2 PCG Games 12/4/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

mharserrano (Chess.com 1929) - JimWest (Chess.com 2039), Chess.com 12/4/2025

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.Bh6+ Kxh8 13.O-O Nc6 14.Qg5 Qg8 15.Qxg8+ Nxg8 16.Be3 Nb4 17.Na3 Nd5 18.Nc4 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Be6

20.Ne5 Nh6 21.b3 Rg8 22.g3 Bh3 23.Rf4 Bg5 24.Nf7+ Nxf7 25.Rxf7 Bxe3+ 26.Kh1 Bxd4 27.Rd1 Bb6 28.Re7 Bg4 29.Rf1 Bf3+ 30.Rxf3 exf3 31.Rf7 f2

32.Kg2 Re8 33.c4 Kg8 34.Rf3 Re1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Adilbek73 (lichess 1959) - JimWest (lichess 1994), lichess 12/4/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 d5 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Re1 Bd6 9.Nh4 Bg6 10.d3 Qd7 11.g3 O-O-O 12.Qf3 e4

13.dxe4 Bxe4 14.Rxe4 dxe4 15.Qg2 Kb8 16.Bg5 Rhf8 17.Nd2 Rde8 18.Rd1 Qc8 19.Bxf6 Rxf6 20.Nxe4 Rh6

21.Nf3 Rxe4 22.Ng5 Re7 23.Nf7 Rf6 24.Ng5 Re2 25.Nf3 Qf5 26.Bd5 Ne7 27.Nh4 Qxf2+ 28.Qxf2 Rfxf2 29.c4 Nxd5 30.Rxd5 Rxh2

31.Nf5 Rd2 32.c5 Rxd5 33.Nxd6 cxd6 34.Kxh2 Rxc5 35.Kg2 Rc2+ 36.Kf3 Rxb2 37.Kf4 Rxa2 38.g4 h6 39.Kf5 Rg2 40.Kf4 g5+ 41.Kf3 Ra2 42.Ke4 Ra5 43.Kd4 Re5, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 12/3/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2041) - Oleksijcapak (Chess.com 2070), Chess.com 12/3/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O c6 8.c3 h6 9.Qc2 e5 10.a4 a5 11.Na3 Qe7 12.Nc4 Nh5 13.f5 d5 14.exd5 cxd5 15.Ne3 Qc5 16.fxg6 fxg6 17.d4 Qd6 18.dxe5 Nxe5

19.Nxe5 Rxf1+ 20.Nxf1 Qxe5 21.Bxh5 Qxh5 22.Be3 Bf5 23.Qd2 Be4 24.Ng3 Qh4 25.Rd1 Kh7 26.Bd4 Rf8 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Qd4+ Kg8 29.c4 Rf4 30.Nxe4 dxe4 31.g3 Qg4 32.Qd5+ Kg7 33.Qe5+ Rf6 34.Rf1 Qe6

35.Qc7+ Kh8 36.Qd8+ Kg7 37.Qc7+ Kh8 38.Qb8+ Kg7 39.Qxb7+ Kh8 40.Qb8+ Kg7 41.Qc7+ Kh8 42.Qd8+ Kg7 43.Qxf6+ Qxf6 44.Rxf6 Kxf6 45.Kf2 Ke5 46.Ke3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2002) - lev64 (lichess 2004), lichess 12/3/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 c5 9.c3 Be7 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.O-O O-O 13.Nbd2 Rac8 14.Qe1 cxd4 15.cxd4 Bb4 16.a3 Bxd2 17.Bxd2 Rc2 18.Bc3 Nxc3 19.bxc3 Rc8

20.Rc1 Ra2 21.Ra1 Rxa1 22.Qxa1 Qg4 23.Qb2 Nf4 24.Kh1 Rxc3 25.Ng1 Rc7 26.h3 Qg5 27.Nf3 Qh5 28.Nh2 Ne6 29.Qb5 h6 30.Qxd5 Qe2 31.Qd6 Rc2 32.Qb8+ Kh7 33.Qxb7 Nxd4

34.Qd5 Ne6 35.Qf3 Qxf3 36.Nxf3 Nf4 37.Nd4 Rxg2 38.Rxf4 Ra2 39.Rxf7 Rxa3 40.Ne6 Rxh3+ 41.Kg2 Re3 42.Rxg7+ Kh8 43.Rxa7 Rxe5 44.Nf4 Rg5+ 45.Kf3 Rf5 46.Kg4 Rg5+ 47.Kf3 h5

48.Ra1 Kh7 49.Rh1 Kh6 50.Rxh5+ Rxh5 51.Nxh5, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/2/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

AlCologne (Chess.com 1992) - JimWest (Chess.com 2032), Chess.com 12/2/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Ng5 Nf6 7.Be2 d5 8.g4 Bc8 9.h4 Bd6 10.Nh3 O-O 11.g5 Bxh3 12.gxf6 Qxf6 13.Rxh3 Qxf2+ 14.Kd2 e3+ 15.Rxe3 Bf4 16.Kd3 Bxe3 17.Bxe3 Qxh4 18.Qb3 Qe4+ 19.Kd2 Re8

20.Kd1 Qxe3 21.Qxd5+ Kh8 22.Bh5 c6 23.Qh1 g6 24.Bxg6 Qe2+ 25.Kc1 Qe1+ 26.Qxe1 Rxe1+ 27.Kd2 Rg1 28.Bc2 Nd7 29.Bd1 Nb6 30.Na3 Rf8 31.Rc1 Rf2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2011) - goran011 (lichess 1968), lichess 12/2/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.Qxg4 Qxd4 10.Ne2 Qc5 11.Nbc3 Qxe5 12.O-O Bd7 13.Qxe4 Qxe4 14.Nxe4 f5 15.N4c3 O-O-O 16.Bf4 Bc6 17.Rad1 Bc5+ 18.Kh1 h6 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8

20.Rd1 g5 21.Rxd8+ Kxd8 22.Be5 f4 23.Nxf4 gxf4 24.Bxf4 h5 25.h4 Bd4 26.Nd1 Be4 27.c3 Bf6 28.Bg5 Bxg5 29.hxg5 Ke7 30.Nf2 Bf5 31.Kh2 Kf7 32.Kg3 Kg6 33.Kf4 Bb1 34.a3 Ba2 35.g3 Bb3

36.Nd3 b6 37.Ne5+ Kg7 38.Nf3 Kg6 39.Nh4+ Kg7 40.Nf5+ Kg6 41.Nd4 Bc4 42.b3 Bd3 43.b4 c5 44.bxc5 bxc5 45.Ne6 c4 46.Nc5 a5

47.Nxd3 cxd3 48.Ke3 Kxg5 49.c4 d2 50.Kxd2 Kg4 51.c5 Kxg3 52.c6 h4 53.c7 h3 54.c8=Q h2 55.Qc7+ Kg2 56.Qxa5 h1=Q 57.Qd5+ Kg1 58.Qxh1+ Kxh1 59.a4, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/1/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

SS_Catalin (Chess.com 1933) - JimWest (Chess.com 2025), Chess.com 12/1/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Ng4 f5 14.Nf6+ Kf7 15.Nfd5 c6 16.Ne3 Kf6 17.g3 h5 18.O-O-O Rad8 19.Nc4 Bc7

20.a3 h4 21.Ne2 Rxd1+ 22.Kxd1 hxg3 23.Nxg3 Bxf4 24.Nf1 Rh3 25.c3 Nc5 26.Ke2 Nd3 27.a4 b5 28.axb5 cxb5 29.Na3 a6 30.b4 Ne5 31.Nb1 Nc4

32.Rg1 Be5 33.Nbd2 Nxd2 34.Nxd2 Rxh2+ 35.Ke3 Rh3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2023) - Stoneymane (lichess 1989), lichess 12/1/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d4 Be7 8.Bxf4 O-O 9.c3 f6 10.e6 g5 11.h3 gxf4 12.hxg4 Bxe6 13.Bd3 f5 14.gxf5 Bxf5 15.Bxf5 Rxf5 16.Qd3 Qf8 17.Nbd2 Re8 18.O-O-O Bd6 19.Rh3 Re3

20.Qb5 Qg7 21.Qxb7 Ne7 22.Rdh1 h5 23.Rxh5 Rxh5 24.Rxh5 Qxg2 25.Rg5+ Qxg5 26.Nxg5 Re1+ 27.Kc2 Nf5 28.Qc8+ Kg7 29.Qxf5, Black resigns.

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.