2 PCG Reversed Games 11/25/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2081) - snk81 (Chess.com 1962), Chess.com 11/25/2025

1.e3 e5 2 e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Ba5 6.Nf3 exf4 7.Bxf4 O-O 8.Be2 d6 9.O-O Bb6+ 10.Kh1 a6 11.Nbd2 Ng4

12.d4 Ne3 13.Bxe3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2005) - legendosimhen2014 (lichess 2081), lichess 11/25/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxf4 Be7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.d4 c5 9.c3 Nc6 10.Bd3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qb6 12.Nc3 Bb4 13.O-O Kh8

14.Nxd5 Qa5 15.Nxb4 Qxb4 16.Qb3 Ndxe5 17.Bxe5 Qd2, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/24/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2084) - aljiemelendres (Chess.com 2038), Chess.com 11/24/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 d6 5.Na4 Bb6 6.Nxb6 axb6 7.f4 Nf6 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Be2 h6 10.O-O O-O 11.a3 Re8 12.f5 d5 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 dxe4 15.dxe4 Qe7 16.Be3 Rad8 17.Qe2 Nd4 18.Bxd4 exd4 19.Rad1 Qc5

20.Kh1 Nd5 21.Rfe1 Ne3 22.Rd2 Nxf5 23.Qf2 Qe5 24.g4 Ne3 25.c3 c5 26.cxd4 cxd4 27.Rc1 Rc8 28.Rg1 Rc7 29.h4 Rec8 30.g5 hxg5 31.hxg5 g6

32.Qh2 Qxh2+ 33.Kxh2 Rc2 34.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 35.Kg3 Rxb2 36.e5 Rb3 37.Kf4 Rxa3 38.Rb1 Nc4 39.Bd5 Rc3 40.Rb4 Ne3 41.Bxb7 Nc2 42.Rxb6 d3

43.Rd6 Nb4 44.Rd4 Nc2 45.Rd8+ Kg7 46.Be4 Ne1 47.Ke3 Rc5 48.Rd5, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

klausfranz (lichess 1992) - JimWest (lichess 1999), lichess 11/24/2025

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc5 exd4 7.Qxd4 Bxc5 8.Qxc5 Qe7+ 9.Qxe7+ Nxe7 10.Bf4 c6 11.Bd3 O-O 12.Bd6 Re8 13.O-O Nf5 14.Bf4 Na6 15.Rfe1 Bd7 16.Ne5 Nc5

17.Bf1 Be6 18.b3 Nd7 19.Nf3 Bf7 20.Bd3 Bg6 21.Ne5 Nxe5 22.Bxe5 Ne7 23.Bxg6 Nxg6 24.Bg3 Kf7 25.Kf1 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Re8 27.Rxe8 Kxe8 28.Ke2 a6 29.Ke3 Kf7 30.Kd4 Ke6 31.Kc5 Kd7 32.Kb6 Kc8 33.a4 Nf8

34.Ka5 Kd7 35.f3 g6 36.Kb4 b6 37.Bf2 c5+ 38.Kc3 a5 39.Kd3 Ne6 40.Be3 Kd6 41.h3 Ke5 42.g3 h5 43.f4+ Kf5 44.c3 d4 45.cxd4 cxd4 46.Bxd4 Nxd4 47.Kxd4 h4 48.gxh4 Kxf4

49.Kc4 Kg3 50.Kb5 Kxh4 51.Kxb6 Kxh3 52.Kxa5 g5 53.Kb4 g4 54.Kc3 g3 55.a5 g2, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/23/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2077) - School_Gambitt (Chess.com 2076), Chess.com 11/23/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Neg4 7.exd5 Bb4+ 8.c3 O-O 9.Nf3 Re8+ 10.Be2 Bd6 11.O-O Nxd5 12.Bc4 Nde3 13.Bxe3 Nxe3 14.Qb3 Nxf1 15.Bxf7+ Kh8 16.Bxe8 Nxh7 17.Nxh7 Qxe8

18.Nd2 Qe3+ 19.Kh1 Bxh2 20.Kxh2 Qxd2 21.Rf1 Qh6+ 22.Kg1 Be6 23.Qxb7 Qe3+ 24.Kh1 Re8 25.Qxc7 Bd5 26.Qd7 Bxa2 27.Qxa7 Bc4 28.Rf3 Qh6+ 29.Kg1 Re1+ 30.Kf2 Rf1+ 31.Kg3 Rxf3+ 32.gxf3 Qg5+ 33.Kf2 Qd2+ 34.Kg3 Qxb2

35.Qa8+ Bg8 36.Qc8 Qd2 37.c4 Qxd4 38.c5 Qe5+ 39.Kf2 h6 40.c6 Kh7 41.c7 Be6 42.Qd8 Qc5+ 43.Kg3 Qg5+ 44.Kf2 Qc5+ 45.Kg3 Qc4 46.f4 Qc3+ 47.Kf2 Bg4 48.Qe7 Qf3+ 49.Ke1 Qd1+ 50.Kf2 Qf3+ 51.Ke1 Qxf4

52.Qc5 Qf3 53.Qc2+ g6 54.c8=Q Bxc8 55.Qxc8 Qe3+ 56.Kf1 h5 57.Qf8 Qd3+ 58.Kg2 Qe2+ 59.Kg1 h4 60.Qf4 Qe1+ 61.Kg2 Qe2+ 62.Kh3 Qe7 63.Qxh4+ Qxh4+ 64.Kxh4 Kh6

65.Kg4 g5 66.Kg3 Kh5 67.Kh3 g4+ 68.Kg3 Kg5 69.Kg2 Kf4 70.Kf2 g3+ 71.Kg2 Kg4 72.Kg1 Kh3 73.Kh1 g2+ 74.Kg1 Kg4 75.Kxg2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ioannis_nikolaidis (lichess 1917) - JimWest (lichess 1995), lichess 11/23/2025

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.Qd2 e3

11.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 12.fxe3 Nxb4 13.Kd2 Bf5 14.Nc3 O-O-O+ 15.Ke2 Bd3+ 16.Kf2 Rf8+ 17.Kg3 Nh6 18.Bxd3 Nxd3 19.b3 Nf5+ 20.Kh3 Nf2#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/22/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2077) - Antiburzum (Chess.com 2022), Chess.com 11/22/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Qh5 9.Ne2 Nxh2 10.Nf4 Nf3+ 11.Kf2 Qg4 12.c3 Bd7 13.Be2 Ncxe5 14.dxe5 Bc5+ 15.Be3 Bxe3+ 16.Kxe3 Qxg3 17.Bxf3 exf3 18.Rg1 Qh2 19.Nd2 f2

20.Rg2 Qh4 21.Nf3 Qe7 22.Kxf2 O-O-O 23.Qe2 Bc6 24.Rgg1 h5 25.Rad1 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 g5 27.Nd5 Qc5+ 28.Qe3 Qxe3+ 29.Kxe3 Bxd5 30.Rxd5 c6 31.Rd6 h4

32.Nxg5 Rh5 33.Nf3 h3 34.Rd2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

roodyroody (lichess 1990) - JimWest (lichess 1994), lichess 11/22/2025

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

7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qf3 exf3, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/21/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Sonulomod (Chess.com 1960) - JimWest (Chess.com 2070), Chess.com 11/21/2025

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Bc4 f5 6.Bg5+ Nf6 7.Nc3 Bd6 8.O-O-O Ke8 9.exf5 Bxf5 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Rhe1 Bg4 12.Rd3 Bxf3 13.Rxf3 Rf8 14.Bb5 Kd7 15.Rd3 a6 16.Ba4 b5 17.Nxb5 axb5 18.Bxb5 Rxa2 

19.Rc3 Ra1+ 20.Kd2 Rxe1 21.Bc6+ Ke6 22.Kxe1 Bb4 23.Bd2 Bxc3 24.Bxc3 Rd8 25.f3 Rd6 26.Bb5 Nd5 27.Bd2 Rb6 28.c4 Nf4 29.Ba5 Rb7 30.g3 Nd3+ 31.Kd2 Nc5

32.Kc3 e4 33.fxe4 Nxe4+ 34.Kd4 Nd6 35.Kc5 Nxb5 36.cxb5 Kd7 37.Bc3 g6 38.h4 Rb8 39.Be5 Re8 40.Bf4 h5 41.b6 cxb6+ 42.Kxb6 Re6+ 43.Kc5 Rc6+ 44.Kd5 Rb6 45.Be5 Rb5+ 46.Ke4 Ke6 47.Bc3 Rb3

48.Kd4 Kf5 49.Kc4 Rb7 50.b4 Kg4 51.Be5 g5 52.hxg5 Kxg5 53.b5 h4 54.gxh4+ Kxh4 55.Kc5 Rxb5+ 56.Kxb5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 1989) - bipomo49 (lichess 1974), lichess 11/21/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qxg4 Bxb5 9.d5 Qd7 10.Qxe4 Be7 11.c4 Ba6 12.Nf3 b5 13.b3 bxc4 14.bxc4 Bb7 15.O-O O-O 16.Nc3 f5 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Bd2 Re8 19.Qd3 Nc6

20.Bg5 Nb4 21.Qd2 Bd4+ 22.Nxd4 cxd4 23.Nb5 a6 24.Nxd4 Nxd5 25.cxd5 Qxd5 26.Nf3 Qc5+ 27.Qd4 Qf5 28.Bh4 Re4 29.Qd3 Qh5 30.Rad1 Rxh4 31.Nxh4 Qxh4 32.Qb3+, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/20/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

gatzbies (Chess.com 1950) - JimWest (Chess.com 2073), Chess.com 11/20/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.Bb5+ c6 5.Ba4 Nf6 6.d3 Be7 7.Bb3 Na6 8.Bg5 Nc5 9.Nf3 Nxb3 10.axb3 O-O 11.O-O f4 12.d4 Qc7 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Qe2 a6 15.Rfd1 Be6 16.Rd2 h6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Rad1 Rad8

19.Na4 Rxd2 20.Rxd2 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8 22.Nc5 Bc8 23.Qc4+ Kh7 24.Qf7 Qe7 25.Qxe7 Bxe7 26.Nd3 g5 27.Nfxe5 Bf6 28.Nf7 Be6 29.Nd6 b5 30.Ne8 Bd8 31.Kf1 f3

32.g3 Bxh3+ 33.Ke1 Bd7 34.Nf6+ Bxf6 35.e5 Bg7 36.Kd2 Bf5 37.Nc5 Bxe5 38.Nxa6 Bd4 39.c4 Bxf2 40.cxb5 cxb5 41.Nc7 Bxg3 42.Nxb5 f2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2005) - frokim234 (lichess 1910), lichess 11/20/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d5 3.d3 dxe5 4.dxe5 Qxd1+ 5.Kxd1 Nf6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.f4 Bc5 8.Nc3 Ng4 9.Nh3 Ne3+ 10.Bxe3 Bxe3 11.f5 Bd7 12.Ke2 Bd4 13.Nd1 O-O-O 14.c3 Bb6 15.Ng5 Be8 16.Ne3 f6 17.Nf3 Bf7 18.Rhd1 Rd7 19.Nc4 Rhd8

20.Nxb6+ axb6 21.a3 Bb3 22.Rd2 Na5 23.Rc1 c5 24.Bb5 Rxd2+ 25.Nxd2 Bf7 26.b4 Rxd2+ 27.Kxd2 Nb3+ 28.Kd1 Nxc1 29.Kxc1 cxb4 30.axb4 Kc7 31.Kd2 g6 32.g4 gxf5 33.gxf5 Kd8

34.Kd3 Ke7 35.Bc4 Bh5 36.Bd5 Kf8 37.Bxb7 Kg7 38.c4 Kh6 39.c5 bxc5 40.bxc5 Be8 41.c6 Kg5 42.c7 Bd7 43.c8=Q Bxc8 44.Bxc8 Kg4 45.Ke3 h5 46.Bd7 Kh3 47.Be8 h4 48.Kf3 Kxh2

49.Bg5 Kg1 50.Kg4 Kf2 51.Kxh4 Kf3 52.Bc6 Kf4 53.Kh5 Ke3 54.Kg6 Kd4 55.Kxf6 Kc5 56.Bd5, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/19/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Kolodej99 (Chess.com 1936) - JimWest (Chess.com 2075), Chess.com 11/19/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Bc2 Bd6 7.h3 Nf6 8.Qe2 O-O 9.d3 c6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.O-O Qe8 12.Nbd2 Qg6 13.Kh1 Re8 14.Bh4 Nf8 15.Bg3 Qh5 16.Ng1 Qxe2 17.Nxe2 Bd7 18.Rae1 Ng6 19.Ng1 Rad8

20.d4 Nh5 21.Bxg6 Nxg3+ 22.fxg3 hxg6 23.dxe5 Bxe5 24.g4 Bg3 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Ndf3 Bd6 27.Rd1 Bc5 28.c4 Bxg1 29.Nxg1 Be6 30.c5 Bf7 31.Kh2 Re4

32.Rc1 d4 33.Rd1 Bxa2 34.Ra1 Bd5 35.Rxa7 Re7 36.Ra1 Re3 37.Rd1 d3 38.Rd2 g5 39.h4 gxh4 40.g5 Kh7 41.b4 Kg6 42.b5 cxb5 43.Rb2 Bc6 44.Rb4 Rg3 45.Nf3 Bxf3 46.gxf3 Rxf3 47.Rxb5 d2 48.Rb6+ Kxg5 49.Rd6 Rc3 50.Rxd2 Rxc5

51.Rg2+ Kh6 52.Kh3 g5 53.Rb2 b5 54.Kg4 Rc4+ 55.Kf5 Rf4+ 56.Ke5 b4 57.Ra2 h3 58.Ra6+ Kh5 59.Ra8 Kg4 60.Rh8 b3 61.Rb8 h2 62.Rh8 b2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 1997) - JhunO19 (lichess 2115), lichess 11/19/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Nxe2 Ng4 8.d4 e3 9.O-O Qh4 10.h3 Nf2 11.Qe1 Qe4 12.Nbc3 Qxc2 13.Bxe3 Nd3 14.Qd2 Qxd2 15.Bxd2 Nxb2 16.Nd5 Na6 17.Rab1 Nc4 18.Bf4 c6 19.Ndc3 b5

20.d5 Bc5+ 21.Kh1 b4 22.Ne4 cxd5 23.Nxc5 Nxc5 24.Rxb4 Nd3 25.Rb7 Ncxe5 26.Bxe5 Nxe5 27.Nf4 O-O 28.Nxd5 a5 29.a4 f6 30.g4 Rf7 31.Rfb1 Rd8

32.Ne7+ Kf8 33.Nf5 Rxb7 34.Rxb7 Rd7 35.Rb8+ Kf7 36.Rb5 g6 37.Ne3 Rd3 38.Nd5 Nc4 39.Rb7+ Kf1 40.Nxf6 Rxh3+ 41.Kg2 Ra3 42.Nxh7+ Kg8 43.Nf6+ Kh8 44.Rh7#.

2 PCG Games 11/18/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

icesnake (Chess.com 2006) - JimWest (Chess.com 2075), Chess.com 11/18/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O O-O 8.exf5 Bxf5 9.Nc4 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nbd7 12.Bg2 d5 13.Ne3 g6 14.Ng4 Nxg4 15.Qxg4 Bf6 16.Bh6 Bg7 17.Be3 Qe7 18.c3 a6 19.b4 Rae8

20.Rae1 Nf6 21.Qd1 Nd7 22.a4 Qf7 23.b5 axb5 24.axb5 Kh8 25.bxc6 bxc6 26.c4 d4 27.Bd2 c5 28.Qc2 Nf6 29.Bg5 h6 30.Bd2 Qd7 31.Rb1 Rb8

32.Rfe1 e4 33.dxe4 d3 34.Qc1 Qd4 35.Bxh6 Rxb1 36.Bxg7+ Kxg7 37.Qxb1 d2 38.Rd1 Ng4 39.hxg4 Qxf2+ 40.Kh2 Rh8#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Mohakmax (lichess 1853) - JimWest (lichess 1999), lichess 11/18/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.O-O O-O 10.f3 Qe8 11.fxe4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nxe4 13.Qd3 Rxf1+ 14.Bxf1 Nd7 15.Bf4 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 c6 17.Re1 Bf5 18.c4 Qg6 19.Qf3 Nd2

20.Qe2 Nxf1 21.Rxf1 Be4 22.cxd5 cxd5 23.Rf2 Rf8 24.Rxf1+ Kxf1 25.c3 h5 26.g3 h4 27.Qb5 hxg3 28.Bxg3 Qg5 29.Qc5+ Kg8 30.Qc8+ Kh7 31.Qh3+ Kg8 

32.c4 Qe3+ 33.Kf1 Bd3+ 34.Kg2 Be4+ 35.Kf1 Bd3+ 36.Kg2 Be4+ 37.Kf1, draw.