PCG & PCG Reversed 8/30/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

ThessTotTom (Chess.com 1838) - JimWest (Chess.com 1936), Chess.com 8/30/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.O-O fxe4 7.d5 exf3 8.dxc6 fxg2 9.Re1 Nf6 10.Qf3 bxc3 11.Qxc3+ Bd7 12.Qxg2 g6

13.Bh6 Bf8 14.Bg5 Be7 15.Bh6 Bf8 16.Bg5 Be7 17.Bh6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2025) - alexvv24 (lichess 2096), lichess 8/30/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.c3 Nc6 9.a4 e5 10.Na3 Qe7 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Bg5 Nd8 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Kh1 Bg7 15.Nc4 f6 16.Qb3 Ne6 17.Ne3 Kh8 18.Nd5 Qd6 19.Rad1 Nc5

20.Qa2 a5 21.c4 Bc6 22.b3 Na6 23.d4 Nb4 24.Nxb4 Qxb4 25.d5 Bd7 26.Qc2 Rad8 27.Ne1 Rf7 28.Nd3 Qd6 29.c5 Qe7 30.c6 Bc8 31.Nb2 f5 32.Nc4 f4

33.d6 cxd6 34.Nxb6 Be6 35.Bc4 Bg4 36.Bxf7 Bxd1 37.Rxd1 Qxf7 38.c7, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/29/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1965) - bill5469 (Chess.com 1781), Chess.com 8/29/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 d5 7.Qf3 dxe4 8.dxe4 h6 9.Ne2 Nc6 10.g4 a5 11.h4 Nh7 12.g5 f6 13.gxh6 Rf7 14.Ng3 b6 15.Bc4 Bf8 16.Nh5 Ba6 17.Bxf7+ Kxf7 18.hxg7 Bxg7 19.Nxg7 Qd3

20.Qxd3 Bxd3 21.Ne6 Bxe4 22.Rg1 Bxf5 23.Nxc7 Rd8 24.Be3 Bc2 25.Na3 Bd3 26.O-O-O e4 27.Bxb6 Rd7 28.Ncb5 Ne5 29.Bd4 Nf3 30.Rg3 Ke6 31.Rxd3 exd3 32.Rxf3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

KStorozhuk (lichess 2069) - JimWest (lichess 2017), lichess 8/29/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.d3 Na5 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.b4 Nc6 8.b5 Nb8 9.Nd5 c6 10.Bg5 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qd8 12.Nc3 Be7 13.a4 f4 14.a5 a6 15.b6 Bg4 16.h3 Bh5 17.Qb1 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Nd7 19.Qb3 Rf8

20.Rg1 Nc5 21.Qa2 Bf6 22.Na4 Qe7 23.Nxc5 dxc5 24.Bc3 O-O-O 25.Qb2 Qe6 26.Rh1 Rfe8 27.Ra4 g5 28.Rc4 Qd6 29.Qa3 Be7 30.Ke2 Bf8 31.Bb2 h5 32.Qc3 Qe6 33.Ba3 Rd4

34.Rg1 Rxc4 35.Qxc4 Qxc4 36.dxc4 Be7 37.Bb2 Bf6 38.Bc3 Rg8 39.h4 g4 40.fxg4 hxg4 41.Rh1 f3+ 42.Ke3 Rh8 43.h5 Kd7 44.Rg1 Bg5+ 45.Kd3 Ke6 46.Be1 Rd8+ 47.Kc3 Rd1 48.Rxg4 Rxe1 49.Rxg5 Rxe4 50.Rg7 Re2

51.Rxb7 Rxf2 52.Rg7 Rg2 53.b7 f2 54.Rxg2 f1=Q 55.Rg6+ Kf5 56.b8=Q Qa1+ 57.Kd3 Qd4+ 58.Ke2 Qxc4+ 59.Kf2 Qxc2+ 60.Kf3 Qe4+ 61.Kf2 Qd4+ 62.Kg3 Qf4+ 63.Kh3 Qf3+ 64.Kh2 Qxh5+ 65.Kg2 Qxg6+ 66.Kf2 Qe6

67.Qb1+ e4 68.Qc2 Qd5 69.Qa2 Qxa2+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 8/28/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Japes84 (Chess.com 1855) - JimWest (Chess.com 1961), Chess.com 8/28/2025

1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 e5 3.d3 f5 4.e4 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.Bg2 c6 8.Qe2 a5 9.h4 Na6 10.h5 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nc4 b5 13.Ne3 fxe4 14.dxe4 Nc5 15.Nd2 Be6

16.Nf5 d5 17.Bh3 dxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 Bd5 20.Nxh6+ gxh6 21.Qg6+ Bg7 22.O-O-O Qf6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ebrahimmorol (lichess 1954) - JimWest (lichess 2011), lichess 8/28/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.Nd5 c6 8.Nxe7 Qxe7 9.d3 Rf8 10.O-O Bg4 11.Bg5 Qf7 12.Be3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Qxf3 14.Qxf3 Rxf3 15.Kg2 Rf7 16.f4 Nd7 17.fxe5 Nxe5 18.Rxf7 Nxf7 19.Re1 Kd7

20.Kf3 a6 21.c4 Ne5+ 22.Ke2 Rf8 23.Kd2 Nf3+ 24.Ke2 Nxe1 25.Kxe1 Ke6 26.b4 d5 27.cxd5+ Kxd5 28.Bc5 Re8+ 29.Kd2 b5 30.d4 Re4 31.h3 Rxd4+ 32.Kc3 Rc4+ 33.Kd3 Rxc5 34.bxc5 Kxc5

35.Kc3 g5 36.a3 h5 37.Kd3 a5 38.Kc3 g4 39.hxg4 hxg4 40.Kd3 b4 41.axb4+ axb4 42.Ke3 b3 43.Kd3 Kb4 44.Ke4 b2 45.Kf4 b1=Q 46.Kxg4 Qf1 47.Kg3 c5 48.Kh2 c4 49.Kg3 c3 50.Kh2 c2 51.Kg3 c1=Q 52.Kh2 Qcf4#.

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/27/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

manueldu30 (Chess.com 1961) - JimWest (Chess.com 1955), Chess.com 8/27/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.g4 h5 7.Be2 hxg4 8.Bxg4 d5 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 g6 12.Ne6 Bxe6 13.fxe6 Nxg4 14.Qxg4 Qf6 15.Bg5 Qf5 16.Qg3 Na6 17.e7 Rh3 18.Qg2 Rxc3 19.h4 Rxc2

20.h5 Kd7 21.hxg6 Qxg6 22.Qg4+ Qe6 23.Qf4 e3 24.fxe3 Qe4 25.Qxe4 dxe4 26.Rh4 Rg8 27.Rg4 Rh2 28.Rxe4 Rh1+ 29.Kd2 Rxa1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2005) - ankor1965 (lichess 2015), lichess 8/27/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qxg4 Bxb5 9.d5 Qxd5 10.Nc3 Qd7 11.e6 fxe6 12.Nxb5 Qxb5 13.Qxe6+ Be7

14.Qc8+ Kf7 15.Qxh8 e3 16.Ne2 Qc6 17.O-O+ Kg6 18.Bxe3 b5 19.Nf4+ Kh6 20.Ne6+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 8/26/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

JoseFlacoManuel (Chess.com 1980) - JimWest (Chess.com 1946), Chess.com 8/26/2025

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 Bf5 15.Rad1 Nh5 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Qe3 Rg8 18.Ne2 Bg4

19.d5 Bxe2 20.dxc6 Bxf1 21.cxb7 Bxg2 22.Qd4+ Nf6 23.Qxa7 Bf3+ 24.Kf1 Bxd1 25.Qa8 Bxc2 26.Qxg8+ Nxg8 27.b8=Q Bd3+ 28.Ke1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ChronicallyUnsound (lichess 1924) - JimWest (lichess 2047), lichess 8/26/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Ndxe4 Nxe4 9.Qxe4 Nxd4 10.Qxe7+ Bxe7 11.Bd3 Bxf5 12.Bxf5 Nxf5 13.Nd5 Kd7 14.c3 c6 15.Nxe7 Nxe7 16.O-O d5 17.f3 Rae8 18.Be3 a6 19.Rad1 Nf5

20.Bc5 Ne3 21.Bxe3 Rxe3 22.Rf2 Rhe8 23.Kf1 b5 24.Rc2 Kc7 25.Kf2 a5 26.b3 Kb6 27.c4 bxc4 28.bxc4 dxc4 29.Rd4 Kb5 30.Rd7 R3e7 31.Rd4 c5 32.Rdxc4 Re2+ 33.Kg3 Rxc2 34.Rxc2 c4

35.a3 Re3 36.a4+ Kb4 37.Kf4 Ra3 38.Ke5 Kb3 39.Rc1 c3 40.Kd4 Rxa4+ 41.Kd3 Kb2 42.Rc2+ Kb1 43.Rxc3 Ra2 44.Rb3+ Kc1 45.Rc3+ Kd1 46.Rb3 Rd2+ 47.Kc3 Rxg2 48.Rb1+ Ke2 49.Ra1 Kxf3 50.Rxa5 Rxh2

51.Ra7 g5 52.Rg7 g4, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 8/25/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

littleuu (Chess.com 1846) - JimWest (Chess.com 1947), Chess.com 8/25/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Nc3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nd7 11.Rd1 O-O-O 12.Qe2 Ne7 13.a4 Ng6 14.a5 Nh4 15.a6 b6 16.Bd5 f3 17.gxf3 Nxf3+ 18.Kf1 Nd4 19.Qc4 Bc5

20.b4 Rhf8 21.Rd2 Qf3 22.Kg1 Rf6 23.bxc5 Rg6+ 24.Kh2 Qg2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

abawad1185 (lichess 2079) - JimWest (lichess 2054), lichess 8/25/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Be3 Nbd7 11.h3 c6 12.Qd2 O-O-O 13.Na4 Rxh8 14.g4 h6 15.O-O-O Kb8

16.Nxc5 Nxc5 17.Qa5 b6 18.Bxc5 Qxc5 19.Qxc5 bxc5 20.f4 exf3 21.Bd3 c4 22.Bf5 Bxf5 23.gxf5 Ne4 24.Rhg1 Rf8 25.Rxg7 Rxf5 26.Rh7 f2 27.Rxh6 f1=Q, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/24/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1959) - Captain_Beaumont (Chess.com 1900), Chess.com 8/24/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.c3 Bg5 13.Na3 Bxc1 14.Raxc1 Nd2 15.Qh3 Nxf1 16.Rxf1 Qg5 17.Bd3 h6 18.Nb5 Qe7 19.Qf5 g6

20.Qh3 h5 21.Rf6 a6 22.Na3 Rad8 23.Nc2 Qd7 24.e6 Qe7 25.exf7+ Rxf7 26.Rxg6+ Rg7 27.Qh5 Rxg6 28.Qxg6+ Qg7

29.Qe6+ Qf7 30.Qg4+ Qg7 31.Qe6+ Qf7 32.Qg4+ Qg7 33.Qe6+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

queen2025-3 (lichess 1982) - JimWest (lichess 2067), lichess 8/24/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.f3 Qe8 12.fxe4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nxe4 14.Bd2 Rxf1+ 15.Bxf1 Nd7 16.Nxd7 Bxd7 17.c4 Qf7 18.Be3 Rf8 19.cxd5 cxd5

20.Rc1 Bc6 21.c4 Kh8 22.h3 h6 23.Bd3 Nf2 24.Qc2 Nxd3 25.Qxd3 dxc4 26.Qxc4 Bd5 27.Qc2 Bxa2 28.Qe2 Bd5 29.Rf1 Qxf1+ 30.Qxf1 Rxf1+ 31.Kxf1 Kg8

32.g3 Kf7 33.Ke2 Ke6 34.Kd3 b5 35.Kc3 a5 36.Bd2 Kf5 37.Kb2 Ke4 38.Bxa5 Kxd4 39.Bc3+ Ke4 40.Bxg7 h5 41.Bc3 Kf3 42.Be1 Ke2 43.Bc3 Be6 44.h4 Bc4

45.Be5 Kf3 46.Bf4 Kg4 47.Bd6 Kf3 48.Bf4 Kg4 49.Bd6 Kf3 50.Bf4, draw.

2 PCG Games 8/23/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

MollyTheMouse (Chess.com 1937) - JimWest (Chess.com 1964), Chess.com 8/23/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Nc3 f4 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Nxd4 10.Qd3 c6 11.Bxf4 Qf6 12.Bxh6 Qxh6 13.Ne2 Nxe2 14.Qxe2 O-O-O 15.O-O Be7 16.a4 Rhf8 17.b4 d5 18.exd5 cxd5

19.Bd3 e4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Qxe4 Bf6 22.Rad1 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Re1 Qd2 25.a5 Qd4 26.Qxh7 Qxb4 27.c3 Qxa5 28.Qe4 Qd5 29.Qb4 Kb8 30.Rb1 b6 31.c4 Qd4

32.Qb3 Qc5 33.Re1 Bd4 34.Re2 Rc8 35.Qg3+ Qc7 36.Qg4 Bf6 37.Rc2 Qc5 38.Qg3+ Kb7 39.Qf3+ Qc6 40.Qg4 Re8 41.Kh2 Re1 42.c5 Be5+ 43.f4 Re4 44.g3 Bf6 45.Qf3 bxc5 46.Qb3+ Ka8 47.Ra2 Qe6

48.Qa4 Rxa4 49.Rxa4 Qe2+ 50.Kh1 Qd1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Marcodoga (lichess 1988) - JimWest (lichess 2068), lichess 8/23/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d3 Na5 5.Bb5+ c6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bb3 Nxb3 8.axb3 f5 9.Nf3 Nf6 10.O-O f4 11.d4 Qc7 12.d5 b4 13.Ne2 cxd5 14.exd5 Bg4 15.Ng5 h6

16.f3 Qc5+ 17.Kh1 hxg5 18.fxg4 Nxg4 19.h3 Nf2+ 20.Rxf2 Qxf2 21.Bd2 f3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 8/22/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

SadanandaKirtania (Chess.com 1955) - JimWest (Chess.com 1964), Chess.com 8/22/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.Re1 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nbd7 11.Rad1 Qc7 12.d4 O-O-O 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Be6 Kb8 15.Bxd7 Rxd7 16.Rxd7 Qxd7 17.Rd1 Qc7 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Qg4 Rd8

20.Qe6 Rxd1+ 21.Nxd1 Qd8 22.Nc3 Kc7 23.Qf7+ Qd7 24.Qxd7+ Kxd7 25.f3 b5 26.Kf2 a5 27.Ke2 Ke6 28.Kd3 Be7 29.Ne2 Bc5 30.c4 Kd6 31.cxb5 cxb5 32.Nc3 Kc6

33.Nd5 a4 34.b3 axb3 35.axb3 h5 36.Ke2 Kd6 37.Kd3 Bf2 38.Ke2 Bd4 39.Kd3 Bf2 40.Ke2 Bd4 41.Kd3 Bf2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

mah-rashad (lichess 1952) - JimWest (lichess 2059), lichess 8/22/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.d3 Be7 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Be3 Rf8 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Kf7 12.Rg1 Kg8 13.O-O-O Kh8 14.Rg4 Bf6 15.Rdg1 Ne7 16.Ne4 Rg8 17.Nxf6 gxf6 18.f4 Qd7 19.fxe5 fxe5

20.Bh6 Nf5 21.Bd2 Nd4 22.Qe4 Rxg4 23.hxg4 c6 24.Rh1 Rg8 25.g5 Qf5 26.Qxf5 Nxf5 27.f4 Ng3 28.Rh4 Ne2+ 29.Kd1 Nxf4 30.Bc3 Ne6 31.Bd2 Nxg5 32.Rh6 Nf7 33.Rf6 Rg1+ 34.Be1 Kg7 35.Re6 d5

36.Ke2 Rg2+ 37.Bf2 Kf8 38.Kf3 Rg6 39.Rxg6 hxg6 40.Bxa7 Ke7 41.Bf2 Ke6 42.a4 Nd6 43.b4 e4+ 44.Ke2 exd3+ 45.cxd3 Kf5 46.Bg3 Nc8 47.Bc7 g5 48.Ke3 g4

49.Kf2 d4 50.Bb6 Ke5 51.Kg3 Nxb6 52.a5 Nd5, White forfeits.