PCG & PCG Reversed 1/19/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

MkrtchyanNofear (Chess.com 2036) - JimWest (Chess.com 2032), Chess.com 1/19/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.c4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Nc3 c6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Be2 Re8 14.O-O Rxe6 15.f3 Nc6 16.fxe4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Rxe4 18.Rf4 Qe7

19.Bd3 Rxf4 20.Qxf4 Re8 21.Qf5 g6 22.Qxd5+ Kg7 23.Qc4 Qe3+ 24.Kh1 Qxd4 25.Qxd4 Nxd4 26.Rd1 Nc6 27.g3 Rd8 28.Kg2 Nb4 29.Be2 Rxd1 30.Bxd1 Nxa2

31.Kf3 Nb4 32.Ke4 Kf6 33.Bb3 h5 34.h4 Na6 35.Kd5 Kf5 36.Bd1 g5 37.Bxh5 gxh4 38.gxh4 Nb4+ 39.Kd6 Nd3 40.Kc7 Nxb2 41.Kxb7 a5 42.Be8 a4 43.Bxa4 Nxa4 44.h5 Kg5 45.h6 Kxh6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2039) - helios_erebus (lichess 1955), lichess 1/19/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Nxe2 exd3 8.exf6 dxe2 9.Qxe2+ Kd7 10.fxg7 Bb4+ 11.c3 Re8 12.Be3 Bc5

13.Qb5+ Kc8 14.Qxc5 Qh4+ 15.g3 Qe4 16.O-O Nc6 17.Qf5+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 1/18/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Vzesgelentei (Chess.com 1906) - JimWest (Chess.com 2046), Chess.com 1/18/2026

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.Ng5 d5 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Qh5 h6 12.Nh3 Nbc6 13.O-O-O Bxh3 14.Qxh3 Rxf2 15.Qe6+ Kh8 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Rxd5 Qb6 18.Bb5 a6 19.Rf1 axb5

20.Rxf2 Qxf2 21.Rd7 Qf1+ 22.Kc2 Qc4+ 23.Qxc4 bxc4 24.Rxb7 Nxe5 25.a3 e3 26.Re7 Ng4 27.h3 Nf6 28.Rxe3 Rc8 29.g4 Kg8 30.a4 Kf7 31.a5 Rc5 32.Ra3 Rc7 33.a6 Ra7 34.Kc3 Nd5+ 35.Kxc4 Nc7

36.b4 Rxa6 37.Rxa6 Nxa6 38.b5 Nb8 39.b6 Ke6 40.Kd4 g5 41.Ke4 Nd7 42.b7 Nc5+ 43.Kf3 Nxb7 44.Kg3 Nd6 45.h4 Kf6 46.hxg5+ Kxg5 47.Kh3 Ne4 48.Kh2 Kxg4

49.Kh1 Kg3 50.Kg1 h5 51.Kh1 h4 52.Kg1 h3 53.Kh1 Nf2+ 54.Kg1 h2+ 55.Kf1 h1=Q+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

qusar2025 (lichess 2114) - JimWest (lichess 2031), lichess 1/18/2026

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.O-O-O O-O 12.Rhe1 Bxc4 13.Nxc4 Bb4 14.Bxf6 Rxf6

15.Nd5 Bxe1 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Rxe1 f5 18.Rd1 Ne6 19.g3 Rf8, White forfeits.

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/17/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2048) - benricerovel (Chess.com 1838), Chess.com 1/17/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 exf5 6.Bxf5 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O h6 9.h3 Re8 10.c3 Bf8 11.Nbd2 Ne7 12.Bh2 Ng6 13.Qc2 c6 14.Kh1 d5 15.e5 Nh7 16.d4 b6

17.Bd3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

xzyt123 (lichess 2005) - JimWest (lichess 2026), lichess 1/17/2026

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.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.O-O c6 12.Bd2 Be6 13.Be3 Nbd7 14.c4 dxc4 15.Nxc4 Bd5 16.Nd2 Qe8 17.Bc4 Qg6 18.Qb3 b5 19.Bxd5+ Nxd5

20.Qc2 Rae8 21.Rac1 Rf6 22.a3 Nxe3 23.fxe3 Rxf1+ 24.Rxf1 Nb6 25.Rf4 Nd5 26.Kf2 Nxf4, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/16/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2047) - 21JAGRUT (Chess.com 1928), Chess.com 1/16/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Na5 Bb6 7.Nxb6 axb6 8.Nf3 h6 9.Be2 Be6 10.a3 O-O 11.f5 Bc8 12.O-O Re8 13.c3 d5 14.Qc2 dxe4 15.dxe4 Na7 16.Kh1 Qe7 17.Be3 Ng4 18.Bg1 Bd7 19.h3 Nf6

20.Rae1 Bc6 21.Bc4 Red8 22.g4 Rd7 23.Bf2 Rad8 24.Rg1 Nxe4 25.Rxe4 Bxe4 26.Qxe4 Nc6 27.h4 Rd1 28.g5 Rxg1+ 29.Bxg1 Kh8 30.gxh6 gxh6 31.Be3 Rd1+ 32.Kh2 Qd6

33.b4 Qf6 34.Bb5 Ne7 35.Qxe5 Qxe5 36.Nxe5 Nxf5 37.Bf2 Rd2 38.Kg1 Kg7 39.Nf3 Kf6 40.Nxd2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

hansika_Strategist (lichess 1955) - JimWest (lichess 2012), lichess 1/16/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Qe2 Nf6 7.Nd2 d5 8.Qb5+ Nc6 9.Qxb7 Nxd4 10.Kd1 e3 11.Bb5+ Nxb5 12.Qxb5+ Bd7

13.Qb3 exd2 14.Bxd2 Rb8 15.Re1+ Be7 16.Qa3 Kf7 17.Qxa7 Re8 18.Qe3 Kg8 19.Qf3 Bg4 20.Qxg4 Nxg4, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 1/15/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2041) - orshal90 (Chess.com 1942), Chess.com 1/15/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bd3 Nh4

10.O-O Ng5 11.Bxg5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2006) - sertsap88 (lichess 2039), lichess 1/15/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Qe7 9.f5 O-O-O 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nd2 Ne7 13.Qc2 d5 14.O-O-O Kb8 15.Kb1 c6 16.h4 Bb6 17.g4 g5 18.h5 Rd7 19.a4 Rhd8

20.Nb3 Qd6 21.a5 Bc7 22.a6 bxa6 23.exd5 Nxd5 24.Bxd5 cxd5 25.Rhe1 f6 26.Qf2 Bb6 27.d4 e4 28.Nc5 Bxc5 29.dxc5 Qc6 30.Qd4 Rc8 31.b4 a5 32.Kb2 Ka8 33.Ra1 bxa4 34.cxb4 Rb7 35.Kc3 Rcb8

36.Reb1 Rb5 37.Ra2 R8b7 38.Rd2 a5 39.Qxd5 bxa4+ 40.Kb3 Qxd5+ 41.Rxd5 Rc7 42.Kc4 Rb6 43.Rxb4, Black forfeits.

2 PCG Games 1/14/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

dhiyanan (Chess.com 2016) - JimWest (Chess.com 2058), Chess.com 1/14/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.d5 c5 9.Nb5 Qd8 10.Re1 Nf6 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Be7 13.Nc3 O-O

14.Bxf4 Nfd7 15.Qg4 Rxf4 16.Qe6+ Kh8 17.Ne2 Nf8, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

omarkhatab91 (lichess 2059) - JimWest (lichess 2004), lichess 1/14/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 Na5 6.O-O Nxc4 7.dxc4 Nf6 8.exf5 Bxf5 9.h3 Be7 10.Bg5 c6 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Rad1 h6 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Nh4 Bh7 15.Nf3 a6 16.Nh2 b5 17.cxb5 axb5 18.Ng4 Nxg4 19.Qxg4 Bf5

20.Qg3 Kh8 21.a3 Bxc2 22.Rc1 Bd3 23.Rfd1 e4 24.f3 Bf6 25.fxe4 Bxc3 26.Rxc3 Bxe4 27.Rxd6 Qf7 28.Rd1 Bd5

29.Rc2 Bb3 30.Rcd2 Bxd1 31.Rxd1 Rad8 32.Rxd8 Rxd8 33.Qh4 Rf8 34.Kh2 Kg8 35.Qe4 Qf6 36.Qc2, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 1/13/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

FatalInjuries (Chess.com 2053) - JimWest (Chess.com 2051), Chess.com 1/13/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.O-O Bd6 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.f4 O-O 11.fxe5 Bxe5

12.Nf3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qb6+ 14.d4 Qxb5 15.Rb1 Qxb1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2011) - victor876087 (lichess 1984), lichess 1/13/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 O-O 6.Nf3 d5 7.e5 Ne8 8.d4 c5 9.c3 Nc6 10.Be2 Qb6 11.Qb3 c4 12.Qxb6 axb6 13.O-O Nc7 14.Nbd2 Ne6 15.Bg3 f6 16.a3 fxe5 17.Nxe5 Bf6 18.Ndf3 Na5 19.Rae1 Nb3

20.Bd1 Na5 21.Bc2 Nc6 22.Nxc6 bxc6 23.Bf5 c5 24.Bxe6+ Bxe6 25.Rxe6 cxd4 26.Nxd4 Bxd4+ 27.cxd4, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 1/12/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

buktop66 (Chess.com 2025) - JimWest (Chess.com 2043), Chess.com 1/12/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ c6 4.Ba4 f5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bb3 Na6 8.a4 Nc5 9.Bc4 a5 10.Nc3 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.O-O f4 13.h3 Be6 14.Bxe6 Nxe6 15.Ne2 O-O 16.d4 Qc7

17.c4 exd4 18.Nfxd4 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Bxd4 20.Qxd4 f3 21.g3 Rad8 22.Rfe1 Qf7 23.Re3 d5 24.cxd5 cxd5 25.e5 Qe6 26.Kh2 Rf5 27.Raa3 Re8 28.Rxf3 Rxf3 29.Rxf3 Qxe5 30.Qxe5 Rxe5 31.b3 d4

32.Rd3 Rd5 33.f4 Kf7 34.Kg7 Ke6 35.Kf3 Kd6 36.Ke4 Kc5 37.g4 Rd8 38.f5 Re8+ 39.Kf4 Re1 40.Kf3 Rh1 41.Kg2 Rc1 42.Kf3 Rh1 43.Kg2 Rc1 44.Kf3 Rh1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Crown39 (lichess 1956) - JimWest (lichess 2006), lichess 1/12/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ c6 4.Ba4 f5 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.O-O Nf6 7.d4 e4 8.Re1 d5 9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.c4 Bb4 11.Re2 O-O 12.Ne5 Qa5 13.Bb3 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.Bxd5+ Kh8 17.Bxe4 Nxe5

18.a3 Bxe4 19.Rxe4 Nf3+ 20.gxf3 Qxg5+ 21.Rg4 Rad8 22.Qf1 Qf5 23.axb4 Qxf3 24.Rg3 Qd1 25.Nc3 Qb3 26.Rb1 Qxb4 27.Qg2 g6 28.Qe4 Qxe4 29.Nxe4 Rf4 30.Ng5 Rd2 31.Nf3 Rc2 32.h3 Rb4 33.b3 a5

34.Ne5 a4 35.Nf7+ Kg7 36.Nd6 a3 37.Nc4 Rcxc4 38.bxc4 Rxb1+ 39.Kg2 a2 40.Ra3 a1=Q 41.Rxa1 Rxa1 42.Kf3 Rc1, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 1/11/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

ssssone (Chess.com 1997) - JimWest (Chess.com 2056), Chess.com 1/11/2026

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.Bg5 Qf5 10.g4 Qd5 11.Nc3 Qxe6 12.Nxh8 Nc6 13.Nb5 Bb6 14.Qe2 Qxg4 15.Qc4 Be6 16.Be2 Bxc4 17.Nxc7+ Bxc7 18.Bxg4 Nf6 19.Bxf6 gxf6

20.b3 Bd5 21.O-O-O Ke7 22.c4 Ne5 23.Bf5 Be6 24.Bxh7 Rxh8 25.Bxe4 Nc6 26.Rhe1 Be5 27.Bd5 Bg4 28.Rd3 Nb4 29.Rg3 Nxd5 30.cxd5 Rc8+ 31.Kb2 d3+ 32.Rxe5+ fxe5 33.Rxg4 Rc2+ 34.Kb1 Rxf2

35.Rg7+ Kd6 36.Rxb7 Rf1+ 37.Kb2 d2 38.Rf7 d1=Q 39.Rxf1 Qxf1 40.h4 Kxd5 41.h5 Qe2+ 42.Ka3 Qxh5 43.b4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

daypatu (lichess 2042) - JimWest (lichess 2012), lichess 1/11/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Bxd5 Qxd5 7.Nxe5 Nf6 8.O-O Nc6 9.Re1 Be7 10.Nxc6 Qxc6 11.Qe2 O-O 12.c4 Bb4 13.d5 Nxd5 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Rd1 Qf7 16.Be3 Bd6 17.Nc3 Bf5 18.Nb5 Rfd8 19.Nxd6 Rxd6

20.a3 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 b6 22.Qf3 Rf8 23.Qc6 a5 24.Rc1 Rd8 25.h3 Rd7 26.g4 Be6 27.Qb7 h6 28.f4 Bd5 29.Qc8+ Kh7 30.Qa6 Qe6 31.Qd3+ Qe4 32.Qxe4+ Bxe4

33.f5 h5 34.Kf2 hxg4 35.hxg4 Kg8 36.Kg3 c5 37.Kf4 Bb7 38.g5 Rd3 39.f6 gxf6 40.gxf6 Kf7 41.Rc2 Kxf6 42.Rc3 Rxc3 43.bxc3 Ke6 44.Bc1 Kd5 45.Ke3 Kc4 46.Kc2 Kb3 47.Kd3 a4 48.c4 Ba6 49.Ke3 Bxc4

50.Ke4 Bg8 51.Ke5 b5 52.Kd6 Kc4 53.Be3 b5 54.Bxc5 b3, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/10/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2048) - chessmaster1399 (Chess.com 1880), Chess.com 1/10/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d5 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 c6 5.f4 Nf6 6.fxe5 Ng4 7.d4 Bb4 8.exd5 Qxd5 9.Nf3 Na6 10.Bxa6 bxa6 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 Rb8 13.h3 Nh6 14.Bxh6 gxh6 15.Qd2 Bxh3 16.Qxh6 Be6 17.Qg7 Kd7 18.Ng5 Rbg8

19.Rxf7+ Kd8 20.Nxe6+ Qxe6 21.Qf6+ Qxf6 22.Rxf6 Rg3 23.Rb1 Kc7 24.Rf7+ Kc8 25.Rxa7 Rhg8 26.Ra8+ Kc7 27.Rxg8 Rxg8 28.Rf1 Rg3 29.Rf3 Rg7 30.c4 Rxg2+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

cslimbu2 (lichess 2034) - JimWest (lichess 2021), lichess 1/10/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.d4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Be2 O-O 12.Be3 a6 13.Nc4 b5 14.Nxd6 cxd6 15.Rad1 d5 16.h3 h5 17.Bd4 Nc6 18.Bxf6 Rxf6

19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Rxd5 Nb4 21.Rxh5 Nxc2 22.Re5 e3 23.Bd3 Rc8 24.Bxc2 Rxc2 25.Rxe3 Rxb2 26.a3 b4 27.axb4 Rxb4 28.Ra3 Rbxf4 29.Rxf4 Rxf4 30.Rxa3 Kh7

31.Kh2 Rb4 32.Kg3 g6 33.h4 Kh6 34.Kh3 Rb3+ 35.g3 Rb5 36.Rf6 Ra5 37.Kg4 Rb5 38.Rf4 Kg7 39.Re4 Kh6 40.Kf4 Rf5+ 41.Kg4 Ra5 42.Kf4 Rf5+ 43.Kg4 Ra5 44.Kh3 Ra3 45.Kg4 Ra5, draw.