2 PCG Games 10/1/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Vedanshgranmaster (Chess.com 1883) - JimWest (Chess.com 2021), Chess.com 10/1/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nc3 f4 8.Qe2 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nf6 11.a3 Nbd7 12.Ba2 O-O-O 13.a4 g5 14.b4 h5 15.Qe2 g4 16.b5 f3 17.gxf3 gxh3 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Rb1 Qg7

20.d4 Nb8 21.Be6+ Kc7 22.Qc4 h2 23.Nb5+ Kb7 24.Nxd6+ Ka8 25.Nf5 Qg2 26.Ke2 Nxe4 27.fxe4 Qxe4+ 28.Ne3 exd4 29.Qb3 Rh7 30.Bf5 Qe7 31.Bxh7 dxe3 32.Be4 exf2

33.Kf1 Qg7 34.Bg2 Rg8 35.Rxh2 Re8 36.Qf3 Re1+ 37.Rxe1 fxe1=Q+ 38.Kxe1 Qe5+ 39.Kf2 Qxh2 40.Qg3 Qxg3+ 41.Kxg3 Kb7

42.Kh4 Kb6 43.Kxh5 Ka5 44.Kg5 Kxa4 45.Kf6 Kb4 46.Ke6 Kc3 47.Be4 a5 48.Kd6 a4 49.Bg6 a3 50.Bf7 Kxc2

51.Kc5 Kb2 52.Kb6 a2 53.Bxa2 Kxa2 54.Kc5 Kb3 55.Kb6 Kb4 56.Kc7 c5 57.Kxb8 c4 58.Kb7 c3 59.Kb6 c2 60.Kb7 c1=Q

61.Kb6 Qc4 62.Kb7 Qc5 63.Kb8 Qc6 64.Ka7 Kb5 65.Kb8 Qd7 66.Ka8 Kb6 67.Kb8 Qb7#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

DancingKalista (lichess 2123) - JimWest (lichess 2089), lichess 10/1/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Be3 Ne7 8.e6 O-O

9.Qh5 h6 10.Nf7 Qe8 11.Qg4 Kh7, White forfeits.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/30/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

human_azka (Chess.com 1927) - JimWest (Chess.com 2016), Chess.com 9/30/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5

8.cxd5 Bxd2+ 9.Nxd2 Qxe5 10.Nc4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2089) - Gukesh_1622 (lichess 2193), lichess 9/30/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.a4 a5 9.c3 Nbd7 10.Na3 e5 11.Nc4 exf4 12.Bxf4 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Be2 h6 15.d4 Re8 16.Bd3 f5 17.Qc2 Qf6 18.Rae1 Qc6

19.Nce5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Qc5+ 21.Kh1 Re7 22.h4 Rd7 23.h5 gxh5 24.Bxf5 Re7 25.Be4 Bc6 26.Nh4 Rxe5 27.Bh7+ Kh8 28.Ng6+ Kxh7 29.Nxe5+ Kg8 30.Nxc6 Qxc6

31.Qf5 Nf6 32.Re6 Qc4 33.Rxf6 Qh4+ 34.Kg1 Bxf6 35.Qxf6 Qxf6 36.Rxf6 Kg7 37.Rc6 Rc8 38.Bxh6+ Kf7 39.Bf4 Ke7 40.Rxc7+ Rxc7 41.Bxc7, Black resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 9/29/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2010) - krishna531997 (Chess.com 1816), Chess.com 9/29/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bg4 7.O-O Qe7 8.h3 Bd7 9.c3 O-O-O 10.b4 Nh5 11.b5 Na5 12.fxe5 dxe5

13.Nxe5 Qxe5 14.Bxh5 Qxc3 15.Nxc3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2084) - kunagl (lichess 2029), lichess 9/29/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 exf4 7.Bxf4 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Bh5 10.c3 h6 11.Nbd2 Nb8 12.Qb3 b6 13.Rae1 Nbd7 14.d4 Bg6 15.Bd3 Nh5 16.Bh2 c5 17.Bb5 a6 18.Bxd7 Qxd7 19.g4 Nf6

20.e5 dxe5 21.Nxe5 Qd5 22.Nxg6 fxg6 23.Rxe7 cxd4 24.Rxf6, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/28/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

human_azka (Chess.com 1943) - JimWest (Chess.com 2020), Chess.com 9/28/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Be3 Ne7 8.e6 O-O 9.Qh5 h6 10.Nf7 Qe8 11.Nxh6+ gxh6 12.Qxh6 Qg6 13.Qxg6+ Nxg6 14.O-O-O Bxc3 15.bxc3 Bxe6 16.g3 c6 17.h4 Bg4 18.Rd2 Ne5

19.Be2 Bxe2 20.Rxe2 Nbd7 21.h5 Kh7 22.Bf4 Nc4 23.f3 Rae8 24.Rhe1 Nf6 25.fxe4 Rxe4 26.Rxe4 Nxe4 27.a4 a5 28.Bc7 Rf7 29.Bb8 Nxc3 30.g4 Ne4 31.Rg1 Ng5

32.Re1 Nb6 33.Bc7 Rxc7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2086) - lew51 (lichess 1959), lichess 9/28/2026

1.e3 d6 2.e4 e5 3.d3 Nd7 4.f4 c6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 h6 7.O-O Ngf6 8.Kh1 O-O 9.c3 Re8 10.f5 Nh7 11.Be3 Ndf8 12.a4 Ng5 13.Nxg5 hxg5 14.g4 Bf6 15.Nd2 Nh7 16.Nf3 Qe7 17.Qd2 Bd7 18.Rg1 b6 19.Rg3 d5

20.Rh3 Rad8 21.exd5 cxd5 22.Rh5 Bc6 23.Bxg5 d4 24.Bxf6 Qxf6 25.Kg1 e4 26.dxe4 Rxe4 27.Nxd4 Qe5 28.Re1 Bd5 29.Rxh7 Kxh7 30.Qg5 Qf6 31.Qxf6 gxf6 32.Kf2 Rde8 33.Rg1 Kh6

34.h4 Re3 35.g5+ Kg7 36.Ne6+ R3xe6 37.fxe6 fxe6 38.gxf6+ Kxf6 39.Ke3 Rh8 40.h5 Rh6 41.Rf1+ Ke5 42.c4 Bc6 43.b3 a5 44.Rg1 Kf6 45.Rf1+ Ke5 46.Rg1 Kf6 47.Rf1+ Ke5, draw.

2 PCG Games 9/27/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

IonMacari (Chess.com 1839) - JimWest (Chess.com 2009), Chess.com 9/27/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.b3 Bg4 9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.Bb2 O-O-O 11.Bxg8 Rxg8 12.Nc4 g5 13.Qd3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 g4 15.Qc3 Re8 16.Qa5 Bc5 17.Rad1 g3

18.Rxd7 Bxf2+ 19.Kh1 Kxd7 20.Nxe5+ Kc8 21.Nc4 Qh4 22.h3 Qxh3+ 23.gxh3 g2+ 24.Kh2 gxf1=N+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Bubalo2222 (lichess 1962) - JimWest (lichess 2090), lichess 9/27/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bb3 Na6 8.a3 Nc5 9.Ba2 a5 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 Na6 12.Qb1 Nc7 13.Nh4 fxe4 14.dxe4 Nxe4 15.Bxe7 Nxc3 16.Bxd8 Nxb1 17.Bxc7 Na3

18.Rc1 Nb5 19.Ba5 b6 20.Bxb6 Rxa2 21.c4 Nd4 22.Bxd4 exd4 23.c5 dxc5 24.bxc5 O-O 25.O-O Ba6 26.Rfd1 g5 27.Nf3 Be2 28.Rxd4 Bxf3 29.gxf3 Rxf3

30.Rg4 h6 31.Rf1 Rf5 32.h4 Rxc5 33.hxg5 Rxg5 34.Rxg5+ hxg5 35.Rc1 Ra6 36.Rc5 Kf7 37.Rxg5 Kf6 38.Rc5 Ke6 39.f3 Kd6 40.Rg5 Ra2 41.f4 c5 45.f5 Ke5

46.f6+ Kxf6 47.Rxc5 Ke6 48.Rb5 Kd6 49.Rh5 Ke6, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/26/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

GojoSaturo_Japan (Chess.com 1894) - JimWest (Chess.com 2004), Chess.com 9/26/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Qd6 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nc3 c6 13.Bh5 Qxe6 14.Re1 Nd7 15.Re3 f5 16.Rg3+ Kh8 17.f4 Nf6 18.Rh3 Rg8

19.Qe2 Nxh5 20.Qxh5 Qg6 21.Qxg6 Rxg6 22.Re1 Rag8 23.Re2 Bf6 24.Rd2 Rg4 25.g3 Rxf4 26.Ne2 Rfg4 27.Kf2 Re8 28.Ke1 Bg5 29.Rd1 f4 30.gxf4 Bxf4 31.Nxf4 Rxf4

32.Rd2 Ref8 33.Rg2 Rf3 34.Rxf3 Rxf3 35.Ke2 Rf6 36.a4 a5 37.b3 Rg6 38.Rf2 Kg7 39.Ke3 Rf6 40.Rg2+ Kf7 41.h4 Rf3+ 42.Ke2 Rh3 43.Rg4 Rh2+ 44.Kd1 h5 45.Rf4+ Kg7 46.Kc1 e3

47.Kd1 Kg6 48.Kc1 Rh1+ 49.Kb2 e2 50.Rf8 e1=Q 51.Rg8+ Kh7 52.Rg1 Rxg1 53.c4 Rg2+ 54.Ka3 Qb4#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2090) - Kostia20_08 (lichess 2080), lichess 9/26/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d5 6.e5 Nfd7 7.d4 Nb6 8.Nf3 Bf5 9.Bd3 Bg6 10.O-O Be7 11.a4 O-O 12.a5 N6d7 13.Bxg6 hxg6 14.Qd2 c5 15.c3 Nc6 16.a6 b5 17.Na3 b4 18.Nc2 Nb6 19.cxb4 cxb4

20.b3 Qd7 21.Bg5 f6 22.exf6 gxf6 23.Bh6 Rfe8 24.Bf4 Bd6 25.Bxd6 Qxd6 26.Qh6 f5

27.Ng5 Qf6 28.Qh7+ Kf8 29.Qh4 Kg8 30.Qh7+ Kf8 31.Qh4 Kg8 32.Qh7+, draw.

2 PCG Games 9/25/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

TadjibayevSabir (Chess.com 2071) - JimWest (Chess.com 2007), Chess.com 9/25/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Nxh7 Qh4 7.Ng5 f4 8.Nf3 Qh5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nc3 Bg4 11.Bb5 Bb4 12.Bd2 O-O-O 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Qe2 Rd7 15.O-O-O Rhd8

16.Qa6+ Kb8 17.Qxc6 Bxc3 18.Bxc3 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 20.Kxd1 Bxf3+ 21.gxf3 Qxf3+ 22.Ke1 Ng4

23.Qe8+ Kb7 24.Qb5+ Ka8 25.Qd5+ Kb8 26.Qb5+ Ka8 27.Qd5+ Kb8 28.Qb5+ Ka8, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ElEmpecinado57 (lichess 1964) - JimWest (lichess 2078), lichess 9/25/2026

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.Qc3 Nxb4 11.Qxb4 Qc1+ 12.Ke2 Bg4+ 13.f3 exf3+ 14.gxf3 O-O-O

15.Bg2 Qc2+ 16.Nd2 Qd3+ 17.Ke1 Qe3+ 18.Kd1 Bxf3+ 19.Bxf3 Qxf3+ 20.Kc2 Qd3+ 21.Kc1 Ne7

22.Rd1 Nc6 23.Qc5 Nd4, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/24/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Orina0 (Chess.com 1872) - JimWest (Chess.com 2013), Chess.com 9/24/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.Bxe6 Nxd4 8.Bxh6 Nxe6 9.exf5 Qh4 10.fxe6 Qxh6 11.Nc3 Qxe6 12.O-O O-O-O 13.Nd5 c6 14.Ne3 d5 15.c3 Bc5 16.Nc2 Rdf8 17.b4 Bb6 18.a4 a6

19.b5 axb5 20.axb5 Kc7 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.Nb4 Ra8 23.Qe2 Rhf8 24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.Kh1 Kb7 26.f4 e4 27.f5 Qe5 28.c4 d4 29.Nd3 Qe8 30.Nf2 d3 

31.Qxe4 Bxf2 32.Rb1+ Bb6 33.Qxd3 Qe5 34.Qd7+ Qc7, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Kezo5 (lichess 2136) - JimWest (lichess 2071), lichess 9/24/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.c3 c6 8.Be2 Nf6 9.O-O O-O 10.b4 Bb6 11.b5 h6 12.Nf7 Qe7 13.bxc6 bxc6 14.Ba3 c5 15.Ne5 Qxe6 16.Ng6 Re8 17.Bb5 Bd7 18.Nf4 Qd6 19.Bxd7 Nbxd7

20.Nh5 Nxh5 21.Qxh5 Nf6 22.Qh3 Qe6 23.Qh4 Qg4 24.Qxg4 Nxg4 25.h3 Ne5 26.Nd2 Rac8 27.Rad1 c4 28.Bd6 Nd3 29.Bg3 Ba5 30.Nb1 Bc7 31.Bxc7 Rxc7

32.Na3 Rb7 33.Nc2 Rb2 34.Nb4 Nxb4 35.cxb4 Rd8 36.a3 c3 37.Rc1 d4 38.Rfd1 Rd2 39.Rxd2 cxd2 40.Rd1 e3 41.fxe3 dxe3 42.Kf1 Rd3 43.Ke2 Rxa3 44.b5 Rb3 45.Ra1 Rxb5 46.Kxe3 a5 47.Kxd2 Rb2+ 48.Ke3 Rxg2 49.Rxa5 Rg3+ 50.Kf4 Rxh3

51.Kg4 Rh1 52.Kg3 Kh7 53.Ra6 Rb1 54.Kg4 Rb5 55.Kh4 Rg5 56.Ra7 Rg6 57.Kh5 Rb6 58.Rc7 Rb5+ 59.Kh4 Kg8 60.Ra7 Rf5 61.Kg4 Rf7 62.Ra8+ Kh7 63.Ra6 Rf6 64.Ra7 Kg6

65.Ra5 Rb6 66.Ra4 h5+ 67.Kh4 Kh6 68.Ra5 Rb4+ 69.Kg3 g6 70.Kh3 h4 71.Rc5 g5 72.Rc6+ Kh5 73.Rc5 Rb3+ 74.Kh2 h3 75.Rc8 Kh4 76.Rh8+ Kg4 77.Rh7 Rb2+ 78.Kg1 Kg3, White resigns.