Sunday, November 1, 2026

2 PCG Reversed Games 10/31/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1973) - adt_3697 (Chess.com 1884), Chess.com 10/31/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qxg4 Bxb5 9.d5 Qxd5 10.Nc3 Qd7 11.e6 fxe6 12.Nxb5 Qxb5 13.Bg5 Qc6 14.O-O-O h5


15.Rd8+ Kf7 16.Qf4+ Kg6 17.Rxf8 Rxf8 18.Qxf8 Kxg5 19.Qxg7+ Kf5 20.Ne2 e3 21.Rf1+ Ke4


22.Qg6+ Kd5 23.Qd3+ Ke5 24.Qxe3+ Kd6 25.Rd1+ Kc7 26.Qe5+ Kb6 27.Rd6 Qxd6 28.Qxd6+ Nc6 29.Qxe6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2056) - EjupZani (lichess 2076), lichess 10/31/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.c3 a6 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 b5 11.f5 Rb8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd2 Ne7 15.Re1 c6 16.Nf1 d5 17.Qc2 Qb6+ 18.Qf2 Qxf2+ 19.Kxf2 Rfd8


20.Rad1 d4 21.cxd4 Rxd4 22.Be2 a5 23.Nh2 Rbd8 24.Nf3 R4d7 25.g4 g5 26.Rh1 Kg7 27.h4 gxh4 28.Nxh4 Bg5 29.Nf3 f6 30.Nxg5 hxg5 31.Rh5 Rh8


32.Rxh8 Kxh8 33.Rh1+ Kg7 34.Ke3 c5 35.b3 Rc7 36.Rc1 Nc8 37.a3 Nb6 38.b4 axb4 39.axb4 c4 40.dxc4 bxc4 41.Rc3 Kf8 42.Kd2 Ke7 43.Kc2 Kd6 44.Ra3 Kc6 45.Ra5 Kb7


46.Rc5 Rc6 47.Ra5 Kc7 48.Ra7+ Kd6 49.Rf7 Nd7 50.Kc3 Rc8 51.Bxc4 Nb6 52.Rxf6+ Kc7 53.Kb3 Rh8 54.b5 Rh3+ 55.Kb4 Rg3 56.Rf7+ Kd6 57.Rf6+ Kc7 58.Rf7+ Kd6 59.Rf6+ Kc7, draw.

Saturday, October 31, 2026

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/30/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1980) - romyx1963 (Chess.com 1845), Chess.com 10/30/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ng8 8.Nf3 h6 9.Bd3 Be6 10.O-O N8e7 11.c3 c6 12.Be3 Nf5 13.Bf2 Qb6 14.Qc2 Nfe7 15.Qb3 Nf4 16.Qxb6 axb6 17.Bc2 g5 18.Be3 Nfg6 19.h3 Bg7


20.a3 O-O 21.Nbd2 Rac8 22.Rab1 c5 23.Bxg6 Nxg6 24.Rbc1 c4 25.Nh2 b5 26.Ng4 Bxg4 27.hxg4 Rce8 28.Rf2 f6 29.exf6 Rxf6 30.Rxf6 Bxf6 31.Nf1 Kg7


32.Kf2 Re4 33.Ng3 Rxg4 34.Kf3 Rxg3+ 35.Kxg3 h5 36.Rf1 Ne7 37.Kh2 Kg6 38.g3 Nf5 39.Bd2 Nd6 40.Kg2 Ne4 41.Be1 g4 42.Rf4 Kg5 43.Kf1 h4


44.Rxe4 dxe4 45.gxh4+ Kf5 46.Bg3 e3 47.Ke2 Ke4 48.h5 Bg5 49.Be5 Kf5 50.Bh2 Ke4 51.Be5 Bh6 52.Bg3 Kf5 53.d5 Bg5 54.d6 Ke6 55.Bh2 Bh6 56.Bg1 Kxd6 57.Bxe3 Bxe3 58.Kxe3 Ke6


59.Kf4 g3 60.Kxg3 Kf5 61.h6 Kg6 62.Kf4 Kxh6 63.Ke5 Kg5 64.Kd5 Kf4 65.Kc5 Ke4 66.Kxb5 Kd3 67.a4 Kc2 68.Kxc4 Kxb2 69.Kb4 Kc2 70.a5 Kd3 71.c4 Kd4 72.Kb5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Brantom_1988 (lichess 1983) - JimWest (lichess 2062), lichess 10/30/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.h4 Nf6 7.Nc3 f4 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.d4 Qc7 10.d5 Bg4 11.Qd3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 a6 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Bb3 Nd7 15.Qh5+ g6 16.Qg4 Nc5 17.Be6 Qe7 18.Bb3 Nxb3 19.axb3 O-O


20.h5 g5 21.O-O-O h6 22.Kb1 Rfe8 23.Rd2 Qe6 24.Qe2 Red8 25.Rhd1 Be7 26.f3 Qf7 27.Rh1 Rd7 28.Na4 Bd8 29.Qd3 Ba5 30.c3 Qxb3 31.Nc5 dxc5 32.Qxd7 Bxc3 33.Rc2 Bd4 34.Qxc6 Rb8


35.Qd5+ Qxd5 36.exd5 Rd8 37.b3 Rxd5 38.Ra2 Rd6 39.Kc2 Kf7 40.Kd3 Ke6 41.Kc4 Rb6 42.Ra4 Kf5 43.Re1 Be3 44.g4+ Ke6 45.Rea1 e4 46.fxe4 Ke5 47.Rxa6 Rxa6 48.Rxa6 Kxe4


49.Rxh6 f3 50.Rf6 Bf4 51.Re6+ Be5 52.Rxe5+ Kxe5 53.Kd3 Kf4 54.h6 Kg3 55.h7 f2 56.h8=Q f1=Q+ 57.Kc2 Qe2+ 58.Kc3 Qxg4 59.Qe5+ Qf4 60.Qxc5 Qf3+ 61.Kc4 g4


62.b4 Kg2 63.b5 g3 64.Qd4 Qe2+ 65.Kc5 Qf2 66.b6 Qxd4+ 67.Kxd4 Kf3 68.b7 g2 69.b8=Q g1=Q+ 70.Kd5, draw.

Friday, October 30, 2026

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/29/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

BluEthan (Chess.com 1870) - JimWest (Chess.com 1968), Chess.com 10/29/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.a3 a5 9.Bd2 Na6 10.b4 f4 11.bxa5 Qxa5 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.d4 Nxe4 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Bxa6 Rxa6 17.Bb4 c5 18.Qd5+ Be6


19.Qxe4 cxb4 20.axb4 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 Bf5 22.Qd5+ Kh8 23.Nxe5 Bxc2 24.Re1 Qxb4 25.Rc1 Bg6 26.Nxg6+ hxg6 27.Qg5 Qd2 28.Rf1 Qd6 29.Qb5 b6 30.Qb3 g5 31.Rd1 Qc5


32.Rd5 Qc1+ 33.Kh2 f3 34.Qxb6 fxg2 35.Kxg2 Qf4 36.Rd1 Qf3+ 37.Kh2 Qxd1 38.Qc5 Qf3 39.Kg1 Rf5 40.Qd4 Qxh3 41.f4 Qg3+ 42.Kh1 Qxf4 43.Qd8+ Rf8 44.Qd1 Qf3+ 45.Qxf3 Rxf3


46.Kg2 g4 47.Kh2 g5 48.Kg2 Kg7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2065) - mahantaslim1395 (lichess 2000), lichess 10/29/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.c3 Re8 9.a4 a5 10.Na3 Bd7 11.Nc4 h6 12.Kh1 Ng4 13.h3 Nf6 14.g4 Qc8 15.f5 g5 16.Rg1 Re7 17.Be3 Qe8 18.Qd2 d5 19.exd5 Nxd5


20.Bc5 Nf4 21.Bxe7 Qxe7 22.Bf1 Rd8 23.Re1 f6 24.Ne3 Qf7 25.d4 e4 26.Bc4 exf3 27.Bxf7+ Kxf7 28.Nc4 b6 29.Rgf1 Ne7 30.Kh2 Bc6 31.Qe3 Re8 


32.Rxf3 Bxf3 33.Qxf3 Rd8 34.Qb7 Rd7 35.Nxb6 Rd8 36.Qxc7 Re8 37.Qc4+ Ned5 38.Rxe8 Kxe8 39.Nxd5 Nxd5 40.Qxd5 Ke7 41.Qxa5 Kf8 42.Qa8+ Kf7 43.Qb8 Ke7 44.Qc7+ Kf8 45.Qxg7+ Kxg7


46.a5 Kf7 47.a6 Ke7 48.a7 Kd7 49.a8=Q Kc7 50.Qf8 Kb6 51.Qxf6+ Kb5 52.Qxh6 Ka4 53.Qxg5 Kb3 54.Qd2 Ka2


55.b4+ Kb3 56.b5 Ka4 57.b6 Kb5 58.b7 Ka6 59.b8=Q Ka5 60.Qe2 Ka4 61.Qf2 Ka3 62.Qfb2+ Ka4 63.Qa2#.

Thursday, October 29, 2026

2 PCG Games 10/28/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

jon_lee (Chess.com 1862) - JimWest (Chess.com 1971), Chess.com 10/28/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.d4 e4 7.Re1 d5 8.Bf1 Nf6 9.Nfd2 Bd6 10.c4 O-O 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Nb5 a6 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.Nb3 Ng4


16.g3 Nxf2 17.Qd2 Nh3+ 18.Kh1 Bg4 19.Bg2 Rf2 20.Qe3 Raf8 21.Bd2 R8f3 22.Qxf3 Bxf3 23.Bxf3 Rxf3 24.Kg2 Qe6 25.Nc5 Rf2+ 26.Kh1 Qg4 27.Re3 Rxd2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

HexatonChess (lichess 1946) - JimWest (lichess 2062), lichess 10/28/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nbd2 f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.h3 a5 10.O-O b5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Be2 O-O 14.Nb3 Nd7 


15.a4 bxa4 16.Bc4+ Kh8 17.Rxa4 Nb6 18.Rxa5 Rxa5 19.Nxa5 Nxc4 20.Nxc4 Ba6 21.Nfd2 Rd8 22.Qc2 Qf7 23.b3 f3


24.Nxf3 Bxc4 25.bxc4 Qxc4 26.Rb1 h5 27.Nd2 Qd3 28.Qxd3 Rxd3 29.Rb8+ Kh7 30.Nb1 h4 31.Kh2 Bg5 32.g3 hxg3+ 33.fxg3 Bd2 34.Nxd2 Rxd2+ 35.Kg1 Rd3 36.Re8 Rxg3+ 37.Kh2 Rxc3 38.Rxe5 c5


39.h4 c4 40.Rc5 Rc2+ 41.Kg3 c3 42.Kf3 Rh2 43.Rxc3 Rh3+ 44.Kf4 Rxc3 45.Kf5, White resigns.

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

2 PCG Games 10/27/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

manueldu30 (Chess.com 1972) - JimWest (Chess.com 1984), Chess.com 10/27/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.O-O fxe4 8.Ng5 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bf5 10.Re1 Bb4 11.Bd2 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 h6 13.Nh3 Bxh3 14.gxh3 Nc6 15.Bb5 O-O-O 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Bxe5 Rhe8 18.Bc3 Nd5 19.Bd2 Rd6


20.c4 Nb6 21.Be3 Nxc4 22.Bxa7 Rd2 23.b3 Nb6 24.Bxb6 cxb6 25.Rac1 Kb7 26.Rc4 Rxa2 27.Rcxe4 Rxe4 28.Rxe4 Rb2 29.Re7+ Ka6 30.Rxg7 Rxb3 31.Rg6 Rxh3 32.Rxc6 Kb5 33.Rc8 Kb4


34.Kg2 Rh5 35.f4 b5 36.Kg3 Kb3 37.h4 Rd5 38.Kf3 b4 39.Ke4 Rh5 40.f5 Rxh4+ 41.Ke5 Rh1 42.f6 Rf1 43.Ke6 Kb2 44.f7 b3 45.f8=Q Rxf8 46.Rxf8 Ka2


47.Ra8+ Kb1 48.Kf5 b2 49.Rb8 Kc1 50.Kg6 b1=Q+ 51.Rxb1+ Kxb1 52.Kxh6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

MarshalKumarSingh (lichess 1965) - JimWest (lichess 2055), lichess 10/27/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nd5 Nf6 7.Nxe7 Qxe7 8.Bg5 f4 9.h3 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Qe2 Be6 12.O-O-O O-O 13.g4 fxg3 14.Bxe6+ Qxe6 15.fxg3 Qxa2


16.c3 Qa1+ 17.Kc2 Qa4+ 18.Kd2 Qb3 19.Rb1 a5 20.Nh4 a4 21.Nf5 a3 22.bxa3 Qa2+ 23.Ke3 Qxe2+ 24.Kxe2 Rxa3 25.Rxb7 Rxc3 26.Kd2 Rc5 27.Rxc7 Nd4


28.Rxg7+ Kh8 29.Nxd4 exd4 30.Rd7 Rf2+ 31.Kd1 Rcc2 32.Rb7 Rfd2+ 33.Ke1 Rxd3 34.Rf1 Rc1+ 35.Ke2 Re3+ 36.Kf2 Rxf1+ 37.Kf1 Rxe4


38.Rd7 Re6 39.Rc7 d3 40.Rc1 Kg7 41.Rd1 Re3 42.Kf2 Re2+ 43.Kf3 Rh2 44.h4 d2 45.Ke3 Kf6 46.Rxd2 Rxd2 47.Kxd2 Kf5 48.Ke3 Kg4 49.Kf2 h5 50.Kg2 d5 51.Kf2 d4, White resigns.

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

2 PCG Reversed Games 10/26/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1984) - AravindDevarajan (Chess.com 2007), Chess.com 10/26/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 O-O 8.O-O c5 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.Bg5 Nd4 12.Bxf6 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 Qd4+ 14.Kh1 Bxf6 15.Nd5 Bd8 16.c3 Qa4 17.b3 Qd7 18.c4 a6 19.a4 b5


20.axb5 a5 21.Qf5 Qd6 22.Rf3 g6 23.Qh3 Bg5 24.Qg4 h6 25.h4 Be7 26.h5 Bg5 27.hxg6 Qxg6 28.Qf5 Qh5+ 29.Rh3 Qe2 30.Nf6+ Kg7 31.Nh5+ Kg8 


32.Qxe5 f6 33.Qf5 Kf7 34.Qd7+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2097) - Uggly79 (lichess 2049), lichess 10/26/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Ne5 11.Nd2 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Nd7 13.Nc4 Bf6 14.c3 Ne5 15.Bxe5 dxe5 16.Rad1 c5 17.Ne3 Be7 18.Nd5 f6 19.c4 Bd6


20.b3 Qa5 21.Rf2 b5 22.Qg4 Kh8 23.Qe6 Rad8 24.Rdf1 Rfe8 25.Qg4 Be7 26.cxb5 Rxd5 27.exd5 Qxb5 28.Qc4 Qd7 29.g4 Bd6 30.Kg2 h6 31.Rf5 Rf8


32.Qe4 Qb7 33.h4 Qe7 34.g5 h5 35.gxf6 Rxf6 36.Rxh5+ Rh6 37.Rxh6+ gxh6 38.Kh3 Qg7 39.Qg4 Qe7 40.Rg1 Qf7 41.Rf2 e4 42.dxe4 Be5


43.h5 Qe7 44.Qg8#.

Monday, October 26, 2026

2 PCG Games 10/25/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

crusher7806 (Chess.com 1838) - JimWest (Chess.com 1969), Chess.com 10/25/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.h4 Bc5 7.Nc3 c6 8.h5 Ne7 9.Ncxe4 dxe4 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Nf7+ Kc7 12.Nxh8 Be6 13.c3 Nd7 14.b4 Bb6 15.a4 a6


16.Ng6 hxg6 17.hxg6 Nxg6 18.c4 Bd4 19.Ra2 Bxe5 20.b5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Gullit15 (lichess 2075) - JimWest (lichess 2088), lichess 10/25/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.exf5 e4 7.Nfd2 Bxf5 8.Nc3 d5 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.Bg4 Qd7 12.Bxf5 Nxf5


13.Qe2 Nxd4 14.Qd1 Nf5 15.Nb3 Qf7 16.Qe2 Nd7 17.Rad1 Rae8 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Rxd4 Nf6 20.Rdd1 Qg6 21.Qd2 Ng4
 


22.f3 exf3 23.Rxf3 Rxf3 24.gxf3 Ne3+ 25.Kh1 Nxd1, White resigns.