2 PCG Games 6/1/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

CleopatraGaze (Chess.com 1955) - JimWest (Chess.com 1979), Chess.com 6/1/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nd4 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 Ne7 9.Nc3 c6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bb5+ Nbc6 12.O-O O-O 13.f3 Qb6 14.Rad1 exf3 15.Rxf3 Rxf3 16.gxf3 Bh3

17.Qg5 Nxd4 18.Kh1 Nxb5 19.Qxe7 Nxc3 20.bxc3 Qf2 21.Rg1 Qxf3+, White resigns.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit

Igor959 (lichess 2061) - JimWest (lichess 2046), lichess 6/1/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nd4 d5 6.Be2 Bc5 7.O-O Ne7 8.Nb3 Bb6 9.a4 c6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Bg4 Na6 12.Bxb6 axb6 13.Bxc8 Qxc8 14.f4 Nf5 15.Qe1 Nc5 16.Nxc5 bxc5 17.Nc3 Nd4 18.Qd1 Qe6

19.Ne2 Nxe2+ 20.Qxe2 Rae8 21.Rae1 Qh6 22.Qe3 b6 23.a5 bxa5 24.Qxc5 Rxf4 25.Rxf4 Qxf4 26.Rf1 Qxe5 27.Qxc6 e3 28.Qd7 Qe6 29.Qxe6+ Rxe6 30.Re1 d4

31.Kf1 Rf6+ 32.Ke2 Rf2+ 33.Kd3 Rd2+ 34.Ke4 Rxc2 35.Kxd4 Rxb2 36.Rxe3 Rxg2 37.h3 h5 38.Re5 g6 39.Rxa5 Rg3 40.h4 Rg4+ 41.Ke5 Rxh4 42.Kf6 Kh7 43.Ra7+ Kh6 44.Ra8 Rf4+ 45.Ke5 Rf5+ 46.Ke6 Kg5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/31/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

uNGam3R (Chess.com 1990) - JimWest (Chess.com 2018), Chess.com 5/31/2026

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.O-O-O Nc6 15.Qg3 Kh8 16.Qc3 Bf5 17.d5 Nb8 18.Qe5 Bg6 19.f4 Nbd7

20.Qd4 Qf8 21.a3 Qg7 22.Rdf1 Bc5 23.Qc3 h6 24.Bh4 Ng4 25.Qe1 Bxa3 26.bxa3 Qa1+ 27.Kd2 Qd4+ 28.Bd3 exd3 29.f5 Bh7 30.Qa1 Qxa1 31.Rxa1 dxc2

32.h3 Nge5 33.Rae1 Bxf5 34.Rxe5 Nxe5 35.Bf6+ Kh7 36.Bxe5 Rd8 37.Bxc7 Rxd5+ 38.Kc1 Rb5 39.Kd2 Rb1 40.Rc1 Rxc1 41.Kxc1 b5 42.h4 h5 43.g3 Kg6 44.Kd2 Kf6 45.Kc1 Ke6 46.Ba5 Kd5 47.Bc7 Kc4 48.Kb2 a6

49.Bf4 a5 50.Bd2 b4 51.axb4 axb4 52.Be1 b3 53.Bd2 Kd3 54.Bc1 Be6 55.Bf4 Ke2 56.Bc1 Kd1 57.Bf4 Bd5 58.Bg5 Be6 59.Bf4 Bd5 60.Bg5 Be6 61.Bf4, draw.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit

sskrip (lichess 1988) - JimWest (lichess 2039), lichess 5/31/2026

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.Nb5 Nxe4 11.Rhf1 a6 12.Nxd6+ cxd6 13.Nd2 Nxg5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/30/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

epew99 (Chess.com 1939) - JimWest (Chess.com 2027), Chess.com 5/30/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nbd2 Nf6 6.h3 Be7 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.Nh4 Bg6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.a4 d5 12.Ba2 Qc7 13.c3 O-O-O 14.a5 e4 15.Nd4 Ne5 16.O-O Nxd3 17.Ne6 Qe5 18.Nxd8 Bxd8 19.Bb1 Bc7

20.f4 exf3 21.Bxd3 Qh2+ 22.Kf2 Qxg2+ 23.Ke3 Re8+ 24.Kd4 Be5+ 25.Kc5 Nd7+ 26.Kb4 Bd6+ 27.Kb3 Nc5+ 27.Ka2 f2 28.Qg4+ Qxg4 29.hxg4 Nxd3 30.Bd2 Re2 31.Rad1 Bf4 32.Bxf4 Nxf4 33.Rd4 g5

34.Kb3 Ne6 35.Rd3 Nc5+, White resigns.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit

Patzer-immer (lichess 2003) - JimWest (lichess 2030), lichess 5/30/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bb3 Na6 6.O-O Nc5 7.Re1 Nxb3 8.axb3 Be7 9.d4 fxe4 10.Rxe4 Nf6 11.Re1 e4 12.Ng5 d5 13.f3 h6 14.Nh3 Bxh3 15.gxh3 O-O

16.fxe4 Nxe4 17.Nc3 Bb4 18.Bd2 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Qh4, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 5/29/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2014) - orange_warrior1986 (Chess.com 2046), Chess.com 5/29/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Qxe2 Nbd7 8.Nf3 c6 9.f5 Qe7 10.a4 O-O 11.b4 Bb6 12.a5 Bc7 13.O-O d5 14.Bg5 Rfe8 15.Nbd2 Qd6 16.Kh1 h6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Rg1 Rad8 19.g4 c5

20.g5 hxg5 21.Rxg5 cxb4 22.cxb4 Qxb4 23.Rag1 Qxa5 24.Rxg7+ Kf8 25.exd5 Qxd5 26.Ne4 Nxe4 27.dxe4 Qd3 28.f6 Qxe2 29.Rg8#.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2010) - AlexKull (lichess 1961), lichess 5/29/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 exf4 6.Bxf4 Nc6 7.Nd2 a6 8.d4 Bb6 9.Bd3 h6 10.Ngf3 Bg4 11.O-O Qd7 12.Kh1 O-O-O 13.Qc2 g5 14.Be3 Kb8 15.Rae1 Nh5 16.Nc4 Ba7

17.d5 Bxe3 18.dxc6 Qxc6 19.Nxe3 Be6 20.Nd4 Qd7 21.Nxe6 Qxe6 22.Bc4 Qe7 23.Rxf7 Qe8 24.Ref1 Nf4 25.g3 d5 26.Bxd5 Nxd5 27.Nxd5 c6 28.Re7 Qh5 29.Rff7 b5 30.Qf2 Qd1+ 31.Kg2, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/28/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Sanskar2012 (Chess.com 1820) - JimWest (Chess.com 2005), Chess.com 5/28/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 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.O-O-O Nc6 15.Qg3 Kh8 16.Bh6 Bf8 17.Bxf8 Qxf8 18.Qxc7 Bf5 19.d5 Rc8

20.Qf4 Na5 21.Bb3 Nxb3+ 22.axb3 Bg6 23.Qe5 e3 24.c3 Re8 25.Qd4 e2 26.Rde1 Re4 27.Qd2 Qd6 28.Rxe2 Qa6 29.Kd1 Qa1+ 30.Qc1 Qxc1+ 31.Kxc1 Rxe2

32.c4 Ne4 33.f3 Nc5 34.Kd1 Rxb2 35.Re1 Rb1+ 36.Kd2 Nxb3+ 37.Ke2 Rxe1+ 38.Kxe1 Kg7 39.Ke2 Kf6 40.g4 Ke5 41.Ke3 Kd6 42.f4 a5 43.f5 Bf7 44.Kd3 a4 45.Kc3 Nc5 46.h4 h6 47.g5 hxg5 48.hxg5 Ne4+ 49.Kb4 Nxg5 50.Kxa4 Ne4

51.Kb5 Nc5 52.Kb6 Bh5 53.f6 Bf7 54.Kb5 Nd7 55.Kb4 Nxf6 56.Kb5 Nd7 57.Kb4 Bh5 58.Kb5 Be2 59.Kb4 Ne5 60.Kc3 Bxc4 61.Kd4 Bxd5

62.Kc3 Kc5 63.Kd2 b5 64.Kc2 Kb4 65.Kb2 Nc4+ 66.Kc2 Na5 67.Kb2 Bb3 68.Kb1 Kc3 69.Kc1 b4 70.Kb1 Bc4 71.Kc1 b3 72.Kb1 Bd3+ 73.Ka1 b2+ 74.Ka2 b1=Q+ 75.Ka3 Qb3#.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit

ButiLaki (lichess 1881) - JimWest (lichess 2002), lichess 5/28/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.c3 Nd7 6.Qb3 Nc5 7.Bf7+ Ke7 8.Qc4 Bd3

9.Qh4+ Kxf7 10.Ng5+ Ke8 11.f4 Be7 12.Qg3, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/27/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2001) - chandand1444 (Chess.com 1908), Chess.com 5/27/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 exf4 6.Bxf4 Ne5 7.Be2 Nxf3+ 8.Bxf3 c6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.c3 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd2 Bh4+ 13.g3 Bf6 14.d4 Bh3 15.Qb3 b6 16.O-O-O a5 17.e5 a4 18.Bxc6+ Bd7 19.Bxd7+ Qxd7

20.Qxb6 dxe5 21.dxe5 Bxe5 22.Rhe1 f6 23.Nc4 O-O 24.Rxd7, Black resigns.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit

LLLCCC (lichess 2096) - JimWest (lichess 2001), lichess 5/27/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.b3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Bb2 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O c6 9.h3 h6 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.a4 Bh7 13.Qd2 Rae8

14.Rad1 a5 15.Qxa5 Qxa5 16.Nxa5 Nc5 17.Nc4 e4 18.Ne1 d5 19.Ne3 Bd6 20.Bxf6 Rxf6 21.d4 Ne6 22.c3 Nf4 23.Rd2 Nxe2+ 24.Rxe2 h5 25.b4 g5 26.g3 Kh8 27.Kg2 Rg8 28.a5 Rg7 29.Ra2 Bf4 30.a6 bxa6 31.Rxa6 Bxe3 32.fxe3 Rxf1 33.Kxf1 Rf7+ 34.Ke2 Rf6

35.b5 Bf5 36.h4 gxh4 37.gxh4 Bg4+ 38.Kd2 Rf2+ 39.Kc1 cxb5 40.Nc2 Rh2 41.Rd6 Rxh4 42.Rxd5 Be2 43.Re5 Bd3 44.Ne1 Rh1 45.Kd2 Rh2+ 46.Kd1 Be2+ 47.Kc1 Bc4 48.Rxe4 Re2 49.Re8+ Kg7 50.Nf3 Rf2 

51.Nh4 Kh6 52.Re5 Bd3 53.e4 Rc2+ 54.Kd1 Rxc3 55.Nf5+ Kg6 56.d5 Bxe4 57.Nh4+ Kf6 58.Rxe4 Rd3+ 59.Kc2 Rxd5 60.Kc3 Rc5+ 61.Kb4 Rc4+ 62.Rxc4 bxc4 63.Kxc4 Kg5

64.Nf3+ Kf4 65.Ne1 Kg3 66.Kd3 h4 67.Ke3 h3 68.Nf3 Kg2 69.Kf4 h2 70.Nxh2, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/26/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

MadMaximus1982 (Chess.com 1909) - JimWest (Chess.com 1988), Chess.com 5/26/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nd4 d5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Ba4 Bc5 8.O-O Ne7 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qe2 O-O 12.N3d2 Nd7 13.Bb3 Nc5 14.Nxe4 Nxb3 15.Nf6+ Rxf6 16.exf6 Nxc1

17.Rxc1 Nf5 18.g4 Nd4 19.Qd3 Qxf6 20.Nc3 Bxg4, White resigns.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2017) - RuslanTimurziev (lichess 1882), lichess 5/26/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 h6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be2 Nh5 8.Be3 Bh4+ 9.Nxh4 Qxh4 10.Bf2 Qg5

11.Bxh5 Qxg2 12.Qf3 Qxf3 13.Bxf3 O-O 14.Nc3 Nb4 15.O-O-O d6 16.a3 Nc6 17.Nd5, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/25/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Mdo273 (Chess.com 1959) - JimWest (Chess.com 1993), Chess.com 5/25/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Nh5 Nxh5 13.Bxh5 Qh4 14.g3 Qf6 15.c3 Bh3 16.Re1 g6 17.Bg4 Bxg4 18.Qxg4 Rae8 19.Rf1 Qf5

20.Qxf5 gxf5 21.f4 h5 22.Rac1 Rb8 23.Rc2 Kh7 24.Rff2 Rg8 25.Kf1 Rg4 26.c4 h4 27.gxh4 Rxh4 28.c5 Be7 29.Rc3 Rh3 30.Bd2 Rxc3 31.Bxc3 Rg8 32.Rg2 Rxg2 33.Kxg2 Kg6

34.b4 Kh5 35.h3 a6 36.a4 Bf6 37.Bb2 Bg7 38.Bc3 Bh6 39.Kg3 Bg7 40.Bb2 e3 41.Bc3 e2 42.Kf2 Kh4 43.Kxe2 Kxh3 44.Kf3 Bf6 45.Bb2 Kh2 46.Bc3 Kg1 47.Bb2 Kf1 48.Bc3 Bg7 49.Bb2 Ke1 50.Ke3 Kd1

51.Bc3 Kc2 52.Be1 Bf6 53.a5 Bg7 54.Bh4 Kc3 55.Bd8 Bxd4+ 56.Ke2 Kxb4 57.Bxc7 Bxc5 58.Kd3 Kb5 59.Bd8 Bb4 60.Kd4 Bxa5 61.Bxa5 Kxa5 62.Kc5 Ka4, White resigns.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit

NATA74 (lichess 1989) - JimWest (lichess 2016), lichess 5/25/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d3 Na5 5.Bb3 Nxb3 6.axb3 f5 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nd5 c6 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.Qd2 f4 14.c3 a6 15.b4 Bg4 16.Ne1 f3 17.gxf3 Bxf3 18.Nxf3 Qxf3 

19.Qe3 Qxe3 20.fxe3 Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Rf8 22.d4 Rxf1+ 23.Kxf1 Kf7 24.Kf2 Kf6 25.Kg3 h5 26.Kh4 Kg6 27.c4 Kh6 28.c5 g5+ 29.Kg3 dxc5 30.bxc5 Kg6 31.d5 Kf6 32.d6 Ke6

33.b4 b6 34.cxb6 Kxd6 35.h3 Kd7 36.Kf2 Kc8 37.Ke2 Kb7 38.Kd3 Kxb6 39.Kc4 g4 40.h4 g3 41.Kd3 g2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/24/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

ThanZaw1642 (Chess.com 1855) - JimWest (Chess.com 1964), Chess.com 5/24/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.h3 a5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qe2 Na6 12.b3 Bb4 13.Bb2 Nc5 14.Rad1 Be6 15.Bxe6 Nxe6 16.Qc4 Nd8 17.Rd3 Qe7 18.Rfd1 Nf7 19.Kf1 O-O

20.Ne2 Kh8 21.g4 Nd6 22.Rxd6 Bxd6 23.Rxd6 Qxd6 24.Bxe5 Qb4 25.Qxb4 axb4 26.Ng5, White resigns.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit

Vikram_0866 (lichess 1918) - JimWest (lichess 2007), lichess 5/24/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.c3 Be7 6.O-O fxe4 7.d5 Nb8 8.Nfd2 Nf6 9.f3 e3 10.Ne4 O-O 11.Bxe3 Nxe4 12.fxe4 Rxf1+ 13.Qxf1 Bg5 14.Bxg5 Qxg5 15.Na3 Nd7 16.Nb5 Nf6 17.Re1 Bd7 18.Nxc7 Rc8 19.Ne6 Qh6

20.Bb3 Kh8 21.Qf2 Bb5 22.Qf5 Rg8 23.Ng5 Be8, White forfeits.

2 PCG Reversed Games 5/23/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1958) - gmi_h1 (Chess.com 1869), Chess.com 5/23/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nd2 Qe7 8.Be2 Bb6 9.Bg5 Qe5 10.Ngf3 Qb5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nc4 Be6 13.a4 Qh5 14.Nxb6 axb6 15.O-O Rg8 16.Rf2 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.Bf3 Ke7 19.d4 Qg5

20.d5 Bd7 21.Qd4 Rg6 22.Qc4 Kd8 23.Qd4 Bg4 24.Bxg4 Qxg4 25.Raf1 Ke7 26.Qc4 Rc8 27.Qe2 Rcg8 28.Qxg4 Rxg4 29.Rxf6 Rxg2+ 30.Kh1 Rg1+ 31.Rxg1 Rxg1+ 32.Kxg1 Kxf6

33.Kf2 Ke5 34.Ke3 f5 35.exf5 Kxf5 36.c4 Ke5 37.b4 h5 38.h4 Kf5 39.Kf3 Ke5 40.Ke3 c5 41.b5 Kf5 42.Kf3 Ke5 43.Ke3 Kf5 44.Kf3 Ke5 45.Ke3, draw.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2004) - MohsenRouf (lichess 1887), lichess 5/23/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.c3 Bxg1 7.Rxg1 Nc6 8.Be2 h6 9.Nd2 a6 10.Qc2 Na7 11.O-O-O Nb5 12.g4 g5 13.Be3 Nd7 14.Rdf1 Qe7 15.a4 Na7 16.Bd4 Rf8 17.Nc4 b5 18.Ne3 Bb7 19.Nf5 Qe6

20.Ng7+ Kd8 21.Nxe6+ fxe6 22.Rxf8+ Nxf8 23.Rf1 Nd7 24.Bxa7 Rxa7 25.Kd2 Bc6 26.d4 bxa4 27.d5 exd5 28.exd5 Bxd5 29.Qxa4 Nc5 30.Rf8+ Ke7 31.Qe8#.