PCG & PCG Reversed 11/20/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

gatzbies (Chess.com 1950) - JimWest (Chess.com 2073), Chess.com 11/20/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.Bb5+ c6 5.Ba4 Nf6 6.d3 Be7 7.Bb3 Na6 8.Bg5 Nc5 9.Nf3 Nxb3 10.axb3 O-O 11.O-O f4 12.d4 Qc7 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Qe2 a6 15.Rfd1 Be6 16.Rd2 h6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Rad1 Rad8

19.Na4 Rxd2 20.Rxd2 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8 22.Nc5 Bc8 23.Qc4+ Kh7 24.Qf7 Qe7 25.Qxe7 Bxe7 26.Nd3 g5 27.Nfxe5 Bf6 28.Nf7 Be6 29.Nd6 b5 30.Ne8 Bd8 31.Kf1 f3

32.g3 Bxh3+ 33.Ke1 Bd7 34.Nf6+ Bxf6 35.e5 Bg7 36.Kd2 Bf5 37.Nc5 Bxe5 38.Nxa6 Bd4 39.c4 Bxf2 40.cxb5 cxb5 41.Nc7 Bxg3 42.Nxb5 f2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2005) - frokim234 (lichess 1910), lichess 11/20/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d5 3.d3 dxe5 4.dxe5 Qxd1+ 5.Kxd1 Nf6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.f4 Bc5 8.Nc3 Ng4 9.Nh3 Ne3+ 10.Bxe3 Bxe3 11.f5 Bd7 12.Ke2 Bd4 13.Nd1 O-O-O 14.c3 Bb6 15.Ng5 Be8 16.Ne3 f6 17.Nf3 Bf7 18.Rhd1 Rd7 19.Nc4 Rhd8

20.Nxb6+ axb6 21.a3 Bb3 22.Rd2 Na5 23.Rc1 c5 24.Bb5 Rxd2+ 25.Nxd2 Bf7 26.b4 Rxd2+ 27.Kxd2 Nb3+ 28.Kd1 Nxc1 29.Kxc1 cxb4 30.axb4 Kc7 31.Kd2 g6 32.g4 gxf5 33.gxf5 Kd8

34.Kd3 Ke7 35.Bc4 Bh5 36.Bd5 Kf8 37.Bxb7 Kg7 38.c4 Kh6 39.c5 bxc5 40.bxc5 Be8 41.c6 Kg5 42.c7 Bd7 43.c8=Q Bxc8 44.Bxc8 Kg4 45.Ke3 h5 46.Bd7 Kh3 47.Be8 h4 48.Kf3 Kxh2

49.Bg5 Kg1 50.Kg4 Kf2 51.Kxh4 Kf3 52.Bc6 Kf4 53.Kh5 Ke3 54.Kg6 Kd4 55.Kxf6 Kc5 56.Bd5, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/19/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Kolodej99 (Chess.com 1936) - JimWest (Chess.com 2075), Chess.com 11/19/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Bc2 Bd6 7.h3 Nf6 8.Qe2 O-O 9.d3 c6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.O-O Qe8 12.Nbd2 Qg6 13.Kh1 Re8 14.Bh4 Nf8 15.Bg3 Qh5 16.Ng1 Qxe2 17.Nxe2 Bd7 18.Rae1 Ng6 19.Ng1 Rad8

20.d4 Nh5 21.Bxg6 Nxg3+ 22.fxg3 hxg6 23.dxe5 Bxe5 24.g4 Bg3 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Ndf3 Bd6 27.Rd1 Bc5 28.c4 Bxg1 29.Nxg1 Be6 30.c5 Bf7 31.Kh2 Re4

32.Rc1 d4 33.Rd1 Bxa2 34.Ra1 Bd5 35.Rxa7 Re7 36.Ra1 Re3 37.Rd1 d3 38.Rd2 g5 39.h4 gxh4 40.g5 Kh7 41.b4 Kg6 42.b5 cxb5 43.Rb2 Bc6 44.Rb4 Rg3 45.Nf3 Bxf3 46.gxf3 Rxf3 47.Rxb5 d2 48.Rb6+ Kxg5 49.Rd6 Rc3 50.Rxd2 Rxc5

51.Rg2+ Kh6 52.Kh3 g5 53.Rb2 b5 54.Kg4 Rc4+ 55.Kf5 Rf4+ 56.Ke5 b4 57.Ra2 h3 58.Ra6+ Kh5 59.Ra8 Kg4 60.Rh8 b3 61.Rb8 h2 62.Rh8 b2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 1997) - JhunO19 (lichess 2115), lichess 11/19/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Nxe2 Ng4 8.d4 e3 9.O-O Qh4 10.h3 Nf2 11.Qe1 Qe4 12.Nbc3 Qxc2 13.Bxe3 Nd3 14.Qd2 Qxd2 15.Bxd2 Nxb2 16.Nd5 Na6 17.Rab1 Nc4 18.Bf4 c6 19.Ndc3 b5

20.d5 Bc5+ 21.Kh1 b4 22.Ne4 cxd5 23.Nxc5 Nxc5 24.Rxb4 Nd3 25.Rb7 Ncxe5 26.Bxe5 Nxe5 27.Nf4 O-O 28.Nxd5 a5 29.a4 f6 30.g4 Rf7 31.Rfb1 Rd8

32.Ne7+ Kf8 33.Nf5 Rxb7 34.Rxb7 Rd7 35.Rb8+ Kf7 36.Rb5 g6 37.Ne3 Rd3 38.Nd5 Nc4 39.Rb7+ Kf1 40.Nxf6 Rxh3+ 41.Kg2 Ra3 42.Nxh7+ Kg8 43.Nf6+ Kh8 44.Rh7#.

2 PCG Games 11/18/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

icesnake (Chess.com 2006) - JimWest (Chess.com 2075), Chess.com 11/18/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O O-O 8.exf5 Bxf5 9.Nc4 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nbd7 12.Bg2 d5 13.Ne3 g6 14.Ng4 Nxg4 15.Qxg4 Bf6 16.Bh6 Bg7 17.Be3 Qe7 18.c3 a6 19.b4 Rae8

20.Rae1 Nf6 21.Qd1 Nd7 22.a4 Qf7 23.b5 axb5 24.axb5 Kh8 25.bxc6 bxc6 26.c4 d4 27.Bd2 c5 28.Qc2 Nf6 29.Bg5 h6 30.Bd2 Qd7 31.Rb1 Rb8

32.Rfe1 e4 33.dxe4 d3 34.Qc1 Qd4 35.Bxh6 Rxb1 36.Bxg7+ Kxg7 37.Qxb1 d2 38.Rd1 Ng4 39.hxg4 Qxf2+ 40.Kh2 Rh8#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Mohakmax (lichess 1853) - JimWest (lichess 1999), lichess 11/18/2025

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.O-O O-O 10.f3 Qe8 11.fxe4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nxe4 13.Qd3 Rxf1+ 14.Bxf1 Nd7 15.Bf4 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 c6 17.Re1 Bf5 18.c4 Qg6 19.Qf3 Nd2

20.Qe2 Nxf1 21.Rxf1 Be4 22.cxd5 cxd5 23.Rf2 Rf8 24.Rxf1+ Kxf1 25.c3 h5 26.g3 h4 27.Qb5 hxg3 28.Bxg3 Qg5 29.Qc5+ Kg8 30.Qc8+ Kh7 31.Qh3+ Kg8 

32.c4 Qe3+ 33.Kf1 Bd3+ 34.Kg2 Be4+ 35.Kf1 Bd3+ 36.Kg2 Be4+ 37.Kf1, draw.

2 PCG Games 11/17/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

haposansir (Chess.com 1934) - JimWest (Chess.com 2063), Chess.com 11/17/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Qe2 Qe7 7.Nfd2 Nf6 8.h3 d5 9.Bb3 c6 10.c4 Be6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Qb5+ Qd7 13.Nc3 a6 14.Qb6 Nc6 15.Ba4 Be7 16.Nb3 O-O 17.Na5 Bd8 18.Bxc6 Bxb6 19.Bxd7 Bxd7

20.Nb3 Rac8 21.Bg5 Be6 22.O-O Ba7 23.Rae1 b5 24.a3 h6 25.Bh4 g5 26.Bg3 Nh5 27.Bd6 Rf7 28.Bc5 Bb8 29.Nd2 Bf4 30.Re2 Bxd2 31.Rxd2 Nf4 32.Ne2 Nxe2+ 33.Rxe2 Re8

34.f3 exf3 35.Rxf3 Rxf3 36.gxf3 Bd7 37.Rxe8+ Bxe8 38.b4 Bd7 39.Kg2 Kf7 40.Kg3 Kg6 41.h4 gxh4+ 42.Kxh4 h5 43.Bd6 Bf5 44.Be7 Bc2 45.Bd8 Bd1 46.Kg3 Kf5 47.Bh4 Be2 48.Kf2 Bd1 49.Ke3 Bb3 50.Bd8 Bd1

51.Kf2 Bb3 52.Kg3 Bd1 53.Be7 Be2 54.Bd6 Bd1 55.Be5 Be2 56.f4 Bg4 57.Kh4 Bd1 58.Bc7 Bg4 59.Kg3 Ke4 60.Be5 Kd3 61.Kh4 Kc3

62.Kg5 Kb3 63.f5 Kxa3 64.f6 Be6 65.Bd6 Ka4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Tutiluren (lichess 1883) - JimWest (lichess 2013), lichess 11/17/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.f4 Be6 12.f5 Bf7 13.Ng4 Nbd7 14.a3 Be7 15.Qd2 Nxg4 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Bxg4 Nf6 18.Be2 Rae8 19.Nd1 Bh5

20.Ne3 Bxe2 21.Qxe2 h6 22.c4 Qf7 23.c5 Qh5 24.Qd2 Ng4 25.Nxg4 Qxg4 26.Rf4 e3 27.Qxe3 Rxe3 28.Rxf4 Rxf5 29.Rf1 Rxf1+ 30.Kxf1 Rb3, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/16/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2056) - elminim (Chess.com 1999), Chess.com 11/16/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Na4 Bb6 7.Nxb6 axb6 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O h6 11.a3 Qe7 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nd4 14.c3 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Nd7 16.f5 c5 17.g4 f6 18.Kg2 b5 19.Bd2 c4

20.dxc4 bxc4 21.Be3 b5 22.Rad1 Rfc8 23.Rd5 Nc5 24.Bxc5 Rxc5 25.Rxc5 dxc5 26.Rd1 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Qxd8 28.Qe3 Kf7 29.Qxc5 Qd2+ 30.Qf2 Qd3 31.Qa7+ Kg8 32.Qb8+ Kh7

33.Qxb5 Qxe4+ 34.Kg3 Qf4+ 35.Kg2 Qd2+ 36.Kg3 Qe1+ 37.Kg2 Qe2+ 38.Kg3 e4

39.Qe8 Qf3+ 40.Kh2 Qf2+ 41.Kh1 Qe1+ 42.Kg2 Qd2+ 43.Kg3 Qd3+ 44.Kg2 Qc2+ 45.Kg3 Qd3+ 46.Kg2 Qf3+ 47.Kh2 Qe2+ 48.Kg3 Qe1+ 49.Kg2 Qd2+ 50.Kg3 Qd3+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

todor680816 (lichess 2046) - JimWest (lichess 2003), lichess 11/16/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.e6 O-O 10.Qh5 h6 11.Nf7 Qe8

12.Qg4 Kh7 13.Ne5 Rf6 14.Bf4 Bxe6 15.Qg3 Qf8 16.Be3 Nf5, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 11/15/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2051) - blueshoess (Chess.com 2042), Chess.com 11/15/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Bg4 12.Be2 O-O-O 13.Nc3 Bxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Qxe5 15.Nxd5 Nf2

16.Bf4 Nxd1 17.Bxe5 Ne3+ 18.Nxe3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2017) - Arkadiy1987 (lichess 2006), lichess 11/15/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Ng6 9.e5 Ne4 10.Nf3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Nbd2 Nxd2 13.Bxd2 c5 14.c3 cxd4 15.cxd4 Qb6 16.Bc3 h6 17.Kh1 Nf4 18.Qd2 Ne6 19.a4 Bg5

20.Nxg5 Nxg5 21.a5 Qg6 22.Qf4 Rac8 23.Qf5 Qxf5 24.Rxf5 Ne4 25.Bb4 Rfe8 26.Raf1 Rc7 27.Bd6 Rd7 28.b4 Nxd6 29.exd6 Rxd6 30 Rxf7 Rf6 31.R7xf6 gxf6 32.h3 Kg7

33.Rc1 Re4 34.Rc7+ Kg6 35.Rxb7 Rxd4 36.Rxa7 Rxb4 37.Rd7 d4 38.a6 Ra4 39.a7 Kf5 40.a8=Q Rxa8 41.Rxd4 Ra2 42.Rb4 h5 43.Kh2 Kg5 44.h4+ Kf5 45.Kh3 Ra3+ 46.g3 Rc3

47.Rb5+ Kg6 48.Rb8 Ra3 49.Rg8+ Kh6 50.Rb8 Kg6 51.Rg8+ Kh6 52.Rb8 Kg6, draw.

2 PCG Games 11/14/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

hubertpllocica (Chess.com 2012) - JimWest (Chess.com 2047), Chess.com 11/14/2025

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.O-O Nc6 13.Bxf6+ Bxf6 14.Qg3+ Kxh8 15.c3 Bf5 16.Nd2 Qd7 17.Qf4 Re8 18.Kh1 Bg7 19.Rae1 Bg6

20.h3 Rf8 21.Qg3 Re8 22.Qf4 Rf8 23.Qh4 Bf6 24.Qg3 Bg7 25.Nxe4 Qd5 26.Nc5 Qxa2 27.Qxc7 Qxb2 28.Qxb7 Qxb7 29.Nxb7 Bd3 30.Rg1 Rxf2 31.Re8+ Rf8 32.Rge1 Bg6 33.Rxf8+ Bxf8

34.d5 Nb8 35.d6 Nd7 36.Ra1 Be4 37.Rxa7 Bxb7 38.Rxb7 Nc5 39.Re7 Kg8 40.Re3 Bxd6 41.c4 Kf7 42.g4 h6 43.Kg2 Ne6 44.Rf3+ Kg6 45.h4 Nf4+ 46.Kf1 Ne6 47.Rd3 Be7

48.Re3 Kf6 49.Rf3+ Kg6 50.Re3 Kf6 51.Rf3+ Kg6 52.Re3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Chessburashka_25 (lichess 2055) - JimWest (lichess 2010), lichess 11/14/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Ndxe4 Nxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxd4

10.Qh5+ g6 11.fxg6 Qxe4+ 12.Be2 Qxe2+ 13.Qxe2 Nxe2, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 11/13/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2088) - RiceMonarchy (Chess.com 2011), Chess.com 11/13/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.c3 a5 6.Nf3 Ng4 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Ba7 9.Nc3 c6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O Nf6 12.Kh1 h6 13.Be3 Re8 14.Qd2 Ng4 15.Bg1 Nf6 16.Rae1 Nbd7 17.a4 Nf8 18.e5 dxe5 19.fxe5 Nd5

20.Nxd5 Qxd5 21.b3 Qxb3 22.Bc2 Qc4 23.Rc1 Qd5 24.Qd3 Be6 25.Rb1 Rab8 26.Nh4 Red8 27.Nf5 Qd7 28.Qg3 Bxf5 29.Rxf5 Bxd4 30.Bxd4 Qxd4 31.Rbf1 Rd7 32.Bb3 Ne6

33.Rxf7 Rxf7 34.Bxe6 Rbf8 35.Qb3 Qxe5 36.Bxf7+ Kh8 37.Bc4 Rxf1+ 38.Bxf1 Qa1 39.Kg1 Qd4+ 40.Kh1 Qa1 41.Kg1 Qd4+ 42.Kh1 Qa1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2002) - SSahoo (lichess 1907), lichess 11/13/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Ng4 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Nf3 Re8 10.Bd3 d5 11.e5 Nc6 12.O-O Nxd4

13.Nxd4 Bc5 14.Nce2 Qh4 15.h3 Nh6 16.Kh2 Bxh3 17.Nf3 Ng4+ 18.Kh1 Bxg2+ 19.Kxg2 Qh5 20.Rh1 Ne3+ 21.Bxe3 Qg4+ 22.Ng3 Bxe3 23.Rh4 Qd7

24.Bxh7+ Kf8 25.Bf5 Qb5 26.Bd3 Qxb2+ 27.Kh1 Qf2 28.Rh8+ Ke7 29.Nf5+ Kd7 30.Bb5+, Black forfeits.