2 PCG Games 6/15/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

svirowe (Chess.com 1803) - JimWest (Chess.com 1995), Chess.com 6/15/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nbd2 f4 8.h3 Nbd7 9.b4 h6 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.a4 g5 12.d4 Qc7 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Qb3 Rh7 15.O-O-O Rg7 16.g3 a5 17.gxf4 gxf4 18.Rhg1 Rxg1 19.Rxg1 axb4

20.cxb4 b5 21.Bf7+ Kf8 22.a5 Bxb4 23.Qxb4+ Kxf7 24.Qb3+ Be6 25.Qc3 Nd7 26.Nh4 Qxa5 27.Qxc6 Qa3+ 28.Kc2 Qc5+ 29.Qxc5 Nxc5 30.f3 Rc8 31.Kd1 Nb3 

32.Nxb3 Bxb3+ 33.Kd2 Be6 34.Ng6 Kf6 35.Nh4 Rg8 36.Rxg8 Bxg8 37.Nf5 h5 38.h4 b4 39.Kc2 Bc4 40.Kd2 b3 41.Nd6 Ba6 42.Kc3 Be2 43.Kxb3 Bxf3 44.Kc3 Ke6 45.Nf5 Bxe4 46.Ng7+ Kd5 47.Nxh5 Bg2

48.Kd3 e4+ 49.Ke2 f3+ 50.Kf2 Ke5 51.Ke3 Kf5 52.Ng3+ Kg4 53.Nxe4 Kxh4 54.Kf2 Kg4 55.Nd2 Kf4 56.Nxf3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Clean_Move_17 (lichess 1947) - JimWest (lichess 2057), lichess 6/15/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7

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2 PCG Games 6/14/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

kebxhsj (Chess.com 1873) - JimWest (Chess.com 1999), Chess.com 6/14/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nc3 f4 9.d4 Bg4 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qd3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nbd7 13.Rad1 O-O-O 14.Qe2 g5 15.f3 h5 16.Kf2 g4 17.Ke1 gxf3 18.gxf3 Qb4 19.Bb3 Nc5

20.Rg1 Nxb3 21.axb3 Rxd1+ 22.Kxd1 Qd4+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

harlampiizmish (lichess 1946) - JimWest (lichess 2055), lichess 6/14/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Nfd2 e3 9.Nf3 exf2+ 10.Kxf2 Nf6 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 O-O 13.Re1 Qf7 14.Kg1 h6 15.Nc3 Nbd7 16.Ne4 Rae8 17.Nxf6+ Nxf6 18.Nh4 Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Re8

20.Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.Qg3 Ne4 22.Qe3 d5 23.Nf3 Qd8 24.Ne5 c6 25.Qf3 Qf6 26.Qg4 Kh7 27.c3 a5 28.a4 c5 29.Nf3 cxd4 30.Nxd4 b6 31.Nf3 Ng5

32.Nd4 Ne4 33.Nf5 Ng5 34.Nd4 Ne4, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/13/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Jbar444 (Chess.com 2093) - JimWest (Chess.com 2004), Chess.com 6/13/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qd3 Bg4 9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.Bxg8 Rxg8 11.b3 O-O-O 12.Qe2 Bb4 13.a3 Bc3 14.Rb1 Nc5 15.Qc4 Bxd2 16.Nxd2 Ne6 17.b4 Nd4 18.b5 Be2 19.Qb4 Bxb5

20.c4 Ba6 21.Nb3 Nxb3 22.Qxb3 Qe6 23.Re1 Qxc4 24.Qh3+ Kb8 25.Qxh7 Qe6 26.Qf5 Qxf5 27.exf5 Bd3 28.Rb3 Bxf5 29.h3 g5 30.Bb2 e4 31.Be5+ Kc8

32.Reb1 Rd7 33.R1b2 Re8 34.Bc3 e3 35.fxe3 fxe3 36.Be1 e2 37.Kf2 Bd3 38.Rd2 Ba6 39.Rxd2 Kxd2 40.Rg3 Re5 41.Bd2 Rf5+ 42.Rf3 Ke6 43.g4 Rxf3+ 44.Kxf3 Kf6 45.Kf2 Kg6 46.Be3 b6 47.a4 Bc4 48.a5 bxa5 49.Bxa7 a5

50.Bd4 a3 51.Bc3 a2 52.Ke1 Bd3 53.Kd2 Be4 54.Kxe2 Bg2 55.Kf2 Bxh3 56.Kg3 Bf1 57.Kf2 Bc4 58.Ke3 Be6 59.Kf3 c5 60.Kg3 Bd5

61.Kf2 c4 62.Ke3 Be6 63.Kf3 Kf7 64.Kg3 Ke7 65.Kf3 Kd6 66.Ke4 Bxg4 67.Kd4 Be2 68.Ke3 Bd3 69.Kf3 Bf5 70.Ke3 Kd5 71.Kf3 g4+ 72.Kg3 Ke4

73.Bf6 Kd3 74.Kf4 Bd7 75.Kg3 c3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2060) - mahdi0101 (lichess 2117), lichess 6/13/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.c3 Ng4 7.d4 Bb6 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Nbd2 Nf6 10.Bd3 Bg4 11.O-O c5 12.h3 Bh5 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.Nc4 Re8 15.Nxb6 Qxb6 16.Qb3 Qxb3 17.axb3 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Rxe4 19.Bxb8 Rxb8

20.Rxa7 Re2 21.Rf2 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Re5 23.Rd2 g6 24.Rd7 Re2 25.Raxb7 Rxb7 26.Rxb7 Rxb2 27.Rc7 Rxb3 28.Rxc5 Kg7 29.Kg2 h5 30.Kg3 Rb1 31.Rc8 Kf6 32.c4 Rc1 33.h4 Ke5

34.Rc7 f6 35.Rc6 Rg1+ 36.Kh2 Rc1 37.Kg2 g5 38.hxg5 fxg5 39.Rc8 Kd4 40.Rd8+ Ke3 41.Re8+ Kf4 42.Re4+ Kf5 43.Rd4 Rc3 44.Rd5+ Kf4 45.Rd4+ Kf5 46.Rd5+ Kf4 47.Rd4+ Kf5, draw.

2 PCG Games 6/12/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

StaszekAugustPoniatowski (Chess.com 1869) - JimWest (Chess.com 1994), Chess.com 6/12/2026

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 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.fxe3 Nc6 15.Bd3 Bf5 16.Bxf5 Nxf5 17.Rf1 Nh6 18.Ng6 hxg6 19.Rd1 Nxe5

20.Rd4 Ke6 21.h3 Nf5 22.Re4 Ng3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

MohamedEladawy95 (lichess 2054) - JimWest (lichess 2055), lichess 6/12/2026

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.exd6 exf3 8.dxe7 Qxe7+ 9.Kd2 fxg2

10.Bxg2 Qg5+ 11.Kc3 Qxg2 12.Re1+ Kf7 13.Qh5+ g6 14.Qd5+ Qxd5, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/11/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

apollo_jul_1969 (Chess.com 2004) - JimWest (Chess.com 1983), Chess.com 6/11/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 Nf6 6.Bc2 Be7 7.d3 O-O 8.O-O c6 9.Nbd2 Bg4 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Qe2 exd4 12.cxd4 d5 13.Qd3 Ne4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Qxe4 Nf6 16.Bb3+ Kh8 17.Qd3 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Qxd4 19.Rd1 Qg4

20.Qxg4 Nxg4 21.Be3 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Bc5 23.Rd3 h6 24.Re1 Rad8 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Re2 g5 27.g3 Kg7 28.Kg2 Kf6 29.g4 Ke5 30.Bc2 a5 31.a4 Bb4 32.Bf5 Rd2 33.Kf3 Rxe2 34.Kxe2 b6

35.Kd3 h5 36.h3 hxg4 37.hxg4 Be1 38.Bd7 Kd6 39.Bc8 Bf2 40.e4 b5 41.b3 bxa4 42.bxa4 Ke5 43.Bf5 Bb6 44.Kc4 Ba7 45.Bd7 Kxe4 46.Bxc6+ Kf4 47.Bd7 Bf2

48.Kb5 Be1 49.Bc8 Bb4 50.Bf5 Be1 51.Bc8 Bb4 52.Bf5 Be1 53.Bc8, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2027) - Milisav22 (lichess 2062), lichess 6/11/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 g6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 Bg7 7.c3 O-O 8.O-O Ne8 9.a4 f5 10.Qb3+ Kh8 11.Ng5 Qe7 12.Qe6 Qxe6 13.Nxe6 Rf6 14.Nxg7 Nxg7 15.fxe5 Nxe5 16.Bg5 Rf7 17.Nd2 Be6

18.d4 Ng4 19.d5 Bd7 20.Bxg4, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/10/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1982) - aditi607 (Chess.com 1991), Chess.com 6/10/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O Bg4 11.c3 f6 12.Qe1 fxe5 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Nxe5 Bd7 15.Nd2 Rxf1+ 16.Qxf1 Nf6 17.Ndf3 Bd6 18.Bg5 Be8 19.b4 a5

20.a3 h6 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.Re1 axb4 23.axb4 Ra2 24.Nd3 Bg6 25.Nfe5 Be4 26.Nf2 Bxe5 27.dxe5 Qxe5 28.Nxe4 dxe4 29.Qc4+ Qd5 30.Qxe4 Qd2

31.Qe8+ Kh7 32.Qd3+ Kh8 33.Qe8+ Kh7 34.Qd3+ Kg8 35.Qe8+ Kh7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

weiren (lichess 1958) - JimWest (lichess 2045), lichess 6/10/2026

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.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.O-O c6 12.Bb4 Re8 13.c4 Na6 14.Ba3 Nc7 15.Qb3 Ne6 16.Qc3 Nf4 17.Rfe1 Nxe2+ 18.Rxe2 Be6 19.c5 Nd7

20.Nxd7 Qxd7 21.Rae1 Rf8 22.b4 a6 23.Bc1 Rf7 24.Qg3 Raf8 25.a4 Bg4 26.Rb2 Bh5 27.Be3 Bg6 28.h3 Qc7 29.Qxc7 Rxc7 30.b5 axb5 31.axb5 Ra8 32.b6 Rcc8

33.Rbb1 Ra6 34.Ra1 Rca8 35.Rxa6 Rxa6 36.Kh2 Ra2 37.Kg3 h6 38.Kf4 Kf7 39.Ke5 Ke7 40.g3 Bf7 41.h4 Bh5 42.Rc1 Bf3 43.Rc3 Ra6 44.Kf5 Kf7 45.Ke5 Ke7 46.Kf5 Kf7 47.Ke5 Ke7, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/9/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

kevothi (Chess.com 1913) - JimWest (Chess.com 1993), Chess.com 6/9/2026

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bg5+ Nf6 9.O-O-O Ke8 10.Rhe1 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Rxe4 Bf5 13.Ree1 Bg4 14.Bd5 Kd7 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Nd4 17.Bg4+ Kc6 18.c3 h5 19.cxd4 hxg4

20.dxe5 Bc5 21.hxg4 Bxf2 22.Re2 Bc5 23.Rc2 a5 24.a3 a4 25.Be3 b6 26.Rf1 Rhf8 27.Rf3 Kd5 28.Bxc5 bxc5 29.Kd2 Rae8 30.Rd3+ Kc6 31.Rc4 Rxe5

32.Rxa4 Rf2+ 33.Kc3 Rxg2 34.b4 Rg5 35.Ra6+ Kb7 36.b5 R2xg4 37.Re6 Rg3 38.a4 Rxd3+ 39.Kxd3 Rg4 40.a5 Rb4 41.a6+ Ka7 42.Re7 Rxb5 43.Rxc7+ Kxa6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2038) - StasX (lichess 2142), lichess 6/9/2026

1.e3 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 e5 4.f4 Be7 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O c6 8.Kh1 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 h5 10.f5 Qb6 11.c3 O-O-O 12.Qb3 Ng4 13.Qxb6 axb6 14.h3 d5 15.exd5 Bc5 16.dxc6 bxc6 17.Bxc6 Ndf6 18.b4 Ne3 19.Bxe3 Bxe3

20.Be4 Nxe4 21.dxe4 Rd3 22.a4 Rhd8 23.a5 Rd1 24.Na3 Rxf1+ 25.Rxf1 Bd2 26.Nc4 Bxc3 27.Nxb6+ Kb7 28.Nd5 Ka6 29.Nxc3, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/8/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Xibabulachuoi (Chess.com 1949) - JimWest (Chess.com 1982), Chess.com 6/8/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.Ng5 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.Bb3 Nc6 10.Re1 Be7 11.Ba4 O-O 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Qe2 Ng4 14.Nf3 Bc5 15.Rf1 Qb6 16.Na4 Bxf2+ 17.Rxf2 Qxf2+ 18.Qxf2 Nxf2 19.Kxf2 Re8

20.b3 Bg4 21.Bb2 Bxf3 22.Kxf3 Re7 23.Re1 Rae8 24.Nc5 g5 25.Kg4 h6 26.h3 Kh7 27.a4 Kg6 28.a5 h5+ 29.Kf3 Kf5 30.a6 g4+ 31.Kf2 e4 32.dxe4+ dxe4 33.Nb7 f3

34.Nd6+ Kf4 35.g3+ Kg5 36.h4+ Kg6 37.Nxe8 Rxe8 38.Bd4 Kf5 39.Ra1 Rd8 40.Be3 Rd5 41.Ra4 Rd1 42.Ra5+ Kg6 43.Rg5+ Kf6 44.Rxh5 Rh1 45.Rh6+ Kf5 46.Rxc6 Rh2+ 47.Kf1 Re2 48.Bf4 e3

49.Rc5+ Kg6 50.Re5 Rf2+ 51.Ke1 Re2+ 52.Kf1 Rf2+ 53.Kg1 Rg2+ 54.Kf1 Rf2+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

cn032015 (lichess 2007) - JimWest (lichess 2042), lichess 6/8/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Ng5 h6 10.Nf7 Rh7 11.Qd3 g5 12.Rd1 Rxf7 13.Bxf7+ Kxf7 14.Qc4+ Be6 15.Qd3 Na6 16.a3 Be7 17.b4 Rd8 18.Qe2 Rxd1+ 19.Qxd1 Qd6

20.Qxd6 Bxd6 21.Bb2 Ke7 22.b5 cxb5 23.Nxb5 Bb8 24.f3 Nc5 25.a4 a6 26.Ba3 Nfd7 27.Nc3 Kf6 28.Rd1 Ba7 29.Kh1 h5 30.Rd6 Kf7 31.a5 Bb8

32.Rd1 g4 33.Kg1 Ba7 34.Kh1 Bb8 35.Kg1 Ba7 36.Kh1 Bb8, draw.

2 PCG Games 6/7/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

CleopatraGaze (Chess.com 1971) - JimWest (Chess.com 1983), Chess.com 6/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Nd5 fxe4 7.Nxe7 Ngxe7 8.Ng5 d5 9.Bb5 exd4 10.Qxd4 O-O 11.Qd1 h6 12.h4 a6 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Qh5 Qe8 15.Qxe8 Rxe8 16.Nh3 Bxh3 17.Rxh3 Nf5 18.Bf4 Nd6 19.O-O-O Rf8

20.Be3 Nc4 21.Bc5 Rf7 22.b3 Nd6 23.g4 Rf3 24.Rxf3 exf3 25.c4 dxc4 26.Bxd6 cxd6 27.Rxd6 cxb3 28.axb3 Re8 29.Rxc6 Re1+ 30.Kd2 Re2+ 31.Kd3 Rxf2

32.Ke3 Rb2 33.Rc3 f2 34.Rc1 Rxb3+ 35.Kxf2 Rb8 36.Ra1 Ra8 37.Kf3 Kf7 38.Kf4 Kf6 39.Ra5 Ke6 40.Ra4 a5 41.Ke4 g5 42.hxg5 hxg5 43.Kd4 Kd6 44.Kc4 Kc6 45.Ra3 a4 46.Kb4 Rb8+ 47.Kc4 Rf8 48.Rg3 Rf4+ 49.Kc3 Kc5 50.Kb2 Kb4

51.Rg2 a3+ 52.Ka2 Ka4 53.Rg3 Rf2+ 54.Ka1 Kb4 55.Rg1 Kc4 56.Rg3 Kd4 57.Rxa3 Ke4 58.Ra5 Kf4 59.Rf5+ Kg3 60.Rxg5 Rf4 61.Rg8 Rxg4 62.Rxg4+ Kxg4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

todor680816 (lichess 2106) - JimWest (lichess 2041), lichess 6/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qd1 O-O 11.Be2 Nbc6 12.f4 h6 13.Nh3 Bxh3 14.gxh3 Nf5

15.Bg4 Qh4+ 16.Kf1 Nxe5 17.Bxf5 Rxf5 18.Qg4 Nxg4, White resigns.