PCG & PCG Reversed 9/6/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

ilovegirllove (Chess.com 2057) - JimWest (Chess.com 2066), Chess.com 9/6/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Bh5+ Kf8 11.Ng6+ hxg6 12.Bxg6 Nbd7 13.Bf4 Ng4 14.h3 Nxf2 15.Rf1 Kg8 16.Qh5 Nf6 17.Qh4 e3 18.Bg5 N2e4 19.Bh7+ Kf8

20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Rxf6+ Ke8 23.Nc3 Bd4 24.O-O-O Qxf6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2053) - Rams9052 (lichess 2008), lichess 9/6/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3

7.Bc4 Be6 8.Bxe6 fxe6 9.Qxg4 h5 10.Qxe6+ Be7 11.Bxe3 Nc6 12.Ne2 Qd7 13.Qxd7+ Kxd7 14.c3 Raf8 15.Nd2 h4 16.h3 g5 17.O-O-O b5 18.Rdf1 b4

19.Rxf8 Rxf8 20.Rf1 bxc3 21.bxc3 Rxf1+ 22.Nxf1 Ba3+ 23.Kc2 Be7 24.Nd2 a5 25.Ne4 a4 26.Bxg5 Bxg5 27.Nxg5 Ne7

28.Ne4 Nf5 29.Kd3 c6 30.Nc5+ Kc7 31.Nxa4 Kd7 32.Ke4 Ke6 33.Nf4+, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/5/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Robin_z_Rybian (Chess.com 1956) - JimWest (Chess.com 2056), Chess.com 9/5/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7

6.Bg5 exf3 7.Bxe7 fxe2 8.f6 exf1=Q+ 9.Kxf1 gxf6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2065) - rfaruque (lichess 2032), lichess 9/5/2026

1.e3 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 e5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Be7 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Nh5 9.Be3 Nhf6 10.c3 Ne5 11.h3 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 c5 13.Nd2 Rb8 14.a4 b6 15.Nc4 Ba6

16.Bg5 Bxc4 17.dxc4 h6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Qd5 Be5 20.Bg4 Qg5 21.Rae1 h5 22.Rf5 Qd2 23.Qxd2, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/4/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

sachinanand1966 (Chess.com 1933) - JimWest (Chess.com 2052), Chess.com 9/4/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.f3 Bd6 9.fxe4 O-O 10.Bd3 Bxe5 11.dxe5 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 dxe4 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Nxe4 Re8 15.Bf4 Nc6 16.O-O-O Bf5 17.Ng3 Bg4 18.Rde1 Rad8 19.h3 Bc8

20.Rd1 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Kf7 22.Re1 Ke6 23.c3 Rf8 24.Ne2 b6 25.Bg3 g5 26.h4 h6 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.Rh1 Ba6 29.Nd4+ Nxd4 30.cxd4 Rf1+ 31.Rxf1 Bxf1 32.Kd2 Bxg2

33.Ke3 Bd5 34.a3 a5 35.Kd3 a4 36.Kc3 b5 37.Be1 c6 38.Bd2 g4 39.Bf4 Kf5 40.Bg3 Ke4 41.e6 Bxe6 42.Bc7 Bd5 43.Bd6 Kf3 44.Kd2 g3 45.Ke1 g2 46.Bh2 Ke4 47.Bg1 Kd3 48.Kd1 Bf3+ 49.Ke1 Kc2 50.d5 Bxd5

51.Bd4 g1=Q+ 52.Bxg1 Kxb2 53.Bc5 Kb3 54.Kd2 Kc4 55.Be7 c5 56.Kc1 b4 57.Kb2 bxa3+ 58.Kxa3 Bc6 59.Bf8 Kd4 60.Bg7+ Kd3 61.Kb2 c4 62.Bf6 Bf3 63.Bg7 Bd1 64.Bf6 Bb3

65.Bg7 Ke4 66.Bf6 Kd5 67.Bg7 Kc5 68.Ka3 Kc6 69.Bf6 Kb5 70.Bg7 Bd1 71.Bf6 Kc6 72.Bg7 Kd5 73.Kb2 Ke4 74.Bf6 Kd3 75.Bg7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Aaritchess123 (lichess 1911) - JimWest (lichess 2062), lichess 9/4/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.c4 Nc6 8.Nb3 Bxf5 9.Nc3 O-O-O 10.Bg5 Qf7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.g4 Bg6 13.Bg2 Re8 14.h4 h6 15.h5 Bh7 16.O-O-O Nb4 17.Rhe1 d5

18.cxd5 Nd3+ 19.Rxd3 exd3 20.Qxe8+ Qxe8 21.Rxe8+ Kd7 22.Re3 Bd6 23.Nc5+ Bxc5 24.dxc5 Rg8 25.Be4 f5 26.Bxf5+ Bxf5 27.gxf5 Rg2 28.Rf3 Ke7 29.f6+ Kf7 30.d6 cxd6 31.cxd6 Rg8

32.Nd5 Rd8 33.Rxd3 Rxd6 34.Kc2 Rc6+ 35.Kb3 Ke6 36.Rf3 Kf7 37.Nc3 Rc5 38.Ne4 Rxh5 39.Nd6+ Kf8 40.f7 Rd5 41.Nxb7 Rb5+ 42.Ka4 Rxb7 43.b4 h5 44.Rh3 Rxf7 45.Rxh5 Rxf2 46.a3 Rf7 47.Ra5 Ke8 48.Kb5 Kd8 49.Kc6 Kc8

50.Rh5 Rf6+ 51.Kb5 Kb7 52.Rh7+ Kb8 53.Ka5 Rg6 54.b5 Rf6 55.a4 Rg6 56.Kb4 Rg4+ 57.Kc5 Rxa4

58.Kc6 Rc4+ 59.Kd5 Rc7 60.Rh8+ Kb7 61.Rh6 Rg7 62.Ra6 Rg5+ 63.Kc4 Rg4+ 64.Kd5 Rg5+ 65.Kc4 Rg4+ 66.Kd5 Rg5+, draw.

2 PCG Games 9/3/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Rocky-Marciano777 (Chess.com 1915) - JimWest (Chess.com 2055), Chess.com 9/3/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Bxb4 d4

9.h4 Qxe5 10.Be2 Nc6 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.Na3 O-O, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

shivamore (lichess 1914) - JimWest (lichess 2050), lichess 9/3/2026

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.h4 O-O 10.Qh5 h6 11.Nh3 Bxh3 12.Rxh3 Rf5 13.Qg4 h5 14.Qg3 Nbc6 15.Bf4 Qf8 16.Be3 Nxe5 17.Bd4 Ng4 18.Be2 Nc6

19.Bxg4 hxg4 20.Qxg4 Nxd4 21.Rg3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/2/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

kazrash (Chess.com 1938) - JimWest (Chess.com 2044), Chess.com 9/2/2026

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.Bb5+ c6 10.Ba4 O-O 11.O-O Qa5 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Ng4 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qxa4

15.f4 Qa5 16.Qe1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Hodza1234 (lichess 1946) - JimWest (lichess 2058), lichess 9/2/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.Qe2 Be7 7.Bxg8 Rxg8 8.d3 Nd7 9.Nc3 Qc7 10.h3 O-O-O 11.Qe3 Kb8 12.a4 d5 13.Ne2 h6 14.Ng3 Bh7 15.a5 Bc5 16.Qe2 e4 17.dxe4 Qxg3 18.exd5 Rge8 19.Qd2 Nf6

20.b4 Ne4 21.Qf4+ Qxf4 22.Bxf4+ Bd6 23.Bxd6+ Rxd6 24.dxc6 Rxc6 25.Nd4 Rc4 26.Rad1 Nc3 27.Rd2 Rxd4, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/1/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Son0fArathorn2 (Chess.com 2004) - JimWest (Chess.com 2029), Chess.com 9/1/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5

4.Nxe5 dxe5 5.Qh5+ g6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2065) - StowneyMcPowney (lichess 1968), lichess 9/1/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.c3 O-O 8.O-O exf4 9.Bxf4 Re8 10.h3 h5

11.Bg5 Qd7 12.Nbd2 Nh7 13.d4 Nxg5 14.Nxg5 Qe7 15.Nxf7 Qxf7 16.Rxf7, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/31/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2021) - Ko-Aung-Myo (Chess.com 2005), Chess.com 8/31/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 Bc5 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Na4 Bxg1 7.Rxg1 Ng4 8.h3 Qh4+ 9.g3 Qh5 10.hxg4 Bxg4 11.Be2 Qh2 12.Be3 Bh3 13.Qd2 Nd4 14.Bxd4 exd4 15.O-O-O Bd7 16.b3 Bxa4 17.bxa4 O-O

18.Bg4 Qh6 19.f5 Qf6 20.Bf3 Qe5 21.Qf4 Qa5 22.f6 Qxa4 23.Qg5 g6 24.Qh6 Qa3+ 25.Kd2 Qc3+ 26.Ke2 Qxc2+ 27.Rd2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

adelya1212 (lichess 1930) - JimWest (lichess 2058), lichess 8/31/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.d3 Nf6 7.Nh4 Bc8 8.f4 exf4 9.Bxf4 d5 10.Bb3 Be7 11.Bxb8 Rxb8 12.Nf5 O-O 13.Nd2 Bxf5 14.Rxf5 Kh8 15.h3 Qb6+ 16.Kh2 Bd6+ 17.Kh1 Rbe8

18.Qf3 Qe3 19.Qxe3 Rxe3 20.Nf3 g6 21.Rg5 Bf4 22.h4 Bxg5 23.Nxg5 Ng4 24.Nf3 h5 25.Rf1 Ne5 26.c4 Nxf3 27.gxf3 dxc4 28.dxc4 Rexf3 29.Rxf3 Rxf3 30.Kg2 Rf4 31.Kg3 Rg4+ 32.Kh3 c5

33.Bc2 Kg7 34.b3 a5 35.a3 b6 36.Bd1 Rd4 37.Bf3 Rd3 38.Kg2 Rxb3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 8/30/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit 

jimmylara2004 (Chess.com 1914) - JimWest (Chess.com 2007), Chess.com 8/30/2026

1.Nc3 e5 2.e4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.f3 Qe8 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Ng4 f5 14.Ne5 Nd7 15.Nxd7 Bxd7 16.fxe4 Bxc3 17.bxc3 fxe4 18.Rxf8+ Qxf8

19.Bg4 Bxg4 20.Qxg4+ Qg7 21.Qe6+ Kh8 22.Rf1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

denhill (lichess 2056) - JimWest (lichess 2058), lichess 8/30/2026

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.O-O-O Nc6 13.Qg3 Kxh8 14.c3 Bf5 15.d5 Nb8 16.Qe5 Bg6 17.Be2 Nbd7 18.Qd4 Bc5 19.Bxf6+ Qxf6

20.Qxf6+ Nxf6 21.Rhf1 Re8 22.b4 Bd6 23.h3 a5 24.a3 axb4 25.axb4 Ra8 26.Kb2 Bf7 27.Bc4 b5 28.Bb3 h5 29.g4 hxg4 30.hxg4 Kg7 31.g5 Nd7 32.Rde1 Bg6

33.f4 exf3 34.Rxf3 Ne5 35.Rfe3 Nd3+ 36.Rxd3 Bxd3 37.g6 Rf8 38.Rh1 Rf2+ 39.Ka3 Bxg6 40.Rg1 Kf6 41.c4 bxc4 42.Bxc4 Rf4 43.Kb3 Rf3+ 44.Ka4 Be8+ 45.Bb5 Bxb5+ 46.Kxb5 Rf4 47.Rb1 Ke5, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 8/29/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1992) - Timu_player (Chess.com 1820), Chess.com 8/29/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 Nc6 7.Nf3 b6 8.b4 Nxb4 9.cxb4 Bxb4+ 10.Bd2 Bc5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Nbd2 g6 14.g4 Kh7 15.Qc2 Bb7 16.h4 gxf5 17.exf5 e4 18.dxe4 Qxa1+ 19.Nb1 Rae8

20.Bd3 Rxe4+ 21.Bxe4 Re8 22.Nfd2 Qd4 23.Nc3 Bb4 24.Kd1 Bxe4 25.Ncxe4 Re5 26.f6+ Kg8 27.g5 Bxd2 28.Nxd2 Rc5 29.Qe4 Qxe4 30.Nxe4 Rd5+ 31.Kc2 h5

32.Ng3 Kh7 33.Nxh5 Kg6 34.Nf4+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2060) - rikumginyu (lichess 1911), lichess 8/29/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 Ng4 6.Nh3 d4 7.f4 h5 8.Nb1 g6 9.Be2 gxf5 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.O-O Qd7 12.Bf3 Nc6 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Qf3 Ne3 15.Bxe3 dxe3 16.Kh1 Bxh3 17.gxh3 f5 18.Nc3 f4 19.Ne4 Be7

20.Rg1 O-O-O 21.Rg7 Qe6 22.Rag1 Rhg8 23.Nc3 Rxg7 24.Rxg7 Bf6 25.Rg6 Qf5 26.Rg1 Bh4

27.Qxc6 Qxh3 28.Qa8+ Kd7 29.Qd5+ Kc8 30.Qa8+ Kd7 31.Qd5+ Kc8 32.Qa8+, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/28/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

matemolnar99 (Chess.com 1975) - JimWest (Chess.com 1987), Chess.com 8/28/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.Re1 Be7 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.d3 Ngf6 9.Bb3 h6 10.h3 Qc7 11.Ne4 O-O-O 12.a4 d5 13.Nxf6 Bxf6 14.Qe2 Rde8 15.a5 Nc5 16.Ba2 e4 17.dxe4 Bxe4 18.Qd1 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Qd7

20.Kg2 Qf5 21.Be3 d4 22.Bd2 Qg6+ 23.Kh2 Rxe1 24.Qxe1 Re8 25.Qg1 Qxg1+ 26.Kxg1 Re2 27.Rd1 d3 28.c3 Bh4 29.Be3 b6 30.Bxc5 bxc5

31.Rxd3 Rxb2 32.Bc4 Bxf2+ 33.Kf1 Bg3 34.a6 Kc7 35.Be6 Bd6 36.Bc4 g5 37.Be6 Rb8 38.c4 Rb2 39.Bg4 Ra2 40.Bc8 Ra4 41.Bg4 Rxa6 42.Ke2 Ra2+ 43.Ke3 Bf4+ 44.Ke4 Re2+ 45.Kf5 Rd2

46.Ra3 Kb6 47.Rb3+ Ka5 48.Ra3+ Kb4 49.Rxa7 Kxc4 50.Kg6 Rd6+ 51.Kf5 Kd4 52.Ra1 c4 53.Rd1+ Kc3 54.Rxd6 Bxd6

55.Ke4 Kd2 56.Bf5 c3 57.Kd4 c2 58.Bxc2 Kxc2 59.Ke4 c5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2066) - mihail-ch60 (lichess 2108), lichess 8/28/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 Nc6 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Bd3 f5 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Nxe3 O-O-O 13.Nxg4 fxg4 14.Bxe4 gxf3 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.gxf3 Rhf8 17.O-O g5 18.Rae1 Kd7 19.Rd1+ Ke6

20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.f4 gxf4 22.Rxf4 Kxe5 23.Rh4 Rd2 24.Rxh7 Rxc2 25.Rxc7 Rxb2 26.Rxa7 Kf4 27.Ra3 Kg4 28.Rc3 Rxa2 29.Rxc6 Kh4

30.Rc3 Rb2 31.Rc4+ Kh3 32.Rc3+ Kh4 33.Rc4+ Kh3 34.Rc3+ Kh4, draw.