2 PCG Games 7/25/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

asg0317 (Chess.com 1823) - JimWest (Chess.com 2019), Chess.com 7/25/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Be2 Be6 11.f3 Bb4 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 O-O 14.fxe4 Nxe4 15.Rxf8+ Kxf8 16.Ba3+ Kg8 17.Rf1 Nf7 18.Nxf7 Bxf7 19.Bd3 Re8

20.c4 Nd2 21.Rd1 Nxc4 22.Bxc4 Bxc4 23.Rd7 Re1+ 24.Kf2 Re2+ 25.Kg3 Rxc2 26.Rxb7 Rc3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Astur3 (lichess 2037) - JimWest (lichess 2072), lichess 7/25/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Qd4 c5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.Qd1 Nge7 10.Bd2 O-O 11.O-O Nxe5 12.Qe2 h6 13.Ngxe4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Bxd2 15.Nxd2 N7g6 16.Rad1 Qb6 17.Ne4 Bg4 18.Bc4+ Nxc4 19.Qxg4 Nce5

20.Qe2 Rad8 21.b3 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Rd8 23.Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.Nxc5 Qd5 25.Ne4 Nf4 26.Qe1 Ng4 27.h3 Ne5 28.Qe3 Neg6 29.Nc3 Qxg2#.

2 PCG Games 7/24/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

TheTacticalMaster2012 (Chess.com 2160) - JimWest (Chess.com 2019), Chess.com 7/24/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.d5 Nf6 7.c4 c6 8.dxc6 bxc6 9.Nc3 d5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bb5+ Bd7 12.Bxd7+ Qxd7 13.Nb3 Nc6 14.Be3 Be7 15.Qd2 O-O 16.Rd1 Rad8 17.O-O Ne5 18.Qd4 Neg4 19.Qxa7 Qd6

20.g3 Ne5 21.Bc5 Nf3+ 22.Kg2 Qe6 23.Qxe7 Nh4+ 24.gxh4 Qg4+ 25.Kh1 Qf3+ 26.Kg1 Qg4+ 27.Kh1 Qf3+ 28.Kg1 Qg4+ 29.Kh1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

dutaw (lichess 1960) - JimWest (lichess 2061), lichess 7/24/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.d4 e4 7.Ng5 d5 8.Bb3 Nf6 9.c4 h6 10.Nh3 Bxh3 11.gxh3 Qd7 12.Kg2 Qf5 13.f3 Bd6 14.fxe4 Qxe4+ 15.Kg1 O-O 16.Nc3 Qg6+ 17.Kh1 dxc4 18.Bxc4+ Kh8 19.Bd3 Qe8

20.Qf3 Qd7 21.Bd2 Na6 22.Ne4 Be7 23.Ng3 Qd5 24.Qxd5 Nxd5 25.Nf5 Bb4 26.Rf2 Bxd2 27.Rxd2 Nab4 28.Rg1 Nxd3 29.Nxg7 Nf2+ 30.Rxf2 Rxf2 31.Ne6, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 7/23/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

zzBillyxx (Chess.com 1938) - JimWest (Chess.com 2023), Chess.com 7/23/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.d4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.O-O Nf6 9.Bg5 Bd6

10.Bxf6 gxf6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

lensan61 (lichess 1981) - JimWest (lichess 2056), lichess 7/23/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.Ngxe4 dxc3 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.bxc3 Be7 11.Be3 Nc6 12.f4 Nh6 13.Rd1+ Ke8 14.h3 Nf5 15.Bf2 h5 16.g3 Be6 17.Be2 Rd8 18.O-O Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Kf7

20.g4 hxg4 21.hxg4 Nh6 22.f5 Nxf5 23.gxf5 Bxf5 24.Nc5 Bxc5 25.Bxc5 Nxe5 26.Rf1 g6 27.Bd4 Re8 28.Bd3 Nxd3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 7/22/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

DS_0101 (Chess.com 1992) - JimWest (Chess.com 2020), Chess.com 7/22/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.Nc3 fxe4 7.Nxe4 d5 8.Nc3 e4 9.Ne5 O-O 10.Be2 c6 11.O-O Nd7 12.f4 Nf5 13.Qd2 Qb6 14.Rfd1 Nxe5 15.fxe5 Be6 16.Na4 Qc7 17.Nc5 Rae8 18.c4 b6 19.Nxe6 Rxe6

20.cxd5 cxd5 21.Rac1 Rc6 22.Bb5 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Qf7 24.h3 h5 25.Qf2 h4 26.Kh2 Qg6 27.Rc6 Qg3+ 28.Qxg3 hxg3+ 29.Kg1 Nxd4 30.e6 Nxb5 31.e7 Re8

32.Re6 Kf7 33.Re5 Rxe7 34.Rxd5 Nc7 35.Rg5 e3 36.Kf1 e2+ 37.Re1 Re3 38.Rf5+ Kg6 39.Rf4 Ne6 40.Rg4+ Kf5 41.Ra4 Nf4 42.Rxf4+ Kxf4 43.h4 Re5 44.h5 Ke3 45.h6 gxh6 46.b4 Rh5 47.b5 Rh1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

CHESSDOMATIOyoutube (lichess 2126) - JimWest (lichess 2049), lichess 7/22/2026

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.Qd3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nf6 12.O-O-O Nbd7 13.g3 g5 14.gxf4 gxf4 15.Rhg1 O-O-O 16.Rg5 Nb6 17.Qh3+ Kb8

18.Be6 Rxd1+ 19.Kxd1 Rd8+ 20.Kc1 Qd6 21.b3 Qa3+ 22.Kb1 Nxe4 23.Rg8 Nd2+, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 7/21/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2016) - IJayFromTheBayI (Chess.com 1855), Chess.com 7/21/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qxg4 Bxb5 9.d5 Qxd5 10.Nc3 Qc4

11.Nxb5 Qxb5 12.Qc8+ Ke7 13.Bg5+ f6 14.exf6+ gxf6 15.O-O-O fxg5 16.Qd8+ Kf7 17.Nh3 c4 18.Rhf1+ Kg7 19.Qf6+ Kg8 20.Qf7#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2051) - Narivait (lichess 1945), lichess 7/21/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.d5 a6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.e6 f5 11.c4 cxd5 12.cxd5 Bxe6 13.dxe6 Qxd1+ 14.Kxd1 Nf2+ 15.Ke2 Nxh1 16.Nc3 Bd6 17.g3 Ke7 18.Bf4 Bxf4 19.gxf4 Rad8

20.Nh3 Kxe6 21.Rxh1 Rd7 22.Ng5+ Kf6 23.Rd1 Rxd1 24.Kxd1 h6 25.Nh3 Rd8+ 26.Ke2 g5 27.fxg5+ hxg5 28.Nf2 Ke5 29.h3 f4 30.Ncxe4 Re8 31.Nxg5 Kf5+ 32.Nge4 Rb8 33.b3 Re8

34.Kf3 Re5 35.Nd6+ Ke6 36.Nc4 Rf5 37.Nd3 Kd5 38.Nxf4+ Kd4 39.Kg4 Rf7 40.h4 Kc3 41.h5 Kc2 42.h6 Kb1 43.Ne5 Rh7 44.Kg5 Kxa2 45.Ned3 Re7 46.Kf6 Rc7 47.Ne6 Rh7 48.Kg6 Rxh6+ 49.Kxh6 Kxb3 50.Ndc5+ Kc4 51.Nxa6 Kd5

52.Nac5 Ke5 53.Kg5 Kd5 54.Kf5 Kc4 55.Ke4 Kc3 56.Nf4 Kc4 57.Ncd3 Kc3 58.Kd5 Kb3 59.Kd4 Ka4 60.Kc4 Ka5 61.Nc5 Kb6 62.Nd5+ Kc6 63.Kd4 Kd6 64.Ne4+ Ke6 65.Ne3 Kf7 66.Ke5 Kg6 67.Kf4 Kf7 68.Kf5 Ke7

69.Nd5+ Kd7 70.Ke5 Kc6 71.Kd4 Kd7 72.Nc5+ Kd6 73.Nd3 Ke6 74.Ke4 Kd6 75.Ne5 Kc5 76.Ne3 Kd6 77.Kf5 Kc5 78.Ke6 Kd4 79.Nd5 Ke4 80.Kd6 Kd4 81.Ke6 Ke4 82.Kd6 Kd4 83.Ke6, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 7/20/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2022) - Torremas (Chess.com 2099), Chess.com 7/20/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 Ng4 6.Nh3 d4 7.f5 h5 8.Nb1 g6 9.Be2 gxf5 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.O-O Qd7 12.Bf3 Nc6 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Qf3 Be6 15.Ng5 Bd5 16.Ne4 Be7 17.Na3 O-O-O 18.Nc4 Rdf8 19.Qf5 Be6

20.Qf3 f5 21.Ng5 Bd5 22.Qe2 Rhg8 23.h4 Bxc4 24.dxc4 f4 25.Nf3 e4 26.Qxe4 Ne3 27.Bxe3 fxe3 28.Qxd4 Qh3 29.Ng5 Qg3 30.Qxa7 e2 31.Rfe1 Bxg5 32.hxg5 Rxg5 33.Rxe2 Qd6 34.Rae1 Rfg8

35.Qa8+ Kd7 36.Re7+ Qxe7 37.Rxe7+ Kxe7 38.Qxc6 Kd8 39.a4 h4 40.Kh2 Rg3 41.a5 R8f6 42.Qd5+ Ke7 43.b4 c6 44.Qe4+ Kd8 45.a6 R6g4 46.Qxc6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2049) - JABII (lichess 1920), lichess 7/20/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Be7 6.fxe5 Nxe5 7.d4 Ng6 8.e5 Nd5 9.Nf3 h6 10.Bd3 Nf8 11.O-O Ne6 12.Bc4 Nb6 13.Bb3 d5 14.Be3 Bg5 15.Qd2 Nc4 16.Bxc4 dxc4 17.Na3 Qd5

18.Bxg5 hxg5 19.Nxg5 Nxg5 20.Qxg5 Be6 21.Nc2 Kd7 22.Rae1 g6 23.Nb4 Qb5 24.d5 Qc5+ 25.Kh1 Bf5

26.Rxf5 gxf5 27.Qxf5+ Ke8 28.e6 f6 29.Qxf6 Rf8 30.Qg6+ Ke7 31.Qg7+ Kd6 32.Qd7#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/19/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2007) - Dhanno201 (Chess.com 2005), Chess.com 7/19/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Qb6 8.f5 Nbd7 9.c3 O-O-O 10.Qb3 Qxb3 11.axb3 Nc5 12.Ke2 Kb8 13.Nd2 d5 14.b4 Nxd3 15.Kxd3 dxe4+ 16.Ke3 exf3 17.Nxf3 Nd5+ 18.Kf2 f6 19.Bd2 Bd6

20.g4 Bc7 21.c4 Bb6+ 22.Kg3 Ne7 23.c5 Bc7 24.Rhe1 e4+ 25.Bf4 Bxf4+ 26.Kxf4 Nd5+ 27.Kxe4 Rhe8+ 28.Kd4 Ne3+ 29.Kc3 Nxg4 30.Rxe8 Rxe8 31.Rg1 Re3+ 32.Kd4 Rxf3 33.Rxg4 Rxf5 34.Rxg7 Rh5 35.Rg2 Rh4+ 36.Kc3 a5

37.bxa5 Ka7 38.Rf2 Ka6 39.Rxf6 Kxa5 40.Rf7 Ka6 41.b4 Rxh2 42.Kb3 h5 43.Rh7 h4 44.Ka3 Rh1 45.Kb3 h3 46.Ka3 h2 47.Kb2 Kb5 48.Rxb7+ Kc4 49.Rh7 Kxb4 50.Rh5 Kc4

51.Ka2 Kd4 52.Kb2 Ke4 53.Ka2 Kf4 54.Rh8 Kg3 55.Rg8+ Kf2 56.Rf8+ Ke3 57.Rh8 Kd3 58.Rh5 Kc3 59.Rh3+ Kc4 60.Rh5 Kd4 61.Kb2 Kc4 62.Ka2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Frontdeboeuf (lichess 1982) - JimWest (lichess 2044), lichess 7/19/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.f4 Bc5 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.Be2 O-O 9.Bg4 Bxg4 10.Qxg4 Nbc6 11.Qe6+ Kh8 12.Nf7+ Rxf7 13.Qxf7 Nd4 14.Kd1 c6 15.Nd2 Nef5 16.c3 Nxe2 17.Kxe2 Qc8 18.g4 Nh6

19.Qh5 Qxg4+ 20.Qxg4 Nxg4 21.h3 Nh6 22.Be3 Bxe3 23.Kxe3 Nf5+ 24.Ke2 Ng3+ 25.Kf2 Nxh1+ 26.Rxh1 Rf8 27.Ke3 g6 28.h4 h5 29.Rg1 Kh7 30.Rg5 Rf5 31.Rxf5 gxf5

32.a4 a5 33.b4 b6 34.Kd4 Kg7 35.bxa5 bxa5 36.Kc5 e3, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/18/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2007) - TadjibayevSabir (Chess.com 2062), Chess.com 7/18/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bg4 6.Be2 h5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.f5 d5 9.Qc2 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 d4 11.Bg5 Qd7 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Nd2 O-O-O 14.O-O-O dxc3 15.Nc4 cxb2+ 16.Qxb2 Bd4 17.Qb3 Qe7 18.Kd2 Qb4+ 19.Ke2 Bc3

20.Qxb4 Nxb4 21.a3 Nc6 22.Rc1 Bd4 23.Rb1 a6 24.a4 Nb8 25.Rhc1 Nd7 26.Nd6+ Kb8 27.Nxf7 Nc5 28.Nxd8 Rxd8 29.Rxc5 Bxc5 30.Bxh5 Rd4 31.Ra1 b5 32.axb5 axb5 33.Be8 b4 34.Bc6 Ba7

35.Bd5 c6 36.Bxc6 b3 37.Rb1 Rb4 38.Bd5 b2 39.h4 Bd4 40.Kd2 Kc7 41.g4 Kd6 42.g5 Bf2 43.g6 Bxh4 44.g7 Bg5+ 45.Kc2 Rb8 46.g8=Q Rxg8 47.Bxg8 Bc1 48.Rxc1 bxc1=Q+ 49.Kc1 Kc5

50.Kd2 Kb4 51.Bd5 Ka4 52.Kc3 Kb5 53.d4 exd4+ 54.Kxd4 Kb6 55.e5 fxe5+ 56.Kxe5 Kc7 57.Ke6 Kd8 58.Bc6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Dhanya-Dhanvin_007 (lichess 2030) - JimWest (lichess 2049), lichess 7/18/2026

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.Bxf6 gxf6 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Nb5 Rd8 13.Nxd6+ Rxd6 14.Rhe1 Rxd1+ 15.Kxd1 Bg4 16.Bb5 Bxf3+ 17.gxf3 Ke7 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Rg1 Kf7

20.Ke2 Rd8 21.Rg4 Ke6 22.Ra4 Ra8 23.f4 exf4 24.Rxf4 a5 25.Rh4 Rh8 26.Rh5 a4 27.Kd3 f5 28.Rh4 Rb8 29.Kc3 a3 30.b3 Rh8 31.Kb4 Rd8

32.Rh6+ Kd5 33.Rxh7 c5+ 34.Kc3 Kc6 35.Rf7 Rh8 36.Rf6+ Kb5 37.Rxf5 Rh3+ 38.Kd2 Rxh2 39.c3 Rh1 40.b4 Ra1 41.Rxc5+ Kb6 42.Ra5 Rxa2+ 43.Ke3 Ra1 44.Kf4 a2 45.f3 c5

46.Kf5 cxb4 47.cxb4 Rf1 48.Rxa2 Rxf3+ 49.Ke4 Rb3 50.Ra8 Rxb4+ 51.Kd3 Rh4 52.Re8 Rh6, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 7/17/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1997) - dhruvitprajapati (Chess.com 2034), Chess.com 7/17/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O h6 11.c3 Be6 12.Nbd2 Nxd2 13.Bxd2 Rb8 14.Be3 a6 15.Bd3 Re8 16.Qd2 Bf8 17.h3 Ne7 18.Nh4 Qd7 19.Kh2 h5

 

20.Rf2 g6 21.Raf1 Nf5 22.Nxf5 Bxf5 23.Bxf5 gxf5 24.Rxf5 Bg7 25.Rxh5 Re6 26.Rhf5 Rf8 27.Bg5 Rg6 28.Bf6 b6 29.Bxg7 Kxg7 30.Rf6 c5 31.Rxg6+ fxg6 32.Rxf8 Kxf8 33.Qh6+ Qg7 34.Qxg7+ Kxg7

35.g4 c4 36.g5 b5 37.a3 a5 38.Kg3 Kf7 39.h4 b4 40.axb4 axb4 41.cxb4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2044) - eldel00 (lichess 2036), lichess 7/17/2026

1.e3 d6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 e5 7.c3 O-O 8.O-O h5

9.f5 Kh7 10.fxg6+ fxg6 11.Ng5+, Black resigns.