PCG & PCG Reversed 9/7/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Brainstew (Chess.com 1928) - JimWest (Chess.com 1951), Chess.com 9/7/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Be3 d4

9.Bc4 dxe3 10.fxe3 Bxe6 11.Bxe6 Qxe6 12.Qd8+ Kxf7 13.O-O+ Nf6 14.Qxh8 Bxe3+ 15.Kh1 Qe8 16.Qxe8+ Kxe8 17.Nc3 Nbd7 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Rae1 Nef6 20.Rxe3+ Kf7

21.Rfe1 Re8 22.Rxe8 Nxe8 23.Kg1 Nef6 24.Kf2 a5 25.a4 b6 26.Kf3 h6 27.Re3 Nc5 28.b3 h5 29.h3 g6

30.Re5 Ncd7 31.Rg5 Nh7 32.Rd5 Nhf6 33.Rg5 Nh7 34.Rd5 Nhf6 35.Rg5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2052) - Ekurac1 (lichess 1991), lichess 9/7/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.c3 O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.fxe5 dxe5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6

12.Nd4 Qg5 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Qd2 Qxd2 15.Nxd2 Ba6 16.Nb3 Rad8 17.Nc5 Bc8 18.Rad1 f5

19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Bf3 Bf8 21.Ne4 Rd7 22.Nf6+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/6/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Khenge (Chess.com 1848) - JimWest (Chess.com 1952), Chess.com 9/6/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.O-O Nd7 7.Bg5 Ngf6 8.Nbd2 d5 9.Bb3 Bd6 10.Re1 O-O 11.c4 Qc7 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.d4 Kh8 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Rc1 Nxf3+ 16.Nxf3 Nf6 17.h3 Rad8 18.Qe2 Bb4

19.Red1 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Re8 21.Qc4 Bd6 22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.Qd4 Be5 24.Nxe5 Qxe5 25.Qxa7 Qxb2 26.Qxb7 Qc3 27.Qf7 Bg6 28.Qc7 Re1+ 29.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 30.Kh2 Qxf2 31.Qd6 Kg7

32.Qxc6 Qf4+ 33.Kg1 Qe3+ 34.Kh1 Be4 35.Qd7+ Kh6 36.Qg4 f5 37.Qh4+ Kg6 38.Kh2 h5 39.Qg3+ Qxg3+ 40.Kxg3 h4+ 41.Kxh4 Bxg2 42.Kg3 Ba8 43.Bc2 Kf6 44.Kf4 Bd5 45.a4 Bc6 46.a5 Bb5 47.Bxf5 Ba6

48.h4 Bb5 49.h5 Ba6 50.h6 Bb5 51.h7 Kg7 52.Ke5 Ba6 53.Kd5 Be2 54.Kc5 Bf1 55.Kb6 Bc4 56.a6 Bxa6 57.Kxa6 Kh8

58.Kb6 Kg7 59.Kc6 Kh8 60.Kd6 Kg7 61.Ke6 Kh8 62.Ke7 Kg7 63.Bg6 Kh8 64.Be4 Kg7 65.Ke6 Kh8 66.Bg6 Kg7 67.Kf5 Kh8 68.Kg5 Kg7 69.Be4 Kh8 70.Kh5 Kg7 71.h8=Q+ Kxh8, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ManfredH (lichess 2154) - JimWest (lichess 2038), lichess 9/6/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.f4 O-O 10.O-O c5 11.Be3 cxd4 12.Bxd4 Nc6 13.c4 Qe7 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.cxd5 cxd5

16.Rc1 Be6 17.Qa4 Rfc8 18.Qa6 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Bxf4 20.Rc6 Bxg3 21.hxg3 Re8 22.Qxa7 Qxa7 23.Bxa7 Bg4 24.Kf1 Bxe2+ 25.Kxe2 Ra8 26.Rc7 Ne8 27.Rd7 Nf6 28.Rb7 Ne8 29.a3 Nd6 30.Rd7 Nc4 31.Bd4 g6

32.Rxd5 Rb8 33.b4 Nxa3 34.Bc5 Nb5 35.Re5 Ra8 36.Rxe4 Ra2+ 37.Kf3 Nc3 38.Re3 Nd5 39.Re2 Ra3+ 40.Kg4 Ra4 41.Re4 Nf6+ 42.Kf4 Nxe4 43.Kxe4 Kf7

44.g4 Ke6 45.g3 g5 46.Kd4 Ra3 47.b5 Rxg3 48.b6 Rxg4+ 49.Kc3 Kd7 50.Bd6 Kc6 51.Bc7 h5 52.Kd3 h4 53.Ke3 Rb4, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/5/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

robocop-2800 (Chess.com 1974) - JimWest (Chess.com 1955), Chess.com 9/5/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Nc4 Bb4 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.O-O-O Bxc3 15.bxc3 O-O 16.g3 Rad8 17.Rhe1 f5 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Ne3 Ng7

20.g4 Rf8 21.gxf5 Nxf5 22.Nxf5 Rxf5 23.Rxe4 Kf7 24.Kd2 Kf6 25.Ke3 Rh5 26.Re8 Rxh2 27.Rc8 c6 28.Rc7 Rxc2 29.Rxb7 Rxc3+ 30.Kd4 Ra3 31.Rxh7 Rxa2

32.Rh6+ Kf5 33.Rxc6 Kxf4 34.Rf6+ Kg5 35.Rf1 a5 36.Kc4 Re2 37.Kb5 Re5+ 38.Ka4 Rf5 39.Rxf5+ Kxf5 40.Kxa5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2038) - Volturi (lichess 2045), lichess 9/5/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 Ng4 6.Nh3 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Bb6 8.fxe5 Nxe5 9.Bf4 Bxh3 10.Bxe5 Qh4+ 11.Bg3 Bg4

12.Bxh4 Bxd1 13.Rxd1 O-O 14.Bf2 Re8 15.Bxb6 axb6 16.Be2 Rxa2 17.Rb1 Nc6 18.O-O Nd4 19.Bd1 g6 20.Nf6+ Kf8 21.Nxe8 Kxe8, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/4/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

ginomarcella (Chess.com 1896) - JimWest (Chess.com 1968), Chess.com 9/4/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.a4 Nd7 10.a5 O-O-O 11.Qe2 Bc5 12.Na4 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 a6 14.Nxc5 Nxc5 15.b4 Ne6 16.c3 h5 17.Qe2 g5 18.Bxa6 f3 19.gxf3 Nf4

20.Bxf4 gxf4 21.Bc4 h4 22.Kh1 Kc7 23.a6 b5 24.a7 Ne7 25.Bb3 Ra8 26.Ra6 Rh6 27.c4 bxc4 28.Bxc4 Rg6 29.b5 Qg5 30.bxc6 Qg2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2019) - murat871y (lichess 2002), lichess 9/4/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ng4 7.d4 Bb6 8.h3 Nf6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.e5 Re8 11.Be2 Nh5 12.Bh2 d6 13.exd6 cxd6 14.O-O Qf6 15.Kh1 Bf5 16.Nd5 Qe6 17.Nxb6 axb6

18.Re1 Bxh3 19.gxh3 Qxh3 20.Rg1 Nf4 21.Bf1 Qh6 22.Qd2 Re4 23.c3 Ra5 24.Bd3 Nxd3 25.Qxh6 Nf2+ 26.Kg2 gxh6 27.Kxf2+ Kf8 28.Bxd6+ Ke8 29.Rae1 Rxe1 30.Rxe1+ Kd7 31.Ba3 Nd8

32.Ne5+ Kc7 33.Ke3 h5 34.Rf1 Kc8 35.Nxf7 Nxf7 36.Rxf7 h6 37.Rh7 Kb8 38.Rxh6 Kc7 39.Bd6+ Kd7 40.a3 Rg5 41.Be5 b5 42.Kf4 Rg2 43.Rxh5 Rxb2 44.Rh7+ Kc6 45.Rc7+ Kb6 46.Rc5 Rb3 47.Bd6 Rb1 48.Rc8 Rc1 49.Bb4 Re1

50.d5 Rd1 51.d6 Rd3 52.Rh8 Kc6 53.Rh6 Kd7 54.Rh7+ Kc6 55.Ke4 Rd1 56.Rc7+ Kb6 57.Bc5+ Ka6 58.Bd4 Re1+ 59.Kd5 Re8 60.d7 Rd8 61.Bf6 Rf8 62.d8=Q Rxd8+ 63.Bxd8 b6

64.Rc6 Ka5 65.Bxb6+ Ka4 66.Bc5 Kb3 67.Bb4 Ka4 68.Rc5 Kb3, Black resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 9/3/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1961) - moham622 (Chess.com 1941), Chess.com 9/3/2025

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 Bg5 12.Bxg5 Nxg5 13.Be2 Ne6 14.Nbd2 Ne7 15.h3 Bh5 16.Nh2 Bg6 17.Nb3 b6 18.Bg4 a5 19.a4 Nc6

20.Nc1 Qg5 21.Qe1 h5 22.Bf3 Nf4 23.h4 Qd8 24.g3 Nd3 25.Nxd3 Bxd3 26.Rf2 g6 27.Qe3 Bf5 28.Bxh5 Be6 29.Bg4 Qd7 30.Bxe6 Qxe6

31.Rf6 Qh3 32.Rxc6 Rac8 33.Rf1 Kg7 34.Qg5 Qd7 35.Rcf6 c5 36.e6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2024) - Lin-Xiaoshuai (lichess 2066), lichess 9/3/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d5 6.e5 Nd7 7.d4 Be7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Bd3 c5 10.c3 Nc6 11.O-O c4 12.Bf5 f6 13.Be6+ Kh8 14.Bxd5 fxe5 15.Bxc6 exf4 16.Bxd7 Bxd7 17.Ne5 Be6 18.Nd2 Qb6 19.Kh1 Bd6

20.Ndxc4 Bxc4 21.Nxc4 Qc6 22.Nxd6 Qxd6 23.Rf3 Qb6 24.Qc2 Rac8 25.Qb3 Qc7 26.Raf1 b6 27.Qc2 Rcd8 28.Qf2 g5 29.h3 Rd7 30.a3 Re8

31.g3 Qc6 32.gxf4 gxf4 33.Kh2 Rf7 34.Rg1 Qd6 35.Rg4 Re3 36.Qg2 Rf8 37.h4 Qe6 38.Rfxf4 Re2 39.Rxf8+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/2/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

shakeel2104 (Chess.com 1854) - JimWest (Chess.com 1948), Chess.com 9/2/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Be2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Ne4 d5 11.Nxf6+ Qxf6 12.O-O c6 13.Nh2 Nd7 14.Bg4 Rae8 15.Bxf5 Qxf5 16.Qg4 Qxg4 17.Nxg4 Nf6 18.Rae1 Nxg4 19.hxg4 e4

20.dxe4 dxe4 21.Re3 Rf4 22.f3 Rd8 23.Rxe4 Rxe4 24.fxe4 Rd2 25.Rf2 Rd1+ 26.Kh2 Re1 27.Rd2 Rxe4 28.Rd7 Rb4 29.b3 a5 30.c3 Rb6 31.Kg3 c5 32.Rc7 a4

33.bxa4 Ra6 34.Rxb7 Rxa4 35.Rb2 Ra3 36.Rc2 g5 37.Kf3 Kf7 38.Ke3 Ke6 39.Kd3 Kd5 40.Rb2 c4+ 41.Kd2 Ke4 42.Rc2 Kf4 43.Ke2 Kxg4 44.Ke3 Kg3 45.Kd4 Ra4 46.Kc5 h5 47.Kb5 Ra8 48.Kxc4 g4

49.Kb4 h4 50.c4 h3 51.gxh3 gxh3 52.a4 h2 53.Rc1 Kg2 54.c5 h1=Q 55.Rxh1 Kxh1 56.c6 Kg2 57.Kb5 Kf3 58.c7 Ke4 59.Kb6 Kd5 60.Kb7 Rh8 61.a5 Kd6

62.c8=Q Rxc8 63.Kxc8 Kc6 64.Kb8 Kb5 65.a6 Kxa6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

woodenheart (lichess 2064) - JimWest (lichess 2011), lichess 9/2/2025

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Ng5 Nh6 9.Ne6+ Bxe6 10.Bxe6 f4 11.g3 Nd4 12.Bb3 g5 13.O-O Nxb3 14.axb3 c6 15.Kg2 Kc7 16.f3 a6 17.Bd2 Rhf8 18.g4 Nf7 19.Be1 h5

20.Bf2 hxg4 21.fxg4 Rh8 22.Na4 Rae8 23.Nc5 Bxc5 24.Bxc5 Rh4 25.h3 Reh8 26.Rf3 Nd6 27.Bxd6+ Kxd6 28.Rd1+ Ke7

29.Rfd3 f3+ 30.Rxf3 R8h6 31.Rf5 Rxh3 32.Rxe5+ Kf6 33.Rf5+ Ke6 34.Rxg5 Rh2+ 35.Kg3 R6h3+ 36.Kf4 Rf2#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/1/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1953) - Jhinmain (Chess.com 1964), Chess.com 9/1/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Be7 6.fxe5 Nxe5 7.d4 Nc6 8.e5 Nd5 9.Nf3 d6 10.Bb5 Bg4 11.O-O O-O 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.h3 Bh5 14.c4 Nb6 15.exd6 cxd6 16.b3 Rb8 17.Nc3 Bf6 18.Be3 Re8 19.Qd2 Qd7

20.Rae1 Re7 21.d5 Rbe8 22.dxc6 Qxc6 23.Bxb6 Qxb6+ 24.Kh1 Bxf3 25.Rxe7 Bxg2+ 26.Qxg2 Bxe7 27.Nd5 Qd4 28.Nxe7+ Kf8 29.Nf5 Qc3 30.Nxd6 Rd8 31.Nxf7 Rd2 32.Nd6+ Ke7 33.Nf5+ Kd7

34.Qxg7+ Qxg7 35.Nxg7 Rxa2 36.Nf5 Kc6 37.Nd4+ Kc5 38.Nb5 a6 39.Nc3 Rc2 40.Na4+ Kb4 41.Rb1 Ka3 42.c5 Kb4 43.h4 h5 44.Rb2 Rxb2 45.Nxb2 Kxc5 46.Kg2 Kb4 47.Na4 a5 48.Kf3 Kxb3 49.Nb6 Kb4 50.Kf4 Kb5

51.Nd5 Kc5 52.Nc3 Kc4 53.Nb1 a4 54.Ke3 Kd5 55.Nc3+ Ke5 56.Nxa4 Kf5 57.Kf3 Kg6 58.Kf4 Kh6 59.Kf5 Kh7 60.Kg5 Kg7 61.Kxh5 Kh7 62.Kg5 Kh8 63.h5 Kh7 64.h6 Kh8 65.Kg6 Kg8

66.Nc5 Kh8 67.Ne4 Kg8 68.Ng5 Kh8 69.Nf7+ Kg8 70.h7+ Kf8 71.a8=Q+ Ke7 72.Qd8+ Ke6 73.Qd6#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

crushinlegend (lichess 1989) - JimWest (lichess 2033), lichess 9/1/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Be2 Bb4 10.Bd2 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 O-O 12.O-O a5 13.Bd2 Be6 14.Bg5 Nbd7 15.Bg4 Bxg4 16.Nxg4 Qb6 17.Nxf6+ Nxf6 18.b3 Rae8 19.c4 h6

20.Bf4 Nh7 21.Bd6 Rf7 22.c5 Qd8 23.Qg4 b5 24.Bf4 Qf6 25.Be5 Qf5 26.Qxf5 Rxf5 27.a4 b4 28.f4 exf3 29.Rxf3 Rxf3 30.gxf3 Ng5 31.Kf2 Ne6 32.Re1 Kf7 33.Kg3 g5

34.h4 gxh4+ 35.Kxh4 Nxd4 36.Re3 Rxf5 37.Rxf5 Nxf3+ 38.Kg4 Nxf5+ 39.Kf5 Nd7 40.Kg4 Nxc5 41.Kh5 Kg7, White resigns.