2 PCG Games 6/25/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

cortezBuang (Chess.com 1963) - JimWest (Chess.com 1986), Chess.com 6/25/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.O-O Nf6

9.Bb5+ c6 10.Ba4 Bd6 11.Nc4 Bc7 12.Re1 b5 13.Bb3 bxc4 14.Bxc4 Be6 15.Bxe6 Nxe6 16.Nc3 Ba5 17.Bd2 Bxc3 18.Bxc3 O-O

19.Bxf6 Rxf6 20.Rxe4 Rd8 21.Re2 Nd4 22.Re7 Nxc2 23.Rc1 Rd2 24.f3 Nd4 25.Rb1 Rg6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Jolicoeurletendre (lichess 1957) - JimWest (lichess 2007), lichess 6/25/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qe2 d5 8.c4 Nc6 9.Qe3 Bb4 10.cxd5 Qxd5 11.a3 Nxd4 12.Bd3 Bc5 13.Nc3 Qe6 14.Bc4 Nc2+ 15.Ke2 Bxe3 16.Bxe6 Bxe6 17.fxe3 Nxa1 18.Ndxe4 Nb3

19.Ng5 Nxc1+ 20.Rxc1 Bg4+ 21.Kf2 Ne7 22.h3 O-O+ 23.Kg3 Bd7 24.e4 h6 25.Nf3 Bc6 26.Ne5 Rad8 27.Rc2 Kg7 28.b4 a6 29.a4 Rd4 30.Nxc6 Nxc6 31.b5 Nb4

32.Rc1 Rd3+ 33.Kh2 a5 34.Ne2 Rf7 35.Ng3 h5 36.h4 c6 37.Rc5 b6 38.Re5 cxb5 39.Rxb5 Rb7 40.e5 Nd5 41.Rb2 Re7 42.Ne4 Rxe5 43.Ng5 Rd4 44.Rf2 Rxh4+ 45.Nh3 Rxa4

46.Rc2 Re7 47.Rc8 Ra2 48.Rd8 Ne3 49.Nf4 Ng4+ 50.Kh3 Ra3+ 51.Kh4 Ra4 52.g3 Rxf4 53.gxf4 Nf6 54.Rb8 Nd5 55.Kg5 Rf7 56.Rd8 Rf5+ 57.Kh4 Rxf4+ 58.Kg3 Rf5

59.Rd7+ Kh6 60.Kh4 a4 61.Rd8 a3 62.Rh8+ Kg7 63.Ra8 Rf3 64.Rd8 a2 65.Rxd5 Rf4+ 66.Kg3 Rg4+ 67.Kh3 a1=Q 68.Rd7+ Kh6, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/24/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1978) - Chess_Domatio_onYoutube (Chess.com 1948), Chess.com 6/24/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 Bc5 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Na4 Bxg1 7.Rxg1 Ng4 8.h3 Nh2 9.Nc3 Nxf1 10.Kxf1 exf4 11.Bxf4 Qf6 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.c3 Ne7 14.Bg5 f6 15.Qh5+ Kd7 16.Qg4+ Kc6 17.Nb4+ Kb6 18.Be3+ c5 19.Qxg7 Be6

20.Qg3 Rg8 21.Qf2 Rc8 22.c4, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Moorthattil (lichess 1956) - JimWest (lichess 2013), lichess 6/24/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.d3 Na5 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.Ng5 h6 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qh4 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Be7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Qg3 f4 13.Qf3 Be6 14.O-O-O Nc6 15.Qe2 Nd4 16.Qd2 O-O-O 17.Kb1 g5 18.Na4 Nc6 19.g3 Bg4

20.Rc1 Bf3 21.Rhf1 Kb8 22.Nc3 Qh7 23.h4 Nd4 24.hxg5 Rxg5 25.gxf4 exf4 26.Qxf4 Qg7 27.Nd5 Rxd5 28.exd5 Bxd5 29.Rg1 Qe5 30.Qh4 Rc8 31.Rg5 Nf5 32.Qh5 Be6 33.d4 Qd5 34.b3 a5

 

35.Re1 Rf8 36.c4 Qxd4 37.Rxe6 Qd3+ 38.Kb2 Qd2+ 39.Kb1 Qd3+ 40.Kb2 Qd2+ 41.Kb1 Qd3+, draw.

2 PCG Games 6/23/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

BoBoEchecs130 (Chess.com 1921) - JimWest (Chess.com 1977), Chess.com 6/23/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.a3 Bd6 12.Rc1 Nbd7 13.Nxd7 Bxd7 14.Na2 Qc7 15.h3 Bf4 16.Qd2 Bxe3 17.Qxe3 Rae8 18.c4 Qb6 19.c5 Qc7

20.b4 a6 21.Nc3 Bc8 22.Na4 Nd7 23.Bg4 Qf4 24.Rce1 Qxe3 25.fxe3 Nf6 26.Be2 h5 27.Nb6 Be6 28.Rf2 g6 29.Ref1 Nd7 30.Nxd7 Bxd7 31.Rxf8+ Rxf8 32.Rxf8+ Kxf8

33.g4 hxg4 34.Bxg4 Bxg4 35.hxg4 g5 36.Kf2 Ke7 37.Ke2 Kd7 38.Kd2 Kc7 39.Kc3 Kb8 40.Kb3 Ka7 41.Ka4 b6 42.Kb3 b5 43.a4 Kb7 44.axb5 axb5 45.Kc2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

grigoriy-gurkov (lichess 2021) - JimWest (lichess 2017), lichess 6/23/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.Ng4 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.c4 Nxg4 12.Bxg4 Bxg4 13.Qxg4 Bxg3 14.hxg3 Nxd4 15.cxd5 Qxd5 16.Re1 Rae8 17.Be3 Nc2 18.Rad1 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Qe6

20.Qxe6+ Rxe6 21.Rd7 Rc8 22.Red1 h6 23.R1d4 a5 24.a4 b6 25.Rc4 c5 26.Rb7 Kh7 27.Kf2 Kg6 28.g4 Rf8+ 29.Ke2 Rf7 30.Rb8 Kf6 31.Rc1 Kg5

32.Rf1 Rxf1 33.Kxf1 Kxg4 34.Rb7 g5 35.Kg1 Kg3 36.Rh7 Rd6 37.Kf1 Rd2 38.Rxh6 Rxb2 39.Rg6 g4 40.Re6 Rb1+ 41.Ke2 Rb4 42.Kf1 Rxa4 43.Rxb6 Ra1+ 44.Ke2 Kxg2

45.Rb5 g3 46.Rxc5 Ra2+ 47.Ke1 Kf3 48.Rg5 g2 49.Rg6 g1=Q+ 50.Rxg1 Ra1+ 51.Kd2 Rxg1, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/22/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1996) - posa3 (Chess.com 1956), Chess.com 6/22/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Nc6 6.Nf3 d6 7.c3 Qe7 8.Be2 O-O 9.Nbd2 Ne5 10.d4 Nxf3+ 11.Bxf3 Bb6 12.Qe2 Bd7 13.Nc4 Bb5 14.O-O d5 15.exd5 Qxe2 16.Bxe2 Nxd5 17.Nxb6 Bxe2 18.Nxa8 Bxf1 19.Rxf1 Rxa8

20.c4 Nxf4 21.Rxf4 c6 22.Kf2 Rd8 23.Ke3 f6 24.h4 Kf7 25.g4 g6 26.a4 Re8+ 27.Re4 Re6 28.d5 cxd5 29.cxd5 Rxe4+ 30.Kxe4 Ke7 31.b4 b6 32.b5 Kd6 33.Kd4 f5

34.g5 f4 35.Ke4 f3 36.Kxf3 Kxd5 37.Kf4 Kd4 38.Kg4 Kc4 39.h5 Kb4 40.hxg6 hxg6 41.Kf4 Kxa4 42.Ke5 Kxb5 43.Kf6 a5 44.Kxg6 a4 45.Kf5 a3 46.g6 a2

47.g7 a1=Q 48.g8=Q Qb1+ 49.Kf4 Qc1+ 50.Kf3 Qc3+ 51.Kf2 Kb4 52.Qg4+ Qc4 53.Qg6 b5 54.Ke1 Qc3+ 55.Kd1 Kb3 56.Qb1+ Ka4 57.Qe4+ b4

58.Qa8+ Kb3 59.Qd5+ Kb2 60.Qg2+ Kb1 61.Qe4+ Ka2 62.Qa8+ Qa3 63.Qg2+ Ka1 64.Qg7+ Qc3 65.Qxc3+ bxc3 66.Kc2 Ka2 67.Kxc3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

No1_ChessPlayer (lichess 2048) - JimWest (lichess 2011), lichess 6/22/2026

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.Qh5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/21/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

mikeee15 (Chess.com 2155) - JimWest (Chess.com 1997), Chess.com 6/21/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.c3 Bd6 9.Bg5 O-O 10.Be2 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.O-O Rb8 13.b3 Qe8 14.c4 Qg6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.c5 Bxg3 17.hxg3 Rb4 18.a3 Rxd4 19.Qc2 Qg5

20.Qc3 Qd2 21.Qe3 Qxe3 22.fxe3 Rd2 23.Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.Rf1+ Ke7 25.Bh5 g6 26.Bd1 Ba6 27.Re1 Bd3 28.Bg4 h5 29.Bc8 a5 30.g4 hxg4 31.Bxg4 Rb2

32.Bd1 Ke6 33.Kh2 Ke5 34.Kg3 d4 35.b4 axb4 36.axb4 Rxb4 37.exd4+ Kxd4 38.Bg4 Kxc5 39.Bd7 Kd6 40.Be8 g5 41.Kg4 e3+ 42.Kxg5 e2 43.Bh5 Re4 44.Bf3 Re5+ 45.Kf4 c5 46.g4 c4 47.g5 c5

48.g6 Bxg6 49.Rxe2 Rxe2 50.Bxe2 Bd3 51.Bf3 c3 52.Ke3 c2 53.Kd2 c4 54.Kc1 Kc5 55.Bb7 Kd4 56.Ba6 Kc5 57.Bc8 Kb4 58.Be6 Kc3 59.Bf5 Kd4 60.Bd7 Kc3 61.Ba4 Kb4 62.Bxc2 Bxc2 63.Kxc2 c3

64.Kc1 Kb3 65.Kb1 c2+ 66.Kc1 Kc3, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

billywang (lichess 1971) - JimWest (lichess 2012), lichess 6/21/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.Bb3 Bxf5 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.Ba4+ Nc6 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 O-O 14.Ba3 Re8 15.Qb3 Qb6 16.Bc5 Qxb3 17.axb3 h6 18.Nh3 Bxh3 19.gxh3 Rac8

20.Bxc6 Rxc6 21.Rxa7 b6 22.Bb4 Nh5 23.Kh1 Nf4 24.Rg1 g5 25.h4 Rg6 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.Be7 Nh3 28.Rg3 Nxf2+ 29.Kg2 Nd3 30.Bxg5 Rf8 31.Be3 Rxg3+ 32.hxg3 Ne1+ 33.Kh3 Nc2

34.Bh6 Rf1 35.Ra2 Ne1 36.Ra1 Rh1+ 37.Kg4 Rxh6 38.Rxe1 Rh2 39.Kf5 Kf7 40.Ke5 Rh5+ 41.Kd6 Rg5 42.Re3 Kg6 43.Kc6 Kg5 44.Kxb6 Kg4 45.Kc5 Kh3 46.g4+ Kxg4 47.b4 Kf4 48.Re1 e3 49.b5 Ke4 50.b6 Rg8 51.Kc6 Kd3 52.Kxd5 Kd2 53.Rxe3 Kxe3

54.c4 Rd8+ 55.Kc6 Rxd4 56.c5 Rb4 57.Kc7 Kd4 58.c6 Kd5 59.b7 Rb1 60.Kd7 Rb2 61.Kc7 Rb1 62.Kc8 Kxc6 63.b8=Q Rxb8+ 64.Kxb8, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 6/20/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2004) - Saicharanchess (Chess.com 1883), Chess.com 6/20/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 c5 8.c3 cxd5 9.cxd5 Nc6 10.Nf3 Nf2 11.Qe2 Nxh1 12.Bxe3 Bb4+ 13.Nc3 Bg4 14.O-O-O Bxc3 15.bxc3 Qa5 16.Kb2 Ng3 17.hxg3 O-O-O 18.Bxf7 Ne7 19.Bg5 Rd7

20.Bxe7 Rxe7 21.Bb3 Rc7 22.Rc1 Re8 23.Qe4 Bxf3 24.gxf3 Qb6 25.Qxh7 a5 26.Ka1 a4 27.Bxa4 Rf8 28.Qd3 Qa5 29.Bb3 b5 30.Kb1 Rh8 31.d5 Rh2

32.d6 Qa3 33.Be6+ Kb7 34.Qxb5+ Ka7 35.dxc7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2031) - CYROZENITH (lichess 1956), lichess 6/20/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 d5 7.Qf3 dxe4 8.dxe4 Re8 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nd2 Nc6 12.O-O-O a5 13.Ne2 a4 14.Ng3 a3 15.b3 b6 16.h4 Ba6

17.Nh5 Qe7 18.f6 Qe6 19.Nxg7, Black resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 6/19/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1998) - vkshy2015 (Chess.com 1999), Chess.com 6/19/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Nd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.c3 Be6 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.Bxc6 Bxc6 10.Ne2 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Ng3 Nb6 13.Qg4 f6

14.Bh6 Rf7 15.e6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2027) - AppleJuice2 (lichess 1984), lichess 6/19/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 d6 12.Nc3 Qg6+ 13.Kxh1 Bg4 14.Bg2 O-O-O 15.Qd4 dxe5 16.Qxa7 Bd6 17.Qa8+ Kd7 18.Qxb7 Qxc2 19.Be3 Rb8

20.Qd5 Be6 21.Nxe5+ Ke8 22.Qc6+ Ke7 23.Nd5+ Bxd5 24.Qxc2 Bxg2+ 25.Kxg2 Bxe5 26.Bc5+ Ke8 27.Re1, Black forfeits.

2 PCG Games 6/18/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

lightyzxc99 (Chess.com 1884) - JimWest (Chess.com 2000), Chess.com 6/18/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Nfd2 e3 9.fxe3 Qxe3+ 10.Qe2 Qxe2+ 11.Bxe2 Ne7 12.O-O O-O 13.c3 d5 14.Nf3 Nbc6 15.Nbd2 Rae8 16.Bb5 a6 17.Ba4 b5 18.Bb3 Na5 19.Rfe1 Nc4

20.Bxc4 bxc4 21.b3 cxb3 22.axb3 Bc8 23.Ra5 Bb7 24.Ne5 Ng6 25.Ndf3 Nxe5 26.Nxe5 Re6 27.Rf1 Rxf1+ 28.Kxf1 Rb6 29.b4 Rb5 30.Ke2 Rxa5 31.bxa5 Kf8

32.Nd7+ Ke7 33.Nc5 Bc8 34.Ke3 Kd6 35.Kf4 h6 36.h4 Kc6 37.Ke5 g5 38.g3 gxh4 39.gxh4 Kb5 40.Kxd5 Kxa5 41.Kc6 Bg4 42.Kxc7 Kb5 43.Nd3 a5 44.d5 a4 45.d6 a3

46.d7 Bxd7 47.Kxd7 a2 48.Nb4 a1=Q 49.c4+ Kxb4 50.c5 Qa7+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

chessdisaster 69 (lichess 2072) - JimWest (lichess 2020), lichess 6/18/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Qg3 Kxh8 14.Bxf6+ Bxf6 15.Nxe4 Bf5 16.Nxf6 Qxf6 17.O-O-O Nxd4 18.Rd2 Re8 19.Kb1 Nxc2

20.Qc3 Qxc3 21.bxc3 Na3+ 22.Kc1 Nc4 23.Rd4 Nd6 24.Rhd1 b5 25.a4 a6 26.axb5 axb5 27.f3 Ra8 28.g4 Bg6 29.h4 Ra1+ 30.Kb2 Rxd1 31.Rxd1 h6

32.Kb3 Bf7+ 33.Kb4 Bc4 34.Kc5 Be2 35.Rg1 Bxf3 36.g5 hxg5 37.hxg5 Kg7 38.Rf1 Ne4+ 39.Kd4 Nxg5 40.Rxf3 Nxf3+ 41.Kc5 Ne5 42.Kxb5 Kf6 43.Ka6 Ke6 44.Kb7 Kd6

45.Ka6 c6 46.Ka5 Kc5 47.Ka4 Kc4 48.Ka3 Kxc3 49.Ka2 c5 50.Kb1 c4 51.Kc1 Kb3 52.Kb1 c3 53.Kc1 Nc6 54.Kb1 Nb4 55.Kc1 Nd3+, White resigns.