2 PCG Games 1/30/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Touati333 (Chess.com 1973) - JimWest (Chess.com 2041), Chess.com 1/30/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Be2 Be7 7.h3 h6 8.Nh4 Bh7 9.Bh5+ Kf8 10.Ng6+ Bxg6 11.Bxg6 Nbd7 12.Qf3 c6 13.h4 Kg8 14.Ne4 Nf8 15.h5 d5 16.Ng3 Nxg6 17.hxg6 Qe8 18.Nf5 e4 19.dxe4 Nxe4

20.Qg4 Bb4+ 21.Kf1 Bc5 22.Ne3 Nf6 23.Qf5 Qe4 24.Qxe4 Nxe4 25.Rh3 Rf8 26.f3 Ng5 27.Rg3 Rf6 28.Ng4 Rxg6 29.Ke2 Re6+ 30.Kd3 Nf7 31.b3 Ne5+ 32.Nxe5 Rxe5 33.f4 Re1 34.Bb2 Re7

35.f5 Bd6 36.Rg6 Rd7 37.Re1 Kh7 38.Ree6 Rhd8 39.g4 Bf4 40.Ba3 Bg5 41.Bc5 a6 42.Bb6 Rf8 43.Rd6 Rxd6 44.Rxd6 Rf7 45.Re6 Re7 46.Kd4 Kg8 47.Ke5 Kf7 48.Bc5 Rxe6+ 49.fxe6+ Ke8 50.Kf5 Bf6

51.Kg6 b5 52.a4 bxa4 53.bxa4 Bc3 54.Kf5 Bf6 55.Kg6 Bc3 56.Kf5 Bf6 57.Kg6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Jayatlas (lichess 1927) - JimWest (lichess 1998), lichess 1/30/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.h3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.Nc3 d5 10.Bb3 Nd7 11.O-O Nc5 12.Ne2 Nxb3 13.axb3 O-O 14.Ng3 Bg6 15.Rb1 a6 16.Re1 Qc7 17.c4 dxc4 18.bxc4 Rad8 19.Re3 e4

20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Qd7 22.d4 Rfe8 23.Rxe8+ Qxe8 24.Qd2 Qe4 25.Rd1 c5 26.Re1 Qf5 27.d5 b5 28.b3 b4 29.Qe3 h6 30.Qe6+ Qxe6 31.Rxe6 Ra8 32.Ne5 Bxe5 33.Rxe5 a5

34.d6 a4 35.d7 Kf7 36.Rxc5 axb3 37.Rc8 b2 38.Rxa8 b1=Q+ 39.Kh2 Qf5 40.d8=Q Qf4+ 41.Kg1 Qc1+ 42.Kh2 Qf4+ 43.Kg1 Qc1+ 44.Kh2 Qf4+, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/29/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2050) - howku (Chess.com 1957), Chess.com 1/29/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 a5 9.a4 b6 10.f5 Bb7 11.Na3 d5 12.Qc2 Bc5+ 13.Kh1 Ng4 14.h3 Ne3 15.Bxe3 Bxe3 16.exd5 Qxd5 17.Nc4 Bc5 18.Ncd2 Rfe8 19.Ne4 Be3

20.Nh2 f6 21.Ng4 Bf4 22.Ngxf6+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

doctor1966 (lichess 1964) - JimWest (lichess 2007), lichess 1/29/2026

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.Bg5+ Nf6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Nd5 Rf8 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.O-O-O Kd7 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Ne3 Bg6 14.h4 h5 15.g4 hxg4 16.Nxg4 Be4 17.Be2 Rad8 18.h5 Kc8

19.h6 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 Nd4 21.Bd5 f5 22.Ne3 c6 23.Bb3 Nxb3+ 24.axb3 Bc5 25.Rxd8+ Kxd8 26.Nxf5 Bxf2 27.h7 Rh8 28.Nd6 Ke7 29.Nxb7 e4 30.Na5 Kd7, White forfeits.

PCG & PCG Reversed 1/28/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

davran2111 (Chess.com 2096) - JimWest (2044), Chess.com 1/28/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nd4 d5 6.Be2 Bc5 7.Be3 Ne7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bg4 Bxd4 10.Bxd4 Nbc6 11.c3 Nxd4 12.cxd4 Bxg4 13.Qxg4 Nf5 14.Rd1 Qh4 15.Qxh4 Nxh4 16.Nc3 c6 17.Rf1 Rae8 18.Rae1 Rf5 19.Re3 Rg5

20.Rg3 Rxg3 21.hxg3 Nf5 22.Ne2 c5 23.g4 Nxd4 24.Nxd4 cxd4 25.f4 exf3 26.gxf3 Rxe5 27.Rd1 Re2 28.Rxd4 Rxb2 29.Rxd5 Rxa2 30.Rd8+ Kf7 31.Rd7+ Kg6 32.Rxb7 a5 33.Ra7 a4

34.Ra5 a3 35.Kf1 Ra1+ 36.Kg2 a2 37.Kh2 h6 38.Kg2 Kf6 39.Kh2 g5 40.Kg2 Ke6 41.Kh2 Kd6 42.Kg2 Kc6 43.Ra3 Kd5 44.Ra4 Kc5 45.Ra8 Kb4 46.Rb8+ Kc3 47.Rc8+ Kd4 48.Ra8 Kc5

49.Rc8+ Kb6 50.Ra8 Kb7 51.Ra3 Kb6 52.Rb3+ Ka5 53.Ra3+ Kb4 54.Ra8 Kc3 55.Rc8+ Kd4 56.Ra8 Ke3 57.Re8+ Kd3 58.Rd8+ Kc3 59.Rc8+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 1993) - Pathossia (lichess 1909), lichess 1/28/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Qh4+ 7.g3 Qd8 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.Ne2 Na5 10.c3 Nxc4 11.Qa4+ Bd7 12.Qxc4 Be6 13.Qa4+ c6 14.O-O h5 15.Qc2 f5 16.Nf4 Qd7 17.h3 Nh6 18.Ng6 Rg8 19.Nxf8 Rxf8

20.Qe2 Bf7 21.Kh2 Ng8 22.h4 O-O-O 23.Bg5 Ne7 24.Nd2 Rde8 25.Bxe7 Rxe7 26.Nc4 g6 27.Nd6+ Kb8 28.Nxf7 Rexf7 29.Qe3 Qd5 30.a3 Qd8

31.Rf2 f4 32.Rxf4 Rxf4 33.gxf4 Qxh4+ 34.Kg2 Qxf4 35.Qxf4 Rxf4 36.Re1 Kc7 37.Re3 Kd7 38.Rg3 Ke6 39.Rxg6+ Kf5 40.Rf6+ Kg4 41.Rxf4+ Kxf4 42.e6 e3 43.e7 e2 44.e8=Q, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/27/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2043) - rimuro1205 (Chess.com 2193), Chess.com 1/27/2026

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 Bg4 13.Bxb6 axb6 14.O-O O-O 15.Re1 Nb4 16.Re4 Bxf3 17.Rxb4 Bxd1 18.Rxd1 Rxa2 19.Rc1 c6

20.Rxb6 Ra7 21.d4 Rd8 22.Rd1 Kf8 23.Kf2 Ke7 24.Ke3 Rd7 25.Ke4 Ra5 26.g4 Rad5 27.b4 Kd8 28.b5 c5 29.e6 fxe6 30.Rxe6 Rxd4+ 31.Rxd4 cxd4 32.Kd3 Rd5 33.b6 Kd7

34.Re1 Kc6 35.Re7 Rd7 36.Re6+ Kd5 37.Re4 Kc5 38.Re6 Kb5 39.h4 Kc5 40.h5 h6 41.Rg6 Rf7 42.g5 hxg5 43.Rxg5+ Kxb6 44.Kxd4 Rc7

45.Rg6+ Ka5 46.Rg1 b5 47.Ra1+ Kb6 48.Rb1 Ka5 49.Ra1+ Kb6 50.Rb1 Rc5 51.Rg1 Rc7 52.Rb1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

viktorrom (lichess 2058) - JimWest (lichess 2002), lichess 1/27/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.a4 Be7 7.Bg5 a5 8.O-O f4 9.d4 Qc7 10.Nh4 Na6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Qh5+ g6 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.Qxg6+ Kd7 15.Qxf6 Qd8 16.Qf7+ Qe7 17.Be6+ Kd8 18.Qxe7+ Kxe7 19.Bxc8 Raxc8

20.dxe5 dxe5 21.Rad1 Nc5 22.Rd2 Rh6 23.f3 Rch8 24.h3 Rg6 25.Kf2 Rhg8 26.Rg1 Ne6 27.Ne2 Ng5 28.b3 Nh7 29.Nc3 Rg3 30.Ne2 R3g6 31.Kf1 Nf6 32.Nc3 Rg3 33.Nd1 Nh5 34.Nf2 Nf6 35.Ng4 Nxg4 36.hxg4 Rh8

37.Ke2 Rh2 38.Kd3 Rh4 39.Kc4 Rh2 40.Kc3 Rh4 41.Kd3 Rhxg4 42.Kc4 Rxf3 43.gxf3 Rxg1 44.Rf2 b6 45.b4 axb4 46.Kxb4 Rd1 47.a5 bxa5+ 48.Kxa5 Kd6

49.Kb4 Rd4+ 50.Kc3 Kc5 51.Rh2 Rc4+ 52.Kd3 Rd4+ 53.Kc3 Rc4+ 54.Kd3 Rd4+ 55.Kc3, draw.

2 PCG Games 1/26/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Ashok18109 (Chess.com 1916) - JimWest (Chess.com 2040), Chess.com 1/26/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.Bb3 Be7 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Ne4 d5 12.Ng5 Nc5 13.Re1 Nxb3 14.axb3 Qd6 15.g3 Nd7 16.Qg4 Bxg5 17.Qxg5 Qf6 18.Qe3 Qf5 19.f4 Qh3

20.Re2 O-O 21.Qf2 exf4 22.gxf4 Nf6 23.Qg2 Qxg2+ 24.Kxg2 a6 25.Bd2 Rae8 26.Rae1 Rxe2+ 27.Rxe2 Re8 28.Re5 Rxe5 29.fxe5 Nd7 30.e6 Nc5 31.e7 Kf7 32.Bb4 Ne6 33.Kf3 c5 34.Bc3 Kxe7

35.Be5 b5 36.Kg4 a5 37.Bc3 a4 38.bxa4 bxa4 39.Be5 Kf7 40.h4 Nd8 41.c4 dxc4 42.dxc4 Nc6 43.Bd6 Na5 44.Bxc5 Nxc4 45.Bd4 Nd6 46.Kf4 Nf5 47.Bf2 Ke6

48.Ke4 Nd6+ 49.Kd4 Kf5 50.Kd5 Ne4 51.Bd4 Nf6+ 52.Kc4 Kg4 53.Bf2 Kf3 54.Be1 Ke2 55.Bc3 Kf3 56.Kb4 Kg4 57.Be1 g5 58.hxg5 Kxg5 59.Kxa4 Kf5 60.b4 Ke6 61.Ka5 Kd7 62.Ka6 Nd5 63.b5 Nc7+ 64.Kb6 Nxb5 65.Kxb5 Ke6

66.Kc4 g5 67.Kd3 Kf5 68.Ke2 g4 69.Kf2 g3+ 70.Kg2 Kg4 71.Bxg3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

MorPaulphy (lichess 1955) - JimWest (lichess 2012), lichess 1/26/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Na5 5.Bb3 Nxb3 6.axb3 f5 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nd5 c6 11.Ne3 f4 12.Nc4 O-O 13.h3 a6 14.Qd2 Be6 15.Na5 Qc7 16.Qb4 Rab8 17.Nc4 Bxc4 18.Qxc4+ Qf7 19.Qxf7+ Rxf7

20.Nd2 Be7 21.Nc4 g5 22.Nb6 Bd8 23.Nc4 Bc7 24.f3 h5 25.Ke2 Rg7 26.Rh2 d5 27.Nd2 Bb6 28.c4 Be3 29.cxd5 Bxd2 30.Kxd2 cxd5 31.Ra5 dxe4 32.Rxe5 exd3 33.Kxd3 Rd8+ 34.Ke4 Rd2

35.h4 gxh4 36.Rxh4 Rdxg2 37.Kxf4 Rxb2 38.Re3 Rf7+ 39.Kg5 Rg2+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 1/25/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

bennkhanh (Chess.com 1962) - JimWest (Chess.com 2043), Chess.com 1/25/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Nf3 Bd6 9.O-O Nf6 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Rxe5 Ng4 14.Re1 Qh4 15.Qf3 Qxh2+ 16.Kf1 Bd7 17.Qh3 Rae8 18.Rxe8 Rxe8 19.Nc3 Qe5

20.Bd2 Qd4 21.Qg3 Rf8 22.Re1 f4 23.Qh4 h6 24.Ne2 Qxb2 25.Bc3 Qxc2 26.Qe7 Rf7 27.Qd8+ Kh7 28.Bd4 Qxd3 29.Bxa7 f3 30.gxf3 Nh2+ 31.Kg2 Nxf3

32.Be3 Nxe1+ 33.Kf1 Qxe3 34.Kxe1 Qxf2+ 35.Kd2 Bg4 36.Kc3 Bxe2 37.Kb4 Rb7+ 38.Kc3 Qe3+ 39.Kc2 Qd3+ 40.Kc1 Rb1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Sulaimanovmagomed (lichess 1917) - JimWest (lichess 2021), lichess 1/25/2026

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.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Bb5 c6 12.Be2 Qe8 13.O-O Nbd7 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.Bxf6 Rxf6 16.c4 Qg6 17.Kh1 Raf8

18.f3 exf3 19.Rxf3 Rxf3 20.Bxf3 dxc4 21.d5 Kh8 22.dxc6 Bxc6 23.Bxc6 Qxc6 24.Qd4 b6 25.Rd1 h6 26.h3 a6 27.Qd6 Qxd6 28.Rxd6 Rb8 29.Rc6 b5 30.Rxa6 b4 31.axb4 Rxb4

32.Rc6 h5 33.Rc5 g6 34.Kh2 Kg7 35.Kg3 Kh6 36.Kf4 Ra4 37.g4 hxg4 38.hxg4 Rb4 39.Kg3 g5 40.c3 Ra4 41.Rc6+ Kg7 42.Rc7+ Kf6 43.Kf3 Ke5 44.Ke3 Kd6 45.Rg7 Ra5 46.Kd4 Ke6 47.Kxc4 Ra4+ 48.Kb5 Rxg4

49.c4 Rg1 50.c5 Kf5 51.c6 Rb1+ 52.Ka4 Rc1 53.Kb5 g4 54.c7 Kf4 55.Kb6 g3 56.Rg6 Rxc7 57.Kxc7 Kf3 58.Kd6 g2 59.Kd5 Kf2 60.Rf6+ Ke2 61.Rg6 Kf2 62.Rf6+ Ke2 63.Rg6 Kf2, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/24/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2023) - RAJESHINDIA709 (Chess.com 2011), Chess.com 1/24/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 Nc6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bd3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qe1 f5 12.c4 c6 13.cxd5 cxd5

14.Nc3, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

jaguarpivara (lichess 2053) - JimWest (lichess 2023), lichess 1/24/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 dxe5 fxe4 5.Nfd2 d5 6.c4 c6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.O-O Bc5 10.Qc2 Qb6 11.a4 a6 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Nb3 Be7 14.Be3 Qc7 15.f3 Bd7 16.fxe4 Qxe5 17.Nc3 Nf6 18.Bd4 Qh5 19.exd5 O-O

20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Rxf6 Rxf6 22.Ne4 Rh6 23.g3 cxd5 24.Nec5 Bf5 25.Qd2 Be4 26.Re1 Re8 27.Nd4 Bg6 28.Rf1 Qe5 29.Nd7 Qe7 30.Nf6+ gxf6 31.Qxh6 Qe3+ 32.Qxe3 Rxe3 33.Rxf6 Re4

34.Nc6 Rxa4 35.Ne7+ Kg7 36.Rd6 Be4 37.Nxd5 Ra1+ 38.Kf2 Ra2 39.Nb4 Rxb2+, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/23/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2023) - klegmeister (Chess.com 1960), Chess.com 1/23/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Bd7 8.c3 Re8 9.f5 d5 10.Qc2 dxe4 11.dxe4 Bc5+ 12.Kh1 Bd6 13.Bg5 Nb8 14.Nbd2 Bc6 15.Rad1 Nbd7 16.Bc4 a6 17.a4 b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Bd3 Qb8

20.Bxf6 Nxf6 21.Ra1 Qb7 22.h3 Rxa1 23.Rxa1 Ra8 24.Rxa8 Qxa8 25.Kh2 h6 26.g4 Qa7 27.Nf1 Qa4 28.Qxa4 bxa4 29.Ng3 Nd7 30.h4 Nc5 31.Bc2 Bb5 32.Ne1 Bc4 33.g5 Be7

34.f6 gxf6 35.Nf5 Bf8 36.gxf6 Kh7 37.Ne3 Be6 38.Nd5 c6 39.Nb6 Bb3 40.Bxb3 axb3 41.Nc4 Nxe4 42.Nxe5 Nxc3 43.Nxc6 Nd1 44.Nd3 Kg6 45.Nd4 Kxf6 46.Nxb3 Bd6+ 47.Kh3 Be5

48.Nbc5 Bxb2 49.Ne4+ Kf5 50.Ng3+ Ke6 51.Nxb2 Nxb2 52.Kg4 Nd3 53.Kh5 Ne5 54.Kxh6 Ng6 55.Kg5 Nxh4 56.Kxh4 Kf6 57.Kg4 Kg6 58.Kf4 Kf6

59.Ne4+ Kg6 60.Nd6 Kf6 61.Nxf7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Hrayr1974 (lichess 1885) - JimWest (lichess 2019), lichess 1/23/2026

1.e4 e5 2.h3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Nd4 Nf6 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Ba4 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.d3 Bxg3 12.fxg3 exd3 13.Qxd3 Na6 14.Qa3 Bd7 15.Bg5 b5 16.Bxb5 Qb6 17.Be3 cxb5 18.Nf5 Qe6 19.Rae1 Ne4

20.Ne7+ Kh8 21.Rxf8+ Rxf8 22.Ng6+ hxg6 23.Qxf8+ Kh7 24.Bd4 Qg8 25.Qf4 g5 26.Qe5 Nb8 27.h4 Nc6 28.Qc7 Nxd4 29.Qxd7 Qe6 30.Qxa7 gxh4 31.Qxd4 hxg3

32.Re3 Qf5 33.Rxg3 Nxg3 34.Qh4+ Nh5, White forfeits.