2 PCG Games 2/18/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Woahchess1234 (Chess.com 2165) - JimWest (Chess.com 2029), Chess.com 2/18/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.O-O Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bb3 O-O 12.Nc4 Bxc4 13.Bxc4+ Kh8 14.Re1 Bb4 15.Bd2 Bxc3 16.Bxc3 Re8 17.Re2 Nc6 18.Rae1 Rad8 19.Bxf8 gxf6

20.Rxe4 Rxe4 21.Rxe4 Rd1+ 22.Kf2 Nd4 23.Re8+ Kg7 24.Rg8+ Kh6 25.Bd3 c5 26.g4 Rd2+ 27.Ke3 Rxh2 28.g5+ fxg5 29.fxg5+ Kh5 30.Bxh7 Kg4 31.Rg7 Nxc2+ 32.Bxc2 Rxc2

33.Rxb7 Kxg5 34.Kd3 Rh2 35.Kc3 a6 36.Rc7 Kf4 37.Rxc5 Rh6 38.b4 Ke4 39.a4 Rh1 40.b5 Rc1+ 41.Kb4 a5+ 42.Kxa5 Rxc5 43.Kb6 Kd5 44.a5 Kd6 45.a6 Rxb5+ 46.Kxb5 Kc7 47.a7 Kb7 48.Kc5 Kxa7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Nightynight22 (lichess 2102) - JimWest (lichess 2093), lichess 2/18/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.c3 Nf6 7.Re1 Bg4 8.d4 Qc7 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nbd7 11.a4 O-O-O 12.b4 g5 13.Na3 h5 14.Be6 Be7 15.Bd2 g4 16.hxg4 hxg4 17.Bxg4 Nxg4 18.Qxg4 Rh4 19.Qf3 Rdh8

20.Kf1 exd4 21.cxd4 Bf6 22.Bc3 Nb6 23.e5 dxe5 24.dxe5 Bxe5 25.Bxe5 Rh1+ 26.Ke2 Qxe5+ 27.Kd2 Qb2+ 28.Kd3 Rxe1 29.Qg4+ Nd7 30.Rxe1 Qxa3+ 31.Kc4 b5+ 32.axb5 cxb5+ 33.Kxb5 Qd3+ 34.Ka5 Qd5+ 35.Ka4 Kb7

36.Rd1 Nb6+ 37.Ka3 Nc4+ 38.Kb3 Nd2+ 39.Kc2 Rc8+ 40.Kb2 Qb3+ 41.Ka1 Qa3#.

2 PCG Games 2/17/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

kanwal69 (Chess.com 2016) - JimWest (Chess.com 2040), Chess.com 2/17/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bb5+ c6 12.Ba4 O-O 13.O-O-O Bb4 14.Ne2 Nf7 15.Nxf7 Bxf7 16.Bb3 Bxb3 17.axb3 Rad8 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.c3 Bc5

20.b4 Be3+ 21.Kc2 f5 22.c4 Kg7 23.Kc3 Kg6 24.h3 h5 25.Rhe1 Bb6 26.c5 Bc7 27.g3 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Rd8 29.Rxd8 Bxd8 30.h4 Bf6+ 31.Kb3 a6

32.Nc1 Kf7 33.Kc2 Ke6 34.Nb3 Kd5 35.Na5 e3 36.Kd3 Bxb2 37.Nxb7 Ba3 38.Nd6 Bxb4 39.Nxf5 Bxc5 40.Nxe3+ Bxe3 41.Kxe3 a5

42.Kd3 c5 43.Kc3 a4 44.Kb2 c4 45.Kc2 a3 46.Kc3 Ke4 47.Kc2 Kf5 48.Kc3 Kg4 49.Kc2 Kf5 50.Kc3 Kg4 51.Kc2 Kf5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

federyiko (lichess 2120) - JimWest (lichess 2089), lichess 2/17/2026

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.Qd2 e3 11.fxe3 Nxb4 12.Qxb4 Bg4 13.Nc3 O-O-O

14.Nd5 Rxd5, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/16/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

ibrahim38promax (Chess.com 2117) - JimWest (Chess.com 2041), Chess.com 2/16/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Nbd2 f4 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nd7 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.Kb1 Kb8 14.Rhe1 g5 15.c3 Nf6 16.d4 h5 17.Qd3 g4 18.h4 g3 19.f3 Nd7

20.Rh1 Nf8 21.dxe5 d5 22.exd5 Rxd5 23.Qf5 Qxe5 24.Qxe5+ Rxe5 25.Ne4 Kc7 26.Rd2 Ng6 27.c4 Rge8 28.Kc2 Rxe4 29.fxe4 Rxe4 30.b3 Re3 31.Rd3 Re2+ 32.Rd2 Re3 33.Kd1 a5

34.Re2 Rd3+ 35.Ke1 a4 36.Re6 Rd6 37.Rxd6 Kxd6 38.Ke2 axb3 39.axb3 Kc5 40.Kf3 Kd4 41.Rd1+ Kc3 42.Rd7 b5 43.cxb5 cxb5 44.Rd5 Nxh4+ 45.Kxf4 Nxg2+ 46.Kxg3 Ne3 47.Rxb5 h4+ 48.Kxh4 Nc2 49.Rb8 Nd4 50.b4 Kc4 51.Rb7 Nb5 52.Kg4 Kxb4

53.Kf4 Kc5 54.Ke5 Kc6 55.Rb8 Nc7 56.Rc8 Kd7 57.Rh8 Kc6 58.Rh6+ Kc5 59.Rh1 Nb5 60.Rc1+ Kb4 61.Kd5 Nc3+ 62.Kc6 Kc4 63.Kd6 Kd3 64.Ke5 Kc4 65.Re1 Kd3 66.Kf4 Kd2 67.Re8 Kd3 68.Rd8+ Kc4

69.Ke3 Nd5+ 70.Ke4 Nc3+ 71.Ke3 Nd5+ 72.Kd2 Kd4 73.Rd7 Kc5 74.Kd3 Kc6 75.Rd8 Kc5 76.Ke4 Nc3+ 77.Kd3 Nd5 78.Kc2 Nb4+ 79.Kb3 Nc6 80.Rc8 Kb6 81.Kc4 Kb7 82.Rh8 Kb6 83.Rh6 Kc7 84.Kc5 Ne7

85.Ra6 Kd7 86.Rd6+ Kc7 87.Rf6 Kd7 88.Rh6 Nf5 89.Rg6 Ne7 90.Rf6 Nc8 91.Ra6 Ne7 92.Rd6+ Kc7 93.Re6 Kd7 94.Re5 Ng6 95.Rd5+ Ke7

96.Rh5 Kf6 97.Kd6 Kg7 98.Rg5 Kf6 99.Rg1 Kf5 100.Rf1+ Nf4 101.Rf2 Ke4 102.Rxf4+ Kxf4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2083) - Salavat_Taimasov (lichess 2105), lichess 2/16/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Ng6 9.e5 Nd7 10.Nf3 c5 11.c3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bb4+ 13.Nc3 Rc8 14.Bd2 O-O 15.O-O Re8

16.Nxd5 Bxd2 17.Qxd2 f6 18.exf6 Nxf6 19.Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.Rac1 Nf4 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Ne5 Rf8 23.Nf3 Qxd4+ 24.Nxd4, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/15/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2044) - Jamgail (Chess.com 1927), Chess.com 2/15/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Qxe2 Bxg1 8.Rxg1 O-O 9.Rf1 Nbd7 10.Kf2 d5 11.fxe5 Nxe5 12.Bg5 dxe4

13.Kg1 exd3 14.Qxe5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

VadimMG (lichess 2097) - JimWest (lichess 2076), lichess 2/15/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Nxd8 8.O-O f4 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Nf3 Nhf7 11.Nb5 Bd6 12.Rd1 Ke7 13.b3 a6 14.Nc3 c6 15.Bb2 Bg4 16.a4 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Ne6 18.Bxe6 Kxe6 19.a5 Rad8

20.Na4 Ke7 21.Nb6 Ng5 22.Kg2 Bc7 23.Nc4 Ke6 24.h4 Nf7, White forfeits.

2 PCG Reversed Games 2/14/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2046) - xamgylo (Chess.com 1888), Chess.com 2/14/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bg4 7.O-O Bxf3 8.Bxf3 h6 9.c3 Qd7 10.a4 O-O-O 11.f5 Kb8 12.b4 d5 13.b5 Na5 14.Qc2 dxe4 15.dxe4 Bc5+ 16.Kh1 Nc4 17.Be2 Nd6 18.Rd1 Qe7

19.Nd2 Ndxe4 20.Nxe4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2073) - dash_r_media (lichess 1938), lichess 2/14/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 Nc6 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 Bxg1 6.Rxg1 d6 7.Be2 Bd7 8.f5 Qe7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Qd2 O-O-O 12.O-O-O g6 13.g4 Nd4 14.Nd5 Qg7 15.f6 Nxe2+ 16.Qxe2 Qf8 17.h3 h5 18.g5 Bxh3 19.Qe3 Bg4

20.Qxa7 Kd7 21.Qxb7 Rc8 22.Nb6+ Ke6 23.Qd5#.

2 PCG Games 2/13/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

aarav_chess1803 (Chess.com 2058) - JimWest (Chess.com 2041), Chess.com 2/13/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.O-O Kf8 11.Be3 Bd6 12.Bh5 Kg8 13.Ng6 hxg6 14.Bxg6 Nbd7 15.Bh5 Nxh5 16.Qxh5 Nf6 17.Qd1 Ng4 18.h3 Qh4

19.Nc3 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Qg3 21.Rf4 Qxe3+ 22.Rf2 Bc5 23.Qe2 Rf8 24.Raf1 Rxf2 25.Rxf2 Qxe2 26.Nxe2 Bxf2+ 27.Kxf2 Kf7

28.Ke3 c5 29.c3 Kf6 30.b4 b6 31.a4 Ke5 32.a5 Bd7 33.axb6 axb6 34.bxc5 bxc5 35.h4 Bg4 36.Ng3 d4+ 37.cxd4+ cxd4+ 38.Kd2 Kf4 39.Nh1 e3+ 40.Kc2 Bf5+ 41.Kd1 d3

42.g4 Bxg4+ 43.Kc1 Bf3 44.Nf2 exf2 45.h5 f1=Q+ 46.Kb2 d2 47.Ka3 d1=Q 48.Kb4 Qfe2 49.h6 gxh6 50.Kc5 Qec2+ 51.Kb6 Qdb1+ 52.Ka7 Qca2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

SpinuEujen (lichess 2046) - JimWest (lichess 2073), lichess 2/13/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nfd2 d5 6.Nb3 c6 7.c4 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+ 9.Qxd2 Ne7 10.Nc3 Be6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Be2 O-O 13.O-O Nbc6 14.f3 exf3 15.Bxf3 Nxe5 16.Nd4 Nxf3+ 17.Nxf3 Kh8 18.Rae1 Bg8 19.Ng5 h6

20.Rxf8 Qxf8 21.Ne6 Bxe6 22.Rxe6 Rd8 23.Qd4 Nf5 24.Qe5 Qc5+ 25.Kh1 Qf2 26.Qe2 Qxe2 27.Re2 d4 28.Rf2 dxc3, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/12/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2032) - Burgerking2158 (Chess.com 1899), Chess.com 2/12/2026

1.e3 d6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 Nf6 4.f4 Be7 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 c6 7.c3 O-O 8.f5 d5 9.Qc2 dxe4 10.dxe4 Qc7 11.Bg5 Nc5 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nbd2 a5 14.a4 Re8 15.O-O h6 16.Kh1 Bd7 17.g4 Rad8 18.h4 Be7

19.g5 hxg5 20.hxg5 Bf8 21.g6 fxg6 22.Bc4+ Kh8 23.Kg2 Ne6 24.Rh1+ Kg8 25.fxe6 Bxe6 26.Bxe6+ Rxe6 27.Ng5, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

arnavrp (lichess 2054) - JimWest (lichess 2074), lichess 2/12/2026

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 Qxe3+ 13.Be2 Qc1+ 14 Kf2 Qf4+ 15.Bf3 Qd4+ 16.Kf1 Ne7 17.Qc3 Qb6 18.Nd2 O-O 19.Ke2 Ng6

20.Bd5+ Kh8 21.Rhf1 Bg4+ 22.Nf3 Rae8 23.Kd2 Bxf3 24.Rxf3 Rxf3 25.gxf3 Qf2+ 26.Kd1 Rxe5 27.Be4 Re8 28.Qe1 Rd8+ 29.Kc1 Qxe1+ 30.Kc2 Qxa1 31.Bxg6 hxg6

32.f4, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/11/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

abubachirtrahovstan (Chess.com 2083) - JimWest (Chess.com 2027), Chess.com 2/11/2026

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.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 12.fxe3 Nxb4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2066) - AnsariS (lichess 2067), lichess 2/11/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Ng4 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Nf3 d5 11.O-O dxe4 12.Bxe4 Re8 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Qa4 c5 15.h3 Nf6 16.dxc5 Bxc5+ 17.Kh2 Bb7 18.Qb5 Bb6 19.Rd1 Qe7

20.Re1 Qf8 21.Rxe8 Rxe8 22.Ne5 Rd8 23.Qe2 Nd5 24.Nxd5 Rxd5 25.Be3 h6 26.Bxb6 cxb6 27.Rd1 Qd6 28.Rxd5 Qxd5 29.b3 Qe6 30.Qc4 Bd5 31.Qc7 f6 32.Ng6 Qf7 33.Ne7+ Kh7 34.Nxd5 Qxd5

35.Qc2+ Kh8 36.g3 Qd7 37.h4 a5 38.Qf2 Qc7 39.Qd2 b5 40.h5 b4 41.Qe2 Kg8 42.Qe8+ Kh7 43.Qg6+ Kh8 44.Qe8+ Kh7 45.Qg6+ Kh8 46.Qe8+ Kh7, draw.

2 PCG Games 2/10/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

icrazy4chess (Chess.com 1985) - JimWest (Chess.com 2025), Chess.com 2/10/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.Bc4 fxe4 5.Nxe5 Qg5 6.d4 Qxg2 7.Rf1 dxe5 8.Qh5+ Qg6 9.Qxe5+ Be7 10.d5 Nd7 11.Qxc7 Qd6 12.Qa5 Ngf6 13.Be3 O-O 14.Nd2 b6 15.Qa4 Kh8 16.O-O-O Bb7 17.Bb5 Nc5 18.Qd4 a6 19.Be2 Qxd5

20.Qxd5 Bxd5 21.Kb1 Nd3 22.Bxd3 exd3 23.c4 Be4 24.Bb6 Rab8 25.c5 Bg6 26.f4 Nd5 27.Nc4 Nxb6 28.cxb6 Bd8 29.Ne5 Rxb6 30.Nd7 Rf7 31.Nxb6 Bxb6 32.f5 Rxf5 33.Rxf5 Bxf5

34.Rf1 g6 35.Kc1 Kg7 36.Kd2 Bc7 37.h3 h5 38.a3 a5 39.h4 a4 40.Rd1 Be5 41.Rb1 Bf4+ 42.Kc3 d2 43.Rf1 Bg4 44.Rxf4 d1=Q 45.Rd4 Qb3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Kampino4 (lichess 2076) - JimWest (lichess 2060), lichess 2/10/2026

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Ke2 c6 8.Nc3 Ne7 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Qa4+ Nbc6 11.e6 O-O 12.Be3 Qa5 13.Qxa5 Bxa5 14.Rd1 Bxc3 15.bxc3 h6 16.Nh3 Bxe6 17.Nf4 Bf7 18.Bc5 b6 19.Ba3 Rfe8

20.g3 g5 21.Ng2 Bh5+ 22.Ke1 Bxd1 23.Kxd1 Rad8 24.Ne3 d4 25.Bc4+ Kh8 26.cxd4 Rxd4+ 27.Ke2 Red8 28.Bb2 Kh7 29.Bxd4 Nxd4+ 30.Kd2 Nf3+ 31.Kc2 Rd2+ 32.Kb3 Rxf2 33.Nd5 Nxd5 34.Bxd5 e3

35.Re1 Nd2+ 36.Kc3 Rxh2 37.Rxe3 Nb1+ 38.Kd4 Rd2+ 39.Ke5 Kg7 40.Be4 Rb2 41.Bd5 Nd2 42.Rd3 Nf1 43.Be6 Re2+ 44.Kd6 Rd2 45.Rxd2 Nxd2

46.g4 Ne4+ 47.Kc6 Kf6 48.Bc8 Nc3 49.a3 b5 50.Kb7 a5 51.Kb6 b4 52.Kxa5 bxa3, White resigns.