2 PCG Games 11/30/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

kpurisic (Chess.com 2054) - JimWest (Chess.com 2004), Chess.com 11/30/2025

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.Nf3 O-O 11.Bg5 e4 12.dxe4 fxe4 13.Nd2 Nd4 14.Qd1 Nxb5 15.Nxb5 Qb6 16.Nxd6 Qxd6 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.O-O Bd7 19.c3 Bb5

20.c4 Bc6 21.Qb3 dxc4 22.Qxc4+ Kh8 23.Nxe4 Bxe4 24.Qxe4 Qxb2 25.Rab1 Qxa2 26.Rxb7 a5 27.h4 Rae8 28.Qd4 Rg8 29.h5 h6 30.Ra1 Qe2

31.Rxa5 Qe1+ 32.Kh2 Qxa5 33.g4 Qe5+ 34.Qxe5 Rxe5 35.Kg3 Rge8 36.Kh5 R5e7 37.Rb4 Rf7 38.f4 Ref8 39.f5 Kh7 40.Rb6 Rf6 41.Rb7 Ra8 42.Re7 Ra4 43.Kg3 Ra3+ 44.Kf4 Ra4+ 45.Kg3 Rb6

46.Re3 Rbb4 47.Re7 Rxg4+ 48.Kf3 Rgf4+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Khun14 (lichess 1981) - JimWest (lichess 2029), lichess 11/30/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.e6 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.Bh5+ Kf8 12.O-O Kg8 13.Ng6 hxg6 14.Bxg6 c6 15.a3 Bd6 16.Be3 Ne5 17.Bh5 a6 18.f4 Nc4 19.Bd4 c5

20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Nxd5 Qf5 22.b3 Qxd5 23.Qxd5 Bxd5 24.bxc4 Bxc4 25.Rfd1 Bxf4 26.Rd7 Be3+ 27.Kh1 Bd4 28.Rd1 e3 29.Re1 Rf8 30.g3 Rf2 31.Bg6 Kf8

32.Rd8+ Ke7 33.Re8+ Kf6 34.Bd3 Bxd3 35.cxd3 Rd2 36.Rf1+ Kg6 37.Re6+ Kh7 38.Rf4 e2 39.Rh4+ Kg8 40.Re8+ Kf7 41.Rhe4 Rxd3 42.Rxe2 Rxa3 43.R8e7+ Kg6 44.Rxb7 a5

45.Rb6+ Kh7 46.Ra6 a4 47.Kg2 Ra1 48.Kf3 a3 49.Kg4 Bb2 50.h4 c4 51.Re5 Bxe5, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/29/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2023) - PLAYGAME (Chess.com 1877), Chess.com 11/29/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 O-O 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Bd3 f5 11.Be3 Bb4+ 12.c3 Be7 13.O-O Nc5 14.Bxc5 Bxc5+ 15.Kh1 Be6 16.b4 Bb6 17.b5 Ne7 18.a4 c6 19.a5 Bc7

20.Re1 h6 21.Nd4 Bd5 22.c4 Bf7 23.e6 Bg6 24.Nf2 Rad8 25.Nf3 Bh7 26.Rad1 g5 27.Ne5 Rd4 28.Nd7 Rd8 29.Nf6+ Kg7 30.Nxh7 Kxh7 31.g4 Bxa5 32.Rf1 Kg6

33.gxf5+ Nxf5 34.e7 Kf7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

DarthHearth (lichess 1995) - JimWest (lichess 2030), lichess 11/29/2025

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.Bh5+ g6 10.Be2 O-O 11.Bg5 Nc6 12.c4 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Bxe5 14.Qb3 dxc4 15.Bxc4+ Kg7 16.Nxe4 Qd4 17.Nxf6 Bxf6 18.Bxf6+ Qxf6 19.O-O b6

20.Rad1 Bf5 21.Bb5 Rad8 22.f3 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Bc6 Rxd1+ 25.Qxd1 Qxc6, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/28/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2048) - bahamapapa (Chess.com 2005), Chess.com 11/28/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.Nbd2 Bg4 8.Be2 Nc6 9.c3 Re8 10.Qc2 d5 11.Bg5 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Be7 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.O-O Be7 15.d4 f5 16.Nf2 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 g6 18.Rae1 Qd7 19.Nd3 Bd6

20.Qb3+ Kg7 21.Qxb7 Ne7 22.Qb3 Rab8 23.Qc2 Ng8 24.Qd2 Nf6 25.Rxe8 Rxe8 26.Re1 h6 27.Rxe8 Qxe8 28.Qe2 Qd7 29.Ne5 Qe6 30.a3 Bxe5 31.Qxe5 Qxe5 32.dxe5 Nd7 33.e6 Nc5 34.Bd5 Kf6

35.b4 Nxe6 36.Kf2 Nf4 37.Bc4 Ke5 38.g3 Nd5 39.Bb5 Nxc3 40.Be8 g5 41.Ke3 Nb1 42.a4 Nc3 43.Bc6 Nd5+ 44.Bxd5 Kxd5 45.Kd3 c6 46.h4 gxh4 47.gxh4 f4 48.h5 Ke5 49.b5 cxb5 50.axb5 Kf5

51.Kd4 f3 52.Ke3 Kg4 53.Kf2 Kf4 54.Kf1 Kg3 55.Kg1 Kg4 56.Kf2 Kxh5 57.Kxf3 Kg5 58.Kg3 Kf5 59.Kh4 Ke5 60.Kh5 Kd5 61.Kxh6 Kc5 62.Kg5 Kxb5

63.Kf4 a5 64.Ke3 Kb4 65.Kd2 Kb3 66.Kc1 Ka2 67.Kc2 a4 68.Kc1 Ka1 69.Kc2 Ka2 70.Kc1 Ka1 71.Kc2 Ka2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Estolog (lichess 1996) - JimWest (lichess 2020), lichess 11/28/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e3 10.Ne4 exf2+ 11.Kxf2 Nc6 12.Bg5 Nge7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.cxd4 O-O+ 15.Kg1 Bf5

16.Ng3 Rad8 17.d5 Qc5+, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 11/27/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2055) - HPGeek101 (Chess.com 1974), Chess.com 11/27/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 c6 6.f5 Qb6 7.Nh3 d5 8.Qc2 h6 9.a4 O-O 10.a5 Qd8 11.b4 Bd6 12.Be2 b6 13.O-O c5 14.axb6 Qxb6 15.bxc5 Bxc5+ 16.Kh1 dxe4 17.dxe4 Bb7 18.Bf3 Rd8 19.g4 Nbd7

20.g5 hxg5 21.Bxg5 Be3 22.Bxe3 Qxe3 23.Qf2 Qh6 24.Qg2 Nxe4 25.Bxe4 Bxe4 26.Qxe4 Qxh3 27.Rf3 Qh6 28.Na3 Nf6 29.Qxe5 Rd5 30.Qf4 Qh5 31.c4 Rd2

32.Raf1 Rad8 33.Nb1 R2d4 34.Qg3 Rxc4 35.Rd3 Rdc8 36.Nd2 Rg4 37.Qf2 a5 38.Qb6 a4 39.Rd8+ Rxd8 40.Qxd8+ Kh7 41.Qd3 Rh4 42.Nf3 Rh3

43.Ng5+ Qxg5 44.Qxh3+ Kg8 45.Qg3 Qd2 46.Rg1 Qd5+ 47.Qg2 Qxg2+ 48.Rxg2 Nd5 49.Ra2 Nb6 50.Kg2 Kf8 51.Kf3 Ke7 52.Ke4 Kd6 53.Kd4 Kc6 54.h4 Kb5 55.h5 Nc4 56.Rxa4 Kxa4 57.Kxc4 f6

58.Kd5 Kb4 59.Ke6 Kc5 60.Kf7 Kd5 61.Kxg7 Ke5 62.Kg6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2012) - todor680816 (lichess 2113), lichess 11/27/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d5 6.e5 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Nfd7 9.Nf3 Bc5 10.d4 Bb6 11.c3 O-O 12.O-O Re8 13.Kh1 f6 14.Qd2 fxe5 15.Nxe5 Bc7 16.Nxd7 Bxf4 17.Qxf4 Nxd7 18.Nd2 Rf8 19.Qd6 Nf6

20.Qxd8 Raxd8 21.h3 Nh5 22.Kh2 Rde8 23.Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.Rf1+ Nf6 25.g4 h6 26.Rf2 Re3 27.Nf1 Re1 28.Ng3 Kg8 29.a3 Ne4 30.Nxe4 Rxe4 31.Kg2 Re7 32.a4 Rf7 33.Rxf7 Kxf7

34.Kf3 g5 35.a5 b6 36.axb6 axb6 37.b4 b5, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/26/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

TimeNDChance (Chess.com 2049) - JimWest (Chess.com 2049), Chess.com 11/26/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Bh5+ Kf8 11.Be2 Kg8 12.Ng6 hxg6 13.O-O Nbd7 14.Be3 Bd6 15.c3 c6 16.Nd2 a6 17.Nb3 Rf8 18.f3 exf3 19.Bxf3 Ne5

20.Be2 Neg4 21.Bf4 Bxf4 22.Rxf4 Ne3 23.Qd4 Nf5 24.Qd1 g5 25.Rf2 Ne4 26.Rf1 Rf6 27.Qe1 Rh6 28.Bg4 Qc7

29.h3 Qb6+ 30.Kh2 Qc7+ 31.Kg1 Qb6+ 32.Kh2 Qc7+ 33.Kg1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2005) - Ras67 (lichess 2005), lichess 11/26/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Na4 Bd4 8.c3 Bb6 9.Nxb6 axb6 10.f5 b5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Be2 b4 14.O-O bxc3 15.Bxc3 Ra3

16.Qc1 Bd7 17.Qxa3, Black resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 11/25/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2081) - snk81 (Chess.com 1962), Chess.com 11/25/2025

1.e3 e5 2 e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Ba5 6.Nf3 exf4 7.Bxf4 O-O 8.Be2 d6 9.O-O Bb6+ 10.Kh1 a6 11.Nbd2 Ng4

12.d4 Ne3 13.Bxe3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2005) - legendosimhen2014 (lichess 2081), lichess 11/25/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxf4 Be7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.d4 c5 9.c3 Nc6 10.Bd3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qb6 12.Nc3 Bb4 13.O-O Kh8

14.Nxd5 Qa5 15.Nxb4 Qxb4 16.Qb3 Ndxe5 17.Bxe5 Qd2, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/24/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2084) - aljiemelendres (Chess.com 2038), Chess.com 11/24/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 d6 5.Na4 Bb6 6.Nxb6 axb6 7.f4 Nf6 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Be2 h6 10.O-O O-O 11.a3 Re8 12.f5 d5 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 dxe4 15.dxe4 Qe7 16.Be3 Rad8 17.Qe2 Nd4 18.Bxd4 exd4 19.Rad1 Qc5

20.Kh1 Nd5 21.Rfe1 Ne3 22.Rd2 Nxf5 23.Qf2 Qe5 24.g4 Ne3 25.c3 c5 26.cxd4 cxd4 27.Rc1 Rc8 28.Rg1 Rc7 29.h4 Rec8 30.g5 hxg5 31.hxg5 g6

32.Qh2 Qxh2+ 33.Kxh2 Rc2 34.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 35.Kg3 Rxb2 36.e5 Rb3 37.Kf4 Rxa3 38.Rb1 Nc4 39.Bd5 Rc3 40.Rb4 Ne3 41.Bxb7 Nc2 42.Rxb6 d3

43.Rd6 Nb4 44.Rd4 Nc2 45.Rd8+ Kg7 46.Be4 Ne1 47.Ke3 Rc5 48.Rd5, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

klausfranz (lichess 1992) - JimWest (lichess 1999), lichess 11/24/2025

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc5 exd4 7.Qxd4 Bxc5 8.Qxc5 Qe7+ 9.Qxe7+ Nxe7 10.Bf4 c6 11.Bd3 O-O 12.Bd6 Re8 13.O-O Nf5 14.Bf4 Na6 15.Rfe1 Bd7 16.Ne5 Nc5

17.Bf1 Be6 18.b3 Nd7 19.Nf3 Bf7 20.Bd3 Bg6 21.Ne5 Nxe5 22.Bxe5 Ne7 23.Bxg6 Nxg6 24.Bg3 Kf7 25.Kf1 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Re8 27.Rxe8 Kxe8 28.Ke2 a6 29.Ke3 Kf7 30.Kd4 Ke6 31.Kc5 Kd7 32.Kb6 Kc8 33.a4 Nf8

34.Ka5 Kd7 35.f3 g6 36.Kb4 b6 37.Bf2 c5+ 38.Kc3 a5 39.Kd3 Ne6 40.Be3 Kd6 41.h3 Ke5 42.g3 h5 43.f4+ Kf5 44.c3 d4 45.cxd4 cxd4 46.Bxd4 Nxd4 47.Kxd4 h4 48.gxh4 Kxf4

49.Kc4 Kg3 50.Kb5 Kxh4 51.Kxb6 Kxh3 52.Kxa5 g5 53.Kb4 g4 54.Kc3 g3 55.a5 g2, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/23/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2077) - School_Gambitt (Chess.com 2076), Chess.com 11/23/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Neg4 7.exd5 Bb4+ 8.c3 O-O 9.Nf3 Re8+ 10.Be2 Bd6 11.O-O Nxd5 12.Bc4 Nde3 13.Bxe3 Nxe3 14.Qb3 Nxf1 15.Bxf7+ Kh8 16.Bxe8 Nxh7 17.Nxh7 Qxe8

18.Nd2 Qe3+ 19.Kh1 Bxh2 20.Kxh2 Qxd2 21.Rf1 Qh6+ 22.Kg1 Be6 23.Qxb7 Qe3+ 24.Kh1 Re8 25.Qxc7 Bd5 26.Qd7 Bxa2 27.Qxa7 Bc4 28.Rf3 Qh6+ 29.Kg1 Re1+ 30.Kf2 Rf1+ 31.Kg3 Rxf3+ 32.gxf3 Qg5+ 33.Kf2 Qd2+ 34.Kg3 Qxb2

35.Qa8+ Bg8 36.Qc8 Qd2 37.c4 Qxd4 38.c5 Qe5+ 39.Kf2 h6 40.c6 Kh7 41.c7 Be6 42.Qd8 Qc5+ 43.Kg3 Qg5+ 44.Kf2 Qc5+ 45.Kg3 Qc4 46.f4 Qc3+ 47.Kf2 Bg4 48.Qe7 Qf3+ 49.Ke1 Qd1+ 50.Kf2 Qf3+ 51.Ke1 Qxf4

52.Qc5 Qf3 53.Qc2+ g6 54.c8=Q Bxc8 55.Qxc8 Qe3+ 56.Kf1 h5 57.Qf8 Qd3+ 58.Kg2 Qe2+ 59.Kg1 h4 60.Qf4 Qe1+ 61.Kg2 Qe2+ 62.Kh3 Qe7 63.Qxh4+ Qxh4+ 64.Kxh4 Kh6

65.Kg4 g5 66.Kg3 Kh5 67.Kh3 g4+ 68.Kg3 Kg5 69.Kg2 Kf4 70.Kf2 g3+ 71.Kg2 Kg4 72.Kg1 Kh3 73.Kh1 g2+ 74.Kg1 Kg4 75.Kxg2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ioannis_nikolaidis (lichess 1917) - JimWest (lichess 1995), lichess 11/23/2025

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.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 12.fxe3 Nxb4 13.Kd2 Bf5 14.Nc3 O-O-O+ 15.Ke2 Bd3+ 16.Kf2 Rf8+ 17.Kg3 Nh6 18.Bxd3 Nxd3 19.b3 Nf5+ 20.Kh3 Nf2#.