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.

2 PCG Games 1/4/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

PositionalPhoenix26 (Chess.com 2010) - JimWest (Chess.com 2027), Chess.com 1/4/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Qd2 O-O 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 c6 12.O-O-O Be6 13.f4 Nbd7 14.Be2 Qe8 15.g4 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Nxg4 17.Rg1 Nf2 18.Bf6 Rxf6 19.exf6 Nxd1

20.Rxg7+ Kh8 21.f7 Nxc3 22.fxe8=Q+ Rxe8, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

evolumberjack (lichess 1977) - JimWest (lichess 2005), lichess 1/4/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.Bxe6 Nxd4 8.Bxh6 Nxe6

9.exf5 Qf6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.fxg6 hxg6, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 1/3/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

celuka06 (Chess.com 1944) - JimWest (Chess.com 2021), Chess.com 1/3/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.exd6 exf3 8.dxc7 Qxc7 9.Qxf3 Qe5+ 10.Qe3 Qxe3+ 11.fxe3 Nbc6 12.Bb5 O-O 13.Bxc6 Nxc6 14.Rf1 Rxf1+ 15.Kxf1 Bf5 16.c3 Bxb1 17.Rxb1 Rf8+ 18.Ke2 a5 19.Rd1 h6

20.a3 a4 21.Rd7 Rf7 22.Rd5 Re7 23.Kd3 Kf7 24.c4 Ke6 25.e4 g5 26.g4 Ne5+ 27.Kc3 Nxg4 28.Ra5 Nxh2 29.Rxa4 g4 30.Ra5 g3

31.Rh5 g2 32.Rxh6+ Kd7 33.Rxh2 g1=Q 34.Rd2+ Kc7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 1999) - omarkhatab91 2024), lichess 1/3/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 d6 6.Na4 Bb4+ 7.c3 Ba5 8.b4 Bb6 9.Nxb6 axb6 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Be2 h6 12.O-O O-O 13.f5 d5 14.Qc2 d4 15.b5 Ne7 16.c4 c6 17.Nxe5 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 cxb5 19.cxb5 Qd6

20.Nc4 Qc5 21.a4 Rfe8 22.Ba3 Qc7 23.Bd6 Qd7 24.Bxe7 Rxe7 25.Nxb6 Qd8 26.Nxa8 Qxa8 27.Rfc1 Nd5 28.Qf2 Nc3 29.Rc2 Qd8 30.f6 Re6 31.fxg7 Rg6 32.Rac1 Rxg7

33.Rxc3 dxc3 34.Rxc3 Qa5 35.Rc8+ Kh7 36.Qf5+ Rg6 37.Qxf7+ Rg7 38.Qf5+ Rg6 39.Rc1 Kg7 40.Rf1 Qb6+ 41.Kh1 Qd6

42.Qf7+ Kh8 43.Qf8+ Qxf8 44.Rxf8+ Kg7 45.Rb8 Rb6 46.Kg1 Kf6 47.Kf2 Ke5 48.Ke3 h5 49.d4+, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/2/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2010) - HASANTARIQ2107 (Chess.com 1922), Chess.com 1/2/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 d6 5.Na4 Bb4+ 6.c3 Ba5 7.b4 Bb6 8.Nxb6 axb6 9.f4 Nf6 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Be2 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 O-O 13.f5 d5 14.Qc2 dxe4 15.dxe4 Qd6 16.O-O h6 17.Rd1 Qe7 18.a4 Rfd8 19.Be3 Rd6

20.Rxd6 Qxd6 21.Rd1 Qe7 22.g4 Rd8 23.Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.h4 Nh7 25.Bf2 Nb8 26.Kg2 Nd7 27.Qd2 Qe7 28.Kg3 Ndf8 29.Be3 Qe8 30.b5 Qe7 31.g5 hxg5 32.hxg5 Qa3

33.g6 fxg6 34.Qd5+ Kh8 35.fxg6 Nxg6 36.Qd8+ Nhf8 37.Qxc7 Qxa4 38.Qxb6 Qa1 39.Bh5 Qe1+ 40.Bf2 Qxe4 41.Bxg6 Nxg6 42.Qd8+ Kh7 43.Qg5 Qd3+ 44.Be3 Nf4 45.Qxe5 Ne2+ 46.Kf2 Nxc3

47.Qh5+ Kg8 48.Qe8+ Kh7 49.Qh5+ Kg8 50.Qe8+ Kh7 51.Qh5+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

virat143 (lichess 2019) - JimWest (lichess 1992), lichess 1/2/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Be2 Ne7 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 O-O 10.O-O h6 11.Nh3 Bxh3 12.gxh3 Nbc6 13.e6 Ne5 14.f4 exf3 15.Bxf3 Nxf3+ 16.Rxf3 Qd6 17.Rxf8+ Rxf8 18.Qe1 Rf6 19.a4 Rxe6

20.Qh4 Ng6 21.Qd4 Qb6 22.Ba3 Qxd4+ 23.cxd4 Nf4 24.h4 Ne2+ 25.Kg2 Nxd4 26.c3 Nc2 27.Ra2 Nxa3 28.Rxa3 a5 29.Rb3 b6 30.Kf3 Kf7 31.Rb5 Rc6

32.Rxd5 Rxc3+ 33.Kg2 Ke6 34.Rd4 c6 35.Re4+ Kf6 36.Rf4+ Kg6 37.Rg4+ Kh7 38.h5 b5 39.axb5 cxb5 40.Re4 a4 41.Re8 Rc5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 1/1/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

TheOnlyOneTruth1 (Chess.com 1843) - JimWest (Chess.com 2003), Chess.com 1/1/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nh4 Qd7 8.Qd2 d5 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Ba4 h6 11.Bxe7 Nxe7 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Bb3 Kh8 14.f3 exf3 15.Nxf3 Bg4 16.Rdf1 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Qf5 18.Ne2 Nd7 19.c3 Rae8

20.Bc2 Qf6 21.Qd3 g6 22.h4 h5 23.Kb1 Nf5 24.Rhg1 Re3 25.Qd2 Rfe8 26.Nf4 Nf8 27.Ng2 Re2 28.Qf4 Ne6 29.Qh6+ Nxh6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ronaldoches (lichess 2010) - JimWest (lichess 1987), lichess 1/1/2026

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.Nxh8 Qxg5 11.Nf7 Qf5 12.Bc4 Nf6 13.O-O Nc6 14.c3 d3 15.Na3 Bxe6 16.Bxe6 Qxe6 17.Ng5 Qe7 18.Re1 O-O-O

19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.Qg4+ Kb8 21.Qxe4 d2 22.Qxe7 Bxe7 23.Red1 Bxa3 24.bxa3 Na5 25.Kf1 Nc4 26.Rab1 Re8 27.Rb4 Re4 28.Rxc4 Rxc4 29.Rxd2 Kc8 30.Rc2 Ra4 31.Ke2 Rxa3

32.Kf3 Kd7 33.Ke4 Ke6 34.f4 g6 35.g4 Ra4+ 36.Ke3 h5 37.gxh5 gxh5 38.c4 Kf5 39.Rb2 Ra3+ 40.Kd4 b6 41.Rf2 c5+ 42.Kd5 Rd3+ 43.Kc6 Rd4 44.Kb7 Rxc4 45.Kxa7 b5 46.Kb6 b4 47.Kb5 Rc3

48.Kc6 c4 49.Kc5 b3 50.axb3 cxb3+ 51.Kb4 Rc2 52.Rf1 b2 53.Rb1 Kxf4 54.Kb3 Rxh2, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 12/31/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2017) - Ischemic_Heart (Chess.com 1988), Chess.com 12/31/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 Bg4 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Bd3 Bf5 11.Be3 Nb4 12.Bxc5 Nxd3+ 13.cxd3 Nxc5 14.d4 Nd3+ 15.Ke2 Nf4 16.Ne3 Be4 17.Rhf1 h6 18.g3 Ng6 19.Rf1 f6

20.Nc4 O-O 21.Nd6 Bd5 22.b3 Rab8 23.h4 Ne7 24.h5 Nc8 25.Nxc8 Rbxc8 26.Nh4 Be6 27.Nf5 Bxf5 28.Rxf5 Rcd8 29.Ke3 Rd5 30.Rc5 Rfd8 31.Rxd5 cxd5 32.g4 Rc8 33.Kd2 Rc6

34.Rf3 Kf8 35.Rc3 Rxc3 36.Kxc3 a5 37.b4 b6 38.bxa5 bxa5 39.Kb3 Ke7 40.Ka4 Kd7 41.Kxa5 Kc6 42.a4 f6 43.exf6 gxf6 44.Kb4 Kb6 45.a5+ Ka6 46.Ka4 Ka7 47.Kb5 Kb7

48.Kc5 Ka6 49.Kxd5 Kxa5 50.Ke6 Kb4 51.Kxf6 Kc4 52.Ke5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 1988) - serikoverbulat778 (lichess 1912), lichess 12/31/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 g6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.c3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O O-O 9.a4 a5 10.Na3 Ne7 11.fxe5 fxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Nh5 14.Nf3 c6 15.d4 Qc7 16.Nc4 Nf6 17.Bg5 Rae8 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.e5 Nf5

20.Qd3 Bg7 21.Rae1 Rd8 22.Qc2 b5 23.axb5 cxb5 24.Ne3 Nxe3 25.Rxe3 f6 26.Qb3+ Qc4 27.Qxc4+ bxc4 28.exf6 Rxf6 29.Ne5 Rxf1+ 30.Kxf1 Rc8 31.Re1 Bh6

32.Ra1 Bf4 33.g3 Bxe5 34.dxe5 Rc5 35.e6 Kf8 36.Rd1 Ke7 37.Rd7+ Kxe6 38.Rxh7 Rb5 39.Rg7 g5 40.h4 gxh4 41.gxh4 Rxb2 42.Rg4 Kd5 43.Rg5+ Ke4 44.Rxa5 Rb3

45.h5 Rxc3 46.h6 Rh3 47.Ra6 Kd3 48.Kg2 Rh5 49.Kg3 c3 50.Kg4 Rh1 51.Kg5 c2 52.Rc6 c1=Q+ 53.Rxc1 Rxc1 54.h7 Rh1 55.Kg6 Ke4

56.Kg7 Rg1+ 57.Kf7 Rh1 58.Kg7 Rxh7+ 59.Kxh7, draw.