PCG & PCG Reversed 7/16/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

AkbarAli1 (Chess.com 2049) - JimWest (Chess.com 1988), Chess.com 7/16/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O c6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Ne4 d5 11.Ng3 Bg6 12.c3 Kh8 13.Nd2 Nd7 14.f4 exf4 15.Rxf4 Qc7 16.Rf1 Rae8 17.d4 Be7 18.Bh5 Rxf1+ 19.Ndxf1 Bxh5

20.Qxh5 Nf6 21.Qf3 Bf8 22.Ne3 Kg8 23.Rf1 Qb6 24.b4 Qa6 25.Nh5 Qd3 26.Nxf6+ gxf6 27.Qg4+ Qg6 28.Qxg6+ hxg6 29.Ng4 Bg7 30.Nxf6+ Bxf6 31.Rxf6 Kg7

32.Rf2 Re1+ 33.Rf1 Re2 34.Rf2 Re1+ 35.Rf1 Re2 36.Rf3 Rxa2 37.h4 a5 38.bxa5 Rxa5 39.Kh2 b5 40.g4 Ra2+ 41.Kg3 Rb2 42.Kf4 b4 43.cxb4 Rxb4

44.Ke5 Rc4 45.h5 gxh5 46.gxh5 Kg6 47.Rf5 c5 48.Kxd5 Rxd4+ 49.Kxc5 Rh4 50.Kd5 Rxh5 51.Rxh5+ Kxh5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2038) - Start0888 (lichess 2031), lichess 7/16/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bxg1 6.Rxg1 Ng4 7.h3 Nh2 8.f5 Nxf1 9.Kxf1 Nc6 10.Be3 Qf6 11.Qd2 g6

12.Bg5 Qg7 13.f6 Qf8 14.Bh6 Qg8 15.Bg7 Be6 16.Bxh8 Qxh8 17.Qf2, Black forfeits.

2 PCG Games 7/15/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Rahul_bidlan128 (Chess.com 1951) - JimWest (Chess.com 1997), Chess.com 7/15/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Nc3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nd7 11.a4 O-O-O 12.b4 Bxb4 13.Na2 Bc5 14.Rb1 Ne7 15.Qb3 Bb6 16.Ba3 a5 17.Be6 Kb8 18.Bxd7 Bxf2+ 19.Rxf2 Rxd7

20.Rd2 Rhd8 21.Rxd7 Rxd7 22.c4 Ng6 23.Rd1 Qd8 24.Rb1 Qc7 25.Bc5 Rd2 26.Bb6 Qd7 27.Bxa5 Rd3 28.Nc3 f3 29.Bb6 fxg2 30.Rd1 Qxh3

31.c5 Qh1+ 32.Kf2 Qh4+ 33.Kg1 Qh1+ 34.Kf2 g1=Q+ 35.Rxg1 Rf3+ 36.Ke2 Nf4+ 37.Kd2 Qh2+ 38.Kc1 Qxg1+ 39.Kb2 Nd3+ 40.Ka3 Qc1+, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Vasilij- 12 (lichess 2166) - JimWest (lichess 2030), lichess 7/15/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.d5 Nf6 7.c4 c6 8.Nc3 cxd5 9.cxd5 Nbd7 10.Bb5 a6 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.O-O Be7 13.Re1 O-O 14.Ndxe4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Bxe4 16.Rxe4 Rae8 17.Be3 Bf6 18.Rxe8 Rxe8 19.Qd2 Qb5

20.Rb1 Re5 21.Rd1 h6 22.b3 Bg5 23.Bg5 Rxg5 24.Qe3 Re5 25.Qd2 Re2 26.Qc3 Rxa2 27.Qc8+ Kh7 28.Qf5+ Kh8 29.Qf8+ Kh7 30.Qxd6 Qxb3 31.Rf1 Rd2 32.Qd7 Qxd5

33.Qg4 a5 34.Ra1 b6 35.h3 h5 36.Qc8 Rd1+ 37.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 38.Kh2 Qd6+ 39.Kg1 g6 40.Qb7+ Kh6 41.Qf3 a4 42.Qe3+ Kg7 43.Qc3+ Kh7 44.g3 a3 45.Qb3 Kg7 46.Qc3+ Kh7 47.Qb3 Kg7 48.Qc3+ Kf7

49.Qb3+ Kf6 50.Qc3+ Kf7 51.Qb3+ Ke7 52.h4 Kd7 53.Qf7+ Kc6 54.Qf3+ Kb5 55.Qe2+ Ka5 56.f4 b5 57.Qe1+ b4

58.Kh2 a2 59.Qc1 Qd4 60.Qc7+ Ka4 61.Qc6+ Kb3 62.Qe6+ Kb2 63.Qe2+ Kb3 64.Qe6+ Qc4 65.Qe3+ Qc3 66.Qe6+ Kb2 67.f5 a1=Q 68.fxg6 Qc2+, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/14/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1990) - NiranjanGadtya (Chess.com 1802), Chess.com 7/14/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 Be7 8.Nf3 Nf2 9.Qe2 Nxh1 10.Bxe3 Bg4 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.c3 Bh4+ 13.Kf1 O-O 14.Kg1 Ng3 15.hxg3 Bxg3 16.Ne4 Bh4 17.g3 Be7 18.Kg2 Na5

19.Bd3 f5 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Rh1 Bxf3+ 22.Qxf3 Bxd4 23.Qh5 Bxe3 24.Qxh7+ Kf7 25.Rf1+ Ke8 26.Qg6+ Kd7 27.Bb5+ c6 28.Qd6+ Kc8

29.Rxf8 Qxf8 30.Qxf8+ Kc7 31.Qxa8 cxb5 32.Qf8 Bh6 33.Qd6+ Kc8 34.Nc5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

AlekhineAlexander88 (lichess 2015) - JimWest (lichess 2015), lichess 7/14/2026

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.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 12.fxe3 Nxb4 13.Kd2 Bf5 14.Nc3 O-O-O+ 15.Ke2 Ne7 16.e4 Bg4+ 17.Ke3 Nc2+ 18.Kf4 Nxa1 19.Kxg4 Nc2

20.Be2 Rhf8 21.Bf3 Ne3+ 22.Kg3 Nxc4 23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.exd5 Nxe5 25.Be4 g6 26.Rc1 Kb8 27.a4 a5 28.Rc5 b6 29.Rb5 Nc4 30.b3 Nd6, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/13/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1997) - negronchoab (Chess.com 1857), Chess.com 7/13/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.c3 Nc6 7.Be2 e5 8.O-O Nh5 9.fxe5 dxe5 10.a4 a5 11.Na3 h6 12.Nc4 Qe7 13.Ne3 Rd8 14.Nd5 Qe6 15.Nd2 Nf4 16.Nc4 Nxe2+ 17.Qxe2 Qd7 18.Bxh6 Ne7 19.Nxe7+ Qxe7

20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Rad1 Rh8 22.Qf3 Rh4 23.Qg3 Bd7 24.Qxe5+ Qxe5 25.Nxe5 Bxa4 26.Rxf7+ Kg8 27.Rdf1 Rh7 28.Rxh7 Kxh7 29.Rf7+ Kh6 30.Rxc7 Re8 31.Nf3 Bc2 32.Ne1 Bb1 33.Rxb7 Rd8

34.Ra7 Bxd3 35.Nxd3 Rxd3 36.Rxa5 Re3 37.Re5 Re2 38.b4 Re3 39.c4 Re2 40.b5 g5 41.h3 Kg6 42.b6 Kf6 43.Rb5 Rxe4 44.b7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

saiedmzhanna (lichess 1892) - JimWest (lichess 2012), lichess 7/13/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bd2 O-O 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.g4 Bc8 9.Qe2 c6 10.O-O-O Kh8 11.Ne4 d5 12.Nxf6 gxf6 13.Bh6 Rg8 14.Qd2 Be6 15.Rg1 Nd7 16.g5 fxg5 17.Bxg5 Bxg5 18.Rxg5 Qf6

19.h4 Qxf3 20.Bg2 Qf4 21.Qxf4 exf4 22.Re1 Rxg5 23.hxg5 Re8 24.Bh3 Bf7 25.Kd2 Rxe1 26.Kxe1 Ne5 27.Ke2 Kg7 28.b3 Kg6 29.d4 Kxg5 30.dxe5 Bg6 31.e6 Kf6 32.c4 dxc4 33.bxc4 Ke7

34.Kf3 Bd3 35.c5 Bc4 36.a3 Bxe6 37.Bxe6 Kxe6 38.Kxf4 Kf6 39.a4 b6 40.cxb6 axb6 41.Ke4 h5 42.Kf4 c5

43.Ke4 Kg5 44.Kd5 Kf4 45.Kc6 c4 46.Kxb6 c3 47.a5 c2 48.a6 c1=Q 49.a7 Qb2+ 50.Kc7 Qa2 51.Kb7 Kf3 52.a8=Q Qxa8+ 53.Kxa8 Kxf2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 7/12/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

MaksMarkoff (Chess.com 2001) - JimWest (Chess.com 1992), Chess.com 7/12/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.d4 e4 7.Ng5 h6

8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.Qe2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

pranha666 (lichess 2038) - JimWest (lichess 2010), lichess 7/12/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Qf6 9.Qg4 Nd7 10.Be6 O-O-O 11.a4 Nh6 12.Bxd7+ Rxd7 13.Qf3 g5 14.b4 Rg8 15.Qh5 g4 16.hxg4 Nxg4 17.b5 Rg5 18.Qh3 Qg6 19.f3 Ne3

20.Bxe3 fxe3 21.Rfe1 Rg3 22.Qh2 Rg7 23.Re2 Rxf3 24.Kh1 Rg3 25.a5 Qg5 26.a6 b6 27.bxc6 Rg6 28.Rf1 Bg7 29.Rf5 Qg4

30.Qh5 Rh6 31.Qxh6 Bxh6 32.Nd5 Qxe2 33.Rf7 Qxg2#.

2 PCG Reversed Games 7/11/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1975) - chaitu2436 (Chess.com 1789), Chess.com 7/11/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.O-O O-O 12.c3 h6 13.a4 a5 14.Be3 Qe8 15.Nbd2 Nxd2 16.Qxd2 Kh7 17.b3 Qc8 18.Rf2 Bd7 19.Raf1 b5

20.axb5 Bxb5 21.c4 dxc4 22.bxc4 Bxc4 23.Qc2+ g6 24.Qxc4 a4 25.Ng5+ hxg5 26.Rxf7+ Rxf7 27.Qxf7+ Kh6 28.Qxe7 Qe8 29.Qxg5+ Kh7 30.Qh6+ Kg8 31.Rf6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2000) - MN1355 (lichess 2008), lichess 7/11/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 Nc6 9.Nf3 O-O 10.Bd3 f5 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Nxe3 Be6 13.O-O Rad8 14.a3 Nd4 15.Nxd4 Rxd4 16.Rad1 g6 17.c3 Rdd8

18.Bxe4 fxe4 19.Rxf8+ Rxf8 20.Rf1 Rd8 21.Rd1 Rxd1+ 22.Nxd1 Kf8 23.Kf2 c6 24.Ke3 Bf5 25.Nf2 h5 26.Nxe4 Bxe4 27.Kxe4 Ke7 28.h4 Kd7 29.c4 a5 30.a4 Ke7 31.c5 Kd7

32.Kf4 Ke6 33.Kg5 Kxe5 34.Kxg6 Kd5 35.Kxh5 Kxc5 36.Kg6, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 7/10/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

scz33135 (Chess.com 1811) - JimWest (Chess.com 1971), Chess.com 7/10/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Nxe7 8.Nc3 e4 9.Ne5 O-O 10.Be2 c6 11.Qd2 Nd7 12.Nxd7 Bxd7 13.f3 exf3 14.Bxf3 Nf5 15.O-O-O Qf6 16.Ne2 Rae8

17.Rhe1 Ne3 18.Ng3 Nxd1 19.Rxd1 Qf4 20.Qxf4 Rxf4 21.Ne2 Rff8 22.Rf1 Rxf3 23.Rxf3 Rxe2 24.Rg3 Bf5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ali_Matin_Kia9695 (lichess 1940) - JimWest (lichess 1991), lichess 7/10/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 c6 6.d3 Nd7 7.O-O d5 8.Bb3 Bd6 9.Re1 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Ngf6 12.Bg5 O-O 13.Qd1 Kh8 14.f3 Qb6+ 15.Kh1 Rae8 16.Bh4 h6 17.Bg3 Nh5 18.Bh2 Qf2

19.Qe2 Ng3+ 20.Bxg3 Qxg3 21.Kg1 e4 22.dxe4 dxe4 23.Nxe4 Qh2+ 24.Kf1 Bg3 25.Qc4 Qh1+ 26.Ke2 Qxg2+ 27.Kd1 Qxf3+ 28.Kd2 Bf4+ 29.Re3, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/9/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1987) - KnightKumander (Chess.com 1974), Chess.com 7/9/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 a5 6.Nf3 Ng4 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 Qe7 10.Bd3 Nf6 11.O-O Bg4 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Nfd7 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Nxb4 axb4 16.Qb3 O-O

17.Ng5 Qe7 18.Bxh7+ Kh8 19.Qg3 f6 20.Qxg4 fxg5 21.Bxg5 Rxf1+ 22.Rxf1 Qe8 23.Qh4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

kummy24 (lichess 2017) - JimWest (lichess 1995), lichess 7/9/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.c4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bg5 Qd6 11.Bxf6 Rxf6 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.O-O-O Bxc3 14.Qxc3 Qf4+ 15.Kb1 Qxf2 16.cxd5 Ne7

17.Qxc7 Rc8 18.Qxc8+ Nxc8 19.Rc1 Ne7 20.d6 Nc6 21.e7 Nxe7 22.dxe7 Kf7 23.e8=Q+ Kxe8 24.Bb5+ Kd8 25.Rc2 Qxd4 26.Rcc1 Qb4 27.Rhd1+ Rd6 28.Rxd6+ Qxd6 29.Be2 Qxh2 30.Rd1+ Ke7 31.Bf1 e3

32.Re1 Qe5 33.Kc2 Qe4+ 34.Kd1 Qb1+ 35.Ke2 Qxb2+ 36.Kf3 Qf2+ 37.Kg4 Qxe1, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/8/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

brandon6273 (Chess.com 2055) - JimWest (Chess.com 1991), Chess.com 7/8/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Be3 d4 9.Bg5 Qf5 10.g4 Qd5 11.Bg2 Bxe6 12.Nxh8 Qxg5 13.Bxe4 Nc6 14.Nd2 Nf6 15.Qe2 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Qe5 17.O-O-O O-O-O 18.Qxe5 Nxe5 19.Rhe1 Nxg4

20.Rxe6 Rxh8 21.Ne4 Bb6 22.h3 Nh6 23.Rg1 Nf5 24.Rg5 g6 25.Rg4 Rd8 26.Nf6 d3 27.cxd3 Bxf2 28.Re8 Rxe8 29.Nxe8 Bd4 30.h4 Kd7 31.Re4 c5

32.Kc2 h5 33.Kb3 Nxh4 34.Rxh4 Kxe8 35.Kc4 Kf7 36.Kd5 b6 37.b4 Kf6 38.Rh1 Kg5 39.Rf1 h4 40.bxc5 bxc5 41.Ke4 Kg4 42.Rf7 a5

43.Ra7 h3 44.Rh7 g5 45.Rf7 h2 46.Rh7 Kg3 47.Rh5 g4 48.Kf5 Kg2 49.Rh4 g3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 1995) - borodinka2020 (lichess 2070), lichess 7/8/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 a6 9.f5 h6 10.a4 Nh7 11.Na3 d5 12.Qc2 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 d4 14.Nc4 b5 15.axb5 axb5 16.Rxa8 Qxa8 17.Nd2 Bg5 18.Nb3 Qa4 19.Bxg5 Nxg5

20.Ra1 Nxf3+ 21.gxf3 Nb4 22.cxb4 Qxb4 23.Nd2 c5 24.Kf2 Rc8 25.b3 Kh7 26.Ke2 g6 27.fxg6+ fxg6 28.Ra7+ Kg8 29.Qc1 Qc3 30.Qg1 Rc6 31.Qg4 c4

32.Ra8+ Kf7 33.Qd7+ Kf6 34.Qxc6+ Kg5 35.bxc4 b4 36.Ra6 Kh4 37.Qxg6 Kh3 38.Qg3#.