2 PCG Games 10/20/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

santosh_sahu (Chess.com 1965) - JimWest (Chess.com 1978), Chess.com 10/20/2026

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.Qxe4 Nxb4 11.f4 Qf5 12.Nc3 Qxe4 13.Nxe4 Nc2+ 14.Kd2 Nxa1 15.Bd3 Ne7 16.Rxa1 O-O

17.g3 Bf5 18.Kc3 Rad8 19.Bc2 Bxe4 20.Bxe4 c6 21.b4 a6 22.a4 b5 23.axb5 axb5 24.cxb5 cxb5 25.Ra7 Nd5+ 26.Kb3 Nxb4

27.Bb7 Nd3 28.Be4 Nc5+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

kingtoppriority (lichess 1944) - JimWest (lichess 2103), lichess 10/20/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Bh5+ Kf8 12.Be3 Bd6 13.Nc3 c6 14.Bd4 Kg8 15.Ng6 hxg6 16.Bxg6 Ne5 17.Bxe5 Bxe5 18.Bh5 g6 19.Be2 Kg7

20.f3 Rh8 21.f4 Qc5+ 22.Kh1 Bxc3 23.bxc3 Qxc3 24.g4 Qg3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/19/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

LuciePichard (Chess.com 1999) - JimWest (Chess.com 1982), Chess.com 10/19/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d5 Nd4 9.Qd1 Bxf5 10.Nc4 c5 11.dxc6 Nxc6 12.Nxd6+ Qxd6 13.Qxd6 Bxd6 14.Nb5 O-O-O 15.Be3 a6 16.Nxd6+ Rxd6 17.Be2 Nd4 18.Bxd4 Rxd4 19.O-O Rd2

20.Bc4 Rxc2 21.Bb3 Rc6 22.Rac1 Rxc1 23.Rxc1+ Kb8 24.Rc5 Bg6 25.Re5 Rc8 26.h3 Rc1+ 27.Kh2 Rb1 28.Re7 Rxb2 29.Rxg7 Rxf2 30.Re7 Nh5 31.Bg8 Rf8

32.Bxh7 Bxh7 33.Rxh7 Nf6 34.Re7 Re8 35.Rf7 e3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

cslimbu2 (lichess 2032) - JimWest (lichess 2095), lichess 10/19/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.d4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nd2 Nf6 9.O-O Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Re1 Nxf4 13.Nxe4 Bxe5

14.Bxf4 Bxf4 15.Nxf6+ Kf7 16.Nd5 Bd6 17.Nxc7 Bxc7, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/18/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

sachinanand1966 (Chess.com 2025) - JimWest (Chess.com 1995), Chess.com 10/18/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.Bd3 fxe4 7.Bxe4 d5 8.Bxd5 Qxd5 9.Nc3 Qa5 10.Nxe5 O-O 11.Qe2 Qa6 12.Nb5 Qb6 13.O-O-O Na6 14.Qc4+ Be6 15.d5 Nxd5 16.Rxd5 c6 17.Nd7 cxd5 18.Nxb6 dxc4 19.Nxa8 Rxa8

20.Re1 Bf7 21.Re7 Nc5 22.Nd6 Rf8 23.f4 a6 24.g4 b5 25.f5 h6 26.h4 c3 27.b3 b4 28.Rc7 Ne4 29.Nxe4 Re8 30.Nxc3 bxc3 31.Rxc3 Re4

32.Rc8+ Kh7 33.g5 Rxh4 34.g6+ Bxg6 35.fxg6+ Kxg6 36.c4 Rh2 37.c5 Rxa2 38.c6 Ra5 39.b4 Rb5 40.Kc2 Rxb4 41.Kc3 Rb6 42.Kc4 h5 43.Kc5 Rb1 44.Ra8 Rc1+ 45.Kd6 h4 46.Rxa6 h3 47.Ra2 Kg5 48.c7 Kh4 49.Kd7 g5 50.c8=Q Rxc8 51.Kxc8 g4

52.Kd7 g3 53.Ra4+ Kg5 54.Ra5+ Kf4 55.Ra4+ Kf3 56.Ra3+ Kg2 57.Ke6 h2 58.Ra2+ Kh3 59.Ra1 g2 60.Ra3+ Kg4 61.Ra4+ Kf3 62.Ra3+ Ke4

63.Ra4+ Kd3 64.Ra3+ Kc4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Alex_Optimus (lichess 2238) - JimWest (lichess 2140), lichess 10/18/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d5 Nd4 9.Qd1 Bxf5 10.Nc4 c5 11.dxc6 Nxc6 12.Bf4 O-O-O 13.Nb5 Ne8 14.Qd5 Be6

15.Qxe4 d5 16.Ncd6+ Nxd6 17.Nxd6+ Rxd6 18.Bxd6 dxe4 19.Bxe7 Bxe7 20.O-O-O Bxa2 21.h4 Be6 22.g3 Rf8 23.Rd2 Bc5 24.Bg2 Bxf2 25.Rf1 e3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/17/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

k987654321e (Chess.com 1971) - JimWest (Chess.com 2009), Chess.com 10/17/2026

1.e4 e5 Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.a4 a5 8.Qe2 Na6 9.Ng5 Qc7

10.Bf7+ Kf8 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Be6 Bg6 13.Bf5 Bxf5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Erwinal (lichess 2186) - JimWest (lichess 2133), lichess 10/17/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Kh1 Bg4 9.Be2 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nd7 11.Bh5+ g6 12.Bg4 O-O-O 13.Nc3 h5 14.Bh3 g5 15.Bf5 Ne7 16.Bxd7+ Rxd7 17.Qf3 g4 18.Qe2 f3 

19.Qe3 fxg2+ 20.Kxg2 Kb8 21.f4 Ng6 22.fxe5 Qxe5 23.Qg3 Bd6 24.Qxe5 Bxe5 25.Bg5 h4 26.Bf6 h3+ 27.Kg1 Bxf6 28.Rxf6 Ne5 29.Raf1 Nf3+ 30.R6xf3 gxf3 31.Rxf3 Rd2

32.Rf2 Rg8+ 33.Kf1 Rxf2+ 34.Kxf2 Rg2+ 35.Kf3 Rxh2 36.Kg3 Rxc2 37.Kxh3 Rxb2 38.Kg4 Kc7, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/16/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

springaprilwater (Chess.com 1995) - JimWest (Chess.com 1999), Chess.com 10/16/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Be2 Bc5 8.Bc4 dxc4 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Nf7+ Ke7 11.Nxh8 Be6 12.Bg5+ Kf8 13.Nc3 Bb4 14.Rd1 Nd7 15.f4 Ne7 16.O-O Bxc3 17.Bxc3 Nf5 18.Rfe1 Bd5 19.g4 Nh6

20.h3 Kg8 21.Bxh6 gxh6 22.Rf1 Kxh8 23.h4 Rg8 24.g5 hxg5 25.hxg5 Nxe5 26.fxe5 Rxg5+ 27.Kh2 Rxe5 28.Rf8+ Kg7 29.Rdf1 e3 30.Rb8 Re7 31.Rg1+ Kh6

32.Rf8 Bf7 33.Rd6 e2 34.Rd6+ Bg6 35.Re1 Kg7 36.Rd2 Re3 37.Rdxe2 Rxc3 38.Re7+ Kh6 39.Rxb7 Rxc2+ 40.Kg3 Rxa2 41.Rc1 Rc2 42.Rxc2 Bxc2 43.Rxa7 Be4 44.Kf4 Bd5

45.Kf5 c3 46.Ra3 c2 47.Rc3 Kg7 48.Rxc2 h6 49.Rh2 Bc4 50.Rd2 Bd5 51.Rb2 Bf7 52.Rb6 c5 53.Rc6 c4 54.Ke4 Bg6+ 55.Kd4 Bd3 56.Ke5 h5 57.Kf4 Kf7 58.Kg5 Be2

59.Rxc4 Bxc4 60.Kxh5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Goldenboad (lichess 2226) - JimWest (lichess 2126), lichess 10/16/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe4 fxe5 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Bxb4 d4

9.Qxd4 Nc6, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/15/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2018) - chessmaster1399 (Chess.com 1812), Chess.com 10/15/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 Bg4 6.Be2 h5 7.fxe5 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Ng4 9.Nf3 Bf2+ 10.Kf1 d4 11.Nd1 Bh4 12.h3 Nh6 13.Bf4 Be7 14.g3 g5 15.Bd2 Nc6 16.Kg2 f5 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Nf2 Qe7 19.Rae1 O-O-O

20.e5 Rde8 21.Ne4 Bxe5 22.Bxg5 Qg7 23.Nxe5 Rxe5 24.Bf6 Rxe4 25.Bxg7 Rxe2+ 26.Rxe2 Rg8 27.Bxh6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

DrFierceKnight2011 (lichess 1986) - JimWest (lichess 2117), lichess 10/15/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.dxe5 Bc5

7.c4 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Qxg5 9.Bxb4 d4 10.Bd2 Qxe5 11.Qa4+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/14/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

MasterScheduler (Chess.com 1986) - JimWest (Chess.com 2014), Chess.com 10/14/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 Nf6 9.Nf7 Qe7 10.Nxh8 Bxe6 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Bf4 O-O-O 13.Qd2 Rxh8

14.b4 Bb6 15.b5 c5 16.Bb3 Re8 17.a4 c4 18.Ba2 d4 19.a5 Bc5 20.b6 a6 21.Qe2 d3 22.Qd2 Bd5 23.Nc3 Bb4 24.cxd3 exd3 25.Rfe1 Qf7

26.Rxe8+ Nxe8 27.Bg3 Bxa5 28.Bxc4 Bxc4 29.Rxa5 Nxb6 30.Qe3 Nd7 31.Qa7 Nc7 32.Bxc7 Kxc7 33.h3 Qf6 34.Rc5+ Nxc5 35.Qxc5+ Qc6 

36.Qe7+ Qd7 37.Qc5+ Qc6 38.Qe5+ Kc8 39.Qxg7 Be6 40.Qf8+ Kc7 41.Qe7+ Qd7 42.Qc5+ Kb8 43.Qe5+ Ka8 44.Ne4 d2

45.Nxd2 Qxd2 46.Qxe6 Qc1+ 47.Kh2 Qf4+ 48.Kg1 Qc1+ 49.Kh2 Qf4+ 50.Kg1 Qc1+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2129) - Titou1964 (lichess 2147), lichess 10/14/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 a5 8.a4 e5 9.O-O exf4 10.Bxf4 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Ne5

13.d4 Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 c6 15.Bg5, Black resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 10/13/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2015) - mohammadaminhamza (Chess.com 1832), Chess.com 10/13/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 d5 6.fxe5 Ng4 7.Nh3 Qh4+ 8.g3 Qh5 9.Nxd5 Qxe5 10.Bf4 Qd4

11.c3 Qxd5 12.exd5 Ne7 13.d4 Bb6 14.Bg2 O-O 15.O-O Ng6 16.Qd2 c5 17.Bd6 cxd4 18.cxd4 Re8 19.Bc5 Ne3 20.Rae1 Bxh3 21.Rxe3 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Red8 23.d6 Rac8 24.b4 h5

25.a4 h4 26.a5 Bxc5 27.dxc5 b6 28.axb6 axb6 29.Rfe1 bxc5 30.bxc5 Rxc5 31.Re8+ Rxe8 32.Rxe8+ Kh7 33.d7 Rh5 34.d8=Q h3+ 35.Kg1 Rb5 36.Rh8+ Nxh8 37.Q2d3+ Ng6 38.Qxb5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2130) - vevo57 (lichess 2066), lichess 10/13/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Na4 Bxg1 7.Rxg1 Nd4 8.f5 d5 9.Nc3 dxe4 10.dxe4 c6 11.Bg5 Qa5 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Bd3 Bd7 14.Kf2 O-O-O 15.g4 h5 16.h3 hxg4 17.hxg4 Rh2+ 18.Rg2 Rdh8 19.Qg1 R2h3

20.Rg3 Qb6 21.Rxh3 Rxh3 22.Kg2 Rh4 23.Kg3 Rh7 24.Na4 Qa5 25.b3 c5 26.c3 Bxa4 27.cxd4 Bc6 28.d5 Bd7 29.Rc1 b6 30.Rc2 Kb7 31.a4 Qb4 32.Bc4 a6 33.d6 Bc6

34.Qe3 Rh1 35.Bxf7 Re1 36.Re2 Rd1 37.Bd5 Bxd5 38.exd5 Rxd5 39.Qe4 Qxb3+ 40.Re3 Qa2 41.d7 Kc7 42.Rd3 Rxd7 43.Rxd7+ Kxd7

44.Qb7+ Ke8 45.Qc6+ Kf7 46.Qd7+ Kg8 47.Qe8+ Kg7 48.Qg6+ Kf8 49.Qxf6+ Kg8 50.Qg6+ Kf8 51.Qd6+ Kg8 52.Qg6+ Kf8 53.Qd6+ Kf7 54.Qg6+ Ke7 55.Qxb6 Qc4

56.Qc7+ Kf6 57.Qd6+ Kf7 58.Qxe5 Qxa4 59.Qxb5 Qb3+ 60.Kh4 Qb5 61.Qc7+ Kf6 62.Qd6+ Kf7 63.Qe6+ Kg7 64.Kg5 a5 65.Qe7+ Kg8

66.Kg6 Qb6+ 67.f6 Qb1+ 68.Kg5 Qc1+ 69.Kg6 Qc2+ 70.Kg5 Qd2+ 71.Kg6 Qd3+ 72.Kg5 Qd2+ 73.Kg6 Qd3+ 74.Kg5 Qd2+, draw.