PCG Reversed & PCG 8/9/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1998) - MitkoGB (Chess.com 1879), Chess.com 8/9/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bd6 5.fxe5 Bxe5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 Nxe4 8.fxe5 Qh4+ 9.g3 Nxg3 10.Bg5 Qxg5 11.hxg3 Be6 12.Kf2 Qxe5 13.c3 Nd7 14.Nf3 Qd6 15.Qd4 f6 16.Nbd2 c5 17.Qe3 O-O-O 18.Bd3 h6 19.Rhe1 Bf7

20.Qe7 Qxe7 21.Rxe7 Rhf8 22.Bf5 g6 23.Bxd7+ Rxd7 24.Rxd7 Kxd7 25.Re1 a5 26.a4 Kd6 27.g4 Be6 28.Kg3 f5 29.g5 h5 30.Ne5 f4+ 31.Kh4 Bf7 32.Nxf7 Rxf7 33.Nf3 Re7

34.Rxe7 Kxe7 35.Ne5 d4 36.cxd4 cxd4 37.Nxg6+ Kd6 38.Nxf4 Ke5 39.Nd3+ Ke4 40.Nc5+ Kd5 41.Nb3 Kc4 42.Nxd4 Kxd4 43.g6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

geogia (lichess 1946) - JimWest (lichess 2056), lichess 8/9/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nd4 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nxd2 c6 9.cxd5 Qxd5 10.N2b3 Qxe5 11.Qd2 Nf6 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Bc4+ Kh8 14.h3 b5 15.Be2 Bb7 16.Rhe1 a5 17.f4 Qd5 18.Nc2 Qxd2+ 19.Rxd2 Nbd7

20.g4 a4 21.Nbd4 Nc5 22.g5 Nd5 23.f5 Rad8 24.Red1 e3 25.Rd3 Nxd3+ 26.Rxd3 Rde8 27.Ne6 Rxf5 28.Ncd4 Re5 29.Nc5 Ba8 30.Nd7 Rxg5

31.Bg4 Rxg4 32.hxg4 e2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 8/8/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

MitkoGB (Chess.com 1896) - JimWest (Chess.com 1985), Chess.com 8/8/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.Ngxe4 dxc3 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.bxc3 Be7 11.Bg5 Nc6 12.O-O-O+ Ke8 13.f4 Bf5 14.Bd3 Rd8 15.Rhe1 Bxg5 16.fxg5 Nge7 17.Nc5 Bxd3 18.Nxd3 Rf8

19.Nc5 Rxd1+ 20.Kxd1 Rf5 21.Ne6 Rxe5 22.Rxe5 Nxe5 23.c5 g6 24.Nxc7+ Kd7 25.Nb5 Kc6 26.Nd4+ Kxc5 27.Ne6+ Kc4 28.Nf8 Kxc3 29.Nxh7 Kb2 30.Nf6 Kxa2 31.Ke2 b5

32.g4 b4 33.h4 b3 34.h5 gxh5 35.gxh5 b2 36.h6 b1=Q 37.h7 N5g6 38.Ng4 Qb5+ 39.Kf2 Qxg5 40.Kg3 a5 41.Kf3 Qf4+ 42.Ke2 Qxg4+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

EatenN (lichess 2055) - JimWest (lichess 2050), lichess 8/8/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.Ng5 h6

7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qh4 hxg5 9.Bxg5 Be7 10.Qh7 Be6 11.exf5 gxf5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Qh5+ Qf7 14.Qf3 Bd5 15.Qe2 Rxg2, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/7/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

rustyespinosa (Chess.com 1888) - JimWest (Chess.com 1973), Chess.com 8/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ng5 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb3 Nc6 9.O-O Bb4 10.Ne2 O-O 11.a3 Be7 12.c4 Kh8 13.Ng3 Nd4 14.Ba2 h6 15.h4 hxg5 16.hxg5 Ng4 17.f3 Bxg5 18.fxg4 Bxc1 19.Rxc1 Qg5

20.cxd5 Qe3+ 21.Kh2 Rf6 22.Nh5 Rh6 23.Qa4 b5 24.Qb4 Ba6 25.Qe7 Rg8 26.Rce1 Qxd3 27.Bb1 Qd2 28.Rd1 Nf3+ 29.Rxf3 Qxd1 30.Bxf5 Qxd5 31.Rh3 Bb7 32.Rg3 Ba8

33.Kh3 a5 34.Kh2 e4 35.Kh3 Rxh5+ 36.gxh5 Qxf5+ 37.Kh2 Bd5 38.Qh4 Qf6 39.Rg5 Bc6 40.Qg3 Rd8 41.Rg6 Qxb2 42.Rxc6 Re8 43.h6 Qe5 44.hxg7+ Kg8 45.Rc3 Qxg3+ 46.Kxg3 e3 47.Rc1 e2 48.Re1 Kxg7

49.Kf2 b4 50.axb4 axb4 51.Rb1 e1=Q+ 52.Rxe1 Rxe1 53.Kxe1 Kg6 54.Kd2 Kg5 55.Kc2 Kg4 56.Kb3 Kg3 57.Kxb4 Kxg2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2050) - midins (lichess 1928), lichess 8/7/2026

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 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qe1 Bf5 12.Nc3 Bb4 13.Bd2 Nxd2 14.Qxd2 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 c5 16.dxc5 Bxc5+ 17.Kh1 Nf4 18.Qd2 d4 19.Ne4 Ne6

20.Nxc5 Nxc5 21.Qxd4 Qxd4 22.Nxd4 Rad8 23.c3 Rd5 24.Rae1 Re8 25.Nf3 Nd3 26.Re2 Nxe5 27.Nxe5 Rdxe5 28.Rxe5 Rxe5

29.Kg1 Re2 30.Rf2 Re1+ 31.Rf1 Re2 32.Rf2 Re1+ 33.Rf1 Re2, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/6/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

monjinn (Chess.com 1911) - JimWest (Chess.com 1970), Chess.com 8/6/2026

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.c4 c6 12.O-O Be6 13.Rb1 b6 14.Bg5 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Bxc4 16.Nxc4 Qd5 17.Bxf6 Rxf6 18.Ne3 Qxa2 19.Rb3 Qa5

20.Qg4 Na6 21.Qxe4 Raf8 22.Qe7 R6f7 23.Qd6 Rf6 24.Qe7 R6f7 25.Qd6 Rf6 26.Qe7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2057) - Narendra56 (lichess 2004), lichess 8/6/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.c3 h6 10.a4 a6 11.Na3 d5 12.fxe5 Nxe5 13.exd5 Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 Qxd5 15.Qxd5 Nxd5 16.d4 Bxa3 17.Rxa3 b6 18.Bd2 Rae8 19.Raa1 Re2

20.Rf2 Rfe8 21.Raf1 f6 22.Rxe2 Rxe2 23.Rf2 Rxf2 24.Kxf2 Kf7 25.c4 Ne7 26.d5 Ke8 27.Kf3 Kd7 28.Ke4 c6 29.dxc6+ Kxc6 30.b4 b5 31.cxb5+ axb5 32.a5 g5 33.g4 Kb7

34.h3 Kc6 35.Be1 Kb7 36.Bc3 Nc6 37.Kf5 Ne7+ 38.Ke6 Nc6 39.Kxf6 Kc7 40.Kg6 Kc6 41.Kxh6 Kd5 42.Kxg5 Kc4 43.Be1, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/5/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1971) - Gata54 (Chess.com 2011), Chess.com 8/5/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.c3 h6 12.Nbd2 Nxd2 13.Bxd2 Bg5 14.Be2 Bxd2 15.Qxd2 Ne7 16.Rae1 c6 17.Bd3 Qd7 18.h3 Be6 19.Nh4 a5

20.g4 c5 21.Nf5 cxd4 22.cxd4 Nc6 23.Nxh6+ Kh8 24.Nf5 Bxf5 25.Bxf5 Qe7 26.Rd1 Qh4 27.Kh2 g6 28.Bd7 Kg7 29.Bxc6 bxc6 30.Qf2 Qe7 31.Qf6+ Qxf6 32.Rxf6 Rac8 33.Rc1 Rc7 34.Rfxc6 Rxc6 35.Rxc6 Rb8

36.b3 Rb4 37.Rc5 Rxd4 38.Rxa5 Rd2+ 39.Kg3 d4 40.Rd5 g5 41.b4 Rxa2 42.Rxd4 Ra3+ 43.Kg2 Rb3 44.Re4 Kf8 45.e6 f6 46.e7+ Ke8 47.Re6 Rxb4 48.Rxf6 Kxe7 49.Rf5 Rb2+ 50.Kg3 Rb3+ 51.Rf3 Rb2

52.h4 gxh4+ 53.Kxh4 Rb8 54.g5 Rf8 55.Rxf8 Kxf8 56.Kh5 Kg7 57.g6 Kg8 58.Kh6 Kh8 59.g7+ Kg8 60.Kg6, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

EYMENekr4141 (lichess 1913) - JimWest (lichess 2061), lichess 8/5/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.O-O Nd7 9.Qd2 O-O-O 10.Bb3 h6 11.Qa5 Kb8 12.d4 Bg4 13.dxe5 Bxf3 14.exd6 Qg5 15.Qxg5 hxg5 16.gxf3 Ne5 17.Nd2 Rxd6

18.Rae1 Rxd7 19.Rxe5 Nf6, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 8/4/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1987) - DefineDedication007 (Chess.com 1988), Chess.com 8/4/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 d6 6.Na4 Bb6 7.Nxb6 axb6 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Be2 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nd4 11.c3 Ne6 12.f5 Nc5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.O-O c6 16.a3 Qg5 17.Qe2 Kd7 18.Rad1 Rag8

19.d4 exd4 20.cxd4 Na6 21.e5 d5 22.e6+ fxe6 23.Qxe6+ Kc7 24.Rc1 Kb8 25.b4 Re8 26.Qd6+ Ka7 27.b5 Rd8 28.Qg6 Qe3+ 29.Kh1 cxb5 30.Qxg7 Qxa3 31.Bxd5 Rxd5 32.Qxh8 Rxf5 33.Qxh6 Rxf1+ 34.Rxf1 b4

35.Qc1 Qd3 36.Rd1 Qe4 37.d5 Nc5 38.d6 Qf5 39.Qa1+ Kb8 40.Qh8+ Ka7 41.d7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2056) - Evgeny773 (lichess 1993), lichess 8/4/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 Qc7 5.fxe5 Qxe5 6.Nf3 Qc7 7.Bg5 Be7 8.c3 O-O 9.Nbd2 Re8 10.Be2 d5 11.e5 Nfd7 12.Bxe7 Rxe7 13.d4 c5 14.Rc1 Qb6 15.Qb3 Qg6 16.O-O c4 17.Qc2 Qh6 18.Rce1 f6

19.Bd1 fxe5 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Nc6 22.Nf3 Bg4 23.Nd4 Bxd1 24.Qxd1 Rae8 25.Nf5 Qg5 26.Nxe7+ Rxe7 27.Qxd5+ Kh8 28.Rf8#.

2 PCG Games 8/3/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

bishopgamit (Chess.com 1799) - JimWest (Chess.com 1989), Chess.com 8/3/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Bd6

10.O-O-O, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

amegos20 (lichess 1953) - JimWest (lichess 2057), lichess 8/3/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Ng5 d5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.Bd2 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 O-O 13.h4 h6 14.Nxh3 Bxh3 15.Rxh3 Nc6 16.Qd2 Ng4 17.f3 exf3

18.gxf3 Re8+ 19.Kd1 Ne3+ 20.Kc1 Qf6 21.Bc2 Nxc2 22.Qxc2 Nxd4 23.Qd3 Ne2+ 24.Kc2 Nxc3 25.Bxc3 Rad8 26.Rg3 d4 27.Rag1 dxc3 28.Rxg7+ Qxg7 29.Rxg7+ Kxg7 30.Qxc3+ Kg6

31.Qb4 Re2+ 32.Kc1 Rc8+ 33.Kd1 Rcc2 34.Qg4+ Kh7 35.Qf5+ Kg7 36.Qd7+ Kg6 37.Qxb7 Red2+ 38.Ke1 Re2+ 39.Kd1 Red2+ 40.Ke1 Re2+ 41.Kf1 Rf2+ 42.Ke1 Rfe2+, draw.

2 PCG Games 8/2/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Ramminew (Chess.com 1987) - JimWest (Chess.com 2025), Chess.com 8/2/2026

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.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qd2 O-O 11.O-O-O c6 12.f3 exf3 13.gxf3 Nd7 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.Bg2 Rae8 16.a3 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Qg5+ 18.Qd2 Qxd2+ 19.Rxd2 Re3

20.Rf2 Rf4 21.Kd2 Re7 22.c3 g5 23.Re1 Rxe1 24.Kxe1 a5 25.Re2 Kf7 26.Re5 h6 27.h3 Kf6 28.Kf2 h5 29.Ke3 Rh4 30.c4 dxc4 31.Rxa5 Bxh3

32.Bxh3 Rxh3 33.Ra8 g4 34.Rf8+ Ke7 35.Rf5 Rxf3+ 36.Rxf3 gxf3 37.Kxf3 Kd6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Black_Queen555 (lichess 2000) - JimWest (lichess 2062), lichess 8/2/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc3 d5 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.Nb3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Bb4 10.Qb5 O-O 11.Qxb7 Qd6 12.Bb5 Ne7 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Qa6 c6 15.Ba4 Rfb8 16.g4 Bc8 17.Qf1 Ng6 18.Qg2 Bd7

19.O-O-O Bxc3 20.bxc3 Qa3+ 21.Kb1 Qxa4 22.g5 f5 23.Ka1 Qc4 24.Nc5 Qxc3#.

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/1/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

ISHAN_KHATRI007 (Chess.com 1867) - JimWest (Chess.com 2030), Chess.com 8/1/2026

1.Nf3 d6 2.b3 e5 3.d3 f5 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bb2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.O-O a5 9.e4 Na6 10.a3 Nc5 11.Re1 fxe4 12.Nxe4 Ncxe4 13.dxe4 Bg4 14.Qd3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Qd7 16.c4 Ng4 17.Re2 Rf7 18.Rd1 Raf8 19.Bxg4 Qxg4

20.Rf1 Rf3 21.Re3 h5 22.Bc1 h4 23.Rxf3 Rxf3 24.Be3 hxg3 25.fxg3 Rxf1+ 26.Kxf1 Qf3+ 27.Kg1 Bg5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2074) - Guca-cola (lichess 2139), lichess 8/1/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qxg4 Bxb4 9.d5 Qxd5 10.Nc3 Qc6 11.Nxb5 Qxb5

12.Qc8+ Ke7 13.Bg5+ f6 14.exf6+ gxf6 15.O-O-O fxg5 16.Qd8+ Kf7 17.Nh3 h6 18.Rhf1+ Kg7 19.Qf6+ Kh7 20.Qf5+ Kg7 21.Qf7#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/31/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2040) - sb01010389 (Chess.com 2043), Chess.com 7/31/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Nxe2 Bd6 7.fxe5 Bxe5 8.d4 Nxe4 9.dxe5 Nc6 10.Bf4 g5 11.Bg3 h5 12.Nbc3 Nxg3 13.Nxg3 d4 14.Ne4 Nxe5 15.O-O h4 16.Nf6+ Kf8 17.Nge4 g4 18.Nxg4 Nxg4 19.Qxg4 Rg8

20.Qf4 Qe7 21.Rae1 Rg7 22.Qh6 Qd7 23.Qh8+ Rg8 24.Qxg8+ Kxg8 25.Nf6+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

momo0216 (lichess 1942) - JimWest (lichess 2082), lichess 7/31/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.Bb3 Nf6 7.O-O h6 8.Nf3 fxe4 9.dxe4 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 dxe4 12.Qg3 Qe7 13.Qg6+ Kd8 14.Rd1+ Kc7 15.Be3 Nbd7 16.Nc3 Nc5 17.Bxc5 Qxc5 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 Be7

20.Qg4 Bf6 21.Rd7+ Kb6 22.c4 Rad8 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Bc2 Rd4 25.Qf5 Rxc4 26.Bd3 Rc1+ 27.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 28.Kh2 Qf4+ 29.Qxf4 exf4 30.b3 Kc5 31.f3 Kd4 32.Be4 Kc3

33.Bg6 Kb2 34.Bf7 Kxa2 35.Kg1 Kb2 36.Kf2 Kc3 37.Ke2 a5 38.Kd1 c5 39.Kc1 b5 40.Kb1 b4 41.Ka2 Kd2, White resigns.