2 PCG Games 5/28/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Sanskar2012 (Chess.com 1820) - JimWest (Chess.com 2005), Chess.com 5/28/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Nf7 Kxf7 13.Bc4+ Kg7 14.O-O-O Nc6 15.Qg3 Kh8 16.Bh6 Bf8 17.Bxf8 Qxf8 18.Qxc7 Bf5 19.d5 Rc8

20.Qf4 Na5 21.Bb3 Nxb3+ 22.axb3 Bg6 23.Qe5 e3 24.c3 Re8 25.Qd4 e2 26.Rde1 Re4 27.Qd2 Qd6 28.Rxe2 Qa6 29.Kd1 Qa1+ 30.Qc1 Qxc1+ 31.Kxc1 Rxe2

32.c4 Ne4 33.f3 Nc5 34.Kd1 Rxb2 35.Re1 Rb1+ 36.Kd2 Nxb3+ 37.Ke2 Rxe1+ 38.Kxe1 Kg7 39.Ke2 Kf6 40.g4 Ke5 41.Ke3 Kd6 42.f4 a5 43.f5 Bf7 44.Kd3 a4 45.Kc3 Nc5 46.h4 h6 47.g5 hxg5 48.hxg5 Ne4+ 49.Kb4 Nxg5 50.Kxa4 Ne4

51.Kb5 Nc5 52.Kb6 Bh5 53.f6 Bf7 54.Kb5 Nd7 55.Kb4 Nxf6 56.Kb5 Nd7 57.Kb4 Bh5 58.Kb5 Be2 59.Kb4 Ne5 60.Kc3 Bxc4 61.Kd4 Bxd5

62.Kc3 Kc5 63.Kd2 b5 64.Kc2 Kb4 65.Kb2 Nc4+ 66.Kc2 Na5 67.Kb2 Bb3 68.Kb1 Kc3 69.Kc1 b4 70.Kb1 Bc4 71.Kc1 b3 72.Kb1 Bd3+ 73.Ka1 b2+ 74.Ka2 b1=Q+ 75.Ka3 Qb3#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ButiLaki (lichess 1881) - JimWest (lichess 2002), lichess 5/28/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.c3 Nd7 6.Qb3 Nc5 7.Bf7+ Ke7 8.Qc4 Bd3

9.Qh4+ Kxf7 10.Ng5+ Ke8 11.f4 Be7 12.Qg3, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/27/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2001) - chandand1444 (Chess.com 1908), Chess.com 5/27/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 exf4 6.Bxf4 Ne5 7.Be2 Nxf3+ 8.Bxf3 c6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.c3 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd2 Bh4+ 13.g3 Bf6 14.d4 Bh3 15.Qb3 b6 16.O-O-O a5 17.e5 a4 18.Bxc6+ Bd7 19.Bxd7+ Qxd7

20.Qxb6 dxe5 21.dxe5 Bxe5 22.Rhe1 f6 23.Nc4 O-O 24.Rxd7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

LLLCCC (lichess 2096) - JimWest (lichess 2001), lichess 5/27/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.b3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Bb2 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O c6 9.h3 h6 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.a4 Bh7 13.Qd2 Rae8

14.Rad1 a5 15.Qxa5 Qxa5 16.Nxa5 Nc5 17.Nc4 e4 18.Ne1 d5 19.Ne3 Bd6 20.Bxf6 Rxf6 21.d4 Ne6 22.c3 Nf4 23.Rd2 Nxe2+ 24.Rxe2 h5 25.b4 g5 26.g3 Kh8 27.Kg2 Rg8 28.a5 Rg7 29.Ra2 Bf4 30.a6 bxa6 31.Rxa6 Bxe3 32.fxe3 Rxf1 33.Kxf1 Rf7+ 34.Ke2 Rf6

35.b5 Bf5 36.h4 gxh4 37.gxh4 Bg4+ 38.Kd2 Rf2+ 39.Kc1 cxb5 40.Nc2 Rh2 41.Rd6 Rxh4 42.Rxd5 Be2 43.Re5 Bd3 44.Ne1 Rh1 45.Kd2 Rh2+ 46.Kd1 Be2+ 47.Kc1 Bc4 48.Rxe4 Re2 49.Re8+ Kg7 50.Nf3 Rf2 

51.Nh4 Kh6 52.Re5 Bd3 53.e4 Rc2+ 54.Kd1 Rxc3 55.Nf5+ Kg6 56.d5 Bxe4 57.Nh4+ Kf6 58.Rxe4 Rd3+ 59.Kc2 Rxd5 60.Kc3 Rc5+ 61.Kb4 Rc4+ 62.Rxc4 bxc4 63.Kxc4 Kg5

64.Nf3+ Kf4 65.Ne1 Kg3 66.Kd3 h4 67.Ke3 h3 68.Nf3 Kg2 69.Kf4 h2 70.Nxh2, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/26/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

MadMaximus1982 (Chess.com 1909) - JimWest (Chess.com 1988), Chess.com 5/26/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nd4 d5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Ba4 Bc5 8.O-O Ne7 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qe2 O-O 12.N3d2 Nd7 13.Bb3 Nc5 14.Nxe4 Nxb3 15.Nf6+ Rxf6 16.exf6 Nxc1

17.Rxc1 Nf5 18.g4 Nd4 19.Qd3 Qxf6 20.Nc3 Bxg4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2017) - RuslanTimurziev (lichess 1882), lichess 5/26/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 h6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be2 Nh5 8.Be3 Bh4+ 9.Nxh4 Qxh4 10.Bf2 Qg5

11.Bxh5 Qxg2 12.Qf3 Qxf3 13.Bxf3 O-O 14.Nc3 Nb4 15.O-O-O d6 16.a3 Nc6 17.Nd5, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/25/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Mdo273 (Chess.com 1959) - JimWest (Chess.com 1993), Chess.com 5/25/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Nh5 Nxh5 13.Bxh5 Qh4 14.g3 Qf6 15.c3 Bh3 16.Re1 g6 17.Bg4 Bxg4 18.Qxg4 Rae8 19.Rf1 Qf5

20.Qxf5 gxf5 21.f4 h5 22.Rac1 Rb8 23.Rc2 Kh7 24.Rff2 Rg8 25.Kf1 Rg4 26.c4 h4 27.gxh4 Rxh4 28.c5 Be7 29.Rc3 Rh3 30.Bd2 Rxc3 31.Bxc3 Rg8 32.Rg2 Rxg2 33.Kxg2 Kg6

34.b4 Kh5 35.h3 a6 36.a4 Bf6 37.Bb2 Bg7 38.Bc3 Bh6 39.Kg3 Bg7 40.Bb2 e3 41.Bc3 e2 42.Kf2 Kh4 43.Kxe2 Kxh3 44.Kf3 Bf6 45.Bb2 Kh2 46.Bc3 Kg1 47.Bb2 Kf1 48.Bc3 Bg7 49.Bb2 Ke1 50.Ke3 Kd1

51.Bc3 Kc2 52.Be1 Bf6 53.a5 Bg7 54.Bh4 Kc3 55.Bd8 Bxd4+ 56.Ke2 Kxb4 57.Bxc7 Bxc5 58.Kd3 Kb5 59.Bd8 Bb4 60.Kd4 Bxa5 61.Bxa5 Kxa5 62.Kc5 Ka4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

NATA74 (lichess 1989) - JimWest (lichess 2016), lichess 5/25/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d3 Na5 5.Bb3 Nxb3 6.axb3 f5 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nd5 c6 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.Qd2 f4 14.c3 a6 15.b4 Bg4 16.Ne1 f3 17.gxf3 Bxf3 18.Nxf3 Qxf3 

19.Qe3 Qxe3 20.fxe3 Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Rf8 22.d4 Rxf1+ 23.Kxf1 Kf7 24.Kf2 Kf6 25.Kg3 h5 26.Kh4 Kg6 27.c4 Kh6 28.c5 g5+ 29.Kg3 dxc5 30.bxc5 Kg6 31.d5 Kf6 32.d6 Ke6

33.b4 b6 34.cxb6 Kxd6 35.h3 Kd7 36.Kf2 Kc8 37.Ke2 Kb7 38.Kd3 Kxb6 39.Kc4 g4 40.h4 g3 41.Kd3 g2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/24/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

ThanZaw1642 (Chess.com 1855) - JimWest (Chess.com 1964), Chess.com 5/24/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.h3 a5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qe2 Na6 12.b3 Bb4 13.Bb2 Nc5 14.Rad1 Be6 15.Bxe6 Nxe6 16.Qc4 Nd8 17.Rd3 Qe7 18.Rfd1 Nf7 19.Kf1 O-O

20.Ne2 Kh8 21.g4 Nd6 22.Rxd6 Bxd6 23.Rxd6 Qxd6 24.Bxe5 Qb4 25.Qxb4 axb4 26.Ng5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Vikram_0866 (lichess 1918) - JimWest (lichess 2007), lichess 5/24/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.c3 Be7 6.O-O fxe4 7.d5 Nb8 8.Nfd2 Nf6 9.f3 e3 10.Ne4 O-O 11.Bxe3 Nxe4 12.fxe4 Rxf1+ 13.Qxf1 Bg5 14.Bxg5 Qxg5 15.Na3 Nd7 16.Nb5 Nf6 17.Re1 Bd7 18.Nxc7 Rc8 19.Ne6 Qh6

20.Bb3 Kh8 21.Qf2 Bb5 22.Qf5 Rg8 23.Ng5 Be8, White forfeits.

2 PCG Reversed Games 5/23/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1958) - gmi_h1 (Chess.com 1869), Chess.com 5/23/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nd2 Qe7 8.Be2 Bb6 9.Bg5 Qe5 10.Ngf3 Qb5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nc4 Be6 13.a4 Qh5 14.Nxb6 axb6 15.O-O Rg8 16.Rf2 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.Bf3 Ke7 19.d4 Qg5

20.d5 Bd7 21.Qd4 Rg6 22.Qc4 Kd8 23.Qd4 Bg4 24.Bxg4 Qxg4 25.Raf1 Ke7 26.Qc4 Rc8 27.Qe2 Rcg8 28.Qxg4 Rxg4 29.Rxf6 Rxg2+ 30.Kh1 Rg1+ 31.Rxg1 Rxg1+ 32.Kxg1 Kxf6

33.Kf2 Ke5 34.Ke3 f5 35.exf5 Kxf5 36.c4 Ke5 37.b4 h5 38.h4 Kf5 39.Kf3 Ke5 40.Ke3 c5 41.b5 Kf5 42.Kf3 Ke5 43.Ke3 Kf5 44.Kf3 Ke5 45.Ke3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2004) - MohsenRouf (lichess 1887), lichess 5/23/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.c3 Bxg1 7.Rxg1 Nc6 8.Be2 h6 9.Nd2 a6 10.Qc2 Na7 11.O-O-O Nb5 12.g4 g5 13.Be3 Nd7 14.Rdf1 Qe7 15.a4 Na7 16.Bd4 Rf8 17.Nc4 b5 18.Ne3 Bb7 19.Nf5 Qe6

20.Ng7+ Kd8 21.Nxe6+ fxe6 22.Rxf8+ Nxf8 23.Rf1 Nd7 24.Bxa7 Rxa7 25.Kd2 Bc6 26.d4 bxa4 27.d5 exd5 28.exd5 Bxd5 29.Qxa4 Nc5 30.Rf8+ Ke7 31.Qe8#.

2 PCG Games 5/22/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

jon_lee (Chess.com 1933) - JimWest (Chess.com 1965), Chess.com 5/22/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.c4 Bxf5 7.Nc3 c6 8.f3 d5 9.fxe4 dxe4 10.Be2 Bb4 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qd7 13.Ba3 h6 14.Nh3 Bxh3 15.gxh3 Qxh3 16.d5 Qxc3 17.dxc6 Nxc6 18.Bc5 Rd8 19.Qa4 Qa5

20.Qxa5 Nxa5 21.Bxa7 O-O 22.Bb6 Rd2 23.Rf2 Nc6 24.c5 Kh8 25.a4 Nd4 26.Bc4 Rxf2 27.Kxf2 e3+ 28.Kg2 Nd7 29.c6 Nxc6 30.Bxe3 Nde5 31.Bd5 Rd8

32.Be4 Nc4 33.Bf2 N4e5 34.a5 Ra8 35.Bb6 Nc4 36.Bxc6 bxc6 37.Rc1 Nxb6 38.axb6 Ra2+ 39.Kf3 Rb2 40.Rxc6 Kh7 41.h4 h5 42.Ke4 Rb4+ 43.Kd5 Rxh4 44.b7 Rb4 45.Rc7 h4

46.Kc6 h3 47.Rd7 h2 48.Rd1 g5 49.Rh1 g4 50.Rxh2+ Kg6 51.Rc2 Rb3 52.Rc4 g3 53.Kc7 Kg5 54.b8=Q Rxb8 55.Kxb8 g2 56.Rc8 Kf4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

dotorya (lichess 2047) - JimWest (lichess 1991), lichess 5/22/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Nf7 Kxf7 13.Bc4+ Kg7 14.O-O-O Nc6 15.Bxf6+ Bxf6 16.Qg3+ Kh8 17.c3 Bf5

18.Qf4 Bg5, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/21/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

NJMulla (Chess.com 1927) - JimWest (Chess.com 1978), Chess.com 5/21/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.exf5 Bd6 8.Nc3 Bxf5 9.Bb3 Nf6 10.O-O Be6 11.Ng5 Bxb3 12.axb3 O-O 13.Be3 h6 14.Nge4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Nc6 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.c3 a6 18.b4 Ne7 19.g4 Ng6

20.Kg2 Nf4+ 21.Bxf4 exf4 22.Kf3 g5 23.h3 Kf7 24.Rd5 Ke6 25.Rad1 b6 26.b3 Be7 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Rxd8 Bxd8 29.Ke2 Be7 30.Kd3 Ke5 31.f3 b5

32.Nc5 Bxc5 33.bxc5 a5 34.b4 axb4 35.cxb4 c6 36.Kc3 Kd5 37.Kd3 Ke5 38.Kc3 Kd5 39.Kd3 Ke5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 1993) - rashid-pervaiz06 (lichess 1989), lichess 5/21/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 c6 7.Qf3 b5 8.Bg5 Bb7 9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.Ng3 d5 11.Nd2 d4 12.Nh5 dxc3 13.bxc3 Be7 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Be2 Qh4+ 17.g3 Qh3 18.Bf1 Qh6 19.Bg2 c5

20.Rd1 c4 21.dxc4 bxc4 22.O-O Nc5 23.Nxc4 Bxe4 24.Qe3 Qxe3+ 25.Nxe3 Rad8 26.Bxe4 Nxe4 27.Nd5 f6 28.g4 Kf7 29.c4 Rc8 30.Rb1 Rxc4 31.Rb7+ Kg8 32.Rxa7 Nd2

33.Rd1 Rxg4+ 34.Kh1 Rb8 35.Ne3 Rd4 36.Rg1 g5 37.fxg6 h5 38.Nf5 Rg4 39.Nh6+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/20/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Futurechesschamp12 (Chess.com 1953) - JimWest (Chess.com 1979), Chess.com 5/20/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O c6 11.f3 Qe8 12.fxe4 Bxe5 13.dxe5 Qxe5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Bd3 h6 16.Bh4 Qf4 17.Qxf4 Rxf4 18.Rhe1 Bd7 19.Be7 Na6

20.Bd6 Rf2 21.Bc4 Kh8 22.Bxd5 cxd5 23.Re7 Rc8 24.c3 Bc6 25.Be5 Rg8 26.Rf1 Rxf1+ 27.Nxf1 Nc5 28.Ne3 Nd3+ 29.Kd2 Nxe5 30.Rxe5 Rd8 31.Nf5 d4 32.Nxd4 Bxg2

33.Re7 a6 34.Ke3 Bd5 35.Nf5 Bxa2 36.Rxb7 Bb1 37.Nxg7 Rd3+ 38.Ke2 Rh3 39.Ne6 Rxh2+ 40.Ke3 Bf5 41.Nd4 Bg6 42.b4 Rh3+ 43.Kd2 Rd3+ 44.Ke2 Rxc3

45.Rb6 Kh7 46.Rb7+ Kg8 47.Rb6 Kh7 48.Rb7+ Kg8 49.Rb6 Kh7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

beizahn (lichess 1967) - JimWest (lichess 2020), lichess 5/20/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.Ng5 d5 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qh6 Nf5 10.Qh3 Qxg5

11.Nc3 Ne7 12.Qe3 Qxe3+ 13.fxe3 c6 14.O-O-O Be6 15.Na4 Nd7 16.b4 b5 17.Nc3 Nxe5 18.a4 a6 19.a5 O-O

20.Ne2 Nc4 21.Nd4 Bd7 22.Bxc4 bxc4 23.c3 Nf5 24.Rde1 Nxd4 25.exd4 Rf2 26.g3 Raf8, White resigns.