2 PCG Reversed Games 9/24/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1962) - shadebrigade (Chess.com 1836), Chess.com 9/24/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Nd4 8.c3 Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 Qd7 10.O-O O-O-O 11.f5 h6 12.Be3 Kb8 13.Nd2 d5 14.Rad1 d4 15.cxd4 exd4 16.Bf2 Bc5 17.Rc1 Bb6 18.Nc4 Qb5 19.Nxb6 Qxb6

20.Rc2 Rd7 21.Rfc1 Rhd8 22.Bg3 Rd6 23.Bxd6 Rxd6 24.Rxc7 Rc6 25.R7xc6 bxc6 26.Qg3+ Kb7 27.b3 Ne8 28.Qe5 Nf6 29.Qe7+ Ka6 30.Rc4 Qb5 31.Qa3+ Kb6 32.Rb4 Qxb4 33.Qxb4+ Kc7

34.Qxd4 Nxe4 35.dxe4 c5 36.Qxc5+ Kb8 37.Qf8+ Kb7 38.Qxf7+ Kb6 39.Qxg7 a6 40.Qxh6+ Kb5 41.f6 Kb4 42.f7 Ka3 43.Qxa6+ Kb2 44.f8=Q Kb1 45.e5 Ka1 46.e6 Kb1 47.Qf5+ Ka1 48.Qf2 Kb1 49.Qaf1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2105) - Godwin_eke (lichess 1960), lichess 9/24/2025

1.e3 Nc6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 Bc5 4.Nc3 d6 5.Na4 Bb6 6.Nxb6 axb6 7.f4 Nf6 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Be2 Bg4 10.O-O Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Ne7 12.c3 Ng6 13.f5 Ne7 14.Bg5 Nc6 15.a3 h6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Qc2 Ne7 18.Rae1 c6 19.Kh1 b5

20.Rg1 Ra4 21.Qf2 Qg5 22.h4 Qf6 23.g4 g5 24.h5 c5 25.Bd1 Ra5 26.Bb3 Rc8 27.Ba2 Nc6 28.Bd5 Rc7 29.Bxc6 bxc6 30.Ra1 Rca7 31.b4 cxb4 32.cxb4 Rxa3

33.Qxa7 Rxd3 34.Ra3 Rd4 35.Qa8+ Kg7 36.Qxc6 Rxb4 37.Rd1 d5 38.Qxf6+ Kxf6 39.Ra6+ Kg7 40.f6+ Kh7 41.Rxd5 Rxe4 42.Rd7, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/23/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1963) - nirav_789 (Chess.com 1863), Chess.com 9/23/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.f5 d5 8.Qc2 Qd6 9.Be2 Re8 10.Bg5 dxe4 11.dxe4 Ng4 12.h3 Bf7+ 13.Kf1 Ne3+ 14.Bxe3 Bxe3 15.Nbd2 Qh6 16.g4 a6 17.Kg2 b5 18.Nf1 Bb6 19.Qd2 Qf6

20.Qg5 Qxg5 21.Nxg5 Rd8 22.Rd1 Bb7 23.Ng3 h6 24.Nf3 f6 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.Rd1 Rxd1 27.Bxd1 Na5 28.b4 Nc4 29.Bb3 Kf8 30.Bxc4 bxc4 31.Nd2 Be3 32.Nxc4 Bf4 33.Na5 Ba8

34.Nb3 Bxg3 34.Kxg3 Bxe4 35.Nc5 Bb1 36.Nxa6 Bxa2 37.Nxc7 Ke7 38.Na6 Kd6 39.Nc5 Kd5 40.Ne6 Kc4 41.Nxg7 e4 42.Kf2 Kd3 43.Ke1 Kxc3 44.Nh5 Kxb4 45.Nxf6 e3 46.Ke2 Kc5 47.Kxe3 Kd6

48.Kf4 Ke7 49.Ne4 Kf7 50.h4 Kg7 51.g5 hxg5+ 52.hxg5 Kf8, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

BORISOV-1982 (lichess 2105) - JimWest (lichess 2099), lichess 9/23/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.h3 f5 5.d3 Nf6 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf3 f4 8.d4 h6 9.b4 a6 10.Qd3 g5 11.Bb3 g4 12.hxg4 Bxg4 13.Ne2 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Qd7 15.c3 O-O-O 16.Ba4 b5 17.Bc2 Qg4 18.Qxg4+ Nxg4 19.f3 Nf6

20.Bxf4 exf4 21.Nxf4 Rdg8 22.Rh2 Nd7 23.a4 Kb7 24.axb5 axb5 25.Bb3 Bg5 26.Nd5 Ra8 27.Rb1 Nb6 28.Nxb6 Kxb6 29.Kf2 Ra3 30.Ke2 Rha8 31.Rhh1 Ne7

32.g3 Ra2+ 33.Bxa2 Rxa2+ 34.Kf1 Be3 35.Rd1 Rf2+ 36.Ke1 Rxf3 37.Rd3 Rxg3 38.Ke2 Bf4 39.Rxg3 Bxg3 40.Rxh6 Nc6

41.Rg6 Bf4 42.Rg4 Bc1 43.Kd1 Be3 44.Rg3 Bh6 45.Ke2 Bc1 46.Kd3 Bf4 47.Rg4 Bh6 48.e5 dxe5 49.d5 Ne7 50.Ke4 Bf4 51.Rg7 Nc8 52.Kf5 Nd6+ 53.Ke6 Bd2 54.Rg3 Ne4 55.Rd3 Bxc3 56.Kf5 Bxb4 57.Kxe4 Bd6

58.Rd1 b4 59.Rc1 Kb5 60.Kd3 Ka4 61.Kc4 Ka3 62.Rb1 Ka2 63.Rb3 e4 64.Re3 Kb2 65.Rxe4 Ka3 66.Re3+ Ka4 67.Re1 Ka5 68.Ra1+ Kb6 69.Ra4 Kb7 70.Ra1 Kb6 71.Ra2 Kb7 72.Kb5 Kc8 73.Kc6 Kd8

74.Re2 Bf4 75.Kb5 Bd6 76.Re3 Bf4 77.Rf3 Bd6 78.Kc6 Ke7 79.Rb3 Kf6 80.Rxb4 Bxb4 81.Kxc7 Ke7 82.d6 Bxd6+, draw.

2 PCG Games 9/22/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

red-eyes-black-dragon (Chess.com 1915) - JimWest (Chess.com 1968), Chess.com 9/22/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qd2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nh6

10.Nc3 Ng4 11.Bb5+ c6 12.O-O e3 13.fxe3 Qe5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

chook99 (lichess 2233) - JimWest (lichess 2098), lichess 9/22/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7

7.exd6 exf3 8.dxe7 Qxe7+ 9.Kd2 fxg2 10.Bxg2 Qg5+ 11.Ke1 Qxg2 12.Qe2+ Kf7 13.Rf1 Re8, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 9/21/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1961) - ldc1943 (Chess.com 1859), Chess.com 9/21/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Qd7 7.O-O h5 8.f5 O-O-O 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Nc3 a6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd5 Be7 13.c3 Rh6 14.b4 Na7 15.a4 b6 16.d4 Bxf3 17.Rxf3 Kb7

18.Qd3 c6 19.Qxa6+ Kb8 20.Qxb6+ Qb7 21.Qxb7+ Kxb7 22.Nxe7 Re8 23.f6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2114) - Finitegroup (lichess 2092), lichess 9/21/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bd3 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 O-O 13.Nxd4 Nxe5 14.Bxh7+ Kxh7 15.Qh5+ Kg8 16.Qxe5 Bf6 17.Rxf6 Qxf6 18.Qxf6 gxf6 19.Rf1 Bg4

20.Rxf6 Kg7 21.Rf4 Be6 22.Bc3 Kg6 23.h4 Rae8 24.g4 Kh7 25.g5 Kg6 26.Kh2 f6 27.Nxe6 Rxe6 28.gxf6 Re2+ 29.Kg3 Rxc2 30.Rg4+ Kf5 31.Rg5+ Ke4 32.Re5+ Kd3 33.Rxd5+ Kc4 34.Rd4+ Kc5

35.Rd7 Kc6 36.Rg7 Rxc3+ 37.bxc3 Rxf6 38.h5 a5 39.Rg6, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/20/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

zona9216 (Chess.com 1770) - JimWest (Chess.com 1955), Chess.com 9/20/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Qe2 Qe7 8.Nf7 Nf6 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.h3 c6 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Nc3 O-O-O 13.Ng6 hxg6 14.Na4 Bb4+ 15.c3 Bd6 16.b3 Ne5 17.Qe3 b5 18.Nb2 Bc5 19.Qg3 Bf5

20.O-O-O Nf7 21.Be2 Nxg5 22.Qxg5 e3 23.f3 Re8 24.g4 Bd7 25.Nd3 Ba3+ 26.Kc2 c5 27.Qf4 c4 28.Nc1 Bxc1 29.Rxc1 Qa3 30.Ra1 a5 31.Qd4 Qd6

32.Rhd1 Bc6, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

damian257257 (lichess 2104) - JimWest (lichess 2113), lichess 9/20/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.c4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Qd6 10.a3 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 Qxe6 12.cxd5 Qxd5 13.Nc3 Qd7 14.O-O-O O-O 15.Bc4+ Kh8 16.h3 c6 17.g4 b5 18.Bb3 a5 19.g5 b4

20.gxf6 bxc3 21.fxg7+ Qxg7 22.Qxc3 Rf3 23.Qc4 Nd7 24.Rhg1 Qh6+ 25.Kb1 Nf6 26.Qxc6 Rf8

27.Qd6 Rxb3 28.Ka2 a4 29.Qc6 Rfb8 30.Rb1 R3b6 31.Qxa4 Qxh3 32.Rg3 Qe6+ 33.Ka1 Nd5 34.Qc4 e3 35.fxe3 Nxe3 36.Qe2 Nf5 37.Qxe6 Rxe6 38.Rg4 Ne3 39.Rf4 Rd6 40.Ka2 Rbd8

41.Rd1 Nxd1, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 9/19/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1951) - jim_mariri (Chess.com 1818), Chess.com 9/19/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 e5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.c3 O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.a4 d5 10.fxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Rxe5 12.Bf4 Re8 13.e5 Nd7 14.d4 c5 15.Bf3 cxd4 16.cxd4 Nb6 17.Nc3 Be6 18.a5 Nc4 19.b4 Rc8

20.Rc1 g5 21.Bd2 Qe7 22.Nxd5 Bxd5 23.Bxd5 Nxd2 24.Qxd2 Qd7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2110) - arthurking22 (lichess 2012), lichess 9/19/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 O-O 7.c3 Re8 8.f5 d5 9.Qc2 dxe4 10.dxe4 Bf8 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Nbd2 a5 14.O-O Bc5+ 15.Khi Bd7 16.a4 Rad8 17.Rad1 Na7 18.Nc4 b6

19.Ncxe5 Rxe5 20.Nxe5 Qxe5 21.Rd5 Qe7 22.Rfd1 Nc6 23.Bb5 Be8 24.Bxc6 Rxd5 25.Bxd5 Bd6 26.Qf2 Qe5 27.g3 Bc5 28.Qf4 Bd6 29.Qxe5 Bxe5 30.Bb3 Bc6 31.Bc2 Bd6

32.Kg2 f6 33.Kf3 Kf7 34.h4 Ke7 35.g4 Be5 36.Rg1 Be8 37.Kg2 Be6 38.Kh3 Bd7 39.g5 hxg5 40.hxg5 fxg5 41.Rxg5 Kf6 42.Rg6+ Kf7 43.Bb3+ Kf8 44.Kg4 Be8 45.Re6 Bf7 46.Rxe5 Bxb3 47.Kg5 Bxa4

48.Kg6 Be8+ 49.Rxe8+ Kxe8 50.Kxg7 b5 51.f6, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/18/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

kingvickyb (Chess.com 1800) - JimWest (Chess.com 1938), Chess.com 9/18/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.h3 Nf6 7.d4 Qc7 8.Nc3 a5 9.a4 Na6 10.b3 h6 11.Bb2 g5 12.Ne2 g4

13.dxe5 gxf3 14.exf6 fxe2 15.Qxe2 Rh7 16.Qh5+ Kd8 17.f7 Bxh3 18.Bf6+ Kc8 19.Qxh3+ Kb8 20.Qh5 Ka7 21.Qg6 d5 22.Qxh7 dxc4 23.Qg8 f3 24.g3 Bc5

25.Qg7 Rf8 26.Bd4 Rxf7 27.Bxc5+ Nxc5 28.Qxh6 cxb3 29.cxb3 b6 30.Qe3 Qd7 31.Qh6 Rh7 32.Qg6 Rh1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2096) - mustafayilmazyi (lichess 1962), lichess 9/18/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Bh3+ 12.Kxh1 Bxf1 13.Nc3 Qc4 14.Nd2 Qh4 15.Qxf1 O-O-O 16.Nf3 Qc4 17.Qxc4 dxc4 18.Bf4 h6 19.Rd1 Bc5

20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.h4 Bd4 22.Kg2 Bxc3 23.bxc3 b5 24.Nd4 a6 25.Kf3 c5 26.Nf5 Rd1 27.Nd6+ Kd7 28.Nxf7 b4 29.Nd6 b3 30.axb3 cxb3 31.cxb3 Rd3+ 32.Ke4 Rxc3 33.Kd5 Rxb3

34.e6+ Ke7 35.Nf5+ Kf8 36.Bd6+ Ke8 37.Nxg7+ Kd8 38.e7+ Kd7, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/17/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

habeshanegus (Chess.com 1814) - JimWest (Chess.com 1927), Chess.com 9/17/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qd2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nh6 10.Qf4 Ng4

11.Qxc7 Qxf2+ 12.Kd1 Qd4+ 13.Ke1 Nf2 14.Nc3 Nxh1 15.Bb5+ Nd7 16.Bxd7+ Bxd7 17.Qf4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

KaiiDaChessPlayer (lichess 2129) - JimWest (lichess 2083), lichess 9/17/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.Ng5 h6 9.Nf7 Rh7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.g3 g5 12.h4 Rxf7 13.Bxf7+ Kxf7 14.hxg5 hxg5 15.Kg2 Qd7

16.Qf3 Qh3+ 17.Kg1 Bg4 18.Qh1 Qxh1+ 19.Kxh1 Bf3+ 20.Kh2 Nbd7 21.gxf4 gxf4 22.Bd2 Bc5, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/16/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

emeruc (Chess.com 1753) - JimWest Chess.com 1924), Chess.com 9/16/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ng5 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.f4 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.fxe5 Bxe5 13.Nf3 Bd6 14.h3 Bd7 15.Kh1 Nh5 16.Kg1 Ng3 17.Rf2 Qb6 18.Ne2 Nxe2+ 19.Qxe2 Rae8

20.Qf1 Bc5 21.d4 Bxd4 22.Nxd4 Qxd4 23.c3 Qb6 24.Kh1 Re4 25.Bf4 Rfe8 26.g3 h6 27.h4 c5 28.Rd1 Bc6 29.Kh2 d4 30.cxd4 cxd4 31.Rfd2 Bb5

32.Qg1 Re2+ 33.Kh3 d3 34.Qxb6 axb6 35.Bc7 Rxd2 36.Rxd2 Re2 37.Rd1 Rxb2 38.a3 Bc4 39.Bd6 b5 40.g4 fxg4+ 41.Kxg4 d2 42.Kf4 Bb3 43.Rg1 d1=Q 44.Rxd1 Bxd1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2088) - konrad15 (lichess 2039), lichess 9/16/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.c3 Bg4 9.a4 Qd7 10.Na3 Rad8 11.Nc4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Nh5 13.Be3 d5 14.exd5 Qxd5 15.Qd2 Bf5 16.Rad1 a6 17.Nh4 Ne7 18.Nxf5 Nxf5 19.Bf3 Qe6

20.Bxh5 Nxe3 21.Qxe3 Qxe3 22.Nxe3 gxh5 23.Nf5 Be5 24.d4 Bd6 25.Nxd6 Rxd6 26.Rf5 Rb6 27.b4 Rc6 28.Rd3 Rh6 29.Rh3 Re8 30.Rhxh5 Rxh5 31.Rxh5 Re3 32.Rc5 c6 33.Kf2 Re6 34.a5 Kg7

35.h3 Kf6 36.g4 Re4 37.Kf3 Re1 38.g5+ Kg6 39.h4 Rh1 40.Kg4 Rg1+ 41.Kh3 Rh1+ 42.Kg4 Rg1+ 43.Kh3 Rh1+ 44.Kg4, draw.