2 PCG Games 10/15/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

sahtotal (Chess.com 1776) - JimWest (Chess.com 1959), Chess.com 10/15/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.dxe5 dxe4 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.Ng5 Ke8 9.Nxe4 Bf5 10.f3 Bxe4 11.fxe4 Bc5 12.c3 Nc6 13.Bf4 Nge7 14.b4 Nxb4 15.cxb4 Bd4 16.Nd2 Bxa1 17.Ke2 Bc3 18.Rc1 Bxd2 19.Kxd2 c6

20.a4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Barechet (lichess 1995) - JimWest (lichess 2021), lichess 10/15/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Neg5 exd4 7.Qxd4 Nf6 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Qe3+ Qe7 10.O-O Qxe3 11.Bxe3 Bd6 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 O-O 14.h3 c6 15.c4 h6 16.Nf3 Be6 17.cxd5 Bxd5 18.b3 a6 19.Bc4 Kh8

20.Bxd5 Nxd5 21.Rad1 Rae8 22.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Nf6 24.Re6 Bb8 25.Kf1 Kg8 26.Bxf6 Rxf6 27.Rxf6 gxf6 28.Ke2 Kf7 29.Kd3 Ba7 30.Nd4 Bxd4 31.Kxd4 b6 32.a4 Ke6

33.g4 c5+ 34.Ke4 b5 35.f4 c4 36.bxc4 bxa4 37.Kd3 Kd6 38.Kc3 Kc5 39.Kb2 Kxc4 40.Ka3 Kd4 41.Kxa4 Ke4 42.g5 fxg5 43.fxg5 hxg5, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/14/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1949) - SULTAN-ARNI (Chess.com 1961), Chess.com 10/14/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.O-O c5 12.c3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Rb8 14.Nc3 c5 15.Qa4+ Bd7 16.Qxa6 cxd4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Nxd4 Bc5

19.Be3 Bxd4 20.Bxd4 Bb5 21.Qa7 Ra8 22.Qxf7#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Nidallee (lichess 2053) - JimWest (lichess 2037), lichess 10/14/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Qe2 d5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.Ne5 c6 9.O-O h6 10.f3 Bd6 11.Nc3 Qb6 12.Be3 Nbd7 13.fxe4 Bxe4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Bf7+ Ke7 16.Bb3 Raf8 17.Ng6+ Kd8 18.c4 Qc7 19.g3 Bxg3

20.Nxh8 Rxh8 21.Kh1 Bd6 22.c5 Be7 23.Bf4 Qa5 24.Qc4 Nd5 25.Rad1 N7f6 26.Be5 Ne3 27.Qe6 Nxf1 28.Rxf1 Re8 29.Bd6 Bxd6 30.Qxd6+ Nd7

31.Rf7 Qe1+ 32.Kg2 Qe2+ 33.Kg3 Qe3+ 34.Kh4 Qg5+ 35.Kh3 Qh5+ 36.Kg3 Qg5+ 37.Kf2 Qd2+ 38.Kf1 Qd3+ 39.Ke1 Qe3+ 40.Kd1 Qg1+ 41.Ke2 Qg4+ 42.Ke1 Qh4+ 43.Kd1 Qg4+ 

44.Kc1 Qg5+ 45.Kb1 Qg1+ 46.Kc2 Qg2+ 47.Kc1 Qg1+ 48.Bd1 Qe3+ 49.Kb1 Qd3+ 50.Kc1 Qe3+ 51.Kc2 Qd3+ 52.Kc1 Qe3+, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 10/13/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1948) - rebrab1 (Chess.com 2042), Chess.com 10/13/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O f6 11.Nbd2 fxe5 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Nxe5 Nxd2 14.Bxd2 Bd7 15.Rxf8+ Bxf8 16.Qf3 Be6 17.Nxc6 Qd6 18.Ne5 Be7 19.Rf1 Rf8

20.Qe2 Bf6 21.a3 c5 22.Bc3 c4 23.Bb4, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2056) - Razorcic6 (lichess 2061), lichess 10/13/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 h6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O Ng4 8.h3 h5 9.f5 g6 10.fxg6 fxg6 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Nd5 Nf6 13.Nxe7 Qxe7 14.Bg5 Rf8 15.Nh4 Qg7 16.Bxf6 Rxf6 17.Rxf6 Qxf6 18.Nxg6 h4 19.Bh5 O-O-O

20.Qf3 Qg5 21.c3 Qd2 22.Bg4 Bxg4 23.Qxg4+ Kb8 24.Rb1 Rg8 25.Qxh4 Qxd3 26.Rf1 a5 27.Ne7 Nxe7 28.Qxe7 Qxe4 29.Rf8+ Rxf8 30.Qxf8+ Ka7 31.Qf2+ Ka6

32.a3 c5 33.Qd2 d5 34.Kf2 d4 35.Qe2+ Qxe2+ 36.Kxe2 Kb5 37.cxd4 cxd4 38.h4 Kc4 39.h5 e4 40.h6 d3+ 41.Ke3 Kb3 42.h7 Kxb2 43.h8=Q+ Kxa3 44.Kxe4 b5 45.Kxd3 Ka2 46.Kc2 Ka3 47.Qb2+ Ka4 48.Qb3#.

2 PCG Games 10/12/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

manueldu30 (Chess.com 1997) - JimWest (Chess.com 1944), Chess.com 10/12/2025

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.c4 c6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bb5+ Nbc6 12.O-O O-O 13.c4 Nxe5 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Qxd5 Nxd5 16.Nxe4 a6 17.Ba4 Kh8 18.Bb2 Nc4 19.Bd4 Bf5

20.Ng3 Bg6 21.Rfd1 Nf4 22.Bb3 b5 23.a4 Rad8 24.axb5 axb5 25.Ra7 Ne6 26.Bc3 Rxd1+ 27.Bxd1 Rd8 28.Bf3 h6 29.h3 Rd3 30.Bb4 Rb3 31.Be7 Nd4 32.Bd5 Rb1+ 33.Kh2 Nb6

34.Be4 Bxe4 35.Nxe4 Nc6 36.Rb7 Nxe7 37.Rxb6 b4 38.Nc5 Nd5 39.Rb8+ Kh7 40.Kg3 Rb2 41.Rb7 Nf6 42.Ne6 Nh5+ 43.Kg4 Re2 44.Kxh5 Rxe6 45.Rxb4 Re5+ 46.Kg4 Rg5+ 47.Kf3 Rf5+ 48.Rf4 Ra5 49.g4 Ra3+ 50.Kg2 g5 51.Rf6 Kg7 52.Rb6 Rc3

53.c3 Rc2+ 54.Kg3 Rc3 55.Rb5 Kg6 56.Rf5 Ra3 57.h4 gxh4+ 58.Kxh4 Ra1 59.Kg3 Rg1+ 60.Kf2 Ra1 61.Rb5 Ra6 62.Kg3 Ra3 63.Re5 Kf6 64.Rf5+ Kg6 65.Kh4 Ra1 66.Rb5 Rh1+ 67.Kg3 Rg1+ 68.Kf4 Ra1 69.Rb6+ Kg7 70.Re6 Ra4+ 71.Kf5 Ra5+ 72.Re5 Ra6

73.g5 hxg5 74.Kxg5 Rb6 75.Re7+ Kf8 76.Ra7 Rc6 77.f4 Rb6 78.f5 Rc6 79.f6 Rc1 80.Ra4 Rg1+ 81.Kf5 Rf1+ 82.Rf4 Rxf4+ 83.Kxf4 Kf7 84.Kf5 Kf8 85.Kg6 Kg8 86.f7+ Kf8 87.Kf6, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

bair999 (lichess 1997) - JimWest (lichess 2046), lichess 10/12/2025

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.Bg5+ Nf6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Nd5 Rf8 10.Nc3 Ke8 11.O-O-O Nxe4 12.Nxe4 fxe4 13.Nd2 Bf5 14.Rhe1 h6 15.Be3 Ke7 16.h3 a6 17.g4 Bh7 18.Nb3 Rad8 19.Nc5 b5

 

20.Bb3 Nd4 21.Bxd4 exd4 22.Ne6 Rxf2 23.Nxd8 Kxd8 24.Rf1 Bf4+ 25.Kb1 Be3 26.Rxf2 Bxf2 27.Rf1 e3 28.Kc1 c5 29.c4 dxc3 30.bxc3 Bd3 31.Rh1 e2 32.Kd2 c4

33.Bd1 exd1=Q+ 34.Kxd1 Bh4 35.Kd2 Bg5+ 36.Kd1 Kd7 37.Re1 Bf6 38.Kd2 a5 39.a4 Bg5+ 40.Kd1 bxa4 41.Re5 Bf6 42.Rxa5 Bxc3 43.Rxa4 Kd6 44.Ra5 Bxa5, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Games 10/11/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Starcraft2ProPlayer (Chess.com 1845) - JimWest (Chess.com 1953), Chess.com 10/11/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Be2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.h3 c6 8.Re1 h6 9.exf5 exf5 10.Nh2 Nbd7 11.Bg4 Bxg4 12.Nxg4 Nxg4 13.Qxg4 Nf6 14.Qg3 Kh8 15.Ne4 d5 16.Nxf6 Bxf6

17.Qg4 Qc8 18.Qh5 Qe8 19.Qg4 Qc8 20.Qh5 Qe8 21.Qg4 Qc8, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2040) - sds24700 (lichess 1966), lichess 10/11/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bb4+ 9.c3 Be7 10.Bd3 Bh4+ 11.g3 Be7 12.O-O Bg4 13.Nbd2 Nxd2 14.Bxd2 Qd7 15.Rf2 c5 16.Qe2 c4 17.Bc2 h5

18.b3 b5 19.bxc4 bxc4 20.Qd1 Kf8 21.Rb1 h4 22.Bxg6 hxg3 23.hxg3 fxg6 24.Nh2+ Ke8 25.Qxg4 Qxg4 26.Nxg4, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/10/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1987) - tonimasud (Chess.com 1896), Chess.com 10/10/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 h5 7.Bc4 Bf5 8.Ne2 Qe7 9.O-O g6 10.h3 Nh6 11.Ncb3 Nd7 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.Ng3 c6 14.Nc3 Qh4 15.Qe1 b5 16.Bb3 a5 17.Bxh6 Bxh6 

18.Nxf5 Qxe1 19.Nd6+ Kd8 20.Raxe1 Rf8 21.Bxf7 Ke7 22.Ncxe4 h4 23.Bxg6 Rxf1+ 24.Rxf1 Be3+ 25.Kh1 Bxe4 26.Nf5+ Ke6 27.Nxe4+ Kxe5 28.Nxc6+ Ke6 29.Bf5+ Kd5 30.Bxd7 Kxe4 31.Ne7 b4 32.Bc6+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

bahador11454 (lichess 2003) - JimWest (lichess 2034), lichess 10/10/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 c6 9.Re1 Bg4 10.Ne4 Bxf3 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.Bxf3 Nd7 13.Rb1 d5 14.c3 Qc7 15.c4 dxc4 16.dxc4 Rad8 17.Qc2 Nc5 18.Be4 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 Rd4

20.Qc2 Rfd8 21.Be3 R4d7 22.Red1 a6 23.g3 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25.Qxd1 Qd8 26.Qxd8+ Bxd8 27.c5 Kf7 28.Kf1 Ke6 29.Ke2 h5 30.Kd3 Kd5 31.f3 g6

32.b3 Be7 33.b4 a5 34.h4 axb4 35.axb4 Bf6 36.Bg5 Bg7 37.Be3 Bf6 38.Bg5 Bg7 39.Bd8 Bh6 40.Be7 Bc1 41.Bd8 Ba3 42.Ba5 Bc1 43.Bd8 Ba3 44.Ba5 Bc1

45.g4 hxg4 46.fxg4 e4+ 47.Ke2 Bh6 48.h5 gxh5 49.gxh5 Kc4 50.Ke1 Kd3 51.Bc7 Bd2+ 52.Kd1 e3 53.b5 e2#.

2 PCG Games 10/9/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

pofigator (Chess.com 1994) - JimWest (Chess.com 1981), Chess.com 10/9/2025

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.gxf4 gxf4

13.Nxe5 Qxe5 14.Qf3 Rg7+ 15.Kh1 Bg4 16.Qxf4 Qxf4 17.Bxf4 Bf3#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

wave_of_happiness (lichess 2056) - JimWest (lichess 2028), lichess 10/9/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.d5 Bxf5 7.Be2 h6 8.Ne6 Bxe6 9.dxe6 d5 10.Bh5+ Ke7 11.Bf7 Nc6 12.a4 Ne5 13.O-O Nxf7 14.exf7 Kxf7 15.c3 Bd6 16.Be3 c6 17.Nd2 Rf8 18.a5 Kg8 19.Qb3 Qc7

20.h3 Kh8 21.Qc2 a6 22.Bb6 Qf7 23.c4 Rac8 24.Rab1 Nh5 25.g3 Qe6 26.Kg2 e3 27.Bxe3 Nxg3 28.Rfe1 Ne4 29.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 30.Qxe4 dxe4 31.Bd4 Rce8

32.c5 Bc7 33.Bc3 Rf5 34.b4 Ref8 35.Rb2 Rf3 36.Bd4 R3f4 37.Rbe2 Re8 38.Be3 Rf6 39.Rd2 Rd8 40.Rxd8+ Bxd8 41.Rd1 Rf8 42.Rd4 Re8 43.Rd7 Bg5 44.Rxb7 Bxe3 45.fxe3 Rd8 46.Rb6 Rd2+ 47.Kg3 Rb2 48.Rxc6 Rxb4 49.Rxa6 Rb5 50.c6 Rc5

51.Kf4 Rc4 52.Ra7 Rxc6 53.Kxe4 Kh7 54.a6 Kg6 55.Ra8 h5 56.a7 Ra6 57.Kf3 Kg5 58.Kg3 h4+ 59.Kf3 g6 60.Kf2 Ra2+ 61.Kf3 Ra3 62.Kf2 Ra2+ 63.Kf3 Ra3 64.Ke2 Ra2+ 65.Kd3 Ra3+ 66.Kd4 Ra4+ 67.Kc5 Ra3

68.Kb6 Rb3+ 69.Kc7 Rc3+ 70.Kb6 Rb3+ 71.Kc7 Rc3+ 72.Kb7 Rb3+ 73.Ka6 Rxe3 74.Rf8 Rxh3 75.a8=Q Ra3+ 76.Kb7 Rxa8 77.Rxa8 h3 78.Ra1 Kh4 79.Ra4+ Kh5 80.Ra2 g5 81.Kc6 g4 82.Kd5 g3

83.Ke4 g2 84.Ra1 h2 85.Ra5+ Kg4 86.Ke3 g1=Q+ 87.Ke2 Qg2+ 88.Ke3 h1=Q 89.Ra4+ Kg3 90.Rd4 Qhg1+ 91.Kd3 Qxd4+ 92.Kxd4 Qf2+ 93.Kd3 Qf4 94.Ke2 Qd4 95.Ke1 Qb2 96.Kd1 Kf3 97.Ke1 Qe2#.

2 PCG Games 10/8/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

fide_doctor (Chess.com 1884) - JimWest (Chess.com 1978), Chess.com 10/8/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.b3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Qe2 Qe7 8.Nd4 Nf6 9.Bb2 Bg4 10.f3 exf3 11.Qxe7+ Bxe7 12.gxf3 Bd7 13.Ngf5 g6 14.Nxe7 Kxe7 15.O-O-O Re8 16.Re1+ Kf7 17.Rxe8 Nxe8 18.Bd3 Nc6 19.Nxc6 Bxc6

20.Re1 Nd6 21.Ba3 Rd8 22.Bc5 b6 23.Bf2 Re8 24.Rxe8 Nxe8 25.Bg3 Bd7 26.Kd1 a5 27.Ke2 c5 28.c3 b5 29.Bc2 Ke7 30.d4 c4 31.bxc4 bxc4

32.h4 Nd6 33.h5 Bf5 34.Bxd6+ Kxd6 35.Bxf5 gxf5 36.Ke3 Ke6 37.f4 h6 38.a4 Kd6 39.Kf3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Veteranmaster (lichess 2023) - JimWest (lichess 2028), lichess 10/8/2025

1.Nf3 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Bxg8 Rxg8 9.c4 Bg4 10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.Qc2 O-O-O 12.b3 Bb4 13.Bb2 Bxd2 14.Nxd2 g5 15.f3 Be6 16.b4 g4 17.Kf2 g3+ 18.hxg3 fxg3+ 19.Ke2 Nb6

20.c5 Rxd2+ 21.Kxd2 Nc4+ 22.Kc3 Ne3 23.Qe2 Nxf1 24.Rxf1 Rd8 25.a4 a6 26.b5 axb5 27.axb5 Qe7 28.Kb4 cxb5 29.Qxb5 Bd7

30.Qa5 Bc6 31.Qa8+ Kc7 32.Qa5+ Kc8 33.Qa8+ Kc7 34.Qa5+ Kc8, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/7/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Brainfreeze1984 (Chess.com 1946) - JimWest (Chess.com 1991), Chess.com 10/7/2025

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.Re1 Bxe5 11.Nxe4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.Nc5 Nxc5 14.Rxe5+ Kd7 15.Rxc5 Rae8 16.Bf4 c6 17.Rd1+ Kc8 18.f3 Nd7 19.Rc3 Rhf8

20.Bd6 Rf6 21.Kf2 Ne5 22.Bxe5 Rxe5 23.Rcd3 Rfe6 24.Rd8+ Kc7 25.R8d7+ Kb6 26.Rxg7 Re2+ 27.Kg3 Rxc2 28.Rdd7 Rg6+ 29.Rxg6 hxg6 30.Rg7 Rxb2 31.Rxg6 Rxa2

32.h4 Rd2 33.h5 Rd8 34.Kf2 a5 35.Re6 a4 36.Re3 Ka5 37.g4 b5 38.h6 b4 39.Ke2 a3 40.h7 a2 41.Re7 b3 42.Rb7 Ka6 43.Rxb3 a1=Q 44.Re3 Qb2+ 45.Kf1 Rd1+ 46.Re1 Rxe1+ 47.Kxe1 Qb1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2041) - ASHRAF1234567 (lichess 2006), lichess 10/7/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 h6 7.Be2 Qe7 8.a4 a5 9.Qc2 exf4 10.Bxf4 g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.d4 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Bb6 14.Nbd2 f5 15.O-O-O fxe4 16.Qxe4 Qxe4 17.Nxe4 g4 18.Nfd2 Bf5

19.Bxg4 Bxg4 20.Nf6+ Ke7 21.Nxg4 Rag8 22.Rde1+ Kd8 23.Nxh6 Rg7 24.Nf7+, Black resigns.