2 PCG Games 10/25/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

crusher7806 (Chess.com 1838) - JimWest (Chess.com 1969), Chess.com 10/25/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.h4 Bc5 7.Nc3 c6 8.h5 Ne7 9.Ncxe4 dxe4 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Nf7+ Kc7 12.Nxh8 Be6 13.c3 Nd7 14.b4 Bb6 15.a4 a6

16.Ng6 hxg6 17.hxg6 Nxg6 18.c4 Bd4 19.Ra2 Bxe5 20.b5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Gullit15 (lichess 2075) - JimWest (lichess 2088), lichess 10/25/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.exf5 e4 7.Nfd2 Bxf5 8.Nc3 d5 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.Bg4 Qd7 12.Bxf5 Nxf5

13.Qe2 Nxd4 14.Qd1 Nf5 15.Nb3 Qf7 16.Qe2 Nd7 17.Rad1 Rae8 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Rxd4 Nf6 20.Rdd1 Qg6 21.Qd2 Ng4 

22.f3 exf3 23.Rxf3 Rxf3 24.gxf3 Ne3+ 25.Kh1 Nxd1, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/24/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1970) - KMRubel0 (Chess.com 1903), Chess.com 10/24/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 Nf2 8.Qf3 Qd7 9.Bxe3 Nxh1 10.Nh3 h6 11.Nc3 Bb4 12.O-O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 O-O 14.Rxh1 Nc6 15.Rf1 Na5 16.e6 Qc6 17.exf7+ Kh8 18.Bd3 Qxf3 19.Rxf3 Be6

20.Bg6 Bxa2 21.g4 Bd5 22.Rf2 Nc4 23.Bd2 Nxd2 24.Kxd2 a5 25.g5 hxg5 26.Nxg5 a4 27.Rf4 Bxf7 28.Bxf7 a3 29.Rh4#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

FenrirBigWolf (lichess 1936) - JimWest (lichess 2084), lichess 10/24/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qe2 a5 8.a4 Na6 9.O-O-O f4 10.g3 fxg3 11.hxg3 Bg4 12.Qe3 Nc5

13.d4 exd4 14.Rxd4 Ne6 15.Rd2 Bxf3 16.Bxe6 Bxh1 17.e5 Nd5 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.exd6 Qxe6, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/23/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

teco58 (Chess.com 1912) - JimWest (Chess.com 1976), Chess.com 10/23/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 c6 6.d3 Nf6 7.O-O h6 8.Re1 Be7 9.Nbd2 Qc7 10.Nh4 Bh7 11.Ne4 Nbd7 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6

13.Be6 g5 14.Nf3 Bg8 15.Bf5 Bh7 16.Be6 Bg8 17.Bf5 Bh7 18.Be6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

okilon (lichess 2034) - JimWest (lichess 2088), lichess 10/23/2026

1.e4 e5.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qe2 O-O 11.h4 h5 12.c4 c6 13.Bc3 Bf5 14.O-O-O Qb6 15.Qd2 Nd7 16.e6 Nf6 17.Nf7 Bxe6 18.Bxf6 Rxf7 19.Bd4 Qc7

20.Qh6 Qf4+ 21.Qxf4 Rxf4 22.g3 Rf7 23.cxd5 cxd5 24.Bh3 Bxh3 25.Rxh3 a6 26.Be3 Rc8 27.Rhh1 Nf5 28.Bf4 d4 29.Rhe1 d3 30.Rd2 Rxc2+ 31.Rxc2 dxc2 32.Kxc2 Nd4+ 33.Kc3 Nb5+ 34.Kc4 Re7

35.a4 Na7 36.Kd5 Nc6 37.Rxe4 Rxe4 38.Kxe4 b5 39.axb5 axb5 40.Bd2 Kf7 41.Kd5 Ne7+ 42.Kc5 Nf5 43.Kxb5 Ke6 44.Kc4 Nd6+ 45.Kd4 Kf5

46.Ke3 Nc4+ 47.Ke2 Nxd2 48.Kxd2 g5 49.hxg5 Kxg5 50.Ke3 Kg4 51.Ke4 Kg5 52.f4+ Kg4 53.Ke5 Kxg3 54.f5 h4 55.f6 h3 56.f7 h2 57.f1=Q h1=Q

58.Qf4+ Kg2 59.Qe4+ Kh2 60.Qxh1+ Kxh1, draw.

2 PCG Games 10/22/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

jockokumbara (Chess.com 1792) - JimWest (Chess.com 1978), Chess.com 10/22/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 Be7 6.O-O f4 7.h3 h6 8.a3 Nf6 9.b4 g5 10.d4 g4 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qxd8+ Bxd8 13.hxg4 Bxg4 14.Nh2 Nd4 15.Nd5 h5 16.c3 Nxd5 17.cxd4 Nb6 18.Nxg4 hxg4 19.Be6 exd4

20.Bxg4 Bg5 21.g3 O-O 22.Bf5 Nc8 23.Bxf4 Bxf4 24.gxf4 Nd6 25.Be6+ Kh8 26.e5 Ne4 27.f5 Nd2 28.Rfd1 Nf3+ 29.Kg2 Nh4+ 30.Kg3 Nxf5+ 31.Bxf5 Rxf5

32.f4 Rg8+ 33.Kf3 Rgf8 34.Rxd4 Rxe5 35.Rh1+ Kg8 36.Rd7 Ref5 37.Rg1+ Kh8 38.Rg4 R8f7 39.Rxf7 Rxf7 40.Rg3 Rg7 41.Rxg7 Kxg7

42.Ke4 Kf6 43.f5 c6 44.a4 b6 45.Kf4 a6 46.Ke4 a5 47.bxa5 bxa5 48.Kd4 Kxf5 49.Kc5 Ke6 50.Kxc6 Ke7 51.Kb6 Kd7 52.Kxa5 Kc7 53.Ka6 Kb8

54.a5 Ka8 55.Kb6 Kb8 56.a6 Ka8 57.a7, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

openingtest09 (lichess 2243) - JimWest (lichess 2091), lichess 10/22/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6

8.f4 exf3 9.Qxf3 Qxe6+ 10.Qe2 Qxe2+ 11.Bxe2 Kxf7, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/21/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1982) - user96089915 (Chess.com 1794), Chess.com 10/21/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Nxe2 Nc6 7.fxe5 Nxe5 8.d4 Nc6 9.e5 Ne4 10.O-O Be7 11.Nbc3 Nxc3 12.Nxc3 O-O 13.Be3 Qd7 14.Qd2 Rad8 15.Rf3 f6 16.exf6 Bxf6 17.Raf1 Be7 18.Rxf8+ Rxf8 19.Rxf8+ Bxf8

20.Ne2 Ne7 21.c3 c6 22.Bf4 Nf5 23.Be5 Bd6 24.Qf4 Qe6 25.Ng3 Bxe5 26.Qxf5 Qxf5 27.Nxf5 Bf4 28.Kf2 Bc1 29.b3 Bb2 30.c4 dxc4 31.bxc4 g6

32.Nd6 Bxd4+ 33.Kf3 b6 34.Ke4 Bg1 35.h3 Bh2 36.Nc8 Bb8 37.Ne7+ Kf6 38.Nxc6 Bc6 39.Nxh7 Ke6 40.Nb5 Bc5 41.g4 h5 42.gxh5 gxh5 43.a4 h4

44.Nc7+ Kf6 45.Nd5+ Kg5 46.Ke5 Bf2 47.Kd6 Kf5 48.Kc6 Ke4 49.Nxb6 Kf3 50.a5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

BlackKnightM (lichess 2041) - JimWest (lichess 2086), lichess 10/21/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.Ng5 d5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.O-O Bd6 9.Re1 O-O 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nbd7 13.Qe2 Kh8 14.c4 d4 15.Nd2 Nc5 16.Bc2 e4

17.Nxe4 Nfxe4 18.dxe4 d3 19.Bxd3 Nxd3 20.Rd1 Nxf2 21.e5 Nxd1 22.exd6 Qxd6 23.Bd2 Nxb2 24.Bc3 Qc5+ 25.Kh1 Nxc4

26.Qg4 Ne5 27.Qg3 Ng6 28.Rc1 Qf2 29.Qc7 Qf7 30.Qg3 Rae8, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 10/20/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

santosh_sahu (Chess.com 1965) - JimWest (Chess.com 1978), Chess.com 10/20/2026

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.Qxe4 Nxb4 11.f4 Qf5 12.Nc3 Qxe4 13.Nxe4 Nc2+ 14.Kd2 Nxa1 15.Bd3 Ne7 16.Rxa1 O-O

17.g3 Bf5 18.Kc3 Rad8 19.Bc2 Bxe4 20.Bxe4 c6 21.b4 a6 22.a4 b5 23.axb5 axb5 24.cxb5 cxb5 25.Ra7 Nd5+ 26.Kb3 Nxb4

27.Bb7 Nd3 28.Be4 Nc5+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

kingtoppriority (lichess 1944) - JimWest (lichess 2103), lichess 10/20/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Bh5+ Kf8 12.Be3 Bd6 13.Nc3 c6 14.Bd4 Kg8 15.Ng6 hxg6 16.Bxg6 Ne5 17.Bxe5 Bxe5 18.Bh5 g6 19.Be2 Kg7

20.f3 Rh8 21.f4 Qc5+ 22.Kh1 Bxc3 23.bxc3 Qxc3 24.g4 Qg3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/19/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

LuciePichard (Chess.com 1999) - JimWest (Chess.com 1982), Chess.com 10/19/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d5 Nd4 9.Qd1 Bxf5 10.Nc4 c5 11.dxc6 Nxc6 12.Nxd6+ Qxd6 13.Qxd6 Bxd6 14.Nb5 O-O-O 15.Be3 a6 16.Nxd6+ Rxd6 17.Be2 Nd4 18.Bxd4 Rxd4 19.O-O Rd2

20.Bc4 Rxc2 21.Bb3 Rc6 22.Rac1 Rxc1 23.Rxc1+ Kb8 24.Rc5 Bg6 25.Re5 Rc8 26.h3 Rc1+ 27.Kh2 Rb1 28.Re7 Rxb2 29.Rxg7 Rxf2 30.Re7 Nh5 31.Bg8 Rf8

32.Bxh7 Bxh7 33.Rxh7 Nf6 34.Re7 Re8 35.Rf7 e3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

cslimbu2 (lichess 2032) - JimWest (lichess 2095), lichess 10/19/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.d4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nd2 Nf6 9.O-O Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Re1 Nxf4 13.Nxe4 Bxe5

14.Bxf4 Bxf4 15.Nxf6+ Kf7 16.Nd5 Bd6 17.Nxc7 Bxc7, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/18/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

sachinanand1966 (Chess.com 2025) - JimWest (Chess.com 1995), Chess.com 10/18/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.Bd3 fxe4 7.Bxe4 d5 8.Bxd5 Qxd5 9.Nc3 Qa5 10.Nxe5 O-O 11.Qe2 Qa6 12.Nb5 Qb6 13.O-O-O Na6 14.Qc4+ Be6 15.d5 Nxd5 16.Rxd5 c6 17.Nd7 cxd5 18.Nxb6 dxc4 19.Nxa8 Rxa8

20.Re1 Bf7 21.Re7 Nc5 22.Nd6 Rf8 23.f4 a6 24.g4 b5 25.f5 h6 26.h4 c3 27.b3 b4 28.Rc7 Ne4 29.Nxe4 Re8 30.Nxc3 bxc3 31.Rxc3 Re4

32.Rc8+ Kh7 33.g5 Rxh4 34.g6+ Bxg6 35.fxg6+ Kxg6 36.c4 Rh2 37.c5 Rxa2 38.c6 Ra5 39.b4 Rb5 40.Kc2 Rxb4 41.Kc3 Rb6 42.Kc4 h5 43.Kc5 Rb1 44.Ra8 Rc1+ 45.Kd6 h4 46.Rxa6 h3 47.Ra2 Kg5 48.c7 Kh4 49.Kd7 g5 50.c8=Q Rxc8 51.Kxc8 g4

52.Kd7 g3 53.Ra4+ Kg5 54.Ra5+ Kf4 55.Ra4+ Kf3 56.Ra3+ Kg2 57.Ke6 h2 58.Ra2+ Kh3 59.Ra1 g2 60.Ra3+ Kg4 61.Ra4+ Kf3 62.Ra3+ Ke4

63.Ra4+ Kd3 64.Ra3+ Kc4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Alex_Optimus (lichess 2238) - JimWest (lichess 2140), lichess 10/18/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d5 Nd4 9.Qd1 Bxf5 10.Nc4 c5 11.dxc6 Nxc6 12.Bf4 O-O-O 13.Nb5 Ne8 14.Qd5 Be6

15.Qxe4 d5 16.Ncd6+ Nxd6 17.Nxd6+ Rxd6 18.Bxd6 dxe4 19.Bxe7 Bxe7 20.O-O-O Bxa2 21.h4 Be6 22.g3 Rf8 23.Rd2 Bc5 24.Bg2 Bxf2 25.Rf1 e3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/17/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

k987654321e (Chess.com 1971) - JimWest (Chess.com 2009), Chess.com 10/17/2026

1.e4 e5 Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.a4 a5 8.Qe2 Na6 9.Ng5 Qc7

10.Bf7+ Kf8 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Be6 Bg6 13.Bf5 Bxf5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Erwinal (lichess 2186) - JimWest (lichess 2133), lichess 10/17/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Kh1 Bg4 9.Be2 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nd7 11.Bh5+ g6 12.Bg4 O-O-O 13.Nc3 h5 14.Bh3 g5 15.Bf5 Ne7 16.Bxd7+ Rxd7 17.Qf3 g4 18.Qe2 f3 

19.Qe3 fxg2+ 20.Kxg2 Kb8 21.f4 Ng6 22.fxe5 Qxe5 23.Qg3 Bd6 24.Qxe5 Bxe5 25.Bg5 h4 26.Bf6 h3+ 27.Kg1 Bxf6 28.Rxf6 Ne5 29.Raf1 Nf3+ 30.R6xf3 gxf3 31.Rxf3 Rd2

32.Rf2 Rg8+ 33.Kf1 Rxf2+ 34.Kxf2 Rg2+ 35.Kf3 Rxh2 36.Kg3 Rxc2 37.Kxh3 Rxb2 38.Kg4 Kc7, White resigns.