2 PCG Games 2/20/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

chenmh1027 (Chess.com 2146) - JimWest (Chess.com 2033), Chess.com 2/20/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Qe2 c6 8.f3 Bb4 9.fxe4 dxe4 10.Ngxe4 O-O 11.Nxf6+ Rxf6 12.Qc4+ Be6 13.fxe6 Bxc3+ 14.bxc3 Qe7 15.Be2 b5 16.Qd3 Rxe6 17.c4 Na6 18.Ba3 b4 19.Bb2 Re8

20.O-O Rxe2 21.c5 Nc7 22.Qc4+ Nd5 23.Rf3 Qg5 24.Rg3 Qd2 25.Rf1 Qxc2 26.Qxc2 Rxc2 27.Bc1 Rxa2 28.Bh6 Re7 29.Bg5 Rd7 30.Rgf3 h6 31.Bh4 Kh7

32.Bg3 Re2 33.Be5 a5 34.Rf7 Rxf7 35.Rxf7 Kg6 36.Rxg7+ Kf5 37.g4+ Ke4 38.Kf1 Ra2 39.Rb7 Ne3+ 40.Ke1 Nxg4 41.Bg7 Nxh2 42.Rb6 Nf3+ 43.Kd1 Nxd4 44.Bxd4 Kxd4 45.Rxc6 b3

46.Rc8 Ra1+ 47.Kd2 b2, White resigns.

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Philidor4 Counter Gambit

aaak2211 (lichess 2062) - JimWest (lichess 2085), lichess 2/20/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d3 Na5 5.Bb3 Nxb3 6.axb3 f5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Nd5 c6 9.Nxe7 Qxe7 10.Bg5 Nf6 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Nh4 Be6 13.O-O O-O 14.Kh1 a6 15.f4 exf4 16.Rxf4 Rae8 17.Qf1 Bd7 18.h3 Qe5

19.Bxf6 Rxf6 20.Rxf6 gxf6 21.Nf3 Qxb2 22.Rc1 c5 23.Nd2 Bc6 24.Nc4 Qd4 25.Re1 Rxe1 26.Qxe1 Qd5 27.Qg3+ Qg5 28.Qxg5+ fxg5 29.Nxd6 Kg7 30.Kg1 Kf6 31.Nc4 h5

32.Na5 Ke5 33.Nxc6+ bxc6 34.Kf2 Kd4 35.Ke2 Kc3 36.Kd1 h4 37.Kc1 a5 38.Kd1 Kb2 39.Kd2 Kb1 40.Kd1 Kb2 41.Kd2 Kb1 42.Kd1 Kb2, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/19/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

JourneytoWCC (Chess.com 2069) - JimWest (Chess.com 2015), Chess.com 2/19/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.Ng5 d5 8.e6 O-O 9.Qh5 h6 10.h4 Nbc6 11.Nc3 Nd4 12.O-O-O Nxe6 13.Ngxe4 Nf4 14.Qf3 Qe8 15.Ng3 c6 16.Qe3 Neg6 17.Qd2 Bd7 18.h5 Ne7 19.Rh4 Qf7

20.Nce2 Nxe2+ 21.Qxe2 Rae8 22.Rb4 Nf5 23.Qf3 Nxg3 24.Qxg3 Bc8 25.Bd3 Qe7 26.Bg6 Qxb4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2099) - polerio15 (lichess 2043), lichess 2/19/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxf4 Nc6 7.d4 Qh4+ 8.g3 Qe7 9.Nf3 Qb4+ 10.Nc3 Qxb2 11.Nxd5 Bb4+ 12.Nxb4 Qxb4+ 13.Qd2 Nb6 14.Qxb4 Nxb4 15.Kd2 Bg4 16.Be2 O-O-O 17.c3 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Nc4+ 19.Ke2 Nd5

20.Bxd5 Rxd5 21.Kd3 Na5 22.c4 Rd7 23.d5 Re8 24.Rhe1 h6 25.h4 b6 26.Kc3 Nb7 27.e6 fxe6 28.Rxe6 Rxe6 29.dxe6 Re7 30.Re1 Nc5 31.h5 Rxe6 32.Rxe6 Nxe6 33.Be5 Kd7

34.Kd3 Ke7 35.Ke4 Kf7 36.Kf5 c6 37.g4 Nc5 38.Bb8 a6 39.Ba7 Nd7 40.a4 b5 41.cxb5 cxb5 42.axb5 axb5 43.Bd4 b4 44.g5 hxg5 45.Kxg5 Nf8 46.Bb2 Ne6+ 47.Kf5 Nc5 48.Kg5 Nd3 49.Bd4 b3 50.h6 gxh6+ 51.Kxh6 Ke6

52.Kg5 Kd5 53.Ba1 Ke4 54.Kg4 Ne1 55.Kg5 Nf3+ 56.Kf6 Nd4 57.Ke7 Nc2 58.Bb2 Kd5 59.Kd7 Nb4 60.Kc7 Kc5 60.Kb7 Kb5 61.Kc7 Nd3 62.Ba1 Nb4 63.Ba1 Nb4 64.Kd6 Kc4 65.Bb2 Kd3 66.Kc5 Kc2 67.Ba1 Nd3+ 68.Kc4 Nb2+ 69.Kb4 Nd3+ 70.Ka3 Nc5

71.Kb4 Ne4 72.Ka3 Nc3 73.Kb4 Ne2 74.Ka3 Nc1 75.Kb4 Kb1 76.Bh8 Ka2 77.Kc4 Ka3 78.Ba1 Ne2 79.Kd3 Ka2 80.Bh8 Nf4+ 81.Kd2 Nd5 82.Kc1 Nb4 83.Bg7 Nd3+ 84.Kd2 Nb2 85.Kc1 Na4 86.Bf6 Nc5 87.Bh8 Ne4 88.Bg7 Nf2 89.Bh8 Nd3+ 90.Kd2 Nc5 91.Kc1 Na4 92.Bg7 Nb6 93.Bh8 Ka3 94.Kb1 Na4

95.Bg7 Kb4 96.Bf8+ Kc3 97.Bg7+ Kd2 98.Bh6+ Kd1 99.Bg7 Ke2 100.Bh8 Kd3 101.Bg7, draw.

2 PCG Games 2/18/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Woahchess1234 (Chess.com 2165) - JimWest (Chess.com 2029), Chess.com 2/18/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.O-O Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bb3 O-O 12.Nc4 Bxc4 13.Bxc4+ Kh8 14.Re1 Bb4 15.Bd2 Bxc3 16.Bxc3 Re8 17.Re2 Nc6 18.Rae1 Rad8 19.Bxf8 gxf6

20.Rxe4 Rxe4 21.Rxe4 Rd1+ 22.Kf2 Nd4 23.Re8+ Kg7 24.Rg8+ Kh6 25.Bd3 c5 26.g4 Rd2+ 27.Ke3 Rxh2 28.g5+ fxg5 29.fxg5+ Kh5 30.Bxh7 Kg4 31.Rg7 Nxc2+ 32.Bxc2 Rxc2

33.Rxb7 Kxg5 34.Kd3 Rh2 35.Kc3 a6 36.Rc7 Kf4 37.Rxc5 Rh6 38.b4 Ke4 39.a4 Rh1 40.b5 Rc1+ 41.Kb4 a5+ 42.Kxa5 Rxc5 43.Kb6 Kd5 44.a5 Kd6 45.a6 Rxb5+ 46.Kxb5 Kc7 47.a7 Kb7 48.Kc5 Kxa7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Nightynight22 (lichess 2102) - JimWest (lichess 2093), lichess 2/18/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.c3 Nf6 7.Re1 Bg4 8.d4 Qc7 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nbd7 11.a4 O-O-O 12.b4 g5 13.Na3 h5 14.Be6 Be7 15.Bd2 g4 16.hxg4 hxg4 17.Bxg4 Nxg4 18.Qxg4 Rh4 19.Qf3 Rdh8

20.Kf1 exd4 21.cxd4 Bf6 22.Bc3 Nb6 23.e5 dxe5 24.dxe5 Bxe5 25.Bxe5 Rh1+ 26.Ke2 Qxe5+ 27.Kd2 Qb2+ 28.Kd3 Rxe1 29.Qg4+ Nd7 30.Rxe1 Qxa3+ 31.Kc4 b5+ 32.axb5 cxb5+ 33.Kxb5 Qd3+ 34.Ka5 Qd5+ 35.Ka4 Kb7

36.Rd1 Nb6+ 37.Ka3 Nc4+ 38.Kb3 Nd2+ 39.Kc2 Rc8+ 40.Kb2 Qb3+ 41.Ka1 Qa3#.

2 PCG Games 2/17/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

kanwal69 (Chess.com 2016) - JimWest (Chess.com 2040), Chess.com 2/17/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bb5+ c6 12.Ba4 O-O 13.O-O-O Bb4 14.Ne2 Nf7 15.Nxf7 Bxf7 16.Bb3 Bxb3 17.axb3 Rad8 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.c3 Bc5

20.b4 Be3+ 21.Kc2 f5 22.c4 Kg7 23.Kc3 Kg6 24.h3 h5 25.Rhe1 Bb6 26.c5 Bc7 27.g3 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Rd8 29.Rxd8 Bxd8 30.h4 Bf6+ 31.Kb3 a6

32.Nc1 Kf7 33.Kc2 Ke6 34.Nb3 Kd5 35.Na5 e3 36.Kd3 Bxb2 37.Nxb7 Ba3 38.Nd6 Bxb4 39.Nxf5 Bxc5 40.Nxe3+ Bxe3 41.Kxe3 a5

42.Kd3 c5 43.Kc3 a4 44.Kb2 c4 45.Kc2 a3 46.Kc3 Ke4 47.Kc2 Kf5 48.Kc3 Kg4 49.Kc2 Kf5 50.Kc3 Kg4 51.Kc2 Kf5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

federyiko (lichess 2120) - JimWest (lichess 2089), lichess 2/17/2026

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.fxe3 Nxb4 12.Qxb4 Bg4 13.Nc3 O-O-O

14.Nd5 Rxd5, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/16/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

ibrahim38promax (Chess.com 2117) - JimWest (Chess.com 2041), Chess.com 2/16/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Nbd2 f4 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nd7 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.Kb1 Kb8 14.Rhe1 g5 15.c3 Nf6 16.d4 h5 17.Qd3 g4 18.h4 g3 19.f3 Nd7

20.Rh1 Nf8 21.dxe5 d5 22.exd5 Rxd5 23.Qf5 Qxe5 24.Qxe5+ Rxe5 25.Ne4 Kc7 26.Rd2 Ng6 27.c4 Rge8 28.Kc2 Rxe4 29.fxe4 Rxe4 30.b3 Re3 31.Rd3 Re2+ 32.Rd2 Re3 33.Kd1 a5

34.Re2 Rd3+ 35.Ke1 a4 36.Re6 Rd6 37.Rxd6 Kxd6 38.Ke2 axb3 39.axb3 Kc5 40.Kf3 Kd4 41.Rd1+ Kc3 42.Rd7 b5 43.cxb5 cxb5 44.Rd5 Nxh4+ 45.Kxf4 Nxg2+ 46.Kxg3 Ne3 47.Rxb5 h4+ 48.Kxh4 Nc2 49.Rb8 Nd4 50.b4 Kc4 51.Rb7 Nb5 52.Kg4 Kxb4

53.Kf4 Kc5 54.Ke5 Kc6 55.Rb8 Nc7 56.Rc8 Kd7 57.Rh8 Kc6 58.Rh6+ Kc5 59.Rh1 Nb5 60.Rc1+ Kb4 61.Kd5 Nc3+ 62.Kc6 Kc4 63.Kd6 Kd3 64.Ke5 Kc4 65.Re1 Kd3 66.Kf4 Kd2 67.Re8 Kd3 68.Rd8+ Kc4

69.Ke3 Nd5+ 70.Ke4 Nc3+ 71.Ke3 Nd5+ 72.Kd2 Kd4 73.Rd7 Kc5 74.Kd3 Kc6 75.Rd8 Kc5 76.Ke4 Nc3+ 77.Kd3 Nd5 78.Kc2 Nb4+ 79.Kb3 Nc6 80.Rc8 Kb6 81.Kc4 Kb7 82.Rh8 Kb6 83.Rh6 Kc7 84.Kc5 Ne7

85.Ra6 Kd7 86.Rd6+ Kc7 87.Rf6 Kd7 88.Rh6 Nf5 89.Rg6 Ne7 90.Rf6 Nc8 91.Ra6 Ne7 92.Rd6+ Kc7 93.Re6 Kd7 94.Re5 Ng6 95.Rd5+ Ke7

96.Rh5 Kf6 97.Kd6 Kg7 98.Rg5 Kf6 99.Rg1 Kf5 100.Rf1+ Nf4 101.Rf2 Ke4 102.Rxf4+ Kxf4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2083) - Salavat_Taimasov (lichess 2105), lichess 2/16/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Ng6 9.e5 Nd7 10.Nf3 c5 11.c3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bb4+ 13.Nc3 Rc8 14.Bd2 O-O 15.O-O Re8

16.Nxd5 Bxd2 17.Qxd2 f6 18.exf6 Nxf6 19.Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.Rac1 Nf4 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Ne5 Rf8 23.Nf3 Qxd4+ 24.Nxd4, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/15/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2044) - Jamgail (Chess.com 1927), Chess.com 2/15/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Qxe2 Bxg1 8.Rxg1 O-O 9.Rf1 Nbd7 10.Kf2 d5 11.fxe5 Nxe5 12.Bg5 dxe4

13.Kg1 exd3 14.Qxe5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

VadimMG (lichess 2097) - JimWest (lichess 2076), lichess 2/15/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Nxd8 8.O-O f4 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Nf3 Nhf7 11.Nb5 Bd6 12.Rd1 Ke7 13.b3 a6 14.Nc3 c6 15.Bb2 Bg4 16.a4 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Ne6 18.Bxe6 Kxe6 19.a5 Rad8

20.Na4 Ke7 21.Nb6 Ng5 22.Kg2 Bc7 23.Nc4 Ke6 24.h4 Nf7, White forfeits.

2 PCG Reversed Games 2/14/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2046) - xamgylo (Chess.com 1888), Chess.com 2/14/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bg4 7.O-O Bxf3 8.Bxf3 h6 9.c3 Qd7 10.a4 O-O-O 11.f5 Kb8 12.b4 d5 13.b5 Na5 14.Qc2 dxe4 15.dxe4 Bc5+ 16.Kh1 Nc4 17.Be2 Nd6 18.Rd1 Qe7

19.Nd2 Ndxe4 20.Nxe4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2073) - dash_r_media (lichess 1938), lichess 2/14/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 Nc6 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 Bxg1 6.Rxg1 d6 7.Be2 Bd7 8.f5 Qe7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Qd2 O-O-O 12.O-O-O g6 13.g4 Nd4 14.Nd5 Qg7 15.f6 Nxe2+ 16.Qxe2 Qf8 17.h3 h5 18.g5 Bxh3 19.Qe3 Bg4

20.Qxa7 Kd7 21.Qxb7 Rc8 22.Nb6+ Ke6 23.Qd5#.

2 PCG Games 2/13/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

aarav_chess1803 (Chess.com 2058) - JimWest (Chess.com 2041), Chess.com 2/13/2026

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 Kf8 11.Be3 Bd6 12.Bh5 Kg8 13.Ng6 hxg6 14.Bxg6 Nbd7 15.Bh5 Nxh5 16.Qxh5 Nf6 17.Qd1 Ng4 18.h3 Qh4

19.Nc3 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Qg3 21.Rf4 Qxe3+ 22.Rf2 Bc5 23.Qe2 Rf8 24.Raf1 Rxf2 25.Rxf2 Qxe2 26.Nxe2 Bxf2+ 27.Kxf2 Kf7

28.Ke3 c5 29.c3 Kf6 30.b4 b6 31.a4 Ke5 32.a5 Bd7 33.axb6 axb6 34.bxc5 bxc5 35.h4 Bg4 36.Ng3 d4+ 37.cxd4+ cxd4+ 38.Kd2 Kf4 39.Nh1 e3+ 40.Kc2 Bf5+ 41.Kd1 d3

42.g4 Bxg4+ 43.Kc1 Bf3 44.Nf2 exf2 45.h5 f1=Q+ 46.Kb2 d2 47.Ka3 d1=Q 48.Kb4 Qfe2 49.h6 gxh6 50.Kc5 Qec2+ 51.Kb6 Qdb1+ 52.Ka7 Qca2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

SpinuEujen (lichess 2046) - JimWest (lichess 2073), lichess 2/13/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nfd2 d5 6.Nb3 c6 7.c4 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+ 9.Qxd2 Ne7 10.Nc3 Be6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Be2 O-O 13.O-O Nbc6 14.f3 exf3 15.Bxf3 Nxe5 16.Nd4 Nxf3+ 17.Nxf3 Kh8 18.Rae1 Bg8 19.Ng5 h6

20.Rxf8 Qxf8 21.Ne6 Bxe6 22.Rxe6 Rd8 23.Qd4 Nf5 24.Qe5 Qc5+ 25.Kh1 Qf2 26.Qe2 Qxe2 27.Re2 d4 28.Rf2 dxc3, White resigns.