PCG Reversed & PCG 12/25/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2033) - metraslen (Chess.com 1848), Chess.com 12/25/2025

1.e3 c6 2.d3 Nf6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.c3 Bg4 9.Qc2 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nbd7 11.O-O Ne5 12.Nd2 Ng6 13.Bg5 d5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.exd5 cxd5 16.d4 Rc8 17.Qb3 Bg5 18.Rad1 Ne7 19.Rfe1 b6

20.Nf1 Bf6 21.Ne3 Rc7 22.Nxd5 Nxd5 23.Bxd5 Re7 24.Bf3 Bg5 25.Qd5 Be3+ 26.Kh1 Qc7 27.Qf5 g6 28.Qd3 Bf4 29.Rxe7 Qxe7 30.Qe4 Qc7 31.h3 Bd6

32.Rf1 Kg7 33.Qc6 Qe7 34.Qe4 Qc7 35.Bd1 f5 36.Qd3 Re8 37.Bb3 Qe7 38.Ba4 Rf8 39.Qb5 Rf7 40.Bb3 Rf8 41.Qc4 Bb8 42.Qe6 Qc7 43.Qe5+ Qxe5 44.dxe5 Bxe5 45.Rd1 f4 46.Rd7+ Kh6 47.Kg1 f3 48.Rf7 Rxf7 49.Bxf7 fxg2 50.Kxg2 Kg5

51.Kf3 Kf5 52.Ke3 g5 53.Bh5 Bf4+ 54.Kd3 Ke5 55.c4 Kd6 56.b3 a5 57.a4 Kc5 58.Bd1 h6 59.Ke4 Kd6 60.Kf5 Kc5 61.Ke4 Kb4 62.Kd3 Kc5 63.Ke4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ajaysharma261253 (lichess 1903) - JimWest (lichess 1999), lichess 12/25/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.Re1 Be7 7.Bxg8 Rxg8 8.d4 e4 9.Nfd2 d5 10.Qh5+ Bg6 11.Qe2 Nd7 12.Nc3 Qb6 13.Nb3 O-O-O 14.Bf4 Bf6 15.Na4 Qb4 16.Nac5 Nxc5 17.Nxc5 Qxd4 18.Ne6 Qxb2 19.Nxd8 Rxd8

20.a4 Qb4 21.Qg4+ Rd7 22.Rab1 Qe7 23.Re3 Be5 24.Reb3 b6 25.a5 b5 26.a6 Bxf4 27.Qxf4 Qd6 28.Qd2 Rf7 29.Rc3 Kd7 30.Rcb3 Qf4 31.Qd4 Qc7 32.c4 e3

33.cxd5 exf2+ 34.Kf1 Bxb1 35.dxc6+ Kc8 36.Rxb1 Qxc6 37.Qg4+ Kb8 38.Qg3+ Ka8 39.Qd3 Qc4 40.Qxc4 bxc4 41.Rc1 Rf6 42.Rxc4 Rxa6 43.Kxf2 Rf6+ 44.Ke3 Kb7 45.g4 h6 46.h4 Kb6 47.Kd2 g5 48.h5 a5

49.Ke3 Kb5 50.Re4 a4 51.Re5+ Kb4 52.Re4+ Kb3 53.Re8 a3 54.Rb8+ Kc2 55.Rc8+ Kb2 56.Rb8+ Ka1 57.Rb4 Ra6 58.Kd3 a2 59.Kc2 Rc6+ 60.Kd1 Rf6 61.Ke2 Rf4 62.Rxf4 gxf4

63.g5 hxg5 64.h6 Kb1 65.h7 a1=Q, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 12/24/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2037) - ldc1943 (Chess.com 1896), Chess.com 12/24/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Qe7 6.Qe2 Nfd7 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Nc3 Ndxe5 9.Nxe5 Qxe5 10.Nxd5 Qxe2+ 11.Bxe2 Bd6 12.Bxf4 Bxf4 13.Nxf4 Nd4 14.Bd1 O-O 15.O-O c6 16.c3 Ne6 17.Nxe6 Bxe6 18.Bb3 Bxb3 19.axb3 a5

20.d4 g6 21.Rfe1 b6 22.Re7 Rfe8 23.Rae1 Kf8 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Rxe8+ Kxe8 26.c4 Ke7 27.Kf2 Ke6 28.g4 b4 29.Kf3 f5 30.Kf4 fxg4 31.Kxg4 h6 32.h4 a4

33.bxa4 bxa4 34.Kf4 Kd6 35.Ke4 Ke6 36.Kf4 Kf6 37.Ke4 Ke6 38.Kf4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2001) - myouan (lichess 1898), lichess 12/24/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 c6 7.Nh3 d5 8.Qf3 dxe4 9.dxe4 b5 10.Bg5 a5 11.Nd2 Nbd7 12.O-O-O Qc7 13.Kb1 a4 14.a3 Be7 15.g4 Qb7 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Bd3 h6 18.Nf1 c5 19.Ne3 b4

20.cxb4 cxb4 21.Nd5 Bd6 22.axb4 a3 23.Bc4 axb2 24.Qb3 Nb6 25.Nxf6+ Kg7 26.Nh5+ Kh8 27.Rxd6 Nxc4 28.Rxh6+ Kg8 29.Qxc4 Ra1+ 30.Kxb2 Rxh1

31.Nf6+ Kg7 32.g5 Rxh2+ 33.Kb3 Rh8 34.Nh5+ Kg8 35.Nf6+ Kg7 36.Nh5+ Kg8 37.Nf6+ Kg7, draw.

2 PCG Games 12/23/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Joshgeming (Chess.com 1842) - JimWest (Chess.com 2044), Chess.com 12/23/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.d3 Na5 6.Bb3 Nxb3 7.axb3 Nf6 8.O-O f4 9.d4 Bg4 10.dxe5 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 dxe5 12.Rd1 Bd6 13.Nb5 O-O 14.Bd2 a6 15.Nxd6 Qxd6 16.Bc3 Qe6 17.Rd3 Rad8 18.Rad1 Rxd3 19.Rxd3 Re8

20.Qe2 g5 21.f3 h5 22.Rd2 g4 23.Qc4 Qxc4 24.bxc4 gxf3 25.gxf3 Kf7 26.Rg2 Ke6 27.Rg5 Rg8 28.h4 Rxg5 29.hxg5 Nd7 30.Kg2 Kf7 31.Kh3 Kg6 32.Kh4 c5 33.Bd2 Nb8

34.c3 Nc6 35.Be1 b6 36.Bf2 a5 37.Kh3 a4 38.Bh4 Na5 39.Kg2 Nxc4 40.Kf2 Nxb2 41.Ke2 a3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

mwdmwdmwd (lichess 2036) - JimWest (lichess 2001), lichess 12/23/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.exd6 Bxg5 7.dxc7 Qxd1+ 8.Kxd1 exf3 9.cxb8=Q Rxb8 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Nc3 Ne7 12.gxf3 Bxb5 13.Nxb5 Rd8+ 14.Ke2 O-O 15.Rhg1 Bf4 16.c3 Rd2+ 17.Ke1 Rxb2 18.Nd4 Nc6 19.Ne6 Re8

20.Rxg7+ Kh8 21.Rd1 Rxe6+ 22.Kf1 Kxg7, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 12/22/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

ThePushUpMan (Chess.com 1884) - JimWest (Chess.com 2060), Chess.com 12/22/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Ng5 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Be3 Bxf5 9.O-O-O d5 10.h4 O-O-O 11.g3 h6 12.Bh3 Bxh3 13.Nxh3 Qd7 14.Nf4 Bb4 15.Qd2 Rhe8 16.a3 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Ng4 18.Rhe1 Nxe3 19.Rxe3 Ne7

20.Qc5 Kb8 21.Rb3 c6 22.Kb1 g5 23.hxg5 hxg5 24.Ne2 Rf8 25.Rf1 Nc8 26.f4 Qd6 27.Qxd6+ Nxd6 28.Re3 Nc4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

sachinmahar (lichess 2006) - JimWest (lichess 2002), lichess 12/22/2025

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6

10.Re1 Bxe5 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Rxe4 Nc6 13.f4 Bf5 14.Rxe5+ Nxe5 15.fxe5 O-O-O 16.Bb3 Rd1+ 17.Kf2 Rf8 18.Ke2 Bg4+ 19.Ke3 Rff1 20.h3 Bf5, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/21/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2056) - RustyClean (Chess.com 2009), Chess.com 12/21/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Nfd7 6.d4 c5 7.c3 cxd4 8.cxd4 b6 9.Bc4 Bb4+ 10.Nc3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 O-O 12.Ne2 Bb7 13.O-O a6 14.Ba3 b5 15.Bb3 e3 16.Bxf8 Qg5 17.Ng3 Kxf8 18.Rxf7+ Ke8 19.Rf5 Qh4

20.Qh5+ Qxh5 21.Rxh5 a5 22.Re1 a4 23.Bc2 b4 24.Rxe3 b3 25.axb3 a3 26.Re1 a2 27.Ra1 h6 28.Be4 Bxe4 29.Nxe4 Ra3 30.b4 Nb6 31.Rh3 Nd5 32.Nd6+ Kd7 33.Nb5 Ra4

34.Rd3 Nc6 35.Rd2 Ncxb4 36.cxb4 Rxb4 37.Rdxa2 Rxb5 38.Ra5 Nc7 39.Rxb5 Nxb5 40.d5 Nc3 41.Ra7+ Kd8 42.d6 Ne2+ 43.Kf2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

GrishutinAndrey (lichess 2021) - JimWest (lichess 1995), lichess 12/21/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6

8.f3 exf3 9.Qxf3 Qxe6+ 10.Be2 Qxf7, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/20/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

nihatyilmaz (Chess.com 2016) - JimWest (Chess.com 2049), Chess.com 12/20/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Bb3 Nd7 7.a4 Ngf6 8.Nc3 h6 9.O-O d5 10.Re1 Bd6 11.h3 Qc7 12.Ne2 O-O-O 13.Bd2 e4 14.Nfd4 exd3 15.cxd3 g6 16.Rc1 Rde8 17.Nb5 Qb8 18.Nxd6+ Qxd6 19.Bf4 Qe6

20.Qd2 Bxh3 21.Ng3 Qg4 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.f3 Qh4 24.gxh3 Qxh3 25.Qh2 Qxh2+ 26.Kxh2 g5 27.Bd2 Nc5

28.Bc2 Nh5 29.Re1 Rxe1 30.Bxe1 Nf4 31.d4 Nce6 32.Bf5 Kc7 33.Bxe6 Nxe6 34.Nf5 h5 35.Bc3 b6 36.Kg3 c5 37.dxc5 bxc5 38.Be5+ Kb6 39.Ne7 d4 40.Nc8+ Ka5 41.Nxa7 Kxa4 42.Nc8 Kb3 43.Kf2 Kxb2

44.Nd6 Kb3 45.Ke2 c4 46.Ne4 c3 47.Kd1 h4 48.Nf2 h3 49.Nxh3 d3 50.Bxc3 Kxc3 51.Nf2 Nd4 52.Ne4+ Kc4 53.Nxg5 Nxf3 54.Nxf3 Kc3 55.Ne5 d2 56.Nf3 Kd3 57.Nxd2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 1996) - vlnikdin (lichess 2027), lichess 12/20/2025

1.e3 b6 2.d3 Bb7 3.e4 e5 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.c3 Nf6 9.a4 a5 10.Na3 O-O 11.Nc4 Nh5 12.f5 Nf6 13.fxg6 fxg6 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bxf6 Rxf6 16.Ne3 h5 17.Qb3+ Kh7 18.Nh5+ Kh6

19.Nxf7+ Rxf7 20.Qxf7 Qg5 21.Nd5 Bc8 22.Kh1 h4 23.Nf6 h3 24.g3 Nd8 25.Ng8+ Kh7 26.Nf6+ Kh6 27.Ng8+ Kh7 28.Nf6+ Kh6, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/19/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2060) - omkar1gm (Chess.com 2050), Chess.com 12/19/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 d6 6.Na4 Bxg1 7.Rxg1 Ng4 8.h3 Nh2 9.Nc3 Nxf1 10.Rxf1 Qh4+ 11.Rf2 Nd4 12.Nd5 O-O 13.c3 Nc6 14.f5 b6 15.Kf1 g6 16.fxg6 fxg6 17.Rxf8+ Kxf8 18.Qf3+ Kg7 19.Bd2 Ba6

20.Nxc7 Rc8 21.Ne6+ Kg8 22.Bg5 Qh5 23.g4 Qxg5 24.Nxg5 Rf8 25.Qxf8+ Kxf8 26.Ke2 h6 27.Rf1+ Kg8 28.Nf7 Ne7 29.Nxh6+ Kg7 30.Rf7+ Kxh6 31.Rxe7 Kg5

32.Rxa7 Bc8 33.Kf3 Kh4 34.Rh7+ Kg5 35.Kg3 Ba6 36.h4+ Kf6 37.g5+ Ke6 38.c4 b5 39.b3 bxc4 40.bxc4 Bb7 41.Rxb7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

b0u5t34dmax1 (lichess 1989) - JimWest (1999), lichess 12/19/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.exf5 Nxf5 7.Nf7 Qh4 8.Nxh8 Qe4+ 9.Qe2 Qxg2 10.Rf1 Ncxd4 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qxh7 Nf3+ 13.Kd1 Be6 14.Be2 O-O-O

15.Qxg6 Qxg6 16.Nxg6 N5d4 17.Nxf8 Rxf8 18.c3 Nxe2 19.Kxe2 Bc4+ 20.Kd1 Bxf1 21.Be3 Nxh2 22.Nd2 Bd3 23.Nb3 Ng4 24.Kd2 Bc4 25.Na5 Nxe3 26.fxe3 Ba6 27.Rg1 Rf2+ 28.Kc1 Rf1+ 29.Rxf1 Bxf1

30.Kd2 Kd7 31.Nxb7 Kc6 32.Nd8+ Kd7 33.Nb7 Kc6 34.Na5+ Kb5 35.Nb3 Bc4 36.Nc1 e4 37.b3 Bd5 38.c4+ Bxc4 39.bxc4+ Kxc4 40.Ne2 c5 41.Nc3 d5 42.Kc2 a5 43.a4 d4

44.exd4 cxd4 45.Nxe4 Kb4 46.Kd3 Kxa4 47.Kxd4 Kb3 48.Nc3 a4 49.Nxa4, draw.

2 PCG Games 12/18/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Valery181 (Chess.com 1967) - JimWest (Chess.com 2063), Chess.com 12/18/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.exd6 exf3 8.dxe7 Qxe7+ 9.Kd2 fxg2

10.Bxg2 Qg5+ 11.Kc3 Qxg2 12.Re1+ Kf7 13.Qh5+ g6 14.Qe5 Qc6+ 15.Kb4 Na6+ 16.Ka3 Qc5+ 17.Qxc5 Nxc5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

pollock22 (lichess 2000) - JimWest (lichess 2009), lichess 12/18/2025

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.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O c6 11.Qe3 Qa5 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Qxc3 14.bxc3 Nbd7 15.f3 exf3 16.Nxf3 Ne4 17.Bh4 Nxc3 18.Re1 Ne4 19.Bd3 Ndf6

20.Nd2 Nxd2 21.Kxd2 Bd7 22.Rhf1 Rae8 23.h3 Ne4+ 24.Bxe4 Rxe4 25.Rxf8+ Kxf8 26.Rxe4 dxe4 27.g4 h5 28.Ke3 hxg4 29.hxg4 Bxg4 30.Kxe4 Ke8 31.c4 g6 32.Ke5 Kd7 33.c5 Bd1

34.Kf6 Bc2 35.Bg3 a5 36.Be1 a4 37.Ba5 Bd3 38.Bb6 Bc2 39.Ba5 Bd3 40.Bb6 Bc2 41.Ba5, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/17/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Oscf_Player (Chess.com 1912) - JimWest (Chess.com 2027), Chess.com 12/17/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bc4 Nc6 13.Qg3 Kxh8 14.O-O-O Bf5 15.c3 Na5 16.Be2 Qd5

17.Qxc7 Qxa2 18.Qxe7 Nb3+ 19.Kc2 e3+ 20.Rd3 Nxd4+ 21.cxd4 Rc8+ 22.Qc5 Rxc5+ 23.dxc5 Nd5 24.Bxe3 Nb4+ 25.Kc3 Nxd3 26.Bxd3 Bxd3 27.Kxd3 Qd5+ 28.Bd4+ Kg8 29.f3 Qb3+ 30.Bc3 Qd5+ 31.Bd4 Qb3+ 32.Ke2 Qc2+ 33.Ke3 Qxg2

34.Rd1 Qxh2 35.Ke4 Qh4+ 36.f4 Qe7+ 37.Kf3 b6 38.Rg1+ Kf8 39.cxb6 axb6 40.Rg7 Qxg7 41.Bxg7+ Kxg7 42.Kg3 Kf6 43.Kf3 Kf5 44.b3 b5 45.b4 h6 46.Kg3 h5 47.Kf3 h4

48.Ke3 h3 49.Kf3 h2 50.Kg2 Kxf4 51.Kxh2 Ke4 52.Kg2 Kd4 53.Kf2 Kc4 54.Ke2 Kb3 55.Kd1 Kxb4 56.Kc1 Kb3 57.Kb1 b4 58.Kc1 Ka2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2004) - omaskii (lichess 1952), lichess 12/17/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 d6 6.Na4 O-O 7.Nxc5 dxc5 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Be2 Re8 10.O-O a6 11.c3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 exf4 13.Bxf4 h6 14.Qc2 Ne5 15.Rad1 Nxf3+ 16.Rxf3 Nh5 17.Be3 b6

18.Rdf1, Black forfeits.