2 PCG Games 1/1/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

TheOnlyOneTruth1 (Chess.com 1843) - JimWest (Chess.com 2003), Chess.com 1/1/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nh4 Qd7 8.Qd2 d5 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Ba4 h6 11.Bxe7 Nxe7 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Bb3 Kh8 14.f3 exf3 15.Nxf3 Bg4 16.Rdf1 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Qf5 18.Ne2 Nd7 19.c3 Rae8

20.Bc2 Qf6 21.Qd3 g6 22.h4 h5 23.Kb1 Nf5 24.Rhg1 Re3 25.Qd2 Rfe8 26.Nf4 Nf8 27.Ng2 Re2 28.Qf4 Ne6 29.Qh6+ Nxh6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ronaldoches (lichess 2010) - JimWest (lichess 1987), lichess 1/1/2026

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.Bg5 Qf5 10.Nxh8 Qxg5 11.Nf7 Qf5 12.Bc4 Nf6 13.O-O Nc6 14.c3 d3 15.Na3 Bxe6 16.Bxe6 Qxe6 17.Ng5 Qe7 18.Re1 O-O-O

19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.Qg4+ Kb8 21.Qxe4 d2 22.Qxe7 Bxe7 23.Red1 Bxa3 24.bxa3 Na5 25.Kf1 Nc4 26.Rab1 Re8 27.Rb4 Re4 28.Rxc4 Rxc4 29.Rxd2 Kc8 30.Rc2 Ra4 31.Ke2 Rxa3

32.Kf3 Kd7 33.Ke4 Ke6 34.f4 g6 35.g4 Ra4+ 36.Ke3 h5 37.gxh5 gxh5 38.c4 Kf5 39.Rb2 Ra3+ 40.Kd4 b6 41.Rf2 c5+ 42.Kd5 Rd3+ 43.Kc6 Rd4 44.Kb7 Rxc4 45.Kxa7 b5 46.Kb6 b4 47.Kb5 Rc3

48.Kc6 c4 49.Kc5 b3 50.axb3 cxb3+ 51.Kb4 Rc2 52.Rf1 b2 53.Rb1 Kxf4 54.Kb3 Rxh2, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 12/31/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2017) - Ischemic_Heart (Chess.com 1988), Chess.com 12/31/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 Bg4 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Bd3 Bf5 11.Be3 Nb4 12.Bxc5 Nxd3+ 13.cxd3 Nxc5 14.d4 Nd3+ 15.Ke2 Nf4 16.Ne3 Be4 17.Rhf1 h6 18.g3 Ng6 19.Rf1 f6

20.Nc4 O-O 21.Nd6 Bd5 22.b3 Rab8 23.h4 Ne7 24.h5 Nc8 25.Nxc8 Rbxc8 26.Nh4 Be6 27.Nf5 Bxf5 28.Rxf5 Rcd8 29.Ke3 Rd5 30.Rc5 Rfd8 31.Rxd5 cxd5 32.g4 Rc8 33.Kd2 Rc6

34.Rf3 Kf8 35.Rc3 Rxc3 36.Kxc3 a5 37.b4 b6 38.bxa5 bxa5 39.Kb3 Ke7 40.Ka4 Kd7 41.Kxa5 Kc6 42.a4 f6 43.exf6 gxf6 44.Kb4 Kb6 45.a5+ Ka6 46.Ka4 Ka7 47.Kb5 Kb7

48.Kc5 Ka6 49.Kxd5 Kxa5 50.Ke6 Kb4 51.Kxf6 Kc4 52.Ke5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 1988) - serikoverbulat778 (lichess 1912), lichess 12/31/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 g6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.c3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O O-O 9.a4 a5 10.Na3 Ne7 11.fxe5 fxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Nh5 14.Nf3 c6 15.d4 Qc7 16.Nc4 Nf6 17.Bg5 Rae8 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.e5 Nf5

20.Qd3 Bg7 21.Rae1 Rd8 22.Qc2 b5 23.axb5 cxb5 24.Ne3 Nxe3 25.Rxe3 f6 26.Qb3+ Qc4 27.Qxc4+ bxc4 28.exf6 Rxf6 29.Ne5 Rxf1+ 30.Kxf1 Rc8 31.Re1 Bh6

32.Ra1 Bf4 33.g3 Bxe5 34.dxe5 Rc5 35.e6 Kf8 36.Rd1 Ke7 37.Rd7+ Kxe6 38.Rxh7 Rb5 39.Rg7 g5 40.h4 gxh4 41.gxh4 Rxb2 42.Rg4 Kd5 43.Rg5+ Ke4 44.Rxa5 Rb3

45.h5 Rxc3 46.h6 Rh3 47.Ra6 Kd3 48.Kg2 Rh5 49.Kg3 c3 50.Kg4 Rh1 51.Kg5 c2 52.Rc6 c1=Q+ 53.Rxc1 Rxc1 54.h7 Rh1 55.Kg6 Ke4

56.Kg7 Rg1+ 57.Kf7 Rh1 58.Kg7 Rxh7+ 59.Kxh7, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/30/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2033) - Al_Habsyiii (Chess.com 1921), Chess.com 12/30/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Qe7 6.Qe2 Ng4 7.Nf3 g5 8.Nc3 Be6 9.h4 Bh6 10.hxg5 Bxg5 11.Rh5 Bh6 12.g3 Nc6 13.d4 Qb4 14.a3 Qb6 15.Qd3 fxg3 16.Bxh6 Nf2 17.Qb5 Bg4 18.Nxd5 Qxb5 19.Bxb5 Bxh5

20.Bxc6+ bxc6 21.Nf6+ Ke7 22.Nxh5 Rhg8 23.Bg5+ Kd7 24.Nxg3 Nh3 25.Ne4 Nxg5 26.Nfxg5 h6 27.Nf6+ Ke7 28.Nxg8+ Rxg8 29.Nf3 Rg3 30.Kf2 Rg4 31.Rh1 Rg6

32.b4 Ke6 33.c4 Kf5 34.Nh4+ Kg5 35.Nxg6 fxg6 36.Kf3 h5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

harry_storele (lichess 1985) - JimWest (lichess 1994), lichess 12/30/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d4 Be7 6.d5 Nb8 7.Bb5+ c6 8.dxc6 bxc6 9.Bd3 fxe4 10.Nxe4 Nf6 11.Bg5 O-O 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.O-O Bg4 15.Be2 d5 16.h3 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 e4 18.Bg4 Na6 19.c3 Nc5

20.Qd4 Nd3 21.f3 Qxd4+ 22.cxd4 e3 23.Rfd1 Nxb2 24.Re1 Nc4 25.Bd7 Rf6 26.Rab1 Rd6 27.Rb7 Rd8 28.Bf5 a5 29.Ra7 g6 30.Bd3 R8d7 31.Ra6 Re7

32.Bxc4 dxc4 33.Rxa5 Rxd4 34.Rc5 Re6 35.a4 c3 36.Rxc3 Rxa4 37.Rexe3 Rxe3 38.Rxe3 Kf7 39.Rc3 Ra6 40.Kf2 Ke6 41.g4 g5 42.Ke3 Kd5 43.f4 gxf4+ 44.Kxf4 Kd4 45.Rc1 c5 46.h4 c4 47.Kf5 c3 48.Kf4 Kd3 49.Kf3 Kd2 50.Rg1 c2

51.Rg2+ Kc3 52.Rg1 Kb2 53.Rg2 Kb1 54.Rg1+ c1=Q 55.Rxc1+ Kxc1 56.g5 Kd2 57.Kf4 Kd3 58.Kf5 Kd4 59.h5 Kd5 60.g6 hxg6+ 61.hxg6 Ra1 62.g7 Rg1 63.Kf6 Kd6 64.Kf7 Rf1+ 65.Kg6 Ke7 66.g8=Q Rg1+ 67.Kh7 Rxg8 68.Kxg8, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/29/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2016) - Harsha2017 (Chess.com 2016), Chess.com 12/29/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Bh5 10.c3 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.g4 Bg6

15.Nd4 Qh4 16.Nxc6 Qg3+ 17.Kh1 Qxh3+ 18.Kg1 bxc6 19.Bf3 d5 20.Bg2 Qxd3 21.exd5 cxd5 22.Rf3 Re3

23.Bf1 Qc2 24.Qxc2 Bxc2 25.Rxe3 Bc5 26.Rae1 d4 27.Re8+ Rxe8 28.Rxe8+ Kh7 29.cxd4 Bxd4+ 30.Kg2 Bxb2 31.Nf3 Ba4 32.Re7 f6 33.Bd3+ Kg8 34.Rxc7 a5

35.Nh4 Be5 36.Rc8+ Kf7 37.Bc4+ Ke7 38.Ng6+ Kd7 39.Rg8 Bc6+ 40.Kh3 Bd4 41.Rxg7+ Kd6 42.Rh7 Be4 43.Rxh6 Be3 44.Nf4 Bxf4 45.Rxf6+ Ke5 46.Re6+ Kd4 47.Bb3 Bb1 48.Ra6 Bc7 49.g5 Bd3 50.Rc6 Be5

51.Kg4 Be2+ 52.Kf5 Bd3+ 53.Ke6 Bf4 54.Kf6 Be5+ 55.Kf7 Bb5 56.Rb6 Kc5 57.Rxb5+ Kxb5 58.g6 a4 59.Be6 Kb4 60.g7 Bxg7 61.Kxg7 a3

62.Kf6 Ka4 63.Bb3+ Kb4 64.Ke5 Kc3 65.Kd5 Kb4 66.Kd4 Kb5 67.Kc3 Ka5 68.Bf7 Ka4 69.Be8+ Ka5 70.Kb3 Kb6 71.Kxa3 Ka6

72.Kb4 Kb6 73.a4 Ka6 74.a5 Ka7 75.Kb5 Kb7 76.a6+ Ka7 77.Bc6 Kb8 78.Kb6 Kc8 79.a7 Kd8 80.a8=Q+ Ke7 81.Kc5 Ke6 82.Qe8+ Kf5 83.Qe7 Kf4 84.Qe6 Kg3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

taa_6666 (lichess 2134) - JimWest (lichess 2004), lichess 12/29/2025

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.Bg5+ Nf6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.O-O-O Ke8 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nd5 Rf8 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nh4 Bg6 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.h4 Na5 16.Bd3 Kf7 17.h5 gxh5 18.Rxh5 Rh8

19.Rdh1 Rxh5 20.Rxh5 Rg8 21.Ne3 Bc5 22.Be4 Bxe3+ 23.fxe3 Rg7 24.b4 Nc6 25.b5 Na5 26.Bd5+ Ke7 27.Rh4 Kd6 28.c4 c6 29.bxc6 bxc6 30.Bf3 Kc5

31.Kc2 Nxc4 32.Kc3 Nxe3 33.Rh6, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 12/28/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Aliyaan-2009 (Chess.com 1997) - JimWest (Chess.com 2019), Chess.com 12/28/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bxf6+ Bxf6 13.Qxe4 Qxd4 14.Qxd4 Bxd4 15.c3 Bf6 16.O-O-O Kxh8 17.f4 Bg4 18.Re1 Nd7 19.h3 Bf5

20.g4 Bg6 21.Bc4 Nb6 22.Bb3 h6 23.f5 Bh7 24.Re6 Bg5+ 25.Kc2 Bg8 26.Rg6 Bxb3+ 27.axb3 Rg8 28.Rxg8+ Kxg8 29.h4 Bf6 30.g5 Be5 31.Re1 Bg3

32.Re6 Bxh4 33.Rxh6 Bg3 34.f6 Nd5 35.Rg6+ Kf8 36.Rg7 Be5 37.c4 Nb4+ 38.Kd2 a5 39.Re7 Bf4+ 40.Ke2 Bxg5 41.Rxc7 Bxf6 42.Rxb7 Bxb2

43.Rb8+ Ke7 44.Rb5 Nc6 45.Kd3 Ba3 46.Ke4 Kd6 47.Rd5+ Kc7 48.Rb5 Kd6 49.Rd5+ Kc7 50.Rb5 Kd6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

aryanii (lichess 2028) - JimWest (lichess 2003), lichess 12/28/2025

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 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Nc3 c6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Bb5 Qd6 14.O-O Qxe6 15.Ba4 Nc6 16.h3 Rad8 17.Rae1 Rfe8 18.Rc1 e3

19.fxe3 Qxe3+ 20.Qxe3 Rxe3 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Rfe1 Rde8 23.Kf2 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 Rxe1 25.Kxe1 Kf7 26.Ke2 Ke6 27.Ke3 Kd6 28.g4 h6 29.b4 a6 30.a4 g5 31.Kf3 Nd7 32.Ke3 Nf8

33.b5 cxb5 34.axb5 axb5 35.Nxb5+ Kc6 36.Nc3 Ne6 37.Ne2 Kb5 38.Kd3 Kb4 39.Ng3 Nf4+ 40.Ke3 Nxh3 41.Nf5 Nf4 42.Nxh6 Kc4 43.Nf7 Ne6 44.Ne5+ Kc3 45.Nc6 Kc4 46.Ne5+ Kc3 47.Nf3 Kc4 48.Ne5+, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/27/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2031) - YongCui (Chess.com 2031), Chess.com 12/27/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Re8 11.f5 Bf8 12.Rf2 d5 13.Qc2 dxe4 14.dxe4 Bc5 15.Kh1 Bxf2 16.Qxf2 Qd3 17.Nd2 Rad8 18.g4 Nh7 19.h4 Rd6

20.Qg2 Red8 21.Nf1 f6 22.Be2 Qc2 23.Bc4+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

AVBCD (lichess 1925) - JimWest (lichess 1998), lichess 12/27/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4

8.Qb3 Nc6 9.a3 Ba5, White forfeits

2 PCG Games 12/26/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

tokoputra (Chess.com 1991) - JimWest (Chess.com 2032), Chess.com 12/26/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bb3 Na6 6.a3 Nc5 7.Nc3 Nxb3 8.cxb3 Nf6 9.Nh4 f4 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Be7 13.Bd2 O-O 14.b4 a6 15.Ne2 d5 16.Nc3 d4 17.Na4 b5 18.Nc5 Bxc5 19.bxc5 Qe7

20.b4 g5 21.g4 Rf7 22.Qd1 h5 23.f3 Rh7 24.Qb3+ Qf7 25.Qxf7+ Kxf7 26.Kf2 Rah8 27.Kg2 hxg4 28.fxg4 Kg6 29.Raf1 Nd7 30.Rf3 Nf8 31.Be1 Kf6 32.Bf2 Ng6

33.a4 Rb8 34.Ra1 Rbb7 35.axb5 axb5 36.Ra6 Rhc7 37.Be1 Ke6 38.Rf2 Nh4+ 39.Kf1 Ra7 40.Rfa2 Rxa6 41.Rxa6 Ng6 42.Ra8 Kf7 43.Kg2 Ne7 44.h4 gxh4 45.Bxh4 Ng6 46.Bd8 Rd7 47.Kh3 f3 48.Kg3 Nf4 49.Kxf3 Nxd3 50.Ba5 Nb2

51.Bd8 d3 52.Bg5 d2 53.Bxd2 Rxd2 54.Rc8 Rd4 55.Rxc6 Rxb4 56.Rb6 Na4 57.Rb7+ Ke6 58.c6 Rc4 59.Rxb5 Rxc6 60.g5 Nc3 61.Rb4 Kf7 62.Kg4 Kg6

63.Ra4 Re6 64.Rc4 Nd1 65.Rc8 Nf2+ 66.Kf3 Nxe4 67.Kxe4 Kxg5 68.Rf8 Kg6 69.Rf5 Re8 70.Rxe5 Rxe5+ 71.Kxe5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

elguada10 (lichess 1915) - JimWest (lichess 2009), lichess 12/26/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.c3 Nh6 7.d4 Qf6 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Re1 Bg4 10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.a4 O-O-O 12.b4 Nb6 13.Be2 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nc4 15.Qc2 Nxd2 16.Bxd2 g5 17.Be2 g4 18.c4 f3 19.Bf1 Nf7

20.c5 Bh6 21.Re3 Bxe3 22.Bxe3 fxg2 23.Be2 h5 24.b5 Ng5 25.bxc6 bxc6 26.Ba6+ Kc7 27.Qc3 Nf3+ 28.Kxg2 Rd4 29.Rb1 Nh4+ 30.Kf1 Kd7 31.Rb7+ Ke8 32.Rb8+ Kf7 33.Rxh8 Qxh8 34.Bxd4 exd4 35.Bc4+ Kg6 36.Qd3 Qe5

37.Qg3 Nf3 38.h3 Qxg3 39.fxg3 Nd2+, White resigns.