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.

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/10/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1982) - aditi607 (Chess.com 1991), Chess.com 6/10/2026

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 Bg4 11.c3 f6 12.Qe1 fxe5 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Nxe5 Bd7 15.Nd2 Rxf1+ 16.Qxf1 Nf6 17.Ndf3 Bd6 18.Bg5 Be8 19.b4 a5

20.a3 h6 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.Re1 axb4 23.axb4 Ra2 24.Nd3 Bg6 25.Nfe5 Be4 26.Nf2 Bxe5 27.dxe5 Qxe5 28.Nxe4 dxe4 29.Qc4+ Qd5 30.Qxe4 Qd2

31.Qe8+ Kh7 32.Qd3+ Kh8 33.Qe8+ Kh7 34.Qd3+ Kg8 35.Qe8+ Kh7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

weiren (lichess 1958) - JimWest (lichess 2045), lichess 6/10/2026

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.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.O-O c6 12.Bb4 Re8 13.c4 Na6 14.Ba3 Nc7 15.Qb3 Ne6 16.Qc3 Nf4 17.Rfe1 Nxe2+ 18.Rxe2 Be6 19.c5 Nd7

20.Nxd7 Qxd7 21.Rae1 Rf8 22.b4 a6 23.Bc1 Rf7 24.Qg3 Raf8 25.a4 Bg4 26.Rb2 Bh5 27.Be3 Bg6 28.h3 Qc7 29.Qxc7 Rxc7 30.b5 axb5 31.axb5 Ra8 32.b6 Rcc8

33.Rbb1 Ra6 34.Ra1 Rca8 35.Rxa6 Rxa6 36.Kh2 Ra2 37.Kg3 h6 38.Kf4 Kf7 39.Ke5 Ke7 40.g3 Bf7 41.h4 Bh5 42.Rc1 Bf3 43.Rc3 Ra6 44.Kf5 Kf7 45.Ke5 Ke7 46.Kf5 Kf7 47.Ke5 Ke7, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/9/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

kevothi (Chess.com 1913) - JimWest (Chess.com 1993), Chess.com 6/9/2026

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bg5+ Nf6 9.O-O-O Ke8 10.Rhe1 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Rxe4 Bf5 13.Ree1 Bg4 14.Bd5 Kd7 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Nd4 17.Bg4+ Kc6 18.c3 h5 19.cxd4 hxg4

20.dxe5 Bc5 21.hxg4 Bxf2 22.Re2 Bc5 23.Rc2 a5 24.a3 a4 25.Be3 b6 26.Rf1 Rhf8 27.Rf3 Kd5 28.Bxc5 bxc5 29.Kd2 Rae8 30.Rd3+ Kc6 31.Rc4 Rxe5

32.Rxa4 Rf2+ 33.Kc3 Rxg2 34.b4 Rg5 35.Ra6+ Kb7 36.b5 R2xg4 37.Re6 Rg3 38.a4 Rxd3+ 39.Kxd3 Rg4 40.a5 Rb4 41.a6+ Ka7 42.Re7 Rxb5 43.Rxc7+ Kxa6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2038) - StasX (lichess 2142), lichess 6/9/2026

1.e3 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 e5 4.f4 Be7 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O c6 8.Kh1 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 h5 10.f5 Qb6 11.c3 O-O-O 12.Qb3 Ng4 13.Qxb6 axb6 14.h3 d5 15.exd5 Bc5 16.dxc6 bxc6 17.Bxc6 Ndf6 18.b4 Ne3 19.Bxe3 Bxe3

20.Be4 Nxe4 21.dxe4 Rd3 22.a4 Rhd8 23.a5 Rd1 24.Na3 Rxf1+ 25.Rxf1 Bd2 26.Nc4 Bxc3 27.Nxb6+ Kb7 28.Nd5 Ka6 29.Nxc3, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/8/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Xibabulachuoi (Chess.com 1949) - JimWest (Chess.com 1982), Chess.com 6/8/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.Ng5 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.Bb3 Nc6 10.Re1 Be7 11.Ba4 O-O 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Qe2 Ng4 14.Nf3 Bc5 15.Rf1 Qb6 16.Na4 Bxf2+ 17.Rxf2 Qxf2+ 18.Qxf2 Nxf2 19.Kxf2 Re8

20.b3 Bg4 21.Bb2 Bxf3 22.Kxf3 Re7 23.Re1 Rae8 24.Nc5 g5 25.Kg4 h6 26.h3 Kh7 27.a4 Kg6 28.a5 h5+ 29.Kf3 Kf5 30.a6 g4+ 31.Kf2 e4 32.dxe4+ dxe4 33.Nb7 f3

34.Nd6+ Kf4 35.g3+ Kg5 36.h4+ Kg6 37.Nxe8 Rxe8 38.Bd4 Kf5 39.Ra1 Rd8 40.Be3 Rd5 41.Ra4 Rd1 42.Ra5+ Kg6 43.Rg5+ Kf6 44.Rxh5 Rh1 45.Rh6+ Kf5 46.Rxc6 Rh2+ 47.Kf1 Re2 48.Bf4 e3

49.Rc5+ Kg6 50.Re5 Rf2+ 51.Ke1 Re2+ 52.Kf1 Rf2+ 53.Kg1 Rg2+ 54.Kf1 Rf2+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

cn032015 (lichess 2007) - JimWest (lichess 2042), lichess 6/8/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Ng5 h6 10.Nf7 Rh7 11.Qd3 g5 12.Rd1 Rxf7 13.Bxf7+ Kxf7 14.Qc4+ Be6 15.Qd3 Na6 16.a3 Be7 17.b4 Rd8 18.Qe2 Rxd1+ 19.Qxd1 Qd6

20.Qxd6 Bxd6 21.Bb2 Ke7 22.b5 cxb5 23.Nxb5 Bb8 24.f3 Nc5 25.a4 a6 26.Ba3 Nfd7 27.Nc3 Kf6 28.Rd1 Ba7 29.Kh1 h5 30.Rd6 Kf7 31.a5 Bb8

32.Rd1 g4 33.Kg1 Ba7 34.Kh1 Bb8 35.Kg1 Ba7 36.Kh1 Bb8, draw.

2 PCG Games 6/7/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

CleopatraGaze (Chess.com 1971) - JimWest (Chess.com 1983), Chess.com 6/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Nd5 fxe4 7.Nxe7 Ngxe7 8.Ng5 d5 9.Bb5 exd4 10.Qxd4 O-O 11.Qd1 h6 12.h4 a6 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Qh5 Qe8 15.Qxe8 Rxe8 16.Nh3 Bxh3 17.Rxh3 Nf5 18.Bf4 Nd6 19.O-O-O Rf8

20.Be3 Nc4 21.Bc5 Rf7 22.b3 Nd6 23.g4 Rf3 24.Rxf3 exf3 25.c4 dxc4 26.Bxd6 cxd6 27.Rxd6 cxb3 28.axb3 Re8 29.Rxc6 Re1+ 30.Kd2 Re2+ 31.Kd3 Rxf2

32.Ke3 Rb2 33.Rc3 f2 34.Rc1 Rxb3+ 35.Kxf2 Rb8 36.Ra1 Ra8 37.Kf3 Kf7 38.Kf4 Kf6 39.Ra5 Ke6 40.Ra4 a5 41.Ke4 g5 42.hxg5 hxg5 43.Kd4 Kd6 44.Kc4 Kc6 45.Ra3 a4 46.Kb4 Rb8+ 47.Kc4 Rf8 48.Rg3 Rf4+ 49.Kc3 Kc5 50.Kb2 Kb4

51.Rg2 a3+ 52.Ka2 Ka4 53.Rg3 Rf2+ 54.Ka1 Kb4 55.Rg1 Kc4 56.Rg3 Kd4 57.Rxa3 Ke4 58.Ra5 Kf4 59.Rf5+ Kg3 60.Rxg5 Rf4 61.Rg8 Rxg4 62.Rxg4+ Kxg4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

todor680816 (lichess 2106) - JimWest (lichess 2041), lichess 6/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qd1 O-O 11.Be2 Nbc6 12.f4 h6 13.Nh3 Bxh3 14.gxh3 Nf5

15.Bg4 Qh4+ 16.Kf1 Nxe5 17.Bxf5 Rxf5 18.Qg4 Nxg4, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/6/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

GunGunCoil21 (Chess.com 1898) - JimWest (Chess.com 1986), Chess.com 6/6/2026

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.O-O Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Nb5 O-O 12.Nd4 Bc5 13.Be3 Bxc4 14.Nxc4 Ng4 15.Rad1 Nxe3 16.Nxe3 Nc6 17.c3 Rad8 18.Nec2 Nxd4 19.cxd4 Bb6

20.g3 Rfe8 21.Rfe1 e3 22.Kg2 Rd5 23.Kf3 c5 24.dxc5 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Bxc5 26.Re1 Rd8 27.Nxe3 Rd3 28.Re2 Kf7 29.Ke4 Rd4+ 30.Ke5 Ra4

31.a3 Bd4+ 32.Kd6 Ra6+ 33.Kc7 Re6 34.Nf5 Bb6+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2048) - Castlevania_v1 (lichess 2056), lichess 6/6/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 h5 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.Ne2 Bf5 9.O-O Bg6 10.c3 Qh4 11.h3 Nh6 12.Bxh6 gxh6 13.Nf4 O-O-O 14.Nxg6 fxg6 15.Qe2 Ne7 16.Nd2 Nf5 17.Be6+ Kb8 18.Bxf5 gxf5 19.Rxf5 Rg8

20.Rxh5 Qg3 21.Nxe4 Qg6 22.Nf6 Rg7 23.Rf1 Be7 24.Rhf5 a6 25.R1f2 Qg3 26.Qf3 Qh4 27.Rf4 Qg5, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/5/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1987) - Ramesh2037 (Chess.com 1828), Chess.com 6/5/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 Ng4 6.Nh3 dxe4 7.dxe4 Qxd1+ 8.Nxd1 O-O 9.f5 h6 10.Be2 Nf6 11.Bf3 Nc6 12.c3 b5 13.Be3 Bd6 14.O-O a5 15.a3 Bb7 16.Ndf2 b4 17.axb4 axb4 18.g4 bxc3

19.bxc3 Rxa1 20.Rxa1 Ra8 21.Rxa8+ Bxa8 22.g5 hxg5 23.Bxg5 Nh7 24.Be3 Na5 25.Be2 Nf6 26.Bd3 Ba3 27.Bg5 Nh7 28.Bd2 Bc5 29.Kf1 Nb3 30.Ke2 Nxd2 31.Kxd2 Nf6 32.Ke2 Nh5

33.Ng4 Nf4+ 34.Nxf4 exf4 35.Kf3 Bd6 36.h4 g6 37.fxg6 fxg6 38.Bc4+ Kg7 39.Bd5 Bxd5 40.exd5 Kf7 41.c4 Ke7 42.c5 Bxc5 43.Kxf4 Kd6 44.Ke4 Ke7

45.Ne5 Bf2 46.Nxg6+ Kf6 47.h5 Kg5 48.Nf4 Bg3 49.Ne6+ Kxh5 50.Nxc7 Bxc7 51.Kf5 Ba5 52.Ke6 Kg6 53.d6 Kg7 54.Ke7 Kg6 55.d7 Kf5 56.d8=Q Bxd8+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

arooke260 (lichess 2004) - JimWest (lichess 2043), lichess 6/5/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6

6.Nxe4 Qe7 7.Be2 Qxe4 8.O-O Be7 9.Bh5+ Kf8 10.Re1 Qxf5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/4/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Ludo2001 (Chess.com 1833) - JimWest (Chess.com 1991), Chess.com 6/4/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bg5 O-O 7.Qd2 c6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.O-O-O f4 10.d4 Qc7 11.Bc4+ Kh8 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qd6 Qxd6 14.Rxd6 Nd7 15.Rhd1 Nb6 16.Bb3 a5 17.a4 h6 18.R6d2 g5 19.Nh2 h5

20.f3 Kg7 21.Kb1 Be7 22.Kc1 Kg6 23.Kb1 g4 24.hxg4 hxg4 25.Nxg4 Bxg4 26.fxg4 Rad8 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Rxd8 Bxd8 29.Ne2 Kg5 30.Be6 Nxa4 31.Ng1 Nc5 32.Nf3+ Kf6 33.Bf5 Bc7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

omarkhatab91 (lichess 2013) - JimWest (lichess 2037), lichess 6/4/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ng5 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb3 Nc6 9.O-O Bb4 10.a3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 h6 12.Nf3 O-O 13.h4 Kh8 14.Nh2 Be6 15.f4 Qb6+ 16.Kh1 Rae8 17.fxe5 Nxe5 18.Bf4 Neg4

19.Qd2 Nxh2 20.Kxh2 Ng4+ 21.Kh1 Bg8 22.d4 Qf6 23.g3 Re4 24.Rae1 Rfe8 25.Rxe4 Rxe4 26.Re1 Qe6 27.Rxe4 Qxe4+ 28.Kg1 b5 29.a4 bxa4 30.Bxa4 a5 31.Bb5 Kh7

32.Qe2 Qxe2 33.Bxe2 a4 34.Bc1 Nf6 35.Kg2 Ne4 36.Bb2 g5 37.hxg5 hxg5 38.Bb5 a3 39.Bxa3 Nxc3 40.Bd3 Be6 41.g4 Ne4 42.gxf5 Bxf5 43.c4 dxc4 44.Bxc4 Kg6

45.Bd3 Nf6 46.Bxf5+ Kxf5 47.Kf3 g4+ 48.Ke3 Nd5+ 49.Kf2 Ke4 50.Bc5 Kf4 51.Bd6+ Ke4 52.Be5 Nb4 53.Kg3 Nc6 54.Kxg4 Nxe5+ 55.dxe5 Kxe5, draw.