PCG Reversed & PCG 8/20/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1989) - bunty13081976 (Chess.com 1789), Chess.com 8/20/2026

1.e3 d6 2.e4 e5 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be2 Bg4 8.O-O Bxf3 9.Bxf3 O-O 10.Nd2 Nd4 11.c3 Ne6 12.Be3 c6 13.Kh1 Nd7 14.d4 f5

15.Qb3 Rf6 16.exf5 d5 17.fxe6 Rxe6 18.Rae1 Bg5 19.Bxg5 Rxe1 20.Rxe1 Qxg5 21.Nf1 Nb6 22.a4 Rf8 23.a5 Nc4 24.Qxb7 Nd2 25.Nxd2 Qxd2 26.Rg1 Qf2 27.Qxc6 Rxf3 28.Qxd5+ Rf7 29.b4 g6

30.h3 Kg7 31.Qe5+ Kh6 32.Re1 Qc2 33.d5 Rf2 34.Qe3+ Kg7 35.Qxa7+ Kh6 36.Qe3+ Kh7 37.Qe7+ Kh6 38.Qh4+ Kg7 39.Qg3 Qd2

40.Qe5+ Kg8 41.Qe8+ Kg7 42.Qe7+ Kg8 43.Qe3 Rxg2 44.Qxd2 Rxd2 45.c4 Rd4 46.Rc1 Kf7 47.a6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

JayKay007 (lichess 2178) - JimWest (lichess 2043), lichess 8/20/2026

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

6.Bg5 exf3 7.gxf3 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 Bxf5 9.Nc3 c6 10.O-O-O Be7 11.Rhg1 Bxg5+ 12.Rxg5 g6 13.Re1 Kf7 14.Ne4 Bxe4 15.fxe4 Nd7

16.Bc4+ Kg7 17.e5 d5 18.e6 Ndf6 19.Bd3 Ne7 20.h4 h6 21.Rg2 h5 22.Reg1 Rh6 23.f4 Ng4 24.Be2 Nf5 25.Bxg4 hxg4 26.Rxg4 Nxd4

27.h5 Ne2+ 28.Kd2 Nxg1 29.Rxg1 Rxh5 30.Kd3 Re8 31.Re1 Kf6, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/19/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1971) - cowboyyang (Chess.com 1817), Chess.com 8/19/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4

5.Bxf4 Nh5 6.Qxh5 Qf6 7.Qe5+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

NikeLondon (lichess 2105) - JimWest (lichess 2036), lichess 8/19/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Bf4 Bxf5 8.f3 Bb4 9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Ngxe4 Bxe4 11.Qh5+ Bg6 12.Qe5+ Qe7 13.Qxe7+ Kxe7 14.O-O-O c6 15.g3 Nd7 16.Re1+ Kf7 17.Bh3 Nf6 18.Be6+ Kf8

19.a3 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Ne4 21.c4 Bf7 22.cxd5 cxd5 23.Bf5 Re8 24.Rhf1 h5 25.c4 g6 26.Bd7 Rd8 27.Bh3 Rh7 28.cxd5 Nd6 29.Bxd6+ Rxd6 30.Be6 Kg8

31.Rxf7 Rxf7 32.Rf1 Rxe6 33.Rxf7 Kxf7 34.dxe6+ Kxe6 35.Kd2 Kd5 36.Kd3 g5 37.h3 b5 38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4 a5 40.Kc3 Ke4

41.a4 bxa4 42.Kc4 a3 43.Kb3 Kxd4 44.Kxa3 Ke4 45.Ka4 Kf4 46.Kxa5 Kxg4 47.Kb4 Kf3 48.Kc3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 8/18/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Ali002987 (Chess.com 1799) - JimWest (Chess.com 1948), Chess.com 8/18/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bb3 Na6 6.a3 Nc5 7.Bxg8 Rxg8 8.b4 fxe4 9.Ng5 h6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qd1 Ne6 12.Nxe6 Bxe6 13.dxe4 Qd7 14.Be3 d5 15.f3 d4 16.Bf2 O-O-O 17.O-O g5 18.Bg3 Bd6 19.c3 Bc7

20.Qd3 dxc3 21.Qxd7+ Rxd7 22.Nxc3 h5 23.Na4 h4 24.Bf2 a6 25.Nc5 Re7 26.Rac1 Bf7 27.Rfd1 Rd8 28.Rxd8+ Bxd8 29.Rd1 Bb6 30.Rd2 Be8 31.Be3 Rg7

32.h3 a5 33.Kf2 axb4 34.axb4 Kb8 35.Ne6 Bxe3+ 36.Kxe3 Rg8 37.Rd8+ Ka7 38.Nc7 Bf7 39.Rxg8 Bxg8 40.Kd3 Kb6 41.Ne8 c5 42.Kc3 cxb4+ 43.Kxb4 Kc6 44.Nf6 Bf7 45.Ng4 Kd6 46.Kb5 Be6 47.Nh6 Kc7

48.Nf5 Bxf5 49.exf5 Kd6 50.Kb6 Ke7 51.Kxb7 Kf6 52.Kc6 Kxf5 53.Kd5 Kf4 54.Ke6 Kg3 55.Kxe5 Kxg2 56.f4 gxf4 57.Kxf4 Kxh3 58.Kf3 Kh2 59.Kf2 h3 60.Kf1 Kg3 61.Kg1 h2+ 62.Kh1 Kh3, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

bobietuka (lichess 2013) - JimWest (lichess 2030), lichess 8/18/2026

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.Qg5, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/17/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1962) - Superwurm96 (Chess.com 1893), Chess.com 8/17/2026

1.e3 d6 2.e4 e5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 g6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Bg7 8.c3 O-O 9.O-O exf4 10.Bxf4 Nc6 11.Nd2 Re8 12.Qc2 Qd7 13.Rae1 Ne5 14.d4 Nxf3+ 15.Nxf3 Qg4

16.Bc1 Rxe4 17.h3 Qe6 18.Ng5 Rxe1 19.Nxe6 Rxf1+ 20.Kxf1 fxe6 21.Qb3 Nd5 22.Qxb7 Rf8+ 23.Kg1 Nf4 24.Bxf4 Rxf4 25.Qxc7 e5 26.Qxd6 exd4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Amitsatya9549501128 (lichess 1978) - JimWest (lichess 2034), lichess 8/17/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.exd6 exf3 8.dxe7 Qxe7+ 9.Kd2 fxg2 10.Bxg2 Qg5+ 11.Kc3 Qxg2 12.Re1+ Kf7 13.Qh5+ g6 14.Qe2 Qc6+ 15.Kd2 Rd8+ 16.Kc1 Re8 17.Qxe8+ Qxe8 18.Rxe8 Kxe8

19.Nc3 c6 20.Kd2 Bf5 21.Re1+ Kf8 22.Na4 Na6 23.b4 Rd8+ 24.Kc3 b5 25.Nc5 Nxc5 26.bxc5 Rd5 27.Kb4 Bxc2 28.Rc1, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/16/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

King_Collatz_2 (Chess.com 1801) - JimWest (Chess.com 1981), Chess.com 8/16/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.Ng5 h6 9.Nf7 Rh7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Bxf4 Nbd7

12.Be6 exf4 13.e5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe6 15.Re1 Be7 16.Qf3 g5 17.Qd3 Rg7 18.Rad1 Rd8 19.Qe2 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 f3

21.Nxf3 Bg4 22.Ne4 Nxe4 23.Qxe4 Bxf3 24.Qxf3 Rf7 25.Qd3 Bc5 26.Rd2 Qb6 27.Qe4+ Kf8 28.Qe1 Qxb2

29.Rd8+ Kg7 30.Rd3 Bxf2+ 31.Qxf2 Rxf7 32.Kxf2 Qxc2+ 33.Ke3 Qxg2 34.Rd2 Qxd2+ 35.Kxd2 Kf6 36.Ke3 Ke5 37.Kd3 g4 38.Ke3 h5 39.Kf2 h4 40.Kg2 c5 41.Kf2 b5 42.Ke2 c4 43.Ke1 a5 44.a3 b4 45.axb4 axb4 46.Ke2 g3 47.hxg3 hxg3

48.Ke1 b3 49.Kd1 c3 50.Kc1 g2 51.Kd1 g1=Q+ 52.Ke2 c2 53.Kd3 Qd4+ 54.Ke2 c1=Q 55.Kf3 Qce3+ 56.Kg2 Qdd2+ 57.Kh1 Qee1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2044) - Daurenbbb (lichess 1983), lichess 8/16/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.c3 a5 7.Be2 Bd7 8.a4 h5 9.f5 Ng4 10.d4 exd4 11.cxd4 Bb4+ 12.Nc3 Qe7 13.O-O O-O-O 14.Bd3 f6 15.Nd5 Qe8 16.Nf4 Qf7 17.Ng6 Rhg8 18.h3 Nh6 19.b3 Rde8

20.Bc4 Be6 21.d5 Bxf5 22.exf5 Nxf5 23.dxc6 Qxg6 24.Bxg8 Rxg8 25.cxb7+ Kb8 26.Qd5 Bc5+ 27.Kh1 Ng3+ 28.Kh2 Nf5 29.Qxg8+ Kxb7 30.Qd5+ Kb6 31.Bd2 Qg3+ 32.Kh1 Nh4 33.Nxh4 Qxh4 34.Rac1 Qg3

35.Rxc5 dxc5 36.Qe6+ Kb7 37.Bxa5 Qd3 38.Qf7 Qxf1+ 39.Kh2 Qf4+ 40.Kg1 Qe3+ 41.Kf1 Qd3+ 42.Ke1 Qe4+ 43.Kf2 Qf4+ 44.Ke2 Qe4+ 45.Kd2 Qxg2+ 46.Kd3 Qxh3+ 47.Kc4 Qf1+ 48.Kd5 Qf3+ 49.Kxc5 Qf5+ 50.Qd5+ Qxd5+ 51.Kxd5 h4

52.Ke4 Kc6 53.Kf3 Kd7 54.Kg4 g6 55.Kxh4 f5 56.Kg5 Kc6 57.Bd2 Kb7 58.b4 c6 59.Kxg6, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 8/15/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

DIVADA2 (Chess.com 1799) - JimWest (Chess.com 1994), Chess.com 8/15/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.a4 Be7 7.Ng5 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.Bb3 h6 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Bd2 O-O 12.O-O Kh7 13.Re1 e4 14.dxe4 dxe4 15.Nh4 Ng4

16.Nxf5 Bxf5 17.Nxe4 Qc7 18.Ng3 Rad8 19.Qe2 Bc5 20.Be3 Nxe3 21.fxe3 Rde8 22.Nf1 Nd4 23.Qd1 Nxb3 24.cxb3 a5

25.Kh1 Qb6 26.e4 Rxe4 27.Rxe4 Bxe4 28.Qg4 Bg6 29.Ng3 Qxb3 30.Re1 Qb4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

pyshish (lichess 2038) - JimWest (lichess 2044), lichess 8/15/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nc3 c6 10.Na4 Bd6 11.c4 Qe7 12.c5 Bc7 13.f3 h6

14.fxe4 hxg5 15.exd5 cxd5 16.Bxg5 Bxe6 17.Bf3 Nc6 18.Re1 Ne5 19.Bxd5 Bxd5 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Qxd5+ Qf7 22.Nc3 Qxd5 23.Nxd5 Ba5 24.Nxf6+ Rxf6 25.Rxe5 Raf8

26.a3 Bc7 27.Rg5+ Kf7 28.Rd1 b6 29.g3 bxc5 30.Rd7+ Ke6 31.Rxc7 Rf1+ 32.Kg2 R1f2+ 33.Kg3 Rh8+ 34.Kg4 Rhxh2 35.Rxa7 Rxb2 36.Ra6+ Kf7 37.Rxc5 Rb7

38.Rac6 Ra2 39.Rc3 Ra7 40.Rc7+ Rxc7 41.Rxc7+ Kg6 42.Rc6+ Kg7 43.Ra6 Ra1 44.Kg5 Rd1 45.Ra7+ Kg8 46.a4 Rd5+ 47.Kf4 Rd4+ 48.Ke5 Rg4 49.a5 Rxg3

50.a6 Ra3 51.Kd6 Kf8 52.Kc6 Ke8 53.Kb6 Rb3+ 54.Kc7 Rc3+ 55.Kb8 Kd8 56.Rb7 Rc8+ 57.Ka7 Rc1 58.Ka8 Ra1 59.a7 Kc8 60.Rh7 Rc1 61.Rh8+ Kc7 62.Rh7+ Kc8, draw.

2 PCG Games 8/14/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

persondefeater (Chess.com 1889) - JimWest (Chess.com 1986), Chess.com 8/14/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5

4.Ng5 Qxg5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

jeskil (lichess 1950) - JimWest (lichess 2046), lichess 8/14/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Nxe7 8.Nc5 e4 9.Ne5 O-O 10.Be2 Nbc6 11.O-O Qd6

12.a3 Nxe5 13.Nxb7 Bxb7 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.c3 Rad8 16.Rc1 Ng6 17.g3 Bc8 18.b4 Bh3 19.Re1 Qf5 20.Qd4 Ne5 21.f4 exf3, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/13/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1983) - Saik_07 (Chess.com 1965), Chess.com 8/13/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 e5 7.c3 Nh5 8.fxe5 Nxe5 9.Nxe5 Bxe5 10.Bxh5 Qh4+ 11.Kf1 gxh5 12.Qf3 Bg4 13.Qf2 Qe7 14.h3 Bd7 15.Bf4 f5 16.Nd2 O-O-O 17.Re1 Rdf8 18.Qxa7 Kd8 19.Bxe5 Qxe5

20.Ke2 fxe4 21.Kd1 b6 22.Qa8+ Bc8 23.Qxe4 Qxe4 24.Nxe4 Rhg8 25.Rhg1 Bb7 26.g4 hxg4 27.Rxg4 Rxg4 28.hxg4 Rf3 29.Kd2 Bxe4 30.Rxe4 Rg3 31.Kc2 Kd7

32.d4 Rg2+ 33.Kb3 c6 34.a4 d5 35.Rf4 Ke6 36.Ka3 Rg3 37.Kb4 Rg2 38.b3 h6 39.a5 bxa5+ 40.Kxa5 Rc3 41.Kb4 Re2 42.Kc5 Re4 43.Rf8 Rxg4 44.Kxc6 Rg3 45.c4 dxc4 46.bxc4 Rc3 47.d5+ Ke7 48.Rf4 Rd3

49.Rh4 Ra3 50.d6+ Kd8 51.Rxh6 Ra6+ 52.Kd5 Kd7 53.Rh7+ Kd8 54.c5 Ra1 55.Rh8+ Kd7 56.c6#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ironman5thor16 (lichess 2027) - JimWest (lichess 2041), lichess 8/13/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bd2 O-O 7.Be2 c6 8.O-O f4 9.Nh2 Kh8 10.Kh1 a5 11.Rg1 Na6 12.g3 Bxh3 13.gxf4 exf4 14.Bxf4 Nc5 15.Nf3 Bg4 16.Ng5 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 h6

18.d4 hxg5 19.Bxg5 Ne6 20.Bxf6 Rxf6 21.d5 Nf4 22.e5 Rh6+ 23.Qh5 Rxh5#.