2 PCG Games 9/15/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

santom1993 (Chess.com 1889) - JimWest (Chess.com 2001), Chess.com 9/15/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 c6 6.d4 e4 7.O-O d5 8.Ne5 Nf6 9.Be2 Bd6 10.Bg5 O-O 11.f3 Nbd7 12.fxe4 Bxe4 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Bxf6 Rxf6 15.Rxf6 gxf6 16.Nc3 f5 17.Qd2 Qg7 18.Bf1 Kh8 19.Nxe4 fxe4

20.g4 h5 21.Be2 Rf8 22.Rf1 Rxf1+ 23.Kxf1 hxg4 24.Bxg4 Qf6+ 25.Kg2 Kg7 26.c3 Bf4 27.Qf2 a5 28.a4 b6 29.Qe2 Qh4 30.Qf2 Qxf2+ 31.Kxf2 Kf6 32.Bd7 c5 33.dxc5 bxc5

34.b4 cxb4 35.cxb4 axb4 36.a5 b3 37.Ba4 b2 38.Bc2 Bb8 39.a6 Ba7+ 40.Ke2 Kg5 41.Bb1 Kh4 42.Kd2 Kxh3 43.Kc3 e3 44.Kd3 Kg3 45.Ke2 Kf4 46.Bd3 Ke5 47.Bb1 Kd4 48.Bg6 Kc4 49.Bb1 d4 50.Bf5 Kb5 51.Bd3+ Ka5 52.Bb1 Kxa6

53.Bd3+ Ka5 54.Bb1 Kb4 55.Bd3 Kc3 56.Bb1 Kb3 57.Kd3 Bb6 58.Ke2 Ba5 59.Kd3 Bc3 60.Ke2 Kc4 61.Bd3+ Kd5 62.Bb1 Ke5 63.Bd3 Kf4 64.Bb1 Kg3 65.Bd3 Kg2 66.Bb1 Bd2 67.Bd3 Bc1 68.Bb1 Kg3 69.Bd3 Kf4 70.Bb1 Ke5

71.Bd3 Kd5 72.Bb1 Kc4 73.Bd3+ Kc3 74.Bb1 Kb3 75.Kd3 Bd2 76.Ke2 Kc3 77.Bd3 Kb4 78.Bb1 Bc3 79.Bd3 Kb3 80.Bb1 Ba5 81.Kd3 Bb6 82.Ke2 Kc3 83.Bd3 Bc7 84.Bb1 Bg3 85.Bd3 Bf2 86.Bb1 Kb3 87.Kd3 Bg1

88.Ke2 Kc3 89.Bd3 Bh2 90.Bb1 Be5 91.Bd3 Kb3 92.Bb1 Bf6 93.Kd3 Bg7 94.Ke2 Kc3 95.Bd3 Bh8 96.Bb1 Kb3 97.Kd3 Be5 98.Ke2 Kc3 99.Bd3 Kb3 100.Bb1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

aoju2 (lichess 2085) - JimWest (lichess 2094), lichess 9/15/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Qxg5 9.Qd4 Ne7 10.h4 Qf5 11.O-O-O Nbc6 12.Qa4 O-O 13.f3 exf3 14.gxf3 Qf4+ 15.Qxf4 Rxf4 16.Bd3 d4 17.Bd2 Rxf3 18.Be4 Rf8 19.h5 Bf5

20.Bxf5 Nxf5 21.h6 g6 22.e6 Rae8 23.Bf4 Rxe6 24.Bxc7 Nb4 25.Rhg1 Rc6 26.Ba5 Nxc2 27.Kb1 Nce3 28.Rd3 b6 29.Bd2 Re8 30.a3 Nc4 31.Bc1 Ne5 32.Rdd1 d3

33.Rdf1 Nd4 34.Be3 Nef3 35.Bxd4 Nxd4 36.Rf4 Ne2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/14/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

CM-FullForceGale (Chess.com 2026) - JimWest (Chess.com 2020), Chess.com 9/14/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nxe4 Bxe5 12.O-O-O Bf5 13.Nc5 b6 14.Na6 Be6 15.Rxd8+ Rxd8 16.Bxe6 Ke7 17.Bf5 c5 18.Re1 Kf7 19.g3 Rd4

20.b3 Rhd8 21.f4 Bd6 22.c3 Bxf4+ 23.gxf4 Rxf4 24.Bxh7 Rf2 25.Bb1 Rxh2 26.Nc7 Rd7 27.Nb5 a6 28.Na3 b5 29.Bf5 Rdd2 30.Nc2 Rdf2 31.Bd3 f5 32.c4 b4 33.Re5 f4

34.Rxc5 f3 35.Rf5+ Ke6 36.Rf4 Rh1+ 37.Kb2 Rd1 38.Be4 Rdd2 39.Kc1 Ke5 40.Rg4 Rde2 41.Rh4 Rxe4 42.Rxe4+ Kxe4 43.Nxb4 a5 44.Nc2 Rxc2+ 45.Kxc2 f2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Glov52 (lichess 2117) - JimWest (lichess 2085), lichess 9/14/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qh3 Nf6 9.Nf7 Qe7 10.Nxh8 Bxe6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Qh8+ Bg8 13.Nc3 c6 14.Bg5 Nbd7 15.O-O-O O-O-O

16.Qh3 Bxf2 17.Be2 Be6 18.Qh4 Bxh4, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/13/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2007) - LJBordeaux (Chess.com 1868), Chess.com 9/13/2025

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 a6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Nbd2 Rb8 14.Qe1 f5 15.h3 Bh5 16.Nxe4 fxe4 17.Nh2 Rxf1+ 18.Nxf1 Bh4 19.g3 Be7

20.b4 Bf3 21.Nh2 Qd7 22.g4 Rf8 23.Bd2 Qd8 24.Qe3 Bh4 25.Rf1 h6 26.Nxf3 exf3 27.Rxf3 Bg5 28.Rxf8+ Qxf8 29.Qe2 Bxd2 30.Qxd2 Qf3 31.Kh2 Kf7 32.a4 g5

33.a5 Qf4+ 34.Qxf4 gxf4 35.Kg2 Kg6 36.Kf3 Kg5 37.h4+ Kg6 38.Kxf4 Kf7 39.Kf5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

nergissss (lichess 2015) - JimWest (lichess 2075), lichess 9/13/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nbd2 a5 8.a4 Na6 9.c3 Nf6 10.O-O f4 11.h3 h6 12.Re1 Be6 13.Nh2 O-O 14.Bxe6+ Qxe6 15.Ndf3 Nc5 16.Nh4 Kh7 17.Nf5 g6 18.Nh4 Rae8

19.b4 axb4 20.axb4 Nb3 21.Rb1 Nd4 22.b5 cxb5 23.axb5 g5 24.N4f3 Nxf3+ 25.Qxf3 Rg8 26.Ng4 Nxg4 27.Qxg4 Qxg4 28.hxg4 Rc8 29.b6 Rc6 30.Rec1 Rgc8 31.Rxc6 Rxc6 32.f3 Kg6

33.Kf2 h5 34.gxh5+ Kxh5 35.Rh1+ Kg6 36.Rb1 Rc2+ 37.Kg1 g4 38.Rd1 g3 39.Kf1 Rf2+ 40.Kg1 Rb2 41.d4 Rxb6 42.dxe5 dxe5 43.Rd8 Rb1+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/12/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Squid_Playing_Chess (Chess.com 1879) - JimWest (Chess.com 1986), Chess.com 9/12/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nd4 d5 6.Nc3 c6 7.Be2 Bb4 8.O-O Ne7 9.Bg4 O-O 10.Be6+ Kh8 11.Qg4 Na6 12.Bg5 Nc7 13.Bxc8 Qxc8 14.Qxc8 Raxc8 15.f3 Bc5 16.Bxe7 Bxd4+ 17.Kh1 Rfe8 18.Bd6 Bxe5 19.Bxe5 Rxe5

20.fxe4 dxe4 21.Rfe1 Rce8 22.Re2 Nd5 23.Rae1 Nxc3 24.bxc3 Kg8 25.Kg1 b5 26.Re3 c5 27.Rb1 c4 28.Rb4 a5 29.Rb1 a4 30.a3 Kf7 31.Rd1 Ke6 32.Rd4 Kf5 33.Kf2 h5 34.g3 g5

35.Rd7 Kg4 36.Kg2 h4 37.h3+ Kf5 38.g4+ Ke6 39.Rd4 Kf6 40.Kf2 R8e6 41.Ke2 Kg6 42.Rd2 Rf6 43.Rd4 Rf4 44.Rd6+ Kf7

45.Rd1 Ke6 46.Rd4 Ke7 47.Rd1 Rf6 48.Rd4 Rfe6 49.Ke1 Kf7 50.Ke2 Kf6 51.Ke1 Kg7 52.Ke2 Kg6 53.Ke1 Rf6 54.Ke2 Rf4 55.Rd6+ Kf7 56.Rd1 Ke6 57.Rd4 Ke7 58.Rd1 Ke6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Risuku (lichess 1958) - JimWest (lichess 2071), lichess 9/12/2025

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.Qxd4 Nc6

10.Qc5 Qc1+ 11.Ke2 Nxb4 12.Qxb4 Bg4+ 13.f3 exf3+ 14.gxf3 O-O-O 15.fxg4 Qd1+ 16.Kf2 Nh6 17.Bg2 Rhf8+ 18.Ke3 Qd3#.

2 PCG Reversed Games 9/11/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1990) - GMAlvinNatalegama7 (Chess.com 2083), Chess.com 9/11/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 a5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be2 O-O 8.f5 d5 9.Qc2 b6 10.Bg5 dxe4 11.dxe4 Bb7 12.Nbd2 Qe7 13.O-O-O a4 14.Kb1 Na5 15.g4 h6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.h4 Rfd8 18.g5 Qe7 19.Nc4 b5

20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.Nxa5 Rxa5 22.Rd1 Qe7 23.f6 gxf6 24.gxh6 Be3 25.Bd3 Bxh6 26.Rg1+ Kf8 27.Qg2 Ke8 28.Qg8+ Qf8 29.Qg4 Ke7 30.Rd1 Bc8 31.Qg1 Ke8

32.Bc2 Be6 33.h5 Ra6 34.Nh4 c5 35.Nf5 Bxf5 36.exf5 Rd6 37.Rxd6 Qxd6 38.Qg8+ Ke7 39.Qc8 c4 40.Qb7+ Qd7 41.Qb6 Bg5 42.Qc5+ Ke8 43.a3 Qb7 44.Ka2 Bh6 45.Qd6 Bg5 46.h6 Bxh6 47.Qxf6 Bf4 48.Qh8+ Ke7 49.f6+ Kd6 50.Bf5 Qc7

51.Qf8+ Kc6 52.Be4+ Kb6 53.Qe7 Bg5 54.Bd5 Qxe7 55.fxe7 Bxe7 56.Bxf7 e4 57.Kb1 Bg5 58.Kc2 Kc5 59.Bh5 e3 60.Kd1 Bh4 61.Ke2 Kb6 

62.Be8 Kc5 63.Bd7 Bf6 64.Be8 Bh4 65.Bd7 Bf6 66.Be8 Bh4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2069) - roma354 (lichess 2138), lichess 9/11/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 Bb4+ 8.c3 O-O 9.Nf3 Nf2 10.Qe2 Nxh1 11.Bxe3 Be7 12.Nbd2 Bh4+ 13.Kf1 Be6 14.Kg1 Bxc4 15.Nxc4 Be7 16.Kxh1 Nd7 17.Rf1 Nb6 18.Nxb6 axb6 19.a3 c5

20.dxc5 Bxc5 21.Bxc5 bxc5 22.Rd1 Qc7 23.e3 Rfe8 24.exf7+ Qxf7 25.Qd2 h6 26.h3 Rad8 27.Qxd8 Rxd8 28.Rxd8+ Kh7 29.Rd2 b5 30.Kg1 Qf4 31.Kf2 g5 32.Rd7+, Black forfeits.

2 PCG Games 9/10/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Shatraanjhaa (Chess.com 1993) - JimWest (Chess.com 1988), Chess.com 9/10/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.d5 Nf6 7.Bb5+ c6 8.dxc6 bxc6 9.Be2 d5 10.c4 Bb4 11.O-O O-O 12.a3 Bxd2 13.Bxd2 d4 14.Bb4 Re8 15.Re1 Na6 16.Nd2 Nxb4 17.axb4 d3 18.Bf1 Qd4 19.h3 Qxb2

20.Ra5 Bg6 21.b5 Qb4 22.Ra4 Qd6 23.Qb3 Kh8 24.b6 axb6 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.Qxb6 Rb8 27.Qe3 c5 28.g4 h6

29.Bg2 Re8 30.Nb3 Nd7 31.Nd2 Nf6 32.Nb3 Nd7 33.Nd2 Nf6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

arsheya98 (lichess 2033) - JimWest (lichess 2064), lichess 9/10/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bb3 f4 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nf6 9.O-O Nbd7 10.d4 Qc7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Rd1 O-O-O 13.a4 Bc5 14.Ne2 g5 15.c3 h5

16.g3 g4 17.Qh1 f3 18.Nf4 exf4 19.Bxf4 Qb6 20.Be6 Bxf2+ 21.Kh2 Qxb2 22.Rd2 Bxg3+ 23.Kxg3 Nxe4+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/9/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

LofiGod (Chess.com 2145) - JimWest (Chess.com 1988), Chess.com 9/9/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Ng5 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d5 Nd4 9.Qd2 Nxf5 10.Bb5+ c6 11.dxc6 Kd8 12.c7+ Kxc7

13.O-O h6 14.Ngxe4 Nxe4 15.Nd5+ Kb8 16.Nxe7 Nxd2 17.Nxc8 Nxf1 18.Bd7 Ne7 19.Nxe7 Bxe7 20.Kxf1 Kc7 21.Bg4 Bf6 22.c3 Rhe8 23.Be3 a6

24.Rd1 Re7 25.Bf3 Rae8 26.Bh5 Rf8 27.Bf3 Be5 28.h3 b5 29.Rd5 Bf4 30.Bd4 Bc1 31.b3 Bg5 32.a4 Rb8 33.axb5 Rxb5 34.Rxb5 axb5

35.Be2 Kc6 36.Bf3+ Kc7 37.Be2 Bd2 38.g3 b4 39.c4 Bc3 40.Be3 g5 41.Bf3 Rf7 42.Ke2 Rf6 43.Bg4 Rf8 44.Bf3 Re8 45.Kd3 Rf8 46.Ke2 Re8 47.Kd3 Rf8 48.Ke2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2053) - bozok22 (lichess 2021), lichess 9/9/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 O-O 8.a4 a5 9.f5 h6 10.Na3 Nh7 11.Nc4 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Qh4+ 13.g3 Qh3 14.Qe2 Nf6

15.Be3 Bxe3 16.Nxe3 h5 17.Bg2 Qxg2 18.Qxg2 Rfd8 19.O-O-O Ne7 20.h3 d5 21.g4 d4 22.cxd4 Rxd4 23.g5 Ne8 24.Nc4 Nc6 25.Qf3, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/8/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1962) - OnseySeyon (Chess.com 2093), Chess.com 9/8/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Nc6 9.e5 Ne4 10.Nf3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.c3 Qd7 13.Nbd2 Qg4 14.Re1 Nxd2 15.Bxd2 Rae8 16.h3 Qh5 17.Nh2 Qxe2 18.Rxe2 Bh4 19.Be1 Bd8

20.Ng4 h5 21.Ne3 f6 22.Nxd5 fxe5 23.dxe5 Nxe5 24.Rf2 Nd3 25.Rxf8+ Kxf8 26.Bg3 c6 27.Rf1+ Kg8 28.Nf4 Bb6+ 29.Kh2 Nxb2 30.Nxh5 Nc4 31.Re1 Ne3 32.Bf2 Kf7

33.Bxe3 Bxe3 34.Rf1+ Kg6 35.g4 Bd2 36.Rd1 Re2+ 37.Kg1 Bxc3 38.Nf4+ Kg5 39.Nxe2 Be5 40.Rf1 g6 41.Kg2 c5 42.Ng3 c4 43.Rc1 b5 44.Ne4+ Kf4 45.Nc5 Bb2 46.Rb1 Ba3 47.Rxb5 Ke3 48.Na4 Kd3 49.h4 Be7 50.h5 gxh5 51.gxh5 c3

52.Nxc3 Kxc3 53.Rb7 Bc5 54.Rc7 Kb4 55.Rxc5 Kxc5 56.h6 Kb4 57.h7 Ka3 58.h8=Q Kxa2 59.Qa8 a5 60.Qxa5+ Kb2

61.Qa4 Kc3 62.Qb5 Kd4 63.Kf3 Kc3 64.Qd5 Kc2 65.Qd4 Kb3 66.Ke2 Kc2 67.Qc4+ Kb2 68.Kd2 Ka3 69.Qb5 Ka2 70.Kc2 Ka3 71.Qb3#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Masphopy (lichess 2120) - JimWest (lichess 2056), lichess 9/8/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.Bb5+ c6 5.Bd3 fxe4 6.Bxe4 d5 7.Nxe5 dxe4 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Nxg6 Nf6 10.Qh4 Rg8 11.Nxf8 Rxf8 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4+ Qe7 14.d3 Bf5 15.Qxe7+ Kxe7 16.Bg5+ Kf7 17.O-O-O Nd7 18.Rhe1 Rae8 19.Be3 a6

20.f3 h5 21.h3 h4 22.Bg5 Rg8 23.f4 Nf6 24.Rxe8 Nxe8 25.Re1 Nf6 26.Kd2 Be6 27.b3 Bd5 28.Re2 c5 29.c4 Bc6 30.Kc3 a5 31.a3 Re8 32.Rf2 Re3 33.Kd2 Rg3

34.Bxh4 Rxg2 35.Rxg2 Bxg2 36.Bf2 b6 37.h4 Kg6 38.Kc3 Kf5 39.b4 axb4+ 40.axb4 Nd7 41.h5 Bf1 42.Bh4 cxb4+ 43.Kxb4 Bxd3 44.Kb5 Kxf4 45.h6 Ke5 46.Kc6 Ke6

47.Bd8 Ne5+ 48.Kxb6 Nxc4+ 49.Kc5 Ne5 50.Kd4 Bh7 51.Bc7 Nf7 52.Bf4 Kf5 53.Bc1 Kg6 54.Kd5 Nxh6 55.Bxh6 Kxh6, draw.