2 PCG Games 9/11/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Gustavode9Almeima (Chess.com 1892) - JimWest (Chess.com 2063), Chess.com 9/11/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a4 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.Nc3 Bg4 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Re1 Nbd7 11.Qe2 O-O-O 12.a5 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 a6 14.Nd1 g5 15.Be6 Kb8 16.c3 h5 17.h3 Be7 18.b4 g4 19.hxg4 hxg4

20.Bxg4 Nxg4 21.Qxg4 Rh4 22.Qf3 Rdh8 23.Kf1 Nf6 24.Bd2 Qd7 25.Ke2 Rd8 26.Ra2 Qe6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

BlackKnightM (lichess 2052) - JimWest (lichess 2038), lichess 9/11/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Bxg8 Rxg8 8.Nc3 f4 9.d4 Bg4 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qd3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nd7 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.Qh3 h6 15.Rd2 Kb8 16.Rhd1 Nf6 17.g3 fxg3 18.hxg3 Rxd2 19.Rxd2 Rd8

20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.Qe6 Nd7 22.Qf5 Kc7 23.b3 Qg5+ 24.Qxg5 hxg5 25.Kd2 Kd6 26.Ke3 g4 27.b4 a6 28.Nd1 b5 29.Kd3 c5 30.c3 c4+ 31.Ke3 Nf6

32.f3 gxf3 33.Kxf3 Ke6 34.Ne3 g6 35.g4 Kd6 36.g5 Nh5 37.Nd5 Ng7 38.Nf6 Ne6 39.Kg4 Nf4 40.Ne8+ Kd7 41.Nf6+ Ke6 42.Ne8 Ne2

43.Nc7+ Kd6 44.Nxa6 Nxc3 45.a3 Nxe4, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/10/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Avi-saini (Chess.com 1953) - JimWest (Chess.com 2060), Chess.com 9/10/2026

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bg5+ Nf6 9.O-O-O Ke8 10.Rhe1 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Rxe4 Bf5 13.Ree1 Bg4 14.Bd5 Kd7 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 h5 17.Bxc6+ Kxc6 18.Re4 b6

19.f4 exf4 20.Bxf4 Bxf4+ 21.Rxf4 Rhf8 22.Rc4+ Kb7 23.b3 Rad8 24.Rcd4 Rxd4 25.Rxd4 Rf1+ 26.Kb2 Rf2 27.g4 Rf3 28.gxh5 Rxh3 29.Rg4 Rxh5 30.Rxg7 a5 31.a4 Rh3

32.Re7 Rg3 33.Re4 c5 34.Re7+ Ka6 35.Re6 Rh3 36.Rg6 Rf3 37.c4 Rf2+ 38.Ka3 Rh2 39.Rg7 Rf2 40.Re7 Rh2 41.Rg7 Rf2 42.Re7 Rh2 43.Rg7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Panda_ours9 (lichess 2170) - JimWest (lichess 2029), lichess 9/10/2026

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.h4 Rf8 12.f3 exf3 13.gxf3 Bd7 14.Bg5 Qxf3 15.Qxf3 Rxf3 16.b4 Bd6 17.b5 Ne5 18.Be2 Rf8 19.h5 Be7

20.Rg1 Nf6 21.Bh4 Rxh8 22.Rxg7 Bd8 23.Na3 Re8 24.O-O-O c6 25.c4 dxc4 26.bxc6 bxc6 27.Bxc4 Nxc4 28.Nxc4 Nxh5 29.Nd6+ Kb8 30.Nxe8 Nxg7

31.Bxd8 Bxe8 32.Bf6 Ne6 33.Re1 Bd7 34.Be5+ Kb7 35.Rh1 Nc5 36.Rxh7 Nd3+ 37.Kd2 Nxe5 38.Re7 Nc4+ 39.Kc3 Nb6 40.Kb4 Nd5+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/9/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

RaheelAsif8887 (Chess.com 1879) - JimWest (Chess.com 2079), Chess.com 9/9/2026

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

6.Nd2 Qxg5 7.Nxe4 Qxe5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2039) - sergeyk_57 (lichess 2026), lichess 9/9/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Ng6 9.e5 Ne4 10.Nf3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.c3 c6 13.Be3 Bg5 14.Nbd2 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 Bxe3+ 16.Qxe3 Qe7 17.Rae1 Rae8 18.Re2 f5 19.Qg5 f4

20.Qxe7 Rxe7 21.Ref2 h6 22.Ne1 Ree8 23.Nd3 Rf7 24.Nxf4 Rxf4 25.Rxf4 Nxf4 26.Rxf4 Rf8 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Kf2 Ke7 29.Kf3 Ke6 30.Kg4 g6 31.h4 b6

32.a4 c5 33.h5 g5 34.Kf3 a6 35.g4 b5 36.axb5 axb5 37.b3 cxd4 38.cxd4 b4 39.Ke3 Kd7 40.Kd3 Ke6 41.Ke3 Kd7 42.Kd3 Ke6 43.Ke3, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/8/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Mrcerdascermat123 (Chess.com 1995) - JimWest (Chess.com 2079), Chess.com 9/8/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ng5 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.O-O Bd6 10.Re1 O-O 11.a3 Nd4 12.Ba4 h6 13.Nf3 Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 e4 15.dxe4 fxe4 16.Qd1 Be6 17.Bb3 Kh8 18.Be3 a6 19.Bd4 Ng4

20.h3 Qh4 21.Bxd5 Nxf2 22.Bxg7+ Kxg7 23.Qd4+ Kh7 24.Bxe6 Qg3 25.Nxe4 Qh2+ 26.Kf1 Nxe4+ 27.Ke2 Qxg2+ 28.Kd1 Qf3+ 29.Kc1 Qf4+ 30.Qe3 Qxe3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2032) - Ibrahimvn (lichess 2045), lichess 9/8/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 d6 6.Na4 Bxg1 7.Rxg1 Ng4 8.h3 Qh4+ 9.g3 Qh5 10.hxg4 Bxg4 11.Be2 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Qg6 13.f5 Qf6 14.Nc3 Nd4 15.Qf2 c6 16.g4 O-O-O 17.g5 Qe7 18.Be3 c5 19.Nd5 Qd7

20.c3 Nb5 21.a4 Nc7 22.Nxc7 Qxc7 23.O-O-O a6 24.c4 Qa5 25.Qc2 Kb8 26.Bd2 Qb6 27.a5 Qc6 28.Qb3 Rd7 29.Kc2 Rc8 30.Ra1 Ka7 31.Qb6+ Qxb6 32.axb6+ Kxb6

33.f6 gcf6 34.gxf6 Ka7 35.Rg7 Rh8 36.Bh6 Rc7 37.Rh1 b5 38.cxb5 axb5 39.Ra1+ Kb6 40.Bd2 h5 41.Ba5+ Kc6 42.Bxc7 Kxc7 43.Rxf7+ Kc6 44.Ra6#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/7/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2075) - GelatinousJoseph (Chess.com 2095), Chess.com 9/7/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Bg4 12.Be2 Bc5 13.Nc3 Qg6 14.Kxh1 O-O-O 15.Bf4 Rhe8 16.Bg3 Kb8 17.Qd3 Bf5 18.Qb5 Bb6

19.Nh4 Be4+ 20.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 21.Bf3 Qxc2 22.Re1 d4 23.a4 d3 24.a5 Qc5 25.Qxc5 Bxc5 26.Nf5 Bb4 27.Rd1 g6 28.Ne3 Bxa5 29.Nc4 Bb4 30.Na3 f6 31.exf6 Re6

32.Nb5 Ba5 33.b4 Bb6 34.f7 Rf6 35.Bh4 Rxf3 36.Bxd8 Rxf7 37.Rxd3 c6 38.Bxb6 axb6 39.Rd8#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

chotkiy_parenyi (lichess 2067) - JimWest (lichess 2044), lichess 9/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.Qa4+ Nc6 9.a3 dxc3 10.axb4 cxb2 11.Bxb2 Qxg5 12.b5 Bd7 13.bxc5 Bxc6

14.Qb3 O-O-O 15.Rxa7 Qd2#.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/6/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

ilovegirllove (Chess.com 2057) - JimWest (Chess.com 2066), Chess.com 9/6/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Bh5+ Kf8 11.Ng6+ hxg6 12.Bxg6 Nbd7 13.Bf4 Ng4 14.h3 Nxf2 15.Rf1 Kg8 16.Qh5 Nf6 17.Qh4 e3 18.Bg5 N2e4 19.Bh7+ Kf8

20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Rxf6+ Ke8 23.Nc3 Bd4 24.O-O-O Qxf6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2053) - Rams9052 (lichess 2008), lichess 9/6/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3

7.Bc4 Be6 8.Bxe6 fxe6 9.Qxg4 h5 10.Qxe6+ Be7 11.Bxe3 Nc6 12.Ne2 Qd7 13.Qxd7+ Kxd7 14.c3 Raf8 15.Nd2 h4 16.h3 g5 17.O-O-O b5 18.Rdf1 b4

19.Rxf8 Rxf8 20.Rf1 bxc3 21.bxc3 Rxf1+ 22.Nxf1 Ba3+ 23.Kc2 Be7 24.Nd2 a5 25.Ne4 a4 26.Bxg5 Bxg5 27.Nxg5 Ne7

28.Ne4 Nf5 29.Kd3 c6 30.Nc5+ Kc7 31.Nxa4 Kd7 32.Ke4 Ke6 33.Nf4+, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/5/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Robin_z_Rybian (Chess.com 1956) - JimWest (Chess.com 2056), Chess.com 9/5/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7

6.Bg5 exf3 7.Bxe7 fxe2 8.f6 exf1=Q+ 9.Kxf1 gxf6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2065) - rfaruque (lichess 2032), lichess 9/5/2026

1.e3 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 e5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Be7 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Nh5 9.Be3 Nhf6 10.c3 Ne5 11.h3 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 c5 13.Nd2 Rb8 14.a4 b6 15.Nc4 Ba6

16.Bg5 Bxc4 17.dxc4 h6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Qd5 Be5 20.Bg4 Qg5 21.Rae1 h5 22.Rf5 Qd2 23.Qxd2, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/4/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

sachinanand1966 (Chess.com 1933) - JimWest (Chess.com 2052), Chess.com 9/4/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.f3 Bd6 9.fxe4 O-O 10.Bd3 Bxe5 11.dxe5 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 dxe4 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Nxe4 Re8 15.Bf4 Nc6 16.O-O-O Bf5 17.Ng3 Bg4 18.Rde1 Rad8 19.h3 Bc8

20.Rd1 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Kf7 22.Re1 Ke6 23.c3 Rf8 24.Ne2 b6 25.Bg3 g5 26.h4 h6 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.Rh1 Ba6 29.Nd4+ Nxd4 30.cxd4 Rf1+ 31.Rxf1 Bxf1 32.Kd2 Bxg2

33.Ke3 Bd5 34.a3 a5 35.Kd3 a4 36.Kc3 b5 37.Be1 c6 38.Bd2 g4 39.Bf4 Kf5 40.Bg3 Ke4 41.e6 Bxe6 42.Bc7 Bd5 43.Bd6 Kf3 44.Kd2 g3 45.Ke1 g2 46.Bh2 Ke4 47.Bg1 Kd3 48.Kd1 Bf3+ 49.Ke1 Kc2 50.d5 Bxd5

51.Bd4 g1=Q+ 52.Bxg1 Kxb2 53.Bc5 Kb3 54.Kd2 Kc4 55.Be7 c5 56.Kc1 b4 57.Kb2 bxa3+ 58.Kxa3 Bc6 59.Bf8 Kd4 60.Bg7+ Kd3 61.Kb2 c4 62.Bf6 Bf3 63.Bg7 Bd1 64.Bf6 Bb3

65.Bg7 Ke4 66.Bf6 Kd5 67.Bg7 Kc5 68.Ka3 Kc6 69.Bf6 Kb5 70.Bg7 Bd1 71.Bf6 Kc6 72.Bg7 Kd5 73.Kb2 Ke4 74.Bf6 Kd3 75.Bg7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Aaritchess123 (lichess 1911) - JimWest (lichess 2062), lichess 9/4/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.c4 Nc6 8.Nb3 Bxf5 9.Nc3 O-O-O 10.Bg5 Qf7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.g4 Bg6 13.Bg2 Re8 14.h4 h6 15.h5 Bh7 16.O-O-O Nb4 17.Rhe1 d5

18.cxd5 Nd3+ 19.Rxd3 exd3 20.Qxe8+ Qxe8 21.Rxe8+ Kd7 22.Re3 Bd6 23.Nc5+ Bxc5 24.dxc5 Rg8 25.Be4 f5 26.Bxf5+ Bxf5 27.gxf5 Rg2 28.Rf3 Ke7 29.f6+ Kf7 30.d6 cxd6 31.cxd6 Rg8

32.Nd5 Rd8 33.Rxd3 Rxd6 34.Kc2 Rc6+ 35.Kb3 Ke6 36.Rf3 Kf7 37.Nc3 Rc5 38.Ne4 Rxh5 39.Nd6+ Kf8 40.f7 Rd5 41.Nxb7 Rb5+ 42.Ka4 Rxb7 43.b4 h5 44.Rh3 Rxf7 45.Rxh5 Rxf2 46.a3 Rf7 47.Ra5 Ke8 48.Kb5 Kd8 49.Kc6 Kc8

50.Rh5 Rf6+ 51.Kb5 Kb7 52.Rh7+ Kb8 53.Ka5 Rg6 54.b5 Rf6 55.a4 Rg6 56.Kb4 Rg4+ 57.Kc5 Rxa4

58.Kc6 Rc4+ 59.Kd5 Rc7 60.Rh8+ Kb7 61.Rh6 Rg7 62.Ra6 Rg5+ 63.Kc4 Rg4+ 64.Kd5 Rg5+ 65.Kc4 Rg4+ 66.Kd5 Rg5+, draw.

2 PCG Games 9/3/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Rocky-Marciano777 (Chess.com 1915) - JimWest (Chess.com 2055), Chess.com 9/3/2026

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.h4 Qxe5 10.Be2 Nc6 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.Na3 O-O, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

shivamore (lichess 1914) - JimWest (lichess 2050), lichess 9/3/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.h4 O-O 10.Qh5 h6 11.Nh3 Bxh3 12.Rxh3 Rf5 13.Qg4 h5 14.Qg3 Nbc6 15.Bf4 Qf8 16.Be3 Nxe5 17.Bd4 Ng4 18.Be2 Nc6

19.Bxg4 hxg4 20.Qxg4 Nxd4 21.Rg3, White resigns.