2 PCG Games 6/17/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

dinator13 (Chess.com 1841) - JimWest (Chess.com 1986), Chess.com 6/17/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 c6 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.d3 Be7 8.Nc6 Nd7 9.g4 Be6 10.Be3 Rf8 11.Nd2 Kf7 12.g5 Kg8 13.h4 d5 14.d4 exd4 15.Bxd4 Bc5 16.Bxc5 Nxc5 17.Qe2 Qd7 18.f3 Rae8 19.O-O-O Bf5

20.Qf2 b6 21.h5 Ne6 22.Nce4 dxe4 23.Nxe4 Qxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Bxe4 25.Qh4 Bxf3 26.Rd7 Bd5 27.b3 a5 28.h6 g6 29.Qg3 Rf5 30.Qc3 Rf7 31.Rxf7 Kxf7 32.Qf6+ Kg8

33.c4 Be4 34.Kb2 Bf5 35.Ka3 Rf8 36.Qe7 b5 37.cxb5 cxb5 38.Qa7 b4+ 39.Ka4 Rf7 40.Qxa5 Nf8 41.Kxb4 Bd7 42.Qe5 Be6 43.Ka3 Ra7+ 44.Kb2 Rf7 45.a4 Rb7 46.Qc3 Rxb3+ 47.Qxb3 Bxb3 48.Kxb3 Nd7

49.a5 Kf7 50.Kc4 Ke6 51.a6 Kd6 52.Kb5 Kc7 53.Kc4 Ne5+ 54.Kd5 Nf7 55.Ke6 Nxg5+ 56.Kf6 Ne4+ 57.Kg7 g5 58.Kxh7 g4 59.Kg7 Ng5 60.Kg6 g3 61.Kxg5 g2

62.h7 g1=Q+ 63.Kh6 Qh2+ 64.Kg7 Qg3+ 65.Kf8 Qh4 66.Kg7 Qg5+ 67.Kf8 Qf6+ 68.Kg8 Qg6+ 69.Kh8 Qf7 70.a7 Qf8#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Elkholy77 (lichess 2063) - JimWest (lichess 2038), lichess 6/17/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.Bb3 Na6 7.d4 Qf6 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Na3 Bg4 10.Nc4 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 O-O-O 12.Qg4+ Kb8 13.Nxe5 Nc5 14.Bxf4 Bd6 15.Nf7 Nxb3 16.Bxd6+ Rxd6 17.Nxd6 Nh6 18.Qd7 Nc5 19.Qh3 Qxd6

20.Rfe1 Re8 21.f3 Qd4+ 22.Kh1 Qxb2 23.Rab1 Qe5 24.Red1 Ne6 25.Qh4 Qg5 26.Qf2 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Qxd8 28.f4 Qd4 29.Qf3 Nc5 30.Re1 Nf7 31.e5 g6

32.h3 Ne6 33.g3 Qd5 34.Qxd5 cxd5 35.Kg2 Kc7 36.Kf3 h5 37.g4 hxg4+ 38.hxg4 Kc6 39.f5 gxf5 40.gxf5 Nd4+ 41.Kg4 Nh6+ 42.Kg5 Nhxf5 43.Rf1 Ne3 44.Rf6+ Kc5 45.c3 Nc6 46.e6 Kd6 47.Rf7 Kxe6 48.Rxb7 Kd6

49.Kf4 Nc4 50.Rh7 a5 51.Kf3 Kc5 52.Ke2 d4 53.cxd4+ Nxd4+ 54.Kd3 Ne5+ 55.Kc3 Ndc6 56.Rh5 a4 57.Rh4 Kb5 58.Kxa4 Kxa4 59.Kd2 Ka3 60.Ke3 Kxa2

61.Ke4 Kb3 62.Ke5 Kb4 63.Ke4 Kc4 64.Kf5 Kd5 65.Kf4 Ke6 66.Ke4 Ne7 67.Kd4 Kd6 68.Ke4 Nd5 69.Kd4 Nc6+ 70.Kc4 Nb6+ 71.Kc3 Kc5 72.Kd3 Kd5 73.Kc3 Nd4 74.Kb4 Kc6 75.Kc3 Kc5 76.Kd3 Kd5 77.Kc3 Ke4 78.Kb4 Kd5 79.Kc3 Kc5 80.Kd3 Nc4

81.Kc3 Nb5+ 82.Kd3 Kd5 83.Ke2 Ke4 84.Kf2 Nd4 85.Kg3 Ne5 86.Kh4 Kf5 87.Kg3 Ne6 88.Kf2 Ke4 89.Kg3 Nd4 90.Kh4 Kf4 91.Kh5 Nf5, stalemate.

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/16/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

cortdezBuang (Chess.com 1972) - JimWest (Chess.com 1981), Chess.com 6/16/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.c4 c6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bb5+ Nbc6 12.O-O O-O 13.Bb2 h6 14.Nh3 Bxh3 15.gxh3 Qd7 16.Qg4 Qxg4+ 17.hxg4 a6 18.Ba4 Rad8 19.Rfe1 Rf4

20.h3 Rdf8 21.Re2 e3 22.Bxc6 exf2+ 23.Kf1 bxc6 24.Rd1 c5 25.Rdd2 d4 26.Rxf2 Rxf2+ 27.Rxf2 Rxf2+ 28.Kxf2 Kf7 29.Kf3 Ke6 30.Ke4 Nc6 31.c3 d3 

32.Kxd3 Nxe5+ 33.Ke4 Nc4 34.Bc1 g5 35.Kd3 Kd5 36.h4 gxh4 37.Bxh6 Nxa3 38.Bf4 Nc4 39.g5 Ne5+ 40.Kc2 Ng6 41.Bh2 Ke4 42.Kb3 Kd3 43.c4 h3 44.Bd6 Kd4 45.Bg3 a5 46.Bh2 a4+ 47.Kxa4 Kxc4

48.Ka3 Kd3 49.Kb2 c4 50.Kc1 c3 51.Bg3 Ne7 52.Be5 Ke4 53.Bh2 Kf5 54.Kc2 Nd5 55.Kd3 Kxg5 56.Be5 Kg4 57.Ke2 Nf4+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2034) - Risingstar15 (lichess 1919), lichess 6/16/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 Bb4+ 10.c3 Ba5 11.O-O O-O 12.Nbd2 Bb6 13.Qe1 Nxd2 14.Bxd2 Re8 15.Qg3 Bxf3 16.Rxf3 Nxe5 17.Bxe8 Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 Qxe8 19.Rf1 Qe6

20.Re1 Qc6 21.Re7 Qf6 22.Qxf6 gxf6 23.Rd7 c5 24.Rxd5 cxd4 25.cxd4 Rc8 26.Bc3 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 28.Kf2 Bb6 29.Kf3 Kg7 30.Ke4 Kf8 31.Kf5 Ke7

32.a4 Bc7 33.Bb4+ Ke8 34.h3 Bd8 35.g4 h6 36.h4 b6 37.Bd2 Ke7 38.Bxh6, Black resigns,

2 PCG Games 6/15/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

svirowe (Chess.com 1803) - JimWest (Chess.com 1995), Chess.com 6/15/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nbd2 f4 8.h3 Nbd7 9.b4 h6 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.a4 g5 12.d4 Qc7 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Qb3 Rh7 15.O-O-O Rg7 16.g3 a5 17.gxf4 gxf4 18.Rhg1 Rxg1 19.Rxg1 axb4

20.cxb4 b5 21.Bf7+ Kf8 22.a5 Bxb4 23.Qxb4+ Kxf7 24.Qb3+ Be6 25.Qc3 Nd7 26.Nh4 Qxa5 27.Qxc6 Qa3+ 28.Kc2 Qc5+ 29.Qxc5 Nxc5 30.f3 Rc8 31.Kd1 Nb3 

32.Nxb3 Bxb3+ 33.Kd2 Be6 34.Ng6 Kf6 35.Nh4 Rg8 36.Rxg8 Bxg8 37.Nf5 h5 38.h4 b4 39.Kc2 Bc4 40.Kd2 b3 41.Nd6 Ba6 42.Kc3 Be2 43.Kxb3 Bxf3 44.Kc3 Ke6 45.Nf5 Bxe4 46.Ng7+ Kd5 47.Nxh5 Bg2

48.Kd3 e4+ 49.Ke2 f3+ 50.Kf2 Ke5 51.Ke3 Kf5 52.Ng3+ Kg4 53.Nxe4 Kxh4 54.Kf2 Kg4 55.Nd2 Kf4 56.Nxf3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Clean_Move_17 (lichess 1947) - JimWest (lichess 2057), lichess 6/15/2026

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

6.Bg5 exf3 7.gxf3 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 Be7 9.Bf4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.O-O-O Bxf5 12.Nb5 O-O-O 13.Rhg1 a6 14.Nc3 g6 15.Bc4 d5 16.Bb3 Na5 17.Rge1 Nxb3+ 18.axb3 Bb4

19.Bg5 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Rd6 21.Kb2 Re8 22.Rxe8+ Nxe8 23.Re1 Re6 24.Rxe6 Bxe6 25.Kc1 Nd6 26.Kd2 Bf5 27.h4 h5 28.Bf4 Kd7 29.Bxd6 Kxd6 30.c4 c6 31.cxd5 cxd5

32.c3 b5 33.Ke3 a5 34.Kd2 a4 35.bxa4 bxa4 36.Kc1 Kc6 37.Kb2 Kb5 38.Ka3 Bc2 39.f4 Kc4 40.f5 Bxf5 41.Kxa4 Kxc3 42.Kb5 Kxd4

43.Kc6 Ke5 44.f3 d4 45.f4+ Kxf4 46.Kc5 d3 47.Kc4 d2, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 6/14/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

kebxhsj (Chess.com 1873) - JimWest (Chess.com 1999), Chess.com 6/14/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nc3 f4 9.d4 Bg4 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qd3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nbd7 13.Rad1 O-O-O 14.Qe2 g5 15.f3 h5 16.Kf2 g4 17.Ke1 gxf3 18.gxf3 Qb4 19.Bb3 Nc5

20.Rg1 Nxb3 21.axb3 Rxd1+ 22.Kxd1 Qd4+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

harlampiizmish (lichess 1946) - JimWest (lichess 2055), lichess 6/14/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Nfd2 e3 9.Nf3 exf2+ 10.Kxf2 Nf6 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 O-O 13.Re1 Qf7 14.Kg1 h6 15.Nc3 Nbd7 16.Ne4 Rae8 17.Nxf6+ Nxf6 18.Nh4 Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Re8

20.Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.Qg3 Ne4 22.Qe3 d5 23.Nf3 Qd8 24.Ne5 c6 25.Qf3 Qf6 26.Qg4 Kh7 27.c3 a5 28.a4 c5 29.Nf3 cxd4 30.Nxd4 b6 31.Nf3 Ng5

32.Nd4 Ne4 33.Nf5 Ng5 34.Nd4 Ne4, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/13/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Jbar444 (Chess.com 2093) - JimWest (Chess.com 2004), Chess.com 6/13/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qd3 Bg4 9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.Bxg8 Rxg8 11.b3 O-O-O 12.Qe2 Bb4 13.a3 Bc3 14.Rb1 Nc5 15.Qc4 Bxd2 16.Nxd2 Ne6 17.b4 Nd4 18.b5 Be2 19.Qb4 Bxb5

20.c4 Ba6 21.Nb3 Nxb3 22.Qxb3 Qe6 23.Re1 Qxc4 24.Qh3+ Kb8 25.Qxh7 Qe6 26.Qf5 Qxf5 27.exf5 Bd3 28.Rb3 Bxf5 29.h3 g5 30.Bb2 e4 31.Be5+ Kc8

32.Reb1 Rd7 33.R1b2 Re8 34.Bc3 e3 35.fxe3 fxe3 36.Be1 e2 37.Kf2 Bd3 38.Rd2 Ba6 39.Rxd2 Kxd2 40.Rg3 Re5 41.Bd2 Rf5+ 42.Rf3 Ke6 43.g4 Rxf3+ 44.Kxf3 Kf6 45.Kf2 Kg6 46.Be3 b6 47.a4 Bc4 48.a5 bxa5 49.Bxa7 a5

50.Bd4 a3 51.Bc3 a2 52.Ke1 Bd3 53.Kd2 Be4 54.Kxe2 Bg2 55.Kf2 Bxh3 56.Kg3 Bf1 57.Kf2 Bc4 58.Ke3 Be6 59.Kf3 c5 60.Kg3 Bd5

61.Kf2 c4 62.Ke3 Be6 63.Kf3 Kf7 64.Kg3 Ke7 65.Kf3 Kd6 66.Ke4 Bxg4 67.Kd4 Be2 68.Ke3 Bd3 69.Kf3 Bf5 70.Ke3 Kd5 71.Kf3 g4+ 72.Kg3 Ke4

73.Bf6 Kd3 74.Kf4 Bd7 75.Kg3 c3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2060) - mahdi0101 (lichess 2117), lichess 6/13/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.c3 Ng4 7.d4 Bb6 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Nbd2 Nf6 10.Bd3 Bg4 11.O-O c5 12.h3 Bh5 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.Nc4 Re8 15.Nxb6 Qxb6 16.Qb3 Qxb3 17.axb3 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Rxe4 19.Bxb8 Rxb8

20.Rxa7 Re2 21.Rf2 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Re5 23.Rd2 g6 24.Rd7 Re2 25.Raxb7 Rxb7 26.Rxb7 Rxb2 27.Rc7 Rxb3 28.Rxc5 Kg7 29.Kg2 h5 30.Kg3 Rb1 31.Rc8 Kf6 32.c4 Rc1 33.h4 Ke5

34.Rc7 f6 35.Rc6 Rg1+ 36.Kh2 Rc1 37.Kg2 g5 38.hxg5 fxg5 39.Rc8 Kd4 40.Rd8+ Ke3 41.Re8+ Kf4 42.Re4+ Kf5 43.Rd4 Rc3 44.Rd5+ Kf4 45.Rd4+ Kf5 46.Rd5+ Kf4 47.Rd4+ Kf5, draw.

2 PCG Games 6/12/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

StaszekAugustPoniatowski (Chess.com 1869) - JimWest (Chess.com 1994), Chess.com 6/12/2026

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 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 12.Nf7+ Ke7 13.Nxh8 Nh6 14.fxe3 Nc6 15.Bd3 Bf5 16.Bxf5 Nxf5 17.Rf1 Nh6 18.Ng6 hxg6 19.Rd1 Nxe5

20.Rd4 Ke6 21.h3 Nf5 22.Re4 Ng3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

MohamedEladawy95 (lichess 2054) - JimWest (lichess 2055), lichess 6/12/2026

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.exd6 exf3 8.dxe7 Qxe7+ 9.Kd2 fxg2

10.Bxg2 Qg5+ 11.Kc3 Qxg2 12.Re1+ Kf7 13.Qh5+ g6 14.Qd5+ Qxd5, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/11/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

apollo_jul_1969 (Chess.com 2004) - JimWest (Chess.com 1983), Chess.com 6/11/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 Nf6 6.Bc2 Be7 7.d3 O-O 8.O-O c6 9.Nbd2 Bg4 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Qe2 exd4 12.cxd4 d5 13.Qd3 Ne4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Qxe4 Nf6 16.Bb3+ Kh8 17.Qd3 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Qxd4 19.Rd1 Qg4

20.Qxg4 Nxg4 21.Be3 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Bc5 23.Rd3 h6 24.Re1 Rad8 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Re2 g5 27.g3 Kg7 28.Kg2 Kf6 29.g4 Ke5 30.Bc2 a5 31.a4 Bb4 32.Bf5 Rd2 33.Kf3 Rxe2 34.Kxe2 b6

35.Kd3 h5 36.h3 hxg4 37.hxg4 Be1 38.Bd7 Kd6 39.Bc8 Bf2 40.e4 b5 41.b3 bxa4 42.bxa4 Ke5 43.Bf5 Bb6 44.Kc4 Ba7 45.Bd7 Kxe4 46.Bxc6+ Kf4 47.Bd7 Bf2

48.Kb5 Be1 49.Bc8 Bb4 50.Bf5 Be1 51.Bc8 Bb4 52.Bf5 Be1 53.Bc8, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2027) - Milisav22 (lichess 2062), lichess 6/11/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 g6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 Bg7 7.c3 O-O 8.O-O Ne8 9.a4 f5 10.Qb3+ Kh8 11.Ng5 Qe7 12.Qe6 Qxe6 13.Nxe6 Rf6 14.Nxg7 Nxg7 15.fxe5 Nxe5 16.Bg5 Rf7 17.Nd2 Be6

18.d4 Ng4 19.d5 Bd7 20.Bxg4, Black resigns.