2 PCG Games 11/12/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

icesnake (Chess.com 1913) - JimWest (Chess.com 1950), Chess.com 11/12/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.Bxe6 Nxd4 8.exf5 Nxe6 9.Bxh6 Qf6 10.Be3 Qxf5 11.O-O Be7 12.Nc3 c6 13.Qe2 O-O 14.Rad1 d5

15.Bc1 Bc5 16.Rde1 e4 17.Be3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

creepy-totoro (lichess 1975) - JimWest (lichess 2021), lichess 11/12/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d4 Be7 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Bxd8 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.O-O-O fxe4 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nxe4 Bg4 12.Rd3 Bxf3 13.Rxf3 Rf8 14.g4 Be7 15.Rd1 Rd8 16.Rh3 Rxd1+ 17.Kxd1 f5 18.gxf5 Rxf5 19.Rxh7 Rf4

20.Bd3 Nb4 21.Ke2 Nxa2 22.c3 Nc1+ 23.Kd2 Nxd3 24.Kxd3 Rh4 25.Rxh4 Bxh4 26.Kc4 c6 27.f3 Kd7 28.Nc5+ Kc7 29.Ne6+ Kd6 30.Ng7 b5+ 31.Kb4 Bd8

32.c4 a5+ 33.Kc3 b4+ 34.Kb3 e4 35.fxe4 Ke5 36.Nf5 Kxe4 37.Nd6+ Kd3 38.Nb7 Bb6 39.Nd6 Bc7 40.c5 Kd4 41.h4 Kxc5 42.Ne4+ Kb5 43.h5 a4+ 44.Kc2 Be5

45.h6 a3 46.bxa3 bxa3 47.Kb3 a2 48.Kxa2 Kc4 49.Ng5 Kd5 50.Nf7 Bf6 51.h7 Ke6 52.h8=Q Bxh8 53.Nxh8 Kf6 54.Kb3 Kg7 55.Kc4 Kxh8 56.Kc5 Kg7 57.Kxc6, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 11/11/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1943) - Altynbek_o9 (Chess.com 1833), Chess.com 11/11/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 d5 7.Qf3 Nc6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nd2 a5 11.Ne2 Re8 12.h4 d4 13.Rc1 b5 14.cxd4 Bxd4 15.Nc3 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Bb7 17.g4 Rad8 18.g5 hxg5 19.hxg5 Qxg5

20.Rh5 Qf6 21.Qh3 Kf8 22.Be2 Ke7 23.Nf1 g6 24.fxg6 fxg6 25.Rh7+ Kd6 26.Ne3 Rh8 27.Nd5 Rxh7 28.Qxh7 Qg5 29.Qxc7+ Ke6 30.Rd1 Rd7 31.Qb6 Rh7

32.Qe3 Rh1+ 33.Kd2 Qxe3+ 34.Nxe3 Rxd1+ 35.Bxd1 a4 36.Bg4+ Kd6 37.Nd5 Ne7 38.Nxe7 Kxe7 39.a3 Kf6 40.Bd7 Ba6 41.Ke3 Kg5 42.d4 exd4+ 43.cxd4 Kh4 44.e5 b4 45.axb4 a3 46.Be6 g5 47.Ba2 g4

48.Kf2 Kh3 49.Kg1 g3 50.e6 Bb5 51.d5 Kg4 52.d6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2019) - vadragov (lichess 1982), lichess 11/11/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Nxe2 dxe4 7.fxe5 exd3 8.exf6 dxe2 9.Qxe2+ Kd7

10.fxg7 Bxg7 11.Qg4+ Kc6 12.Qxg7 Re8+ 13.Kf2 Qh4+ 14.g3, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/10/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Dukeopekaprov (Chess.com 1813) - JimWest (Chess.com 1937), Chess.com 11/10/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.a3 Nd7 7.Ng5 d5 8.Ba2 Ngf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.h3 h6 11.Nf3 Qc7 12.Qe2 O-O-O 13.Bd2 Rde8 14.O-O-O Bh7 15.Rhe1 e4 16.dxe4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.Be3 Bf4

19.Qd2 Bxe3 20.Rxe3 Bxf3 21.Rxf3 Rhf8 22.Rxf8 Rxf8 23.c3 Qf4 24.Qxf4 Rxf4 25.f3 h5 26.Re1 Kd8 27.Kd2 h4 28.Re6 Rf6 29.Rxf6 Nxf6 30.Bb1 g5 31.Bf5 a5

32.b4 axb4 33.axb4 Kc7 34.Kd3 Kd6 35.c4 dxc4+ 36.Kxc4 Nd5 37.Bg4 b5+ 38.Kb3 Nf4 39.Kc3 Nxg2 40.Kd4 Nf4 41.Bc8 Nd5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Neikon (lichess 1871) - JimWest (lichess 2016), lichess 11/10/2026

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.h4 e3 12.f3 h6 13.Nc3 Bb4 14.Nxh8 hxg5 15.Qd3 Ne7 16.O-O-O Bxc3 17.bxc3 Qxa2 18.Qb5+ Nbc6 19.cxd4 Bxe6

20.d5 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Qa1+ 22.Qb1 Qxb1+ 23.Kxb1 Nxd5 24.hxg5 e2 25.Bg2 Nf4 26.g6 Nxg2 27.Nf7 e1=Q+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/9/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

haposansir (Chess.com 1929) - JimWest (Chess.com 1930), Chess.com 11/9/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.exf5 Bd6 8.Bd3 Nf6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bg5 Nc6 11.O-O-O Nb4 12.Bxf6 Nxd3+ 13.cxd3 Rxf6 14.g4 g6 15.Ne4 Rf8 16.Nh4 gxf5 17.gxf5 Bxf5 18.Rhg1+ Kh8 19.Nxf5 Rxf5

20.Rg3 Rg8 21.Rdg1 Rxg3 22.Rxg3 Be7 23.Rg4 Rh5 24.Rg2 Rh3 25.Kc2 h6 26.a4 Kh7 27.b4 Bg5 28.Nxg5+ hxg5 29.Rxg5 Rxh2 30.Rxe5 Rxf2+ 31.Kc3 Kg7

32.Kd4 Kf7 33.Rh5 Ke7 34.Rh7+ Kd6 35.Rh6+ Kd7 36.Rh7+ Kd6 37.Rh6+ Kd7 38.Kc5 Rf5+ 39.Kc4 Rf1 40.a5 a6 41.d4 Rc3+ 42.Kb3 Rb1+ 43.Kc3 Rc1+ 44.Kd3 Rd1+ 45.Kc4 Rc1+ 46.Kb3 Rb1+ 47.Kc3 Rc1+ 48.Kd3 Rd1+ 49.Ke4 Re1+ 50.Kd5 c6+ 51.Kc5 Rc1+ 52.Kb6 Rc4

53.Rh7+ Kd6 54.Rxb7 Rxb4+ 55.Ka6 Rxd4 56.Rb8 Kc5 57.Rb1 Kd5 58.Kb7 c5 59.a6 Ra4 60.Rd1+ Kc4 61.a7 Rb4+ 62.Kc6 Ra4 63.Kb6 Kb3 64.Rb1+ Kc2 65.Rb5 c4

66.Ra5 Rxa5 67.Kxa5 c3 68.a8=Q Kb2 69.Qb7+ Ka1 70.Qh7 c2

71.Qg7+ Kb1 72.Qg6 Ka1 73.Qf6+ Kb1 74.Qf5 Ka1 75.Qe5+ Kb1 76.Qe4 Ka1 77.Qd4+ Kb1 78.Qd3 Ka1

79.Qc3+ Kb1 80.Qb3+ Ka1 81.Qc3+ Kb1 82.Qd3 Ka1 83.Qc3+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2038) - mehrann64 (lichess 1932), lichess 11/9/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Ng4 7.h3 Ne5 8.Nbd2 Be7 9.Be2 Bh4+ 10.Nxh4 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qf6

12.O-O Bxh3 13.Rf2 g5 14.Be3 Qe6 15.d4 Ng4 16.Bc4 Qc8 17.Bxf7+ Ke7 18.Rf3 Nxe3 19.Rxe3 Kxf7 20.Qh5+ Ke7 21.Rf3 Rf8 22.Rxf8 Qxf8 23.Qxh3 Nc6 24.Rf1 Qg7 25.c3 Rf8

26.d5 Nd8 27.Rf5 Nf7 28.Rf2 Qg6 29.Qf5 Ne5 30.Qxf8+, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/8/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

LivechessHikaru (Chess.com 1758) - JimWest (Chess.com 1927), Chess.com 11/8/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 Be7 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Bg4 8.Be2 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nxd4 10.g3 fxg3 11.fxg3 Nf6 12.Bg5 O-O 13.Bg2 c6 14.Ne2 Nxe2+ 15.Qxe2 h6 16.Be3 Qc7 17.Qd2 Ng4 18.Rxf8+ Rxf8

19.Rf1 Nxe3 20.Rxf8+ Bxf8 21.Qxe3 Qb6 22.Qxb6 axb6 23.b4 Kf7 24.Kf2 Ke7 25.Bh3 Kd8 26.g4 g5 27.Ke2 d5 28.Kd3 Bxb4 29.Bg2 d4 30.h3 b5 31.Ke2 Kc7 32.Kd1 Kb6 33.Kc1 Bc3

34.Kb1 b4 35.Bf1 Kc5 36.Bd3 b5 37.Be2 Kb6 38.Bd3 Ka5 39.Be2 Ka4 40.Bd3 c5 41.Be2 c4 42.Bf1 Ka3 43.Be2 d3 44.cxd3 b3 45.axb3 cxb3 46.d4 Bxd4 47.Bxb5 Kb4

48.Bd3 Kc3 49.Bb5 Kd2 50.Bf1 Ke3 51.Bg2 Kf2 52.Bh1 Kg3 53.Kc1 b2+ 54.Kb1 Kxh3 55.Bf3 Kg3 56.Bd1 Kf4 57.Kc2 Kxe4 58.Kb1 Kf4 59.Kc2 e4 60.Kb1 e3

61.Be2 Kg3 62.Bd1 Kf2 63.Kc2 e2 64.Bxe2 Kxe2 65.Kb1 Kf3 66.Kc2 Kxg4 67.Kb1 Kf3 68.Kc2 g4 69.Kb1 g3 70.Kc2 g2 71.Kd3 Bg7

72.Kc4 g1=Q 73.Kd5 Qd4+ 74.Ke6 Qe5+ 75.Kf7 Qf6+ 76.Kg8 h5 77.Kh7 b1=Q+ 78.Kg8 Qf8#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2048) - VladaBada (lichess 2150), lichess 11/8/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 d6 6.Be2 Nd4 7.Nf3 Nxe2 8.Qe2 Ng4 9.h3 Nf6 10.f5 h6 11.Na4 Qe7 12.Nxc5 dxc5 13.Be3 b6 14.g4 Nd7 15.O-O-O Bb7 16.Rdg1 f6 17.h4 O-O-O 18.g5 a5 19.gxh6 gxh6

20.Rg6 Nf8 21.Rxh6 Rg8 22.h5 Qg7 23.Rg1 Qf7 24.Kb1 c4 25.Nh4 cxd3 26.cxd3 Ba6 27.Rd1 Nd7 28.Rg6 Rh8 29.h6 Qe7 30.Rg7 Qb4

31.Ng6 Rxh6 32.Bxh6 Nc5 33.Ne7+ Kb7 34.Nd5 Qb5 35.Rxc7+ Kb8 36.Rxc5 Qxc5, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/7/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

kaparthisagar (Chess.com 1828) - JimWest (Chess.com 1912), Chess.com 11/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.c3 Be7 8.Qb3 Rf8 9.Qxb2 Nd7 10.Qxc6 Kf7 11.Qd5+ Be6 12.Qe4 Nf6 13.Ng5+ Kg8 14.Nxe6 Nxe4 15.Nxd8 Raxd8

16.d3 Nc5 17.Rd1 d5 18.b4 Ne6 19.a4 d4 20.b5 dxc3 21.Nxc3 Nd4 22.Ba3 Bxa3 23.Rxa3 Rc8 24.Ne4 Rc2

25.f3 Rxf3 26.gxf3 Nxf3+ 27.Kf1 Nxh2+ 28.Ke1 Nf3+ 29.Kf1 Nh2+ 30.Ke1 Nf3+ 31.Kf1 Nh2+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

hetshah2105 (lichess 2071) - JimWest (lichess 2048), lichess 11/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.Ng5 h6 8.Nf7 Rh7 9.Qf3 f4 10.g3 Bg4 11.Qg2 f3 12.Qh1 g5 13.h3 Bh5 14.g4 Bxf7 15.Bxf7+ Rxf7 16.Qxf3 Nh5 17.Qe3 Nf4 18.Qg3 Nd7 19.Bxf4 exf4

20.Qf3 O-O-O 21.a4 Bg7 22.Ra3 Ne5 23.Qd1 f3 24.b4 Ng6 25.b5 Bxc3 26.Rxc3 Qd7 27.Qb1 Ne5 28.Qb3 c5 29.d4 Nxg4 30.dxc5 dxc5 31.Rxc5+ Kb8

32.Rd5 Ne5 33.Rxd7 Rfxd7 34.Qc3 Ng6 35.Qxf3 Nf4 36.e5 Rd2 37.e6 Nxe6 38.Qf6 Nf4 39.Qxh6 Rxc2 40.Kh2 Rc3 41.Qxg5 Rxh3+ 42.Kg1 Rg3+ 43.fxg3 Nh3+ 44.Kh2 Nxg5 45.g4 Rd4 46.Rg1 Nf3+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/6/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

caz83 (Chess.com 1889) - JimWest (Chess.com 1904), Chess.com 11/6/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Nc3 a5 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Ng5 h6 11.Nf7 Rh7 12.f3 g5 13.b3 Rxf7 14.Bxf7+ Kxf7 15.Bb2 Bc5+ 16.Kh1 Bd4 17.Qe2 b6 18.Rad1 Ba6

19.Nd5 Bxe2 20.Nxc7 Bxb2 21.Nxa8 Bxf1 22.Rxf1 Bd4 23.c3 Bc5 24.b4 axb4 25.cxb4 Bxb4 26.Nxb6 Nbd7 27.Nxd7 Nxd7 28.Ra1 Ba5 29.Kg1 Ke6 30.Kf1 Kd6 31.Ke2 Nc5

32.Rd1+ Kc7 33.Ra1 Nb3 34.Ra3 Nd4+ 35.Kd3 c5 36.Ra1 Kc6 37.Kc4 Nc2 38.Ra2 Ne3+ 39.Kb3 c4+ 40.Ka3 Kc5 41.Rb2 c3 42.Rb5+ Kc4 43.Rxa5 Nc2+ 44.Ka2 Nb4+ 45.Kb1 Kb3 46.Rc5 c2+ 47.Ka1 Kxa4 48.Rc3 h5

49.Kb2 g4 50.h3 gxh3 51.gxh3 c1=Q+ 52.Kxc1 Na2+ 53.Kb2 Nxc3 54.Kxc3 Kb5 55.h4 Kc5

56.Kd3 Kb4 57.Kc2 Kc4 58.Kd2 Kd4 59.Ke2 Kc3 60.Ke1 Kd3 61.Kf2 Kd2 62.Kf1 Ke3 63.Kg2 Ke2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2043) - iatikho (lichess 2018), lichess 11/6/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Be7 5.Nf3 c6 6.c3 Nbd7 7.Be2 b6 8.O-O Bb7 9.f5 Qc7 10.a4 d5 11.Qc2 g6 12.fxg6 hxg6 13.Bg5 dxe4 14.dxe4 Nc5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nbd2 Bg7 17.Bc4 O-O-O 18.b4 Ne6 19.Bxe6 fxe6

20.Ng5 Bh6 21.Ndf3 Qe7 22.h4 Bxg5 23.hxg5 Rh5 24.Rad1 Rdh8 25.Qd2 c5 26.Qd6 Qf7 27.Qxe5 Rh1+ 28.Kf2 Rxf1+ 29.Rxf1 cxb4 30.Qxh8+, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/5/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1917) - RiceMonarchy (Chess.com 1989), Chess.com 11/5/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bb6 6.Na3 Ng4 7.Nh3 Qh4+ 8.g3 Qd8 9.Nc4 c6 10.Nxb6 Qxb6 11.Qb3 Qc5 12.Qc4 Qb6 13.Qb3 Qc5 14.Qc4 Nd7 15.Qxc5 Nxc5 16.f5 h6 17.Nf2 Nxf2 18.Kxf2 f6 19.Be3 Na4

20.Rb1 O-O 21.Be2 c5 22.Bd1 Nb6 23.Bb3+ Kh8 24.g4 Bd7 25.h4 a5 26.a3 a4 27.Ba2 Nc8 28.g5 Kh7 29.gxh6 gxh6 30.Rbg1 Ne7 31.Rg3 Bb5 32.Ke2 Be8 33.Rhg1 Bh5+ 34.Kd2 Nc6

35.Rg7+ Kh8 36.Rxb7 Na5 37.Rc7 Rab8 38.Kc1 Rb7 39.Rgg7 Rxc7 40.Rxc7 Rb8 41.Bxh6 Rb7 42.Bg7+ Kh7 43.Rxb7 Nxb7 44.Bxf6 Be8 45.Bd5 Na5 46.Be7 Bb5 47.Kd2 c4

48.Bxc4 Bxc4 49.dxc4 Nxc4+ 50.Kc1 Kg7 51.f6+ Kf7 52.h5 Nb6 53.h6 Kg6 54.h7 Kxh7 55.f7 Nd7 56.f8=Q Nxf8 57.Bxf8, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

sattelite5 (lichess 2008) - JimWest (lichess 2037), lichess 11/5/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.a4 Bg4 9.Bd2 Nd7 10.Bc3 O-O-O 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Ne7 13.a5 Ng6 14.Qg4 h5 15.Qe6 Qxe6 16.Bxe6 Kc7 17.Bf5 Nh4 18.Bxd7 Rxd7 19.Bxe5+ Bd6

20.Bxd6+ Rxd6 21.Nc3 Rd2 22.Rac1 g5 23.Rfd1 Rhd8 24.b4 g4 25.hxg4 hxg4 26.b5 g3 27.fxg3 Rxg2+ 28.Kf1 fxg3 29.b6+ axb6 30.axb6+ Kc8 31.Rxd8+ Kxd8

32.Ne2 Rf2+ 33.Ke1 Nf3+ 34.Kd1 Rf1#.