2 PCG Games 7/12/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

MaksMarkoff (Chess.com 2001) - JimWest (Chess.com 1992), Chess.com 7/12/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.d4 e4 7.Ng5 h6

8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.Qe2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

pranha666 (lichess 2038) - JimWest (lichess 2010), lichess 7/12/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Qf6 9.Qg4 Nd7 10.Be6 O-O-O 11.a4 Nh6 12.Bxd7+ Rxd7 13.Qf3 g5 14.b4 Rg8 15.Qh5 g4 16.hxg4 Nxg4 17.b5 Rg5 18.Qh3 Qg6 19.f3 Ne3

20.Bxe3 fxe3 21.Rfe1 Rg3 22.Qh2 Rg7 23.Re2 Rxf3 24.Kh1 Rg3 25.a5 Qg5 26.a6 b6 27.bxc6 Rg6 28.Rf1 Bg7 29.Rf5 Qg4

30.Qh5 Rh6 31.Qxh6 Bxh6 32.Nd5 Qxe2 33.Rf7 Qxg2#.

2 PCG Reversed Games 7/11/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1975) - chaitu2436 (Chess.com 1789), Chess.com 7/11/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.O-O O-O 12.c3 h6 13.a4 a5 14.Be3 Qe8 15.Nbd2 Nxd2 16.Qxd2 Kh7 17.b3 Qc8 18.Rf2 Bd7 19.Raf1 b5

20.axb5 Bxb5 21.c4 dxc4 22.bxc4 Bxc4 23.Qc2+ g6 24.Qxc4 a4 25.Ng5+ hxg5 26.Rxf7+ Rxf7 27.Qxf7+ Kh6 28.Qxe7 Qe8 29.Qxg5+ Kh7 30.Qh6+ Kg8 31.Rf6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2000) - MN1355 (lichess 2008), lichess 7/11/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 Nc6 9.Nf3 O-O 10.Bd3 f5 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Nxe3 Be6 13.O-O Rad8 14.a3 Nd4 15.Nxd4 Rxd4 16.Rad1 g6 17.c3 Rdd8

18.Bxe4 fxe4 19.Rxf8+ Rxf8 20.Rf1 Rd8 21.Rd1 Rxd1+ 22.Nxd1 Kf8 23.Kf2 c6 24.Ke3 Bf5 25.Nf2 h5 26.Nxe4 Bxe4 27.Kxe4 Ke7 28.h4 Kd7 29.c4 a5 30.a4 Ke7 31.c5 Kd7

32.Kf4 Ke6 33.Kg5 Kxe5 34.Kxg6 Kd5 35.Kxh5 Kxc5 36.Kg6, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 7/10/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

scz33135 (Chess.com 1811) - JimWest (Chess.com 1971), Chess.com 7/10/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Nxe7 8.Nc3 e4 9.Ne5 O-O 10.Be2 c6 11.Qd2 Nd7 12.Nxd7 Bxd7 13.f3 exf3 14.Bxf3 Nf5 15.O-O-O Qf6 16.Ne2 Rae8

17.Rhe1 Ne3 18.Ng3 Nxd1 19.Rxd1 Qf4 20.Qxf4 Rxf4 21.Ne2 Rff8 22.Rf1 Rxf3 23.Rxf3 Rxe2 24.Rg3 Bf5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ali_Matin_Kia9695 (lichess 1940) - JimWest (lichess 1991), lichess 7/10/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 c6 6.d3 Nd7 7.O-O d5 8.Bb3 Bd6 9.Re1 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Ngf6 12.Bg5 O-O 13.Qd1 Kh8 14.f3 Qb6+ 15.Kh1 Rae8 16.Bh4 h6 17.Bg3 Nh5 18.Bh2 Qf2

19.Qe2 Ng3+ 20.Bxg3 Qxg3 21.Kg1 e4 22.dxe4 dxe4 23.Nxe4 Qh2+ 24.Kf1 Bg3 25.Qc4 Qh1+ 26.Ke2 Qxg2+ 27.Kd1 Qxf3+ 28.Kd2 Bf4+ 29.Re3, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/9/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1987) - KnightKumander (Chess.com 1974), Chess.com 7/9/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 a5 6.Nf3 Ng4 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 Qe7 10.Bd3 Nf6 11.O-O Bg4 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Nfd7 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Nxb4 axb4 16.Qb3 O-O

17.Ng5 Qe7 18.Bxh7+ Kh8 19.Qg3 f6 20.Qxg4 fxg5 21.Bxg5 Rxf1+ 22.Rxf1 Qe8 23.Qh4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

kummy24 (lichess 2017) - JimWest (lichess 1995), lichess 7/9/2026

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.Nc3 O-O 10.Bg5 Qd6 11.Bxf6 Rxf6 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.O-O-O Bxc3 14.Qxc3 Qf4+ 15.Kb1 Qxf2 16.cxd5 Ne7

17.Qxc7 Rc8 18.Qxc8+ Nxc8 19.Rc1 Ne7 20.d6 Nc6 21.e7 Nxe7 22.dxe7 Kf7 23.e8=Q+ Kxe8 24.Bb5+ Kd8 25.Rc2 Qxd4 26.Rcc1 Qb4 27.Rhd1+ Rd6 28.Rxd6+ Qxd6 29.Be2 Qxh2 30.Rd1+ Ke7 31.Bf1 e3

32.Re1 Qe5 33.Kc2 Qe4+ 34.Kd1 Qb1+ 35.Ke2 Qxb2+ 36.Kf3 Qf2+ 37.Kg4 Qxe1, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/8/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

brandon6273 (Chess.com 2055) - JimWest (Chess.com 1991), Chess.com 7/8/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Be3 d4 9.Bg5 Qf5 10.g4 Qd5 11.Bg2 Bxe6 12.Nxh8 Qxg5 13.Bxe4 Nc6 14.Nd2 Nf6 15.Qe2 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Qe5 17.O-O-O O-O-O 18.Qxe5 Nxe5 19.Rhe1 Nxg4

20.Rxe6 Rxh8 21.Ne4 Bb6 22.h3 Nh6 23.Rg1 Nf5 24.Rg5 g6 25.Rg4 Rd8 26.Nf6 d3 27.cxd3 Bxf2 28.Re8 Rxe8 29.Nxe8 Bd4 30.h4 Kd7 31.Re4 c5

32.Kc2 h5 33.Kb3 Nxh4 34.Rxh4 Kxe8 35.Kc4 Kf7 36.Kd5 b6 37.b4 Kf6 38.Rh1 Kg5 39.Rf1 h4 40.bxc5 bxc5 41.Ke4 Kg4 42.Rf7 a5

43.Ra7 h3 44.Rh7 g5 45.Rf7 h2 46.Rh7 Kg3 47.Rh5 g4 48.Kf5 Kg2 49.Rh4 g3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 1995) - borodinka2020 (lichess 2070), lichess 7/8/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 a6 9.f5 h6 10.a4 Nh7 11.Na3 d5 12.Qc2 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 d4 14.Nc4 b5 15.axb5 axb5 16.Rxa8 Qxa8 17.Nd2 Bg5 18.Nb3 Qa4 19.Bxg5 Nxg5

20.Ra1 Nxf3+ 21.gxf3 Nb4 22.cxb4 Qxb4 23.Nd2 c5 24.Kf2 Rc8 25.b3 Kh7 26.Ke2 g6 27.fxg6+ fxg6 28.Ra7+ Kg8 29.Qc1 Qc3 30.Qg1 Rc6 31.Qg4 c4

32.Ra8+ Kf7 33.Qd7+ Kf6 34.Qxc6+ Kg5 35.bxc4 b4 36.Ra6 Kh4 37.Qxg6 Kh3 38.Qg3#.

2 PCG Games 7/7/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

marufAnwa (Chess.com 2076) - JimWest (Chess.com 1981), Chess.com 7/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.h4 Nf6 7.Nc3 a5 8.Qe2 b5 9.d4 bxc4 10.dxe5 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Qxe4 d5 13.Qe2 Bg4 14.O-O-O O-O 15.Kb1 Nd7 16.Rd4 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Bxg5 18.hxg5 Qxg5 19.e6 Qe5

20.Qd2 Qxe6 21.Rg4 Rae8 22.a3 Nf6 23.Rg3 Qf5 24.Rhg1 Rf7 25.Qxa5 Rfe7 26.Qc3 Qe5 27.Qb4 Kh8 28.c3 h6 29.Qc5 Qf5+ 30.Ka2 Qc2 31.Rb1 Qb3+ 32.Ka1 Re1 33.Rg1 Rxg1 34.Rxg1 Qb5

35.Qa7 Rg8 36.Qf7 Qc5 37.Rg2 Qf8 38.Qg6 Qe8 39.Qc2 Nh5 40.Qf5 Nf6 41.Ka2 Nd7 42.Rg6 Nc5 43.Qh5 Kh7 44.Rxh6+ gxh6 45.Qf5+ Qg6 46.Qe5 Nb3 47.a4 Rg7 48.Ka3 Qb1 49.Qb8 c5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

AMEA2023 (lichess 1960) - JimWest (lichess 1982), lichess 7/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.Ngxe4 dxc3 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.bxc3 Be7 11.Bf4 Nc6 12.O-O-O+ Ke8 13.Be2 Bf5 14.Ng3 Ba3+ 15.Kd2 Rd8+ 16.Ke3 Bc5+ 17.Kf3 Rxd1 18.Rxd1 Nge7 19.Nxf5 Nxf5

20.g4 Nfe7 21.Kg2 Rf8 22.Bg3 Nxe5 23.f4 N5c6 24.Bf3 Bd6 25.Bxc6+ Nxc6 26.Re1+ Kd7 27.f5 Bxg3 28.Kxg3 Re8 29.Rd1+ Kc8 30.Kf4 Re2 31.h4 Rxa2

32.Re1 Ra4 33.Re4 Kd7 34.g5 Na5 35.Rd4+ Ke7 36.Ke5 Nc6+ 37.Kd5 Nxd4 38.cxd4 Ra5+ 39.c5 c6+ 40.Ke5 b6 

41.f6+ gxf6+ 42.gxf6+ Kf7 43.Kd6 bxc5 44.dxc5 Ra6 45.Kc7 Kxf6 46.Kb7 Ra5 47.Kxc6 Rxc5+ 48.Kxc5 h5, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/6/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1970) - MichaelMarmorstein (Chess.com 1912), Chess.com 7/6/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 O-O 8.f5 a5 9.Bg5 b5 10.Nbd2 b4 11.Qa4 bxc3 12.bxc3 Ra6 13.d4 exd4 14.Bxa6 dxc3 15.Qxc6 cxd2+ 16.Bxd2 Nxe4 17.O-O-O Bxf5 18.Bd3 Ba3+ 19.Kc2 Qf6

20.Bc3 Qe6 21.Qc4 Qxc4 22.Bxc4 Nf2+ 23.Kb3 Rb8+ 24.Kxa3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Daniil_Turchak (lichess 1971) - JimWest (lichess 1983), lichess 7/6/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.h3 Nd7 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Nc3 Ngf6 10.a3 d5 11.Bb3 h6 12.O-O O-O-O 13.Re1 Rde8 14.Ba2 g5 15.Nh2 h5 16.b4 g4 17.hxg4 hxg4 18.Nf1 Qh7 19.Ng3 Bg6

20.b5 Ref8 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.Rb1 Qh2+ 23.Kf1 e4 24.dxe4 Nxe4 25.Ncxe4 Bxe4 26.Qxg4 Qxg2+ 27.Ke2 Rxf2+ 28.Ke3 Rf3+ 29.Kd4 Qxg3 30.Qxg3 Rxg3, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 7/5/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1963) - Scofield099 (Chess.com 1821), Chess.com 7/5/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ng4 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bd3 Re8 11.O-O Nf6 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Nd7 14.Ng5 Nf8 15.Be3 f6 16.Bc4+ Ne6 17.Nxe6 Bxe6 18.Bxe6+ Rxe6 19.Qb3 Qe8

20.exf6 Kh8 21.f7 Qd7 22.Qxb4 Qxf7 23.Qxb7 Qe8 24.d5 Rxe3 25.Qxc6, Black  forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 1982) - pahuljicica (lichess 2095), lichess 7/5/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 Nf2 8.Qf3 Qe7 9.Bxe3 Nxh1 10.Nc3 a6 11.O-O-O h5 12.Rf1 Bg4 13.Qxf7+ Qxf7 14.Bxf7+ Kd8 15.Nf3 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Bb4 17.Rxh1 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Nd7 19.Bg5+ Kc8

20.e6 Nf6 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.e7 Kd7 23.e8=Q+ Raxe8 24.Bxe8+ Rxe8 25.Kd2 Rg8 26.Re1 Kd6 27.c4 h4 28.Kd3 b6 29.Re4 Rh8 30.h3 Rh7 31.d5 Kd7 32.a4 Rh5 33.Rf4 Ke7

34.Kd4 Rh6 35.c5 Kd7 36.cxb6 cxb6 37.c4 Kd6 38.Rf5 Rg6 39.f4 Ke7 40.Rh5 Rg3 41.Rxh4 Ra3 42.Rh7+ Kd6 43.Rf7 Rxh3 44.Rxf6+ Kc7 45.Rf7+ Kd6 46.Rb7 Rb3 47.Rxb6+ Rxb6 48.c5+ Kc7 49.cxb6+ Kxb6

50.f5 Kc7 51.Kc5 Kd7 52.f6 a5 53.Kb5 Kd6 54.Kxa5 Kxd5 55.f7 Ke6 56.f8=Q Ke5 57.Kb5 Kd4 58.a5 Ke4 59.a6 Ke3 60.a7 Ke4 61.a8=Q+ Kd3 62.Qd5+ Kc3 63.Qfc5+ Kb2 64.Qd2+ Kb3 65.Qcc3#.

2 PCG Games 7/4/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

TutChez (Chess.com 1935) - JimWest (Chess.com 1975), Chess.com 7/4/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Be2 Kf8 11.O-O Kg8 12.Ng6 hxg6 13.Bg5 c6 14.a3 Nbd7 15.b4 Bb6 16.Be3 Bc7 17.Rb1 Kf7 18.f3 Rh8 19.g3 exf3

20.Bxf3 Ne5 21.Bg2 Neg4 22.Bc5 Qd7 23.h3 Bxg3 24.hxg5 Bxg5 25.Qd2 Bh2+ 26.Kf2 Qf5+ 27.Ke1 Re8+ 28.Be3 Bg3+ 29.Rf2 Bxf2+ 30.Qxf2 Qe5 31.Kd2 Kg8

32.Rf1 a6 33.Qf4 Qxf4 34.Rxf4 Bf5 35.Bd4 b5 36.Rf1 Kf7 37.Nd1 Rh8 38.Ne3 Bd7 39.Rf2 Rh4 40.c3 Ke6 41.Ke1 Kf7 42.Kf1 g5 43.Nf5 Bxf5 44.Rxf5 Rf4+ 45.Rxf4 gxf4

46.Kf2 g5 47.Kf3 Kg6 48.Bxf6 Kxf6 49.Bh3 Ke5 50.Bc8 d4 51.cxd4+ Kxd4 52.Bxa6 Kc4 53.Bb7 c5 54.bxc5 Kxc5 55.Bc8 b4 56.axb4+ Kxb4

57.Bf5 Kc3 58.Kg4 Kd4 59.Kxg5 f3 60.Bh3 Ke3 61.Kg4 f2 62.Kg3 Ke2 63.Kf4 f1=Q+ 64.Bxf1+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ZolotoevAnton (lichess 2011) - JimWest (lichess 1986), lichess 7/4/2026

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.Qe3 Nxc2+, White resigns.