PCG & PCG Reversed 8/6/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

monjinn (Chess.com 1911) - JimWest (Chess.com 1970), Chess.com 8/6/2026

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.c4 c6 12.O-O Be6 13.Rb1 b6 14.Bg5 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Bxc4 16.Nxc4 Qd5 17.Bxf6 Rxf6 18.Ne3 Qxa2 19.Rb3 Qa5

20.Qg4 Na6 21.Qxe4 Raf8 22.Qe7 R6f7 23.Qd6 Rf6 24.Qe7 R6f7 25.Qd6 Rf6 26.Qe7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2057) - Narendra56 (lichess 2004), lichess 8/6/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.c3 h6 10.a4 a6 11.Na3 d5 12.fxe5 Nxe5 13.exd5 Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 Qxd5 15.Qxd5 Nxd5 16.d4 Bxa3 17.Rxa3 b6 18.Bd2 Rae8 19.Raa1 Re2

20.Rf2 Rfe8 21.Raf1 f6 22.Rxe2 Rxe2 23.Rf2 Rxf2 24.Kxf2 Kf7 25.c4 Ne7 26.d5 Ke8 27.Kf3 Kd7 28.Ke4 c6 29.dxc6+ Kxc6 30.b4 b5 31.cxb5+ axb5 32.a5 g5 33.g4 Kb7

34.h3 Kc6 35.Be1 Kb7 36.Bc3 Nc6 37.Kf5 Ne7+ 38.Ke6 Nc6 39.Kxf6 Kc7 40.Kg6 Kc6 41.Kxh6 Kd5 42.Kxg5 Kc4 43.Be1, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/5/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1971) - Gata54 (Chess.com 2011), Chess.com 8/5/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.c3 h6 12.Nbd2 Nxd2 13.Bxd2 Bg5 14.Be2 Bxd2 15.Qxd2 Ne7 16.Rae1 c6 17.Bd3 Qd7 18.h3 Be6 19.Nh4 a5

20.g4 c5 21.Nf5 cxd4 22.cxd4 Nc6 23.Nxh6+ Kh8 24.Nf5 Bxf5 25.Bxf5 Qe7 26.Rd1 Qh4 27.Kh2 g6 28.Bd7 Kg7 29.Bxc6 bxc6 30.Qf2 Qe7 31.Qf6+ Qxf6 32.Rxf6 Rac8 33.Rc1 Rc7 34.Rfxc6 Rxc6 35.Rxc6 Rb8

36.b3 Rb4 37.Rc5 Rxd4 38.Rxa5 Rd2+ 39.Kg3 d4 40.Rd5 g5 41.b4 Rxa2 42.Rxd4 Ra3+ 43.Kg2 Rb3 44.Re4 Kf8 45.e6 f6 46.e7+ Ke8 47.Re6 Rxb4 48.Rxf6 Kxe7 49.Rf5 Rb2+ 50.Kg3 Rb3+ 51.Rf3 Rb2

52.h4 gxh4+ 53.Kxh4 Rb8 54.g5 Rf8 55.Rxf8 Kxf8 56.Kh5 Kg7 57.g6 Kg8 58.Kh6 Kh8 59.g7+ Kg8 60.Kg6, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

EYMENekr4141 (lichess 1913) - JimWest (lichess 2061), lichess 8/5/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.O-O Nd7 9.Qd2 O-O-O 10.Bb3 h6 11.Qa5 Kb8 12.d4 Bg4 13.dxe5 Bxf3 14.exd6 Qg5 15.Qxg5 hxg5 16.gxf3 Ne5 17.Nd2 Rxd6

18.Rae1 Rxd7 19.Rxe5 Nf6, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 8/4/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1987) - DefineDedication007 (Chess.com 1988), Chess.com 8/4/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 d6 6.Na4 Bb6 7.Nxb6 axb6 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Be2 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nd4 11.c3 Ne6 12.f5 Nc5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.O-O c6 16.a3 Qg5 17.Qe2 Kd7 18.Rad1 Rag8

19.d4 exd4 20.cxd4 Na6 21.e5 d5 22.e6+ fxe6 23.Qxe6+ Kc7 24.Rc1 Kb8 25.b4 Re8 26.Qd6+ Ka7 27.b5 Rd8 28.Qg6 Qe3+ 29.Kh1 cxb5 30.Qxg7 Qxa3 31.Bxd5 Rxd5 32.Qxh8 Rxf5 33.Qxh6 Rxf1+ 34.Rxf1 b4

35.Qc1 Qd3 36.Rd1 Qe4 37.d5 Nc5 38.d6 Qf5 39.Qa1+ Kb8 40.Qh8+ Ka7 41.d7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2056) - Evgeny773 (lichess 1993), lichess 8/4/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 Qc7 5.fxe5 Qxe5 6.Nf3 Qc7 7.Bg5 Be7 8.c3 O-O 9.Nbd2 Re8 10.Be2 d5 11.e5 Nfd7 12.Bxe7 Rxe7 13.d4 c5 14.Rc1 Qb6 15.Qb3 Qg6 16.O-O c4 17.Qc2 Qh6 18.Rce1 f6

19.Bd1 fxe5 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Nc6 22.Nf3 Bg4 23.Nd4 Bxd1 24.Qxd1 Rae8 25.Nf5 Qg5 26.Nxe7+ Rxe7 27.Qxd5+ Kh8 28.Rf8#.

2 PCG Games 8/3/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

bishopgamit (Chess.com 1799) - JimWest (Chess.com 1989), Chess.com 8/3/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Bd6

10.O-O-O, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

amegos20 (lichess 1953) - JimWest (lichess 2057), lichess 8/3/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Ng5 d5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.Bd2 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 O-O 13.h4 h6 14.Nxh3 Bxh3 15.Rxh3 Nc6 16.Qd2 Ng4 17.f3 exf3

18.gxf3 Re8+ 19.Kd1 Ne3+ 20.Kc1 Qf6 21.Bc2 Nxc2 22.Qxc2 Nxd4 23.Qd3 Ne2+ 24.Kc2 Nxc3 25.Bxc3 Rad8 26.Rg3 d4 27.Rag1 dxc3 28.Rxg7+ Qxg7 29.Rxg7+ Kxg7 30.Qxc3+ Kg6

31.Qb4 Re2+ 32.Kc1 Rc8+ 33.Kd1 Rcc2 34.Qg4+ Kh7 35.Qf5+ Kg7 36.Qd7+ Kg6 37.Qxb7 Red2+ 38.Ke1 Re2+ 39.Kd1 Red2+ 40.Ke1 Re2+ 41.Kf1 Rf2+ 42.Ke1 Rfe2+, draw.

2 PCG Games 8/2/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Ramminew (Chess.com 1987) - JimWest (Chess.com 2025), Chess.com 8/2/2026

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.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qd2 O-O 11.O-O-O c6 12.f3 exf3 13.gxf3 Nd7 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.Bg2 Rae8 16.a3 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Qg5+ 18.Qd2 Qxd2+ 19.Rxd2 Re3

20.Rf2 Rf4 21.Kd2 Re7 22.c3 g5 23.Re1 Rxe1 24.Kxe1 a5 25.Re2 Kf7 26.Re5 h6 27.h3 Kf6 28.Kf2 h5 29.Ke3 Rh4 30.c4 dxc4 31.Rxa5 Bxh3

32.Bxh3 Rxh3 33.Ra8 g4 34.Rf8+ Ke7 35.Rf5 Rxf3+ 36.Rxf3 gxf3 37.Kxf3 Kd6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Black_Queen555 (lichess 2000) - JimWest (lichess 2062), lichess 8/2/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc3 d5 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.Nb3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Bb4 10.Qb5 O-O 11.Qxb7 Qd6 12.Bb5 Ne7 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Qa6 c6 15.Ba4 Rfb8 16.g4 Bc8 17.Qf1 Ng6 18.Qg2 Bd7

19.O-O-O Bxc3 20.bxc3 Qa3+ 21.Kb1 Qxa4 22.g5 f5 23.Ka1 Qc4 24.Nc5 Qxc3#.

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/1/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

ISHAN_KHATRI007 (Chess.com 1867) - JimWest (Chess.com 2030), Chess.com 8/1/2026

1.Nf3 d6 2.b3 e5 3.d3 f5 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bb2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.O-O a5 9.e4 Na6 10.a3 Nc5 11.Re1 fxe4 12.Nxe4 Ncxe4 13.dxe4 Bg4 14.Qd3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Qd7 16.c4 Ng4 17.Re2 Rf7 18.Rd1 Raf8 19.Bxg4 Qxg4

20.Rf1 Rf3 21.Re3 h5 22.Bc1 h4 23.Rxf3 Rxf3 24.Be3 hxg3 25.fxg3 Rxf1+ 26.Kxf1 Qf3+ 27.Kg1 Bg5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2074) - Guca-cola (lichess 2139), lichess 8/1/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qxg4 Bxb4 9.d5 Qxd5 10.Nc3 Qc6 11.Nxb5 Qxb5

12.Qc8+ Ke7 13.Bg5+ f6 14.exf6+ gxf6 15.O-O-O fxg5 16.Qd8+ Kf7 17.Nh3 h6 18.Rhf1+ Kg7 19.Qf6+ Kh7 20.Qf5+ Kg7 21.Qf7#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/31/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2040) - sb01010389 (Chess.com 2043), Chess.com 7/31/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Nxe2 Bd6 7.fxe5 Bxe5 8.d4 Nxe4 9.dxe5 Nc6 10.Bf4 g5 11.Bg3 h5 12.Nbc3 Nxg3 13.Nxg3 d4 14.Ne4 Nxe5 15.O-O h4 16.Nf6+ Kf8 17.Nge4 g4 18.Nxg4 Nxg4 19.Qxg4 Rg8

20.Qf4 Qe7 21.Rae1 Rg7 22.Qh6 Qd7 23.Qh8+ Rg8 24.Qxg8+ Kxg8 25.Nf6+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

momo0216 (lichess 1942) - JimWest (lichess 2082), lichess 7/31/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.Bb3 Nf6 7.O-O h6 8.Nf3 fxe4 9.dxe4 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 dxe4 12.Qg3 Qe7 13.Qg6+ Kd8 14.Rd1+ Kc7 15.Be3 Nbd7 16.Nc3 Nc5 17.Bxc5 Qxc5 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 Be7

20.Qg4 Bf6 21.Rd7+ Kb6 22.c4 Rad8 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Bc2 Rd4 25.Qf5 Rxc4 26.Bd3 Rc1+ 27.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 28.Kh2 Qf4+ 29.Qxf4 exf4 30.b3 Kc5 31.f3 Kd4 32.Be4 Kc3

33.Bg6 Kb2 34.Bf7 Kxa2 35.Kg1 Kb2 36.Kf2 Kc3 37.Ke2 a5 38.Kd1 c5 39.Kc1 b5 40.Kb1 b4 41.Ka2 Kd2, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/30/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Sarkarmoves (Chess.com 2076) - JimWest (Chess.com 2029), Chess.com 7/30/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe5 Nf6 6.Nc4 d5 7.Ne5 c6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ng4 Be7 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.f3 Qb6 15.Na4 Qxd4+ 16.Qxd4 Bxd4+ 17.Kh1 b5 18.Nc3 Bxc3 19.bxc3 exf3

20.Bxf3 Bf5 21.Rf2 Be4 22.Raf1 Bxf3 23.Rxf3 Rxf3 24.Rxf3 Rf8 25.Kg1 Rxf3 26.gxf3 g5 27.Kf2 Kf7 28.Ke3 Ke6 29.f4 gxf4+ 30.Kxf4 Kf6 31.Kg4 a5 32.Kf4 h5

33.h3 c5 34.a3 b4 35.cxb4 cxb4 36.a4 h4 37.Kf3 Ke5 38.Ke3 d4+ 39.Kd3 Kd5 40.Ke2 Ke4 41.Kd2 Kf3 42.Kd3 Kg3 43.Kxd4 Kxh3

44.Kc4 Kg4 45.Kb5 h3 46.Kxa5 h2 47.Kxb4 h1=Q 48.a5 Qb7+ 49.Kc5 Kf5 50.c4 Ke6 51.Kd4 Kd7 52.Kc3 Kc6 53.Kd4 Qa7+ 54.Kc3 Qxa5+ 55.Kd4 Qb4 56.Kd3 Kc5 57.Ke3 Qxc4

58.Kf3 Qd4 59.Kg3 Qe4 60.Kf2 Qd3 61.Kg2 Qe3 62.Kh2 Qf3 63.Kg1 Qe2 64.Kh1 Kd4 65.Kg1 Ke3 66.Kh1 Kf3 67.Kg1 Qg2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2076) - omid5431 (lichess 2091), lichess 7/30/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxf4 c5 7.d5 Nc6 8.c3 Be7 9.Nf3 g5 10.e6 gxf4 11.exd7+ Bxd7 12.Bb5 Qc7 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.O-O O-O-O 15.Ne5 Be8 16.Qg4+ Kb8 17.Qxf4 Bd6 18.Nd2 Bb5 19.Rfe1 f6

20.Qxf6 Rdf8 21.Qe6 Rhg8 22.Qxd5 Rg7 23.Ne4 Bxe5 24.Qxe5 Qxe5 25.dxe5 Bc6 26.g3 h5 27.Nxc5 Re8 28.e6 h4 29.Re3 b6 30.Na6+ Kb7 31.Nb4 Bb5 32.Rae1 a5

33.Nc2 hxg3 34.Rxg3 Rh7 35.Nd4 Bd3 36.Rxd3, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/29/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2035) - bessarab56 (Chess.com 1915), Chess.com 7/29/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 d6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 Nbd7 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.f5 Qb6+ 9.Kh1 Ng4 10.Qe1 Ne3 11.Bxe3 Qxe3 12.Qf2 Qh6 13.Nbd2 d5 14.Rae1 Bc5 15.Qh4 Be3 16.Qxh6 Bxh6 17.g5 f6 18.h4 g6

19.g5 Bg7 20.fxg6 hxg6 21.gxf6 Bxf6 22.Ng5 Nc5 23.exd5 cxd5 24.Bf3 Kg7 25.Bxd5 Rh8 26.Ndf3 Bg4 27.Kg2 Bxg5 28.Nxg5 Rxh4 29.Rh1 Rxh1 30.Rxh1 Kf6 31.Ne4+ Nxe4 32.Bxe4 Bf5

33.Bxf5 gxf5 34.Rh7 b6 35.c3 Rd8 36.d4 exd4 37.cxd4 Rxd4 38.Rxa7 Rd2+ 39.Kf3 Rxb2 40.a4 Rb3+ 41.Kf4 Rb4+ 42.Kf3 Ke5 43.a5 bxa5 44.Rxa5+ Ke6 45.Ra3 Ke5 46.Ra5+ Kf6 47.Ra3 Kg5

48.Rc3 Rh4 49.Kg2 f4 50.Ra3 Kg4 51.Rb3 Rh5 52.Ra3 Rb5 53.Kf2 Rb2+ 54.Kf1 f3 55.Ra8 Rb1+ 56.Kf2 Rb2+ 57.Kf1 Rb1+ 58.Kf2 Rb2+ 59.Kf1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

lucieanisimova402 (lichess 1970) - JimWest (lichess 2072), lichess 7/29/2026

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 Qxe3+ 13.Be2 Qc1+ 14.Bd1 Qe3+ 15.Kf1 Ne7

16.Nc3 O-O+ 17.Bf3 Rxf3+ 18.gxf3 Bh3#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/28/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2038) - Avipro_1229 (Chess.com 1836), Chess.com 7/28/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Qd7 8.a4 a6 9.Na3 Nh5 10.f5 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nf6 12.Bg5 Ng8 13.Nc4 f6 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.Nxe3 g6 16.O-O O-O-O 17.fxg6 Kb8 18.g7 Qxg7 19.Nf5 Qd7

20.b4 Nge7 21.b5 Na7 22.bxa6 Nxf5 23.exf5 b6 24.a5 d5 25.axb6 cxb6 26.Qb3 Nc8 27.a7+ Nxa7 28.Qxb6+ Qb7 29.Qxb7+ Kxb7 30.Rfb1+ Ka8 31.c4 e4

32.dxe4 dxc4 33.e5+ Rd5 34.Bxd5#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

weiren (lichess 2034) - JimWest (lichess 2067), lichess 7/28/2026

1.e4 e5 Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nd7 11.Bd2 O-O-O 12.Rad1 Ne7 13.a4 h5 14.a5 Ng6 15.g3 fxg3 16.fxg3 Bc5+ 17.Be3 Qxf3 18.Rxf3 Rhf8

19.Rdf1 Bxe3+ 20.Rxe3 Rxf1+ 21.Kxf1 Rf8+ 22.Kg2 h4 23.Ne2 hxg3 24.Kxg3 Nf4 25.Rf3 Nxe2+ 26.Bxe2 Rxf3+ 27.Bxf3 Nf6 28.Bg4+ Kc7 29.Bf5 b6 30.axb6+ axb6 31.Kh4 Kd6 32.Kg5 Ke7 33.Kg6 Kf8

34.h4 c5 35.h5 Ne8 36.Bd7 Nd6 37.Bc6 Nc4 38.b3 Ne3 39.c4 Kg8 40.Bd5+ Kf8 41.Bf7 Ng2 42.Bd5 Nf4+ 43.Kg5 Ke7 44.h6 gxh6+ 45.Kxh6 Nxd5 46.cxd5 b5

47.Kg5 c4 48.bxc4 bxc4 49.Kf5 Kd6, White resigns.