PCG & PCG Reversed 11/8/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

LivechessHikaru (Chess.com 1758) - JimWest (Chess.com 1927), Chess.com 11/8/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 Be7 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Bg4 8.Be2 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nxd4 10.g3 fxg3 11.fxg3 Nf6 12.Bg5 O-O 13.Bg2 c6 14.Ne2 Nxe2+ 15.Qxe2 h6 16.Be3 Qc7 17.Qd2 Ng4 18.Rxf8+ Rxf8

19.Rf1 Nxe3 20.Rxf8+ Bxf8 21.Qxe3 Qb6 22.Qxb6 axb6 23.b4 Kf7 24.Kf2 Ke7 25.Bh3 Kd8 26.g4 g5 27.Ke2 d5 28.Kd3 Bxb4 29.Bg2 d4 30.h3 b5 31.Ke2 Kc7 32.Kd1 Kb6 33.Kc1 Bc3

34.Kb1 b4 35.Bf1 Kc5 36.Bd3 b5 37.Be2 Kb6 38.Bd3 Ka5 39.Be2 Ka4 40.Bd3 c5 41.Be2 c4 42.Bf1 Ka3 43.Be2 d3 44.cxd3 b3 45.axb3 cxb3 46.d4 Bxd4 47.Bxb5 Kb4

48.Bd3 Kc3 49.Bb5 Kd2 50.Bf1 Ke3 51.Bg2 Kf2 52.Bh1 Kg3 53.Kc1 b2+ 54.Kb1 Kxh3 55.Bf3 Kg3 56.Bd1 Kf4 57.Kc2 Kxe4 58.Kb1 Kf4 59.Kc2 e4 60.Kb1 e3

61.Be2 Kg3 62.Bd1 Kf2 63.Kc2 e2 64.Bxe2 Kxe2 65.Kb1 Kf3 66.Kc2 Kxg4 67.Kb1 Kf3 68.Kc2 g4 69.Kb1 g3 70.Kc2 g2 71.Kd3 Bg7

72.Kc4 g1=Q 73.Kd5 Qd4+ 74.Ke6 Qe5+ 75.Kf7 Qf6+ 76.Kg8 h5 77.Kh7 b1=Q+ 78.Kg8 Qf8#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2048) - VladaBada (lichess 2150), lichess 11/8/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 d6 6.Be2 Nd4 7.Nf3 Nxe2 8.Qe2 Ng4 9.h3 Nf6 10.f5 h6 11.Na4 Qe7 12.Nxc5 dxc5 13.Be3 b6 14.g4 Nd7 15.O-O-O Bb7 16.Rdg1 f6 17.h4 O-O-O 18.g5 a5 19.gxh6 gxh6

20.Rg6 Nf8 21.Rxh6 Rg8 22.h5 Qg7 23.Rg1 Qf7 24.Kb1 c4 25.Nh4 cxd3 26.cxd3 Ba6 27.Rd1 Nd7 28.Rg6 Rh8 29.h6 Qe7 30.Rg7 Qb4

31.Ng6 Rxh6 32.Bxh6 Nc5 33.Ne7+ Kb7 34.Nd5 Qb5 35.Rxc7+ Kb8 36.Rxc5 Qxc5, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/7/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

kaparthisagar (Chess.com 1828) - JimWest (Chess.com 1912), Chess.com 11/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.c3 Be7 8.Qb3 Rf8 9.Qxb2 Nd7 10.Qxc6 Kf7 11.Qd5+ Be6 12.Qe4 Nf6 13.Ng5+ Kg8 14.Nxe6 Nxe4 15.Nxd8 Raxd8

16.d3 Nc5 17.Rd1 d5 18.b4 Ne6 19.a4 d4 20.b5 dxc3 21.Nxc3 Nd4 22.Ba3 Bxa3 23.Rxa3 Rc8 24.Ne4 Rc2

25.f3 Rxf3 26.gxf3 Nxf3+ 27.Kf1 Nxh2+ 28.Ke1 Nf3+ 29.Kf1 Nh2+ 30.Ke1 Nf3+ 31.Kf1 Nh2+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

hetshah2105 (lichess 2071) - JimWest (lichess 2048), lichess 11/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.Ng5 h6 8.Nf7 Rh7 9.Qf3 f4 10.g3 Bg4 11.Qg2 f3 12.Qh1 g5 13.h3 Bh5 14.g4 Bxf7 15.Bxf7+ Rxf7 16.Qxf3 Nh5 17.Qe3 Nf4 18.Qg3 Nd7 19.Bxf4 exf4

20.Qf3 O-O-O 21.a4 Bg7 22.Ra3 Ne5 23.Qd1 f3 24.b4 Ng6 25.b5 Bxc3 26.Rxc3 Qd7 27.Qb1 Ne5 28.Qb3 c5 29.d4 Nxg4 30.dxc5 dxc5 31.Rxc5+ Kb8

32.Rd5 Ne5 33.Rxd7 Rfxd7 34.Qc3 Ng6 35.Qxf3 Nf4 36.e5 Rd2 37.e6 Nxe6 38.Qf6 Nf4 39.Qxh6 Rxc2 40.Kh2 Rc3 41.Qxg5 Rxh3+ 42.Kg1 Rg3+ 43.fxg3 Nh3+ 44.Kh2 Nxg5 45.g4 Rd4 46.Rg1 Nf3+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/6/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

caz83 (Chess.com 1889) - JimWest (Chess.com 1904), Chess.com 11/6/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Nc3 a5 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Ng5 h6 11.Nf7 Rh7 12.f3 g5 13.b3 Rxf7 14.Bxf7+ Kxf7 15.Bb2 Bc5+ 16.Kh1 Bd4 17.Qe2 b6 18.Rad1 Ba6

19.Nd5 Bxe2 20.Nxc7 Bxb2 21.Nxa8 Bxf1 22.Rxf1 Bd4 23.c3 Bc5 24.b4 axb4 25.cxb4 Bxb4 26.Nxb6 Nbd7 27.Nxd7 Nxd7 28.Ra1 Ba5 29.Kg1 Ke6 30.Kf1 Kd6 31.Ke2 Nc5

32.Rd1+ Kc7 33.Ra1 Nb3 34.Ra3 Nd4+ 35.Kd3 c5 36.Ra1 Kc6 37.Kc4 Nc2 38.Ra2 Ne3+ 39.Kb3 c4+ 40.Ka3 Kc5 41.Rb2 c3 42.Rb5+ Kc4 43.Rxa5 Nc2+ 44.Ka2 Nb4+ 45.Kb1 Kb3 46.Rc5 c2+ 47.Ka1 Kxa4 48.Rc3 h5

49.Kb2 g4 50.h3 gxh3 51.gxh3 c1=Q+ 52.Kxc1 Na2+ 53.Kb2 Nxc3 54.Kxc3 Kb5 55.h4 Kc5

56.Kd3 Kb4 57.Kc2 Kc4 58.Kd2 Kd4 59.Ke2 Kc3 60.Ke1 Kd3 61.Kf2 Kd2 62.Kf1 Ke3 63.Kg2 Ke2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2043) - iatikho (lichess 2018), lichess 11/6/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Be7 5.Nf3 c6 6.c3 Nbd7 7.Be2 b6 8.O-O Bb7 9.f5 Qc7 10.a4 d5 11.Qc2 g6 12.fxg6 hxg6 13.Bg5 dxe4 14.dxe4 Nc5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nbd2 Bg7 17.Bc4 O-O-O 18.b4 Ne6 19.Bxe6 fxe6

20.Ng5 Bh6 21.Ndf3 Qe7 22.h4 Bxg5 23.hxg5 Rh5 24.Rad1 Rdh8 25.Qd2 c5 26.Qd6 Qf7 27.Qxe5 Rh1+ 28.Kf2 Rxf1+ 29.Rxf1 cxb4 30.Qxh8+, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/5/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1917) - RiceMonarchy (Chess.com 1989), Chess.com 11/5/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bb6 6.Na3 Ng4 7.Nh3 Qh4+ 8.g3 Qd8 9.Nc4 c6 10.Nxb6 Qxb6 11.Qb3 Qc5 12.Qc4 Qb6 13.Qb3 Qc5 14.Qc4 Nd7 15.Qxc5 Nxc5 16.f5 h6 17.Nf2 Nxf2 18.Kxf2 f6 19.Be3 Na4

20.Rb1 O-O 21.Be2 c5 22.Bd1 Nb6 23.Bb3+ Kh8 24.g4 Bd7 25.h4 a5 26.a3 a4 27.Ba2 Nc8 28.g5 Kh7 29.gxh6 gxh6 30.Rbg1 Ne7 31.Rg3 Bb5 32.Ke2 Be8 33.Rhg1 Bh5+ 34.Kd2 Nc6

35.Rg7+ Kh8 36.Rxb7 Na5 37.Rc7 Rab8 38.Kc1 Rb7 39.Rgg7 Rxc7 40.Rxc7 Rb8 41.Bxh6 Rb7 42.Bg7+ Kh7 43.Rxb7 Nxb7 44.Bxf6 Be8 45.Bd5 Na5 46.Be7 Bb5 47.Kd2 c4

48.Bxc4 Bxc4 49.dxc4 Nxc4+ 50.Kc1 Kg7 51.f6+ Kf7 52.h5 Nb6 53.h6 Kg6 54.h7 Kxh7 55.f7 Nd7 56.f8=Q Nxf8 57.Bxf8, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

sattelite5 (lichess 2008) - JimWest (lichess 2037), lichess 11/5/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.a4 Bg4 9.Bd2 Nd7 10.Bc3 O-O-O 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Ne7 13.a5 Ng6 14.Qg4 h5 15.Qe6 Qxe6 16.Bxe6 Kc7 17.Bf5 Nh4 18.Bxd7 Rxd7 19.Bxe5+ Bd6

20.Bxd6+ Rxd6 21.Nc3 Rd2 22.Rac1 g5 23.Rfd1 Rhd8 24.b4 g4 25.hxg4 hxg4 26.b5 g3 27.fxg3 Rxg2+ 28.Kf1 fxg3 29.b6+ axb6 30.axb6+ Kc8 31.Rxd8+ Kxd8

32.Ne2 Rf2+ 33.Ke1 Nf3+ 34.Kd1 Rf1#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/4/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1907) - oexjjj (Chess.com 1846), Chess.com 11/4/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bd3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qe1 f5 12.c4 c5 13.Nc3 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 cxd4 16.cxd4 dxc4 17.Bxc4+ Kh8 18.Be3 Rc8 19.Bb3 Bh4

20.Qd1 Rc3 21.Bc1 f4 22.Kh1 Qb6 23.Ba3 Rfc8 24.Bc5 Qb5 25.Rc1 Rxc1 26.Qxc1 b6 27.Be6 Rc6 28.Bd7 Rxc4 29.Bxb5 Rxc1 30.Rxc1 Kg8 31.Rc8+ Kf7 32.Be8+ Ke7 33.Bxg6 hxg6

34.Rc7+ Ke6 35.Rxa7 Bf2 36.Rxg7 Bxd4 37.Rg6+ Kxe5 38.h4 Kf5 39.Rg5+ Kf6 40.Rg4 Be3 41.h5 Kf5 42.a4 Bd4 43.Kg2 Ke5 44.h6 Kf5 45.h7 Bc3 46.Rg8, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

haikal93938 (lichess 1929) - JimWest (lichess 2045), lichess 11/4/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 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.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Ng4 f5 14.Ne5 Bd6 15.fxe4 Bxe5 16.dxe5 fxe4 17.Rxf8+ Qxf8 18.Qd4 Be6 19.Rf1 Qg7

20.Nxe4 Nd7 21.Nd6 Qxe5 22.Qxe5 Nxe5 23.b3 b6 24.Nf5 Bxf5 25.Rxf5 Re8 26.Bh5 Ng6 27.Rf6 c5 28.Bxg6 hxg6 29.Rxg6+ Kf7 30.Rd6 Re2 31.Rxd5 Ke6 32.Rd1 Rxc2 33.Ra1 b5

34.h4 c4 35.bxc4 Rxc4 36.Rb1 a6 37.g3 Kf5 38.Rb2 Kg4 39.Kg2 Rc3 40.Rb4+ Kh5 41.Rb2 Kg4 42.Rb4+ Kh5 43.Rb2 Kg4, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/3/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1908) - arttag (Chess.com 1752), Chess.com 11/3/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Qd7 8.a4 a5 9.Na3 O-O 10.f5 d5 11.Qc2 dxe4 12.dxe4 Rfe8 13.Bg5 Qe7 14.Nc4 h6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.O-O-O Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Rad8 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Rd1 Qe7

20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.Qd2 Qxd2+ 22.Kxd2 f6 23.Be2 Kf8 24.Ne3 Bxe3+ 25.Kxe3 Ke7 26.Bb5 Na7 27.Bc4 Nc8 28.Bd5 c6 29.Be6 Nb6 30.b3 Kd6 31.Kd3 Kc5

32.h4 Na8 33.Bc8 b5 34.axb5 cxb5 35.g4 Nb6 36.Be6 a4 37.bxa4 bxa4 38.Ba2 Nc8 39.Be6 Ne7  40.Ba2 g5 41.h5 Nc8 42.Be6 Nb6 43.Ba2 Nc8 44.Be6 Na7 45.Ba2 Nb5 46.Be6 Na7

47.Ba2 Nc6 48.Be6 Na5 49.Ba2 Nb3 50.Kc2 Na5 51.Be6 Nc4 52.Kd3 Nb2+ 53.Kc2 Nc4 54.Kd3 Nb2+ 55.Kc2 Nc4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

hiresh999 (lichess 2103) - JimWest (lichess 2040), lichess 11/3/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bc4 d5 8.Bb3 c6 9.O-O Bd6 10.Re1 Nbd7 11.f3 Qc7 12.h3 O-O-O 13.fxe4 dxe4 14.Ndxe4 Bxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Rxe4 Nf6 17.Re3 Rde8 18.Rxe8+ Rxe8

19.Bg5 Ne4 20.Qg4+ Kb8 21.Re1 Bh2+ 22.Kh1 Nf2#.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/2/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

AlexanderPepe (Chess.com 1830) - JimWest (Chess.com 1925), Chess.com 11/2/2026

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 Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Nf3 Kh8 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Rxe5 Ng4 14.Rxd5 Qb6 15.Qf3 Qc7 16.Bf4 Qc6 17.Na4 Nf6 18.Rd4 Qxf3 19.gxf3 Bd7

20.Re1 Bd8 21.Bg5 Bc6 22.Rf4 Nh5 23.Rh4 Bxf3 24.Bxd8 Raxd8 25.Re3 g5 26.Rc4 g4 27.Rc7 Nf4 28.Nc5 Rde8 29.Ree7 Rxe7 30.Rxe7 b6 31.Nd7 Rd8

32.Nf6 Nh3+ 33.Kf1 Ng5 34.Rxa7 Rf8 35.Nd5 Bxd5 36.Bxd5 Nf3 37.Bxf3 gxf3 38.Rb7 Rg8 39.Rxb6 Rg2 40.Rh6 Kg7 41.Rh3 Kf6 42.Rxh7 Ke5 43.Rh3 Kf4

44.a4 Rg8 45.Rh4+ Ke5 46.a5 Ra8 47.Ra4 Rh8 48.h4 f4 49.Ke1 Rxh4 50.Re4+ Kf5 51.Kd2 Rh2 52.Ke1 Rh1+ 53.Kd2 Rf1 54.Re2 fxe2 55.Kxe2 Ra1

56.b4 Ra2 57.Kd2 Ke5 58.Kc3 Kd5 59.Kd2 Kd4 60.f3 Rb2 61.a6 Ra2 62.b5 Kc5 63.Kc3 Kxb5 64.a7 Rxa7 65.Kd4 Re7 66.Kd5 Re3 67.c4+ Kb6 68.d4 Rxf3

69.Ke4 Rf1 70.Kd5 f3 71.c5+ Kc7 72.Ke4 Kc6 73.Ke3 Kd5 74.Kf4 Kxd4 75.c6 Rc1 76.Kxf3 Rxc6

77.Ke2 Rc3 78.Kd2 Kc4 79.Kd1 Kd3 80.Ke1 Rc2 81.Kd1 Rg2 82.Ke1 Ke3 83.Kf1 Rg8 84.Ke1 Rg1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2055) - Mihail8824 (lichess 2067), lichess 11/2/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 d5 7.Qf3 dxe4 8.dxe4 Nc6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nd2 g6 12.g4 Qh4+ 13.Qg3 Qxg3+ 14.hxg3 Kg7 15.Ngf3 a5 16.Bb5 Bd6 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Nc4 Re8 19.O-O-O Be7

20.Ncxe5 Ba6 21.Nxc6 Bg5+ 22.Nxg5 hxg5 23.e5 Bb5 24.f6+, Black resigns.