PCG & PCG Reversed 12/6/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

My_Emilia-Tan_EMT_Rezero (Chess.com 2049) - JimWest (Chess.com 2032), Chess.com 12/6/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nc3 a5 8.O-O f4 9.d4 Qc7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.g3 Bh3 12.Re1 fxg3 13.hxg3 Nbd7 14.Nh4 O-O-O

15.Kh2 Ng4+ 16.Kg1 Bxg5 17.Nf5 Nc5 18.Qf3 g6 19.b4 gxf5 20.bxc5 Bd2 21.Re2 Bxc3 22.Qxc3 Nh6 23.Be6+ Kb8 24.Kh2 Rhe8 25.Qb3 Bg4 26.f3 Bxf3 27.Qxf3 Rxe6

28.exf5 Rf6 29.g4 e4+ 30.Qg3 Nxg4+ 31.Kh3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2005) - feras123223 (lichess 1873), lichess 12/6/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 d6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 h5 6.Be2 h4 7.h3 Nh5 8.f5 Ng3 9.Rg1 b6 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bxh4 Nxe2 13.Qxe2 Nd4 14.Qf2 d5 15.O-O-O dxe4 16.dxe4 Bc5 17.Nxd4 Bxd4 18.Qe1 c5 19.Bf2 Qd7

20.Bxd4 cxd4 21.Qe2 a6 22.Nb1 Qc6 23.Rge1 O-O-O 24.Na3 Rh4 25.Qc4 b5 26.Qxc6+ Bxc6 27.c3 Rxe4 28.cxd4 Rxe1 29.Rxe1 Rxd4 30.Nc2 Rc4 31.b3 Rc3 32.Kb2 Rg3

33.Re2 Rxg2 34.Rxg2 Bxg2 35.h4 Kc7 36.Ne3 Bf3 37.Kc3 Kc6 38.b4 e4 39.Kd4 Kd6 40.a3 Kc6 41.Nd5 Kd6 42.Nc3 Kc6 43.Nxe4 Bxe4 44.Kxe4 Kb6

45.Kd5 a5 46.h5 axb4 47.axb4 Kc7 48.Ke6 Kc6 49.Kf7 Kd5 50.Kxg7 Kc4r 51.h6 Kxb4 52.h7 Kc3 53.h8=Q b4 54.Kxf6 b3, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/5/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2043) - SS_Catalin (Chess.com 1954), Chess.com 12/5/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 exf4 6.Bxf4 Ng4 7.Nh3 d4 8.Nb1 Ne3 9.Bxe3 dxe3 10.Qh5 Bd4 11.c3 g6 12.Qf3 Bxh3 13.Qxh3 Bg7 14.Qxe3 Nc6 15.Be2 Nb4 16.Na3 Nc6 17.O-O O-O

18.d4 a6 19.Nc2 Rb8 20.Bf3 b5 21.e5 Na5 22.Be2 Nc6 23.a3 Ne7 24.Bd3 Nd5 25.Qf3 Re8 26.Qxf7+ Kh8 27.Be4 Nb6 28.Qf2 Nc4 29.Ne3 Rf8 30.Qe2 Nxe3 31.Qxe3 c5

32.Rxf8+ Qxf8 33.Rf1 Qe7 34.Bb1 cxd4 35.cxd4 Rc8 36.Bxg6 hxg6 37.Qh3+ Bh6 38.Qxc8+ Kg7 39.Qc3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Iskodar (lichess 2088) - JimWest (lichess 2003), lichess 12/5/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nc3 a5 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.Qe2 Na6 10.O-O f4 11.Rfd1 Bg4 12.Nb1 Nc7 13.Nbd2 Qe7 14.Rdb1 Ne6 15.Qe1 O-O 16.c3 Kh8 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Nxf3 Ng5 19.Nxg5 Bxg5

20.f3 Bh4 21.Qd2 Bg3 22.d4 Qc7 23.b4 axb4 24.cxb4 Qb6 25.Rd1 exd4 26.a5 Qa7 27.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 28.Rxd4 Rf6 29.Rad1 c5 30.bxc5 dxc5 31.Rd8+ Rf8 32.Rxf8+ Rxf8 33.Bd5 Rd8

34.Rb1 Ra8 35.Rxb7 h6 36.Rb5 Be1 37.Rxc5 Rxa5 38.Rxa5 Bxa5 39.Kf1 g5 40.Ke2 Kg7 41.Kd3 Kf6 42.Kc4 Ke5 43.Bf7 Be1 44.Kd3 Bg3

45.Bg6 Kf6 46.Bf5 Ke5 47.Bg4 Bh4 48.Bh5 Bg3 49.Bg4 Bh4 50.Bh5 Bg3 51.Bg4, draw.

2 PCG Games 12/4/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

mharserrano (Chess.com 1929) - JimWest (Chess.com 2039), Chess.com 12/4/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bh6+ Kxh8 13.O-O Nc6 14.Qg5 Qg8 15.Qxg8+ Nxg8 16.Be3 Nb4 17.Na3 Nd5 18.Nc4 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Be6

20.Ne5 Nh6 21.b3 Rg8 22.g3 Bh3 23.Rf4 Bg5 24.Nf7+ Nxf7 25.Rxf7 Bxe3+ 26.Kh1 Bxd4 27.Rd1 Bb6 28.Re7 Bg4 29.Rf1 Bf3+ 30.Rxf3 exf3 31.Rf7 f2

32.Kg2 Re8 33.c4 Kg8 34.Rf3 Re1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Adilbek73 (lichess 1959) - JimWest (lichess 1994), lichess 12/4/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 d5 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Re1 Bd6 9.Nh4 Bg6 10.d3 Qd7 11.g3 O-O-O 12.Qf3 e4

13.dxe4 Bxe4 14.Rxe4 dxe4 15.Qg2 Kb8 16.Bg5 Rhf8 17.Nd2 Rde8 18.Rd1 Qc8 19.Bxf6 Rxf6 20.Nxe4 Rh6

21.Nf3 Rxe4 22.Ng5 Re7 23.Nf7 Rf6 24.Ng5 Re2 25.Nf3 Qf5 26.Bd5 Ne7 27.Nh4 Qxf2+ 28.Qxf2 Rfxf2 29.c4 Nxd5 30.Rxd5 Rxh2

31.Nf5 Rd2 32.c5 Rxd5 33.Nxd6 cxd6 34.Kxh2 Rxc5 35.Kg2 Rc2+ 36.Kf3 Rxb2 37.Kf4 Rxa2 38.g4 h6 39.Kf5 Rg2 40.Kf4 g5+ 41.Kf3 Ra2 42.Ke4 Ra5 43.Kd4 Re5, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 12/3/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2041) - Oleksijcapak (Chess.com 2070), Chess.com 12/3/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O c6 8.c3 h6 9.Qc2 e5 10.a4 a5 11.Na3 Qe7 12.Nc4 Nh5 13.f5 d5 14.exd5 cxd5 15.Ne3 Qc5 16.fxg6 fxg6 17.d4 Qd6 18.dxe5 Nxe5

19.Nxe5 Rxf1+ 20.Nxf1 Qxe5 21.Bxh5 Qxh5 22.Be3 Bf5 23.Qd2 Be4 24.Ng3 Qh4 25.Rd1 Kh7 26.Bd4 Rf8 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Qd4+ Kg8 29.c4 Rf4 30.Nxe4 dxe4 31.g3 Qg4 32.Qd5+ Kg7 33.Qe5+ Rf6 34.Rf1 Qe6

35.Qc7+ Kh8 36.Qd8+ Kg7 37.Qc7+ Kh8 38.Qb8+ Kg7 39.Qxb7+ Kh8 40.Qb8+ Kg7 41.Qc7+ Kh8 42.Qd8+ Kg7 43.Qxf6+ Qxf6 44.Rxf6 Kxf6 45.Kf2 Ke5 46.Ke3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2002) - lev64 (lichess 2004), lichess 12/3/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 c5 9.c3 Be7 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.O-O O-O 13.Nbd2 Rac8 14.Qe1 cxd4 15.cxd4 Bb4 16.a3 Bxd2 17.Bxd2 Rc2 18.Bc3 Nxc3 19.bxc3 Rc8

20.Rc1 Ra2 21.Ra1 Rxa1 22.Qxa1 Qg4 23.Qb2 Nf4 24.Kh1 Rxc3 25.Ng1 Rc7 26.h3 Qg5 27.Nf3 Qh5 28.Nh2 Ne6 29.Qb5 h6 30.Qxd5 Qe2 31.Qd6 Rc2 32.Qb8+ Kh7 33.Qxb7 Nxd4

34.Qd5 Ne6 35.Qf3 Qxf3 36.Nxf3 Nf4 37.Nd4 Rxg2 38.Rxf4 Ra2 39.Rxf7 Rxa3 40.Ne6 Rxh3+ 41.Kg2 Re3 42.Rxg7+ Kh8 43.Rxa7 Rxe5 44.Nf4 Rg5+ 45.Kf3 Rf5 46.Kg4 Rg5+ 47.Kf3 h5

48.Ra1 Kh7 49.Rh1 Kh6 50.Rxh5+ Rxh5 51.Nxh5, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/2/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

AlCologne (Chess.com 1992) - JimWest (Chess.com 2032), Chess.com 12/2/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Ng5 Nf6 7.Be2 d5 8.g4 Bc8 9.h4 Bd6 10.Nh3 O-O 11.g5 Bxh3 12.gxf6 Qxf6 13.Rxh3 Qxf2+ 14.Kd2 e3+ 15.Rxe3 Bf4 16.Kd3 Bxe3 17.Bxe3 Qxh4 18.Qb3 Qe4+ 19.Kd2 Re8

20.Kd1 Qxe3 21.Qxd5+ Kh8 22.Bh5 c6 23.Qh1 g6 24.Bxg6 Qe2+ 25.Kc1 Qe1+ 26.Qxe1 Rxe1+ 27.Kd2 Rg1 28.Bc2 Nd7 29.Bd1 Nb6 30.Na3 Rf8 31.Rc1 Rf2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2011) - goran011 (lichess 1968), lichess 12/2/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.Qxg4 Qxd4 10.Ne2 Qc5 11.Nbc3 Qxe5 12.O-O Bd7 13.Qxe4 Qxe4 14.Nxe4 f5 15.N4c3 O-O-O 16.Bf4 Bc6 17.Rad1 Bc5+ 18.Kh1 h6 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8

20.Rd1 g5 21.Rxd8+ Kxd8 22.Be5 f4 23.Nxf4 gxf4 24.Bxf4 h5 25.h4 Bd4 26.Nd1 Be4 27.c3 Bf6 28.Bg5 Bxg5 29.hxg5 Ke7 30.Nf2 Bf5 31.Kh2 Kf7 32.Kg3 Kg6 33.Kf4 Bb1 34.a3 Ba2 35.g3 Bb3

36.Nd3 b6 37.Ne5+ Kg7 38.Nf3 Kg6 39.Nh4+ Kg7 40.Nf5+ Kg6 41.Nd4 Bc4 42.b3 Bd3 43.b4 c5 44.bxc5 bxc5 45.Ne6 c4 46.Nc5 a5

47.Nxd3 cxd3 48.Ke3 Kxg5 49.c4 d2 50.Kxd2 Kg4 51.c5 Kxg3 52.c6 h4 53.c7 h3 54.c8=Q h2 55.Qc7+ Kg2 56.Qxa5 h1=Q 57.Qd5+ Kg1 58.Qxh1+ Kxh1 59.a4, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/1/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

SS_Catalin (Chess.com 1933) - JimWest (Chess.com 2025), Chess.com 12/1/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Ng4 f5 14.Nf6+ Kf7 15.Nfd5 c6 16.Ne3 Kf6 17.g3 h5 18.O-O-O Rad8 19.Nc4 Bc7

20.a3 h4 21.Ne2 Rxd1+ 22.Kxd1 hxg3 23.Nxg3 Bxf4 24.Nf1 Rh3 25.c3 Nc5 26.Ke2 Nd3 27.a4 b5 28.axb5 cxb5 29.Na3 a6 30.b4 Ne5 31.Nb1 Nc4

32.Rg1 Be5 33.Nbd2 Nxd2 34.Nxd2 Rxh2+ 35.Ke3 Rh3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2023) - Stoneymane (lichess 1989), lichess 12/1/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d4 Be7 8.Bxf4 O-O 9.c3 f6 10.e6 g5 11.h3 gxf4 12.hxg4 Bxe6 13.Bd3 f5 14.gxf5 Bxf5 15.Bxf5 Rxf5 16.Qd3 Qf8 17.Nbd2 Re8 18.O-O-O Bd6 19.Rh3 Re3

20.Qb5 Qg7 21.Qxb7 Ne7 22.Rdh1 h5 23.Rxh5 Rxh5 24.Rxh5 Qxg2 25.Rg5+ Qxg5 26.Nxg5 Re1+ 27.Kc2 Nf5 28.Qc8+ Kg7 29.Qxf5, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/30/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

kpurisic (Chess.com 2054) - JimWest (Chess.com 2004), Chess.com 11/30/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Qe2 Bd6 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Bg5 e4 12.dxe4 fxe4 13.Nd2 Nd4 14.Qd1 Nxb5 15.Nxb5 Qb6 16.Nxd6 Qxd6 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.O-O Bd7 19.c3 Bb5

20.c4 Bc6 21.Qb3 dxc4 22.Qxc4+ Kh8 23.Nxe4 Bxe4 24.Qxe4 Qxb2 25.Rab1 Qxa2 26.Rxb7 a5 27.h4 Rae8 28.Qd4 Rg8 29.h5 h6 30.Ra1 Qe2

31.Rxa5 Qe1+ 32.Kh2 Qxa5 33.g4 Qe5+ 34.Qxe5 Rxe5 35.Kg3 Rge8 36.Kh5 R5e7 37.Rb4 Rf7 38.f4 Ref8 39.f5 Kh7 40.Rb6 Rf6 41.Rb7 Ra8 42.Re7 Ra4 43.Kg3 Ra3+ 44.Kf4 Ra4+ 45.Kg3 Rb6

46.Re3 Rbb4 47.Re7 Rxg4+ 48.Kf3 Rgf4+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Khun14 (lichess 1981) - JimWest (lichess 2029), lichess 11/30/2025

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.Be2 Nbd7 11.Bh5+ Kf8 12.O-O Kg8 13.Ng6 hxg6 14.Bxg6 c6 15.a3 Bd6 16.Be3 Ne5 17.Bh5 a6 18.f4 Nc4 19.Bd4 c5

20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Nxd5 Qf5 22.b3 Qxd5 23.Qxd5 Bxd5 24.bxc4 Bxc4 25.Rfd1 Bxf4 26.Rd7 Be3+ 27.Kh1 Bd4 28.Rd1 e3 29.Re1 Rf8 30.g3 Rf2 31.Bg6 Kf8

32.Rd8+ Ke7 33.Re8+ Kf6 34.Bd3 Bxd3 35.cxd3 Rd2 36.Rf1+ Kg6 37.Re6+ Kh7 38.Rf4 e2 39.Rh4+ Kg8 40.Re8+ Kf7 41.Rhe4 Rxd3 42.Rxe2 Rxa3 43.R8e7+ Kg6 44.Rxb7 a5

45.Rb6+ Kh7 46.Ra6 a4 47.Kg2 Ra1 48.Kf3 a3 49.Kg4 Bb2 50.h4 c4 51.Re5 Bxe5, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/29/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2023) - PLAYGAME (Chess.com 1877), Chess.com 11/29/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 O-O 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Bd3 f5 11.Be3 Bb4+ 12.c3 Be7 13.O-O Nc5 14.Bxc5 Bxc5+ 15.Kh1 Be6 16.b4 Bb6 17.b5 Ne7 18.a4 c6 19.a5 Bc7

20.Re1 h6 21.Nd4 Bd5 22.c4 Bf7 23.e6 Bg6 24.Nf2 Rad8 25.Nf3 Bh7 26.Rad1 g5 27.Ne5 Rd4 28.Nd7 Rd8 29.Nf6+ Kg7 30.Nxh7 Kxh7 31.g4 Bxa5 32.Rf1 Kg6

33.gxf5+ Nxf5 34.e7 Kf7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

DarthHearth (lichess 1995) - JimWest (lichess 2030), lichess 11/29/2025

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.Bh5+ g6 10.Be2 O-O 11.Bg5 Nc6 12.c4 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Bxe5 14.Qb3 dxc4 15.Bxc4+ Kg7 16.Nxe4 Qd4 17.Nxf6 Bxf6 18.Bxf6+ Qxf6 19.O-O b6

20.Rad1 Bf5 21.Bb5 Rad8 22.f3 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Bc6 Rxd1+ 25.Qxd1 Qxc6, White resigns.