2 PCG Games 9/16/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

payungcs (Chess.com 1863) - JimWest (Chess.com 2063), Chess.com 9/16/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.O-O Nf6 9.Re1 Bd6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Ne2 h6 12.Nf3 e4 13.dxe4 fxe4 14.Nfd4 Ng4 15.Ng3 Qh4

16.h3 Nxf2 17.Nf1 Nxd1 18.Rxd1 Nxd4 19.a4 Nxb5 20.axb5 Qf2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

whosmama3anddadsisab (lichess 1969) - JimWest (lichess 2051), lichess 9/16/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nfd2 d5 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.Qa4+ Nc6 10.Bb5 Bxc3 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.Qxc6+ Bd7 13.Qxc3 Ne7 14.Nb3 O-O 15.O-O Rc8 16.Qd4 Qb6 17.Qxb6 axb6 18.Bg5 Ng6 19.Rad1 Bb5

20.Rfe1 Rc2 21.Rxd5 Rfxf2 22.Rxb5 Rxg2+ 23.Kh1 Rxh2+ 24.Kg1 Rhg2+ 25.Kh1 Rh2+ 26.Kg1 Rhg2+ 27.Kh1 Rh2+, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/15/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2059) - lowkeybien (Chess.com 1916), Chess.com 9/15/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bd6 5.fxe5 Bxe5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Nxe2 Bxh2 9.Rxh2 Nxe4 10.Nbc3 Nxc3 11.Nxc3 Qd6 12.Qe2+ Qe6 13.Qxe6+ fxe6 14.Bf4 c6 15.O-O-O O-O 16.Bxb8 Raxb8 17.Rdh1 h6 18.g4 b5

19.g5 hxg5 20.Rh8+ Kf7 21.Rf1+ Ke7 22.Rfxf8 Rxf8 23.Rxf8 Kxf8 24.Kd2 Kf7 25.Ke3 Kf6 26.Kf3 Kf5 27.Nd1 g4+ 28.Kg3 g5 29.c3 e5 30.dxe5 Kxe5 31.Kxg4 Ke4 32.Kxg5 Kf3

33.Kf5 Ke2 34.Nf2 Kxf2 35.Ke5 Ke3 36.Kd3 Kd2 37.Kxc6 Kc2 38.Kxd5 Kxb2 39.Kc5 Kxa2 40.Kxb5 Kb3 41.c4 a6+ 42.Kxa6 Kxc4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

jayiansarrosa (lichess 2098) - JimWest (lichess 2047), lichess 9/15/2026

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Ng3 e4 9.Ne5 Nf6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O c6 12.f4 Be6 13.c3 Nbd7 14.f5 Bf7 15.Bg4 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Nxg4 17.Qxg4 Qxe5 18.f6 Bg6

19.fxg7 Rxf1+ 20.Rxf1 Qxg7 21.Qe6+ Kh8 22.Rf6 Re8 23.Qd6 e3 24.h3 Be4 25.Nxe4 dxe4 26.Kf1 e2+ 27.Kxe2 Qxg2+ 28.Kd1 e3 29.Rf8+ Rxf8 30.Qxf8+ Qg8 31.Qxg8+ Kxg8 32.Ke2 Kf7 33.Kxe3 Ke6

34.Ke4 c5 35.a4 a5 36.b4 cxb4 37.cxb4 axb4 38.Kd4 h5, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 9/14/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

acharyasuraj091 (Chess.com 1920) - JimWest (Chess.com 2071), Chess.com 9/14/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Ba4 O-O 11.Qd2 Be6 12.O-O-O Qa5 13.Bb3 Nbd7 14.a3 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Qxc3 16.bxc3 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Ng4 18.Bh4 Nxf2 19.Bxf2 Rxf2

20.g3 Raf8 21.h4 h5 22.Rde1 Re8 23.Rhg1 Bf7 24.Rgf1 Rxf1 25.Rxf1 Rxe5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

cyvern17x (lichess 1947) - JimWest (lichess 2039), lichess 9/14/2026

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Ba4 Bc5 8.O-O Ne7 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qh6 Nf5 11.Qh3 Ne3

12.Qxc8 Qxc8 13.fxe3 Qg4 14.Nh3 Nd7 15.c3 O-O-O 16.Bd1 Qe6 17.Nf4 Qxe5 18.b4 Bb6 19.a4 a6 20.b5 Rdf8

21.bxa6 bxa6 22.a5 Bc5 23.Be2 Rxf4 24.Bxa6+ Kc7, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/13/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

hunsniper (Chess.com 1860) - JimWest (Chess.com 2066), Chess.com 9/13/2026

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.O-O O-O 10.Nb1 c6 11.a3 Bd6 12.c4 Be6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Qb3 Qc7 15.Bf4 Nc6

16.Rc1 Nxd4 17.Qd1 Nxe2+ 18.Qxe2 Qb8 19.Bg3 Bxe5 20.Bxe5 Qxe5 21.Nc3, White resigns.

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Philidor Coumter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2050) - slaweki151 (lichess 2046), lichess 9/13/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 a6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Ne2 c5 10.c3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bb4+ 12.Nbc3 O-O 13.O-O Bxc3 14.bxc3 c5 15.h3 Nh6 16.Bxh6 gxh6 17.Ng3 Bb7 18.Qg4+ Qg5 19.Qxg5+ hxg5

20.Rae1 cxd4 21.cxd4 Rad8 22.Nxe4 Rxd4 23.Nf6+ Kh8 24.Rd1 Rfd8 25.Rxd4 Rxd4 26.Rf5 h6 27.Ng4 Kg7 28.Rf6 Rd1+ 29.Kh2 Rd2 30.Rf2 Rxf2 31.Nxf2 h5 32.g4 h4

33.Nd3 Bd5 34.Nb4 Bb7 35.Kg1 Kf8 36.Kf2 Ke7 37.Nd3 Bd5 38.a3 Ke6 39.Nc5+ Kxe5 40.Nxa6 f5 41.gxf5 Kxf5 42.Nb4 Be4 43.a4 Kf4 44.a5 Ke5 45.a6 Kd4 46.a7 Kc5

47.Nd3+ Kb6 48.Ne5 Kxa7 49.Nf7 Bf5 50.Nxg5 Bxh3 51.Nxh3 Kb6 52.Kf3 Kc5 53.Kg4 Kd4 54.Kxh4, draw.

2 PCG Games 9/12/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Jimmy-PRC (Chess.com 1973) - JimWest (Chess.com 2069), Chess.com 9/12/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nd4 d5 6.Bf4 c6 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Qd2 Ne7 9.a3 Bxc3 10.Qxc3 O-O

11.Be2 Rxf4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

KingFisher3300 (lichess 2001) - JimWest (lichess 2049), lichess 9/12/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.Ng5 d5 8.e6 O-O 9.Nc3 h6 10.Nf7 Qe8 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.Qxd5 Bxe6 13.Qxb7 Qxf7 14.O-O-O Nd7

15.Qxc7 Nf6 16.b3 Qxc7, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/11/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Gustavode9Almeima (Chess.com 1892) - JimWest (Chess.com 2063), Chess.com 9/11/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a4 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.Nc3 Bg4 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Re1 Nbd7 11.Qe2 O-O-O 12.a5 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 a6 14.Nd1 g5 15.Be6 Kb8 16.c3 h5 17.h3 Be7 18.b4 g4 19.hxg4 hxg4

20.Bxg4 Nxg4 21.Qxg4 Rh4 22.Qf3 Rdh8 23.Kf1 Nf6 24.Bd2 Qd7 25.Ke2 Rd8 26.Ra2 Qe6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

BlackKnightM (lichess 2052) - JimWest (lichess 2038), lichess 9/11/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Bxg8 Rxg8 8.Nc3 f4 9.d4 Bg4 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qd3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nd7 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.Qh3 h6 15.Rd2 Kb8 16.Rhd1 Nf6 17.g3 fxg3 18.hxg3 Rxd2 19.Rxd2 Rd8

20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.Qe6 Nd7 22.Qf5 Kc7 23.b3 Qg5+ 24.Qxg5 hxg5 25.Kd2 Kd6 26.Ke3 g4 27.b4 a6 28.Nd1 b5 29.Kd3 c5 30.c3 c4+ 31.Ke3 Nf6

32.f3 gxf3 33.Kxf3 Ke6 34.Ne3 g6 35.g4 Kd6 36.g5 Nh5 37.Nd5 Ng7 38.Nf6 Ne6 39.Kg4 Nf4 40.Ne8+ Kd7 41.Nf6+ Ke6 42.Ne8 Ne2

43.Nc7+ Kd6 44.Nxa6 Nxc3 45.a3 Nxe4, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/10/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Avi-saini (Chess.com 1953) - JimWest (Chess.com 2060), Chess.com 9/10/2026

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 h5 17.Bxc6+ Kxc6 18.Re4 b6

19.f4 exf4 20.Bxf4 Bxf4+ 21.Rxf4 Rhf8 22.Rc4+ Kb7 23.b3 Rad8 24.Rcd4 Rxd4 25.Rxd4 Rf1+ 26.Kb2 Rf2 27.g4 Rf3 28.gxh5 Rxh3 29.Rg4 Rxh5 30.Rxg7 a5 31.a4 Rh3

32.Re7 Rg3 33.Re4 c5 34.Re7+ Ka6 35.Re6 Rh3 36.Rg6 Rf3 37.c4 Rf2+ 38.Ka3 Rh2 39.Rg7 Rf2 40.Re7 Rh2 41.Rg7 Rf2 42.Re7 Rh2 43.Rg7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Panda_ours9 (lichess 2170) - JimWest (lichess 2029), lichess 9/10/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qe2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.c3 O-O-O 11.h4 Rf8 12.f3 exf3 13.gxf3 Bd7 14.Bg5 Qxf3 15.Qxf3 Rxf3 16.b4 Bd6 17.b5 Ne5 18.Be2 Rf8 19.h5 Be7

20.Rg1 Nf6 21.Bh4 Rxh8 22.Rxg7 Bd8 23.Na3 Re8 24.O-O-O c6 25.c4 dxc4 26.bxc6 bxc6 27.Bxc4 Nxc4 28.Nxc4 Nxh5 29.Nd6+ Kb8 30.Nxe8 Nxg7

31.Bxd8 Bxe8 32.Bf6 Ne6 33.Re1 Bd7 34.Be5+ Kb7 35.Rh1 Nc5 36.Rxh7 Nd3+ 37.Kd2 Nxe5 38.Re7 Nc4+ 39.Kc3 Nb6 40.Kb4 Nd5+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/9/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

RaheelAsif8887 (Chess.com 1879) - JimWest (Chess.com 2079), Chess.com 9/9/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5

6.Nd2 Qxg5 7.Nxe4 Qxe5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2039) - sergeyk_57 (lichess 2026), lichess 9/9/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Ng6 9.e5 Ne4 10.Nf3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.c3 c6 13.Be3 Bg5 14.Nbd2 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 Bxe3+ 16.Qxe3 Qe7 17.Rae1 Rae8 18.Re2 f5 19.Qg5 f4

20.Qxe7 Rxe7 21.Ref2 h6 22.Ne1 Ree8 23.Nd3 Rf7 24.Nxf4 Rxf4 25.Rxf4 Nxf4 26.Rxf4 Rf8 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Kf2 Ke7 29.Kf3 Ke6 30.Kg4 g6 31.h4 b6

32.a4 c5 33.h5 g5 34.Kf3 a6 35.g4 b5 36.axb5 axb5 37.b3 cxd4 38.cxd4 b4 39.Ke3 Kd7 40.Kd3 Ke6 41.Ke3 Kd7 42.Kd3 Ke6 43.Ke3, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/8/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Mrcerdascermat123 (Chess.com 1995) - JimWest (Chess.com 2079), Chess.com 9/8/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ng5 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.O-O Bd6 10.Re1 O-O 11.a3 Nd4 12.Ba4 h6 13.Nf3 Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 e4 15.dxe4 fxe4 16.Qd1 Be6 17.Bb3 Kh8 18.Be3 a6 19.Bd4 Ng4

20.h3 Qh4 21.Bxd5 Nxf2 22.Bxg7+ Kxg7 23.Qd4+ Kh7 24.Bxe6 Qg3 25.Nxe4 Qh2+ 26.Kf1 Nxe4+ 27.Ke2 Qxg2+ 28.Kd1 Qf3+ 29.Kc1 Qf4+ 30.Qe3 Qxe3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2032) - Ibrahimvn (lichess 2045), lichess 9/8/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 d6 6.Na4 Bxg1 7.Rxg1 Ng4 8.h3 Qh4+ 9.g3 Qh5 10.hxg4 Bxg4 11.Be2 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Qg6 13.f5 Qf6 14.Nc3 Nd4 15.Qf2 c6 16.g4 O-O-O 17.g5 Qe7 18.Be3 c5 19.Nd5 Qd7

20.c3 Nb5 21.a4 Nc7 22.Nxc7 Qxc7 23.O-O-O a6 24.c4 Qa5 25.Qc2 Kb8 26.Bd2 Qb6 27.a5 Qc6 28.Qb3 Rd7 29.Kc2 Rc8 30.Ra1 Ka7 31.Qb6+ Qxb6 32.axb6+ Kxb6

33.f6 gcf6 34.gxf6 Ka7 35.Rg7 Rh8 36.Bh6 Rc7 37.Rh1 b5 38.cxb5 axb5 39.Ra1+ Kb6 40.Bd2 h5 41.Ba5+ Kc6 42.Bxc7 Kxc7 43.Rxf7+ Kc6 44.Ra6#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/7/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2075) - GelatinousJoseph (Chess.com 2095), Chess.com 9/7/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Bg4 12.Be2 Bc5 13.Nc3 Qg6 14.Kxh1 O-O-O 15.Bf4 Rhe8 16.Bg3 Kb8 17.Qd3 Bf5 18.Qb5 Bb6

19.Nh4 Be4+ 20.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 21.Bf3 Qxc2 22.Re1 d4 23.a4 d3 24.a5 Qc5 25.Qxc5 Bxc5 26.Nf5 Bb4 27.Rd1 g6 28.Ne3 Bxa5 29.Nc4 Bb4 30.Na3 f6 31.exf6 Re6

32.Nb5 Ba5 33.b4 Bb6 34.f7 Rf6 35.Bh4 Rxf3 36.Bxd8 Rxf7 37.Rxd3 c6 38.Bxb6 axb6 39.Rd8#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

chotkiy_parenyi (lichess 2067) - JimWest (lichess 2044), lichess 9/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.Qa4+ Nc6 9.a3 dxc3 10.axb4 cxb2 11.Bxb2 Qxg5 12.b5 Bd7 13.bxc5 Bxc6

14.Qb3 O-O-O 15.Rxa7 Qd2#.