PCG & PCG Reversed 10/3/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

ldc1943 (Chess.com 1880) - JimWest (Chess.com 2020), Chess.com 10/3/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.g4 h5 8.g5 e3 9.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 10.fxe3 Nd5 11.e4 Nb4 12.Bd3 d5 13.Rf1 Nbc6 14.Nb3 dxe4 15.Bxe4 Bd6 16.Bf4 O-O 17.Bxd6 cxd6 18.Nc3 Bd7 19.a3 Na6

20.O-O-O Rae8 21.Rde1 Nc7 22.h4 Bxf5 23.Bxf5 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Rxf5 25.Ne4 Rf4 26.Nxd6 Rxh4 27.Nf5 Rg4 28.Ne7+ Nxe7 29.Rxe7 Nd5 30.Re5 Nb6

31.g6 Rg1+ 32.Kd2 Nc4+ 33.Kd3 Nxe5+ 34.dxe5 Rxg6 35.Nd4 h4 36.Nf5 h3 37.Ne7+ Kf7 38.Nxg6 Kxg6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2081) - Volturi (lichess 2094), lichess 10/3/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.c3 O-O 7.Nf3 Ng4 8.d4 Bb6 9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O Nc6 11.Kh1 h6 12.h3 Nf6 13.Nbd2 Ne7 14.Bh2 Ng6 15.Qc2 Nh5 16.Nc4 Nhf4 17.Nxb6 axb6 18.a3 Bd7 19.Rae1 Qf6

20.e5 dxe5 21.Bxg6 Nxg6 22.Nxe5 Qd8 23.Nxg6 fxg6 24.Qxg6 Rxe1 25.Qf7+ Kh8 26.Rxe1 Bc6 27.Re7 Qg8 28.Qxg8+ Kxg8 29.Rxc7 Re8 30.Be5, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/2/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2008) - maximus-pain (Chess.com 2001), Chess.com 10/2/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 Bxg1 5.Rxg1 d5 6.fxe5 Ng4 7.h3 Nxe5 8.d4 Ng6 9.e5 Qh4+ 10.g3 Qe4+ 11.Be2 c6

12.Nc3 Qf5 13.Bg4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

viktorrom (lichess 2112) - JimWest (lichess 2081), lichess 10/2/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.h3 c6 6.Qe2 Be7 7.d3 Nd7 8.O-O h6 9.Nc3 Ngf6 10.Nh4 Bh7 11.Be6 Nc5 12.Bf5 O-O 13.Bxh7+ Kxh7 14.Nf5 Ng8 15.Nxe7 Qxe7 16.Be3 Ne6 17.Rae1 a6 18.Ne4 Rae8 19.b4 Nf4

20.Bxf4 exf4 21.Qf3 d5 22.Nc5 Qxe1 23.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24.Kh2 Re7 25.Qg4 g5 26.Ne6 Rf6 27.Nd4 Ref7 28.Nf3 Re7 29.Qh5 Rg7 30.Qe8 Re7 31.Qh5 Rg7 32.d4 Ne7 33.Ne5 Ng6 34.Nxg6 Rfxg6

35.Qg4 Rf7 36.Qe2 Rgf6 37.Qe5 Kg6 38.Qe8 Kg7 39.Qe5 Kg6 40.Qe8 Kg7 41.Kg1 h5 42.Kf1 g4 43.hxg4 hxg4 44.Qe5 Kg6 45.Qe8 Kg7 46.Qe5 Kg6 47.Qe8 Kg7, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 10/1/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1996) - rusminsk0 (Chess.com 1934), Chess.com 10/1/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Nd7 6.Nf3 Qb6 7.b3 h6 8.Qd2 Ngf6 9.a4 a5 10.Na3 Be7 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.h3 O-O 13.Be2 Re8 14.O-O Bf8 15.Rae1 Re6

16.Nd4 Re8 17.Nf5 Re6 18.Nd4 Re8 19.Nf5 Re6 20.Nd4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2076) - akmalxudoyorov (lichess 1987), lichess 10/1/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 a5 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.Nf3 b5 9.a4 b4 10.d4 Bb6 11.Be2 Bb7 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qc2 Qe8 14.Nbd2 b3 15.Qxb3 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.O-O-O Bxf5 18.Bb5 Qc8 19.Bxd7 Bxd7

20.Nxe5 Be6 21.Qc2 f6 22.Nc6 fxg5 23.Ne7+ Kh8 24.Nxc8 Raxc8 25.Rhe1 Rf2 26.Qxf2 Bxf2 27.Rxe6 h6 28.Rd7 Bc5 29.Rc6 Bd6 30.Rdxd6 cxd6 31.Rxc8+ Kh7

32.Rd8 h5 33.Rxd6 g6 34.Rd5 Kh6 35.Rxa5 h4 36.h3 Kh5 37.Rb5 Kh6 38.a5 Kg7 39.a6 Kf6 40.a7 Ke6 41.a8=Q Kd6 42.Qa6+ Kc7 43.Rb7+ Kc8 44.Qa8#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/30/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2009) - reKDB1611 (Chess.com 2002), Chess.com 9/30/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d5 6.e5 Ng4 7.d4 Be7 8.Nf3 Bh4+ 9.Nxh4 Qxh4+ 10.Bg3 Qe7 11.Qf3 Qb4+ 12.Qc3 Ne3 13.Kd2 Nc4+ 14.Bxc4 Qxc4 15.Qxc4 dxc4 16.Na3 Be6 17.Kc3 Nc6 18.Nxc4 Rd8 19.Rad1 b5

20.Ne3 b4+ 21.Kd2 Rxd4+ 22.Kc1 O-O 23.Rxd4 Nxd4 24.Kb1 Rb8 25.Rd1 c5 26.h3 h5 27.Bh2 a5 28.g4 h4 29.Nf5 Nxf5 30.gxf5 Bxf5 31.e6 Re8 32.exf7+ Kxf7

33.Rf1 g6 34.Bd6 Re2 35.Bxc5 Rxc2 36.Rxf5+ gxf5 37.Kxc2 Ke6 38.Bf2 Ke5 39.Bxh4 Kf4 40.b3 Kf3 41.Bd8 Kg3 42.Bxa5 f4 43.Bxb4 f3 44.Bc5 Kxh3 45.a4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ottogeorg (lichess 1937) - JimWest (lichess 2082), lichess 9/30/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 e4 7.Ng5 d5 8.Bb3 Nf6 9.c4 c6 10.Nc3 h6 11.Nh3 O-O 12.Nf4 dxc4 13.Bxc4+ Kh7 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.Bxe6 Bd6 16.Be3 Qe7 17.Bh3 Na6 18.a3 Rae8 19.Qc2 Kh8

20.Rae1 Nc7 21.Bf5 Nd5 22.Bd2 Nxc3 23.Bxc3 Qc7 24.g3 e3 25.Rxe3 Rxe3 26.fxe3 Bxg3 27.hxg3 Qxg3+ 28.Kh1 Nd5 29.Bd2 g6

30.e4 gxf5 31.exd5 Qh3+ 32.Kg1 Qg3+ 33.Kh1 Qh3+ 34.Kg1 Qh3+ 35.Kh1, draw.

2 PCG Games 9/29/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

1F44_MS (Chess.com 1979) - JimWest (Chess.com 2000), Chess.com 9/29/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.e6 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.Be2 O-O-O 12.Ng6 hxg6 13.O-O Rh8 14.Bg5 c6 15.f4 Qc5+ 16.Kh1 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Qxc3 18.Rb1 Qg3 19.h4 Nh7

20.Qe1 Qxe1 21.Rfxe1 Nxg5 22.fxg5 Rxh4+ 23.Kg1 Ne5 24.g3 Rh3 25.Kg2 Nf7 26.Rh1 Nxg5 27.Rxh3 Bxh3+ 28.Kf2 Be6 29.Rh1 d4 30.a4 e3+ 31.Ke1 Bf5 32.Rh8+ Kc7 33.Bd3 Bxd3 34.cxd3 Ne6

35.a5 b5 36.axb6+ axb6 37.Re8 Kd7 38.Rb8 b5 39.Ke2 g5 40.Kd1 Nc5 41.Kc2 e2 42.Kd2 Nxd3 43.Kxe2 Nc5 44.Rg8 Ne6

45.Kd3 c5 46.Ra8 c4+ 47.Ke4 d3 48.Ra5 d2 49.Ra1 c3 50.Kd3 b4 51.Rb1 Kd6 52.Rd1 Nc5+ 53.Kc2 Kd5 54.Rb1 Kc4 55.Rf1 b3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ASHRAF1234567 (lichess 2081) - JimWest (lichess 2081), lichess 9/29/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5

6.Bf7+ Kxf7 7.Ng5+ Kf6 8.Qf3 Nd4 9.Qg3 Nxc2+ 10.Ke2 Nd4+ 11.Ke1 f4 12.Qh4 Kg6 13.Nf3 Nxf3+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/28/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

miskoo8 (Chess.com 1833) - JimWest (Chess.com 1986), Chess.com 9/28/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.c3 f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Nbd2 Nd7 9.Nb3 Nb6 10.Be2 g5 11.h3 h5 12.Nh2 Qg6 13.Bf3 Nf6 14.Qe2 g4

15.hxg4 hxg4 16.Bxg4 Bxg4 17.f3 Be6 18.Bd2 Qg3+ 19.Qf2 Rxh2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2095) - tofik56 (lichess 2017), lichess 9/28/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Nf6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 Bd7 8.O-O Nc6 9.c3 Ng4 10.h3 Nge5 11.d4 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Bg5 13.Bxg5 Qxg5 14.Qd2 Qxd2 15.Nxd2 Ne7 16.Rae1 c6 17.Nc4 d5 18.Ne5 Be6 19.exd5 cxd5

20.Bg4 Rfe8 21.Bxe6 fxe6 22.Rf7 b6 23.Ref1 Nf5 24.Rc7 Re7 25.Rxe7 Nxe7 26.g4 Re8 27.a4 Rf8 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8 29.Kf2 Nc8 30.Ke3 Ke7 31.Kd3 Kd6 32.b3 Ne7 33.c4 dxc4+ 34.bxc4 Nc6 35.Nxc6 Kxc6

36.Ke4 Kd6 37.g5 g6 38.h4 a6 39.Kf4 Kd7 40.Ke5 Ke7 41.c5 bxc5 42.dxc5 Kd7 43.a5 Kc6 44.Kxe6 Kxc5 45.Kf7 Kb5 46.Kg7 Kxa5 47.Kxh7 Kb4 48.Kxg6 a5

49.h5 a4 50.h6 a3 51.h7 a2 52.h8=Q Kb3 53.Qa1, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/27/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1981) - Frexerr (Chess.com 1951), Chess.com 9/27/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Qxe2 Nc6 8.Nf3 h6 9.a4 Qe7 10.b4 Nxb4 11.cxb4 Bxb4+ 12.Bd2 a5 13.O-O O-O 14.f5 Nh5 15.g3 Rad8 16.Nh4 Nf6 17.Bxb4 axb4 18.Nd2 d5 19.a5 Ra8

20.Nb3 dxe4 21.dxe4 Rfd8 22.Rfd1 c5 23.Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.Qc4 b6 25.a6 b5 26.Qxc5 Qd3 27.Qc6 Rd8 28.a7 Qe3+ 29.Kh1 Ng4 30.a8=Q Rxa8 31.Qxa8+ Kh7 32.Qd5 Nf2+ 33.Kg2 Nxe4

34.Rf1 Qe2+ 35.Kg1 Qe3+ 36.Kh1 Qe2 37.Kg1 Qe3+ 38.Kh1 Qe2 39.Kg1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

omchess127 (lichess 2014) - JimWest (lichess 2110), lichess 9/27/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Be2 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bd2 h6 9.h3 c6 10.Nh2 Nbd7 11.f4 Bh7 12.fxe5 Nxe5 13.Nf3 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 d5 15.Qe2 Bd6 16.Rae1 Re8 17.Qd1 Qc7 18.Rxe8+ Rxe8

19.Re1 Rxe1+ 20.Qxe1 Qe7 21.Qxe7 Bxe7 22.Be3 a6 23.Kf2 Nd7 24.Bg4 Nb8 25.Bc8 b5 26.Bf4 Bc5+ 27.Ke2 Ba7 28.Bxb8 Bxb8 29.Bxa6 Bf5 30.a4 b4 31.Na2 c5 32.Bb5 Bc7

33.b3 Kf7 34.c3 Ba5 35.cxb4 cxb4 36.Nc1 Ke6 37.Ke3 Bb6+ 38.d4 Bc2 39.Bd3 Bd1 40.Be2 Bc2 41.Kd2 Be4 42.Bf3 Bxf3 43.gxf3 Bxd4 44.Nd3 Bb6 45.Nxb4 Ke5 46.Nd3+ Kd4 47.b4 Kc4 48.a5 Ba7 49.a6 g5

50.Ne5+ Kb5 51.Nf7 Kxa6 52.Nxh6 Kb5 53.Kc3 Be3 54.Nf5 Bf4 55.Nd4+ Ka4 56.b5 Ka5 57.Kb3 Kb6 58.Ka4 Be3 59.Ne6 d4 60.Kb3 Kxb5

61.Nc7+ Kc5 62.Na6+ Kd5 63.Nb4+ Ke5 64.Nd3+ Kd5 65.Kc2 Kc4 66.Ne5+ Kd5 67.Ng4 Kc4 68.Ne5+ Kd5 69.Ng4 Kc4 70.Ne5+, draw.

2 PCG Games 9/26/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Wildwolf (Chess.com 2052) - JimWest (Chess.com 1956), Chess.com 9/26/2025

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.Qh5+ g6 10.Qe2 O-O 11.h4 Nbc6 12.f4 Nf5 13.Rh2 h5

14.g4 Ng3 15.Qg2 Nxf1 16.gxh5 Nxh2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

DARKCASTRO_X (lichess 2052) - JimWest (lichess 2113), lichess 9/26/2025

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.f3 O-O-O

11.Be3 exf3 12.Qxf3 Qxf3 13.gxf3 Bxe3, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/25/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1945) - ahsanulR123 (Chess.com 1921), Chess.com 9/25/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nh5 8.f5 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Qh4+ 10.Kd2 Qf2+ 11.Qe2 Nf4 12.Qxf2 Bxf2 13.Rf1 Bb6 14.Kc2 h6 15.Bxf4 exf4 16.Nd2 O-O-O 17.Nc4 g5 18.fxg6 fxg6 19.Nxb6 axb6

20.Bg4+ Kb8 21.Rxf4 Rdf8 22.Raf1 Rxf4 23.Rxf4 h5 24.Bf3 g5 25.Rf5 g4 26.Be2 Ne7 27.Rf7 Ng6 28.d4 Kc8 29.g3 Kd8 30.Rf6 Ne7 31.a4 d5 32.e5 Kd7 33.Bd3 c6

34.Bf5+ Nxf5 35.Rxf5 Ke7 36.b3 Rh7 37.Kd3 Rh6 38.Ke3 Ke6 39.Rf8 Rg6 40.Rh8 Rg7 41.Rxh5 Rf7 42.Rh6+ Ke7 43.Rf6 Rh7 44.Rf2 c5 45.Ke2 Rh6 46.Kf1 cxd4 47.cxd4 Rc6 48.Kg2 Rc3

49.Rf4 Rxb3 50.Rxg4 Rb4 51.Rg6 Rxa4 52.Rxb6 Rxd4 53.Rxb7+ Ke6 54.h4 Rg4 55.Kh3 Rg8 56.g4 d4 57.h5 d3 58.Rb2 Kxe5 59.Kh4 Kf4 60.g5 Rd8 61.Rf2+ Ke3 62.Rf1 d2

63.h6 d1=Q 64.Rxd1 Rxd1 65.g6 Kf4 66.Kh3 Kf3 67.Kh2 Rd2+ 68.Kh3 Rd1 69.Kh2 Rd2+ 70.Kh3 Rd1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ZVIAD64 (lichess 2133) - JimWest (lichess 2109), lichess 9/25/2025

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.Bxe6 Nxd4 8.Bxh6 Nxe6 9.exf5 Qf6 10.fxe6 Qxh6 11.O-O Qxe6 12.Nc3 c6 13.f4 O-O-O 14.f5 Qh6 15.Qg4 Kb8 16.Qg3 d5 17.h3 Bd6 18.Qf2 Rhf8 19.a4 e4

20.Qd4 Qf6 21.Qf2 h5 22.Nb5 cxb5 23.axb5 b6 24.Ra6 Bc5 25.Qxc5 bxc5 26.Rxf6 Rxf6, White resigns.