PCG & PCG Reversed 3/12/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

VanshDhande (Chess.com 1922) - JimWest (Chess.com 1931), Chess.com 3/12/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Nh2 a5 9.Bd2 Na6 10.a3 Nc5 11.Bf3 a4 12.Re1 f4 13.Ng4 Nxg4 14.Bxg4 Bxg4 15.Qxg4 Qc8 16.Qxc8 Raxc8 17.f3 g5 18.Ne2 Bf6 19.Bb4 Rfd8

20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.Rad1 b5 22.c3 Rc7 23.Rd2 Rcd7 24.Red1 Kf7 25.Kf2 h5 26.g4 hxg4 27.hxg4 Rh8 28.Kg2 Kg6 29.d5 Rdh7 30.Rg1 Rh2+ 31.Kf1 cxd4 32.cxd4 exd4 33.Rg2 Rxg2 34.Kxg2 c5

35.Nc1 c4 36.Ne2 Rd8 37.Kg1 Be5 38.Kg2 Rd6 39.Kg1 d3 40.Nc3 Bxc3 41.bxc3 Kf6 42.Kf1 Ke5 43.Ke1 Rh6 44.Rf2 Rh1+ 45.Kd2 Ra1 46.Rf1 Ra2+ 47.Ke1 Rxa3 48.Kd2 Ra2+ 49.Kc1 Rc2+ 50.Kb1 Rxc3

51.Rd1 a3 52.Rh1 d2 53.Rd1 Rc1+ 54.Rxc1 dxc1=Q+ 55.Kxc1 b4 56.Kc2 b3+ 57.Kc3 a2 58.Kb2 Kd4 59.e5 Kxe5 60.Ka1 Kd4 61.Kb2 Ke3 62.Ka1 Kxf3 63.Kb2 Kxg4

64.Ka1 f3 65.Kb2 f2 66.Ka1 f1=Q+ 67.Kb2 a1=Q#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2093) - gali_ahmetov (lichess 2149), lichess 3/12/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 O-O 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.c3 Bb6 8.h3 Re8 9.Be2 d6 10.Nbd2 Nh5 11.Bh2 Qf6 12.Qc2 Nf4 13.Bxf4 Qxf4 14.O-O-O d5 15.Kb1 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Bf5 17.Rhf1 Qe3 18.Ng3 Bg6 19.Qd2 Rad8

20.Qxe3 Rxe3 21.Ka1 Bxd3 22.Bxd3 Rexd3 23.Rxd3 Rxd3 24.a3 f6 25.Nf5 Kf7 26.N3d4 Nxd4 27.cxd4 Bxd4 28.Rc1 c6 29.Rc4 Be5 30.Rb4 b5 31.a4 a5 32.Rg4 g5 33.axb5 cxb5 34.h4 h6 35.Nxh6+ Kg6 

36.hxg5 Rd2 37.Re4 Bxb2+ 38.Kb1 Be5 39.Ng4 Kxg5 40.Nxe5 fxe5 41.Rxe5+ Kf4 42.Rxb5 Rxg2 43.Rxa5 Ke3

44.Ra3+ Kd4 45.Rh3 Kc4 46.Rf3 Kd4 47.Rh3 Kc4 48.Rf3 Kd4 49.Rh3, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/11/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1933) - unknowndude8876 (Chess.com 1924), Chess.com 3/11/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxf4 Nc6 7.d4 Qh4+ 8.g3 Qd8 9.Bg2 Nb6 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.Nge2 Be6 12.O-O O-O 13.a3 Be7 14.Kh1 Qd7 15.b3 f6 16.exf6 Bxf6 17.a4 a6 18.a5 Nc8 19.Qd2 N8e7

20.Na4 Nf5 21.Nc5 Qe7 22.c3 Nd6 23.Bxd6 cxd6 24.Nxe6 Qxe6 25.Nf4 Qd7 26.Bxd5+ Kh8 27.b4 Rfe8 28.Rae1 Rxe1 29.Rxe1 Re8 30.Rxe8+ Qxe8 31.Qe2 Qxe2 32.Nxe2 Bg5

33.Kg2 g6 34.Kf3 Kg7 35.Ke4 Kf6 36.h4 Bd2 37.Kd3 Bh6 38.g4 g5 39.h5 Ke7 40.Ng3 Kd7 41.Nf5 Bf8 42.Bxc6+ bxc6 43.Ke4 Ke6 44.d5+ cxd5+ 45.Kd4 h6 46.b5 axb5 47.a6 Kd7 48.a7 Be7

49.a8=Q Bf6+ 50.Kd3 Ke6 51.Nd4+ Ke5 52.Qc8 Kf4 53.Qf5+ Kg3 54.Qf3+ Kh4 55.Nf5#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

GambiteroOoOoOoO (lichess 2072) - JimWest (lichess 2088), lichess 3/11/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qd1 Bg7 8.e6 Nf6 9.Nf7 Qe7 10.Nxh8 Bxe6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Bb5 c6 14.Ba4 O-O-O

15.c3 Rh8 16.Qd4 Nc5 17.Qd1 Bf5 18.Nd2 Nd3+ 19.Kf1 Qe5 20.g3 Bh3+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/10/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Raghav1703 (Chess.com 1749) - JimWest (Chess.com 1935), Chess.com 3/10/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc3 d5 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.Nb3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Bb4 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 O-O 12.Qd2 Qe8 13.Be2 h6 14.Be3 Qg6 15.Bf1 Ng4 16.h3 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Rae8 18.Nc5 Bc8

19.Qg3 Qxg3 20.fxg3 b6 21.Nb3 a5 22.a4 Bd7 23.Be2 Rf6 24.Rf1 Rxf1+ 25.Kxf1 Rf8+ 26.Kg1 Ne7 27.c4 c6 28.c5 bxc5 29.Nxc5 Bc8 30.Rf1 Rxf1+ 31.Kxf1 Nf5 32.c3 Nxg3+ 33.Kf2 Nxe2 34.Kxe2 Kf7

35.Kf2 Kf6 36.Ke3 h5 37.h4 Kf5 38.g3 Kg4 39.Kf2 e3+ 40.Kg2 g6 41.Nd3 Ba6 42.Ne5+ Kf5 43.Kf3 e2 44.Kf2 c5 45.Nf3 cxd4 46.cxd4 Ke4 47.Ng1 Kxd4 48.Ke1 Ke3 49.g4 hxg4 50.h5 gxh5 51.Nxe2 d4

52.Nc1 d3 53.Kd1 Bc4 54.Ne2 Bb3+ 55.Ke1 d2+ 56.Kf1 d1=Q+ 57.Kg2 Qxe2+ 58.Kh1 Bd5+ 59.Kg1 Qg2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2094) - Arsen0577 (lichess 1957), lichess 3/10/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O Bxf3 8.Bxf3 d5 9.fxe5 Nxe5 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.exd5 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 Bxb2 14.Nd2 Bxa1 15.Rxa1 Qd6 16.c4 Qb6+ 17.Kh1 Qb2 18.Nb3 a5 19.Qd1 b6

20.Nd2 Rae8 21.a4 Re3 22.Ne4 Re2 23.Rb1 Qc2 24.Qxc2 Rxc2 25.d6 cxd6 26.Nxd6 Rd8 27.Ne4 Rxd3 28.h3 Rxc4 29.Rxb6 h6 30.Nd6 Rxa4 31.Rb8+ Kh7 32.Nxf7 Rf4

33.Rh8+ Kg6 34.Ne5+ Kg5 35.Nxd3 Rd4 36.Nc5 Rc4 37.Ne6+ Kh4 38.Kh2 a4 39.Nxg7 Kg5 40.Ne6+ Kg6 41.Ra8 h5 42.Ra6 Kf5 43.Ng7+ Kg5 44.Ra5+ Kg6 45.Nxh5 a3 46.Ng3 Rc3 47.h4 Kf7

48.h5 Kg7 49.Nf5+ Kf6 50.h6 a2 51.g4 Rc2+ 52.Kg3 Rc3+ 53.Kh4 Rc2 54.Ra6+ Kf7 55.Kg5 Rh2 56.Ra7+ Kg8 57.Kg6 Kf8 58.Ra8#.

2 PCG Games 3/9/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

bruma_chess (Chess.com 1938) - JimWest (Chess.com 1943), Chess.com 3/9/2026

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 Nf6 12.O-O Bxb1 13.Raxb1 O-O 14.Bf3 d5 15.Rfe1 Nbd7 16.Re7 Rf7 17.Rbe1 Kf8 18.Rxf7+ Kxf7 19.Kf2 c6

20.g3 Re8 21.Rxe8 Nxe8 22.Bh5+ g6 23.Bf3 Nd6 24.Ke3 Kf6 25.b3 Nf5+ 26.Kd3 h5 27.c4 Ke6 28.Nf1 Nf6 29.Ne3 Nxe3 30.Kxe3 g5 31.a4 g4 32.Bg2 a5

33.Kd3 b6 34.Ke3 Kf5 35.Kd3 Ke6 36.Ke3 Kf5 37.Kd3 Ke6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Niebel (lichess 2064) - JimWest (lichess 2102), lichess 3/9/2026

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Bb5+ c6 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nf7 Qe7 10.Nxh8 Bxe6 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.Be3 Bd6 13.h3 Kf8 14.f3 Kg8 15.fxe4 Nxe4 16.Bg4 Kxh8 17.Nc3 Ndf6 18.Nxe4 Nxe4

19.Bf4 Bc5+ 20.Kh2 Rf8 21.Bxe6 Qxe6 22.Qg4 Qxg4 23.hxg4 Rxf4 24.Rxf4 Bd6 25.g3 Nxg3 26.Rf7 h5 27.gxh5 Nxh5+ 28.Kg1 b5 29.Re1 Nf6 30.Re6 Ne4 31.Re8+ Kh7

32.Kg2 Bc5 33.Rc7 Nf6 34.Ra8 Bd4 35.c3 Bb6 36.Rxc6 d4 37.cxd4 Bxd4 38.b3 Bb6 39.Rb8 Nd5 40.Rcxb6 axb6 41.a3 Kg6 42.Kf3 Kf5 43.Rd8 Ke5 44.Rg8 Kd4 45.Rxg7 Kc3 46.a4 bxa4 47.bxa4 Kb4 48.Ke4 Nc3+ 49.Kd4 Nxa4

50.Rb7 Kb5 51.Kd3 Nc5+ 52.Kc2 Nxb7, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/8/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1943) - Esoteric-Journey (Chess.com 1983), Chess.com 3/8/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Nxe2 exd3 8.exf6 dxe2 9.Qxe2+ Kd7 10.fxg7 Bxg7 11.Qg4+ Kc6 12.Qxg7 Re8+ 13.Kf2 f6

14.Be3 Nd7 15.Nc3 Ne5 16.Rad1, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Alexey213 (lichess 2163) - JimWest (lichess 2095), lichess 3/8/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.Nfd2 d5 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Nbc6 10.f4 Nf5

11.Qe1 Ne3 12.Nc3 Nxf1 13.Qxf1 Nxe5 14.Nxd5, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/7/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1934) - Frizis (Chess.com 1873), Chess.com 3/7/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.d5 a6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.e6 Ne5 11.exf7+ Nxf7 12.dxc6 Qxd1+ 13.Kxd1 Bg4+ 14.Ke1 Rc8 15.Nc3 Nd6 16.Bf4 Rxc6 17.Nge2 Nc4 18.Rb1 Bf5 19.Rf1 h6

20.b3 Na3 21.Rb2 e3 22.Bxe3 Nxc2+ 23.Kf2 Bd6 24.Bf4 O-O 25.Kg1 Bxf4 26.Rxf4 Nd4 27.Nxd4 cxd4 28.Ne2 d3 29.Nd4 Rc1+ 30.Kf2 Bh7 31.Rxf8+ Kxf8

32.Rd2 Ke7 33.g4 Rh1 34.Ke3 Kf6 35.Nf5 Bxf5 36.gxf5 Kxf5 37.Kxd3 g5 38.b4 h5 39.Kc4 Rc1+ 40.Kb3 g4 41.a4 h4 42.b5 axb5 43.axb5 g3 44.hxg3 hxg3 45.Kb4 Rf1 46.Rg2 Kg4 47.b6 Kh3 48.Rxg3+ Kxg3

49.Kc5 Kf4 50.b7 Rb1 51.Kc6 Ke5 52.Kc7 Rc1+ 53.Kd7 Rb1 54.Kc7 Rc1+ 55.Kd7 Rb1 56.Kc7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Feodosyevich (lichess 1941) - JimWest (lichess 2097), lichess 3/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Neg5 exd4+ 9.Be2 Nf6 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.O-O h6 12.Ngf3 c6 13.Bd3 Bg4 14.Re1 Qd6 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Nxf3 Nbd7 17.c4 Rae8 18.Qd2 Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Re8

20.Rxe8+ Nxe8 21.Qe3 Nef6 22.Qxa7 dxc4 23.Bxc4+ Kh7 24.Qxb7 Ne4 25.Qb3 Qc5 26.Bd3 Qxf2+ 27.Kh2 Ndf6 28.Qc2 Qxc2 29.Bxc2 Kh8 30.Bxe4 Nxe4

31.Ne5 c5 32.b3 g5 33.Nc4 Kg7 34.a4 Nc3 35.a5 Nb5 36.a6 Na7 37.Nb6 Kf6 38.Nd7+ Ke6 39.Nxc5+ Kd5 40.b4 Kc4 41.Ne6 Kxb4 42.g4 Kb5 43.h4 gxh4 44.Kh3 Kxa6 45.Kxh4 Nc6

 

46.Kh5 Ne5 47.Kxh6 Nxg4+ 48.Kg5 Ne5 49.Nc7+ Kb6 50.Kf5 Kxc7, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/6/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

kogf65 (Chess.com 1767) - JimWest (Chess.com 1940), Chess.com 3/6/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O Nf6 6.d4 e4 7.Re1 Be7 8.Nh4 Bg6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.d5 Nbd7 11.Bg5 O-O 12.Nc3 Nb6 13.Bb3 Qd7 14.Bh4 Qf5 15.Bg3 Rae8 16.Nb5 Bd8 17.Nd4 Qh5 18.Qc1 Kh8 19.c4 e3

20.Rxe3 Rxe3 21.Qxe3 Ng4 22.Qd2 Bg5 23.Qe2 Rxf2 24.Qe8+ Kh7 25.Bd1 Be3 26.Qxe3 Nxe3 27.Bxh5 Rxg2+ 28.Kh1 gxh5 29.b3 Rd2 30.Ne6 Nf5 31.Bf4 Rc2

32.Nxc7 Nd7 33.Nb5 Ne5 34.Nxd6 Nxd6 35.Bxe5 Ne4 36.Bd4 Ng5 37.Bxa7 Nf3 38.Bb8 g5 39.d6 Rxh2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2100) - achipaenriquezzz (lichess 2021), lichess 3/6/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bxg1 6.Rxg1 O-O 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Rf1 Nd7 9.Kf2 exf4 10.Bxf4 Nf6 11.Kg1 h6 12.Nd2 Re8 13.Qc2 d5 14.Bf3 Bg4 15.exd5 Bxf3 16.dxc6 Bxc6 17.Rae1 Qd5 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.dxe4 Rxe4

20.Rxe4 Qxe4 21.Qxe4 Bxe4 22.Bxc7 Rc8 23.Be5 Re8 24.Bd4 Bc6 25.h3 Re2 26.Rf2 Re1+ 27.Kh2 a6 28.a3 Re6 29.h4 Re4 30.g3 f6 31.Rd2 Bb5 32.Bf2 Re2 33.Rxe2 Bxe2

34.Bb6 Kf7 35.Kg2 Ke6 36.Kf2 Bc4 37.Ke3 Kf5 38.Bc7 Bd5 39.a4 Bc6 40.a5 g5 41.hcg5 fxg5 42.b4 h5 43.Kf2 h4 44.gxh4 gxh4 45.Kg1 Ke4 46.Bb6 Kf3 47.Kh2 Kg4 48.Bd4 h3

49.Bf6 Bg2 50.Bd4 Kf4 51.Bg7 Kg4 52.Bd4 Kf4 53.Bg7 Ke3 54.Bd4+ Kd3 55.Bg7 Kc4 56.Bd4 Kb3 57.Bg7 Ka4 58.Bd4 Kb5 59.Bg7 Kc6 60.Bd4 Kd7

61.Bg7 Ke6 62.Bd4 Kf5 63.Bg7 Kg6 64.Bd4 Kh7 65.Be5 Kg6 66.Bd4 Kf5 67.Bg7 Kg6 68.Bd4, draw.