PCG Reversed & PCG 10/7/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2015) - Atsaraja (Chess.com 1936), Chess.com 10/7/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Na4 Bxg1 7.Rxg1 Bg4 8.Be2 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 Nd4 10.Qd1 Qd7 11.c3 Nc6 12.f5 h6 13.b3 d5 14.Nc5 Qc8 15.b4 b6 16.Nb3 Qd7 17.Qf3 O-O-O 18.b5 Nb8

19.a4 dxe4 20.dxe4 Qd3 21.Qxd3 Rxd3 22.Nd2 Rxc3 23.Bb2 Rd3 24.Bxe5 Nbd7 25.Bg3 Nxe4 26.Nxe4 Re3+ 27.Kf2 Rxe4 28.Rgc1 Nc5 29.Kf3 Rhe8 30.Bf2 Nb3 31.Re1 Nd4+ 32.Bxd4 Rxe1 33.Rxe1 Rxe1 34.Bxg7 h5

35.h4 Kd7 36.Bf6 c5 37.bxc6+ Kxc6 38.g4 hxg4+ 39.Kxg4 a6 40.h5 Re4+ 41.Kg3 Rxa4 42.h6 Re4 43.h7 Re8 44.h8=Q Rxh8 45.Bxh8 Kd5 46.Kf4 b5 47.Bc3 Kc4 48.Ba1 b4 49.Ke5 a5 50.Kf6 a4 51.Kxf7 a3

52.Ke6 b3 53.f6 b2 54.Bxb2 a2 55.f7 b1=Q 56.f8=Q Qe4+ 57.Kf7 Qf5+ 58.Ke8 Qxf8+ 59.Kxf8, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

sh2962 (lichess 2227) - JimWest (lichess 2111), lichess 10/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Ng5 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Ncxe4 Nxe4 9.Qxe4 Nxd4 10.Qxe7+ Bxe7 11.Bd3 Bxf5 12.Bxf5 Nxf5 13.c3 Bxg5 14.Bxg5 O-O 15.O-O-O Rae8 16.Rhe1 h6 17.Bd2 Kf7 18.Kc2 Rxe1 19.Rxe1 Re8

20.Rxe8 Kxe8 21.g3 Kd7 22.Kd3 Ke6 23.h4 h5 24.Bg5 g6 25.Bf4 c6 26.c4 d5 27.cxd5+ Kxd5 28.b3 a5 29.a4 Nd4 30.Bc7 Nxb3 31.Ke3 b5 32.axb5 cxb5 33.f3 a4

34.Kd3 a3 35.Bd8 a2 36.Bf6 a1=Q 37.Bxa1 Nxa1 38.Kc3 b4+ 39.Kb2 Kd4 40.Kxa1, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 10/6/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2027) - tyulip33 (Chess.com 1999), Chess.com 10/6/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nf3 Ne3 7.Bxe3 fxe3 8.d4 c5 9.Bb5+ Nc6 10.Qd3 Bd7 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Qxe3 Qb6 13.Qb3 Qa5+ 14.Qc3 Qb6 15.Qb3 Bg4 16.Qxb6 axb6 17.Nbd2 h6 18.c3 cxd4 19.cxd4 c5

20.h3 Bxf3 21.Nxf3 cxd4 22.Nxd4 Ra4 23.Nf3 Re4+ 24.Kd2 Bc5 25.a3 O-O 26.Rhe1 Rd8 27.Kd3 Ra4 28.b4 Be7 29.Nd4 Rda8 30.Nc6 Kf8 31.Kd4 f6 32.Nxe7 Kxe7 33.exf6+ Kxf6

34.Kxd5 R4a6 35.b5 Rxa3 36.Rxa3 Rxa3 37.Re6+ Kf5 38.Rxb6 h5 39.g4+ hxg4 40.hxg4+ Kg5 41.Rc6 Rg3 42.Rc4 Rd3+ 43.Rd4 Rc3 44.b6 Kf6 45.Rb4 Rc8 46.b7 Rb8 47.Kc6 Kg5 48.Kc7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2117) - Makar1958 (lichess 2091), lichess 10/6/2026

1.e3 e5 e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 h6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Be2 d5 9.Qc2 dxe4 10.dxe4 Ng4 11.h3 Bf2+ 12.Kf1 Ne3+ 13.Bxe3 Bxe3 14.g4 f6 15.Kg2 Qe7 16.Nbd2 a6 17.Nf1 Bf4 18.Ng3 b5 19.Nh5 Be3

20.Nh4 Rd8 21.Ng6 Qc5 22.Rad1 Bb7 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Rd1 Rd6 25.Rxd6 Qxd6 26.Qd3 Bc1 27.Qxd6 cxd6 28.b3 Na5 29.Kf3 Bb2 30.c4 bxc4 31.bxc4 Nc6

32.Ke3 Bc1+ 33.Kf3 Nd4+ 34.Kf2 Bxe4 35.c5 Nxe2 36.cxd6 Bd2 37.Kxe2 Ba5 38.Ke3 Bd5 39.Ne7+ Kf7 40.Nxd5 Bd8 41.Ke4 g6 42.fxg6+ Kxg6 43.Ne7+ Bxe7 44.dxe7 Kf7 45.Nxf6 Kxe7 46.Kxe5, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/5/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

VictorAungTin (Chess.com 1961) - JimWest (Chess.com 2014), Chess.com 10/5/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Nd2 Nf6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.c4 c6 11.Qb3 Kh8 12.Nb1 Qb6 13.Qd1 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Bxg3 15.hxg3 Bg4 16.Qb3 Qxb3 17.Bxb3 Nbd7 18.Be3 Nd5

19.Nc3 Nxc3 20.bxc3 Nb6 21.Bc2 Rae8 22.Rab1 Rf7 23.Bb3 Be6 24.Rbc1 Nc4 25.Bf4 h6 26.Rfe1 Bd5 27.Bxc4 Bxc4 28.Be5 Bd3 29.Re3 Ref8 30.f3 Bc4 31.Rxe4 Bxa2 32.Rh4 Kh7 33.Ra1 Bc4 34.Rxa7 Ba6

35.Rf4 Rxf4 36.gxf4 Kg6 37.g4 h5 38.Kg2 hxg4 39.fxg4 Kh6 40.Kg3 g6 41.g5+ Kh5 42.Kf3 Kh4 43.Ke3 Kg4 44.Ke4 Re8 45.d5 cxd5+ 46.Kxd5 Kf5 47.Kc5 Rc8+ 48.Kb4 Ke6 49.Bd4 Kf5

50.Ka5 Kxf4 51.Rxa6 bxa6 52.Kxa6 Kxg5 53.Kb5 Kf4 54.c4 g5 55.c5 g4 56.c6 Ke4 57.Ba7 Kd5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2111) - Mohanmaddy (lichess 2209), lichess 10/5/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 Re8 9.f5 d5 10.Qc2 b6 11.h3 Bb7 12.Be3 a5 13.a4 Ba6 14.Re1 dxe4 15.dxe4 Bxe2 16.Rxe2 Bf8 17.Na3 Bxa3 18.Rxa3 Qe7 19.Ra1 Rad8

20.Rd1 Rxd1+ 21.Qxd1 Nxe4 22.Bxh6 Ng3 23.Bg5 f6 24.Re1 fxg5 25.Qd5+ Kf8 26.Qxc6 Qd6 27.Qxd6+ cxd6 28.Nxg5 Nxf5 29.Rf1 g6 30.g4 Kg7 31.gxf5 gxf5 32.h4 Kg6 33.Rd1 Rd8

34.Kf2 Rd7 35.b4 axb4 36.cxb4 Kh5 37.Nf3 e4 38.Nd4 f4 39.Nf5 Kg4 40.Rxd6 Ra7 41.Nh6+ Kxh4 42.Rxb6 Rxa4 43.Nf5+ Kg4 44.Nh6+ Kh5 45.Nf5 Kg5 46.Nd4 Ra2+ 47.Ke1 f3 48.Rb8 Kf4 49.Rf8+ Ke3 50.Nf5+ Kd3

51.Rd8+ Kc3 52.b5 Rb2 53.Rc8+ Kd3 54.Rd8+ Kc3 55.Rc8+ Kb4 56.b6 Ka5 57.Ra8+ Kb4 58.b7 Kc3 59.Rc8+ Kd3 60.b8=Q Re2+ 61.Kf1 Rf2+ 62.Kxf2 e3+ 63.Nxe3 Ke4 64.Qb4+ Kd3 65.Rd8#.

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/4/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Silentsoundj (Chess.com 2004) - JimWest (Chess.com 2015), Chess.com 10/4/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Bxb4 d4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qd2 e3 

11.fxe3 Nxb4 12.Qxb4 Qxe3+ 13.Be2 Qc1+ 14.Kf2 Qxh1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

mang0tree (lichess 2007) - JimWest (lichess 2107), lichess 10/4/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Qe7 6.Qe2 Ng4 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.d4 Bf5 9.Nc3 O-O-O 10.Bxf4 f6 11.O-O-O fxe5 12.dxe5 Qe6 13.Ng5 Qg6 14.Rxd5 Bb4 15.Rxd8+ Rxd8 16.Nf3 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Rxd4 18.Bd2 Qe6

19.h3 Bxc3 20.Bxc3 Re4 21.hxg4 Rxe2 22.gxf5 Qxf5 23.Bxe2 Qg5+ 24.Kb1 Qxg2 25.Re1 h5 26.Bxh5 g6 27.Bd1 g5 28.e6 Kd8 29.e7+ Ke8 30.Bh5+ Kd7, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/3/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2007) - meghdoot_111 (Chess.com 1829), Chess.com 10/3/2026

1.e3 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Bg4 7.O-O Nbd7 8.c3 c6 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Qc7 11.Kh1 e5 12.a4 a5 13.Na3 Rab8 14.Nc4 b5 15.fxe5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 dxe5 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.axb5 cxb5

20.Be2 Be7 21.d4 Rfd8 22.Qb3 Bd6 23.d5 b4 24.c4 Bc5 25.Qa4 Bd4 26.Qxa5 Qxa5 27.Rxa5 Bxb2 28.Ra7 b3

29.Rfxf7 Bd4 30.Rg7+ Kf8 31.Raf7+ Ke8 32.Re7+ Kf8 33.Ref7+ Ke8 34.Re7+ Kf8 35.Ref7+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

harlampiizmish (lichess 2012) - JimWest (lichess 2103), lichess 10/3/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.d3 Be7 7.a3 Nf6 8.O-O h6 9.Nh4 Bh7 10.Qf3 Qd7 11.Nc3 g5 12.d4 gxh4 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Qxb7 Nxc4 15.Qxa8+ Bd8 16.Re1+ Kf7 17.Bxh6 Bxc2 18.Bg5 Rg8 19.f4 c6

20.Rac1 Bb6+ 21.Kh2 Rxa8 22.Rxc2 Ne3 23.Rce2 Nf5 24.Bxf6 Kxf6 25.Ne4+ Kg6 26.Ng5 Rf8 27.Re6+ Rf6 28.Re8 Be3 29.R8xe3 Nxe3 30.Rxe3 Rxf4 31.Nf3 Rxf3 32.Rxf3 d5

33.Rf4 Qd6 34.g3 hxg3+ 35.Kxg3 Kg5 36.h4+ Kh5 37.Kf3 Qe5 38.Rb4 c5 39.Rb7 Qe4+ 40.Kf2 Kxh4 41.Rxa7 Qc2+ 42.Ke3 d4+ 43.Kf4 Qf2+ 44.Ke4 Qxb2 45.Ra5 c4 46.Kf4 Qd2+, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/2/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2019) - samkar12 (Chess.com 1897), Chess.com 10/2/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3

7.Bc4 Be6 8.Bxe6 fxe6 9.Qxg4 h5 10.Qxe6+ Be7 11.Bxe3 Nc6 12.Ne2 Nb4 13.O-O Nxc2 14.Qg6+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Bolsonaro_Esfolador (lichess 2092) - JimWest (lichess 2097), lichess 10/2/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ne5 Bxf5 6.Ng4 d5 7.Bf4 Nc6 8.Ne3 Bg6 9.a3 Nf6 10.Nc3 a6 11.h4 h6 12.h5 Bh7 13.Be2 Be7 14.g4 O-O 15.Bg3 Qd7 16.Qd2 Rad8 17.O-O-O b5 18.Na2 Bd6 19.Bh4 Rb8

20.c3 Na5 21.Qc2 Bf4 22.Kb1 Bxe3 23.fxe3 Nc4 24.Bxc4 bxc4 25.Bxf6 Rxf6 26.Qg2 a5 27.Rhf1 Rbf8 28.Rxf6 Rxf6 29.Nc1 Qf7 30.Rd2 Rf1 31.Rc2 Qf3

32.Qh2 Qxe3 33.Qxc7 Qg5 34.Ka2 e3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/1/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Vedanshgranmaster (Chess.com 1883) - JimWest (Chess.com 2021), Chess.com 10/1/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nc3 f4 8.Qe2 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nf6 11.a3 Nbd7 12.Ba2 O-O-O 13.a4 g5 14.b4 h5 15.Qe2 g4 16.b5 f3 17.gxf3 gxh3 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Rb1 Qg7

20.d4 Nb8 21.Be6+ Kc7 22.Qc4 h2 23.Nb5+ Kb7 24.Nxd6+ Ka8 25.Nf5 Qg2 26.Ke2 Nxe4 27.fxe4 Qxe4+ 28.Ne3 exd4 29.Qb3 Rh7 30.Bf5 Qe7 31.Bxh7 dxe3 32.Be4 exf2

33.Kf1 Qg7 34.Bg2 Rg8 35.Rxh2 Re8 36.Qf3 Re1+ 37.Rxe1 fxe1=Q+ 38.Kxe1 Qe5+ 39.Kf2 Qxh2 40.Qg3 Qxg3+ 41.Kxg3 Kb7

42.Kh4 Kb6 43.Kxh5 Ka5 44.Kg5 Kxa4 45.Kf6 Kb4 46.Ke6 Kc3 47.Be4 a5 48.Kd6 a4 49.Bg6 a3 50.Bf7 Kxc2

51.Kc5 Kb2 52.Kb6 a2 53.Bxa2 Kxa2 54.Kc5 Kb3 55.Kb6 Kb4 56.Kc7 c5 57.Kxb8 c4 58.Kb7 c3 59.Kb6 c2 60.Kb7 c1=Q

61.Kb6 Qc4 62.Kb7 Qc5 63.Kb8 Qc6 64.Ka7 Kb5 65.Kb8 Qd7 66.Ka8 Kb6 67.Kb8 Qb7#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

DancingKalista (lichess 2123) - JimWest (lichess 2089), lichess 10/1/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Be3 Ne7 8.e6 O-O

9.Qh5 h6 10.Nf7 Qe8 11.Qg4 Kh7, White forfeits.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/30/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

human_azka (Chess.com 1927) - JimWest (Chess.com 2016), Chess.com 9/30/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5

8.cxd5 Bxd2+ 9.Nxd2 Qxe5 10.Nc4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2089) - Gukesh_1622 (lichess 2193), lichess 9/30/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.a4 a5 9.c3 Nbd7 10.Na3 e5 11.Nc4 exf4 12.Bxf4 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Be2 h6 15.d4 Re8 16.Bd3 f5 17.Qc2 Qf6 18.Rae1 Qc6

19.Nce5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Qc5+ 21.Kh1 Re7 22.h4 Rd7 23.h5 gxh5 24.Bxf5 Re7 25.Be4 Bc6 26.Nh4 Rxe5 27.Bh7+ Kh8 28.Ng6+ Kxh7 29.Nxe5+ Kg8 30.Nxc6 Qxc6

31.Qf5 Nf6 32.Re6 Qc4 33.Rxf6 Qh4+ 34.Kg1 Bxf6 35.Qxf6 Qxf6 36.Rxf6 Kg7 37.Rc6 Rc8 38.Bxh6+ Kf7 39.Bf4 Ke7 40.Rxc7+ Rxc7 41.Bxc7, Black resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 9/29/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2010) - krishna531997 (Chess.com 1816), Chess.com 9/29/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bg4 7.O-O Qe7 8.h3 Bd7 9.c3 O-O-O 10.b4 Nh5 11.b5 Na5 12.fxe5 dxe5

13.Nxe5 Qxe5 14.Bxh5 Qxc3 15.Nxc3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2084) - kunagl (lichess 2029), lichess 9/29/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 exf4 7.Bxf4 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Bh5 10.c3 h6 11.Nbd2 Nb8 12.Qb3 b6 13.Rae1 Nbd7 14.d4 Bg6 15.Bd3 Nh5 16.Bh2 c5 17.Bb5 a6 18.Bxd7 Qxd7 19.g4 Nf6

20.e5 dxe5 21.Nxe5 Qd5 22.Nxg6 fxg6 23.Rxe7 cxd4 24.Rxf6, Black resigns.