PCG & PCG Reversed 2/9/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

samsung_amit (Chess.com 1966) - JimWest (Chess.com 2026), Chess.com 2/9/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Be2 c6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.O-O a5 9.a4 Na6 10.Na3 Nc5 11.b4 axb4 12.cxb4 Nxa4 13.Qb3 Qd7 14.Nc4 b5 15.Ncxe5 dxe5 16.Nxe5 Qd5 17.Qxd5 cxd5 18.d4 O-O 19.Bxb5 Nc3

20.Rxa8 Rxa8 21.Bc6 Rd8 22.b5 Ne2+ 23.Kh1 Nxd4 24.Ra1 Ne6 25.Bd2 Ne4 26.Ba5 Nxf2+ 27.Kg1 Bc5 28.Bxd8 Nxd8 29.Bxd5+ Be6 30.Bxe6+ Nxe6 31.Kf1 Ne4

32.Ra8+ Nf8 33.Nd7 Bd6 34.b6 Nf6 35.Nxf6+ gxf6 36.b7 Bxh2 37.b8=Q Bxb8 38.Rxb8 Kg7 39.Kf2 Ne6 40.Kg3 Kg6 41.Kh4 Ng5 42.Kg4 h5+ 43.Kh4 Ne6 44.Rh8 Ng7 45.Ra8 Nf5+ 46.Kh3 Ng7 47.Ra5 Nf5

48.g3 Ng7 49.Kh4 Nf5+ 50.Kh3 Ng7 51.Kg2 Nf5 52.Kf3 Nd4+ 53.Ke4 Ne2 54.Ra3 Kg5 55.Re3 f5+ 56.Kf3 Nxg3 57.Kg2 f4 58.Rxg3 fxg3 59.Kxg3 h4+ 60.Kh3 Kh5

61.Kh2 Kg4 62.Kg2 h3+ 63.Kh2 Kh4 64.Kg1 Kg3 65.Kh1 h2, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2060) - polerio15 (lichess 2036), lichess 2/9/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 Nxe4 8.dxe5 Qh4+ 9.g3 Nxg3 10.Bg5 Qxg5 11.hxg3 Qxe5 12.Kf1 Be6 13.Qd3 Qxb2 14.Qb5+ Qxb5 15.Bxb5+ c6 16.Bd3 h6 17.Nd2 Bd6 18.Kg2 O-O 19.Ngf3 c5

20.Rab1 b6 21.Ng5 c4 22.Nxe6 fxe6 23.Nxc4 dxc4 24.Bxc4 Rf6 25.Rhf1 Raf8 26.Rbe1 Rf5 27.Bxe6+ R5f7 28.Bxf7+ Rxf7 29.Rxf7 Kxf7 30.Kf3 Kf6 31.Re8 a5

32.g4 Kg5 33.c4 Bc5 34.a4 g6 35.Re5+ Kf6 36.Rd5 Ke6 37.Rd8 Kf6 38.Rc8 h5 39.gxh5 gxh5 40.Rc6+ Kf5 41.Rh6 Kg5

42. Rh7 h4 43.Rh8 Bd4 44.Rh7 Bc5 45.Rh8 Bb4 46.Rh7 Bc3 47.Rb7 Bd4 48.Rh7 Bc5, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/8/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2027) - kautsarboncai (Chess.com 2184), Chess.com 2/8/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 Qd5 8.c4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 Qd8 10.Nge2 O-O 11.O-O e3 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.h3 Nf2 14.Qa4 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Nxh3+ 16.gxh3 Bxh3 17.Bxe3 Bxf1 18.Rxf1 f6 19.Qxc6 fxe5

20.Rxf8+ Qxf8 21.dxe5 Rb8 22.Qe4 Rd8 23.Bd4 c5 24.e6 Qe7 25.Be3 h6 26.Ng3 Rd6 27.Nf5 Qxe6 28.Nxd6 Qxd6 29.Qd5+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

qusar2025 (lichess 2133) - JimWest (lichess 2063), lichess 2/8/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Qb3 Nh6 6.d3 f4 7.h4 Na5 8.Qa4+ c6 9.Ng5 b5 10.Bxb5 cxb5 11.Qxb5+ Bd7 12.Qd5 Rc8 13.b4 Nc6 14.Na3 Ne7 15.Qb3 Ng6 16.g3 Be7 17.Nc4 Rxc4 18.Qxc4 Bxg5 19.hxg5 Qxg5

20.Bd2 Nf7 21.O-O-O O-O 22.gxf4 Nxf4 23.Kb2 Rc8 24.Qa6 Rc6 25.Qxa7 Nxd3+ 26.Kc2 Nxb4+ 27.Kb3 Be6+ 28.Kxb4 Rc4+ 29.Kb5 Qd8

30.Qb7 Qe8+ 31.Kb6 Rc5 32.c4 Bc8 33.Qa8 Qd8+ 34.Ka7 Qc7+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/7/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

NextLeveledChess (Chess.com 1966) - JimWest (Chess.com 2015), Chess.com 2/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Bc4 d5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.h3 h6 9.Nf1 Bd6 10.Nc3 c6 11.Ne3 Bh7 12.Ng4 O-O

13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.O-O Kh8 16.f3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2055) - achipaenriquezzz (lichess 1992), lichess 2/7/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bxg1 6.Rxg1 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Nc6 9.f5 d5 10.Bg5 dxe4 11.dxe4 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Nd2 O-O-O 14.O-O-O Qd6 15.Nc4 Qc5 16.Rge1 f6 17.Kb1 a6 18.Ne3 Ne7 19.g4 c6

20.h4 g5 21.hxg5 hxg5 22.Rxd8+ Kxd8 23.Rd1+ Kc8 24.Qd3 Kb8 25.Qd6+ Qxd6 26.Rxd6 Rf8 27.Rd7 Ng8 28.Nc4 Nh6 29.Nd6 Nxg4 30.Rxb7+ Ka8 31.Rb6 Ka7 32.Rxc6 Ne3

33.Kc1 Rg8 34.Kd2 Nf1+ 35.Ke2 Ng3+ 36.Kf3 Nh5 37.Kg4 Nf4 38.Nc4 Rh8 39.Rxf6 Nh3, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 2/6/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

MadMaximus1982 (Chess.com 1898) - JimWest (Chess.com 2025), Chess.com 2/6/2026

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.Bc4+ Kg7 11.Nxh8 Nc6 12.Bh6+ Kxh8 13.Qg5 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Bf5 15.O-O-O Qf8 16.Qf4 Ng4

17.Kb1 e3 18.fxe3 Re8 19.d5 Re4, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

M_Reicke (lichess 1917) - JimWest (lichess 2035), lichess 2/6/2026

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.h4 Bc5 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.Ncxe4 dxe4 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Nf7+ Ke8 11.Nxh8 Be6 12.Bf4 Nbc6 13.O-O-O Bxf2 14.Bb5 e3 15.Be2 Kf8 16.h5 Kg8 17.h6 Kxh8 18.hxg7+ Kxg7

19.Rh5 Ng6 20.Bh6+ Kg8 21.Rg5 Ncxe5, White forfeits.

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/5/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

zulfakur (Chess.com 1903) - JimWest (Chess.com 2034), Chess.com 2/5/2026

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 O-O 11.O-O h6 12.Nf3 e4 13.dxe4 fxe4 14.Ne1 Nd4 15.Qd1 Nxb5 16.Nxb5 a6 17.Nd4 Bd6 18.Be3 Ng4

19.h3 Bh2+ 20.Kh1 Nxe3 21.Kxh2 Nxd1 22.Rxd1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2029) - vadragov (lichess 2035), lichess 2/5/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Qe7 6.Qe2 Ng4 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Nc3 Ngxe5 9.Nxe5 Qxe5 10.Nxd5 Qxe2+ 11.Bxe2 Bd6 12.Bxf4 Bxf4 13.Nxf4 O-O 14.O-O Nd4 15.Bd1 c6 16.c3 Ne6 17.Nxe6 Bxe6 18.d4 Bc4 19.Rf2 Rae8

20.Bb3 Bxb3 21.axb3 Re7 22.Rxa7 Rfe8 23.h3 f6 24.b4 Re1+ 25.Kh2 R1e2 26.Rxe2 Rxe2 27.Rxb7 Rxb2, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 2/4/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Ramminew (Chess.com 2016) - JimWest (Chess.com 2039), Chess.com 2/4/2026

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.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qd2 O-O

11.a3 Bxc3 12.Qxc3 Qxf2+ 13.Kd1 Nc6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Kc1 Bd7 16.Kb1 e3 17.Qd3 Bg4 18.Ka2 e2 19.Qc3 Bd7

20.Bxe2 Qxe2 21.Rae1 Qc4+ 22.Qxc4 dxc4 23.Rhg1 Rae8, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

RENAUD44 (lichess 1950) - JimWest (lichess 2020), lichess 2/4/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nc3 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nf6 9.Nxf6+ gxf6 10.Be3 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.O-O-O Bd6 13.Nd2 O-O 14.Nc4 Rfd8 15.Rd3 Nc5 16.Rd5 b6 17.Rhd1 Nb7 18.g3 Be7

19.Rd7 Rxd7 20.Rxd7 Bd8 21.f4 exf4 22.Bxf4 Nc5 23.Rd5 Ne6 24.Bh6 Be7 25.Rd7 Kf7 26.Ne3 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 28.Kd2 Kg6 29.Bf4 Nxf4 30.gxf4 c6 31.Kd3 f5 32.Kc4 Bc7 33.Ng2 Kh5

34.h3 Kg6 35.b4 a6 36.a4 Kf6 37.b5 cxb5+ 38.axb5 a5 39.Kd5 a4 40.Kc4 Bd6 41.c3 Ke6 42.h4 h5 43.Kd3 a3 44.Kc2 Kd5 45.Ne3+ Ke4 46.Nc4 Bc5

47.Kb3 Kxf4 48.Nxa3 Bxa3 49.Kxa3 Ke5 50.c4 f4 51.c5 bxc5 52.b6 Kd6 53.Kb3 Kc6 54.Kc4 Kxb6, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 2/3/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2017) - hu2018 (Chess.com 2049), Chess.com 2/3/2026

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.Nbd2 Re8 11.c3 Bf8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.d4 Qd8 15.Nh2 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 g6 17.Qf3 Qd7 18.Rae1 Bg7 19.Ng4 Qe7

20.d5 Ne5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.Nc4 Bg7 23.Ne3 h5 24.g4 hxg4 25.Nxg4 Rf8 26.Nf6+ Bxf6 27.Qxf6 Qxf6 28.Rxf6 Kg7 29.Ref1 Rae8 30.R6f4 Re7 31.Kh2 g5 32.Rg4 f6 33.h4 Rh8

34.Kg3 Rxh4 35.Rxh4 gxh4+ 36.Kf4 Re8 37.Rh1 Rh8 38.Kg4 Re8 39.Kf4 Rh8 40.Kg4 Kg6 41.Rh6 Re8 42.Re3 Rh8 43.Rh3 Rh7 44.a4 a5 45.b4 b6 46.bxa5 bax5 47.c4 Rh5 48.Kf4 Kh6 49.Kg4 Rg5+ 50.Kxh4 Rh5+ 51.Kg4 Rxh3 52.Kxh3 Kh5

53.Kg3 Kg5 54.Kf3 f5 55.exf5 Kxf5 56.Ke3 Ke5 57.Kd3 Kf5 58.Kd4 Kf4 59.c5 dxc5+ 60.Kxc5 Ke5 61.Kc6 Kd4 62.Kxc7 Kxd5 63.Kb6 Kc4 64.Kxa5 Kc5

65.Ka6 Kc6 66.a5 Kc7 67.Kb5 Kb7 68.a6+ Ka7 69.Ka5 Ka8 70.Kb6 Kb8 71.a7+ Ka8 72.Ka6, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2012) - doctor1966 (lichess 2007), lichess 2/3/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 44.f4 Bxg1 5.Rxg1 d6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.c3 exf4 8.Bxf4 Be6 9.Rf1 Qd7 10.Bg5 Ng4 11.h3 f6 12.Bxg4 fxg5 13.Bxe6 Qxe6 14.Qh5+ Qg6 15.Qxg6+ hxg6 16.Nd2 Ne5 17.Ke2 Ke7 18.d4 Nf7 19.Rf2 Nh6

20.Raf1 Rhf8 21.Rxf8 Rxf8 22.Rxf8 Kxf8 23.g4 Kf7 24.Nf3 Kf6 25.Ke3 Nf7 26.c4 a6 27.b4 b6 28.a4 c6 29.c5 b5 30.axb5 cxb5 31.c6 Ke7 32.d5 Kd8 33.Kd4 Kc7

34.e5 dxe5+ 35.Nxe5 Nd6 36.Nxg6 Kb6 37.Ne5 a5 38.Nd7+ Kc7 39.bxa5 b4 40.Nc5 g6 41.Ne6+ Kb8 42.Nxg5 Ka7 43.Ne6 Ka6 44.Nc5+ Kxa6 45.Nb3+ Ka4 46.Nd2 Ka3

47.Kc5 Ne4+ 48.Nxe4 b3 49.Nd2 b2 50.Nc4+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 2/2/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Thraggo (Chess.com 2014) - JimWest (Chess.com 2013), Chess.com 2/2/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.g3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Bb3 fxe4 8.Nxe4 Nxe4 9.dxe4 Bg4 10.Qd3 Rf8 11.Ng1 Nd7 12.f3 Nc5 13.Qe3 Nxb3 14.Qxb3 Bc8 15.Be3 Bf6 16.O-O-O Qe7 17.Ne2 Be6 18.Qa4 Kf7 19.h4 Kg8

20.g4 g6 21.g5 Bg7 22.Rdf1 a5 23.Bb6 Ra6 24.Be3 b5 25.Qa3 Bc4 26.Rh2 b4 27.Qa4 Bb5 28.Qb3+ Qf7 29.Qxf7+ Rxf7 30.Rff2 Bxe2 31.Rxe2 Rxf3

32.h5 gxh5 33.Rxh5 d5 34.exd5 cxd5 35.Bc5 Rc6 36.Ba7 d4 37.Reh2 d3 38.Rxh7 Rf1+ 39.Kd2 Rxc2+ 40.Kxd3 Rxh2 41.Rxh2 Kf7 42.Rf2+ Rxf2 43.Bxf2 e4+ 44.Kc2 Kg6

45.Bb6 a4 46.Bc5 b3+ 47.axb3 axb3+ 48.Kxb3 Bxb2 49.Kxb2 Kxg5 50.Kc2 Kf4 51.Kd1 Kf3 52.Ke1 e3 53.Bxe3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

todor680816 (lichess 2101) - JimWest (lichess 2010), lichess 2/2/2026

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.Qe5 Qc6+ 15.Kd2 Qd6+ 16.Qxd6 cxd6 17.Nc3 Bf5 18.Nd5 Nc6 19.b4 a6

20.a4 Rhc8 21.Nb6 Nxb4 22.Nxc8 Rxc8 23.c3 Nd5 24.Ra3 b6 25.Rb3 Rc4 26.a5 b5 27.f3 Rh4 28.Re2 Nf4 29.Rf2 Nd3 30.Re2 Ne5 31.Rf2 Rxh2 32.Rxh2 Nxf3+ 33.Ke3 Nxh2

34.c4 Be6 35.Kd4 Bxc4 36.Rh3 Ng4 37.Rxh7+ Ke6 38.Ra7 Ne5 39.Rxa6 b4 40.Rb6 b3 41.a6 Bd5 42.a7 Nc6+ 43.Kc3 Nxa7 44.Ra6 Nb5+ 45.Kb2 Nd4

46.Ra4 Ke5 47.Ra7 g5 48.Re7+ Ne6 49.Rf7 g4 50.Rf2 g3 51.Re2+ Kf5, White resigns.