PCG & PCG Reversed 6/3/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

lowkeybien (Chess.com 1978) - JimWest (Chess.com 1994), Chess.com 6/3/2026

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.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.f3 Qe8 12.fxe4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nxe4

14.Qd3 Nxg5 15.Rxf8+ Qxf8 16.Rf1 Qe7 17.c4 Be6 18.Qb3 Na6 19.a3 Rf8 20.Rxf8+ Kxf8 21.c5 Ne4 22.Bxa6 bxa6 23.Nxc6 Qc7

24.Ne5 Kg8 25.Qa4 Bf7 26.Qxa6 h6 27.Nc6 Qf4 28.Qf1 Qe3+ 29.Kh1 Nf2+ 30.Kg1 Ng4+ 31.Kh1 Qxa3 32.Ne7+ Kh8 33.h3 Nf6 34.Qf5 Qa1+ 35.Kh2 Qxd4

36.Qc8+ Kh7 37.Qf8 Qf4+ 38.Kg1 Ne4, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2049) - Cwg123 (lichess 2093), lichess 6/3/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.Qxg4 Qxd4 10.Ne2 Qxe5 11.Nbc3 Bc5 12.Bf4 Qf6 13.O-O-O O-O 14.Rhf1 Rfd8 15.Kb1 Rxd1+ 16.Rxd1 e3 17.Bxc7 Qf2 18.Qg3 Qxg2 19.Qxg2 Bxg2

20.Be5 f6 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Rg1 Rd8 23.Rxg2+ Kf7 24.Kc1 f5 25.Nf4 Bd6 26.Nfd5 f4 27.Ne4 h6 28.Nxd6+ Rxd6 29.Nxf4 Rf6 30.Re2 Rxf4 31.Rxe3 Rf2 32.h3 b6

33.b3 a5 34.a4 Rf5 35.Kb2 h5 36.c4 Kf6 37.Kc3 h4 38.Kd4 Kg5 39.Re5 Kf4 40.Rxf5+ Kxf5 41.c5 bxc5+ 42.Kxc5 Kf4 43.b4 Kg3 44.bxa5 Kxh3 45.a6 Kg3 46.a7 h3 47.a8=Q h2

48.a5 Kf2 49.Qb8, Black resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 6/2/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1984) - IonMacari (Chess.com 1815), Chess.com 6/2/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 d5 7.Qf3 dxe4 8.dxe4 b6 9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.Nd2 Bb7 11.O-O-O Qc8 12.Ne2 a5 13.Ng3 Ba6 14.Bxa6 Qxa6 15.Nb3 Be7 16.Rxd7 Nxd7 17.Bxe7 Rfe8 18.Bg5 a4 19.Nd2 c5

20.f6 g6 21.h4 Re6 22.h5 b5 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Qg4 Nxf6 25.Qh4 Kf8 26.Rf1 Ng8 27.Qh8 f6 28.Bh6+ Ke7 29.Qg7+ Kd6 30.Qxg6, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2057) - X-Grandmaster (lichess 2091), lichess 6/2/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Nd4 8.c3 Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 Be7 10.O-O Qd7 11.f5 O-O-O 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.a4 d5 15.a5 dxe4 16.dxe4 Qd3 17.Qxd3 Rxd3 18.a6 b6 19.Na3 Rhd8

20.Nc4 Kd7 21.Rfd1 Kc6 22.Rxd3 Rxd3 23.Kf2 Kc5 24.Ne3 Rd2+ 25.Kf3 Rxb2 26.Nd5 c6 27.Nxf6 gxf6 28.Rd1 Kb5 29.Rd7 Kxa6 30.Rxf7 Rc2 31.Rxf6 Rxc3+ 32.Kg4 Rc2

33.Kh3 c5 34.Rxh6 Rf2 35.Re6 c4 36.Rxe5 c3 37.Re8 Kb7 38.Re7+ Kb8 39.Re8+ Kc7 40.Re7+ Kd6 41.Rxa7 c2 42.Ra1 Ke5 43.Kg3 Rd2 44.Rc1 b5

45.Kf3 b4 46.Ke3 Rxg2 47.Kd3 b3 48.Kc3 Rxh2 49.Kxb3 Kxe4 50.Rxc2 Rxc2 51.Kxc2 Kxf5, draw.

2 PCG Games 6/1/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

CleopatraGaze (Chess.com 1955) - JimWest (Chess.com 1979), Chess.com 6/1/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nd4 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 Ne7 9.Nc3 c6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bb5+ Nbc6 12.O-O O-O 13.f3 Qb6 14.Rad1 exf3 15.Rxf3 Rxf3 16.gxf3 Bh3

17.Qg5 Nxd4 18.Kh1 Nxb5 19.Qxe7 Nxc3 20.bxc3 Qf2 21.Rg1 Qxf3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Igor959 (lichess 2061) - JimWest (lichess 2046), lichess 6/1/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nd4 d5 6.Be2 Bc5 7.O-O Ne7 8.Nb3 Bb6 9.a4 c6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Bg4 Na6 12.Bxb6 axb6 13.Bxc8 Qxc8 14.f4 Nf5 15.Qe1 Nc5 16.Nxc5 bxc5 17.Nc3 Nd4 18.Qd1 Qe6

19.Ne2 Nxe2+ 20.Qxe2 Rae8 21.Rae1 Qh6 22.Qe3 b6 23.a5 bxa5 24.Qxc5 Rxf4 25.Rxf4 Qxf4 26.Rf1 Qxe5 27.Qxc6 e3 28.Qd7 Qe6 29.Qxe6+ Rxe6 30.Re1 d4

31.Kf1 Rf6+ 32.Ke2 Rf2+ 33.Kd3 Rd2+ 34.Ke4 Rxc2 35.Kxd4 Rxb2 36.Rxe3 Rxg2 37.h3 h5 38.Re5 g6 39.Rxa5 Rg3 40.h4 Rg4+ 41.Ke5 Rxh4 42.Kf6 Kh7 43.Ra7+ Kh6 44.Ra8 Rf4+ 45.Ke5 Rf5+ 46.Ke6 Kg5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/31/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

uNGam3R (Chess.com 1990) - JimWest (Chess.com 2018), Chess.com 5/31/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Nf7 Kxf7 13.Bc4+ Kg7 14.O-O-O Nc6 15.Qg3 Kh8 16.Qc3 Bf5 17.d5 Nb8 18.Qe5 Bg6 19.f4 Nbd7

20.Qd4 Qf8 21.a3 Qg7 22.Rdf1 Bc5 23.Qc3 h6 24.Bh4 Ng4 25.Qe1 Bxa3 26.bxa3 Qa1+ 27.Kd2 Qd4+ 28.Bd3 exd3 29.f5 Bh7 30.Qa1 Qxa1 31.Rxa1 dxc2

32.h3 Nge5 33.Rae1 Bxf5 34.Rxe5 Nxe5 35.Bf6+ Kh7 36.Bxe5 Rd8 37.Bxc7 Rxd5+ 38.Kc1 Rb5 39.Kd2 Rb1 40.Rc1 Rxc1 41.Kxc1 b5 42.h4 h5 43.g3 Kg6 44.Kd2 Kf6 45.Kc1 Ke6 46.Ba5 Kd5 47.Bc7 Kc4 48.Kb2 a6

49.Bf4 a5 50.Bd2 b4 51.axb4 axb4 52.Be1 b3 53.Bd2 Kd3 54.Bc1 Be6 55.Bf4 Ke2 56.Bc1 Kd1 57.Bf4 Bd5 58.Bg5 Be6 59.Bf4 Bd5 60.Bg5 Be6 61.Bf4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

sskrip (lichess 1988) - JimWest (lichess 2039), lichess 5/31/2026

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.Bg5+ Nf6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.O-O-O Ke8

10.Nb5 Nxe4 11.Rhf1 a6 12.Nxd6+ cxd6 13.Nd2 Nxg5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/30/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

epew99 (Chess.com 1939) - JimWest (Chess.com 2027), Chess.com 5/30/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nbd2 Nf6 6.h3 Be7 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.Nh4 Bg6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.a4 d5 12.Ba2 Qc7 13.c3 O-O-O 14.a5 e4 15.Nd4 Ne5 16.O-O Nxd3 17.Ne6 Qe5 18.Nxd8 Bxd8 19.Bb1 Bc7

20.f4 exf3 21.Bxd3 Qh2+ 22.Kf2 Qxg2+ 23.Ke3 Re8+ 24.Kd4 Be5+ 25.Kc5 Nd7+ 26.Kb4 Bd6+ 27.Kb3 Nc5+ 27.Ka2 f2 28.Qg4+ Qxg4 29.hxg4 Nxd3 30.Bd2 Re2 31.Rad1 Bf4 32.Bxf4 Nxf4 33.Rd4 g5

34.Kb3 Ne6 35.Rd3 Nc5+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Patzer-immer (lichess 2003) - JimWest (lichess 2030), lichess 5/30/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bb3 Na6 6.O-O Nc5 7.Re1 Nxb3 8.axb3 Be7 9.d4 fxe4 10.Rxe4 Nf6 11.Re1 e4 12.Ng5 d5 13.f3 h6 14.Nh3 Bxh3 15.gxh3 O-O

16.fxe4 Nxe4 17.Nc3 Bb4 18.Bd2 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Qh4, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 5/29/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2014) - orange_warrior1986 (Chess.com 2046), Chess.com 5/29/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Qxe2 Nbd7 8.Nf3 c6 9.f5 Qe7 10.a4 O-O 11.b4 Bb6 12.a5 Bc7 13.O-O d5 14.Bg5 Rfe8 15.Nbd2 Qd6 16.Kh1 h6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Rg1 Rad8 19.g4 c5

20.g5 hxg5 21.Rxg5 cxb4 22.cxb4 Qxb4 23.Rag1 Qxa5 24.Rxg7+ Kf8 25.exd5 Qxd5 26.Ne4 Nxe4 27.dxe4 Qd3 28.f6 Qxe2 29.Rg8#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2010) - AlexKull (lichess 1961), lichess 5/29/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 exf4 6.Bxf4 Nc6 7.Nd2 a6 8.d4 Bb6 9.Bd3 h6 10.Ngf3 Bg4 11.O-O Qd7 12.Kh1 O-O-O 13.Qc2 g5 14.Be3 Kb8 15.Rae1 Nh5 16.Nc4 Ba7

17.d5 Bxe3 18.dxc6 Qxc6 19.Nxe3 Be6 20.Nd4 Qd7 21.Nxe6 Qxe6 22.Bc4 Qe7 23.Rxf7 Qe8 24.Ref1 Nf4 25.g3 d5 26.Bxd5 Nxd5 27.Nxd5 c6 28.Re7 Qh5 29.Rff7 b5 30.Qf2 Qd1+ 31.Kg2, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/28/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Sanskar2012 (Chess.com 1820) - JimWest (Chess.com 2005), Chess.com 5/28/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Nf7 Kxf7 13.Bc4+ Kg7 14.O-O-O Nc6 15.Qg3 Kh8 16.Bh6 Bf8 17.Bxf8 Qxf8 18.Qxc7 Bf5 19.d5 Rc8

20.Qf4 Na5 21.Bb3 Nxb3+ 22.axb3 Bg6 23.Qe5 e3 24.c3 Re8 25.Qd4 e2 26.Rde1 Re4 27.Qd2 Qd6 28.Rxe2 Qa6 29.Kd1 Qa1+ 30.Qc1 Qxc1+ 31.Kxc1 Rxe2

32.c4 Ne4 33.f3 Nc5 34.Kd1 Rxb2 35.Re1 Rb1+ 36.Kd2 Nxb3+ 37.Ke2 Rxe1+ 38.Kxe1 Kg7 39.Ke2 Kf6 40.g4 Ke5 41.Ke3 Kd6 42.f4 a5 43.f5 Bf7 44.Kd3 a4 45.Kc3 Nc5 46.h4 h6 47.g5 hxg5 48.hxg5 Ne4+ 49.Kb4 Nxg5 50.Kxa4 Ne4

51.Kb5 Nc5 52.Kb6 Bh5 53.f6 Bf7 54.Kb5 Nd7 55.Kb4 Nxf6 56.Kb5 Nd7 57.Kb4 Bh5 58.Kb5 Be2 59.Kb4 Ne5 60.Kc3 Bxc4 61.Kd4 Bxd5

62.Kc3 Kc5 63.Kd2 b5 64.Kc2 Kb4 65.Kb2 Nc4+ 66.Kc2 Na5 67.Kb2 Bb3 68.Kb1 Kc3 69.Kc1 b4 70.Kb1 Bc4 71.Kc1 b3 72.Kb1 Bd3+ 73.Ka1 b2+ 74.Ka2 b1=Q+ 75.Ka3 Qb3#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ButiLaki (lichess 1881) - JimWest (lichess 2002), lichess 5/28/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.c3 Nd7 6.Qb3 Nc5 7.Bf7+ Ke7 8.Qc4 Bd3

9.Qh4+ Kxf7 10.Ng5+ Ke8 11.f4 Be7 12.Qg3, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/27/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2001) - chandand1444 (Chess.com 1908), Chess.com 5/27/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 exf4 6.Bxf4 Ne5 7.Be2 Nxf3+ 8.Bxf3 c6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.c3 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd2 Bh4+ 13.g3 Bf6 14.d4 Bh3 15.Qb3 b6 16.O-O-O a5 17.e5 a4 18.Bxc6+ Bd7 19.Bxd7+ Qxd7

20.Qxb6 dxe5 21.dxe5 Bxe5 22.Rhe1 f6 23.Nc4 O-O 24.Rxd7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

LLLCCC (lichess 2096) - JimWest (lichess 2001), lichess 5/27/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.b3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Bb2 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O c6 9.h3 h6 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.a4 Bh7 13.Qd2 Rae8

14.Rad1 a5 15.Qxa5 Qxa5 16.Nxa5 Nc5 17.Nc4 e4 18.Ne1 d5 19.Ne3 Bd6 20.Bxf6 Rxf6 21.d4 Ne6 22.c3 Nf4 23.Rd2 Nxe2+ 24.Rxe2 h5 25.b4 g5 26.g3 Kh8 27.Kg2 Rg8 28.a5 Rg7 29.Ra2 Bf4 30.a6 bxa6 31.Rxa6 Bxe3 32.fxe3 Rxf1 33.Kxf1 Rf7+ 34.Ke2 Rf6

35.b5 Bf5 36.h4 gxh4 37.gxh4 Bg4+ 38.Kd2 Rf2+ 39.Kc1 cxb5 40.Nc2 Rh2 41.Rd6 Rxh4 42.Rxd5 Be2 43.Re5 Bd3 44.Ne1 Rh1 45.Kd2 Rh2+ 46.Kd1 Be2+ 47.Kc1 Bc4 48.Rxe4 Re2 49.Re8+ Kg7 50.Nf3 Rf2 

51.Nh4 Kh6 52.Re5 Bd3 53.e4 Rc2+ 54.Kd1 Rxc3 55.Nf5+ Kg6 56.d5 Bxe4 57.Nh4+ Kf6 58.Rxe4 Rd3+ 59.Kc2 Rxd5 60.Kc3 Rc5+ 61.Kb4 Rc4+ 62.Rxc4 bxc4 63.Kxc4 Kg5

64.Nf3+ Kf4 65.Ne1 Kg3 66.Kd3 h4 67.Ke3 h3 68.Nf3 Kg2 69.Kf4 h2 70.Nxh2, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/26/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

MadMaximus1982 (Chess.com 1909) - JimWest (Chess.com 1988), Chess.com 5/26/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nd4 d5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Ba4 Bc5 8.O-O Ne7 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qe2 O-O 12.N3d2 Nd7 13.Bb3 Nc5 14.Nxe4 Nxb3 15.Nf6+ Rxf6 16.exf6 Nxc1

17.Rxc1 Nf5 18.g4 Nd4 19.Qd3 Qxf6 20.Nc3 Bxg4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2017) - RuslanTimurziev (lichess 1882), lichess 5/26/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 h6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be2 Nh5 8.Be3 Bh4+ 9.Nxh4 Qxh4 10.Bf2 Qg5

11.Bxh5 Qxg2 12.Qf3 Qxf3 13.Bxf3 O-O 14.Nc3 Nb4 15.O-O-O d6 16.a3 Nc6 17.Nd5, Black resigns.