2 PCG Games 5/12/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

EitanBrain (Chess.com 2085) - JimWest (Chess.com 2000), Chess.com 5/12/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qd2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nh6 10.Qf4 Ng4

11.Qxf6 gxf6 12.f3 Nf2 13.Rg1 Nh3 14.Rh1 Nf2 15.Rg1 Nh3 16.Rh1 Nf2 17.Rg1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

inu187 (lichess 1994) - JimWest (lichess 2045), lichess 5/12/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.c3 Qf6 7.d4 g5 8.g3 Bh3 9.Re1 fxg3 10.hxg3 Bg4 11.Be2 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nd7 13.Bh5+ Kd8 14.Qb3 Kc7 15.Qf7 Qxf7 16.Bxf7 Be7 17.Nd2 Rf8 18.Be6 Nh6 19.Nc4 Nf7

20.dxe5 Nfxe5 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 22.Kg2 Nd3 23.Re2 Nxc1 24.Rxc1 Rf6 25.Bf5 h6 26.Rd1 Rhf8 27.Bg4 Kb8 28.c4 Bd8 29.Red2 Bb6 30.f3 Bc5 31.a3 a5 32.Rb1 a4

33.b4 axb3 34.Rxb3 Kc7 35.Rdb2 b6 36.a4 Ra8 37.Ra2 Ra5 38.Rd3 Rf8 39.e5 dxe5 40.Rd7+ Kb8 41.Rh7 Rf6 42.Rd2 Bd4 43.Ra2 b5 44.cxb5 cxb5 45.Rb2 Bxb2, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/11/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1988) - Arbe632 (Chess.com 1923), Chess.com 5/11/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 d6 5.Na5 Nf6 6.f4 Bd4 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 h5 10.c3 Bb6 11.Nxb6 axb6 12.O-O Qd7 13.f5 g6 14.a3 Nh7 15.fxg6 fxg6 16.Bxh5 gxh5 17.Qxh5+ Kd8 18.Bg5+ Kc8 19.Bf6 Rg8

20.Bh4 Qg4 21.Qxg4+ Rxg4 22.g3 Rg7 23.Rf5 Kd7 24.Raf1 Ke6 25.Rh5 Rf8 26.Rh6+ Kd7 27.Rxf8 Nxf8 28.Bf6 Rg6 29.Rxg6 Nxg6 30.h4 Ke6 31.Bg5 Nf8

32.h5 Kf7 33.g4 Nh7 34.Bh4 Kg7 35.g5 Nf8 36.Kg2 Ne6 37.Kf3 Nf4 38.h6+ Kg6 39.d4 Na5 40.dxe5 dxe5 41.b4 Nc4 42.a4 Nd2+ 43.Kg4 Nxe4 44.h7 Kxh7 45.Kf5 Ng6 46.Kxe4 Nxh4 47.Kxe5 Kg6

48.Ke6 Nf3 49.Kd7 Ne5+ 50.Kxc7 Kxg5 51.Kxb6 Kf6 52.Kxb7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Gullit15 (lichess 1997) - JimWest (lichess 2042), lichess 5/11/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Qe2 fxe4 5.Qxe4 Nf6 6.Qe2 Be7 7.O-O c6 8.d4 e4 9.Nfd2 d5 10.Bb3 Bf5 11.f3 Nbd7 12.fxe4 Bxe4 13.Nf3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 O-O 15.Qd3 Bd6 16.Bf4 Bxf4 17.Rxf4 Qc7 18.Rf1 Rae8 19.Nd2 Kh8

20.Rae1 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Ng4 22.Nf3 h6 23.h3 Ngf6 24.c3 a6 25.Bc2 Ne4 26.Qe2 Ndf6 27.Ne5 Kg8 28.Bxe4 Nxe4 29.Rf1 Rxf1+ 30.Qxf1 Qe7 31.Qf5 Qf6 32.Qxf6 Nxf6

33.Kf2 Kf8 34.Nd3 Ne4+ 35.Ke3 Ke7 36.Nf2 Nxf2 37.Kxf2 Kf6 38.Kf3 h5 39.g4 hxg4+ 40.hxg4 g5 41.Kg3 a5 42.Kf3 b5 43.Ke3, draw.

2 PCG Games 5/10/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Robocov-DC3 (Chess.com 1884) - JimWest (Chess.com 1981) - Chess.com 5/10/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.h3 Qc7 9.d4 a5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Ng5 h6 12.Ne6 Bxe6 13.Bxe6 Nbd7 14.g3 g5 15.Bxd7+ Qxd7 16.Qxd7+ Nxd7 17.gxf4 gxf4 18.b3 Kf7

19.Bb2 Rhg8+ 20.Kh2 Rg6 21.Rad1 Ke6 22.Rg1 Rag8 23.Rxg6+ Rxg6 24.Rg1 Rxg1 25.Kxg1 Bc5 26.Kg2 Bd4 27.Nd1 Bxb2 28.Nxb2 b5 29.axb5 cxb5 30.c4 b4 31.Kf3 Nc5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Dr_David (liches 2037) - JimWest (lichess 2050), lichess 5/10/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.c3 g5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Qxe5 10.Qh5+ Kd8 11.Rd1+ Kc7 12.Qf7+ Qe7 13.Qh5 h6

14.g3 Nf6 15.Qf3 Bg4, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/9/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1975) - chess2chessk (Chess.com 1964), Chess.com 5/9/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d4 Bf5 8.Bxf4 Be4 9.c3 Be7 10.Bb5 g5 11.Bc1 h5 12.O-O Qd7 13.Nxg5 Bxg5 14.Bxg5 Rg8 15.h4 a6 16.Bxc6 Qxc6 17.Nd2 Rxg5 18.hxg5 Ne3 19.Qxh5 Nxf1

20.Rxf1 Bg6 21.Qh8+ Kd7 22.Qxa8 b5 23.Qxc6+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ttbox_123halo (lichess 2082) - JimWest (lichess 2048), lichess 5/9/2026

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.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qd2 e3

11.fxe3 Nxb4 12.Qxb4 Qxe3+ 13.Be2 Qc1+ 14.Bd1 Qe3+ 15.Be2 Qc1+ 16.Bd1 Qe3+ 17.Be2, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/8/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

risdiantokawit (Chess.com 1925) - JimWest (Chess.com 1974), Chess.com 5/8/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.Qb3 Nc6 9.Bd2 dxc3 10.bxc3 Be7 11.h4 Nxe5 12.c5 Bxg5 13.Bxg5 Nf6 14.Rd1 Qe7 15.Bc4 Nxc4 16.Qxc4 Be6 17.Qa4+ c6 18.Rd6 O-O 19.O-O h6

20.Be3 Ng4 21.g3 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Rxf1+ 23.Kxf1 Bh3+ 24.Kg1 Rf8 25.Kh2 Be6 26.Qxe4 Re8 27.Qd4 Bd5 28.c4 Bf7 29.Rd7 Qxe3 30.Qxe3 Rxe3

31.Rxb7 Re2+ 32.Kg1 Rxa2 33.Rc7 Ra6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2031) - MarwanMG (lichess 2028), lichess 5/8/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Nxe2 dxe4 7.fxe5 exd3 8.exf6 dxe2 9.Qxe2+ Kd7

10.fxg7 Bxg7 11.Qg4+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/7/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

millerx (Chess.com 2024) - JimWest (Chess.com 1976), Chess.com 5/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.c3 g5 8.Bxg8 Rxg8 9.Qb3 Rg6 10.Nbd2 g4 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.Nc4 Qb5 14.Bxf4 Qxb3 15.axb3 Nd7 16.b4 c5 17.b5 b6 18.Rfe1 Bb7 19.Rad1 O-O-O

20.Ra1 Re8 21.e5 Bd5 22.Ne3 Bb7 23.Rxa7 Nxe5 24.Rea1 Bd6 25.b4 Bb8 26.R7a2 c4 27.Bxe5 Bxe5 28.Nxc4 Bc7 29.Ne3 h5 30.c4 Bf4 31.c5 Bxe3 32.fxe3 Rxe3 33.c6 Bxc6 34.bxc6 Rxc6

35.Ra8+ Kd7 36.R1a7+ Rc7 37.Rxc7+ Kxc7 38.Rh8 Re5 39.Rh6 Kb7 40.Kf2 Ka6 41.Kg3 Kb5 42.Kh4 Re2 43.Rxh5+ Kxb4 44.Kg3 b5 45.Rg5 Re4 46.Rxg4 Rxg4+ 47.Kxg4 Kc4

48.h4 b4 49.h5 b3 50.h6 b2 51.h7 b1=Q 52.h8=Q Qg6+ 53.Kh3 Qf5+ 54.Kh4 Qf2+ 55.Kh3 Qf5+ 56.Kh2 Qf4+ 57.Kg1 Qe3+ 58.Kh1 Qc1+ 59.Kh2 Qf4+ 60.g3 Qf2+ 61.Kh3 Qf5+ 62.Kg2 Qe4+ 63.Kf2 Qf5+ 64.Ke3 Qg5+ 65.Kf3 Qf5+ 66.Kg2 Qe4+ 67.Kh3 Qh1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

curlyman (lichess 2023) - JimWest (lichess 2029), lichess 5/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Nc3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Qxe5 10.cxd5 Nf6 11.Bc4 Bf5 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Re1 O-O-O 14.a4 Nb6 15.Bf1 Nbxd5 16.c4 Ng4 17.g3 e3

18.fxe3 Ndxe3 19.Qe2 Nxf1 20.Qxf1 Qd4+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/6/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

ImBobbyFisherFR (Chess.com 1789) - JimWest (Chess.com 1975), Chess.com 5/6/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.h3 a5 8.a4 Na6 9.Qe2 Nc5 10.O-O f4 11.Rad1 Be6 12.d4 Bxc4 13.Qxc4 Ncxe4 14.dxe5 Nxg5 15.Nxg5 d5 16.exf6 dxc4 17.Rxd8+ Bxd8 18.fxg7 Rg8 19.Ne6 Kf7

20.Re1 Bf6 21.Nxf4 Bxc3 22.bxc3 Rxg7 23.Re4 b5 24.Re6 bxa4 25.Rxc6 a3 26.Rxc4 a4 27.Rd4 a2 28.Rd1 Rb8 29.Rd7+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

denhill (lichess 2056) - JimWest (lichess 2031), lichess 5/6/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 exd4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Nd2 Nc6 13.Bxf6+ Bxf6 14.Qg3+ Kxh8 15.O-O Nxd4

16.Kh1 Nf5 17.Qf4 Bg5 18.Qe5+ Bf6 19.Qf4 Bg5 20.Qe5+ Bf6 21.Qf4, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/5/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1971) - Rintu1978 (Chess.com 1886), Chess.com 5/5/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Nh5 6.Be3 Be7 7.Nf3 Bh4+ 8.Nxh4 Qxh4+ 9.Bf2 Qf6 10.Nc3 c6 11.Be2 Nf4 12.O-O Nxe2+ 13.Qxe2 Qg5 14.Be3 Qh4 15.Qf2 Qxf2+ 16.Rxf2 O-O 17.Raf1 f6 18.Rxf6 Rxf6 19.Rxf6 d6

20.Rxd6 Nd7 21.d4 Kf7 22.e5 Nb6 23.Rf6+ Kg7 24.b3 Bf5 25.d5 Nxd5 26.Nxd5 cxd5 27.c3 Bb1 28.a3 a5 29.Rb6 Ra7 30.Rd6 Ra6 31.Rxd5 Be4 32.Rd4 Bf5

33.g4 Bc8 34.h3 Rc6 35.c4 Kf7 36.a4 Be6 37.Rd6 h5 38.gxh5 gxh5 39.Kh2 Kg6 40.Rxc6 bxc6 41.Bb6 Bf5 42.Bxa5 Bc2 43.b4 Bxa4 44.c5 Kf5 45.Bc7 Bb5 46.h4 Bc4

47.Kg3 Bb5 48.Kf3 Bc4 49.Ke3 Bb5 50.Kd4 Be2 51.Bd8 Bb5 52.Bg5 Be2 53.Bf6 Bb5 54.Bg5 Be2 55.Bf6 Bb5 56.Bg5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

xneoone10 (lichess 1952) - JimWest (lichess 2040), lichess 5/5/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.d3 Be7 7.Nc3 c6 8.Be3 Rf8 9.Qd2 Bg4 10.Ng5 h6 11.f3 Bxg5 12.Bxg5 Qxg5 13.Qxg5 hxg5 14.fxg4 Nd7 15.Ne4 Nf6 16.Nxg5 Nxg4 17.h3 Ne3

18.Kd2 Nxg2 19.Rhg1 Nf4 20.Ne6 Nxe6 21.c3 O-O-O 22.Kc2 Rf2+ 23.Kb3 Rdf8 24.Ka3 g5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/4/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

yamomiya (Chess.com 1991) - JimWest (Chess.com 1965), Chess.com 5/4/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Nf7 Kxf7 13.Bc4+ Kg7 14.Qg3 Kh8 15.O-O Nc6 16.Bh6 Bf8 17.Bxf8 Qxf8 18.f3 e3 19.Rae1 Nxd4

20.Rxe3 Nf5 21.Qe5 Nxe3 22.Qxe3 Bd7 23.Rd1 b6 24.Qc3 Qg7 25.Bd5 Nxd5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

DasmaChess (lichess 2162) - JimWest (lichess 2045), lichess 5/4/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf6 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.Qh4 Ne7 12.Nxh7 exf2+ 13.Kxf2 Rxh7 14.Qxh7 dxc3 15.Bg5 Qd4+ 16.Ke1 Qxe5+ 17.Kd1 Bg4+ 18.Kc2 Qxg5 19.Qh8+ Kf7

20.Qxc3 Nbc6 21.c5 Bf5+ 22.Kb2 Qf6 23.Bc4+ Kg7 24.Rhf1 Qxc3+ 25.Kxc3 Rd8 26.Rae1 Nd5+ 27.Kb2 Nf6 28.Rf2 Ne4 29.Rxe4 Bxe4 30.Rf7+ Kh6 31.Rxc7 Ne5

32.Bf1 Rd1 33.Be2 Rd2+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/3/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

ArifM60 (Chess.com 2020) - JimWest (Chess.com 1962), Chess.com 5/3/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.h3 Qc7 8.Ng5 h6 9.Ne6 Bxe6 10.Bxe6 Nbd7 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.d4 O-O-O 13.d5 cxd5 14.exd5 Kb8 15.Qe2 Rc8 16.f3 Be7 17.Rd1 Bd8

 

18.Ne4 Bb6+ 19.Kh2 Nxe4 20.Qxe4 g5 21.a4 a5 22.Bd2 h5 23.c3 g4 24.b4 gxh3 25.gxh3 Qg7 26.Rg1 Bxg1+ 27.Rxg1 Qf7 28.bxa5 Rhg8 29.Qb4 Qxd5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Igorst (lichess 2025) - JimWest (lichess 2039), lichess 5/3/2026

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.Bb5+ c6 10.Ba4 O-O 11.O-O Qa5 12.Bb3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qxc3 14.f3 Nbd7 15.Nxd7 Bxd7 16.Bxf6 Rxf6

17.fxe4 Rxf1+ 18.Kxf1 Rf8+ 19.Kg1 Qe3+ 20.Kh1 Qxe4 21.Qd2 Re8 22.c3 Qe3 23.Qxe3 Rxe3 24.Rc1 Bf5 25.Kg1 Re7 26.Kf2 Be4 27.Bc2 Kf7 28.Bxe4 Rxe4 29.a4 b6 30.Kf3 Re7 31.c4 dxc4 32.Rxc4 Re6

33.Kf4 Ke7 34.g4 Kd7 35.g5 g6 36.Rc3 a6 37.Rh3 Re7 38.Rb3 b5 39.axb5 axb5 40.Ra3 Kd6 41.Rc3 Kd5 42.Rc5+ Kxd4 43.Rxc6 b4 44.Kf3 b3 45.h4 Rb7

46.Ke2 b2 47.Rd6+ Ke5, White resigns.