PCG Reversed & PCG 5/7/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2077) - FatalInjuries (Chess.com 1927), Chess.com 5/7/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.c3 Bd7 8.O-O Qe7 9.a4 exf4 10.Bxf4 Nh5 11.Bg5 f6 12.Be3 a6 13.Nfd2 Be6 14.Bxh5 gxh5 15.Qxh5+ Bf7 16.Qe2 O-O-O 17.Na3 d5 18.Rae1 Rhg8 19.Kh1 Qd7

20.d4 dxe4 21.Nxe4 Bd5 22.Ng3 Bf8 23.c4 Bf7 24.Qf2 Be7 25.d5 Nb4 26.Nf5 Nd3 27.Nxe7+ Qxe7 28.Qf5+ Qd7 29.Qxd3 Rxg2 30.Kxg2 Qg4+ 31.Kh1 Bg6

32.Rf4 Qh3 33.Qf1 Qh5 34.Bd4 Rg8 35.Rxf6 b6 36.Rf8+ Rxf8 37.Qxf8+ Kb7 38.Qf2 Qg4 39.d6 Kb8 40.dxc7+ Kxc7 41.Qg3+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Mihail8824 (lichess 2101) - JimWest (lichess 2125), lichess 5/7/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bd2 Be7 6.h3 O-O 7.Bg5 c6 8.Be2 a5 9.O-O f4 10.d4 Qc7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Nh2 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Bg4 Bxg4 15.Nxg4 Na6 16.b3 Rad8 17.Qe2 Qf7 18.Rfd1 h5 19.Nxf6+ gxf6

20.a3 Nc5 21.b4 axb4 22.axb4 Ne6 23.b5 Nd4 24.Qf1 f3 25.bxc6 bxc6 26.Rac1 Kh8 27.Rd3 Rg8 28.g3 h4 29.g4 Qg6 30.Kh1 Qg5 31.Qd1 Qf4

32.Qg1 Ne2 33.Nxe2 fxe2 34.Re1 Qxe4+ 35.f3 Qf4 36.Rxe2 Rxd3 37.cxd3 Qxf3+ 38.Qg2 Qxg2+ 39.Rxg2 Rd8 40.Rd2 c5 41.Kg2 c4 42.Kf3 Rxd3+ 43.Rxd3 cxd3 44.Ke3, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/6/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Supertert2 (Chess.com 1921) - JimWest (Chess.com 2072), Chess.com 5/6/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc3 d5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O c6 9.Re1 Bd6 10.Nf1 O-O 11.Ng3 Bg6 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.Qd2 Nbd7 14.Bh4 Rae8 15.Bg5 b5 16.Nd1 a5 17.Ne3 a4 18.a3 h6 19.Bxf6 Nxf6

20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.Bxg4 Bf4 22.Qe2 e3 23.f3 Bxg3 24.hxg3 Qxg3 25.Bd7 Qf2+ 26.Qxf2 exf2+ 27.Kxf2 Rxe1 28.Rxe1 Rf6 29.Re6 Rxe6 30.Bxe6+ Kf8 31.Bd7 Be8 32.Bxe8 Kxe8

33.Ke3 Ke7 34.Kf4 Kf6 35.g4 g5+ 36.Kg3 Ke6 37.f4 Kd6 38.fxg5 hxg5 39.Kf3 c5 40.c3 c4 41.Ke3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2114) - aghalarov-10 (lichess 2172), lichess 5/6/2025

1.e3 b6 2.d3 Bb7 3.e4 e5 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.f5 h6 10.Qc2 d5 11.Kh1 dxe4 12.dxe4 a5 13.a4 Bc5 14.Na3 Qe7 15.Nc4 Ng4 16.h3 Nf2+ 17.Kh2 Rfd8 18.Be3 b5

19.axb5 Nd4 20.cxd4 Bxe4 21.Qb3 a4 22.Rxa4 Ng4+ 23.hxg4 exd4 24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.Bxd4 Bxf3 26.Bxc5 Qh4+ 27.Kg1 Bxe2 28.Ne5 Bxf1 29.Qxf7+ Kh8 30.Ng6+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/5/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

chesssign (Chess.com 2083) - JimWest (Chess.com 2065), Chess.com 5/5/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.h3 a5 10.a4 Na6 11.Ng5 h6 12.Nf3 Nc5 13.Re1 g5 14.Nh2 h5 15.f3 g4 16.Bxf4 gxh3 17.Bg5 Be7 18.f4 Be6 19.Bxe6 Nxe6

20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.f5 Nf4 22.g3 Rg8 23.Qf3 O-O-O 24.Kh1 Ng2 25.Re2 h4 26.g4 Nf4 27.Rf2 Qb6 28.Rb1 Rd7 29.Nf1 Rdg7 30.Ne3 Qc5 31.Rc1 Bd8 32.Kh2 Bb6

33.Re2 Nxe2 34.Nxe2 Qxe3 35.Qxe3 Bxe3 36.Rg1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Debasish01 (lichess 2086) - JimWest (lichess 2101), lichess 5/5/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.d5 f4 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.dxe6 Qf6 9.Nc3 Ne7 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.b4 c6 14.Qf3 Rac8 15.Bb2 cxd5 16.Qxd5 f3 17.gxf3 Qxf3 18.Qxf3 Rxf3 19.Bd5 Rf6

20.c4 b6 21.Bc1 Rg6+ 22.Kh1 Rf8 23.f3 Ng4 24.Bd2 Nf6 25.Bc6 Rc8 26.b5 Kh8 27.Rad1 Nh5 28.Bd5 Nf4 29.Bxf4 exf4 30.Rd4 Rf8 31.Re4 Rf5 32.Rd4 Rh6 33.Rd2 Re5

34.Rg2 Kg8 35.Rfg1 g6 36.Ra1 Kf8 37.a4 Re3 38.a5 Bf6 39.Raa2 Re1+ 40.Rg1 Rxg1+ 41.Kxg1 Bc5+ 42.Kg2 Ke7 43.axb6 Bxb6 44.Re2 Rh5 45.h3 Rg5+ 46.Kh2 Re5 47.Re4 Rxe4 48.fxe4 f3 49.e5 dxe5 50.Bxf3 Kxe6

51.Be4 Kf6 52.Kg3 h6 53.Kf3 g5 54.Kg4 Be3 55.Kh5 Kg7 56.Bf3 Bc5 57.Kg4 Kf6 58.Be4 Bd4 59.Kh5 Kg7 60.Bf5 Bc5 61.Kg4 Kf6 62.Be4 Bd4 63.Bc6 Bc5 64.Kf3 h5 65.Be8 h4 66.Ke4 Ke6 67.Bg6 Bd4 68.Bf5+ Kd6 69.Bg4 Kc5 70.Be6 Kd6 

71.Bd5 Bc3 72.Kf5 Bd2 73.Kf6 Bf4 74.Kf5 Kc5 75.Ke6 e4 76.Bxe4 Kxc4 77.Bc6 Kc5 78.Kd7 Kb6 79.Ke6 a6, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/4/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

KnightPentan (Chess.com 1869) - JimWest (Chess.com 2044), Chess.com 5/4/2025

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.Qc3 Nxb4 11.Qxb4 Qc1+ 12.Ke2 Bg4+ 13.f3 exf3+ 14.gxf3 O-O-O 15.fxg4 Qd1+ 16.Kf2 Nh6

17.h3 Rhf8+ 18.Kg2 Qf3+ 19.Kh2 Qf4+ 20.Kg2 Qf2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2101) - shuraaleks65 (lichess 1965), lichess 5/4/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d5 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 exf4 6.Bxf4 O-O 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 Re8 9.h3 Bh5 10.e5 d4 11.Na4 Bb4+ 12.c3 dxc3 13.bxc3 Nd5 14.Bg5 Nxc3 15.Qb3 Nd5+ 16.Kf2 Be7 17.Bxe7 Rxe7

18.Qxb7 c6 19.Qxa8 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 Rxe5 21.Rhb1 Qh4+ 22.Kg1 Qd4+ 23.Kh1 h6 24.Qxb8+ Kh7 25.Be4+ g6 26.Rf1 Re7 27.Nb2 Qxb2 28.Qxb2, Black forfeits.

2 PCG Games 5/3/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

lennyfield (Chess.com 1822) - JimWest (Chess.com 2025), Chess.com 5/3/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Be2 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Kh1 c6 8.Qe1 f4 9.d4 Qc7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Bc4+ Kh8 12.Ng5 h6 13.Ne6 Bxe6 14.Bxe6 Nbd7 15.a3 Rae8 16.f3 Bc5 17.Bf5 a6 18.Qh4 Be7 19.Qh3 Rd8

20.Bd2 Nb6 21.Rad1 Nc4 22.Bc1 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Re1 Bc5 25.Nd1 Qd6 26.Nc3 Be3 27.Be6 Bxc1 28.Rxc1 Nxb2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

kaspabob (lichess 1974) - JimWest (lichess 2126), lichess 5/3/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nd4 d5 6.Bf4 Bc5 7.Be2 Ne7 8.Bg3 O-O 9.O-O Nbc6 10.c3 Bxd4 11.cxd4 Nf5 12.Nc3 Be6 13.Qb3 Ncxd4 14.Qxb7 Nxe2+ 15.Nxe2 Rb8 16.Qxa7 Rxb2 17.Nf4 Qd7 18.Nxe6 Qxe6

19.Qxc7 Nxg3 20.hxg3 d4 21.a4 d3 22.a5 Rc2 23.Qb6 Qxe5 24.a6 Rcxf2 25.Rxf2 Qxa1+ 26.Kh2 Rxf2 27.Qxf2 Qxa6 28.Qd4 Qg6

29.Qd5+ Kf8 30.Qd6+ Kf7 31.Qf4+ Ke6 32.Kg1 Qf5 33.Qe3 Qd5 34.Qb6+ Kf5 35.Qf2+ Kg6 36.Kf1 Qf5, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/2/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

racecarman101 (Chess.com 1981) - JimWest (Chess.com 2028), Chess.com 5/2/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Na5 5.Bb3 Nxb3 6.axb3 f5 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.Nf3 Nf6 9.O-O Be7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.h3 h6 12.Be3 a6 13.Qd2 Bh7 14.Rfe1 c6 15.Qe2 Qc7 16.Bd2 Rae8 17.Ne4 d5 18.Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.Ra4 e4

20.dxe4 Rxe4 21.Rxe4 Bxe4 22.c3 Bxf3 23.Qxf3 Bg5 24.Qe2 Bxd2 25.Qxd2 Qf4 26.Qxf4 Rxf4 27.Re7 Rf7 28.Re3 Kf8 29.Kf1 Re7 30.Ke2 Rxe3+ 31.Kxe3 Ke7

32.b4 Ke6 33.Kd4 b6 34.b3 h5 35.h4 Kd6 36.f3 a5 37.bxa5 c5+ 38.Ke3 bxa5 39.Kf4 c4 40.bxc4 a4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2165) - chale_zheng (lichess 2182), lichess 5/2/2025

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.Nc3 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Bc5 11.Bb5+ Bd7 12.Bxd7+ Qxd7 13.Qxd5 Nxc3 14.Qxd7+ Kxd7 15.bxc3 Rac8 16.Ke2 Bb6 17.Rd1+ Ke6 18.Ng5+ Ke7 19.Ba3+ Bc5

20.Bxc5+ Rxc5 21.Nf3 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 Rxe5+ 23.Kf2 Rc8 24.Re1 Kf6 25.Rxe5 Kxe5 26.Re1+ Kf6 27.Re3 Rc4 28.Rf3+ Ke7 29.Re3+ Kd7 30.Rd3+ Ke7 31.Re3+ Kf8

32.Rd3 a6 33.Ke2 Ra4 34.Rd7 Rxa2 35.Kd2 Rb2 36.c4 a5 37.Kc3 Rb1 38.c5 a4 39.Rd8+ Ke7 40.Ra8 Rg1 41.Rxa4 Rxg2 42.Ra7 Rxh2 43.c6 Kd6 44.cxb7 Kc7 45.b8=Q+ Kxb8 46.Rxf7 g5

47.Rg7 h6 48.Kd3 Rg2 49.Rh7 Rh2 50.Rg7 Rf2 51.Rg6 Rh2 52.Rg7, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/1/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2021) - kwerts (Chess.com 2022), Chess.com 5/1/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f4 Nxe4 7.dxe4 Qh4+ 8.Kd2 Qf4+ 9.Kc2 Qxe4+ 10.Qd3 Bxf5 11.Qxe4 Bxe4+ 12.Kd1 f5 13.Nf3 h6 14.b4 Bb6 15.a4 a5 16.b5 Nd7 17.Nbd2 Bd5 18.Bc4 Nf6 19.Kc2 Kh7

20.Bxd5 Nxd5 21.Nc4 Bc5 22.Rd1 c6 23.bxc6 bxc6 24.Ncxe5 dxe5 25.Nxe5 Ne3+ 26.Bxe3 Bxe3 27.Nxc6 Rfc8 28.Ne7 Rc5 29.Rd5 Rxd5 30.Nxd5 Bg5 31.Rf1 Kg6 32.Rb1 Rd8 33.Rb6+ Kh5 34.Rb5 Re8

35.Kd3 Re5 36.g3 Kg4 37.c4 Kh3 38.Nf4+ Bxf4 39.gxf4 Re8 40.Rxf5 Kxh2 41.Rxa5 Kg3 42.Ra7 g6 43.Rg7 Re6 44.f5 Rd6+ 45.Kc3 g5 46.Rg6 Rd8 47.Rxh6 Kf4 48.f6 g4 49.f7 Rf8 50.Rf6+ Kg5 51.Rf1 g3 52.a5 g2 53.Rg1 Rxf7 54.Rxg2+ Kh4 55.Ra2 Ra7

56.a6 Kg4 57.Kb4 Kf5 58.Kb5 Ke6 59.Kb6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Aderiho (lichess 2096) - JimWest (lichess 2166), lichess 5/1/2025

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.Nf3 exf2+ 11.Kxf2 dxc3 12.Qc2 Ne7 13.Bd3 Nbc6 14.Rd1 Nd4 15.Bg6+ Nxg6 16.Rxd4 Qe7 17.Bg5 Qc5 18.Kf1 O-O 19.Qxc3 Nxe5

20.Rf4 Rxf4 21.Bxf4 Nxf3 22.gxf3 Bh3+ 23.Ke2 Re8+ 24.Be3 Qe5 25.Qxe5 Rxe5 26.Rd1 Be6 27.c5 Rd5 28.Rxd5 Bxd5 29.h4 h5 30.Bf4 c6 31.Bb8 a6 32.Ke3 g6 33.f4 Kf7

34.Bc7 Ke6 35.Bd8 Kf5 36.Be7 a5 37.Bd8 a4 38.Be7 Bb3 39.Bd8 Bc2 40.Be7 Ke6 41.Bd8 Kd5 42.Bb6 Kc4 43.Kd2 Bf5 44.Kc1 Kb3 45.Bd8 Kxa3 46.Bf6 Kb3 47.Bd4 a3 48.Be5 a2 49.Ba1 Bb1

50.Kd2 Kc4 51.Ke3 Kxc5 52.Bd4+ Kd5 53.Bb2 b5 54.Bc3 c5 55.Ba1 b4 56.Kd2 c4 57.Ke3 c3 58.Ke2 Ke4, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/30/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

njakar (Chess.com 1982) - JimWest (Chess.com 2023), Chess.com 4/30/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nxe4 Be7 8.Qg4 g6 9.Ng5 Nf6 10.Qa4+ c6 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O Qd6 13.Re1 Qb4 14.Qxb4 Bxb4 15.Nd2 Re8

16.c3 Bf8 17.Ndf3 c5 18.Bb5 Nc6 19.Bd2 h6, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2160) - WouterFR4ever (lichess 2174), lichess 4/30/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qxg4 Qa5+ 9.Nc3 Bxb5 10.Qc8+ Ke7 11.Qxb7+ Nd7 12.Qxb5 Qxb5 13.Nxb5 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Nxe5 15.Bf4 Ng6 16.Nge2 Ke8 17.O-O-O Nxf4 18.Nxf4 g6 19.Kb1 f5

20.Nde6 Kf7 21.Nxf8 Rhxf8 22.Rd7+ Kg8 23.h4 a5 24.a4 Rfe8 25.Ne2 Ra6 26.Rhd1 Rae6 27.Rd8 h6 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8 29.Rd5 Kf7 30.Rxa5 Kf6 31.g3 g5 32.Ra6+ Kg7 33.hxg5 hxg5

34.a5 Rf8 35.Ra7+ Kg6 36.Re7 f4 37.gxf4 gxf4 38.Rxe4 f3 39.Ng3 f2 40.Nf1 Kf5 41.Re2 Kg4 42.a6 Kf3 43.Re7 Rd8 44.Kc1 Ra8 45.a7 Kg2 46.Ne3+ Kf3 47.Nf1 Kg2 48.Nd2 f1=Q+ 49.Nxf1 Kxf1 50.b4, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 4/29/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

nihatyilmaz (Chess.com 1955) - JimWest (Chess.com 2004), Chess.com 4/29/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.a4 d5 9.Ba2 Bd6 10.Re1 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 O-O 13.Qe2 Kh8 14.Bg5 Qc7 15.Rac1 Rae8 16.Qf1 h6 17.Bh4 Bb4 18.Re2 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Qa5

20.c4 Qxa4 21.Bb3 Qb4 22.cxd5 Qxh4 23.dxc6 bxc6 24.Ra1 Nc5 25.Rxa7 Nxb3 26.cxb3 Qd4 27.Rc7 Qxd3 28.Rxc6 Qxb3 29.Re3 Qd5 30.Rc7 e4 31.Qc1 Qf5 32.Rg3 e3 33.fxe3 Rg8 34.Rf3 Qg6 35.Kh2 Ne4

36.Rc6 Re6 37.Rc7 Rf6 38.Qf1 Nd2 39.Rxf6 Nxf1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

pavlos_n_passant (lichess 2155) - JimWest (lichess 2164), lichess 4/29/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qe2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.c3 O-O-O 11.Be3 d4 12.cxd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bxd4 14.Nd2 Bxb2 15.Rb1 Bc3

16.Qxe4 Bxd2+ 17.Ke2 Bd5 18.Qa4 Bc6 19.Qg4+ Kb8 20.Rb3 Nh6 21.Qc4 Qe5+ 22.Kd1 Qe1+, White resigns.