28.Kf2 b5 29.a5 Ne5 30.Ke3 Nec4+ 31.Nxc4 Nxc4+ 32.Bxc4 bxc4

33.Kf4 Bg6 34.Kg5 Be8 35.g4 hxg4 36.fxg4 Kc6 37.Kf6 Kb5 38.Ke5 Ka4 39.Kd4 Kb3 40.g5 Bh5 41.b5 axb5 42.a6 b4 43.a7 Bf3 44.g6 bxc3 45.g7 c2 46.g8=Q c1=Q

47.Qb8+ Kc2 48.Qh2+ Qd2+ 49.Qxd2+ Kxd2 50.Kxc4 Kc2 51.Kc5 Kc3 52.Kb6 Kb4 53.Kc7 Ka5 54.Kb8 Kb6 55.a8=Q Bxa8, draw.

2 PCG Games 8/11/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

utudane (Chess.com 1849) - JimWest (Chess.com 2000), Chess.com 8/11/2025

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.h4 Nc6 15.Bh6+ Kh8 16.Qg5 Bf8 17.Bxf8 Qxf8 18.O-O-O Bd7 19.d5 Na5

20.Be2 b6 21.f3 Re8 22.Rdf1 e3 23.g4 Nb7 24.h5 Qg7 25.Qh4 Nxd5 26.g5 Nd6 27.g3 Nf5 28.Qc4 c6 29.gxh7 b5 30.Qc5 Ng3 31.Re1 Nxh1 32.Rxh1 Nf4 33.h6 Nxe2+ 34.Kd1 Qd4+ 35.Qxd4+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Garmonia26 (lichess 2023) - JimWest (lichess 2077), lichess 8/11/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.d5 f4 7.h4 Nb8 8.Ne6 Bxe6 9.dxe6 Qf6 10.Nc3 c6 11.Qe2 Be7 12.Bd2 a5 13.O-O-O Na6 14.Bxa6 Rxa6 15.Qc4 b5 16.Nxb5 O-O 17.Nxd6 Rfa8 18.Bc3 Kh8

19.g4 fxg3 20.fxg3 c5 21.Rhf1 Qg6 22.Bxe5 Bxd6 23.Rxd6 Rxd6 24.Bxd6 Re8 25.e5 Qxg3 26.e7 Ng8 27.Qxc5 Qxh4 28.Qc6 Qh3 29.Rd1 Qe3+ 30.Kb1 Qe2 31.Rc1 Qh5 32.a3 h6

33.Rf1 Nxe7 34.Bxe7 Rxe7 35.Rf8+ Kh7 36.Qe4+ g6 37.e6 Qd1+ 38.Ka2 Qd6 39.Rf6 Rg7 40.e7 Qxe7 41.Qxe7 Rxe7 42.Ra6 Re5 43.Ra7+ Kg8 44.Kb3 h5 45.Ka4 h4 46.Rc7 g5

47.Rc3 g4 48.b4 axb4 49.axb4 g3 50.b5 Rg5 51.b3 g2 52.b2 g1=Q 53.b8=Q+ Kh7 54.Rc7+ Rg7 55.Rxg7+ Qxg7 56.Qf4 Qg3 57.Qf5+ Kh6 58.c4 Qg5 59.Qf3 Qc5 60.Qf6+ Kh5 61.Qh8+ Kg4 62.Qg7+ Kh3 63.Qf7 Kh2

64.Kb3 h3 65.Qf4+ Kh1 66.Qf1+ Kh2 67.Qe2+ Kh1 68.Qf3+ Kh2 69.Kc3 Qg1 70.Kb4 Qg2 71.Qd1 Qb7+ 72.Ka4 Qa6+ 73.Kb4 Qb6+ 74.Ka4 Qa6+ 75.Kb4 Qb6+ 76.Kc3 Qe3+ 77.Kb4 Qb6+, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/10/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

TPavlovian (Chess.com 1874) - JimWest (Chess.com 2015), Chess.com 8/10/2025

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.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qd2 e3 11.fxe3 Nxb4

12.Qxb4 Qxe3+ 13.Be2 Qc1+ 14.Bd1 Qe3+ 15.Be2 Qc1+ 16.Bd1 Qe3+ 17.Be2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2072) - muslim70 (lichess 2029), lichess 8/10/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Ba5 6.Nf3 d6 7.Be2 Bg4 8.O-O Bb6+ 9.Kh1 Qe7 10.f5 h6 11.a4 a6 12.Na3 Ba7 13.Nc4 g6 14.fxg6 fxg6 15.Nh4 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 Qg7 17.Be3 Bxe3 18.Nxe3 Ne7 19.Rf2 O-O-O

20.Rg1 Nh5 21.g3 Kb8 22.Rgf1 Rhf8 23.Rxf8 Rxf8 24.Rxf8+ Qxf8 25.Qf3 Qc8 26.Nxg6 Nxg6 27.Qxh5 Qf8 28.Nf5 Ne7 29.Kg2 Nxf5 30.Qxf5 Qg8 31.g4 Qb3

32.Qf2 Qxa4 33.h4 Qd1 34.Kg3 Qxd3+ 35.Qf3 Qd2 36.Qf8+ Ka7 37.Qf2+ Qxf2+ 38.Kxf2 c6 39.g5 d5 40.exd5 cxd5 41.gxh6, Black resigns.

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.