PCG Reversed & PCG 3/14/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1944) - iraklipatsatsia (Chess.com 1984), Chess.com 3/14/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c6 7.c3 a5 8.a4 Qb6 9.Na3 e5 10.Nc4 Qc7 11.O-O b5 12.axb5 cxb5 13.Nxd6 Qxd6 14.fxe5 Qb6+ 15.d4 Nxe4 16.Bd3 f5 17.exf6 Nxf6 18.Qb3+ Be6

19.Qxb5 Qxb5 20.Bxb5 Bd5 21.Bg5 Nbd7 22.Bxf6 Nxf6 23.Ne5 Ne4 24.Rxf8+ Rxf8 25.Rxa5 Bxe5 26.dxe5 Rd8 27.Bd3 Ng5 28.Rxd5 Rb8 29.Rb5 Rd8 30.Bc4+ Kg7 31.h4 Ne4

32.Bd5 Ng3 33.e6 Kf6 34.c4 h5 35.Rb7 Nf5 36.Rf7+ Ke5 37.e7 Re8 38.Bc6 Rxe7 39.Rxe7 Nxe7 40.Bf3 Kd4 41.b3 Nf5 42.Bd5 Kc5 43.Kf2 Nxh4 44.Bf7 Kb4 45.g3 Nf5 46.Bxg6 Nd4 47.Bxh5 Kxb3 48.Bf7 Kb4

49.g4 Kc5 50.g5 Kd6 51.g6 Ke7 52.Ke3 Nf5+ 53.Ke4 Kf6 54.c5 Ne7 55.Be8 Ke6 56.Kd4 Kf6 57.Kc4 Ke6 58.Kb5 Kf6 59.c6 Nd5 60.Bf7 Ne7 61.Kb6 Kg7 62.Kb7 Kf6 63.c7 Kg7 64.c8=Q Nxc8 65.Kxc8 Kh6

66.Kd7 Kg7 67.Ke6 Kh8 68.Kf5 Kg7 69.Kg5 Kh8 70.Be8 Kg8 71.Ba4 Kh8 72.Kh6 Kg8 73.Bb3+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

rlv_1959 (lichess 2118) - JimWest (lichess 2102), lichess 3/14/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 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.f4 Nc6 15.Bd3 Bf5 16.Rd1 Rxh8 17.h3 Rd8

18.Ke2 Bxd3+ 19.Rxd3 Rxd3 20.Kxd3 Nf5 21.g4 Nh4 22.Kxe3 g5 23.Ke4 gxf4 24.Kxf4 Ng6+ 25.Kf5 b6 26.Re1 Na5 27.Re4 Nb7 28.g5 Nc5 29.Rd4 Ne6 30.Rd1 Ng7+ 31.Ke4 Ne6

32.Rf1 Nxg5+ 33.Kd5 Nxh3 34.e6 Nhf4+ 35.Kc6 Nxe6 36.Re1 h5 37.Kd5 Ngf4+ 38.Ke5 Nd3+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 3/13/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Sargerian (Chess.com 1800) - JimWest (Chess.com 1928), Chess.com 3/13/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Qe2 O-O 13.O-O-O Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qxf2 15.Qb5 c6 16.Qb4 a5 17.Qd6 Qf4+ 18.Qxf4 Rxf4 19.Be2 Be6

20.g3 Rf2 21.Rde1 Nd7 22.h4 Nf6 23.h5 gxh5 24.Bxh5 Nxh5 25.Rxh5 Rf5 26.Rh6 Kf7 27.Rh7+ Kg6 28.Reh1 Rf1+ 29.Kd2 Rxh1 30.Rxh1 Rf8 31.Ke2 Bg4+ 32.Ke1 Rf3

33.Rg1 Rxc3 34.Kd2 Ra3 35.c3 Rxa2+ 36.Kc1 Ra1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

fettuccine_alfrodo (lichess 2115) - JimWest (lichess 2087), 3/13/2026

1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 e5 3.d3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.e4 c6 8.Re1 a5 9.a4 Na6 10.d4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Rxe4 Bf5 13.Re2 e4 14.Ne1 d5 15.c3 Bd6

16.Nc2 Bg4 17.Ne3 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 Nc7 19.Bd2 Ne6 20.h4 Kh8 21.Nf1 g5 22.Qg4 Qf6, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/12/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

VanshDhande (Chess.com 1922) - JimWest (Chess.com 1931), Chess.com 3/12/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Nh2 a5 9.Bd2 Na6 10.a3 Nc5 11.Bf3 a4 12.Re1 f4 13.Ng4 Nxg4 14.Bxg4 Bxg4 15.Qxg4 Qc8 16.Qxc8 Raxc8 17.f3 g5 18.Ne2 Bf6 19.Bb4 Rfd8

20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.Rad1 b5 22.c3 Rc7 23.Rd2 Rcd7 24.Red1 Kf7 25.Kf2 h5 26.g4 hxg4 27.hxg4 Rh8 28.Kg2 Kg6 29.d5 Rdh7 30.Rg1 Rh2+ 31.Kf1 cxd4 32.cxd4 exd4 33.Rg2 Rxg2 34.Kxg2 c5

35.Nc1 c4 36.Ne2 Rd8 37.Kg1 Be5 38.Kg2 Rd6 39.Kg1 d3 40.Nc3 Bxc3 41.bxc3 Kf6 42.Kf1 Ke5 43.Ke1 Rh6 44.Rf2 Rh1+ 45.Kd2 Ra1 46.Rf1 Ra2+ 47.Ke1 Rxa3 48.Kd2 Ra2+ 49.Kc1 Rc2+ 50.Kb1 Rxc3

51.Rd1 a3 52.Rh1 d2 53.Rd1 Rc1+ 54.Rxc1 dxc1=Q+ 55.Kxc1 b4 56.Kc2 b3+ 57.Kc3 a2 58.Kb2 Kd4 59.e5 Kxe5 60.Ka1 Kd4 61.Kb2 Ke3 62.Ka1 Kxf3 63.Kb2 Kxg4

64.Ka1 f3 65.Kb2 f2 66.Ka1 f1=Q+ 67.Kb2 a1=Q#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2093) - gali_ahmetov (lichess 2149), lichess 3/12/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 O-O 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.c3 Bb6 8.h3 Re8 9.Be2 d6 10.Nbd2 Nh5 11.Bh2 Qf6 12.Qc2 Nf4 13.Bxf4 Qxf4 14.O-O-O d5 15.Kb1 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Bf5 17.Rhf1 Qe3 18.Ng3 Bg6 19.Qd2 Rad8

20.Qxe3 Rxe3 21.Ka1 Bxd3 22.Bxd3 Rexd3 23.Rxd3 Rxd3 24.a3 f6 25.Nf5 Kf7 26.N3d4 Nxd4 27.cxd4 Bxd4 28.Rc1 c6 29.Rc4 Be5 30.Rb4 b5 31.a4 a5 32.Rg4 g5 33.axb5 cxb5 34.h4 h6 35.Nxh6+ Kg6 

36.hxg5 Rd2 37.Re4 Bxb2+ 38.Kb1 Be5 39.Ng4 Kxg5 40.Nxe5 fxe5 41.Rxe5+ Kf4 42.Rxb5 Rxg2 43.Rxa5 Ke3

44.Ra3+ Kd4 45.Rh3 Kc4 46.Rf3 Kd4 47.Rh3 Kc4 48.Rf3 Kd4 49.Rh3, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/11/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1933) - unknowndude8876 (Chess.com 1924), Chess.com 3/11/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxf4 Nc6 7.d4 Qh4+ 8.g3 Qd8 9.Bg2 Nb6 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.Nge2 Be6 12.O-O O-O 13.a3 Be7 14.Kh1 Qd7 15.b3 f6 16.exf6 Bxf6 17.a4 a6 18.a5 Nc8 19.Qd2 N8e7

20.Na4 Nf5 21.Nc5 Qe7 22.c3 Nd6 23.Bxd6 cxd6 24.Nxe6 Qxe6 25.Nf4 Qd7 26.Bxd5+ Kh8 27.b4 Rfe8 28.Rae1 Rxe1 29.Rxe1 Re8 30.Rxe8+ Qxe8 31.Qe2 Qxe2 32.Nxe2 Bg5

33.Kg2 g6 34.Kf3 Kg7 35.Ke4 Kf6 36.h4 Bd2 37.Kd3 Bh6 38.g4 g5 39.h5 Ke7 40.Ng3 Kd7 41.Nf5 Bf8 42.Bxc6+ bxc6 43.Ke4 Ke6 44.d5+ cxd5+ 45.Kd4 h6 46.b5 axb5 47.a6 Kd7 48.a7 Be7

49.a8=Q Bf6+ 50.Kd3 Ke6 51.Nd4+ Ke5 52.Qc8 Kf4 53.Qf5+ Kg3 54.Qf3+ Kh4 55.Nf5#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

GambiteroOoOoOoO (lichess 2072) - JimWest (lichess 2088), lichess 3/11/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qd1 Bg7 8.e6 Nf6 9.Nf7 Qe7 10.Nxh8 Bxe6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Bb5 c6 14.Ba4 O-O-O

15.c3 Rh8 16.Qd4 Nc5 17.Qd1 Bf5 18.Nd2 Nd3+ 19.Kf1 Qe5 20.g3 Bh3+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/10/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Raghav1703 (Chess.com 1749) - JimWest (Chess.com 1935), Chess.com 3/10/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc3 d5 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.Nb3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Bb4 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 O-O 12.Qd2 Qe8 13.Be2 h6 14.Be3 Qg6 15.Bf1 Ng4 16.h3 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Rae8 18.Nc5 Bc8

19.Qg3 Qxg3 20.fxg3 b6 21.Nb3 a5 22.a4 Bd7 23.Be2 Rf6 24.Rf1 Rxf1+ 25.Kxf1 Rf8+ 26.Kg1 Ne7 27.c4 c6 28.c5 bxc5 29.Nxc5 Bc8 30.Rf1 Rxf1+ 31.Kxf1 Nf5 32.c3 Nxg3+ 33.Kf2 Nxe2 34.Kxe2 Kf7

35.Kf2 Kf6 36.Ke3 h5 37.h4 Kf5 38.g3 Kg4 39.Kf2 e3+ 40.Kg2 g6 41.Nd3 Ba6 42.Ne5+ Kf5 43.Kf3 e2 44.Kf2 c5 45.Nf3 cxd4 46.cxd4 Ke4 47.Ng1 Kxd4 48.Ke1 Ke3 49.g4 hxg4 50.h5 gxh5 51.Nxe2 d4

52.Nc1 d3 53.Kd1 Bc4 54.Ne2 Bb3+ 55.Ke1 d2+ 56.Kf1 d1=Q+ 57.Kg2 Qxe2+ 58.Kh1 Bd5+ 59.Kg1 Qg2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2094) - Arsen0577 (lichess 1957), lichess 3/10/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O Bxf3 8.Bxf3 d5 9.fxe5 Nxe5 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.exd5 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 Bxb2 14.Nd2 Bxa1 15.Rxa1 Qd6 16.c4 Qb6+ 17.Kh1 Qb2 18.Nb3 a5 19.Qd1 b6

20.Nd2 Rae8 21.a4 Re3 22.Ne4 Re2 23.Rb1 Qc2 24.Qxc2 Rxc2 25.d6 cxd6 26.Nxd6 Rd8 27.Ne4 Rxd3 28.h3 Rxc4 29.Rxb6 h6 30.Nd6 Rxa4 31.Rb8+ Kh7 32.Nxf7 Rf4

33.Rh8+ Kg6 34.Ne5+ Kg5 35.Nxd3 Rd4 36.Nc5 Rc4 37.Ne6+ Kh4 38.Kh2 a4 39.Nxg7 Kg5 40.Ne6+ Kg6 41.Ra8 h5 42.Ra6 Kf5 43.Ng7+ Kg5 44.Ra5+ Kg6 45.Nxh5 a3 46.Ng3 Rc3 47.h4 Kf7

48.h5 Kg7 49.Nf5+ Kf6 50.h6 a2 51.g4 Rc2+ 52.Kg3 Rc3+ 53.Kh4 Rc2 54.Ra6+ Kf7 55.Kg5 Rh2 56.Ra7+ Kg8 57.Kg6 Kf8 58.Ra8#.

2 PCG Games 3/9/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

bruma_chess (Chess.com 1938) - JimWest (Chess.com 1943), Chess.com 3/9/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 e3 8.fxe3 Qxe3+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Bxe2 Bxf5 11.c3 Nf6 12.O-O Bxb1 13.Raxb1 O-O 14.Bf3 d5 15.Rfe1 Nbd7 16.Re7 Rf7 17.Rbe1 Kf8 18.Rxf7+ Kxf7 19.Kf2 c6

20.g3 Re8 21.Rxe8 Nxe8 22.Bh5+ g6 23.Bf3 Nd6 24.Ke3 Kf6 25.b3 Nf5+ 26.Kd3 h5 27.c4 Ke6 28.Nf1 Nf6 29.Ne3 Nxe3 30.Kxe3 g5 31.a4 g4 32.Bg2 a5

33.Kd3 b6 34.Ke3 Kf5 35.Kd3 Ke6 36.Ke3 Kf5 37.Kd3 Ke6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Niebel (lichess 2064) - JimWest (lichess 2102), lichess 3/9/2026

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Bb5+ c6 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nf7 Qe7 10.Nxh8 Bxe6 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.Be3 Bd6 13.h3 Kf8 14.f3 Kg8 15.fxe4 Nxe4 16.Bg4 Kxh8 17.Nc3 Ndf6 18.Nxe4 Nxe4

19.Bf4 Bc5+ 20.Kh2 Rf8 21.Bxe6 Qxe6 22.Qg4 Qxg4 23.hxg4 Rxf4 24.Rxf4 Bd6 25.g3 Nxg3 26.Rf7 h5 27.gxh5 Nxh5+ 28.Kg1 b5 29.Re1 Nf6 30.Re6 Ne4 31.Re8+ Kh7

32.Kg2 Bc5 33.Rc7 Nf6 34.Ra8 Bd4 35.c3 Bb6 36.Rxc6 d4 37.cxd4 Bxd4 38.b3 Bb6 39.Rb8 Nd5 40.Rcxb6 axb6 41.a3 Kg6 42.Kf3 Kf5 43.Rd8 Ke5 44.Rg8 Kd4 45.Rxg7 Kc3 46.a4 bxa4 47.bxa4 Kb4 48.Ke4 Nc3+ 49.Kd4 Nxa4

50.Rb7 Kb5 51.Kd3 Nc5+ 52.Kc2 Nxb7, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/8/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1943) - Esoteric-Journey (Chess.com 1983), Chess.com 3/8/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Nxe2 exd3 8.exf6 dxe2 9.Qxe2+ Kd7 10.fxg7 Bxg7 11.Qg4+ Kc6 12.Qxg7 Re8+ 13.Kf2 f6

14.Be3 Nd7 15.Nc3 Ne5 16.Rad1, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Alexey213 (lichess 2163) - JimWest (lichess 2095), lichess 3/8/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.Nfd2 d5 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Nbc6 10.f4 Nf5

11.Qe1 Ne3 12.Nc3 Nxf1 13.Qxf1 Nxe5 14.Nxd5, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/7/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1934) - Frizis (Chess.com 1873), Chess.com 3/7/2026

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 Ne5 11.exf7+ Nxf7 12.dxc6 Qxd1+ 13.Kxd1 Bg4+ 14.Ke1 Rc8 15.Nc3 Nd6 16.Bf4 Rxc6 17.Nge2 Nc4 18.Rb1 Bf5 19.Rf1 h6

20.b3 Na3 21.Rb2 e3 22.Bxe3 Nxc2+ 23.Kf2 Bd6 24.Bf4 O-O 25.Kg1 Bxf4 26.Rxf4 Nd4 27.Nxd4 cxd4 28.Ne2 d3 29.Nd4 Rc1+ 30.Kf2 Bh7 31.Rxf8+ Kxf8

32.Rd2 Ke7 33.g4 Rh1 34.Ke3 Kf6 35.Nf5 Bxf5 36.gxf5 Kxf5 37.Kxd3 g5 38.b4 h5 39.Kc4 Rc1+ 40.Kb3 g4 41.a4 h4 42.b5 axb5 43.axb5 g3 44.hxg3 hxg3 45.Kb4 Rf1 46.Rg2 Kg4 47.b6 Kh3 48.Rxg3+ Kxg3

49.Kc5 Kf4 50.b7 Rb1 51.Kc6 Ke5 52.Kc7 Rc1+ 53.Kd7 Rb1 54.Kc7 Rc1+ 55.Kd7 Rb1 56.Kc7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Feodosyevich (lichess 1941) - JimWest (lichess 2097), lichess 3/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Neg5 exd4+ 9.Be2 Nf6 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.O-O h6 12.Ngf3 c6 13.Bd3 Bg4 14.Re1 Qd6 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Nxf3 Nbd7 17.c4 Rae8 18.Qd2 Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Re8

20.Rxe8+ Nxe8 21.Qe3 Nef6 22.Qxa7 dxc4 23.Bxc4+ Kh7 24.Qxb7 Ne4 25.Qb3 Qc5 26.Bd3 Qxf2+ 27.Kh2 Ndf6 28.Qc2 Qxc2 29.Bxc2 Kh8 30.Bxe4 Nxe4

31.Ne5 c5 32.b3 g5 33.Nc4 Kg7 34.a4 Nc3 35.a5 Nb5 36.a6 Na7 37.Nb6 Kf6 38.Nd7+ Ke6 39.Nxc5+ Kd5 40.b4 Kc4 41.Ne6 Kxb4 42.g4 Kb5 43.h4 gxh4 44.Kh3 Kxa6 45.Kxh4 Nc6

 

46.Kh5 Ne5 47.Kxh6 Nxg4+ 48.Kg5 Ne5 49.Nc7+ Kb6 50.Kf5 Kxc7, draw.