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.

2 PCG Games 6/17/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

dinator13 (Chess.com 1841) - JimWest (Chess.com 1986), Chess.com 6/17/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 c6 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.d3 Be7 8.Nc6 Nd7 9.g4 Be6 10.Be3 Rf8 11.Nd2 Kf7 12.g5 Kg8 13.h4 d5 14.d4 exd4 15.Bxd4 Bc5 16.Bxc5 Nxc5 17.Qe2 Qd7 18.f3 Rae8 19.O-O-O Bf5

20.Qf2 b6 21.h5 Ne6 22.Nce4 dxe4 23.Nxe4 Qxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Bxe4 25.Qh4 Bxf3 26.Rd7 Bd5 27.b3 a5 28.h6 g6 29.Qg3 Rf5 30.Qc3 Rf7 31.Rxf7 Kxf7 32.Qf6+ Kg8

33.c4 Be4 34.Kb2 Bf5 35.Ka3 Rf8 36.Qe7 b5 37.cxb5 cxb5 38.Qa7 b4+ 39.Ka4 Rf7 40.Qxa5 Nf8 41.Kxb4 Bd7 42.Qe5 Be6 43.Ka3 Ra7+ 44.Kb2 Rf7 45.a4 Rb7 46.Qc3 Rxb3+ 47.Qxb3 Bxb3 48.Kxb3 Nd7

49.a5 Kf7 50.Kc4 Ke6 51.a6 Kd6 52.Kb5 Kc7 53.Kc4 Ne5+ 54.Kd5 Nf7 55.Ke6 Nxg5+ 56.Kf6 Ne4+ 57.Kg7 g5 58.Kxh7 g4 59.Kg7 Ng5 60.Kg6 g3 61.Kxg5 g2

62.h7 g1=Q+ 63.Kh6 Qh2+ 64.Kg7 Qg3+ 65.Kf8 Qh4 66.Kg7 Qg5+ 67.Kf8 Qf6+ 68.Kg8 Qg6+ 69.Kh8 Qf7 70.a7 Qf8#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Elkholy77 (lichess 2063) - JimWest (lichess 2038), lichess 6/17/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.Bb3 Na6 7.d4 Qf6 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Na3 Bg4 10.Nc4 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 O-O-O 12.Qg4+ Kb8 13.Nxe5 Nc5 14.Bxf4 Bd6 15.Nf7 Nxb3 16.Bxd6+ Rxd6 17.Nxd6 Nh6 18.Qd7 Nc5 19.Qh3 Qxd6

20.Rfe1 Re8 21.f3 Qd4+ 22.Kh1 Qxb2 23.Rab1 Qe5 24.Red1 Ne6 25.Qh4 Qg5 26.Qf2 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Qxd8 28.f4 Qd4 29.Qf3 Nc5 30.Re1 Nf7 31.e5 g6

32.h3 Ne6 33.g3 Qd5 34.Qxd5 cxd5 35.Kg2 Kc7 36.Kf3 h5 37.g4 hxg4+ 38.hxg4 Kc6 39.f5 gxf5 40.gxf5 Nd4+ 41.Kg4 Nh6+ 42.Kg5 Nhxf5 43.Rf1 Ne3 44.Rf6+ Kc5 45.c3 Nc6 46.e6 Kd6 47.Rf7 Kxe6 48.Rxb7 Kd6

49.Kf4 Nc4 50.Rh7 a5 51.Kf3 Kc5 52.Ke2 d4 53.cxd4+ Nxd4+ 54.Kd3 Ne5+ 55.Kc3 Ndc6 56.Rh5 a4 57.Rh4 Kb5 58.Rxa4 Kxa4 59.Kd2 Ka3 60.Ke3 Kxa2

61.Ke4 Kb3 62.Kd5 Kb4 63.Ke4 Kc4 64.Kf5 Kd5 65.Kf4 Ke6 66.Ke4 Ne7 67.Kd4 Kd6 68.Ke4 Nd5 69.Kd4 Nc6+ 70.Kc4 Nb6+ 71.Kc3 Kc5 72.Kd3 Kd5 73.Kc3 Nd4 74.Kb4 Kc6 75.Kc3 Kc5 76.Kd3 Kd5 77.Kc3 Ke4 78.Kb4 Kd5 79.Kc3 Kc5 80.Kd3 Nc4

81.Kc3 Nb5+ 82.Kd3 Kd5 83.Ke2 Ke4 84.Kf2 Nd4 85.Kg3 Ne5 86.Kh4 Kf5 87.Kg3 Ne6 88.Kf2 Ke4 89.Kg3 Nd4 90.Kh4 Kf4 91.Kh5 Nf5, stalemate.

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/16/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

cortdezBuang (Chess.com 1972) - JimWest (Chess.com 1981), Chess.com 6/16/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.c4 c6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bb5+ Nbc6 12.O-O O-O 13.Bb2 h6 14.Nh3 Bxh3 15.gxh3 Qd7 16.Qg4 Qxg4+ 17.hxg4 a6 18.Ba4 Rad8 19.Rfe1 Rf4

20.h3 Rdf8 21.Re2 e3 22.Bxc6 exf2+ 23.Kf1 bxc6 24.Rd1 c5 25.Rdd2 d4 26.Rxf2 Rxf2+ 27.Rxf2 Rxf2+ 28.Kxf2 Kf7 29.Kf3 Ke6 30.Ke4 Nc6 31.c3 d3 

32.Kxd3 Nxe5+ 33.Ke4 Nc4 34.Bc1 g5 35.Kd3 Kd5 36.h4 gxh4 37.Bxh6 Nxa3 38.Bf4 Nc4 39.g5 Ne5+ 40.Kc2 Ng6 41.Bh2 Ke4 42.Kb3 Kd3 43.c4 h3 44.Bd6 Kd4 45.Bg3 a5 46.Bh2 a4+ 47.Kxa4 Kxc4

48.Ka3 Kd3 49.Kb2 c4 50.Kc1 c3 51.Bg3 Ne7 52.Be5 Ke4 53.Bh2 Kf5 54.Kc2 Nd5 55.Kd3 Kxg5 56.Be5 Kg4 57.Ke2 Nf4+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2034) - Risingstar15 (lichess 1919), lichess 6/16/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 Bb4+ 10.c3 Ba5 11.O-O O-O 12.Nbd2 Bb6 13.Qe1 Nxd2 14.Bxd2 Re8 15.Qg3 Bxf3 16.Rxf3 Nxe5 17.Bxe8 Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 Qxe8 19.Rf1 Qe6

20.Re1 Qc6 21.Re7 Qf6 22.Qxf6 gxf6 23.Rd7 c5 24.Rxd5 cxd4 25.cxd4 Rc8 26.Bc3 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 28.Kf2 Bb6 29.Kf3 Kg7 30.Ke4 Kf8 31.Kf5 Ke7

32.a4 Bc7 33.Bb4+ Ke8 34.h3 Bd8 35.g4 h6 36.h4 b6 37.Bd2 Ke7 38.Bxh6, Black resigns,