PCG & PCG Reversed 11/11/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Bastian_Black (Chess.com 2035) - JimWest (Chess.com 2093), Chess.com 11/11/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e3

10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qh6 Nxh6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2007) - nksupermarket (lichess 1937), lichess 11/11/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O b6 8.a4 Bb7 9.c3 h6 10.Na3 e5

11.Nc4 d5 12.exd5 Qxd5 13.fxe5 Qxc4, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/10/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Takticfuchs2005 (Chess.com 2117) - JimWest (Chess.com 2068), Chess.com 11/10/2025

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.e6 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Bg5 Nbd7

11.Qh5+ Nxh5 12.Bxe7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

thilakderm (lichess 1986) - JimWest (lichess 2002), lichess 11/10/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.Qe2 Nc6 9.O-O Bd6 10.Nc3 Nd4 11.Qd1 Nxb3 12.axb3 O-O 13.Nb5 a6 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.Re1 h6 16.Nf3 e4 17.dxe4 fxe4 18.Nd4 Ng4

19.g3 Nxf2 20.Qh5 Bg4 21.Qh4 Nf3+ 22.Kh1 Qf6 23.Qxg4 Nf2+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/9/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

DeepTheory2025 (Chess.com 2170) - JimWest (Chess.com 2058), Chess.com 11/9/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.c3 Nh6 8.Qb3 g5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nbd2 g4 11.Ne1 Bc5 12.Nd3 Bb6 13.Kh1 Nd7 14.Be6 Nf8 15.Bxc8 Rxc8 16.Nc4 Nd7 17.a4 Nc5 18.Nxc5 Bxc5 19.Qxb7 O-O

20.b4 Qe6 21.Qa6 Be7 22.Nb2 Kh8 23.Qc4 Qf6 24.Nd3 Rg8 25.g3 fxg3 26.hxg3 Qf3+ 27.Kh2 Nf7 28.Be3 Qf6 29.Rh1 Ng5

30.Nxe5 Qxe5 31.Kg2 Nf3 32.Bf4 Qg7 33.Bh6 Qg6 34.Bf4 Bg5 35.Bxg5 Qxg5 36.Qe6 Qg7 37.Rh6 Rge8 38.Rxg7+ Qxg7 39.Qf6+ Qg7 40.Rh1+ Kg8 41.Qf5 Ne5 42.Rh5 Nf7

43.e5 Rxe5 44.Qxc8+ Qf8 45.Qxg4+ Qg7 46.Qc8+ Qf8, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

klausfranz (lichess 2014) - JimWest (lichess 1990), lichess 11/9/2025

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.d5 f4 7.Nxh7 Qh4 8.dxc6 Ng4 9.Qf3 Rxh7 10.h3 bxc6 11.Nc3 Nf6 12.Rg1 Bd7 13.Bd2 Rb8 14.O-O-O g5 15.Ne2 g4 16.hxg4 Bxg4 17.Qa3 Bxe2 18.Qxa7 Bxc4 19.Qxb8+ Kf7

20.Qxc7+ Kg8 21.Qxc6 Be2 22.g3 Qh5 23.gxf5+ Kh8 24.Rde1 Bf3 25.fxe5 Nxe4 26.exd6 Nxd2 27.Qc3+ Bg7

28.Qxd2 Bh6 29.Re3 Bxe3 30.fxe3 Rd7 31.Qd4+ Kh7 32.e4 Qh6+ 33.Kb1 Qxd6 34.Rg7+ Rxg7, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/8/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

gm_knight24 (Chess.com 1843) - JimWest (Chess.com 2050), Chess.com 11/8/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.h3 Nf6 7.Re1 Qc7 8.c3 b5 9.Bb3 h6 10.d4 a5 11.a4 bxa4 12.Bxa4 Be7 13.b3 O-O 14.Bb2 Nbd7 15.c4 Nb6 16.dxe5 Nxa4 17.Rxa4 dxe5 18.Bxe5 Qb6 19.Bxf4 Rd8

20.Qc2 Bb4 21.Nc3 Re8 22.e5 Nd7 23.Qg6 Bxc3 24.Qxe8+ Nf8 25.Re2 Qxb3 26.Raa2 Bb7 27.Qe7 Ba6 28.e6 Bxc4 29.Qf7+ Kh8 30.Ne5 Bxe6 31.Ng6+ Nxg6 32.Qxg6 Qd1+ 33.Kh2 Bxa2

34.Rxa2 Qd5 35.Re2 Rf8 36.Bd6 Qf7 37.Qc2 Rd8 38.Qxc3 Rxd6 39.Qa5 Rf6 40.f3 Kh7 41.Re4 Rf4 42.Re5 Rf6 43.Qc5 Qc7 44.Kg1 Qd6 45.Qe3 Qd1+ 46.Kh2 Qd6 47.Qe4+ Kg8 48.g3 Qd2+ 49.Kh1 Qd1+ 50.Kg2 Qd2+ 51.Kf1 Qd1+ 52.Kf2 Qd2+ 53.Qe2 Qxe2+ 54.Kxe2 Kf7

55.f4 Re6 56.Rxe6 Kxe6 57.Kd3 h5 58.g4 hxg4 59.hxg4 Kd5 60.f5 Ke5 61.Kc4 Kf4 62.Kc5 Kxg4 63.Kxc6 Kxf5 64.Kd5 g5 65.Kd4 Kf4 66.Kd3 Kf3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 1989) - Gukeshprime (lichess 2030), lichess 11/8/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 Nc6 9.Nf3 Bb6 10.Bd3 Nc5 11.Be3 Nxd3+ 12.cxd3 Bf5 13.Bxb6 axb6 14.Nf2 Ke7 15.O-O Rhd8 16.Rhd1 Nb4 17.d4 Rxa2 18.Rxa2 Nxa2 19.g4 Be6 

20.Ng5 h6 21.Nxe6 Kxe6 22.Ra1 Nb4 23.Ra7 Rxd4 24.Rxb7 Rd7 25.Rb8 Kxe5 26.Re8+ Kd4 27.Re4+ Kc5 28.b3 Kd5 29.Rxb4 Rd6 30.Rf4 f6 31.h4 Ke5 32.Re4+ Kd5 33.Re7 c5 34.Rxg7 c4 35.bxc4+ Kxc4

36.g5 fxg5 37.hxg5 hxg5 38.Rxg5 b5 39.Rg4+ Kb3 40.Ne4 Rd1+ 41.Kf2 b4 42.Nc5+ Ka3 43.Rg3+ Ka2 44.Nd3 b3 45.Nb4+ Ka1 46.Rxb3 Rd2+ 47.Ke1 Rd6 48.Nd3 Ka2 49.Rb2+ Ka3 50.Rd2 Re3+ 51.Kd1 Ka4

52.Nc5+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/7/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Afrodin1907 (Chess.com 1837) - JimWest (Chess.com 2033), Chess.com 11/7/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Ng5 d5 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Be2 Nf6 9.g4 Bc8 10.h4 Bb4 11.Bd2 Bxc3 12.bxc3 O-O 13.Nh3 h5 14.Bg5 hxg4 15.Nf4 Qa5 16.Qd2 e3

17.fxe3 Ne4 18.Qd3 Bf5 19.Be7 Nxc3 20.Qd2 Re8 21.Bg5 Qa3 22.O-O Nxe2+ 23.Nxe2 Be4 24.Ng3 Nd7 25.Nxe4 Rxe4 26.Rb1 b5 27.c3 Qd6 28.Qg2 Rae8, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Babysonic2022 (lichess 1947) - JimWest (lichess 1989), lichess 11/7/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.O-O Nd7 9.Re1 O-O-O 10.Nd4 Qf6 11.Nxf5 Qxf5 12.Bxg8 Rhxg8 13.Nc3 Rdf8 14.Ne4 Kc7 15.c4 Nc5 16.Qc2 Nxe4 17.Rxe4 Rf6 18.Rf1 Rgf8 19.f3 Qh5

20.Rfe1 Rf4 21.d4 Rxe4 22.Qxe4 Rf4 23.Qe3 Rxd4 24.g4 Qh4 25.c5 Rd3 26.cxd6+ Rxd6 27.Qxe5 Qf6 28.Qa5+ Kd7 29.Qb4 Qd4+ 30.Qxd4 Rxd4 31.Kf2 Rd2+ 32.Re2 Rxe2+ 33.Ke2 g5

34.Ke3 Ke6 35.f4 gxf4+ 36.Kxf4 c5 37.h4 c4 38.Ke4 b5 39.Kd4 a6 40.b3 cxb3 41.axb3 a5 42.g5 a4 43.b4 Kf5 44.Kd5 a3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/6/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

DEEPNOSIS3 (Chess.com 1876) - JimWest (Chess.com 2029), Chess.com 11/6/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.f4 Ne7 8.e6 O-O 9.Qh5 h6 10.Nf7 Qe8

11.Bd2 Bxe6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

OnepeiceisThegod (lichess 2002) - JimWest (lichess 1990), lichess 11/6/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nfd2 d5 6.b3 Bc5 7.Bb2 Ne7 8.e6 O-O 9.Qg4 Bxf2+ 10.Ke2 Ng6 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.Ba3 Nd4+ 13.Kd1 Bxe6 14.Qh5 Rf5 15.Qh3 Rf6 16.Qh5 Qd7 17.Kc1 c6 18.Kb2 Bg4 19.Qg5 Qf5

20.Qxf5 Bxf5 21.h3 e3 22.Nf3 Nxc2 23.g4 Nxa1 24.gxf5 Rxf5 25.Nd4 Rf6 26.Kxa1 Re8 27.Bc5 b6 28.Ba3 Nf4 29.Kb2 c5 30.Nde2 d4 31.Nxf4 dxc3+ 32.Kxc3 Rxf4, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/5/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2031) - mebilo13 (Chess.com 2026), Chess.com 11/5/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O a5 8.a4 Re8 9.c3 Bf8 10.f5 d5 11.Qc2 dxe5 12.dxe5 Ng4 13.h3 Bc5+ 14.Kh1 Ne3 15.Bxe3 Bxe3 16.Na3 Qf6 17.Nc4 Bf4 18.Rad1 g6

19.g4 gxf5 20.gxf5 Qh6 21.Rg1+ Kh8 22.Bf1 Qh5 23.Qg2 Qh6 24.Ng5 Rf8 25.Nxf7+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Farsad125 (lichess 1887) - JimWest (lichess 1985), lichess 11/5/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qh6 c6 12.h4 Bf8 13.Qg5 Bg7 14.f3 O-O 15.Qxf6 Bxf6 16.fxe4 Bxe5 17.dxe5 dxe4 18.Bc4+ Kg7 19.Nxe4 Re8

20.O-O-O Rxe5 21.Nd6 Bg4 22.Rdf1 b5 23.Rf7+ Kh6 24.Bb3 Na6 25.a3 Be6 26.Rb7 Nc5 27.Bxe6 Rxe6 28.Nf7+ Kg7 29.Ng5+ Nxb7 30.Nxe6+ Kf6 31.Nd4 Rc8

32.Rf1+ Ke5 33.Rf7 Kxd4 34.Rxb7 Rf8 35.Rxh7 Rf1+ 36.Kd2 Rf2+ 37.Kd1 Rxg2 38.Rxa7 Rg1+ 39.Kd2 Rg2+ 40.Kd1 Rg1+ 41.Kd2 Rg2+ 42.Ke1 Rxc2

43.b4 Rh2 44.Rc7 Kd5 45.Rg7 Rxh4 46.Rxg6 Rh3 47.Rg5+ Kd6 48.Rg6+ Kc7 49.Rg7+ Kb8 50.Rg4 Rxa3 51.Kd2 Rh3 52.Kc2 Rh6 53.Kc3 c5 54.bxc5+ Kxc5 55.Rg5+ Kb6 56.Kb4 Rh4+ 57.Kb3 Ka5 58.Rc5 Rh3+ 59.Kb2 Ka4

60.Rc3 Rxc3 61.Kxc3 Ka3 62.Kc2 Ka2 63.Kc3 Ka3 64.Kc2 b4 65.Kb1 Kb3 66.Ka1 Kc2 67.Ka2 b3+ 68.Ka1 b2+ 69.Ka2 b1=Q+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/4/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

CloesJohan (Chess.com 1869) - JimWest (Chess.com 2022), Chess.com 11/4/2025

1.e4 e5 Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Neg5 exd4 7.Bd3 Bb4+ 8.Kf1 Bg4 9.Qe2+ Qe7 10.Bxh7 Qxe2+ 11.Kxe2 Ne7 12.Bd3 Nbc6 13.Bf4 O-O 14.Bxc7 Rae8 15.Kf1 Nf5 16.h3 Bxf3 17.Nxf3 Rf7 18.Bh2 Bd6 19.Bxd6 Nxd6

20.a3 Ne4 21.Re1 Rfe7 22.b4 Nd2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2005) - Anatoliy25_13 (lichess 1954), lichess 11/4/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Qb6+ 9.Kh1 Qxb2 10.Nbd2 Na6 11.Nc4 Qb4 12.Rb1 Qa4 13.Bxd6 Bxd6 14.Nxd6 Qxa2 15.Nxc8 Raxc8 16.Rxb7 Nc5 17.Rb1 Qa5 18.Qd2 Qc7 19.Qb4 Ne6

20.Qb7 Qd6 21.e5 Qc5 22.exf6 Qxc2 23.fxg7 Rfd8 24.Qb2 Qc5 25.Rfc1 Qe3 26.Bf1 Qh6 27.Qe5 Re8 28.Qg3 a5 29.Rc4 c5 30.Rh4 Qg6 31.Qxg6 hxg6 32.Ra1 g5 33.Rh8+ Kxg7 34.Rxe8 Rxe8 35.Rxa5 Nf4

36.Rxc5 g4 37.Rg5+ Kf6 38.Rxg4 Nd5 39.Ra4 Ne3 40.Kg1 Nd1 41.Rf4+ Kg6 42.h4 Rb8 43.Ne5+ Kh5 44.Be2+ Kh6 45.Bxd1 Rb1 46.Rf1 f6 47.Ng4+ Kh5 48.Nxf6+ Kh4 49.Be2 Kg5 50.Rxb1, Black forfeits.

2 PCG Games 11/3/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

clarence2456 (Chess.com 2047) - JimWest (Chess.com 2029), Chess.com 11/3/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qh3 Nf6 9.Nf7 Qe7 10.Nxh8 Bxe6 11.Qg3 Ng4 12.Qb3 Bxf2+ 13.Kd1 Bb6

14.Bf4 Nf2+ 15.Kc1 Nxh1 16.Nc3 c6 17.Na4 Nd7 18.Nxb6 axb6 19.Qe3 O-O-O 20.Qd4 Rf8 21.Qg1 Rxf4 22.Qxh1 Qf6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ochir34 (lichess 1915) - JimWest (lichess 2004), lichess 11/3/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nxe5 dxe5 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qxh7 Rg7 8.Qh8 Kf7 9.h4 Nc6 10.h5 Be7 11.hxg6+ Rxg6 12.Rh7+ Ke6 13.exf5+ Kxf5 14.Rf7+ Ke6 15.Qh7 Qg8

16.Rxe7+ Nxe7 17.Qh3+ Kf7 18.Qf3+ Rf6 19.Qb3+ Kf8 20.Qb5 c6 21.Qc5 Qd5 22.Qe3 Bf5 23.Nc3 Qxg2

24.d3 Nd5 25.Nxd5 cxd5 26.Qc5+ Kg7 27.Qe7+ Rf7 28.Qxe5+ Kg8 29.Kd2 Qxf2+ 30.Kc3 Rc8+ 31.Kb3 Qxc2+ 32.Ka3 Qc5+ 33.b4 Qc3+ 34.Qxc3 Rxc3+ 35.Ka4 Bd7+ 36.Ka5 b6+ 37.Ka6 Bc8+ 38.Kb5 Rf1

39.Bb2 Rxa1 40.Bxa1 Rxd3, White resigns.