2 PCG Games 9/22/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

sachinanand1966 (Chess.com 1973) - JimWest (Chess.com 2027), Chess.com 9/22/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Neg5 exd4 7.Ne5 Bb4+ 8.c3 dxc3 9.Qa4+ Nc6

10.Nxc6 cxb2+ 11.Qxb4 bxa1=Q 12.Nxd8 Qxc1+ 13.Ke2 Qxg5 14.Nxb7 Qe7+ 15.Qxe7+ Nxe7 16.Nc5 O-O, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

airduster212 (lichess 1922) - JimWest (lichess 2069), lichess 9/22/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.f3 Bb4 9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O

11.fxe4 Nxe4 12.Bd3 Qh4+ 13.Ke2 Qf2#.

2 PCG Games 9/21/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

77ghadi (Chess.com 1844) - JimWest (Chess.com 2039), Chess.com 9/21/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.Ng5 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.Bb5+ Nc6 10.Qe2 O-O 11.O-O e4 12.dxe4 fxe4 13.c4 Nd4 14.Qd1 Nxb5 15.cxb5 h6 16.Nh3 Bxh3 17.gxh3 Qd7 18.f4 Qxh3

19.Qe2 Bc5+ 20.Kh1 Ng4 21.Nb3 Bb6 22.Bd2 e3 23.Bc3 Nf2+ 24.Rxf2 exf2 25.Rf1 Rxf4 26.Nd2 Raf8 27.Qe5 d4 28.Bb4 Qf5 29.Qe7 Qd5+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Cake_or_riot (lichess 1961) - JimWest (lichess 2070), lichess 9/21/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.d5 Bxf5 7.Nc3 c6 8.Qd4 cxd5 9.Nxd5 Qa5+ 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Bb5 Qxb5 12.Nxb5 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Bd7 14.f3 d5 15.fxe4 dxe4 16.Bf4 h6 17.Nge6 Bxe6 18.Nxe6 Kf7 19.Nxf8 Rhxf8

20.O-O-O Rfd8 21.Rhf1 Rxd1+ 22.Kxd1 Rd8+ 23.Ke2 Kg6 24.h3 Rd7 25.Rd1 Rxd1 26.Kxd1 Kf5 27.Bb8 a6 28.c4 h5 29.Ke2 Nd7 30.Bd6 Ne5 31.Bxe5 Kxe5

32.Ke3 h4 33.b4 b6 34.a3 g6 35.a4 g5 36.a5 bxa5 37.bxa5 Kf5 38.c5 Ke5 39.c6 Kd6 40.c7 Kxc7 41.Kxe4 Kc6 42.Kf5 Kb5 43.Kxg5 Kxa5 44.Kxh4 Kb4 45.g4 a5 46.g5 a4 47.g6 a3 48.g7 a2 49.g8=Q a1=Q

50.Qf8+ Kb5 51.Qf5+ Kc6 52.Qe6+ Kc7 53.Kh5 Qh8+ 54.Kg4 Qg7+ 55.Kf4 Qd4+ 56.Qe4 Qxe4+ 57.Kxe4 Kd6

58.Kg5 Ke7 59.Kg6 Kf8 60.Kh7 Kf7 61.h4 Kf8 62.h5 Kf7 63.h6 Kf8 64.Kh8 Kf7 65.h7 Kf8, stalemate.

2 PCG Games 9/20/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

DIWR (Chess.com 1855) - JimWest (Chess.com 2043), Chess.com 9/20/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.c4 Bxf5 7.g3 d5 8.b3 c6 9.Nh3 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 O-O

12.Nf4 e3 13.fxe3 Ne4 14.Qe2 Qa5+ 15.Nd2 Bg4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Titou1964 (lichess 2121) - JimWest (lichess 2069), lichess 9/20/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.c4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Nc3 c6 12.Be2 Re8 13.O-O Rxe6 14.Rae1 Nbd7

15.f3 exf3 16.Bxf3 Rxe1 17.Rxe1 dxc4 18.Qe2 Nb6 19.Qe6+ Kh8 20.d5 cxd5 21.a4 Qg8 22.a5 Qxe6 23.Rxe6 Nbd7 24.Nxd5 Nxd5 25.Bxd5 Nc5

26.Re7 h6 27.Bxc4 Rd8 28.b4 Rd4 29.Re8+ Kh7 30.Bg8+ Kg6 31.bxc5 Ra4 32.Re7 Rxa5 33.Rxb7 Rxc5 34.Rxa7 Rc2 35.Bd5 Rb2

36.h4 h5 37.Bf7+ Kh6 38.Ra6+ Kh7 39.Bxh5 Rb4 40.Bg6+ Kh6 41.h5 Kg5 42.Kh2 Kg4 43.Be8 Rb2 44.Rg6+ Kh4 45.Rxg7 Rxg2+ 46.Rxg2, stalemate.

2 PCG Reversed Games 9/19/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2066) - gmaain (Chess.com 1986), Chess.com 9/19/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Bg4 7.O-O Nbd7 8.c3 Ne8 9.d4 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 e5 11.a4 Kh8 12.Na3 c6 13.Kh1 Qe7 14.Nc4 f5 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.fxe5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.exf5 Rxf5 19.Bg4 Rd8

20.Qe2 Qh4 21.Bh3 Rxf1+ 22.Qxf1 Nf6 23.Be3 Ng4 24.Bg1 Kg7 25.Re1, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2063) - SILAMBU64 (lichess 2126), lichess 9/19/2026

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.Nf3 Re8 10.Bd3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Bf5 12.O-O Bxe4 13.Bxe4 Rxe4 14.Ng5 Nf6 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Qf3 d5 17.c4 c6 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.f5 Nd7

20.Bf4 Qb6 21.Rfd1 Qf6 22.g4 h6 23.Rab1 b6 24.a4 Rc8 25.Rbc1 Rxc1 26.Bxc1 Qc6 27.Be3 Qxa4 28.h4 b5 29.g5 Nb6 30.gxh6 Nc4

31.Qg4 Qxd1+ 32.Qxd1 Nxe3 33.Qf3 Nxf5 34.Qxf5 gxh6 35.Qxd5 Nf6 36.Qa8+ Kg7 37.Qxa7 h5 38.Qb7 Kg6 39.Qxb5 Ng4 40.Qg5+ Kh7 41.Qxh5+ Nh6 42.d5 f6 43.d6 f5 44.d7 f4 45.d8=Q  f3 46.Qe7+ Kg8 47.Qhe8#.

2 PCG Games 9/18/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

hina1979 (Chess.com 1846) - JimWest (Chess.com 2052), Chess.com 9/18/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.Qe2 f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.Ng5 h6 10.Bf7+ Kf8 11.Ne6+ Bxe6 12.Bxe6 g5 13.h3 Nbd7 14.Nf3 Kg7 15.Bd2 Nf8 16.Bb3 Ng6 17.Nh2 h5 18.g3 Qd7 19.gxf4 gxf4

20.Nf3 Rae8 21.O-O-O exd4 22.Nxd4 Bd8 23.f3 Bb6 24.Nxf5+ Qxf5 25.exf5 Rxe2 26.fxg6 Be3 27.Bf7 Rxd2 28.Rxd2 d5 29.Kc2 Bxd2 30.Kxd2 Rd8 31.Re1 Rd7

32.Kd3 b6 33.Re5 c5 34.b3 b5 35.c4 dxc4+ 36.Kc3 cxb3 37.axb3 Rc7 38.Rf5 a5 39.Re5 a4 40.bxa4 bxa4 41.Kb2 c4 42.Kc3 a3 43.Ra5 Re7 44.Rxa3 Re3+ 45.Kb4 Rxa3 46.Kxa3 Nd7

47.Kb4 Ne5 48.Bxc4 Nxf3 49.Bf7 Ng5 50.h4 Nxf7 51.gxf7 f3 52.Kc3 f2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

SacEnZap (lichess 2000) - JimWest (lichess 2057), lichess 9/18/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Re1 Nd4

13.Nxe4 Nxc2 14.Nxd6+ cxd6 15.Ng6+ Nxe1 16.Nxh8 Ke7 17.Ng6+ hxg6 18.Be3 Nd3 19.Rd1 Nxb2 20.Rb1 b6 20.Rxb2 Nd5

21.Bd4 Nxf4, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 9/17/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

laetiluc193bis (Chess.com 2089) - JimWest (Chess.com 2048), Chess.com 9/17/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.a3 f5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Nf3 f4 9.h3 h5 10.Ne2 g5 11.d4 g4 12.hxg4 Bxg4 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.c3 Qxd1+ 15.Rxd1 Rd8 16.Rxd8+ Kxd8 17.Nh2 Bxe2 18.Kxe2 Ke7 19.b4 Nb8

20.Nf3 Nd7 21.Nh4 Bxh4 22.Rxh4 Nf6 23.f3 c6 24.Rh1 b5 25.Bb3 Rd8 26.Rd1 Rxd1 27.Kxd1 Kd6 28.c4 a6 29.c5+ Ke7 30.Ke2 h4 31.Kf2 Nh5

32.Bg8 Ng3 33.Ke1 Kf6 34.Kf2 Ke7 35.Bb3 Kf6 36.Bg8 Ke7, drsw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

SEROMAT (lichess 2074) - JimWest (lichess 2050), lichess 9/17/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.h4 Nf6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Ng5 Bxg5 9.hxg5 Qxg5

10.Qf3 Qg4 11.Qxg4 fxg4 12.Nd2 Nd7 13.O-O-O Nf6 14.a4 Bd7, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 9/16/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

payungcs (Chess.com 1863) - JimWest (Chess.com 2063), Chess.com 9/16/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.O-O Nf6 9.Re1 Bd6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Ne2 h6 12.Nf3 e4 13.dxe4 fxe4 14.Nfd4 Ng4 15.Ng3 Qh4

16.h3 Nxf2 17.Nf1 Nxd1 18.Rxd1 Nxd4 19.a4 Nxb5 20.axb5 Qf2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

whosmama3anddadsisab (lichess 1969) - JimWest (lichess 2051), lichess 9/16/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nfd2 d5 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.Qa4+ Nc6 10.Bb5 Bxc3 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.Qxc6+ Bd7 13.Qxc3 Ne7 14.Nb3 O-O 15.O-O Rc8 16.Qd4 Qb6 17.Qxb6 axb6 18.Bg5 Ng6 19.Rad1 Bb5

20.Rfe1 Rc2 21.Rxd5 Rfxf2 22.Rxb5 Rxg2+ 23.Kh1 Rxh2+ 24.Kg1 Rhg2+ 25.Kh1 Rh2+ 26.Kg1 Rhg2+ 27.Kh1 Rh2+, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/15/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2059) - lowkeybien (Chess.com 1916), Chess.com 9/15/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bd6 5.fxe5 Bxe5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Nxe2 Bxh2 9.Rxh2 Nxe4 10.Nbc3 Nxc3 11.Nxc3 Qd6 12.Qe2+ Qe6 13.Qxe6+ fxe6 14.Bf4 c6 15.O-O-O O-O 16.Bxb8 Raxb8 17.Rdh1 h6 18.g4 b5

19.g5 hxg5 20.Rh8+ Kf7 21.Rf1+ Ke7 22.Rfxf8 Rxf8 23.Rxf8 Kxf8 24.Kd2 Kf7 25.Ke3 Kf6 26.Kf3 Kf5 27.Nd1 g4+ 28.Kg3 g5 29.c3 e5 30.dxe5 Kxe5 31.Kxg4 Ke4 32.Kxg5 Kf3

33.Kf5 Ke2 34.Nf2 Kxf2 35.Ke5 Ke3 36.Kd3 Kd2 37.Kxc6 Kc2 38.Kxd5 Kxb2 39.Kc5 Kxa2 40.Kxb5 Kb3 41.c4 a6+ 42.Kxa6 Kxc4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

jayiansarrosa (lichess 2098) - JimWest (lichess 2047), lichess 9/15/2026

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Ng3 e4 9.Ne5 Nf6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O c6 12.f4 Be6 13.c3 Nbd7 14.f5 Bf7 15.Bg4 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Nxg4 17.Qxg4 Qxe5 18.f6 Bg6

19.fxg7 Rxf1+ 20.Rxf1 Qxg7 21.Qe6+ Kh8 22.Rf6 Re8 23.Qd6 e3 24.h3 Be4 25.Nxe4 dxe4 26.Kf1 e2+ 27.Kxe2 Qxg2+ 28.Kd1 e3 29.Rf8+ Rxf8 30.Qxf8+ Qg8 31.Qxg8+ Kxg8 32.Ke2 Kf7 33.Kxe3 Ke6

34.Ke4 c5 35.a4 a5 36.b4 cxb4 37.cxb4 axb4 38.Kd4 h5, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 9/14/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

acharyasuraj091 (Chess.com 1920) - JimWest (Chess.com 2071), Chess.com 9/14/2026

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.Bb5+ c6 10.Ba4 O-O 11.Qd2 Be6 12.O-O-O Qa5 13.Bb3 Nbd7 14.a3 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Qxc3 16.bxc3 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Ng4 18.Bh4 Nxf2 19.Bxf2 Rxf2

20.g3 Raf8 21.h4 h5 22.Rde1 Re8 23.Rhg1 Bf7 24.Rgf1 Rxf1 25.Rxf1 Rxe5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

cyvern17x (lichess 1947) - JimWest (lichess 2039), lichess 9/14/2026

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Ba4 Bc5 8.O-O Ne7 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qh6 Nf5 11.Qh3 Ne3

12.Qxc8 Qxc8 13.fxe3 Qg4 14.Nh3 Nd7 15.c3 O-O-O 16.Bd1 Qe6 17.Nf4 Qxe5 18.b4 Bb6 19.a4 a6 20.b5 Rdf8

21.bxa6 bxa6 22.a5 Bc5 23.Be2 Rxf4 24.Bxa6+ Kc7, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/13/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

hunsniper (Chess.com 1860) - JimWest (Chess.com 2066), Chess.com 9/13/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.O-O O-O 10.Nb1 c6 11.a3 Bd6 12.c4 Be6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Qb3 Qc7 15.Bf4 Nc6

16.Rc1 Nxd4 17.Qd1 Nxe2+ 18.Qxe2 Qb8 19.Bg3 Bxe5 20.Bxe5 Qxe5 21.Nc3, White resigns.

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Philidor Coumter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2050) - slaweki151 (lichess 2046), lichess 9/13/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 a6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Ne2 c5 10.c3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bb4+ 12.Nbc3 O-O 13.O-O Bxc3 14.bxc3 c5 15.h3 Nh6 16.Bxh6 gxh6 17.Ng3 Bb7 18.Qg4+ Qg5 19.Qxg5+ hxg5

20.Rae1 cxd4 21.cxd4 Rad8 22.Nxe4 Rxd4 23.Nf6+ Kh8 24.Rd1 Rfd8 25.Rxd4 Rxd4 26.Rf5 h6 27.Ng4 Kg7 28.Rf6 Rd1+ 29.Kh2 Rd2 30.Rf2 Rxf2 31.Nxf2 h5 32.g4 h4

33.Nd3 Bd5 34.Nb4 Bb7 35.Kg1 Kf8 36.Kf2 Ke7 37.Nd3 Bd5 38.a3 Ke6 39.Nc5+ Kxe5 40.Nxa6 f5 41.gxf5 Kxf5 42.Nb4 Be4 43.a4 Kf4 44.a5 Ke5 45.a6 Kd4 46.a7 Kc5

47.Nd3+ Kb6 48.Ne5 Kxa7 49.Nf7 Bf5 50.Nxg5 Bxh3 51.Nxh3 Kb6 52.Kf3 Kc5 53.Kg4 Kd4 54.Kxh4, draw.