2 PCG Games 12/18/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Valery181 (Chess.com 1967) - JimWest (Chess.com 2063), Chess.com 12/18/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 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.Kb4 Na6+ 16.Ka3 Qc5+ 17.Qxc5 Nxc5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

pollock22 (lichess 2000) - JimWest (lichess 2009), lichess 12/18/2025

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.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O c6 11.Qe3 Qa5 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Qxc3 14.bxc3 Nbd7 15.f3 exf3 16.Nxf3 Ne4 17.Bh4 Nxc3 18.Re1 Ne4 19.Bd3 Ndf6

20.Nd2 Nxd2 21.Kxd2 Bd7 22.Rhf1 Rae8 23.h3 Ne4+ 24.Bxe4 Rxe4 25.Rxf8+ Kxf8 26.Rxe4 dxe4 27.g4 h5 28.Ke3 hxg4 29.hxg4 Bxg4 30.Kxe4 Ke8 31.c4 g6 32.Ke5 Kd7 33.c5 Bd1

34.Kf6 Bc2 35.Bg3 a5 36.Be1 a4 37.Ba5 Bd3 38.Bb6 Bc2 39.Ba5 Bd3 40.Bb6 Bc2 41.Ba5, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/17/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Oscf_Player (Chess.com 1912) - JimWest (Chess.com 2027), Chess.com 12/17/2025

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.Bc4 Nc6 13.Qg3 Kxh8 14.O-O-O Bf5 15.c3 Na5 16.Be2 Qd5

17.Qxc7 Qxa2 18.Qxe7 Nb3+ 19.Kc2 e3+ 20.Rd3 Nxd4+ 21.cxd4 Rc8+ 22.Qc5 Rxc5+ 23.dxc5 Nd5 24.Bxe3 Nb4+ 25.Kc3 Nxd3 26.Bxd3 Bxd3 27.Kxd3 Qd5+ 28.Bd4+ Kg8 29.f3 Qb3+ 30.Bc3 Qd5+ 31.Bd4 Qb3+ 32.Ke2 Qc2+ 33.Ke3 Qxg2

34.Rd1 Qxh2 35.Ke4 Qh4+ 36.f4 Qe7+ 37.Kf3 b6 38.Rg1+ Kf8 39.cxb6 axb6 40.Rg7 Qxg7 41.Bxg7+ Kxg7 42.Kg3 Kf6 43.Kf3 Kf5 44.b3 b5 45.b4 h6 46.Kg3 h5 47.Kf3 h4

48.Ke3 h3 49.Kf3 h2 50.Kg2 Kxf4 51.Kxh2 Ke4 52.Kg2 Kd4 53.Kf2 Kc4 54.Ke2 Kb3 55.Kd1 Kxb4 56.Kc1 Kb3 57.Kb1 b4 58.Kc1 Ka2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2004) - omaskii (lichess 1952), lichess 12/17/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 d6 6.Na4 O-O 7.Nxc5 dxc5 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Be2 Re8 10.O-O a6 11.c3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 exf4 13.Bxf4 h6 14.Qc2 Ne5 15.Rad1 Nxf3+ 16.Rxf3 Nh5 17.Be3 b6

18.Rdf1, Black forfeits.

2 PCG Games 12/16/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

thijs-20007 (Chess.com 2016) - JimWest (Chess.com 2021), Chess.com 12/16/2025

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.f3 O-O 10.fxe4 Qe8 11.Bd2 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Nxe4 13.Bd3 Nf2 14.O-O Nxd1 15.Raxd1 Rxf1+ 16.Rxf1 Be6 17.Bb4 Nd7 18.Nxd7 Qxd7 19.b3 g6

20.h4 a5 21.Ba3 b5 22.Rf3 b4 23.Bc1 Rf8 24.Rg3 Bf5 25.Be2 Qd6 26.Kh2 h5 27.Bxh5 Qxg3+ 28.Kxg3 gxh5 29.Kf4 Be4+ 30.Kg5 Rf5+ 31.Kh6 Bxg2 32.Bg5 Bf3 33.Kg6 Bg4 34.Bd8 Rf7

35.Bg5 c6 36.Bd8 Ra7 37.Bb6 Ra6 38.Bc5 a4 39.Kg5 axb3 40.axb3 Ra2 41.Bxb4 Rxc2 42.Bd6 Kf7 43.b4 Ke6 44.Bf8 Rf2 45.Bc5 Rf5+ 46.Kg6 Rf6+ 47.Kg5 Kf7 48.Ba7 Kg7 49.Bc5 Rf5#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ahoo2008 (lichess 1945) - JimWest (lichess 1994), lichess 12/16/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.O-O Nd7 7.Bg5 Ngf6 8.Re1 Be7 9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.d4 e4 12.Nc3 d5 13.Bb3 Qc7 14.h3 O-O-O 15.a4 Rde8 16.a5 Nh5 17.Bxe7 Rxe7 18.a6 b6

19.Bxd5 cxd5 20.Nxd5 Qd6 21.Nxe7+ Qxe7 22.Qe2 Nhf6 23.Qc4+ Kb8 24.Ra3 Rc8 25.Qa4 Nd5 26.c4 Nf4 27.c5 Qg5 28.Rg3 Qd5 29.cxb6 Nxb6 30.Qb4 Nd3 31.Rxd3 exd3 32.Re7 Rc1+ 33.Kh2 d2

34.Rb7+ Qxb7 35.Qxd2 Qc7+ 36.g3 Rc2 37.Qe3 Rxb2 38.Qe8+ Nc8 39.Kg2 Rb6 40.Qa4 Qc6+ 41.Qxc6 Rxc6 42.Kf3 Rxa6 43.d5 Nd6 44.Ke3 Kc7 45.f4 Ra3+, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/15/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2013) - aliyawifasa (Chess.com 2126), Chess.com 12/15/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bb6 7.Qc2 Ng4 8.h3 Ne3 9.Bxe3 Bxe3 10.f5 g6 11.g4 gxf5 12.gxf5 Rg8 13.Qe2 Bf4 14.Nbd2 b6 15.O-O-O Ba6 16.Kb1 Qd7 17.Rg1 O-O-O 18.Rxg8 Rxg8 19.Qf2 f6

20.d4 Bb7 21.Bc4 Rg3 22.Be6 Ne7 23.Bxd7+ Kxd7 24.dxe5 fxe5 25.h4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

mattoni (lichess 1996) - JimWest (lichess 1987), lichess 12/15/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Ng5 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Ngxe4 Nxe4 9.Qxe4 Nxd4 10.Qxe7+ Bxe7 11.Bd3 Bxf5 12.Bxf5 Nxf5 13.O-O O-O-O 14.Re1 Bf6 15.Nd5 Rde8 16.Kf1 Rxe1+ 17.Kxe1 Re8+ 18.Kf1 Bd8 19.Bd2 c6

20.Nc3 Nd4 21.Rc1 Ba5 22.a3 Kd7 23.Be3 Bxc3 24.bxc3 Nb5 25.c4 Nxa3 26.c5 d5 27.Bd4 g6 28.c3 a6 29.Rd1 Nc4 30.Rd3 Re6 31.f4 Re4

32.g3 h5 33.Kf2 a5 34.Rd1 a4 35.Ra1 a3 36.Be5 Nxe5 37.fxe5 Rxe5 38.Rxa3 Re4 39.Rb3 Kc7 40.Rb4 Rxb4 41.cxb4 b6 42.Ke3 bxc5 43.bxc5 Kd7 44.Kf4 Ke6

45.h3 Kf6 46.g4 g5+ 47.Kf3 h4 48.Ke3 Ke5 49.Kd3 Kf4, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/14/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2001) - thijs-20007 (Chess.com 2010), Chess.com 12/14/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.c3 f6 12.Qe1 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Ng5 14.f4 Ne4 15.Nd2 Nxd2 16.Bxd2 fxe5 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.fxe5 Rxf1+ 19.Qxf1 Bg5

20.Bxg5 Qxg5+ 21.Qg2 Qe3+ 22.Kh1 Rf8 23.Rg1 g6 24.Rf1 Rxf1+ 25.Qxf1 Qe4+ 26.Kg1 Qg4+ 27.Kh1 Qe4+ 28.Kg1 Qg4+ 29.Kh1 Qe4+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Black_Shadow075 (lichess 2027) - JimWest (lichess 1983), lichess 12/14/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.d5 f4 7.Nxh7 Qh4 8.Nxf8 Ng4 9.Rf1 Rxf8 9.dxc6 Ne3

10.Bb5 b6 11.Qe2 Bg4 12.Qd2 Nxg2#.

2 PCG Games 12/13/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

sree_2012 (Chess.com 1938) - JimWest (Chess.com 2001), Chess.com 12/13/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Qe2 fxe4 6.Qxe4 Nf6 7.Qe2 Bg4

8.h3 Nd4 9.Qd3 Bf5 10.Nxd4 Bxd3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

bady67 (lichess 2059) - JimWest (lichess 2002), lichess 12/13/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.b3 Bg4 8.Bb2 Nd7 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 O-O-O 11.c3 h5 12.b4 Ne7 13.Nd2 g5 14.Qd3 g4 15.a4 Bh6

16.a5 f3 17.hxg4 hxg4 18.gxf3 Bxd2 19.Qxd2 gxf3 20.Qe3 Qg6+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 12/12/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

BlueWolfOriginal (Chess.com 1937) - JimWest (Chess.com 2001), Chess.com 12/12/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.O-O fxe4 7.d5 Na5 8.Bb5+ c6 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Nxe5 cxb5 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Nxg6 Nf6 13.Qh6 Rg8 14.Nxe7 Qxe7 15.Bg5 Rg6 16.Qh4 Bb7 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.Rfe1 O-O-O 19.f3 d5

20.fxe4 dxe4 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.Qxe4 Qd4+ 23.Qxd4 Rxd4 24.Re7 Rd2 25.g3 Rh6 26.Rf1 Nc6 27.Rf8+ Rd8 28.Rxd8+ Kxd8 29.Rb7 b4 30.h4 Rg6 31.Kf2 h6

32.c3 bxc3 33.bxc3 Kc8 34.Rf7 Rd6 35.Ke3 a5 36.Rg7 Re6+ 37.Kf4 Ne7 38.g4 Kd7 39.g5 hxg5+ 40.Kxg5 Rc6 41.h5 Rxc3 42.h6 Rg3+ 43.Kf6 Rf3+ 44.Kg5 Rf5+ 45.Kg4 Rf2 46.Kg5 Rxa2

47.h7 Rh2 48.Kf6 Rf2+ 49.Kg5 Rh2 50.Kf6 Rf2+ 51.Kg5 Rf8 52.Rf7 Rh8 53.Kf6 Kc6 54.Rxe7 Kb5 55.Kg7 Rxh7+ 56.Kxh7 a4

57.Kg6 a3 58.Kf5 Kb4 59.Ke4 a2 60.Ra7 Kb3 61.Kd3 Kb2 62.Rb7+ Ka1 63.Ra7 Kb2 64.Rb7+ Ka1 65.Rc7 Kb2 66.Rb7+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Salavat_Taimasov (lichess 1998) - JimWest (lichess 2017), lichess 12/12/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.O-O O-O 10.f3 c6 11.fxe4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nxe4 13.Be3 Nxc3 14.Qd2 Nxe2+ 15.Qxe2 Nd7 16.Rxf8+ Nxf8 17.Qh5 Be6 18.Rf1 Qe8 19.Qg5 Ng6

20.Nxg6 Qxg6 21.Qxg6 hxg6 22.Bf4 b5 23.Kf2 a5 24.Ke3 Bf5 25.Kd2 Be4 26.g3 Rf8 27.Re1 a4 28.Kc3 g5 29.Bxg5 Rf2 30.Rc1 Rxh2 31.Bf4 Rg2 32.Bd6 g6

33.Be5 g5 34.a3 g4 35.Bd6 Kg7 36.Kb4 Rxc2 37.Rxc2 Bxc2 38.Kc5 Bb3 39.Kxc6 Bc4 40.Kc5 Kg6 41.Bf4 Kf5 42.Bd6 Ke4 43.Be5 Kd3 44.Kb4 Kc2 45.Bf4 Kb2

46.Be5 Be2 47.Bd6 Ka2 48.Bc5 Bc4 49.Bd6 Be2 50.Kc3 Bc4 51.Kb4 Be2, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 12/11/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2023) - luqman_naja (Chess.com 1898), Chess.com 12/11/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 c5 3.d3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.c3 O-O 9.a4 a6 10.Na3 h6 11.Nc4 Nh7 12.a5 Be6 13.Qa4 Qe7 14.f5 gxf5 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.Nb6 Rad8 17.Nd5 Qd7 18.Nh4 Be6 19.Nb6 Qc7

20.Bg4 Qe7 21.Nf5 Bxf5 22.Bxf5 d5 23.Qg4 Kh8 24.Qh3 Ng5 25.Qh5 Rd6 26.Nd7 Rxd7 27.Bxd7 f6 28.Bxc6 bxc6 29.Bxg5 fxg5 30.Rxf8+ Qxf8 31.Rf1 Qd6 32.h4 gxh4 33.Qxh4 Kh7

34.Qh3 Qg6 35.Qf5 h5 36.Qxg6+ Kxg6 37.g3 Bf6 38.Kg2 Kg5 39.b4 cxb4 40.cxb4 e4 41.dxe4 dxe4 42.Rc1 Be7 43.Rxc6 Bxb4 44.Rxa6 Bd2

45.Ra8 Kg4 46.a6 e3 47.Rg8+ Kf5 48.Kf3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2014) - vetrivelap (lichess 1878), lichess 12/11/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 exf4 7.Bxf4 O-O 8.O-O Ne5 9.d4 Nxf3+ 10.Bxf3 d5 11.e5 Ne4 12.c4 f5 13.cxd5 Qxd5 14.Nc3 Qc6 15.Qb3+ Kh8

16.Rac1 Nd2 17.Bxd2, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/10/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

elminim (Chess.com 1938) - JimWest (Chess.com 2017), Chess.com 12/10/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 e3 8.fxe3 Qxe3+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Bxe2 Bxf5 11.Bh5+ g6 12.Bf3 c6 13.Na3 d5 14.c4 Ne7 15.cxd5 Nxd5 16.Nac4 O-O 17.Nd6 Nd7 18.O-O-O Nb4

19.Nxf5 gxf5 20.Kb1 Nf6 21.Rhe1 Rae8 22.Nc4 Rxe1 23.Rxe1 Re8 24.Ne5 Nd7 25.a3 Nd5 26.Bh5 Re7 27.g3 Nxe5 28.dxe5 Nf6 29.Be2 Ng4 30.Bxg4 fxg4 31.Kc2 Kf7 32.Kc3 Ke6

33.Kd4 Rd7+ 34.Ke4 Rd2 35.b4 Rxh2 36.Kf4 h5 37.Kg5 Rh3 38.Re3 h4 39.Re1 Rxg3 40.Kxh4 Rxa3 41.Kxg4 Ra4 42.Re4 a5 43.Kf3 Rxb4 44.Re1 a4 45.Ke3 Kxe5

46.Kd3+ Kd5 47.Kc3 Rb3+ 48.Kc2 b5 49.Rh1 Re3 50.Kb2 b4 51.Rh5+ Re5 52.Rh4 c5 53.Rh1 Kc4 54.Rc1+ Kb5 55.Rc2 c4 56.Rf2 a3+ 57.Ka2 Ka4 58.Rg2 b3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2022) - AlekhineAlexander88 (lichess 2004), lichess 12/10/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d5 3.d3 dxe4 4.dxe4 Qxd1+ 5.Kxd1 Nf6 6.Bd3 Bc5 7.f4 exf4 8.Bxf4 O-O 9.Nc3 Ng4 10.Nh3 Nc6 11.Kd2 Nce5 12.Rae1 Nxd3 13.cxd3 c6 14.Rhf1 Be6 15.Ng5 Rfe8 16.h3 Nf6 17.Nxe6 Rxe6 18.Be3 Bxe3+ 19.Rxe3 Rd8

20.Kc2 Nd5 21.Nxd5 cxd5 22.Ref3 dxe4 23.dxe4 f6 24.Re3 Rc6+ 25.Rc3 Rxc3+ 26.Kxc3 Kf7 27.e5 Ke6 28.exf6 gxf6 29.Re1+ Kf5 30.Re7 Rc8+ 31.Kb3 h5 32.Rxb7 Rg8 33.g4+ hxg4 34.hxg4+ Rxg4 35.Rxa2 Ke4

36.Ra4+ Kf3 37.Rxg4 Kxg4 38.a4 f5 39.a5 f4 40.a6 f3 41.a7 f2 42.a8=Q f1=Q 43.Qg8+ Kf5 44.Qh7+ Kg5 45.Qg7+ Kh5 46.Qe5+ Kh6 47.Qe3+ Kg7 48.Qc3+ Kf8 49.Kb4 Ke7 50.b3 Kd8

51.Qd4+ Kc7 52.Qc4+ Qxc4+ 53.Kxc4 Kb6 54.Kb4 Kb7 55.Kb5 Kb8 56.Kb6 Ka8 57.b4 Kb8 58.b5 Ka8 59.Kc7 Ka7 60.b6+ Ka8 61.b7+ Ka7 62.b8=Q+ Ka6 63.Qb6#.