2 PCG Games 3/22/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

ImBulletBorn (Chess.com 2098) - JimWest (Chess.com 1969), Chess.com 3/22/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.O-O Bd6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Bb5+ c6 12.Nc4 Bc7 13.Nc3 cxb5 14.Nxb5 Bb8 15.Ncd6+ Bxd6 16.Nxd6+ Ke7 17.Nxe4 Bf5 18.Ng3 Bg6 19.f4 f5

20.Rfe1+ Kf6 21.Ne2 Nc6 22.Nc3 Rad8 23.h3 Rd2 24.Rad1 Rhd8 25.a3 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27.Nxd1 Nd4 28.Nc3 Nxc2 29.Nb5 Be8 30.Nxa7 Bd7

31.b4 Nxa3 32.g4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Tiger1715 (lichess 2044) - JimWest (lichess 2109), lichess 3/22/2026

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 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 Qd6 12.O-O Qxe6 13.Bb4 Re8 14.Rc1 Nc6 15.Bc3 Ne7 16.b3 Ng6 17.Bd2 c6 18.c4 Rac8 19.cxd5 cxd5

20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Qb1 Ng4 22.Bxg4 Qxg4 23.Rc1 Rxc1+ 24.Qxc1 Nh4 25.g3 Nf3+ 26.Kg2 Nxd2 27.Qxd2 Qf3+ 28.Kg1 h5 29.Qc2 h4, White forfeits.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/21/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1957) - ChesStoner69420 (Chess.com 1809), Chess.com 3/21/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Na4 Bb6 7.Nxb6 axb6 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Be2 Qe7 10.O-O exf4 11.Bxf4 Be6 12.a3 d5 13.e5 Nd7 14.d4 f6 15.exf6 Nxf6 16.Be5 Ng4

17.Qd2 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Rxf1+ 20.Rxf1 Rf8 21.Rxf8+ Qxf8 22.Bf3 c6 23.c3 Qf5 24.Qe2 g5 25.h3 Qg6 26.Kh2 Bf7 27.Bg4 Be6 28.Bxe6+ Qxe6

29.Qe3 h6 30.g4 b5 31.Kg2 Kf7 32.Qf3+ Ke7 33.Qf5 Qf7 34.b4 b6 35.Kf3 c5 36.Ke3 d4+ 37.cxd4 cxd4+ 38.Ke4 d3 39.Qxf7+ Kxf7 40.Kxd3 Ke7

41.Kd4 Kd7 42.Kd5 Ke7 43.Kc6 Ke6 44.Kxb5 Kxe5 45.Kxb6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

rashid-pervaiz06 (lichess 2089) - JimWest (lichess 2103), lichess 3/21/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bb3 a5 8.a3 Na6 9.Nh4 f4 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Nxg6 Bg4 13.Qxg4 hxg6 14.Qxg6+ Kd7 15.Qf7+ Qe7 16.Qxe7+ Kxe7 17.Rd1 Nc5 18.Ba2 a4 19.Ke2 b5

20.Nb1 Rh6 21.Nd2 Rah8 22.h3 Rg6 23.Kf3 Rh7 24.Rdg1 Bh4 25.Nf1 Rhg7 26.Nh2 Nd7 27.Ng4 Nf6 28.Nxf6 Kxf6

29.c3 Rd7 30.Rd1 d5 31.exd5 cxd5 32.Rhg1 Kf5 33.g3 e4+ 34.dxe4+ dxe4+ 35.Ke2 Rxd1 36.g4+ Ke5 37.Rxd1 f3+ 38.Kf1 Rd6, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 3/20/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Jorge4538B (Chess.com 1924) - JimWest (Chess.com 1960), Chess.com 3/20/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.d4 fxe4 6.Nxe4 Bf5 7.Ng3 Bg4 8.Bb5 exd4 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Qxd4 Bxf3 11.Qe3+ Qe7 12.gxf3 Qxe3+ 13.fxe3 Nf6 14.Kf2 g6 15.e4 Bg7 16.c3 O-O 17.Bg5 Rab8 18.Rab1 h6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6

20.h4 h5 21.Ne2 Be5 22.Ke3 Kh7 23.f4 Bg7 24.b3 Rf7 25.Rbg1 Bh6 26.Rg2 Rbf8 27.Rf2 Re8 28.Rhf1 d5 29.Ng3 dxe4 30.Rd1 Ref8 31.Ne2 g5 32.hxg5 Bxg5 33.Kxe4 Re8+ 34.Kf3 Ref8

35.Rd4 Bh6 36.Rh2 c5 37.Rc4 Rf5 38.Rh4 Rd8 39.Ng3 Rd3+ 40.Kg2 Rf7 41.Rxc5 Rg7 42.Rh3 h4 43.Rxh4 Rdxg3+ 44.Kf2 Rg2+ 45.Ke3 Rxa2 46.Kd4 Rd2+ 47.Kc4 Rf2 48.Rch5 Rg6 49.f5 Rf6 50.b4 R2xf5 51.Rxf5 Rxf5 52.Kb3 Kg6

53.Rc4 Bf4 54.Rc6+ Rf6 55.Rc5 Rf7 56.b5 Be3 57.Re5 Bb6 58.c4 Rf5 59.Re6+ Kf7 60.Re4 Rc5 61.Rh4 Ke6 62.Rh7 Kd6 63.Kb4 Rg5 64.Rh6+ Kd7 65.Rc6 a5+ 66.Ka4 Rg4

67.Kb3 Rg3+ 68.Ka2 Rc3 69.Kb2 Bd4 70.Ka2 a4 71.Kb1 Kc8 72.Ka2 Kb7 73.Kb1 a3 74.Ka2 Bb6 75.Ka1 Rc2 76.Kb1 a2+ 77.Kxc2 a1=Q 78.Kd3 Qd4+ 79.Kc2 Qe4+ 80.Kb3 Qxc6 81.bxc6+ Kxc6

82.Kb4 Bf2 83.Kc3 Kc5 84.Kb3 Be1 85.Kc2 Kxc4 86.Kd1 Bh4 87.Kc2 c5 88.Kc1 Kc3 89.Kd1 Kb2 90.Kd2 c4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

magnetic_E (lichess 2170) - JimWest (lichess 2109), lichess 3/20/2026

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.fxe3 Qxg5 11.Qxd4 Nc6 12.Qd5 Qxe5, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/19/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1932) - NorthlandBanneret (Chess.com 1853), Chess.com 3/19/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 d6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 Be7 5.Nf3 c6 6.c3 O-O 7.f5 Nbd7 8.Qc2 Qc7 9.Be2 d5 10.Bg5 a5 11.a4 Nc5 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nbd2 Qb6 14.g4 h6 15.h4 dxe4 16.dxe4 g6 17.g5 hxg5 18.hxg5 Bh8 19.f6 Bg4

20.O-O-O Bh5 21.Rxh5 gxh5 22.Nxe5 Rfe8 23.Nec4 Qc7 24.Bxh5 Rad8 25.Kb1 b5 26.axb5 cxb5 27.Na3 Nxe4 28.Nxe4 Rxd1+ 29.Bxd1 Qc6 30.Bf3 Qb6 31.Qf2 Qe6

32.Nxb5 Rb8 33.Nd4 Qb6 34.Nf5 Qb3 35.Nh6+ Kf8 36.Qc5+ Ke8 37.Qe7#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Abdo_Elomla (lichess 2221) - JimWest (lichess 2113), lichess 3/19/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.d4 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nf6 9.Bb5 exd4 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Qxc6+ Kf7 12.Qc4+ d5 13.Qxd4 Bd6

14.Nxd5 Re8+ 15.Be3 Be5 16.Qc4 Qxd5 17.Qxd5+ Nxd5 18.O-O-O Nxe3 19.fxe3 Rad8 20.Rhf1+ Kg8 21.Rd3 Bf6 22.Rf3 c5 23.b3 c4 24.bxc4 Rc8 25.Rd7 Rxc4 26.Rxa7 Rec8 27.Rf2 Bg5 28.Re2 Rc3

29.Kb2 Bxe3 30.Rd7 Bg5 31.Re8+ Rxe8 32.Kxc3 Bf6+ 33.Kb3 Rb8+ 34.Ka3 Kf8 35.c4 Ke8 36.Rd5 Be7+ 37.Ka4 Rb4+ 38.Ka5 Rxc4 39.a4 Rc5+ 40.Rxc5 Bxc5

41.Kb5 Bg1 42.Kc6 h5 43.a5 h4 44.Kd5 Kd7 45.Ke4 Kc6 46.Kf5 Bd4 47.Kg4 Bf6 48.g3 hxg3 49.Kxg3 Kb5 50.h4 Kxa5 51.h5 Bg5 52.Kg4 Bh6 53.Kf5 Kb5 54.Ke5 Kc5

55.Ke4 Kd6 56.Kf5 Ke7 57.Ke5 Kf7 58.Kf5 Bc1 59.Ke5 Kg8 60.Kf5 Kh7 61.Ke6 Kh6 62.Kf5 Kxh5

63.Ke6 g5 64.Kf5 g4 65.Ke4 Kh4 66.Kd3 Kh3 67.Ke2 Kh2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 3/18/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

giorgidamate (Chess.com 1853) - JimWest (Chess.com 1926), Chess.com 3/18/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.d5 Nb8 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O fxe4 11.Nxe4 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Nd7 14.Rdg1 Kh8 15.Bd3 Nc5 16.Nxc5 dxc5 17.Be4 h6

18.Rg6 Bg5 19.Rxg5 Qxg5 20.Qxg5 hxg5 21.h4 gxh4 22.Rxh4+ Kg8 23.Rh5 Rae8 24.Bf5 Rf6 25.Be6+ Raxe6 26.dxe6 Rxe6 27.Kd2 Kf7 28.Ke3 Kf6 29.Rh8 b6 30.Rc8 Re7 31.Ke4 Ke6 32.Rd8 a5

33.c4 Rf7 34.Re8+ Kf6 35.Rxe5 Rd7 36.Rd5 Re7+ 37.Kd3 Re1 38.Kd2 Rf1 39.Ke2 Rc1 40.b3 Rc2+ 41.Rd2 Rxd2+ 42.Kxd2 Ke5

43.Ke3 g5 44.a3 c6 45.a4 Kf5 46.Kd3 Kf4 47.Ke2 Kf5 48.Ke3 Ke5 49.Kd3 Kf4 50.Ke2 Kf5 51.Ke3 Ke5 52.Kd3 Kf4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

IamNOTamod (lichess 2089) - JimWest (lichess 2114), lichess 3/18/2026

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.Qd2 e3 11.fxe3 Nxb4 12.Qxb4 Bg4

13.Qd2 Rd8 14.Qc3 Rd1+ 15.Kf2 Ne7 16.c5 O-O+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 3/17/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

santosh_sahu (Chess.com 1923) - JimWest (Chess.com 1932), Chess.com 3/17/2026

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.Qc5 Nxb4 11.Qxb4 Qc1+ 12.Ke2 Bg4+ 13.f3 exf3+ 14.gxf3 O-O-O

15.fxg4 Qd1+ 16.Kf2 Nh6 17.h3 Rhf8+ 18.Ke3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

steve-sawyer1947 (lichess 1952) - JimWest (lichess 2111), lichess 3/17/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Ng5 Nf6 7.f3 exf3 8.Qxe7+ Bxe7 9.Nxf3 Bxf5 10.Na3 O-O 11.Be2 d5 12.Bf4 Bxa3 13.bxa3 c6 14.O-O-O Nbd7 15.Bd6 Rfe8

16.Bd3 Bxd3 17.Rxd3 Ne4 18.Bf4 Nf2 19.Rdd1 Nxh1 20.Rxh1, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/16/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

nakana1111 (Chess.com 1802) - JimWest (Chess.com 1932), Chess.com 3/16/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Be2 c6 12.O-O Nbd7 13.f3 Qe8 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.Rb1 b5 16.Qd2 Qg6 17.Bh4 Rae8 18.Bg3 e3

19.Qd3 Bf5 20.Qd1 Bxc2 21.Qc1 Bxb1 22.Qxb1 Qxb1 23.Rxb1 Nh5 24.Bd6 Rf6 25.Be5 Rf7 26.g3 a6 27.Re1 c5 28.Bd3 cxd4 29.cxd4 Rxf3 30.Be2 Rf5 31.Bxh5 Rxh5 32.Rxe3 Rhxe5 33.dxe5 Kf7 34.Kf2 Ke6

35.Ke2 Rc8 36.Kf3 d4 37.Re4 Rc3+ 38.Kf4 Rxa3 39.Rxd4 Ra4 40.Ke4 Rxd4+ 41.Kxd4 b4 42.h4 h5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2104) - PitM_gr (lichess 2191), lichess 3/16/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7

8.Qxg4 Bxb5 9.d5 Qxd5 10.Nc3 Qc4 11.Nxb5 Ke7, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/15/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

BULAT1112 (Chess.com 1885) - JimWest (Chess.com 1951), Chess.com 3/15/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.c3 f4 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.Bxe6 Qxf6 9.Bd5 Nd8 10.Qd3 c6 11.Bb3 Be7 12.Nd2 Ndf7 13.Nf3 O-O 14.h3 Kh8 15.O-O g5

16.Nd2 g4 17.hxg4 Nxg4 18.f3 Ne3 19.Re1 Qg6 20.Re2 Ng5 21.Kf2 Nh3+ 22.gxh3 Bh4#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2112) - newman7 (lichess 2159), lichess 3/15/2026

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 Qe7+ 13.Kf2 Re8 14.Qc3+ Kd7 15.Be3 Nc6 16.Nd2 Rad8 17.Nf3 Kc8

18.Rhd1 Kb8 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Kg1 Re8 21.Re1, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/14/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1944) - iraklipatsatsia (Chess.com 1984), Chess.com 3/14/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c6 7.c3 a5 8.a4 Qb6 9.Na3 e5 10.Nc4 Qc7 11.O-O b5 12.axb5 cxb5 13.Nxd6 Qxd6 14.fxe5 Qb6+ 15.d4 Nxe4 16.Bd3 f5 17.exf6 Nxf6 18.Qb3+ Be6

19.Qxb5 Qxb5 20.Bxb5 Bd5 21.Bg5 Nbd7 22.Bxf6 Nxf6 23.Ne5 Ne4 24.Rxf8+ Rxf8 25.Rxa5 Bxe5 26.dxe5 Rd8 27.Bd3 Ng5 28.Rxd5 Rb8 29.Rb5 Rd8 30.Bc4+ Kg7 31.h4 Ne4

32.Bd5 Ng3 33.e6 Kf6 34.c4 h5 35.Rb7 Nf5 36.Rf7+ Ke5 37.e7 Re8 38.Bc6 Rxe7 39.Rxe7 Nxe7 40.Bf3 Kd4 41.b3 Nf5 42.Bd5 Kc5 43.Kf2 Nxh4 44.Bf7 Kb4 45.g3 Nf5 46.Bxg6 Nd4 47.Bxh5 Kxb3 48.Bf7 Kb4

49.g4 Kc5 50.g5 Kd6 51.g6 Ke7 52.Ke3 Nf5+ 53.Ke4 Kf6 54.c5 Ne7 55.Be8 Ke6 56.Kd4 Kf6 57.Kc4 Ke6 58.Kb5 Kf6 59.c6 Nd5 60.Bf7 Ne7 61.Kb6 Kg7 62.Kb7 Kf6 63.c7 Kg7 64.c8=Q Nxc8 65.Kxc8 Kh6

66.Kd7 Kg7 67.Ke6 Kh8 68.Kf5 Kg7 69.Kg5 Kh8 70.Be8 Kg8 71.Ba4 Kh8 72.Kh6 Kg8 73.Bb3+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

rlv_1959 (lichess 2118) - JimWest (lichess 2102), lichess 3/14/2026

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.Bxe3 dxe3 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.Nf7+ Ke7 13.Nxh8 Nh6 14.f4 Nc6 15.Bd3 Bf5 16.Rd1 Rxh8 17.h3 Rd8

18.Ke2 Bxd3+ 19.Rxd3 Rxd3 20.Kxd3 Nf5 21.g4 Nh4 22.Kxe3 g5 23.Ke4 gxf4 24.Kxf4 Ng6+ 25.Kf5 b6 26.Re1 Na5 27.Re4 Nb7 28.g5 Nc5 29.Rd4 Ne6 30.Rd1 Ng7+ 31.Ke4 Ne6

32.Rf1 Nxg5+ 33.Kd5 Nxh3 34.e6 Nhf4+ 35.Kc6 Nxe6 36.Re1 h5 37.Kd5 Ngf4+ 38.Ke5 Nd3+, White resigns.