2 PCG Games 3/26/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Ekanata (Chess.com 2019) - JimWest (Chess.com 1957), Chess.com 3/26/2026

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.fxe3 Qxg5 11.exd4 Qh4+ 12.Kd2 Ne7 13.Qe1 Qxe1+ 14.Kxe1 O-O 15.Bd3 Bf5 16.Ke2 Bxd3+ 17.Kxd3 Nbc6 18.Be3 Nf5 19.Rab1 b6

20.g4 Nxe3 21.Kxe3 Rae8 22.Rhf1 Rxf1 23.Rxf1 Nxe5 24.dxe5 Rxe5+ 25.Kd4 Re2 26.h4 Rd2+ 27.Ke5 Rd3 28.Rc1 Kf7 29.Ke4 Rg3 30.Kf4 Rh3 31.h5 h6

32.Rd1 Ke7 33.Re1+ Kd7 34.Re3 Rxe3 35.Kxe3 Kd6 36.Kd4 c5+ 37.Ke4 Ke6 38.Kf4 Kf6 39.Ke4 Ke6 40.Kf4 Kf6 41.Ke4 Ke6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ZeroMinus (lichess 2216) - JimWest (lichess 2134), lichess 3/26/2026

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.Bg5+ Nf6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.O-O-O Ke8 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.Rhe1 Bg4 12.Nb5 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Kd7 14.f4 Rhe8 15.Nxd6 cxd6 16.fxe5 Rxe5 17.Rxe5 Nxe5 18.Bb5+ Kc7 19.Bf4 Rd8

20.h4 a6 21.Be2 Ng6 22.Bg5 h6 23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.h5 Nf4 25.Bf3 Re8 26.Rg1 Ne2+ 27.Bxe2 Rxe2 28.Rg6 Rxf2 29.Rxh6 Rh2 30.Rxf6 Rxh5 31.a4 a5

32.b3 Rh2 33.Rf5 b6 34.Kb2 Kc6 35.Rf3 d5 36.Kc3 Kc5 37.Rf5 Rh3+ 38.Kb2 Rg3 39.Rh5 Rf3 40.Rh8 Rf6 41.Rc8+ Rc6 42.Rxc6+ Kxc6

43.c3 Kc5 44.Kc2 b5 45.axb5 Kxb5 46.Kd2 a4 47.bxa4+ Kxa4 48.Kd3 Kb5 49.Kd4 Kc6 50.Ke3 Kc5 51.Kd3 Kc6 52.Kd4 Kd6 53.c4 dxc4 54.Kxc4, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 3/25/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1966) - tulgaa22 (Chess.com 1768), Chess.com 3/25/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 h6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 exf4 6.Bxf4 d6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Na5 Bb6 9.Nxb6 axb6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Nh7 12.a3 f5

13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Bd2 Be6 15.c3 Ne5 16.Nd4 Bf7 17.Nf3, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2129) - Neurons (lichess 2107), lichess 3/25/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 exf4 6.Bxf4 Nc6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Nh5 10.Bh2 Nf6 11.c3 Nh7 12.Nbd2 Ng5 13.Nxg5 Bxg5 14.Nf3 Bf6 15.Qc2 Re8 16.Rae1 Ne5 17.d4 Nxf3+ 18.Bxf3 c5 19.dxc5 dxc5

20.e5 Bg5 21.Qb3 Be6 22.Qxb7 Rb8 23.Qxa7 Rxb2 24.Qxc5 Rxa2 25.c4 Qd2 26.Re2 Qa5 27.Qxa5 Rxa5 28.Rc2 Rc8 29.Be2 Be3+ 30.Kh1 Bd4 31.Rfc1 Ra1 32.Rxa1 Bxa1 33.c5 Rb8

34.Rc1 Bd4 35.c6 Rc8 36.Bg4 f5 37.exf6 Bxg4 38.hxg4 Bxf6 39.c7 Kf7 40.Rb1 Ke6 41.Rb8 Rxc7 42.Bxc7, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 3/24/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

giurgeamim1057 (Chess.com 1759) - JimWest (Chess.com 1962), Chess.com 3/24/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.a4 Nf6 7.h3 a5 8.Ng5 d5 9.exd5 cxd5 10.Bb5+ Nc6 11.Re1 Bd6 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Bxf4 O-O 14.Bxe5 Bxe5 15.Rxe5 Qb6

16.b3 Qd4 17.c3 Qxe5 18.Nf3 Qd6 19.Nbd2 Ba6 20.c4 dxc4 21.Nxc4 Bxc4 22.bxc4 Rad8 23.d4 Rfe8 24.Rb1 Rb8 25.Rb3 Rxb3 26.Qxb3 Kh8 27.c5 Qd5 28.Qb6 h6 29.Qxa5 Rb8 30.Qc7 Rb1+ 31.Kh2 Kh7

32.a5 Ra1 33.Qb6 Qe4 34.Qc7 Nd5 35.Qe5 Qxe5+ 36.Nxe5 Rxa5 37.Nxc6 Ra2 38.Kg3 Kg6 39.Kf3 Kf6 40.g3 Ne7 41.Ne5 Ke6 42.Kg2 Kd5 43.Nf3 Nc6 44.g4 Nxd4 45.Nxd4 Kxd4 46.c6 Rc2 47.h4 Rxc6

48.Kg3 Rc3+ 49.Kf4 Rc2 50.f3 g6 51.h5 g5+ 52.Kf5 Rc5+ 53.Kg6 Rc6+ 54.Kf5 Ke3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

horseloss (lichess 2115) - JimWest (lichess 2118), lichess 3/24/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ c6 4.Bc4 f5 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.d4 e4 7.Ng5 d5 8.Be2 Nf6 9.g4 Bc8 10.f4 exf3 11.Bf3 Bd6 12.Nc3 O-O

13.Bd2 Re8+ 14.Kf2 h6 15.Nh3 b5, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 3/23/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

icon09 (Chess.com 1786) - JimWest (Chess.com 1952), Chess.com 3/23/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.Qc2 fxe4 5.Qxe4 Nf6 6.Qc2 c6 7.d4 e4 8.Ng5 d5 9.c4 h6 10.Nh3 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Nxd2 Bxh3 13.gxh3 O-O 14.O-O-O Nbd7 15.Be2 Qe7 16.Rhg1 e3 17.fxe3 Qxe3 18.Bd3 Kh8

19.Rg3 Qxd4 20.Nf3 Qf4+ 21.Kb1 dxc4 22.Bf5 Nb6 23.Rd4 Qe3 24.Rd2 Rad8 25.Re2 Qc5 26.Ne5 Rde8 27.Ng6+ Kg8 28.Nxf8 Rxe2 29.Qxe2 Qxf5+ 30.Ka1 Kxf8

31.Rf3 Qg5 32.Rf1 Kg8 33.Qe6+ Kh7 34.Rd1 Nbd5 35.a3 c3 36.bxc3 Nxc3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Fouad11lamrini (lichess 1966) - JimWest (lichess 2115), lichess 3/23/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 e3 8.fxe3 Qxe3+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Bxe2 Bxf5 11.O-O Ne7 12.c3 O-O 13.Na3 d5 14.Rae1 Nbc6 15.Nb5 Rac8

16.Bf3 Bd3 17.Rf2 Bxb5 18.Nb3 Bc4 19.Nc5 Bxa2 20.b3 b6 21.Ne6 Bxb3 22.Nxf8 Rxf8 23.Rb1 Bc4 24.Ra1 a5 25.Rd2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 3/22/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

ImBulletBorn (Chess.com 2098) - JimWest (Chess.com 1969), Chess.com 3/22/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.O-O Bd6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Bb5+ c6 12.Nc4 Bc7 13.Nc3 cxb5 14.Nxb5 Bb8 15.Ncd6+ Bxd6 16.Nxd6+ Ke7 17.Nxe4 Bf5 18.Ng3 Bg6 19.f4 f5

20.Rfe1+ Kf6 21.Ne2 Nc6 22.Nc3 Rad8 23.h3 Rd2 24.Rad1 Rhd8 25.a3 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27.Nxd1 Nd4 28.Nc3 Nxc2 29.Nb5 Be8 30.Nxa7 Bd7

31.b4 Nxa3 32.g4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Tiger1715 (lichess 2044) - JimWest (lichess 2109), lichess 3/22/2026

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.fxe6 Bb4 9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.Be2 Qd6 12.O-O Qxe6 13.Bb4 Re8 14.Rc1 Nc6 15.Bc3 Ne7 16.b3 Ng6 17.Bd2 c6 18.c4 Rac8 19.cxd5 cxd5

20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Qb1 Ng4 22.Bxg4 Qxg4 23.Rc1 Rxc1+ 24.Qxc1 Nh4 25.g3 Nf3+ 26.Kg2 Nxd2 27.Qxd2 Qf3+ 28.Kg1 h5 29.Qc2 h4, White forfeits.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/21/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1957) - ChesStoner69420 (Chess.com 1809), Chess.com 3/21/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Na4 Bb6 7.Nxb6 axb6 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Be2 Qe7 10.O-O exf4 11.Bxf4 Be6 12.a3 d5 13.e5 Nd7 14.d4 f6 15.exf6 Nxf6 16.Be5 Ng4

17.Qd2 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Rxf1+ 20.Rxf1 Rf8 21.Rxf8+ Qxf8 22.Bf3 c6 23.c3 Qf5 24.Qe2 g5 25.h3 Qg6 26.Kh2 Bf7 27.Bg4 Be6 28.Bxe6+ Qxe6

29.Qe3 h6 30.g4 b5 31.Kg2 Kf7 32.Qf3+ Ke7 33.Qf5 Qf7 34.b4 b6 35.Kf3 c5 36.Ke3 d4+ 37.cxd4 cxd4+ 38.Ke4 d3 39.Qxf7+ Kxf7 40.Kxd3 Ke7

41.Kd4 Kd7 42.Kd5 Ke7 43.Kc6 Ke6 44.Kxb5 Kxe5 45.Kxb6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

rashid-pervaiz06 (lichess 2089) - JimWest (lichess 2103), lichess 3/21/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bb3 a5 8.a3 Na6 9.Nh4 f4 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Nxg6 Bg4 13.Qxg4 hxg6 14.Qxg6+ Kd7 15.Qf7+ Qe7 16.Qxe7+ Kxe7 17.Rd1 Nc5 18.Ba2 a4 19.Ke2 b5

20.Nb1 Rh6 21.Nd2 Rah8 22.h3 Rg6 23.Kf3 Rh7 24.Rdg1 Bh4 25.Nf1 Rhg7 26.Nh2 Nd7 27.Ng4 Nf6 28.Nxf6 Kxf6

29.c3 Rd7 30.Rd1 d5 31.exd5 cxd5 32.Rhg1 Kf5 33.g3 e4+ 34.dxe4+ dxe4+ 35.Ke2 Rxd1 36.g4+ Ke5 37.Rxd1 f3+ 38.Kf1 Rd6, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 3/20/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Jorge4538B (Chess.com 1924) - JimWest (Chess.com 1960), Chess.com 3/20/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.d4 fxe4 6.Nxe4 Bf5 7.Ng3 Bg4 8.Bb5 exd4 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Qxd4 Bxf3 11.Qe3+ Qe7 12.gxf3 Qxe3+ 13.fxe3 Nf6 14.Kf2 g6 15.e4 Bg7 16.c3 O-O 17.Bg5 Rab8 18.Rab1 h6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6

20.h4 h5 21.Ne2 Be5 22.Ke3 Kh7 23.f4 Bg7 24.b3 Rf7 25.Rbg1 Bh6 26.Rg2 Rbf8 27.Rf2 Re8 28.Rhf1 d5 29.Ng3 dxe4 30.Rd1 Ref8 31.Ne2 g5 32.hxg5 Bxg5 33.Kxe4 Re8+ 34.Kf3 Ref8

35.Rd4 Bh6 36.Rh2 c5 37.Rc4 Rf5 38.Rh4 Rd8 39.Ng3 Rd3+ 40.Kg2 Rf7 41.Rxc5 Rg7 42.Rh3 h4 43.Rxh4 Rdxg3+ 44.Kf2 Rg2+ 45.Ke3 Rxa2 46.Kd4 Rd2+ 47.Kc4 Rf2 48.Rch5 Rg6 49.f5 Rf6 50.b4 R2xf5 51.Rxf5 Rxf5 52.Kb3 Kg6

53.Rc4 Bf4 54.Rc6+ Rf6 55.Rc5 Rf7 56.b5 Be3 57.Re5 Bb6 58.c4 Rf5 59.Re6+ Kf7 60.Re4 Rc5 61.Rh4 Ke6 62.Rh7 Kd6 63.Kb4 Rg5 64.Rh6+ Kd7 65.Rc6 a5+ 66.Ka4 Rg4

67.Kb3 Rg3+ 68.Ka2 Rc3 69.Kb2 Bd4 70.Ka2 a4 71.Kb1 Kc8 72.Ka2 Kb7 73.Kb1 a3 74.Ka2 Bb6 75.Ka1 Rc2 76.Kb1 a2+ 77.Kxc2 a1=Q 78.Kd3 Qd4+ 79.Kc2 Qe4+ 80.Kb3 Qxc6 81.bxc6+ Kxc6

82.Kb4 Bf2 83.Kc3 Kc5 84.Kb3 Be1 85.Kc2 Kxc4 86.Kd1 Bh4 87.Kc2 c5 88.Kc1 Kc3 89.Kd1 Kb2 90.Kd2 c4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

magnetic_E (lichess 2170) - JimWest (lichess 2109), lichess 3/20/2026

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.fxe3 Qxg5 11.Qxd4 Nc6 12.Qd5 Qxe5, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/19/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1932) - NorthlandBanneret (Chess.com 1853), Chess.com 3/19/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 d6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 Be7 5.Nf3 c6 6.c3 O-O 7.f5 Nbd7 8.Qc2 Qc7 9.Be2 d5 10.Bg5 a5 11.a4 Nc5 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nbd2 Qb6 14.g4 h6 15.h4 dxe4 16.dxe4 g6 17.g5 hxg5 18.hxg5 Bh8 19.f6 Bg4

20.O-O-O Bh5 21.Rxh5 gxh5 22.Nxe5 Rfe8 23.Nec4 Qc7 24.Bxh5 Rad8 25.Kb1 b5 26.axb5 cxb5 27.Na3 Nxe4 28.Nxe4 Rxd1+ 29.Bxd1 Qc6 30.Bf3 Qb6 31.Qf2 Qe6

32.Nxb5 Rb8 33.Nd4 Qb6 34.Nf5 Qb3 35.Nh6+ Kf8 36.Qc5+ Ke8 37.Qe7#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Abdo_Elomla (lichess 2221) - JimWest (lichess 2113), lichess 3/19/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.d4 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nf6 9.Bb5 exd4 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Qxc6+ Kf7 12.Qc4+ d5 13.Qxd4 Bd6

14.Nxd5 Re8+ 15.Be3 Be5 16.Qc4 Qxd5 17.Qxd5+ Nxd5 18.O-O-O Nxe3 19.fxe3 Rad8 20.Rhf1+ Kg8 21.Rd3 Bf6 22.Rf3 c5 23.b3 c4 24.bxc4 Rc8 25.Rd7 Rxc4 26.Rxa7 Rec8 27.Rf2 Bg5 28.Re2 Rc3

29.Kb2 Bxe3 30.Rd7 Bg5 31.Re8+ Rxe8 32.Kxc3 Bf6+ 33.Kb3 Rb8+ 34.Ka3 Kf8 35.c4 Ke8 36.Rd5 Be7+ 37.Ka4 Rb4+ 38.Ka5 Rxc4 39.a4 Rc5+ 40.Rxc5 Bxc5

41.Kb5 Bg1 42.Kc6 h5 43.a5 h4 44.Kd5 Kd7 45.Ke4 Kc6 46.Kf5 Bd4 47.Kg4 Bf6 48.g3 hxg3 49.Kxg3 Kb5 50.h4 Kxa5 51.h5 Bg5 52.Kg4 Bh6 53.Kf5 Kb5 54.Ke5 Kc5

55.Ke4 Kd6 56.Kf5 Ke7 57.Ke5 Kf7 58.Kf5 Bc1 59.Ke5 Kg8 60.Kf5 Kh7 61.Ke6 Kh6 62.Kf5 Kxh5

63.Ke6 g5 64.Kf5 g4 65.Ke4 Kh4 66.Kd3 Kh3 67.Ke2 Kh2, White resigns.