PCG Reversed & PCG 3/8/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1943) - Esoteric-Journey (Chess.com 1983), Chess.com 3/8/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Nxe2 exd3 8.exf6 dxe2 9.Qxe2+ Kd7 10.fxg7 Bxg7 11.Qg4+ Kc6 12.Qxg7 Re8+ 13.Kf2 f6

14.Be3 Nd7 15.Nc3 Ne5 16.Rad1, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Alexey213 (lichess 2163) - JimWest (lichess 2095), lichess 3/8/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.Nfd2 d5 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Nbc6 10.f4 Nf5

11.Qe1 Ne3 12.Nc3 Nxf1 13.Qxf1 Nxe5 14.Nxd5, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/7/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1934) - Frizis (Chess.com 1873), Chess.com 3/7/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.d5 a6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.e6 Ne5 11.exf7+ Nxf7 12.dxc6 Qxd1+ 13.Kxd1 Bg4+ 14.Ke1 Rc8 15.Nc3 Nd6 16.Bf4 Rxc6 17.Nge2 Nc4 18.Rb1 Bf5 19.Rf1 h6

20.b3 Na3 21.Rb2 e3 22.Bxe3 Nxc2+ 23.Kf2 Bd6 24.Bf4 O-O 25.Kg1 Bxf4 26.Rxf4 Nd4 27.Nxd4 cxd4 28.Ne2 d3 29.Nd4 Rc1+ 30.Kf2 Bh7 31.Rxf8+ Kxf8

32.Rd2 Ke7 33.g4 Rh1 34.Ke3 Kf6 35.Nf5 Bxf5 36.gxf5 Kxf5 37.Kxd3 g5 38.b4 h5 39.Kc4 Rc1+ 40.Kb3 g4 41.a4 h4 42.b5 axb5 43.axb5 g3 44.hxg3 hxg3 45.Kb4 Rf1 46.Rg2 Kg4 47.b6 Kh3 48.Rxg3+ Kxg3

49.Kc5 Kf4 50.b7 Rb1 51.Kc6 Ke5 52.Kc7 Rc1+ 53.Kd7 Rb1 54.Kc7 Rc1+ 55.Kd7 Rb1 56.Kc7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Feodosyevich (lichess 1941) - JimWest (lichess 2097), lichess 3/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Neg5 exd4+ 9.Be2 Nf6 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.O-O h6 12.Ngf3 c6 13.Bd3 Bg4 14.Re1 Qd6 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Nxf3 Nbd7 17.c4 Rae8 18.Qd2 Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Re8

20.Rxe8+ Nxe8 21.Qe3 Nef6 22.Qxa7 dxc4 23.Bxc4+ Kh7 24.Qxb7 Ne4 25.Qb3 Qc5 26.Bd3 Qxf2+ 27.Kh2 Ndf6 28.Qc2 Qxc2 29.Bxc2 Kh8 30.Bxe4 Nxe4

31.Ne5 c5 32.b3 g5 33.Nc4 Kg7 34.a4 Nc3 35.a5 Nb5 36.a6 Na7 37.Nb6 Kf6 38.Nd7+ Ke6 39.Nxc5+ Kd5 40.b4 Kc4 41.Ne6 Kxb4 42.g4 Kb5 43.h4 gxh4 44.Kh3 Kxa6 45.Kxh4 Nc6

 

46.Kh5 Ne5 47.Kxh6 Nxg4+ 48.Kg5 Ne5 49.Nc7+ Kb6 50.Kf5 Kxc7, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/6/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

kogf65 (Chess.com 1767) - JimWest (Chess.com 1940), Chess.com 3/6/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O Nf6 6.d4 e4 7.Re1 Be7 8.Nh4 Bg6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.d5 Nbd7 11.Bg5 O-O 12.Nc3 Nb6 13.Bb3 Qd7 14.Bh4 Qf5 15.Bg3 Rae8 16.Nb5 Bd8 17.Nd4 Qh5 18.Qc1 Kh8 19.c4 e3

20.Rxe3 Rxe3 21.Qxe3 Ng4 22.Qd2 Bg5 23.Qe2 Rxf2 24.Qe8+ Kh7 25.Bd1 Be3 26.Qxe3 Nxe3 27.Bxh5 Rxg2+ 28.Kh1 gxh5 29.b3 Rd2 30.Ne6 Nf5 31.Bf4 Rc2

32.Nxc7 Nd7 33.Nb5 Ne5 34.Nxd6 Nxd6 35.Bxe5 Ne4 36.Bd4 Ng5 37.Bxa7 Nf3 38.Bb8 g5 39.d6 Rxh2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2100) - achipaenriquezzz (lichess 2021), lichess 3/6/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bxg1 6.Rxg1 O-O 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Rf1 Nd7 9.Kf2 exf4 10.Bxf4 Nf6 11.Kg1 h6 12.Nd2 Re8 13.Qc2 d5 14.Bf3 Bg4 15.exd5 Bxf3 16.dxc6 Bxc6 17.Rae1 Qd5 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.dxe4 Rxe4

20.Rxe4 Qxe4 21.Qxe4 Bxe4 22.Bxc7 Rc8 23.Be5 Re8 24.Bd4 Bc6 25.h3 Re2 26.Rf2 Re1+ 27.Kh2 a6 28.a3 Re6 29.h4 Re4 30.g3 f6 31.Rd2 Bb5 32.Bf2 Re2 33.Rxe2 Bxe2

34.Bb6 Kf7 35.Kg2 Ke6 36.Kf2 Bc4 37.Ke3 Kf5 38.Bc7 Bd5 39.a4 Bc6 40.a5 g5 41.hcg5 fxg5 42.b4 h5 43.Kf2 h4 44.gxh4 gxh4 45.Kg1 Ke4 46.Bb6 Kf3 47.Kh2 Kg4 48.Bd4 h3

49.Bf6 Bg2 50.Bd4 Kf4 51.Bg7 Kg4 52.Bd4 Kf4 53.Bg7 Ke3 54.Bd4+ Kd3 55.Bg7 Kc4 56.Bd4 Kb3 57.Bg7 Ka4 58.Bd4 Kb5 59.Bg7 Kc6 60.Bd4 Kd7

61.Bg7 Ke6 62.Bd4 Kf5 63.Bg7 Kg6 64.Bd4 Kh7 65.Be5 Kg6 66.Bd4 Kf5 67.Bg7 Kg6 68.Bd4, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 3/5/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1936) - dragansplit (Chess.com 1909), Chess.com 3/5/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d5 6.e5 Ng4 7.Nf3 f6 8.exf6 Qxf6 9.Qe2+ Qe7 10.Nc3 Qxe2+ 11.Bxe2 Bb4 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 O-O 14.Bxc7 Bd7 15.Nd4 Ne3 16.Rxf8+ Rxf8 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Rc1 h6 19.Bd6 Re8

20.Bf3 a5 21.Bc5 g5 22.Bxe3 Rxe3 23.Kf2 Re8 24.Rb1 Ra8 25.h3 Ra7 26.Bg4 Bxg4 27.hxg4 Rf7+ 28.Kg3 Rf4 29.d4 Re4 30.Kf3 Rf4+ 31.Kg3 Re4 32.Kf3 Rf4+ 33.Kg3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2101) - Tautvydas_B (lichess 2045), lichess 3/5/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 exf4 6.Bxf4 d6 7.Be2 Be6 8.Nf3 Qd7 9.h3 Nd4 10.Nxd4 Bxd4 11.Qd2 O-O-O 12.O-O-O h6 13.Rhf1 Qc6 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.Qxe3 d5 16.Qxa7 d4 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Bxd5 19.Bg4+ Be6

20.Bxe6+ Qxe6 21.Qa8+ Kd7 22.Qxb7 Qxa2 23.Qb3 Qxb3 24.cxb3 f6 25.Rf4 c5 26.Kb1 Rb8 27.Rc1 Kd6 28.Rf5 Rhc8 29.Kc2 Rb4 30.Ra1 Rcb8 31.Ra6+ R8b6 32.Rxb6+ Rxb6

33.h4 Rc6 34.h5 Ke6 35.g4 Kd6 36.Rf1 Rc7 37.Ra1 Re7 38.Kd2 Kd5 39.Ra8 Rb7 40.Kc2 Rc7 41.Rd8+ Ke5 42.Re8+ Kf4

43.Re4+ Kf3 44.Kd2 Rb7 45.Kc2 Rc7 46.Kd2 Rb7 47.Kc2 Rc7, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/4/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1964) - bahamapapa (Chess.com 1872), Chess.com 3/4/2026

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 Nf6 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Rxe4 14.Ng5 Re7 15.Qd3 g6 16.Bd2 Bf5 17.Qf3 h6 18.g4 Bc8 19.Ne4 f5

20.gxf5 gxf5 21.Nf6+ Kf7 22.Nh5 Re8 23.Kh1 Nc6 24.Rg1 Rg8 25.Rxg8 Qxg8 26.Rg1 Qh8 27.Rg7+ Kf8 28.Qd5 Nd8 29.Rxc7 Be6 30.Qxd6+ Kg8 31.Qe7 Rc8 32.Qe8#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

arnavrp (lichess 2031) - JimWest (lichess 2096), lichess 3/4/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Bc4+ Kg7 11.Nxh8 Nc6 12.Qg3+ Kxh8 13.Bg5 Bg7 14.O-O-O Bf5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6

16.Qf4 Bg5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 3/3/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

IHARHLYSHKIN (Chess.com 1870) - JimWest (Chess.com 1964), Chess.com 3/3/2026

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Bc4 f5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bd5 Nge7 8.Bg5 Ke8 9.Bxe7 Bxe7 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Nxe5 fxe4 12.Nc3 Bb4 13.Nxc6 Bxc3+ 14.bxc3 Bf5 15.Nd4 Bg6 16.Ne6 Kd7 17.Nf4 Rhf8 18.Nxg6 hxg6 19.O-O-O+ Kc6

20.Rd2 Rae8 21.Re1 Rf5 22.Re3 Ra5 23.Kb2 Rb5+ 24.Ka1 Reb8 25.Re1 Re8 26.c4 Rc5 27.Rd4 Rce5 28.Re3 Kc5 29.c3 c6 30.g4 g5 31.h3 g6 32.Kb2 Rf8

33.Re2 Rf3 34.Kb3 e3 35.fxe3 Rexe3 36.Rxe3 Rxe3 37.Rd7 Rxh3 38.Rg7 Rg3 39.Rxg6 Rxg4 40.Rg7 a5 41.Ra7 Kb6 42.Ra8 Rg1 43.a4 g4 44.c5+ Kxc5 45.Rxa5+ Kb6 46.Rg5 g3 47.a5+ Ka6 48.Kc4 g2

49.Kc5 Rc1 50.Rxg2 Rxc3+ 51.Kd4 Ra3 52.Rg6 Ra4+ 53.Kc5 Rxa5+ 54.Kxc6 Ra1 55.Kc5+ Kb7 56.Rg7+ Kc8 57.Rg8+ Kd7 58.Kd5 Ra5+ 59.Ke4 Rh5 60.Rg6 Ke7 61.Ra6 Kd7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Palanivel6394 (lichess 2079) - JimWest (lichess 2096), lichess 3/3/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.Bc4 fxe4 7.Ng5 d5 8.Bb3 exd4 9.Qxd4 O-O 10.Nc3 Nbc6 11.Bxd5+ Nxd5 12.Qxd5+ Qxd5 13.Nxd5 Rf5 14.Nxc7 Rxg5 15.Nxa8 Rxg2 16.c3 Ne5 17.Nc7 Nd3+ 18.Ke2 Nxf2

19.Rhf1 Ng4+ 20.Ke1 Nxh2 21.Rh1 Nf3+ 22.Kf1 Rxb2 23.Nd5 Be6 24.Nb4 Bc4+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 3/2/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

black_panther_12 (Chess.com 1891) - JimWest (Chess.com 1976), Chess.com 3/2/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d5 Nd4

9.Qe3 Nxc2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Macpillo (lichess 2041) - JimWest (lichess 2086), lichess 3/2/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qd1 Bg7 8.f4 Ne7 9.c4 c6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bb5+ Nbc6 12.Nc3 O-O 13.O-O h6 14.Nh3 Bxh3 15.gxh3 a6 16.Ba4 Qd7 17.Qg4 Qxg4+ 18.hxg4 Rad8 19.Rd1 g5

20.fxg5 Nxe5 21.gxh6 Nf3+ 22.Kg2 Bxc3 23.bxc3 Kh7 24.Bb3 Rg8 25.h3 d4 26.Bxg8+ Nxg8 27.cxd4 Rxd4 28.Rxd4 Nxd4 29.Bb2 Ne6 30.Re1 Nf4+ 31.Kg3 Nd3 32.Rb1 b5

33.g5 Ne7 34.Kg4 Ng6 35.Bf6 Ngf4 36.h4 e3 37.Kf3 e2 38.Bc3 b4 39.Be1 a5 40.Ke3 Nxe1 41.Rxe1 Ng2+ 42.Kf2 Nxe1 43.Kxe1 a4 44.Kxe2 b3 45.axb3 a3 46.h5 a2 47.g6+ Kxh6, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/1/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

TigerMalaysia (Chess.com 1954) - JimWest (Chess.com 1955), Chess.com 3/1/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Nb3 Bxf5 9.Be3 d5 10.h3 O-O-O 11.O-O-O h6 12.g4 Bg6 13.h4 Qd7 14.Bh3 Ng8 15.h5 Bf7 16.g5 Be6 17.Bxe6 Qxe6 18.Rdg1 hxg5 19.Rxg5 Nf6

20.Rg6 Qf7 21.Rgg1 a6 22.Bg5 Be7 23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Qg4+ Qd7 25.Qxd7+ Rxd7 26.Ne2 Re7 27.Kd2 Rhe8 28.Rg3 a5 29.c3 b6 30.Nf4 Rd7 31.h6 gxh6 32.Rxh6 Rf8 33.Nh5 Rd6 34.Nxf6 Rdxf6 35.Rxf6 Rxf6

36.Ke3 Ne7 37.Rh3 Nf5+ 38.Ke2 Nd6 39.Rh8+ Kb7 40.Nd2 a4 41.a3 b5 42.Nf1 Nc4 43.Ne3 Nxe3 44.fxe3 Rg6 45.Rh2 Rg1 46.Kd2 Rb1 47.Kc2 Re1 48.Kd2 Rb1 49.Kc2 Rg1 50.Kd2 c6 51.Rh7+ Kb6 52.Rh2 Rg3

53.Ke2 Kc7 54.Rh7+ Kd6 55.Rh6+ Kd7 56.Rh7+ Ke6 57.Rh6+ Kf5 58.Kf2 Rg6 59.Rxg6 Kxg6 60.Kg2 Kh5 61.Kh3 Kg5 62.Kg3 Kh5 63.Kh3 Kg5 64.Kg3 Kh5 65.Kh3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2071) - Richiemedina (lichess 2071), lichess 3/1/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be2 Nh5 8.Bg3 Nxg3 9.hxg3 h6 10.Nc3 Bf6 11.Qd2 Nd4 12.Nxd4 Bxd4 13.O-O-O c6 14.Kb1 b5 15.Rdf1 a5 16.Bh5 Be6 17.Ne2 Bf6 18.Nf4 Bd7 19.d4 g6

20.Nxg6 fxg6 21.Bxg6+ Ke7 22.e5 Bg5 23.Rf7+ Ke6 24.Qf2 dxe5 25.Qf5+ Kd5, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 2/28/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

onnenpotkuri (Chess.com 1869) - JimWest (Chess.com 1966), Chess.com 2/28/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d4 Be7 6.Nd5 Nf6 7.Nxe7 Qxe7 8.O-O fxe4 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Qxe5 11.Be2 O-O 12.c3 d5 13.Be3 c6 14.Bd4 Qg5 15.g3 Bh3 16.Re1 a6 17.Bf1 Bxf1 18.Rxf1 Rae8 19.Qe2 Nd7

20.b4 Rf3 21.Be3 Qg6 22.Qd2 Ne5 23.Rad1 h5 24.Bg5 Rd3 25.Qc1 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Qxg5 27.f4 Nf3+ 28.Kh1 Qg4 29.Rf1 h4 30.Qe3 hxg3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

SilverknightKg (lichess 1962) - JimWest (lichess 2073), lichess 2/28/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.b3 Bg4 9.Bb2 Nd7 10.Nbd2 O-O-O 11.a4 Ne7 12.a5 Ng6 13.a6 b6 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Nxf3 Nc5 16.Qe2 Bd6 17.b4 Ne6 18.b5 c5 19.Bd5 Ng5

20.Bb7+ Kb8 21.Rad1 Nxf3+ 22.Qxf3 Nh4 23.Qc3 Qg6 24.g3 fxg3 25.Qxg3 Nf3+ 26.Kg2 Nd4 27.Qxg6 hxg6 28.Bxd4 exd4 29.Rd3 Rdf8 30.c3 Be5 31.cxd4 Bxd4

32.Rg3 Rf6 33.f4 Rhf8 34.Rgf3 g5 35.fxg5 Rxf3 36.Rxf3 Rxf3 37.Kxf3 Kc7 38.Bd5 Kd6 39.Kg4 Ke5 40.h4 c4 41.Bxc4 Kxe4 42.h5 Ke5 43.g6 Kf6 44.Kf4 Bc5 45.Ke4 Kg5 46.Be2 Kf6 47.Kd5 Ke7 48.Kc6 Kd8 49.Kb7 Be3 50.Kxa7 Kc7

51.Ka8 Bh6 52.a7 Bg5 53.Bf3 Bh6 54.Bc6 Bg5 55.Be4 Bh6 56.Bd3 Bg5 57.h6 Bxh6 58.Bf5 Bg5 59.Be4 Bf6 60.Bg2 Bd4 61.Bd5 Bf6 62.Bg8 Bd4 63.Ba2 Bf6

64.Bb3 Bd4 65.Be6 Bf6 66.Bd7 Bd4 67.Bc6 Bf6 68.Bd7 Bd4 69.Bc6 Be5 70.Bd7 Bf6 71.Bc6 Be5 72.Bd7 Bf6 73.Bc6 Be5, draw.