PCG & PCG Reversed 3/1/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

TigerMalaysia (Chess.com 1954) - JimWest (Chess.com 1955), Chess.com 3/1/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Nb3 Bxf5 9.Be3 d5 10.h3 O-O-O 11.O-O-O h6 12.g4 Bg6 13.h4 Qd7 14.Bh3 Ng8 15.h5 Bf7 16.g5 Be6 17.Bxe6 Qxe6 18.Rdg1 hxg5 19.Rxg5 Nf6

20.Rg6 Qf7 21.Rgg1 a6 22.Bg5 Be7 23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Qg4+ Qd7 25.Qxd7+ Rxd7 26.Ne2 Re7 27.Kd2 Rhe8 28.Rg3 a5 29.c3 b6 30.Nf4 Rd7 31.h6 gxh6 32.Rxh6 Rf8 33.Nh5 Rd6 34.Nxf6 Rdxf6 35.Rxf6 Rxf6

36.Ke3 Ne7 37.Rh3 Nf5+ 38.Ke2 Nd6 39.Rh8+ Kb7 40.Nd2 a4 41.a3 b5 42.Nf1 Nc4 43.Ne3 Nxe3 44.fxe3 Rg6 45.Rh2 Rg1 46.Kd2 Rb1 47.Kc2 Re1 48.Kd2 Rb1 49.Kc2 Rg1 50.Kd2 c6 51.Rh7+ Kb6 52.Rh2 Rg3

53.Ke2 Kc7 54.Rh7+ Kd6 55.Rh6+ Kd7 56.Rh7+ Ke6 57.Rh6+ Kf5 58.Kf2 Rg6 59.Rxg6 Kxg6 60.Kg2 Kh5 61.Kh3 Kg5 62.Kg3 Kh5 63.Kh3 Kg5 64.Kg3 Kh5 65.Kh3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2071) - Richiemedina (lichess 2071), lichess 3/1/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be2 Nh5 8.Bg3 Nxg3 9.hxg3 h6 10.Nc3 Bf6 11.Qd2 Nd4 12.Nxd4 Bxd4 13.O-O-O c6 14.Kb1 b5 15.Rdf1 a5 16.Bh5 Be6 17.Ne2 Bf6 18.Nf4 Bd7 19.d4 g6

20.Nxg6 fxg6 21.Bxg6+ Ke7 22.e5 Bg5 23.Rf7+ Ke6 24.Qf2 dxe5 25.Qf5+ Kd5, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 2/28/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

onnenpotkuri (Chess.com 1869) - JimWest (Chess.com 1966), Chess.com 2/28/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d4 Be7 6.Nd5 Nf6 7.Nxe7 Qxe7 8.O-O fxe4 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Qxe5 11.Be2 O-O 12.c3 d5 13.Be3 c6 14.Bd4 Qg5 15.g3 Bh3 16.Re1 a6 17.Bf1 Bxf1 18.Rxf1 Rae8 19.Qe2 Nd7

20.b4 Rf3 21.Be3 Qg6 22.Qd2 Ne5 23.Rad1 h5 24.Bg5 Rd3 25.Qc1 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Qxg5 27.f4 Nf3+ 28.Kh1 Qg4 29.Rf1 h4 30.Qe3 hxg3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

SilverknightKg (lichess 1962) - JimWest (lichess 2073), lichess 2/28/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.b3 Bg4 9.Bb2 Nd7 10.Nbd2 O-O-O 11.a4 Ne7 12.a5 Ng6 13.a6 b6 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Nxf3 Nc5 16.Qe2 Bd6 17.b4 Ne6 18.b5 c5 19.Bd5 Ng5

20.Bb7+ Kb8 21.Rad1 Nxf3+ 22.Qxf3 Nh4 23.Qc3 Qg6 24.g3 fxg3 25.Qxg3 Nf3+ 26.Kg2 Nd4 27.Qxg6 hxg6 28.Bxd4 exd4 29.Rd3 Rdf8 30.c3 Be5 31.cxd4 Bxd4

32.Rg3 Rf6 33.f4 Rhf8 34.Rgf3 g5 35.fxg5 Rxf3 36.Rxf3 Rxf3 37.Kxf3 Kc7 38.Bd5 Kd6 39.Kg4 Ke5 40.h4 c4 41.Bxc4 Kxe4 42.h5 Ke5 43.g6 Kf6 44.Kf4 Bc5 45.Ke4 Kg5 46.Be2 Kf6 47.Kd5 Ke7 48.Kc6 Kd8 49.Kb7 Be3 50.Kxa7 Kc7

51.Ka8 Bh6 52.a7 Bg5 53.Bf3 Bh6 54.Bc6 Bg5 55.Be4 Bh6 56.Bd3 Bg5 57.h6 Bxh6 58.Bf5 Bg5 59.Be4 Bf6 60.Bg2 Bd4 61.Bd5 Bf6 62.Bg8 Bd4 63.Ba2 Bf6

64.Bb3 Bd4 65.Be6 Bf6 66.Bd7 Bd4 67.Bc6 Bf6 68.Bd7 Bd4 69.Bc6 Be5 70.Bd7 Bf6 71.Bc6 Be5 72.Bd7 Bf6 73.Bc6 Be5, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/27/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

JGabris (Chess.com 1792) - JimWest (Chess.com 1971), Chess.com 2/27/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O Nd7 6.d4 e4 7.Re1 Be7 8.Nfd2 Ngf6 9.Nc3 Nb6 10.Bb3 d5 11.Qe2 c6 12.Nf1 Qc7 13.Ng3 Bg6 14.a4 Nbd7 15.f3 O-O-O 16.fxe4 dxe4 17.Ncxe4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 Bd6

20.Qh4 Nf6 21.Bg5 Rdf8 22.Bxf6 Rxf6 23.Rf1 Rxf1+ 24.Rxf1 Qe7 25.Qxe7 Bxe7 26.Rf7 Bf6 27.c3 Re8 28.Kf2 Re7 29.Rxe7 Bxe7 30.Be6+ Kc7

31.b3 a5 32.c4 b6 33.d5 cxd5 34.Bxd5 h6 35.h3 Kd6 36.Kf3 Ke5 37.Ke3 Bc5+ 38.Kd3 g5 39.Bc6 h5 40.Bd5 h4 41.Bc6 Kf4 42.Bd5 Ke5 43.Bc6 Kf4 44.Bd5 Ke5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2074) - xzyt123 (lichess 2001), lichess 2/27/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Ne2 e3 10.O-O Qh4 11.h3 Nf2

12.Qe1 Qg5 13.Kh2 Qh4 14.Kg1 Qg5 15.Kh2 Qh4 16.Kg1, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 2/26/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1975) - Martin725 (Chess.com 1933), Chess.com 2/26/2026

1.f3 Nc6 2.e4 e5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Qd7 7.O-O O-O-O 8.c3 h6 9.f5 g5 10.fxg6 fxg6 11.Be3 Be7 12.Nbd2 Be6 13.b4 Ng4 14.Bf2 Nxf2 15.Rxf2 Rdf8 16.Rf1 g5 17.Kh1 h5 18.Qa4 Kb8 19.b5 Nd8

20.c4 Bg4 21.Rab1 Ne6 22.Qd1 Nf4 23.Nb3 b6 24.a4 c5 25.a5 Bd8 26.axb6 Bxb6 27.Ra1 Bxf3 28.Bxf3 g4 29.Be2 h4 30.Na5 Nxe2 31.Qxe2 Bxa5 32.Rxa5 Rxf1+ 33.Qxf1 Qd8

34.Qa1 Rf8 35.Rxa7 Rf1+ 36.Qxf1 Kxa7 37.Qa1+ Kb8 38.Qa6 Qc7 39.Kg1 g3 40.hxg3 hxg3 41.b6 Qh7 42.Qa7+ Qxa7 43.bxa7+ Kxa7 44.Kf1 Ka6 45.Ke2 Ka5 46.Kf3 Kb4 47.Kxg3 Kc3 48.Kf3 Kxd3

49.g4 Kxc4 50.g5 Kd4 51.g6 c4 52.g7 c3 53.g8=Q c2 54.Qd5+ Kc3 55.Qxd6 c1=Q 56.Qc5+ Kd2 57.Qxc1+ Kxc1 58.Kg4 Kd2 59.Kf5 Ke3 60.Kxe5 Kd3

61.Kd5 Ke3 62.e5 Kf4 63.e6 Kf5 64.e7 Kf6 65.e8=Q Kg7 66.Qe6 Kf8 67.Qd7 Kg8 68.Ke6 Kf8 69.Qf7#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2074) - fredericlinares (lichess 2020), lichess 2/26/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 d6 3.e4 c6 4.f4 e5 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Kh1 Qb6 9.fxe5 dxe5 10.b3 Ng4 11.Qe1 Ne3 12.Bxe3 Qxe3 13.Qf2 Qxf2 14.Rxf2 Bc5 15.Rf1 Nf6

16.Nc3, Black forfeits.

2 PCG Games 2/25/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

zzJEMzz (Chess.com 1754) - JimWest (Chess.com 1961), Chess.com 2/25/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.Qd2 c6 12.Bb4 Re8 13.c4 Be6 14.Rc1 Nbd7 15.Bd6 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Nd7 17.O-O dxc4 18.Bxc4 Bxc4 19.Rxc4 Nxe5

20.Rxe4 Nf7 21.Rxe8+ Qxe8 22.Ba3 Rd8 23.Qb4 Qd7 24.h3 h6 25.Re1 a6 26.Re7 Qd1+ 27.Re1 Qd7 28.Qh4 Re8 29.Re4 Rxe4 30.Qxe4 Ng5 31.Qf4 Qf7 32.Qb8+ Kh7 33.Qd8 Ne4 34.f3 Nf6

35.Qd3+ Qg6 36.Qb3 b5 37.Bc5 Nd5 38.g4 h5 39.Qd1 hxg4 40.hxg4 a5 41.a3 a4 42.Qd2 Qf6 43.Qd3+ Kg8 44.Bd4 Qh4 45.Qg6 Qg3+ 46.Kf1 Qxf3+ 47.Bf2 Ne3+ 48.Ke1 Qd1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ankylosaurus_Slayer (lichess 2011) - JimWest (lichess 2076), lichess 2/25/2026

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

6.Bg5 exf3 7.Bxe7 fxe2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 2/24/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

antiblitz (Chess.com 1897) - JimWest (Chess.com 1976), Chess.com 2/24/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Nc3 exd4+ 9.Ne2 Nf6 10.Qxd4 Nc6 11.Qd2 O-O 12.O-O-O Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Rad8 15.Nd4 Nxd4 16.Qxd4 a6 17.Bd3 c6 18.Rde1 Qd6 19.Qh4 Rde8

20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.Rg1 Qh2 22.Qg5 Re7 23.Qg2 Re1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

grigoriy-gurkov (lichess 1976) - JimWest (lichess 2076), lichess 2/24/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.g3 Bh3 8.Re1 fxg3 9.fxg3 Bg4 10.Kg2 Qd7 11.Rh1 Bh3+ 12.Kf2 b5 13.Bb3 a5

14.a3 Qa7+ 15.Be3 Ng4+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/23/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

ambreeshkumar (Chess.com 1994) - JimWest (Chess.com 1994), Chess.com 2/23/2026

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.Be3 d4 13.cxd4 Nxd4 14.Qd2 Ne7 15.Bg5 Qe5 16.Bxe7 Bxe7 17.Nc3 Rxh8 18.O-O-O Rd8 19.Qe3 Bf5

20.f3 Bc5 21.Qg5 Ne6 22.Rxd8+ Nxd8 23.fxe4 g6 24.Bd3 Ne6 25.Qd2 Qg3 26.Re1 Nf4 27.Kc2 Nxd3 28.Qxd3 Qxe1 29.exf5 Qf2+ 30.Kb3 Qxf5 31.Qc4 Bd6

32.Qg8+ Kd7 33.Qxh7+ Kc6 34.Qg8 b6 35.Qd8+ Kb7 36.Qe4+ Qxe4 37.Nxe4 Be7 38.g3 c5 39.Kc4 Kc6 40.Nc3 a6 41.Kd3 b5 42.Ke4 Bf6 43.Nd1 Kd6 44.b3 Bd4 45.g4 a5 46.a3 b4 47.axb4 axb4

48.h5 gxh5 49.gxh5 Ke6 50.Kf4 Kf6 51.Kg4 c4 52.bxc4 b3 53.Kf4 b2 54.Nxb2 Bxb2 55.c5 Ba3 56.c6 Bd6+ 57.Ke4 Kg5 58.Kd5 Bc7 59.Ke6 Kxh5 60.Kd7 Ba5 61.Kc8 Kg6 62.c7 Bxc7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2071) - zenit1956 (lichess 2176), lichess 2/23/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nc6 7.c3 d5 8.Nxe5 dxe4 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.O-O Ba6 11.d4 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5+ 14.Be3 Qd6 15.Nd2 Rfe8 16.Nc4 Bxe3+ 17.Nxe3 Qb6 18.Kh1 Rab8 19.Rab1 a5

20.Rfd1 h5 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.Rxd5 g6 23.f6 Rbd8 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Qxe4 Qxb2 26.fxg6, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/22/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Aidas002 (Chess.com 1928) - JimWest (Chess.com 2006), Chess.com 2/22/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.Ng5 d5 8.g4 Bc8 9.Nxh7 Qh4 10.Nxf8 Rxf8 11.Be3 Bxg4 12.Qd2 Bf3 13.Nc3 Bxh1 14.O-O-O Bf3 15.Nxd5 Na6

16.Rg1 O-O-O, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2066) - mdsdn_smrya (lichess 2023), lichess 2/22/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 d6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Be7 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Nbd2 c6 10.c3 Qb6+ 11.Kh1 Qxb2 12.Nc4 Qb5 13.Rb1 Qa6 14.Bxd6 Bxd6 15.Nxd6 Bxf3 16.Rxf3 Ne5

17.d4 Qxa2 18.dxe5 Ng4 19.h3 Nxe5 20.Rf5 Ng6 21.Bc4 Qa3 22.Bxf7+ Kh8 23.Bxg6 Rxf5 24.Bxf5, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/21/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2025) - Ayaskant109 (Chess.com 2030), Chess.com 2/21/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 d5 7.Qf3 dxe4 8.dxe4 b6 9.Bg5 Bb7 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.O-O-O Qe7 12.Ne2 h6 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Ng3 a5 15.Nh5 Nxh5 16.Qxh5 Be3 17.Qf3 Qc5 18.Kb1 Bxd2 19.Rxd2 Rad8

20.Bd3 Rd6 21.Rhd1 Rfd8 22.Qe2 a4 23.a3 Bc6 24.g4 f6 25.Bc4+ Kf8 26.Rxd6 Rxd6 27.Rxd6 cxd6 28.Bd3 d5 29.exd5 Bxd5 30.c4 Bc6 31.Ka2 Qd4

32.h3 Be8 33.Qe4 Qxe4 34.Bxe4 Bf7 35.b3 axb3+ 36.Kxb3 b5 37.Bd3 Bxc4+ 38.Bxc4 bxc4+ 39.Kxc4 Ke8 40.Kd5 Kd7 41.h4 Kc7 42.g5 Kb6 43.g6 Kb5 44.h5 Ka4

45.Ke6 e4 46.Kf7 e3 47.Kxg7 e2 48.Kxh6 e1=Q 49.g7 Qe8 50.g8=Q Qxg8, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

reiner56 (lichess 1908) - JimWest (lichess 2063), lichess 2/21/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 Na5 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.O-O-O f4 11.Nd5 Qd8

12.g3 Bg4 13.Qe2 Nd4, White resigns.