2 PCG Games 10/16/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

springaprilwater (Chess.com 1995) - JimWest (Chess.com 1999), Chess.com 10/16/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Be2 Bc5 8.Bc4 dxc4 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Nf7+ Ke7 11.Nxh8 Be6 12.Bg5+ Kf8 13.Nc3 Bb4 14.Rd1 Nd7 15.f4 Ne7 16.O-O Bxc3 17.Bxc3 Nf5 18.Rfe1 Bd5 19.g4 Nh6

20.h3 Kg8 21.Bxh6 gxh6 22.Rf1 Kxh8 23.h4 Rg8 24.g5 hxg5 25.hxg5 Nxe5 26.fxe5 Rxg5+ 27.Kh2 Rxe5 28.Rf8+ Kg7 29.Rdf1 e3 30.Rb8 Re7 31.Rg1+ Kh6

32.Rf8 Bf7 33.Rd6 e2 34.Rd6+ Bg6 35.Re1 Kg7 36.Rd2 Re3 37.Rdxe2 Rxc3 38.Re7+ Kh6 39.Rxb7 Rxc2+ 40.Kg3 Rxa2 41.Rc1 Rc2 42.Rxc2 Bxc2 43.Rxa7 Be4 44.Kf4 Bd5

45.Kf5 c3 46.Ra3 c2 47.Rc3 Kg7 48.Rxc2 h6 49.Rh2 Bc4 50.Rd2 Bd5 51.Rb2 Bf7 52.Rb6 c5 53.Rc6 c4 54.Ke4 Bg6+ 55.Kd4 Bd3 56.Ke5 h5 57.Kf4 Kf7 58.Kg5 Be2

59.Rxc4 Bxc4 60.Kxh5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Goldenboad (lichess 2226) - JimWest (lichess 2126), lichess 10/16/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe4 fxe5 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Bxb4 d4

9.Qxd4 Nc6, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/15/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2018) - chessmaster1399 (Chess.com 1812), Chess.com 10/15/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 Bg4 6.Be2 h5 7.fxe5 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Ng4 9.Nf3 Bf2+ 10.Kf1 d4 11.Nd1 Bh4 12.h3 Nh6 13.Bf4 Be7 14.g3 g5 15.Bd2 Nc6 16.Kg2 f5 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Nf2 Qe7 19.Rae1 O-O-O

20.e5 Rde8 21.Ne4 Bxe5 22.Bxg5 Qg7 23.Nxe5 Rxe5 24.Bf6 Rxe4 25.Bxg7 Rxe2+ 26.Rxe2 Rg8 27.Bxh6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

DrFierceKnight2011 (lichess 1986) - JimWest (lichess 2117), lichess 10/15/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.dxe5 Bc5

7.c4 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Qxg5 9.Bxb4 d4 10.Bd2 Qxe5 11.Qa4+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/14/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

MasterScheduler (Chess.com 1986) - JimWest (Chess.com 2014), Chess.com 10/14/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 Nf6 9.Nf7 Qe7 10.Nxh8 Bxe6 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Bf4 O-O-O 13.Qd2 Rxh8

14.b4 Bb6 15.b5 c5 16.Bb3 Re8 17.a4 c4 18.Ba2 d4 19.a5 Bc5 20.b6 a6 21.Qe2 d3 22.Qd2 Bd5 23.Nc3 Bb4 24.cxd3 exd3 25.Rfe1 Qf7

26.Rxe8+ Nxe8 27.Bg3 Bxa5 28.Bxc4 Bxc4 29.Rxa5 Nxb6 30.Qe3 Nd7 31.Qa7 Nc7 32.Bxc7 Kxc7 33.h3 Qf6 34.Rc5+ Nxc5 35.Qxc5+ Qc6 

36.Qe7+ Qd7 37.Qc5+ Qc6 38.Qe5+ Kc8 39.Qxg7 Be6 40.Qf8+ Kc7 41.Qe7+ Qd7 42.Qc5+ Kb8 43.Qe5+ Ka8 44.Ne4 d2

45.Nxd2 Qxd2 46.Qxe6 Qc1+ 47.Kh2 Qf4+ 48.Kg1 Qc1+ 49.Kh2 Qf4+ 50.Kg1 Qc1+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2129) - Titou1964 (lichess 2147), lichess 10/14/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 a5 8.a4 e5 9.O-O exf4 10.Bxf4 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Ne5

13.d4 Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 c6 15.Bg5, Black resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 10/13/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2015) - mohammadaminhamza (Chess.com 1832), Chess.com 10/13/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 d5 6.fxe5 Ng4 7.Nh3 Qh4+ 8.g3 Qh5 9.Nxd5 Qxe5 10.Bf4 Qd4

11.c3 Qxd5 12.exd5 Ne7 13.d4 Bb6 14.Bg2 O-O 15.O-O Ng6 16.Qd2 c5 17.Bd6 cxd4 18.cxd4 Re8 19.Bc5 Ne3 20.Rae1 Bxh3 21.Rxe3 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Red8 23.d6 Rac8 24.b4 h5

25.a4 h4 26.a5 Bxc5 27.dxc5 b6 28.axb6 axb6 29.Rfe1 bxc5 30.bxc5 Rxc5 31.Re8+ Rxe8 32.Rxe8+ Kh7 33.d7 Rh5 34.d8=Q h3+ 35.Kg1 Rb5 36.Rh8+ Nxh8 37.Q2d3+ Ng6 38.Qxb5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2130) - vevo57 (lichess 2066), lichess 10/13/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Na4 Bxg1 7.Rxg1 Nd4 8.f5 d5 9.Nc3 dxe4 10.dxe4 c6 11.Bg5 Qa5 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Bd3 Bd7 14.Kf2 O-O-O 15.g4 h5 16.h3 hxg4 17.hxg4 Rh2+ 18.Rg2 Rdh8 19.Qg1 R2h3

20.Rg3 Qb6 21.Rxh3 Rxh3 22.Kg2 Rh4 23.Kg3 Rh7 24.Na4 Qa5 25.b3 c5 26.c3 Bxa4 27.cxd4 Bc6 28.d5 Bd7 29.Rc1 b6 30.Rc2 Kb7 31.a4 Qb4 32.Bc4 a6 33.d6 Bc6

34.Qe3 Rh1 35.Bxf7 Re1 36.Re2 Rd1 37.Bd5 Bxd5 38.exd5 Rxd5 39.Qe4 Qxb3+ 40.Re3 Qa2 41.d7 Kc7 42.Rd3 Rxd7 43.Rxd7+ Kxd7

44.Qb7+ Ke8 45.Qc6+ Kf7 46.Qd7+ Kg8 47.Qe8+ Kg7 48.Qg6+ Kf8 49.Qxf6+ Kg8 50.Qg6+ Kf8 51.Qd6+ Kg8 52.Qg6+ Kf8 53.Qd6+ Kf7 54.Qg6+ Ke7 55.Qxb6 Qc4

56.Qc7+ Kf6 57.Qd6+ Kf7 58.Qxe5 Qxa4 59.Qxb5 Qb3+ 60.Kh4 Qb5 61.Qc7+ Kf6 62.Qd6+ Kf7 63.Qe6+ Kg7 64.Kg5 a5 65.Qe7+ Kg8

66.Kg6 Qb6+ 67.f6 Qb1+ 68.Kg5 Qc1+ 69.Kg6 Qc2+ 70.Kg5 Qd2+ 71.Kg6 Qd3+ 72.Kg5 Qd2+ 73.Kg6 Qd3+ 74.Kg5 Qd2+, draw.

2 PCG Games 10/12/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Danasuka (Chess.com 1939) - JimWest (Chess.com 2018), Chess.com 10/12/2026

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e3 10.Bxe3 dxe3 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Nf7+ Ke7 12.Nxh8 Nh6 13.Bd3 Bf5 14.Bxf5 Nxf5 15.g4 Nh6 16.f4 Nc6 17.h3 Rxh8

18.Ke2 Nf7 19.Rab1 b6 20.c5 g5 21.cxb6 axb6 22.Kxe3 gxf4+ 23.Kxf4 Nfxe5 24.Rhe1 Rf8+ 25.Kg5 Kd6 26.Rbd1+ Kc5 27.Kh6 Rf3 28.Kxh7 Rxh3+ 29.Kg7 Rxc3 30.g5 Rxa3

31.Rc1+ Kd6 32.Rf1 Rg3 33.Rcd1+ Ke7 34.Rf5 b5 35.Rd5 Ke6 36.Rfxe5+ Nxe5 37.Rxb5 Rxg5+ 38.Kh7 c6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Dhild (lichess 1990) - JimWest (lichess 2126), lichess 10/12/2026

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.Nc3 O-O-O 11.Be3 d4 12.Nxe4 dxe3 13.Nxf6 exf2+ 14.Qxf2 Bxf2+ 15.Kxf2 Nxf6

16.Re1 Bxa2 17.b3 Rxh8 18.Ra1 Nb4 19.c3 Ne4+ 20.Ke3 Nxc3 21.Bc4 Nc2+, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 10/11/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2005) - Alter-und-Zeit (Chess.com 1866), Chess.com 10/11/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 e3 8.Nf3 Nf2 9.Qe2 Nxh1 10.Bxe3 Bd7 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.c3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Be7 14.Nd2 O-O 15.O-O-O b5 16.Rxh1 b4 17.c4 a5 18.d5 a4 19.Kb1 Qb8

20.c5 Ra6 21.d6 cxd6 22.exd6 Bf6 23.Ne4 Qd8 24.Nxf6+ Qxf6 25.Qxf6 gxf6 26.Rf1 Re8 27.Bd4 Raa8 28.Bxf6 a3 29.d7 Red8 30.c6 axb2 31.Bxd8 Rxd8 32.c7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2127) - djsingh3131 (lichess 2120), lichess 10/11/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 d6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.c3 O-O 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.O-O Re8 10.h3 Ne5 11.Nbd2 c6 12.Kh1 Qc7 13.d4 Nxf3 14.Bxf3 Qe7 15.Qc2 Nd7 16.Rae1 Nf8 17.Nc4 Rd8

18.e5 dxe5 19.Nxe5 Be6 20.a3 Nd7 21.Nxd7 Qxd7 22.Be5 Bxe5 23.Rxe5 Bf5 24.Be4 Bxe4 25.Qxe4 Re8 26.Re1 Rxe5 27.Qxe5 Rd8 28.Qe7 a5 29.a4 b5

30.Qxd7 Rxd7 31.Re8+ Kg7 32.Ra8 bxa4 33.Rxa5 Rb7 34.Rxa4 Rxb2 35.Ra6 c5 36.cxd5 Rb5 37.Rc6 Rb3 38.Rc8 Rxc3

39.c6 h5 40.h4 Kf6 41.Kh2 Ke6 42.g3 Kd6 43.Rd8+ Kc7 44.Rd7+ Kxc6 45.Rxf7 Rd3 46.Rf6+ Rd6 47.Rxd6+ Kxd6

48.g4 Ke5 49.Kg3 hxg4 50.Kxg4 Kf6 51.Kf4 Kg7 52.Kg5 Kh7 53.h5 gxh5 54.Kxh5, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/10/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Adityarajaminrajlokhande (Chess.com 1920) - JimWest (Chess.com 2011), Chess.com 10/10/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5

6.Nfg5 dxe4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2120) - chessanand1653 (lichess 2183), lichess 10/10/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bd3 f5 10.O-O c6 11.c3 Be7 12.Be3 O-O 13.Nbd2 Qb6 14.Qb3 Qc7

15.Nxe4 fxe4 16.Bxe4 Qb6 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.Qxb6 axb6 19.a3 c5 20.h3 Bf5 21.Bg5 Bxg5 22.Nxg5 c4 23.g4 Bd7 24.Rxf8+ Rxf8 25.Rf1 Rxf1+ 26.Kxf1 Kf8

27.Kf2 Ke7 28.Ke3 Ba4 29.Kf4 Bc2 30.h4 b5 31.Nh3 Ke6 32.Kg5 Bb1 33.Nf4+ Kf7 34.e6+ Ke7 35.Nxg6+ Kxe6 36.Nf4+ Kd6 37.Nh5 g6 38.Nf4 b4 39.axb4 Kc6 40.Nxg6 Kb5

41.Nf4 Be4 42.h5 Ka4 43.h6 Bh7 44.Nxd5 Kb3 45.Nf6 Bd3 46.h7 Bxh7 47.Nxh7 Kxb2 48.d5 Kxc3 49.d6 Kxb4

50.d7 c3 51.d8=Q c2 52.Qc7, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/9/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Danienti (Chess.com 1814) - JimWest (Chess.com 2014), Chess.com 10/9/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nc3 f4 8.d4 Bg4 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nf6 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Rfe1 O-O-O

14.a3 g5 15.b4 h5 15.g3 g4 16.Qg2 f3, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

kosteev_friend (lichess 2144) - JimWest (lichess 2127), lichess 10/9/2026

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.O-O O-O 10.f3 c6 11.Bg5 Qe8 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Ng4 f5 14.Ne5 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Nd7 16.Nxd7 Bxd7 17.fxe4 fxe4 18.Rxf8+ Qxf8 19.Qd2 Qg7

20.Rf1 Kh8 21.Qf4 Rg8 22.g3 a6 23.Qf6 Qxf6 24.Rxf6 Bg4 25.Bf1 Bd1 26.c4 Bxc2 27.cxd5 cxd5 28.Rd6 Bb1 29.a3 Ba2 30.Rd7 b5 31.Rd6 Bc4

32.Rxa6 Re8 33.Bxc4 dxc4 34.Rc6 e3 35.Kf1 Re4 36.d5 Rd4 37.Rc5 Rd3 38.Rxb5 Rxa3 39.Rc5 Rd3 40.Rxc4 Rxd5 41.Ke2 Rd2+ 42.Kxe3 Rxh2

43.Kf4 Kg7 44.Rc6 Rf2+ 45.Kg5 Rf7 46.g4 Ra7 47.Rb6 Ra5+ 48.Kh4 h6 49.Rc6 Rb5 50.Rc7+ Kg6 51.Rc6+ Kg7 52.Ra6 Rb7 53.Ra5 Rb6 

54.Kh5 Rc6 55.Ra7+ Kg8 56.Rb7 Ra6 57.Rc7 Rb6 58.Rc8+ Kg7 59.Rc7+ Kg8 60.Ra7 Rc6 61.Ra5 Kg7 62.Rd5 Ra6 63.Rd7+ Kg8 64.Re7 Rb6 65.Re8+ Kg7 66.Re5 Ra6 67.Rf5 Rb6 68.Ra5 Rc6, draw.