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.

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/9/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2059) - vevo57 (Chess.com 2001), Chess.com 1/9/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 O-O 8.f5 d5 9.Qc2 dxe4 10.dxe4 h6 11.a4 a5 12.Na3 Qd6 13.Nc4 Qe7 14.Be3 Rfd8 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Nh5 17.Bxh5 Qh4+ 18.Qf2 Qxh5 19.Bxc5 b6

20.Be3 Rd3 21.O-O Rad8 22.Kh2 f6 23.g4 Qf7 24.Nd2 Ne7 25.Nf3 Qb3 26.Rfe1 Nc8 27.Ra3 Qc4 28.Nd2 Qc6 29.c4 R3d7 30.c5 bxc5 31.Rc3 Qxa4 32.Nc4 Nb6 33.Qc2 Qb4 34.Nxb6 cxb6 35.Qb3+ Kh7

36.Qxb4 axb4 37.Rc2 Rd3 38.Ree2 Ra8 39.Rcd2 Rb3 40.h4 Ra1 41.g5 hxg5 42.hxg5 fxg5 43.Bxg5 Rf3 44.Rf2 Rb3 45.f6 Kg6 46.f7 Ra8 47.Be7 Rh8+ 48.Kb1 Rbh3

49.f8=N+ Kh5 50.Rh2 Kg4 51.Rdg2+ Kf3 52.Rxh3 Rxh3 53.Ne6 Rh6 54.Ng5+ Ke3 55.Rg3+ Kd4 56.Kg2 b5 57.Nf3+ Kc4 58.Nxe5+ Kd4 59.Nf3+ Kc4 60.Nd2+ Kd4

61.Nb3+ Kxe4 62.Nxc5+ Kd5 63.Nd3 b3 64.Rxg7 Re6 65.Nf4+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Svjetlan (lichess 2060) - JimWest (lichess 2017), lichess 1/9/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qe2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.c3 O-O-O 11.h4 Rf8 12.Be3 d4 13.Bg5 d3 14.Bxf6 dxe2 15.Bxe2 Nxf6 16.O-O Rxh8

17.Nd2 e3 18.Nb3 exf2+ 19.Kh1 Bxb3 20.axb3 Ne4, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 1/8/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

boboyolpmet (Chess.com 2034) - JimWest (Chess.com 2055), Chess.com 1/8/2026

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e3 10.Ne4 exf2+ 11.Nxf2 dxc3 12.Qxd8+ Kxd8 13.Bg5+ Ke8 14.O-O-O Nc6 15.Bd3 Nge7 16.Rhe1 h6 17.Bh4 g5 18.Bg3 Bf5

19.Ne4 Bxe4 20.Rxe4 Rd8 21.Kc2 Kd7 22.Kxc3 Kc8 23.Be2 Rxd1 24.Bxd1 Rd8 25.Bg4+ Kb8 26.Be6 Rd1 27.h4 Ra1 28.Kb2 Rg1 29.Bh3 gxh4 30.Rxh4 Nf5 31.Rg4 Nce7

32.Bh4 Nxh4 33.Rxh4 a5 34.Rxh6 Re1 35.Rh8+ Ka7 36.e6 Kb6 37.Rh5 c5 38.Bg4 Re4 39.Bf3 Rxe6 40.Kb3 Nc6 41.Bxc6 Kxc6

42.g4 Re3+ 43.Ka4 Re4 44.Rh6+ Kc7 45.Kb5 Rxg4 46.a4 Rg7 47.Kxa5 Rf7 48.Kb5 Rg7 49.Kxc5 Rg5+ 50.Kb4 b6 51.Rh7+ Kc6 52.Rh6+ Kb7 53.Rd6 Rc5 54.Rd5 Rc6 55.Kb5 Rh6 56.Rd7+ Kd8 57.Rg7 Rf6 58.Rh7 Rg6 59.a5 bxa5 60.Kxa5 Rf6

61.c5 Rg6 62.Kb5 Rf6 63.c6 Rf1 64.Kb6 Rb1+ 65.Kc5 Rc1+ 66.Kb6 Rb1+ 67.Kc5 Rc1+ 68.Kb6 Rb1+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2018) - Vitaliy_Sakhanda_1 (lichess 1966), lichess 1/8/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 g5 6.Be5 Bg7 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.c3 O-O 9.Nd2 b6 10.Qf3 Qe7 11.O-O-O Bb7 12.d4 f5 13.Bc4+ Kh8 14.d5 fxe4 15.Qxe4 Qxe4 16.Nxe4 a5 17.Nf3 d6 18.Rhf1 Nd7

19.Nd4 Rxf1 20.Rxf1 Bxd4 21.cxd4 Re8 22.Nf6 Nxf6 23.Rxf6 Kg7 24.Re6 Rf8 25.Re7+ Rf7 26.Rxf7+ Kxf7 27.Kd2 Kf6 28.g4 Bc8 29.h3 h5 30.Be2 h4 31.Ke3 Bd7

32.b3 b5 33.a3 a4 34.b4 c6 35.Bf3 cxd5 36.Bxd5 Be6 37.Bxe6 Kxe6 38.Ke4 d5+ 39.Ke3 Kd6 40.Kd3 Kc6 41.Kc3 Kd6 42.Kd3 Kc6 43.Kc3 Kd6 44.Kd3, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 1/7/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

SourWaffle69 (Chess.com 2005) - JimWest (Chess.com 2046), Chess.com 1/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nxe5 dxe4 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Nxg6 Bg4 10.Bxe7 Bxh5 11.Bxd8 Bxg6 12.Bxc7 Nc6 13.d5 Rc8 14.Bf4 Nd4 15.c3 Nc2+ 16.Kd2 Nxa1 17.Be5 Nf6 18.Bxf6 O-O

19.Bd4 e3+ 20.Bxe3 Nc2 21.h4 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Rf2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2011) - SanviBarhanpure (lichess 2090), lichess 1/7/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.c3 c6 9.Kh1 a5 10.a4 Nh5 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Na3 Nb6 13.Be3 Be6 14.Ng5 Nf6 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Bxb6 Qxb6 17.Nc4 Qc5 18.Qd2 Rad8

19.Qe3 Qxe3 20.Nxe3 Nd7 21.Nc4 b6 22.Bg4 Rfe8 23.Rf2 Re7 24.Raf1 Rb8 25.h3 Nc5 26.Rd1 Nxa4 27.d4 exd4 28.cxd4 Rd8 29.e5 Rd5 30.Ra1 b5 31.Nxa5 Bh6 32.Nxc6 Re8

33.Rd1 Nb6 34.Rf6 Kg7 35.Bxe6 Rxe6 36.Rxe6 Nc4 37.Re7+ Kg8 38.Ra1 Bf8 39.Ra8 Nb6 40.Rb8 Nd7 41.Rd8 Nb6 42.Ree8 Rxd8 43.Rxd8 Kf7

44.d5 Be7 45.Nxe7 Kxe7 46.Rd6 Nc4 47.Re6+ Kd7 48.b3 Ne3 49.Kg1 Nxd5 50.Rd6+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 1/6/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2044) - eskisskaz (Chess.com 2199), Chess.com 1/6/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7

8.Qxg4 Nc6 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Qxe4 cxd4 11.Nf3 Bc5 12.O-O d3+ 13.Kh1 dxc2 14.Qxc2 O-O 15.Qxc5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2013) - dutaw (lichess 1947), lichess 1/6/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 Nc6 7.Nf3 d5 8.Qc2 Ng4 9.h3 Nf2 10.Rh2 dxe4 11.dxe4 Qd6 12.g4 b5 13.Rxf2 Bxf2+ 14.Kxf2 b4 15.Be3 Bb7 16.Nbd2 Rad8 17.Nc4 Qe7 18.a3 bxc3 19.Qxc3 Nd4

20.Ncd2 Nxf3 21.Kxf3 Qh4 22.Qxc7 Ba8 23.Qxe5 Rfe8 24.Qg3 Qf6 25.Rb1 Rxd2 26.Bxd2 Bxe4+ 27.Kf2 Bxb1 28.Bc3 Qb6+ 29.Kg2 Be4+ 30.Kh2 h5

31.gxh5 f6 32.Bc4+ Kh8 33.Be6 Rd8 34.h6 g5 35.Bxf6+, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 1/5/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

ThamizharasanJ (Chess.com 1923) - JimWest (Chess.com 2033), Chess.com 1/5/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qe2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.c3 O-O-O 11.h4 Rf8 12.Be3 d4 13.cxd4 Nxd4 14.Qd2 Ne7 15.Bg5 Qe5 16.Bxe7 Bxe7 17.Nc3 e3 18.fxe3 Qg3+ 19.Kd1 Nf5

20.Kc1 Rxh8 21.e4 Nxh4 22.Kc2 Rd8 23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.exd5 Bg5 25.Rh3 Qxh3 26.Qxg5 Qf5+ 27.Qxf5+ Nxf5

28.Re1 Rxd5 29.g4 Nd6, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2010) - GIGACHADMEN (lichess 1890), lichess 1/5/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Qd7 7.c3 O-O-O 8.f5 d5 9.Qc2 dxe4 10.dxe4 Bc5 11.Bg5 Qd6 12.Nbd2 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.O-O-O Be3 15.Kb1 Bxf3 16.Nxf3 g5 17.g4 h5 18.h3 hxg4

19.hxg4 Rxd1+ 20.Qxd1 Rxh1+ 21.Qxh1 Bf4 22.Bc4 Na5 23.Bd5 c6 24.Bb3 Nxb3 25.axb3 Qg7 26.Qh5 f6 27.Qe8+ Kc7 28.Qe6 Kd8 29.Qd6+ Ke8 30.Qb8+ Kf7 31.Qxb7+ Kg8 32.Qxc6 Qf8 

33.b4 Kf7 34.Qb7+ Qe7 35.Qxe7+ Kxe7 36.b5 Kd6 37.b4 Kc7 38.c4 Kd7 39.Kc2 Be3 40.Kd3 Bb6 41.c5 Bc7 42.Kc4 Bd8 43.Kd5 Bc7 44.Nd2 Bd8 45.Nc4 Bc7

46.b6 axb6 47.Nxb6+ Kd8 48.Nc4 Ke8 49.Ke6 Bd8 50.Nd6+ Kf8 51.b5 Bc7 52.b6 Bb8 53.c6 Bxd6 54.Kxd6, Black resigns.