PCG Reversed & PCG 3/28/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1933) - resturahman (Chess.com 1795), Chess.com 3/28/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bxg1 6.Rxg1 O-O 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Rf1 d5 9.fxe5 Nxe5 10.Bg5 dxe4 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.dxe4 Qe7 13.Nd2 Be6 14.Qc2 Rfd8 15.O-O-O c5 16.Kb1 a6 17.Nf3 b5 18.Nxe5 fxe5 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8

20.Rd1 Kg7 21.Rxd8 Qxd8 22.Qd1 Qa5 23.a3 b4 24.cxb4 cxb4 25.Qd2 Qc5 26.Qg5+ Kh8 27.Qf6+ Kg8 28.Qg5+ Kh8 29.Qf6+ Kg8 30.Qg5+ Kf8 31.Qd8+ Kg7 32.Qg5+ Kh8, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

avp151 (lichess 2204) - JimWest (lichess 2127), lichess 3/28/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 Be7 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.d3 Rf8 8.Be3 Bg4 9.Qd2 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Rxf3 11.O-O-O c6 12.Ne4 d5 13.Ng3 Rxe3 14.fxe3 Bxg5 15.h4 Bf6 16.Kb1 Nd7 17.h5 h6 18.Qb4 Qc7 19.d4 O-O-O

20.Rhf1 exd4 21.exd4 Qb6 22.a3 Qxb4 23.axb4 a6 24.c3 Re8 25.Ka2 Re2 26.Rde1 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 Kd8 28.Ka3 Nb6 29.Kb3 Kd7 30.Re2 Nc4 31.Ka4 b5+ 32.Kb3 a5

33.bxa5 Nxa5+ 34.Kb4 Nc4 35.Kb3 Nd6 36.Re1 Ne4 37.Rg1 Kd6 38.Rg2 Bg5 39.Rh2 c5 40.dxc5+ Kxc5 41.Rg2 Nd2+ 42.Kc2 Nc4 43.Re2 b4 44.cxb4+ Kxb4 45.Re8 Bf6 46.b3 Na3+ 47.Kd3 Kxb3

48.Rb8+ Ka4 49.Re8 Nb5 50.Rb8 Kb4 51.Kc2 Kc5 52.Rc8+ Kd6 53.Kb3 Nd4+ 54.Ka2 Nc6 55.Kb1 d4 56.Kc2 Ne5 57.Kb3 d3 58.Rc1 Kd5 59.Kc3 Ke4 60.Kb3 d2 61.Rh1 Nf3 62.Kc2 Bg5

63.Rb1 Ke3 64.Kd1 Kf4 65.Rb4+ Kg3 66.Rb1 Kh4 67.Rb3 Ne1 68.Ke2 Kxh5 69.Kd1 Ng2 70.Rb7 g6 71.Kc2 Ne1+ 72.Kd1 Nd3 73.Ke2 Nf2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 3/27/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

chessdombivali (Chess.com 1939) - JimWest (Chess.com 1948), Chess.com 3/27/2026

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.Ngxe4 dxc3 10.bxc3 Qh4 11.Bd3 Bf5 12.Bg5 Qxe4+ 13.Bxe4 Bxc3+ 14.Ke2 Bxe4 15.Rad1 Bxe5 16.f4 Bf6 17.Rhe1 Bxg5 18.Kf2 Bh4+ 19.g3 Nf6

20.gxh4 O-O 21.c5 Rae8 22.Qb3+ Kh8 23.Qxb7 Ne5 24.Qxc7 Nd3+ 25.Rxd3 Bxd3 26.Rxe8 Rxe8 27.Qxa7 h6 28.c6 Rc8 29.Qb7 Bf5 30.a4 Ne4+ 31.Ke3 Nd6 32.Qa6 Re8+ 33.Kd4 Nc8

34.Kd5 Re4 35.Kc5 Rxf4 36.c7 Rf2 37.a5 Rxh2 38.Qb7 Rc2+ 39.Kd5 Be4+ 40.Kxe4 Nd6+ 41.Kd3 Nxb7 42.Kxc2 Nd6

43.Kd3 g5 44.hxg5 hxg5 45.Kd4 g4 46.Ke3 Kg7 47.Kf4 Kf6 48.Kxg4 Ke7 49.Kf4 Kd7 50.Ke5 Nc4+ 51.Kd4 Nxa5 52.Kc5 Kxc7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

goodluck666 (lichess 2099) - JimWest (lichess 2136), lichess 3/27/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Be2 Bxf5 9.Be3 Bd6 10.O-O h6 11.Nh3 Nbd7 12.Nf4 Bxf4 13.Bxf4 O-O 14.Be3 Qe8 15.Nd2 Qg6 16.Re1 Bh3 17.g3 Ng4 18.Nf1 Nxe3 19.Nxe3 Qf6

20.Ng4 Bxg4 21.Bxg4 Qxf2+ 22.Kh1 Qf7 23.Rf1 Qxf1+ 24.Qxf1 Rxf1+ 25.Rxf1 Nf6 26.Be2 b5 27.b3 b4 28.Rc1 a5 29.c4 a4 30.cxd5 cxd5 31.Bd1 a3 32.Rc5 Rb8

33.Be2 Kf7 34.Kg2 g5 35.h3 h5 36.Kf2 g4 37.h4 Rb6 38.Ke3 Ke6 39.Bb5 Nh7 40.Rc7 Nf8 41.Rc6+ Rxc6 42.Bxc6 Ng6 43.Be8 Kf6 

44.Bxg6 Kxg6 45.Kf4 Kf6 46.Ke3 Kf5 47.Ke2 Kf6 48.Ke3 Kf5 49.Ke2 Kf6 50.Ke3, draw.

2 PCG Games 3/26/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Ekanata (Chess.com 2019) - JimWest (Chess.com 1957), Chess.com 3/26/2026

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.fxe3 Qxg5 11.exd4 Qh4+ 12.Kd2 Ne7 13.Qe1 Qxe1+ 14.Kxe1 O-O 15.Bd3 Bf5 16.Ke2 Bxd3+ 17.Kxd3 Nbc6 18.Be3 Nf5 19.Rab1 b6

20.g4 Nxe3 21.Kxe3 Rae8 22.Rhf1 Rxf1 23.Rxf1 Nxe5 24.dxe5 Rxe5+ 25.Kd4 Re2 26.h4 Rd2+ 27.Ke5 Rd3 28.Rc1 Kf7 29.Ke4 Rg3 30.Kf4 Rh3 31.h5 h6

32.Rd1 Ke7 33.Re1+ Kd7 34.Re3 Rxe3 35.Kxe3 Kd6 36.Kd4 c5+ 37.Ke4 Ke6 38.Kf4 Kf6 39.Ke4 Ke6 40.Kf4 Kf6 41.Ke4 Ke6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ZeroMinus (lichess 2216) - JimWest (lichess 2134), lichess 3/26/2026

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.Bg5+ Nf6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.O-O-O Ke8 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.Rhe1 Bg4 12.Nb5 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Kd7 14.f4 Rhe8 15.Nxd6 cxd6 16.fxe5 Rxe5 17.Rxe5 Nxe5 18.Bb5+ Kc7 19.Bf4 Rd8

20.h4 a6 21.Be2 Ng6 22.Bg5 h6 23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.h5 Nf4 25.Bf3 Re8 26.Rg1 Ne2+ 27.Bxe2 Rxe2 28.Rg6 Rxf2 29.Rxh6 Rh2 30.Rxf6 Rxh5 31.a4 a5

32.b3 Rh2 33.Rf5 b6 34.Kb2 Kc6 35.Rf3 d5 36.Kc3 Kc5 37.Rf5 Rh3+ 38.Kb2 Rg3 39.Rh5 Rf3 40.Rh8 Rf6 41.Rc8+ Rc6 42.Rxc6+ Kxc6

43.c3 Kc5 44.Kc2 b5 45.axb5 Kxb5 46.Kd2 a4 47.bxa4+ Kxa4 48.Kd3 Kb5 49.Kd4 Kc6 50.Ke3 Kc5 51.Kd3 Kc6 52.Kd4 Kd6 53.c4 dxc4 54.Kxc4, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 3/25/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1966) - tulgaa22 (Chess.com 1768), Chess.com 3/25/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 h6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 exf4 6.Bxf4 d6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Na5 Bb6 9.Nxb6 axb6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Nh7 12.a3 f5

13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Bd2 Be6 15.c3 Ne5 16.Nd4 Bf7 17.Nf3, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2129) - Neurons (lichess 2107), lichess 3/25/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 exf4 6.Bxf4 Nc6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Nh5 10.Bh2 Nf6 11.c3 Nh7 12.Nbd2 Ng5 13.Nxg5 Bxg5 14.Nf3 Bf6 15.Qc2 Re8 16.Rae1 Ne5 17.d4 Nxf3+ 18.Bxf3 c5 19.dxc5 dxc5

20.e5 Bg5 21.Qb3 Be6 22.Qxb7 Rb8 23.Qxa7 Rxb2 24.Qxc5 Rxa2 25.c4 Qd2 26.Re2 Qa5 27.Qxa5 Rxa5 28.Rc2 Rc8 29.Be2 Be3+ 30.Kh1 Bd4 31.Rfc1 Ra1 32.Rxa1 Bxa1 33.c5 Rb8

34.Rc1 Bd4 35.c6 Rc8 36.Bg4 f5 37.exf6 Bxg4 38.hxg4 Bxf6 39.c7 Kf7 40.Rb1 Ke6 41.Rb8 Rxc7 42.Bxc7, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 3/24/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

giurgeamim1057 (Chess.com 1759) - JimWest (Chess.com 1962), Chess.com 3/24/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.a4 Nf6 7.h3 a5 8.Ng5 d5 9.exd5 cxd5 10.Bb5+ Nc6 11.Re1 Bd6 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Bxf4 O-O 14.Bxe5 Bxe5 15.Rxe5 Qb6

16.b3 Qd4 17.c3 Qxe5 18.Nf3 Qd6 19.Nbd2 Ba6 20.c4 dxc4 21.Nxc4 Bxc4 22.bxc4 Rad8 23.d4 Rfe8 24.Rb1 Rb8 25.Rb3 Rxb3 26.Qxb3 Kh8 27.c5 Qd5 28.Qb6 h6 29.Qxa5 Rb8 30.Qc7 Rb1+ 31.Kh2 Kh7

32.a5 Ra1 33.Qb6 Qe4 34.Qc7 Nd5 35.Qe5 Qxe5+ 36.Nxe5 Rxa5 37.Nxc6 Ra2 38.Kg3 Kg6 39.Kf3 Kf6 40.g3 Ne7 41.Ne5 Ke6 42.Kg2 Kd5 43.Nf3 Nc6 44.g4 Nxd4 45.Nxd4 Kxd4 46.c6 Rc2 47.h4 Rxc6

48.Kg3 Rc3+ 49.Kf4 Rc2 50.f3 g6 51.h5 g5+ 52.Kf5 Rc5+ 53.Kg6 Rc6+ 54.Kf5 Ke3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

horseloss (lichess 2115) - JimWest (lichess 2118), lichess 3/24/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ c6 4.Bc4 f5 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.d4 e4 7.Ng5 d5 8.Be2 Nf6 9.g4 Bc8 10.f4 exf3 11.Bf3 Bd6 12.Nc3 O-O

13.Bd2 Re8+ 14.Kf2 h6 15.Nh3 b5, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 3/23/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

icon09 (Chess.com 1786) - JimWest (Chess.com 1952), Chess.com 3/23/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.Qc2 fxe4 5.Qxe4 Nf6 6.Qc2 c6 7.d4 e4 8.Ng5 d5 9.c4 h6 10.Nh3 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Nxd2 Bxh3 13.gxh3 O-O 14.O-O-O Nbd7 15.Be2 Qe7 16.Rhg1 e3 17.fxe3 Qxe3 18.Bd3 Kh8

19.Rg3 Qxd4 20.Nf3 Qf4+ 21.Kb1 dxc4 22.Bf5 Nb6 23.Rd4 Qe3 24.Rd2 Rad8 25.Re2 Qc5 26.Ne5 Rde8 27.Ng6+ Kg8 28.Nxf8 Rxe2 29.Qxe2 Qxf5+ 30.Ka1 Kxf8

31.Rf3 Qg5 32.Rf1 Kg8 33.Qe6+ Kh7 34.Rd1 Nbd5 35.a3 c3 36.bxc3 Nxc3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Fouad11lamrini (lichess 1966) - JimWest (lichess 2115), lichess 3/23/2026

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.O-O Ne7 12.c3 O-O 13.Na3 d5 14.Rae1 Nbc6 15.Nb5 Rac8

16.Bf3 Bd3 17.Rf2 Bxb5 18.Nb3 Bc4 19.Nc5 Bxa2 20.b3 b6 21.Ne6 Bxb3 22.Nxf8 Rxf8 23.Rb1 Bc4 24.Ra1 a5 25.Rd2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 3/22/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

ImBulletBorn (Chess.com 2098) - JimWest (Chess.com 1969), Chess.com 3/22/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.O-O Bd6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Bb5+ c6 12.Nc4 Bc7 13.Nc3 cxb5 14.Nxb5 Bb8 15.Ncd6+ Bxd6 16.Nxd6+ Ke7 17.Nxe4 Bf5 18.Ng3 Bg6 19.f4 f5

20.Rfe1+ Kf6 21.Ne2 Nc6 22.Nc3 Rad8 23.h3 Rd2 24.Rad1 Rhd8 25.a3 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27.Nxd1 Nd4 28.Nc3 Nxc2 29.Nb5 Be8 30.Nxa7 Bd7

31.b4 Nxa3 32.g4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Tiger1715 (lichess 2044) - JimWest (lichess 2109), lichess 3/22/2026

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.fxe6 Bb4 9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.Be2 Qd6 12.O-O Qxe6 13.Bb4 Re8 14.Rc1 Nc6 15.Bc3 Ne7 16.b3 Ng6 17.Bd2 c6 18.c4 Rac8 19.cxd5 cxd5

20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Qb1 Ng4 22.Bxg4 Qxg4 23.Rc1 Rxc1+ 24.Qxc1 Nh4 25.g3 Nf3+ 26.Kg2 Nxd2 27.Qxd2 Qf3+ 28.Kg1 h5 29.Qc2 h4, White forfeits.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/21/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1957) - ChesStoner69420 (Chess.com 1809), Chess.com 3/21/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Na4 Bb6 7.Nxb6 axb6 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Be2 Qe7 10.O-O exf4 11.Bxf4 Be6 12.a3 d5 13.e5 Nd7 14.d4 f6 15.exf6 Nxf6 16.Be5 Ng4

17.Qd2 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Rxf1+ 20.Rxf1 Rf8 21.Rxf8+ Qxf8 22.Bf3 c6 23.c3 Qf5 24.Qe2 g5 25.h3 Qg6 26.Kh2 Bf7 27.Bg4 Be6 28.Bxe6+ Qxe6

29.Qe3 h6 30.g4 b5 31.Kg2 Kf7 32.Qf3+ Ke7 33.Qf5 Qf7 34.b4 b6 35.Kf3 c5 36.Ke3 d4+ 37.cxd4 cxd4+ 38.Ke4 d3 39.Qxf7+ Kxf7 40.Kxd3 Ke7

41.Kd4 Kd7 42.Kd5 Ke7 43.Kc6 Ke6 44.Kxb5 Kxe5 45.Kxb6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

rashid-pervaiz06 (lichess 2089) - JimWest (lichess 2103), lichess 3/21/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bb3 a5 8.a3 Na6 9.Nh4 f4 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Nxg6 Bg4 13.Qxg4 hxg6 14.Qxg6+ Kd7 15.Qf7+ Qe7 16.Qxe7+ Kxe7 17.Rd1 Nc5 18.Ba2 a4 19.Ke2 b5

20.Nb1 Rh6 21.Nd2 Rah8 22.h3 Rg6 23.Kf3 Rh7 24.Rdg1 Bh4 25.Nf1 Rhg7 26.Nh2 Nd7 27.Ng4 Nf6 28.Nxf6 Kxf6

29.c3 Rd7 30.Rd1 d5 31.exd5 cxd5 32.Rhg1 Kf5 33.g3 e4+ 34.dxe4+ dxe4+ 35.Ke2 Rxd1 36.g4+ Ke5 37.Rxd1 f3+ 38.Kf1 Rd6, White forfeits.