2 PCG Games 7/4/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

TutChez (Chess.com 1935) - JimWest (Chess.com 1975), Chess.com 7/4/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Be2 Kf8 11.O-O Kg8 12.Ng6 hxg6 13.Bg5 c6 14.a3 Nbd7 15.b4 Bb6 16.Be3 Bc7 17.Rb1 Kf7 18.f3 Rh8 19.g3 exf3

20.Bxf3 Ne5 21.Bg2 Neg4 22.Bc5 Qd7 23.h3 Bxg3 24.hxg5 Bxg5 25.Qd2 Bh2+ 26.Kf2 Qf5+ 27.Ke1 Re8+ 28.Be3 Bg3+ 29.Rf2 Bxf2+ 30.Qxf2 Qe5 31.Kd2 Kg8

32.Rf1 a6 33.Qf4 Qxf4 34.Rxf4 Bf5 35.Bd4 b5 36.Rf1 Kf7 37.Nd1 Rh8 38.Ne3 Bd7 39.Rf2 Rh4 40.c3 Ke6 41.Ke1 Kf7 42.Kf1 g5 43.Nf5 Bxf5 44.Rxf5 Rf4+ 45.Rxf4 gxf4

46.Kf2 g5 47.Kf3 Kg6 48.Bxf6 Kxf6 49.Bh3 Ke5 50.Bc8 d4 51.cxd4+ Kxd4 52.Bxa6 Kc4 53.Bb7 c5 54.bxc5 Kxc5 55.Bc8 b4 56.axb4+ Kxb4

57.Bf5 Kc3 58.Kg4 Kd4 59.Kxg5 f3 60.Bh3 Ke3 61.Kg4 f2 62.Kg3 Ke2 63.Kf4 f1=Q+ 64.Bxf1+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ZolotoevAnton (lichess 2011) - JimWest (lichess 1986), lichess 7/4/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qe2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.Nc3 O-O-O

11.Bd2 Nd4 12.Qe3 Nxc2+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 7/3/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Albertoaraujo67 (Chess.com 1873) - JimWest (Chess.com 1983), Chess.com 7/3/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.O-O f4 8.c3 Bg4 9.Nbd2 Nf6 10.Qb3 b5 11.Bxb5 cxb5 12.Qxb5+ Qd7 13.Qb3 Be6 14.c4 Nc6 15.Ng5 Nd4 16.Qd1 O-O 17.Nxe6 Qxe6 18.f3 g5 19.b4 Kh8

20.a4 Rg8 21.Kh1 g4 22.b5 gxf3 23.Nxf3 Qg4 24.Ra2 Nxf3 25.gxf3 Qh3 26.a5 Nh5 27.Rg1 Rxg1+ 28.Kxg1 Rg8+ 29.Kf2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Estolog (lichess 1980) - JimWest (lichess 1980), lichess 7/3/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e3 10.Ne4 Bf5 11.Ng3 exf2+ 12.Kxf2 Ne7 13.cxd4 O-O 14.Nxf5 Nxf5 15.Kg1 Qxd4+ 16.Qxd4 Nxd4 17.Bb2 Nbc6 18.h3 Rae8 19.Re1 Rf5

 

20.Re4 Rexe5 21.Rxd4 Nxd4 22.Bxd4 Re1 23.Bf2 Ra1 24.g4 Rf4 25.Rh2 Rxa3 26.c5 Kh8 27.Kg2 Ra2 28.Kg3 Rfa4, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 7/2/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

farazasad123 (Chess.com 1866) - JimWest (Chess.com 1976), Chess.com 7/2/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O Nd7 6.d4 e4 7.Re1 Be7 8.Nfd2 Ngf6 9.f3 d5 10.Bf1 O-O 11.c4 c6 12.Nc3 Bb4 13.Qb3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qb6 15.cxd5 Qxb3 16.axb3 cxd5 17.c4 exf3 18.Nxf3 dxc4 19.bxc4 a6

20.Bf4 Rfe8 21.h3 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 Re8 23.Rxe8+ Nxe8 24.c5 Be6 25.Bd2 Nef6 26.Bd3 Bd5 27.Kf2 Ne4+ 28.Bxe4 Bxe4 29.Ke3 Nf6 30.g4 Bxf3 31.Kxf3 Kf7

32.g5 Nd5 33.Ke4 Ke6 34.Be1 g6 35.Bd2 b5 36.cxb6 Nxb6 37.Ba5 Nc4 38.d5+ Kd7 39.Bc3 Nd6+ 40.Ke5 Nf5 41.Bb4 Ne3 42.Ke4 Nc4 43.Kd4 Nd6 44.Ke5 Nc4+ 45.Kf6 Ne3 46.Ke5 Nc4+ 47.Kd4 Nd6 48.Bc5 a5 49.Ke5 Nc4+ 50.Kf6 a4 51.Kg7 a3

52.Bxa3 Nxa3 53.Kxh7 Nc4 54.Kxg6 Ne3 55.Kf7 Nxd5 56.g6 Ne7 57.g7 Nf5 58.g8=Q Nh6+ 59.Kf8 Nxg8 60.Kxg8 Ke6 61.Kg7 Kf5 62.h4 Kg4 63.h5 Kxh5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

wolfie29 (lichess 2018) - JimWest (lichess 2005), lichess 7/2/2026

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Qa4+ Nc6 9.Bxb4 Qc1+ 10.Qd1 Qxd1+ 11.Kxd1 Nxb4 12.Nc3 c6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.a3 Nd3 15.Bxd3 exd3 16.Nxd5 Kd8 17.Kd2 Bf5 18.Rac1 Ne7 19.Nf4 Nc6

20.Rc5 Re8 21.Re1 Kc7 22.Rd5 Rad8 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Re3 g5 25.Nxd3 Bxd3 26.Rxd3 Rxd3+ 27.Kxd3 Nxe5+ 28.Ke4 Kd6, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 7/1/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

LukeSeidl114 (Chess.com 1982) - JimWest (Chess.com 1975), Chess.com 7/1/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Nxe5 dxe4 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Nxg6 Bg4 11.Qxg4 hxg6 12.Qxg6+ Kf8 13.O-O-O Nf6 14.Bc4 Nbd7 15.g4 Qg7 16.Qxg7+ Kxg7

17.g5 Ng4 18.Rde1 Nxf2 19.Rhf1 Rxh2 20.Re2 Rf8 21.Be6 Nb6 22.Kd2 Rf3 23.Ke1 e3 24.Bg4 Rg3 25.Bf5 Nc4 26.Rfxf2 exf2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ig_E_1977 (lichess 2055) - JimWest (lichess 2036), lichess 7/1/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4

7.Qf3 exf3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/30/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

marufAnwa (Chess.com 2112) - JimWest (Chess.com 1993), Chess.com 6/30/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bb5+ c6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.h3 Be7 8.d3 h6 9.Na3 Qc7 10.Nc2 O-O 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Be3 a6 13.Rc1 Bh7 14.Re1 Rae8 15.Nh2 Nd5 16.Bd2 Nf4 17.Bxf4 Rxf4 18.Bf3 Rff8 19.Ne3 Bg5

20.Rc2 Bxe3 21.fxe3 d5 22.e4 dxe4 23.Bxe4 Bxe4 24.Rxe4 Nf6 25.Ree2 e4 26.d4 Kh8 27.Nf1 Nd5 28.c4 Nb4 29.Rc3 Nd3 30.c5 Qd7 31.Qa4 Nf4 32.Rd2 Nd5 33.Rg3 Qf7

34.Ne3 Nxe3 35.Rxe3 Qf1+ 36.Kh2 Qf4+ 37.Rg3 Qxd2 38.Qb3 Qxd4 39.Qxb7 e3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

MWAISUMBE (lichess 1904) - JimWest (lichess 2021), lichess 6/30/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Be2 Bc5 8.O-O Ne7 9.Bh5+ g6 10.Bg4 Na6 11.Ne6 Bxe6 12.Bxe6 Nc7 13.Qg4 Nxe6 14.Qxe6 Qd7 15.Qf6 O-O-O 16.Nc3 Rdf8 17.Qh4 Nf5 18.Qh3 Nd4 19.Qxd7+ Kxd7

20.Na4 Be7 21.c3 Ne2+ 22.Kh1 Nxc1 23.Raxc1 Rf5 24.c4 d4 25.Rfe1 Rxe5 26.f3 e3 27.Rcd1 c5 28.a3 Rf8 29.Nc3 Kc8 30.Nd5 Bg5 31.Re2 Rd8

32.f4 Rexd5 33.cxd5 Bxf4 34.g3 Be5 35.Rf1 Rxd5 36.Rf8+ Rd8 37.Rf7 Rd7 38.Rf8+ Kc7 39.b3 Bg7 40.Rf1 Bh6 41.Rc1 b6 42.Rd1 d3

43.Rxe3 Bxe3 44.Kg2 d2 45.Kf3 Bh6 46.h4 Rd3+ 47.Kf2 Rxb3 48.g4 Bf4 49.h5 gxh5 50.gxh5 Rxa3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/29/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

MauiHookTheRook67 (Chess.com 1960) - JimWest (Chess.com 1981), Chess.com 6/29/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.fxe6 Bb4 9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.Be2 Qe7 12.Qd2 Qxe6 13.O-O-O Nc6 14.Rde1 Rfe8 15.Kb1 e3 16.fxe3 Qxe3

17.Kc1 Qxd2+ 18.Kxd2 Ne4+ 19.Kc1 Nxc3 20.bxc3 Re7 21.Bf3 Rd8 22.Rxe7 Nxe7 23.Re1 Kf7 24.Kd2 c6

25.Kd3 b5 26.Bg4 Rd6 27.Rf1+ Ke8 28.Re1 Kf7 29.Rf1+ Ke8 30.Re1 Kf7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

gali_ahmetov (lichess 2155) - JimWest (lichess 2012), lichess 6/29/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.f3 h6 8.Ne6 Bxe6 9.fxe6 Bb4 10.fxe4 O-O 11.e5 Ne4 12.Qd3 Nc6

13.Be3 Qh4+ 14.g3 Nxg3 15.hxg3 Qxh1 16.O-O-O Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Rxf1, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/28/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Zolle (Chess.com 1847) - JimWest (Chess.com 1981), Chess.com 6/28/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 e3 8.fxe3 Qxe3+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Bxe2 Bxf5 11.c3 Ne7 12.Nf3 O-O 13.Nbd2 Nbc6 14.O-O Bg4 15.Bc4+ d5 16.Bb5 a6 17.Bd3 Bf5 18.Bxf5 Rxf5 19.Rae1 Raf8

20.Re3 Nc8 21.Rfe1 Nd6 22.b3 b5 23.Ne5 Nxe5 24.Rxe5 Rxe5 25.Rxe5 c6 26.Re6 Rf6 27.Rxf6 gxf6 28.Kf2 Kf7 29.Ke3 a5 30.Kf4 b4 31.cxb4 axb4

32.Ke3 Nb5 33.Kd3 Ke6 34.Nb1 h5 35.g3 Kf5 36.h3 Kg5 37.Ke3 f5 38.Kd3 h4 39.gxh4+ Kxh4 40.Ke3 Kxh3 41.Kf4 Nxd4 42.Ke5 Nb5 43.Kxf5 c5 44.Ke5 d4 45.Kd5 Nc3+ 46.Kxc5 Nxb1 47.Kxd4 Na3 48.Kc5 Nc2

49.Kd5 Kg4 50.Kc4 Kf4 51.Kd3 Na3 52.Kd4 Kf3 53.Kd3 Kf2 54.Kd2 Nb5 55.Kd3 Na3 56.Kd2 Kf3 57.Kd3 Kf4 58.Kd4 Kf5 59.Kd5 Nc2 60.Kc4 Ke4 61.a4 bxa3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2005) - villium (lichess 2135), lichess 6/28/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Ng4 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb6 8.Nf3 Qe7 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Nc3 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Bxd4

12.Bb5+ c6 13.Qxd4 O-O 14.Be2 c5 15.Qd3 Qh4+ 16.Qg3 Qxg3+ 17.hxg3 Nf6 18.Be3 Re8 19.Bf3 a6 20.O-O-O Rb8 21.Rxd6 b5 22.Bxc5 Be6 23.Bd4 b4 24.Bxf6 gxf6

25.Nd5 a5 26.Nxf6+, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/27/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1961) - Spidermann9 (Chess.com 1809), Chess.com 6/27/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qh5 10.Rg1 Nxf1 11.Rxf1 Bh3 12.Rg1 Bc5 13.Rg5 Qh6 14.Rg3 Qe6 15.Qe2 O-O-O 16.Ng5 Qd7 17.Nxh3 f6 18.e6 Qc6 19.Nf4 Rhe8

20.Rxg7 d4 21.Nd2 Bd6 22.Nc4 Qh1+ 23.Kf2 Qxh2+ 24.Rg2 Qh4+ 25.Kf3 d3 26.Nxd6+ Rxd6 27.cxd3 h5 28.Bd2 Rdd8 29.Rag1 f5 30.Rh2 Qf6 31.Bc3 Qe7 32.Rxh5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Mroafa (lichess 1990) - JimWest (lichess 2013), lichess 6/27/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.h3 a5 11.a4 Na6 12.Qe2 Nc5 13.Rfd1 Be6 14.Bxe6 Bxe6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Qc4 Qf7 17.Rd6 Ng5 18.Qd3 Nxf3+ 19.Qxf3 O-O

20.Rad1 Rfd8 21.Qg4 Rxd6 22.Rxd6 Rd8 23.Rxd8+ Bxd8 24.Qc8 Qc7 25.Qe6+ Kf8 26.Nb1 Qe7 27.Qc8 Kf7 28.Nd2 g6 29.Nf3 Kf6 30.g3 fxg3 31.fxg3 Bb6+ 32.Kg2 Kg7

33.h4 h6 34.Kh3 Kf7 35.b3 Qe6+ 36.Qxe6+ Kxe6 37.g4 Be3 38.Kg2 b5 39.Kf1 bxa4 40.bxa4 Bf4 41.Ke2 Kd6 42.Kd3 c5 43.Kc4 Kc6 44.Ne1 Bg3 45.Nd3 h5 46.gxh5 gxh5 47.c3 Bxh4

48.Nxe5+ Kd6 49.Nd3 Bg3 50.e5+ Ke6 51.Kxc5 h4 52.Kd4 h3 53.Nc5+ Ke7, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 6/26/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Zolle (Chess.com 1839) - JimWest (Chess.com 1991), Chess.com 6/26/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng1 d5 6.c4 c6 7.f4 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+ 9.Qxd2 Ne7 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bb5+ Nbc6 12.Nc3 O-O 13.O-O-O Be6 14.Nge2 Qa5 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Nd4 Bg4 17.Rde1 Rab8

18.Nxe4 Qxa2 19.Nf2 Qa1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

HedgehogL (lichess 2036) - JimWest (lichess 2012), lichess 6/26/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Qe2 f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.g3 g5 8.h4 h6 9.hxg5 hxg5 10.Rxh8 Qxh8 11.Nxg5 Qh1+ 12.Kd2 Be7 13.gxf4 exf4 14.Nf3 Bg4 15.Bxg8 Bxf3 16.Qc4 d5 17.exd5 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Qxd5 19.Qxd5 cxd5

20.Nc3 Bb4 21.Kd3 Bxc3 22.bxc3 f3 23.Bf4 Nc6 24.Re1+ Kd7 25.Re3 Na5 26.Rxf3 Rf8 27.Ke3 Nc4+ 28.Kd3 b5 29.Ke2 Re8+ 30.Be3 Re7 31.Rf5 Ke6 32.Rh5 Kd6

33.Rh6+ Kc7 34.Ra6 Kb7 35.Rg6 a5 36.Kf3 Rf7+ 37.Kg3 Re7 38.Bh6 Re2 39.Rg7+ Kc6 40.Rg6+ Kb7 41.Rg5 Kc6 42.Rg6+ Kb7, draw.