PCG Reversed & PCG 10/19/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1988) - gingercat239 (Chess.com 1971), Chess.com 10/19/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.c3 exf4 9.Bxf4 Re8 10.Bg5 Bg4 11.Nbd2 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.d4 Bg7 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Ne7 16.Qc2 d5 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Qxd5

19.Qb3 Qxb3 20.Nxb3 Re2 21.Rf2 Rae8 22.Nc5 b6 23.Nd3 R8e3 24.Rxe2 Rxe2 25.Rb1 a5 26.Nf4 Re7 27.Kf2 c6 28.a4 Kh7 29.Re1 Rxe1 30.Kxe1 Kg8 31.Ke2 Kf8

32.Kf3 Ke7 33.g4 Kd6 34.Ke4 b5 35.b3 bxa4 36.bxa4 c5 37.Nd3 cxd4 38.cxd4 Bh8 39.h4 Bg7 40.h5 g5 41.Nf2 Bh8 42.Nh1 Ke6 43.Ng3 Bg7 44.Nf5 Bf8 45.d5+ Kd7 46.Ke5 Ke8 47.Kf6 Bb4 48.Nxh6 Be7+ 49.Ke5 f6+ 50.Ke6 Bf8

51.Nf5 Bb4 52.Kxf6 Bc3+ 53.Kxg5 Kf7 54.h6 Bd2+ 55.Kh5 Bc3 56.g5 Kg8 57.g6 Kh8 58.g7+ Kh7 59.Ne7 Bxg7 60.hxg7 Kxg7 61.Kg5 Kf7 62.Nc6 Ke8 63.Kf5 Kd7 64.Ke5 Kc7 65.Nxa5 Kd7

66.Nc4 Kc7 67.a5 Kd7 68.d6 Kc6 69.Ke6 Kb7 70.d7 Ka7 71.d8=Q Kb7 72.Qb6+ Ka8 73.Qc6+ Kb8 74.Qd7 Ka8 75.a6 Kb8 76.Qb7#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

coliza123 (lichess 1971) - JimWest (lichess 2025), lichess 10/19/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O Nf6 6.d4 e4 7.Ng5 d5 8.Bb3 Bd6 9.h3 h6 10.Nc3 c6

11.f3 hxg5 12.fxe4 Bxe4 13.Bxg5 Nbd7 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Qe2 Qc7 16.Qc4 O-O-O 17.Qf7 Rh7, White forfeits.

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/18/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

MacoBasanovic (Chess.com 1997) - JimWest (Chess.com 1978), Chess.com 10/18/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.Ng5 h6 7.Nh7 Qh4 8.Nxf8 Rxf8 9.Nc3 fxe4 10.Nxe4 d5 11.Ng3 Be6 12.O-O Nd7 13.Re1 O-O-O

14.Rf1 Nf6 15.f3 e4 16.fxe4 dxe4 17.Qe1 Ng4 18.h3 Rxf1+ 19.Nxf1 Qxe1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2021) - MoHaMaD_MM (lichess 1926), lichess 10/18/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Nc6 5.c3 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Qd7 8.f5 O-O-O 9.a4 a6 10.b4 Ba7 11.b5 Nb8 12.Na3 a5 13.Nc4 Bb6 14.Nxb6+ cxb6 15.O-O Qc7 16.Bg5 Nbd7 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 h6 19.Bxf6 Nxf6

20.d4 Nd7 21.Qb3 Nf6 22.Rac1 Kb8 23.Rfd1 Rhe8 24.Kh2 Re7 25.g4 Nh7 26.Bg2 f6 27.h4 Rc8 28.Qd5 Qc4 29.Qxd6+ Rec7 30.dxe5 fxe5 31.Qxe5 Nf6 32.Qg3 Qxa4 33.Rd4 Qxb5 34.e5 Nd7

35.e6 Ne5 36.Rd5 Rc5 37.Qxe5+ Ka7 38.e7 Rxd5 39.Qxd5 Rc7 40.Qxb5, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/17/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

JimWest (Chess.com 1952) - Awanzone (Chess.com 1831), Chess.com 10/17/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 g5 6.Bg3 d6 7.Nf3 c5 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Qd2 g4 10.Nh4 h5 11.Be2 Qb6 12.O-O-O Bh6 13.Bf4 Bxf4 14.Qxf4 Nb4

15.Qxf6 Rf8 16.Nf5 Bxf5 17.exf5 d5 18.Qxb6 axb6 19.a3 Nc6 20.Nxd5 Nd4 21.Rhe1 Kd7 22.Nxb6+ Kc6 23.Nxa8 Rxa8 24.h3 Re8

25.Bf3+ gxf3 26.Rxe8 fxg2 27.Rg1 Kd7 28.Re4 Nxf5 29.Rxg2 b6 30.Rf2 Nd6 31.Ref4 Ke7 32.Rf6 c4 33.Rxd6 Kxd6 34.Rxf7 cxd3 35.cxd3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Hoister (lichess 2041) - JimWest (lichess 2024), lichess 10/17/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.exf5 Bd6 8.g4 h5 9.gxh5 Bxf5 10.Rg1 Kf8 11.h6 Nxh6 12.Kd1 Bg4 13.Be2 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nf5 15.Bg4 Ne7 16.h3 Ndc6 17.c3 Rd8 18.Kc2 Bc5 19.b4 Bb6

20.Be6 Rd6 21.Bb3 Bxf2 22.Rf1 Rf6 23.Bg5 Rf3 24.b5 Nd8 25.Nd2 Rf5 26.Bxe7+ Kxe7 27.Ne4 Rhf8 28.Kd3 Bb6 29.Rxf5 Rxf5 30.Ke2 Ne6 31.Bxe6 Kxe6

32.a4 c6 33.a5 Bc7 34.a6 bxa6 35.Rxa6 Bb6 36.c4 Rf4 37.Nc5+ Bxc5 38.Rxc6+ Kd7 39.Rxc5 Rh4 40.Rxe5 Rxc4 41.Rf5 Rh4 42.Rf7+ Kc8 43.Rxg7 Rxh3 44.Rxa7 Kb8 45.Ra5 Rb3 46.Kd2 Kb7 47.Kc2 Rb4 48.Kc3 Rb1

49.Kc4 Rc1+ 50.Kd5 Kb6 51.Ra8 Kxb5 52.Rb8+ Ka4 53.Kd4 Ka3 54.Rb5 Ka2 55.Kd3 Rc8 56.Rb4 Ka3 57.Rd4 Kb3

58.Rd7 Rc3+ 59.Kd4 Rc4+ 60.Kd5 Rc1 61.Rb7+ Kc2 62.Kc4 Kd2+ 63.Kd4 Rc2 64.Rh7 Rc8 65.Rh2+ Ke1 66.Rh5 Kf2 67.Rf5+ Kg3 68.Ke5 Rc5+ 69.Kf6 Rxf5+ 70.Kxf5, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/16/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Mroddy93 (Chess.com 1857) - JimWest (Chess.com 1965), Chess.com 10/16/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Bc4 d5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.Nf1 c6 9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.Ne3 Bg6 11.Nd2 Bd6 12.c3 Qc7 13.h3 O-O 14.O-O Rae8 15.Re1 h6 16.Bh4 Kh8 17.Ndf1 b5 18.Bg3 a5 19.a3 a4

20.Bc2 Nh5 21.Bxd6 Qxd6 22.Ng4 Nf4 23.Nfe3 h5 24.Nh2 Nb6 25.Nhf1 Nc4 26.Nxc4 dxc4 27.Ne3 Nd3 28.Bxd3 exd3 29.Qd2 Qf4 30.Rad1 h4 31.Nf1 Qxd2 32.Nxd2 Bh5 33.f3 Bg6

34.Kf2 Kh7 35.Nf1 Kh6 36.Ne3 Bh5 37.Rd2 Kg5 38.d5 cxd5 39.Nxd5 Rxe1 40.Kxe1 Re8+ 41.Kf2 Bf7 42.Ne3 Kf4 43.Ng4 Bh5 44.Ne3 Rxe3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2026) - bigcarp (lichess 1934), lichess 10/16/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 h6 7.O-O Bd7 8.c3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Qd7 11.f5 O-O-O 12.Be3 g6 13.fxg6 fxg6 14.b4 Kb8 15.a4 g5 16.a5 b6 17.axb6 cxb6 18.Qa4 Qb7 19.Nd2 Rdg8

20.b5 Na5 21.Nc4 Nxc4 22.Qxc4 g4 23.hxg4 Nxg4 24.Bxg4 Rxg4 25.Qe6 Rhg8 26.Ra2 R4g6 27.Qh3 Bg5 28.Bxg5 Rxg5 29.Raf2 Qg7 30.Kh1 Rg3

31.Rf8+ Rxf8 32.Rxf8+ Qxf8 33.Qxg3 Qf6 34.Qg8+ Kc7 35.Qh7+ Kb8 36.Qg8+ Kc7 37.Qh7+ Kb8 38.Qg8+, draw.

2 PCG Games 10/15/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

sahtotal (Chess.com 1776) - JimWest (Chess.com 1959), Chess.com 10/15/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.dxe5 dxe4 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.Ng5 Ke8 9.Nxe4 Bf5 10.f3 Bxe4 11.fxe4 Bc5 12.c3 Nc6 13.Bf4 Nge7 14.b4 Nxb4 15.cxb4 Bd4 16.Nd2 Bxa1 17.Ke2 Bc3 18.Rc1 Bxd2 19.Kxd2 c6

20.a4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Barechet (lichess 1995) - JimWest (lichess 2021), lichess 10/15/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Neg5 exd4 7.Qxd4 Nf6 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Qe3+ Qe7 10.O-O Qxe3 11.Bxe3 Bd6 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 O-O 14.h3 c6 15.c4 h6 16.Nf3 Be6 17.cxd5 Bxd5 18.b3 a6 19.Bc4 Kh8

20.Bxd5 Nxd5 21.Rad1 Rae8 22.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Nf6 24.Re6 Bb8 25.Kf1 Kg8 26.Bxf6 Rxf6 27.Rxf6 gxf6 28.Ke2 Kf7 29.Kd3 Ba7 30.Nd4 Bxd4 31.Kxd4 b6 32.a4 Ke6

33.g4 c5+ 34.Ke4 b5 35.f4 c4 36.bxc4 bxa4 37.Kd3 Kd6 38.Kc3 Kc5 39.Kb2 Kxc4 40.Ka3 Kd4 41.Kxa4 Ke4 42.g5 fxg5 43.fxg5 hxg5, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/14/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1949) - SULTAN-ARNI (Chess.com 1961), Chess.com 10/14/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.O-O c5 12.c3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Rb8 14.Nc3 c5 15.Qa4+ Bd7 16.Qxa6 cxd4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Nxd4 Bc5

19.Be3 Bxd4 20.Bxd4 Bb5 21.Qa7 Ra8 22.Qxf7#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Nidallee (lichess 2053) - JimWest (lichess 2037), lichess 10/14/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Qe2 d5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.Ne5 c6 9.O-O h6 10.f3 Bd6 11.Nc3 Qb6 12.Be3 Nbd7 13.fxe4 Bxe4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Bf7+ Ke7 16.Bb3 Raf8 17.Ng6+ Kd8 18.c4 Qc7 19.g3 Bxg3

20.Nxh8 Rxh8 21.Kh1 Bd6 22.c5 Be7 23.Bf4 Qa5 24.Qc4 Nd5 25.Rad1 N7f6 26.Be5 Ne3 27.Qe6 Nxf1 28.Rxf1 Re8 29.Bd6 Bxd6 30.Qxd6+ Nd7

31.Rf7 Qe1+ 32.Kg2 Qe2+ 33.Kg3 Qe3+ 34.Kh4 Qg5+ 35.Kh3 Qh5+ 36.Kg3 Qg5+ 37.Kf2 Qd2+ 38.Kf1 Qd3+ 39.Ke1 Qe3+ 40.Kd1 Qg1+ 41.Ke2 Qg4+ 42.Ke1 Qh4+ 43.Kd1 Qg4+ 

44.Kc1 Qg5+ 45.Kb1 Qg1+ 46.Kc2 Qg2+ 47.Kc1 Qg1+ 48.Bd1 Qe3+ 49.Kb1 Qd3+ 50.Kc1 Qe3+ 51.Kc2 Qd3+ 52.Kc1 Qe3+, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 10/13/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1948) - rebrab1 (Chess.com 2042), Chess.com 10/13/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O f6 11.Nbd2 fxe5 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Nxe5 Nxd2 14.Bxd2 Bd7 15.Rxf8+ Bxf8 16.Qf3 Be6 17.Nxc6 Qd6 18.Ne5 Be7 19.Rf1 Rf8

20.Qe2 Bf6 21.a3 c5 22.Bc3 c4 23.Bb4, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2056) - Razorcic6 (lichess 2061), lichess 10/13/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 h6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O Ng4 8.h3 h5 9.f5 g6 10.fxg6 fxg6 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Nd5 Nf6 13.Nxe7 Qxe7 14.Bg5 Rf8 15.Nh4 Qg7 16.Bxf6 Rxf6 17.Rxf6 Qxf6 18.Nxg6 h4 19.Bh5 O-O-O

20.Qf3 Qg5 21.c3 Qd2 22.Bg4 Bxg4 23.Qxg4+ Kb8 24.Rb1 Rg8 25.Qxh4 Qxd3 26.Rf1 a5 27.Ne7 Nxe7 28.Qxe7 Qxe4 29.Rf8+ Rxf8 30.Qxf8+ Ka7 31.Qf2+ Ka6

32.a3 c5 33.Qd2 d5 34.Kf2 d4 35.Qe2+ Qxe2+ 36.Kxe2 Kb5 37.cxd4 cxd4 38.h4 Kc4 39.h5 e4 40.h6 d3+ 41.Ke3 Kb3 42.h7 Kxb2 43.h8=Q+ Kxa3 44.Kxe4 b5 45.Kxd3 Ka2 46.Kc2 Ka3 47.Qb2+ Ka4 48.Qb3#.

2 PCG Games 10/12/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

manueldu30 (Chess.com 1997) - JimWest (Chess.com 1944), Chess.com 10/12/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.c4 c6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bb5+ Nbc6 12.O-O O-O 13.c4 Nxe5 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Qxd5 Nxd5 16.Nxe4 a6 17.Ba4 Kh8 18.Bb2 Nc4 19.Bd4 Bf5

20.Ng3 Bg6 21.Rfd1 Nf4 22.Bb3 b5 23.a4 Rad8 24.axb5 axb5 25.Ra7 Ne6 26.Bc3 Rxd1+ 27.Bxd1 Rd8 28.Bf3 h6 29.h3 Rd3 30.Bb4 Rb3 31.Be7 Nd4 32.Bd5 Rb1+ 33.Kh2 Nb6

34.Be4 Bxe4 35.Nxe4 Nc6 36.Rb7 Nxe7 37.Rxb6 b4 38.Nc5 Nd5 39.Rb8+ Kh7 40.Kg3 Rb2 41.Rb7 Nf6 42.Ne6 Nh5+ 43.Kg4 Re2 44.Kxh5 Rxe6 45.Rxb4 Re5+ 46.Kg4 Rg5+ 47.Kf3 Rf5+ 48.Rf4 Ra5 49.g4 Ra3+ 50.Kg2 g5 51.Rf6 Kg7 52.Rb6 Rc3

53.c3 Rc2+ 54.Kg3 Rc3 55.Rb5 Kg6 56.Rf5 Ra3 57.h4 gxh4+ 58.Kxh4 Ra1 59.Kg3 Rg1+ 60.Kf2 Ra1 61.Rb5 Ra6 62.Kg3 Ra3 63.Re5 Kf6 64.Rf5+ Kg6 65.Kh4 Ra1 66.Rb5 Rh1+ 67.Kg3 Rg1+ 68.Kf4 Ra1 69.Rb6+ Kg7 70.Re6 Ra4+ 71.Kf5 Ra5+ 72.Re5 Ra6

73.g5 hxg5 74.Kxg5 Rb6 75.Re7+ Kf8 76.Ra7 Rc6 77.f4 Rb6 78.f5 Rc6 79.f6 Rc1 80.Ra4 Rg1+ 81.Kf5 Rf1+ 82.Rf4 Rxf4+ 83.Kxf4 Kf7 84.Kf5 Kf8 85.Kg6 Kg8 86.f7+ Kf8 87.Kf6, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

bair999 (lichess 1997) - JimWest (lichess 2046), lichess 10/12/2025

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.Bg5+ Nf6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Nd5 Rf8 10.Nc3 Ke8 11.O-O-O Nxe4 12.Nxe4 fxe4 13.Nd2 Bf5 14.Rhe1 h6 15.Be3 Ke7 16.h3 a6 17.g4 Bh7 18.Nb3 Rad8 19.Nc5 b5

 

20.Bb3 Nd4 21.Bxd4 exd4 22.Ne6 Rxf2 23.Nxd8 Kxd8 24.Rf1 Bf4+ 25.Kb1 Be3 26.Rxf2 Bxf2 27.Rf1 e3 28.Kc1 c5 29.c4 dxc3 30.bxc3 Bd3 31.Rh1 e2 32.Kd2 c4

33.Bd1 exd1=Q+ 34.Kxd1 Bh4 35.Kd2 Bg5+ 36.Kd1 Kd7 37.Re1 Bf6 38.Kd2 a5 39.a4 Bg5+ 40.Kd1 bxa4 41.Re5 Bf6 42.Rxa5 Bxc3 43.Rxa4 Kd6 44.Ra5 Bxa5, White resigns.