2 PCG Games 6/8/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Xibabulachuoi (Chess.com 1949) - JimWest (Chess.com 1982), Chess.com 6/8/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.Ng5 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.Bb3 Nc6 10.Re1 Be7 11.Ba4 O-O 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Qe2 Ng4 14.Nf3 Bc5 15.Rf1 Qb6 16.Na4 Bxf2+ 17.Rxf2 Qxf2+ 18.Qxf2 Nxf2 19.Kxf2 Re8

20.b3 Bg4 21.Bb2 Bxf3 22.Kxf3 Re7 23.Re1 Rae8 24.Nc5 g5 25.Kg4 h6 26.h3 Kh7 27.a4 Kg6 28.a5 h5+ 29.Kf3 Kf5 30.a6 g4+ 31.Kf2 e4 32.dxe4+ dxe4 33.Nb7 f3

34.Nd6+ Kf4 35.g3+ Kg5 36.h4+ Kg6 37.Nxe8 Rxe8 38.Bd4 Kf5 39.Ra1 Rd8 40.Be3 Rd5 41.Ra4 Rd1 42.Ra5+ Kg6 43.Rg5+ Kf6 44.Rxh5 Rh1 45.Rh6+ Kf5 46.Rxc6 Rh2+ 47.Kf1 Re2 48.Bf4 e3

49.Rc5+ Kg6 50.Re5 Rf2+ 51.Ke1 Re2+ 52.Kf1 Rf2+ 53.Kg1 Rg2+ 54.Kf1 Rf2+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

cn032015 (lichess 2007) - JimWest (lichess 2042), lichess 6/8/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Ng5 h6 10.Nf7 Rh7 11.Qd3 g5 12.Rd1 Rxf7 13.Bxf7+ Kxf7 14.Qc4+ Be6 15.Qd3 Na6 16.a3 Be7 17.b4 Rd8 18.Qe2 Rxd1+ 19.Qxd1 Qd6

20.Qxd6 Bxd6 21.Bb2 Ke7 22.b5 cxb5 23.Nxb5 Bb8 24.f3 Nc5 25.a4 a6 26.Ba3 Nfd7 27.Nc3 Kf6 28.Rd1 Ba7 29.Kh1 h5 30.Rd6 Kf7 31.a5 Bb8

32.Rd1 g4 33.Kg1 Ba7 34.Kh1 Bb8 35.Kg1 Ba7 36.Kh1 Bb8, draw.

2 PCG Games 6/7/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

CleopatraGaze (Chess.com 1971) - JimWest (Chess.com 1983), Chess.com 6/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Nd5 fxe4 7.Nxe7 Ngxe7 8.Ng5 d5 9.Bb5 exd4 10.Qxd4 O-O 11.Qd1 h6 12.h4 a6 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Qh5 Qe8 15.Qxe8 Rxe8 16.Nh3 Bxh3 17.Rxh3 Nf5 18.Bf4 Nd6 19.O-O-O Rf8

20.Be3 Nc4 21.Bc5 Rf7 22.b3 Nd6 23.g4 Rf3 24.Rxf3 exf3 25.c4 dxc4 26.Bxd6 cxd6 27.Rxd6 cxb3 28.axb3 Re8 29.Rxc6 Re1+ 30.Kd2 Re2+ 31.Kd3 Rxf2

32.Ke3 Rb2 33.Rc3 f2 34.Rc1 Rxb3+ 35.Kxf2 Rb8 36.Ra1 Ra8 37.Kf3 Kf7 38.Kf4 Kf6 39.Ra5 Ke6 40.Ra4 a5 41.Ke4 g5 42.hxg5 hxg5 43.Kd4 Kd6 44.Kc4 Kc6 45.Ra3 a4 46.Kb4 Rb8+ 47.Kc4 Rf8 48.Rg3 Rf4+ 49.Kc3 Kc5 50.Kb2 Kb4

51.Rg2 a3+ 52.Ka2 Ka4 53.Rg3 Rf2+ 54.Ka1 Kb4 55.Rg1 Kc4 56.Rg3 Kd4 57.Rxa3 Ke4 58.Ra5 Kf4 59.Rf5+ Kg3 60.Rxg5 Rf4 61.Rg8 Rxg4 62.Rxg4+ Kxg4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

todor680816 (lichess 2106) - JimWest (lichess 2041), lichess 6/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qd1 O-O 11.Be2 Nbc6 12.f4 h6 13.Nh3 Bxh3 14.gxh3 Nf5

15.Bg4 Qh4+ 16.Kf1 Nxe5 17.Bxf5 Rxf5 18.Qg4 Nxg4, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/6/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

GunGunCoil21 (Chess.com 1898) - JimWest (Chess.com 1986), Chess.com 6/6/2026

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.Nb5 O-O 12.Nd4 Bc5 13.Be3 Bxc4 14.Nxc4 Ng4 15.Rad1 Nxe3 16.Nxe3 Nc6 17.c3 Rad8 18.Nec2 Nxd4 19.cxd4 Bb6

20.g3 Rfe8 21.Rfe1 e3 22.Kg2 Rd5 23.Kf3 c5 24.dxc5 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Bxc5 26.Re1 Rd8 27.Nxe3 Rd3 28.Re2 Kf7 29.Ke4 Rd4+ 30.Ke5 Ra4

31.a3 Bd4+ 32.Kd6 Ra6+ 33.Kc7 Re6 34.Nf5 Bb6+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2048) - Castlevania_v1 (lichess 2056), lichess 6/6/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 h5 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.Ne2 Bf5 9.O-O Bg6 10.c3 Qh4 11.h3 Nh6 12.Bxh6 gxh6 13.Nf4 O-O-O 14.Nxg6 fxg6 15.Qe2 Ne7 16.Nd2 Nf5 17.Be6+ Kb8 18.Bxf5 gxf5 19.Rxf5 Rg8

20.Rxh5 Qg3 21.Nxe4 Qg6 22.Nf6 Rg7 23.Rf1 Be7 24.Rhf5 a6 25.R1f2 Qg3 26.Qf3 Qh4 27.Rf4 Qg5, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/5/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1987) - Ramesh2037 (Chess.com 1828), Chess.com 6/5/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 Ng4 6.Nh3 dxe4 7.dxe4 Qxd1+ 8.Nxd1 O-O 9.f5 h6 10.Be2 Nf6 11.Bf3 Nc6 12.c3 b5 13.Be3 Bd6 14.O-O a5 15.a3 Bb7 16.Ndf2 b4 17.axb4 axb4 18.g4 bxc3

19.bxc3 Rxa1 20.Rxa1 Ra8 21.Rxa8+ Bxa8 22.g5 hxg5 23.Bxg5 Nh7 24.Be3 Na5 25.Be2 Nf6 26.Bd3 Ba3 27.Bg5 Nh7 28.Bd2 Bc5 29.Kf1 Nb3 30.Ke2 Nxd2 31.Kxd2 Nf6 32.Ke2 Nh5

33.Ng4 Nf4+ 34.Nxf4 exf4 35.Kf3 Bd6 36.h4 g6 37.fxg6 fxg6 38.Bc4+ Kg7 39.Bd5 Bxd5 40.exd5 Kf7 41.c4 Ke7 42.c5 Bxc5 43.Kxf4 Kd6 44.Ke4 Ke7

45.Ne5 Bf2 46.Nxg6+ Kf6 47.h5 Kg5 48.Nf4 Bg3 49.Ne6+ Kxh5 50.Nxc7 Bxc7 51.Kf5 Ba5 52.Ke6 Kg6 53.d6 Kg7 54.Ke7 Kg6 55.d7 Kf5 56.d8=Q Bxd8+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

arooke260 (lichess 2004) - JimWest (lichess 2043), lichess 6/5/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6

6.Nxe4 Qe7 7.Be2 Qxe4 8.O-O Be7 9.Bh5+ Kf8 10.Re1 Qxf5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/4/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Ludo2001 (Chess.com 1833) - JimWest (Chess.com 1991), Chess.com 6/4/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bg5 O-O 7.Qd2 c6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.O-O-O f4 10.d4 Qc7 11.Bc4+ Kh8 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qd6 Qxd6 14.Rxd6 Nd7 15.Rhd1 Nb6 16.Bb3 a5 17.a4 h6 18.R6d2 g5 19.Nh2 h5

20.f3 Kg7 21.Kb1 Be7 22.Kc1 Kg6 23.Kb1 g4 24.hxg4 hxg4 25.Nxg4 Bxg4 26.fxg4 Rad8 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Rxd8 Bxd8 29.Ne2 Kg5 30.Be6 Nxa4 31.Ng1 Nc5 32.Nf3+ Kf6 33.Bf5 Bc7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

omarkhatab91 (lichess 2013) - JimWest (lichess 2037), lichess 6/4/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ng5 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb3 Nc6 9.O-O Bb4 10.a3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 h6 12.Nf3 O-O 13.h4 Kh8 14.Nh2 Be6 15.f4 Qb6+ 16.Kh1 Rae8 17.fxe5 Nxe5 18.Bf4 Neg4

19.Qd2 Nxh2 20.Kxh2 Ng4+ 21.Kh1 Bg8 22.d4 Qf6 23.g3 Re4 24.Rae1 Rfe8 25.Rxe4 Rxe4 26.Re1 Qe6 27.Rxe4 Qxe4+ 28.Kg1 b5 29.a4 bxa4 30.Bxa4 a5 31.Bb5 Kh7

32.Qe2 Qxe2 33.Bxe2 a4 34.Bc1 Nf6 35.Kg2 Ne4 36.Bb2 g5 37.hxg5 hxg5 38.Bb5 a3 39.Bxa3 Nxc3 40.Bd3 Be6 41.g4 Ne4 42.gxf5 Bxf5 43.c4 dxc4 44.Bxc4 Kg6

45.Bd3 Nf6 46.Bxf5+ Kxf5 47.Kf3 g4+ 48.Ke3 Nd5+ 49.Kf2 Ke4 50.Bc5 Kf4 51.Bd6+ Ke4 52.Be5 Nb4 53.Kg3 Nc6 54.Kxg4 Nxe5+ 55.dxe5 Kxe5, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/3/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

lowkeybien (Chess.com 1978) - JimWest (Chess.com 1994), Chess.com 6/3/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.f3 Qe8 12.fxe4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nxe4

14.Qd3 Nxg5 15.Rxf8+ Qxf8 16.Rf1 Qe7 17.c4 Be6 18.Qb3 Na6 19.a3 Rf8 20.Rxf8+ Kxf8 21.c5 Ne4 22.Bxa6 bxa6 23.Nxc6 Qc7

24.Ne5 Kg8 25.Qa4 Bf7 26.Qxa6 h6 27.Nc6 Qf4 28.Qf1 Qe3+ 29.Kh1 Nf2+ 30.Kg1 Ng4+ 31.Kh1 Qxa3 32.Ne7+ Kh8 33.h3 Nf6 34.Qf5 Qa1+ 35.Kh2 Qxd4

36.Qc8+ Kh7 37.Qf8 Qf4+ 38.Kg1 Ne4, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2049) - Cwg123 (lichess 2093), lichess 6/3/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.Qxg4 Qxd4 10.Ne2 Qxe5 11.Nbc3 Bc5 12.Bf4 Qf6 13.O-O-O O-O 14.Rhf1 Rfd8 15.Kb1 Rxd1+ 16.Rxd1 e3 17.Bxc7 Qf2 18.Qg3 Qxg2 19.Qxg2 Bxg2

20.Be5 f6 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Rg1 Rd8 23.Rxg2+ Kf7 24.Kc1 f5 25.Nf4 Bd6 26.Nfd5 f4 27.Ne4 h6 28.Nxd6+ Rxd6 29.Nxf4 Rf6 30.Re2 Rxf4 31.Rxe3 Rf2 32.h3 b6

33.b3 a5 34.a4 Rf5 35.Kb2 h5 36.c4 Kf6 37.Kc3 h4 38.Kd4 Kg5 39.Re5 Kf4 40.Rxf5+ Kxf5 41.c5 bxc5+ 42.Kxc5 Kf4 43.b4 Kg3 44.bxa5 Kxh3 45.a6 Kg3 46.a7 h3 47.a8=Q h2

48.a5 Kf2 49.Qb8, Black resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 6/2/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1984) - IonMacari (Chess.com 1815), Chess.com 6/2/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 d5 7.Qf3 dxe4 8.dxe4 b6 9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.Nd2 Bb7 11.O-O-O Qc8 12.Ne2 a5 13.Ng3 Ba6 14.Bxa6 Qxa6 15.Nb3 Be7 16.Rxd7 Nxd7 17.Bxe7 Rfe8 18.Bg5 a4 19.Nd2 c5

20.f6 g6 21.h4 Re6 22.h5 b5 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Qg4 Nxf6 25.Qh4 Kf8 26.Rf1 Ng8 27.Qh8 f6 28.Bh6+ Ke7 29.Qg7+ Kd6 30.Qxg6, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2057) - X-Grandmaster (lichess 2091), lichess 6/2/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Nd4 8.c3 Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 Be7 10.O-O Qd7 11.f5 O-O-O 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.a4 d5 15.a5 dxe4 16.dxe4 Qd3 17.Qxd3 Rxd3 18.a6 b6 19.Na3 Rhd8

20.Nc4 Kd7 21.Rfd1 Kc6 22.Rxd3 Rxd3 23.Kf2 Kc5 24.Ne3 Rd2+ 25.Kf3 Rxb2 26.Nd5 c6 27.Nxf6 gxf6 28.Rd1 Kb5 29.Rd7 Kxa6 30.Rxf7 Rc2 31.Rxf6 Rxc3+ 32.Kg4 Rc2

33.Kh3 c5 34.Rxh6 Rf2 35.Re6 c4 36.Rxe5 c3 37.Re8 Kb7 38.Re7+ Kb8 39.Re8+ Kc7 40.Re7+ Kd6 41.Rxa7 c2 42.Ra1 Ke5 43.Kg3 Rd2 44.Rc1 b5

45.Kf3 b4 46.Ke3 Rxg2 47.Kd3 b3 48.Kc3 Rxh2 49.Kxb3 Kxe4 50.Rxc2 Rxc2 51.Kxc2 Kxf5, draw.

2 PCG Games 6/1/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

CleopatraGaze (Chess.com 1955) - JimWest (Chess.com 1979), Chess.com 6/1/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nd4 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 Ne7 9.Nc3 c6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bb5+ Nbc6 12.O-O O-O 13.f3 Qb6 14.Rad1 exf3 15.Rxf3 Rxf3 16.gxf3 Bh3

17.Qg5 Nxd4 18.Kh1 Nxb5 19.Qxe7 Nxc3 20.bxc3 Qf2 21.Rg1 Qxf3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Igor959 (lichess 2061) - JimWest (lichess 2046), lichess 6/1/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nd4 d5 6.Be2 Bc5 7.O-O Ne7 8.Nb3 Bb6 9.a4 c6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Bg4 Na6 12.Bxb6 axb6 13.Bxc8 Qxc8 14.f4 Nf5 15.Qe1 Nc5 16.Nxc5 bxc5 17.Nc3 Nd4 18.Qd1 Qe6

19.Ne2 Nxe2+ 20.Qxe2 Rae8 21.Rae1 Qh6 22.Qe3 b6 23.a5 bxa5 24.Qxc5 Rxf4 25.Rxf4 Qxf4 26.Rf1 Qxe5 27.Qxc6 e3 28.Qd7 Qe6 29.Qxe6+ Rxe6 30.Re1 d4

31.Kf1 Rf6+ 32.Ke2 Rf2+ 33.Kd3 Rd2+ 34.Ke4 Rxc2 35.Kxd4 Rxb2 36.Rxe3 Rxg2 37.h3 h5 38.Re5 g6 39.Rxa5 Rg3 40.h4 Rg4+ 41.Ke5 Rxh4 42.Kf6 Kh7 43.Ra7+ Kh6 44.Ra8 Rf4+ 45.Ke5 Rf5+ 46.Ke6 Kg5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/31/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

uNGam3R (Chess.com 1990) - JimWest (Chess.com 2018), Chess.com 5/31/2026

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.Qg3 Kh8 16.Qc3 Bf5 17.d5 Nb8 18.Qe5 Bg6 19.f4 Nbd7

20.Qd4 Qf8 21.a3 Qg7 22.Rdf1 Bc5 23.Qc3 h6 24.Bh4 Ng4 25.Qe1 Bxa3 26.bxa3 Qa1+ 27.Kd2 Qd4+ 28.Bd3 exd3 29.f5 Bh7 30.Qa1 Qxa1 31.Rxa1 dxc2

32.h3 Nge5 33.Rae1 Bxf5 34.Rxe5 Nxe5 35.Bf6+ Kh7 36.Bxe5 Rd8 37.Bxc7 Rxd5+ 38.Kc1 Rb5 39.Kd2 Rb1 40.Rc1 Rxc1 41.Kxc1 b5 42.h4 h5 43.g3 Kg6 44.Kd2 Kf6 45.Kc1 Ke6 46.Ba5 Kd5 47.Bc7 Kc4 48.Kb2 a6

49.Bf4 a5 50.Bd2 b4 51.axb4 axb4 52.Be1 b3 53.Bd2 Kd3 54.Bc1 Be6 55.Bf4 Ke2 56.Bc1 Kd1 57.Bf4 Bd5 58.Bg5 Be6 59.Bf4 Bd5 60.Bg5 Be6 61.Bf4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

sskrip (lichess 1988) - JimWest (lichess 2039), lichess 5/31/2026

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.Nb5 Nxe4 11.Rhf1 a6 12.Nxd6+ cxd6 13.Nd2 Nxg5, White resigns.