2 PCG Games 7/7/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

marufAnwa (Chess.com 2076) - JimWest (Chess.com 1981), Chess.com 7/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.h4 Nf6 7.Nc3 a5 8.Qe2 b5 9.d4 bxc4 10.dxe5 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Qxe4 d5 13.Qe2 Bg4 14.O-O-O O-O 15.Kb1 Nd7 16.Rd4 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Bxg5 18.hxg5 Qxg5 19.e6 Qe5

20.Qd2 Qxe6 21.Rg4 Rae8 22.a3 Nf6 23.Rg3 Qf5 24.Rhg1 Rf7 25.Qxa5 Rfe7 26.Qc3 Qe5 27.Qb4 Kh8 28.c3 h6 29.Qc5 Qf5+ 30.Ka2 Qc2 31.Rb1 Qb3+ 32.Ka1 Re1 33.Rg1 Rxg1 34.Rxg1 Qb5

35.Qa7 Rg8 36.Qf7 Qc5 37.Rg2 Qf8 38.Qg6 Qe8 39.Qc2 Nh5 40.Qf5 Nf6 41.Ka2 Nd7 42.Rg6 Nc5 43.Qh5 Kh7 44.Rxh6+ gxh6 45.Qf5+ Qg6 46.Qe5 Nb3 47.a4 Rg7 48.Ka3 Qb1 49.Qb8 c5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

AMEA2023 (lichess 1960) - JimWest (lichess 1982), lichess 7/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.Ngxe4 dxc3 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.bxc3 Be7 11.Bf4 Nc6 12.O-O-O+ Ke8 13.Be2 Bf5 14.Ng3 Ba3+ 15.Kd2 Rd8+ 16.Ke3 Bc5+ 17.Kf3 Rxd1 18.Rxd1 Nge7 19.Nxf5 Nxf5

20.g4 Nfe7 21.Kg2 Rf8 22.Bg3 Nxe5 23.f4 N5c6 24.Bf3 Bd6 25.Bxc6+ Nxc6 26.Re1+ Kd7 27.f5 Bxg3 28.Kxg3 Re8 29.Rd1+ Kc8 30.Kf4 Re2 31.h4 Rxa2

32.Re1 Ra4 33.Re4 Kd7 34.g5 Na5 35.Rd4+ Ke7 36.Ke5 Nc6+ 37.Kd5 Nxd4 38.cxd4 Ra5+ 39.c5 c6+ 40.Ke5 b6 

41.f6+ gxf6+ 42.gxf6+ Kf7 43.Kd6 bxc5 44.dxc5 Ra6 45.Kc7 Kxf6 46.Kb7 Ra5 47.Kxc6 Rxc5+ 48.Kxc5 h5, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/6/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1970) - MichaelMarmorstein (Chess.com 1912), Chess.com 7/6/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 O-O 8.f5 a5 9.Bg5 b5 10.Nbd2 b4 11.Qa4 bxc3 12.bxc3 Ra6 13.d4 exd4 14.Bxa6 dxc3 15.Qxc6 cxd2+ 16.Bxd2 Nxe4 17.O-O-O Bxf5 18.Bd3 Ba3+ 19.Kc2 Qf6

20.Bc3 Qe6 21.Qc4 Qxc4 22.Bxc4 Nf2+ 23.Kb3 Rb8+ 24.Kxa3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Daniil_Turchak (lichess 1971) - JimWest (lichess 1983), lichess 7/6/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.h3 Nd7 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Nc3 Ngf6 10.a3 d5 11.Bb3 h6 12.O-O O-O-O 13.Re1 Rde8 14.Ba2 g5 15.Nh2 h5 16.b4 g4 17.hxg4 hxg4 18.Nf1 Qh7 19.Ng3 Bg6

20.b5 Ref8 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.Rb1 Qh2+ 23.Kf1 e4 24.dxe4 Nxe4 25.Ncxe4 Bxe4 26.Qxg4 Qxg2+ 27.Ke2 Rxf2+ 28.Ke3 Rf3+ 29.Kd4 Qxg3 30.Qxg3 Rxg3, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 7/5/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1963) - Scofield099 (Chess.com 1821), Chess.com 7/5/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ng4 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bd3 Re8 11.O-O Nf6 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Nd7 14.Ng5 Nf8 15.Be3 f6 16.Bc4+ Ne6 17.Nxe6 Bxe6 18.Bxe6+ Rxe6 19.Qb3 Qe8

20.exf6 Kh8 21.f7 Qd7 22.Qxb4 Qxf7 23.Qxb7 Qe8 24.d5 Rxe3 25.Qxc6, Black  forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 1982) - pahuljicica (lichess 2095), lichess 7/5/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 Nf2 8.Qf3 Qe7 9.Bxe3 Nxh1 10.Nc3 a6 11.O-O-O h5 12.Rf1 Bg4 13.Qxf7+ Qxf7 14.Bxf7+ Kd8 15.Nf3 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Bb4 17.Rxh1 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Nd7 19.Bg5+ Kc8

20.e6 Nf6 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.e7 Kd7 23.e8=Q+ Raxe8 24.Bxe8+ Rxe8 25.Kd2 Rg8 26.Re1 Kd6 27.c4 h4 28.Kd3 b6 29.Re4 Rh8 30.h3 Rh7 31.d5 Kd7 32.a4 Rh5 33.Rf4 Ke7

34.Kd4 Rh6 35.c5 Kd7 36.cxb6 cxb6 37.c4 Kd6 38.Rf5 Rg6 39.f4 Ke7 40.Rh5 Rg3 41.Rxh4 Ra3 42.Rh7+ Kd6 43.Rf7 Rxh3 44.Rxf6+ Kc7 45.Rf7+ Kd6 46.Rb7 Rb3 47.Rxb6+ Rxb6 48.c5+ Kc7 49.cxb6+ Kxb6

50.f5 Kc7 51.Kc5 Kd7 52.f6 a5 53.Kb5 Kd6 54.Kxa5 Kxd5 55.f7 Ke6 56.f8=Q Ke5 57.Kb5 Kd4 58.a5 Ke4 59.a6 Ke3 60.a7 Ke4 61.a8=Q+ Kd3 62.Qd5+ Kc3 63.Qfc5+ Kb2 64.Qd2+ Kb3 65.Qcc3#.

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.