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.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/7/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Brainstew (Chess.com 1928) - JimWest (Chess.com 1951), Chess.com 9/7/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Be3 d4

9.Bc4 dxe3 10.fxe3 Bxe6 11.Bxe6 Qxe6 12.Qd8+ Kxf7 13.O-O+ Nf6 14.Qxh8 Bxe3+ 15.Kh1 Qe8 16.Qxe8+ Kxe8 17.Nc3 Nbd7 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Rae1 Nef6 20.Rxe3+ Kf7

21.Rfe1 Re8 22.Rxe8 Nxe8 23.Kg1 Nef6 24.Kf2 a5 25.a4 b6 26.Kf3 h6 27.Re3 Nc5 28.b3 h5 29.h3 g6

30.Re5 Ncd7 31.Rg5 Nh7 32.Rd5 Nhf6 33.Rg5 Nh7 34.Rd5 Nhf6 35.Rg5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2052) - Ekurac1 (lichess 1991), lichess 9/7/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.c3 O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.fxe5 dxe5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6

12.Nd4 Qg5 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Qd2 Qxd2 15.Nxd2 Ba6 16.Nb3 Rad8 17.Nc5 Bc8 18.Rad1 f5

19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Bf3 Bf8 21.Ne4 Rd7 22.Nf6+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/6/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Khenge (Chess.com 1848) - JimWest (Chess.com 1952), Chess.com 9/6/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.O-O Nd7 7.Bg5 Ngf6 8.Nbd2 d5 9.Bb3 Bd6 10.Re1 O-O 11.c4 Qc7 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.d4 Kh8 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Rc1 Nxf3+ 16.Nxf3 Nf6 17.h3 Rad8 18.Qe2 Bb4

19.Red1 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Re8 21.Qc4 Bd6 22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.Qd4 Be5 24.Nxe5 Qxe5 25.Qxa7 Qxb2 26.Qxb7 Qc3 27.Qf7 Bg6 28.Qc7 Re1+ 29.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 30.Kh2 Qxf2 31.Qd6 Kg7

32.Qxc6 Qf4+ 33.Kg1 Qe3+ 34.Kh1 Be4 35.Qd7+ Kh6 36.Qg4 f5 37.Qh4+ Kg6 38.Kh2 h5 39.Qg3+ Qxg3+ 40.Kxg3 h4+ 41.Kxh4 Bxg2 42.Kg3 Ba8 43.Bc2 Kf6 44.Kf4 Bd5 45.a4 Bc6 46.a5 Bb5 47.Bxf5 Ba6

48.h4 Bb5 49.h5 Ba6 50.h6 Bb5 51.h7 Kg7 52.Ke5 Ba6 53.Kd5 Be2 54.Kc5 Bf1 55.Kb6 Bc4 56.a6 Bxa6 57.Kxa6 Kh8

58.Kb6 Kg7 59.Kc6 Kh8 60.Kd6 Kg7 61.Ke6 Kh8 62.Ke7 Kg7 63.Bg6 Kh8 64.Be4 Kg7 65.Ke6 Kh8 66.Bg6 Kg7 67.Kf5 Kh8 68.Kg5 Kg7 69.Be4 Kh8 70.Kh5 Kg7 71.h8=Q+ Kxh8, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ManfredH (lichess 2154) - JimWest (lichess 2038), lichess 9/6/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.f4 O-O 10.O-O c5 11.Be3 cxd4 12.Bxd4 Nc6 13.c4 Qe7 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.cxd5 cxd5

16.Rc1 Be6 17.Qa4 Rfc8 18.Qa6 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Bxf4 20.Rc6 Bxg3 21.hxg3 Re8 22.Qxa7 Qxa7 23.Bxa7 Bg4 24.Kf1 Bxe2+ 25.Kxe2 Ra8 26.Rc7 Ne8 27.Rd7 Nf6 28.Rb7 Ne8 29.a3 Nd6 30.Rd7 Nc4 31.Bd4 g6

32.Rxd5 Rb8 33.b4 Nxa3 34.Bc5 Nb5 35.Re5 Ra8 36.Rxe4 Ra2+ 37.Kf3 Nc3 38.Re3 Nd5 39.Re2 Ra3+ 40.Kg4 Ra4 41.Re4 Nf6+ 42.Kf4 Nxe4 43.Kxe4 Kf7

44.g4 Ke6 45.g3 g5 46.Kd4 Ra3 47.b5 Rxg3 48.b6 Rxg4+ 49.Kc3 Kd7 50.Bd6 Kc6 51.Bc7 h5 52.Kd3 h4 53.Ke3 Rb4, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/5/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

robocop-2800 (Chess.com 1974) - JimWest (Chess.com 1955), Chess.com 9/5/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Nc4 Bb4 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.O-O-O Bxc3 15.bxc3 O-O 16.g3 Rad8 17.Rhe1 f5 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Ne3 Ng7

20.g4 Rf8 21.gxf5 Nxf5 22.Nxf5 Rxf5 23.Rxe4 Kf7 24.Kd2 Kf6 25.Ke3 Rh5 26.Re8 Rxh2 27.Rc8 c6 28.Rc7 Rxc2 29.Rxb7 Rxc3+ 30.Kd4 Ra3 31.Rxh7 Rxa2

32.Rh6+ Kf5 33.Rxc6 Kxf4 34.Rf6+ Kg5 35.Rf1 a5 36.Kc4 Re2 37.Kb5 Re5+ 38.Ka4 Rf5 39.Rxf5+ Kxf5 40.Kxa5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2038) - Volturi (lichess 2045), lichess 9/5/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 Ng4 6.Nh3 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Bb6 8.fxe5 Nxe5 9.Bf4 Bxh3 10.Bxe5 Qh4+ 11.Bg3 Bg4

12.Bxh4 Bxd1 13.Rxd1 O-O 14.Bf2 Re8 15.Bxb6 axb6 16.Be2 Rxa2 17.Rb1 Nc6 18.O-O Nd4 19.Bd1 g6 20.Nf6+ Kf8 21.Nxe8 Kxe8, Black resigns.