2 PCG Reversed Games 10/11/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2005) - Alter-und-Zeit (Chess.com 1866), Chess.com 10/11/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 e3 8.Nf3 Nf2 9.Qe2 Nxh1 10.Bxe3 Bd7 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.c3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Be7 14.Nd2 O-O 15.O-O-O b5 16.Rxh1 b4 17.c4 a5 18.d5 a4 19.Kb1 Qb8

20.c5 Ra6 21.d6 cxd6 22.exd6 Bf6 23.Ne4 Qd8 24.Nxf6+ Qxf6 25.Qxf6 gxf6 26.Rf1 Re8 27.Bd4 Raa8 28.Bxf6 a3 29.d7 Red8 30.c6 axb2 31.Bxd8 Rxd8 32.c7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2127) - djsingh3131 (lichess 2120), lichess 10/11/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 d6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.c3 O-O 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.O-O Re8 10.h3 Ne5 11.Nbd2 c6 12.Kh1 Qc7 13.d4 Nxf3 14.Bxf3 Qe7 15.Qc2 Nd7 16.Rae1 Nf8 17.Nc4 Rd8

18.e5 dxe5 19.Nxe5 Be6 20.a3 Nd7 21.Nxd7 Qxd7 22.Be5 Bxe5 23.Rxe5 Bf5 24.Be4 Bxe4 25.Qxe4 Re8 26.Re1 Rxe5 27.Qxe5 Rd8 28.Qe7 a5 29.a4 b5

30.Qxd7 Rxd7 31.Re8+ Kg7 32.Ra8 bxa4 33.Rxa5 Rb7 34.Rxa4 Rxb2 35.Ra6 c5 36.cxd5 Rb5 37.Rc6 Rb3 38.Rc8 Rxc3

39.c6 h5 40.h4 Kf6 41.Kh2 Ke6 42.g3 Kd6 43.Rd8+ Kc7 44.Rd7+ Kxc6 45.Rxf7 Rd3 46.Rf6+ Rd6 47.Rxd6+ Kxd6

48.g4 Ke5 49.Kg3 hxg4 50.Kxg4 Kf6 51.Kf4 Kg7 52.Kg5 Kh7 53.h5 gxh5 54.Kxh5, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/10/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Adityarajaminrajlokhande (Chess.com 1920) - JimWest (Chess.com 2011), Chess.com 10/10/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5

6.Nfg5 dxe4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2120) - chessanand1653 (lichess 2183), lichess 10/10/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bd3 f5 10.O-O c6 11.c3 Be7 12.Be3 O-O 13.Nbd2 Qb6 14.Qb3 Qc7

15.Nxe4 fxe4 16.Bxe4 Qb6 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.Qxb6 axb6 19.a3 c5 20.h3 Bf5 21.Bg5 Bxg5 22.Nxg5 c4 23.g4 Bd7 24.Rxf8+ Rxf8 25.Rf1 Rxf1+ 26.Kxf1 Kf8

27.Kf2 Ke7 28.Ke3 Ba4 29.Kf4 Bc2 30.h4 b5 31.Nh3 Ke6 32.Kg5 Bb1 33.Nf4+ Kf7 34.e6+ Ke7 35.Nxg6+ Kxe6 36.Nf4+ Kd6 37.Nh5 g6 38.Nf4 b4 39.axb4 Kc6 40.Nxg6 Kb5

41.Nf4 Be4 42.h5 Ka4 43.h6 Bh7 44.Nxd5 Kb3 45.Nf6 Bd3 46.h7 Bxh7 47.Nxh7 Kxb2 48.d5 Kxc3 49.d6 Kxb4

50.d7 c3 51.d8=Q c2 52.Qc7, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/9/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Danienti (Chess.com 1814) - JimWest (Chess.com 2014), Chess.com 10/9/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nc3 f4 8.d4 Bg4 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nf6 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Rfe1 O-O-O

14.a3 g5 15.b4 h5 15.g3 g4 16.Qg2 f3, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

kosteev_friend (lichess 2144) - JimWest (lichess 2127), lichess 10/9/2026

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.O-O O-O 10.f3 c6 11.Bg5 Qe8 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Ng4 f5 14.Ne5 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Nd7 16.Nxd7 Bxd7 17.fxe4 fxe4 18.Rxf8+ Qxf8 19.Qd2 Qg7

20.Rf1 Kh8 21.Qf4 Rg8 22.g3 a6 23.Qf6 Qxf6 24.Rxf6 Bg4 25.Bf1 Bd1 26.c4 Bxc2 27.cxd5 cxd5 28.Rd6 Bb1 29.a3 Ba2 30.Rd7 b5 31.Rd6 Bc4

32.Rxa6 Re8 33.Bxc4 dxc4 34.Rc6 e3 35.Kf1 Re4 36.d5 Rd4 37.Rc5 Rd3 38.Rxb5 Rxa3 39.Rc5 Rd3 40.Rxc4 Rxd5 41.Ke2 Rd2+ 42.Kxe3 Rxh2

43.Kf4 Kg7 44.Rc6 Rf2+ 45.Kg5 Rf7 46.g4 Ra7 47.Rb6 Ra5+ 48.Kh4 h6 49.Rc6 Rb5 50.Rc7+ Kg6 51.Rc6+ Kg7 52.Ra6 Rb7 53.Ra5 Rb6 

54.Kh5 Rc6 55.Ra7+ Kg8 56.Rb7 Ra6 57.Rc7 Rb6 58.Rc8+ Kg7 59.Rc7+ Kg8 60.Ra7 Rc6 61.Ra5 Kg7 62.Rd5 Ra6 63.Rd7+ Kg8 64.Re7 Rb6 65.Re8+ Kg7 66.Re5 Ra6 67.Rf5 Rb6 68.Ra5 Rc6, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 10/8/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2037) - VYathinReddy (Chess.com 1950), Chess.com 10/8/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Nxe2 Nc4 9.e5 Ne4 10.O-O c5 11.c3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Be7 13.Nbc3 O-O 14.b3 Na5 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Be3 f6 17.Qd2 fxe5 18.dxe5 Qxd2

19.Bxd2 Bc5+ 20.Kh1 Nc6 21.Bc3 Rxf1+ 22.Rxf1 Re8 23.Ng3 e3 24.Ne4 Bb6 25.Nd6 e2 26.Re1 Rf8 27.g3 Rf1+ 28.Kg2 Rxe1 29.Bxe1 Nxe5 30.Nc4 Ne3

31.Nxb6 axb6 32.Kf3 Nxe1+ 33.Kxe2 Nc2 34.Kd2 Nd4 35.Kc3 Nc6 36.Kc4 Kf7 37.Kb5 Ke7 38.Kxb6 Nb4 39.a4 Kd6 40.Kxb7 Kc5 41.Kc7 g5 42.Kd7 g4 43.Ke6 Nd5 44.Kf5 Ne3+ 45.Kf4 Kd4

46.a5 h5 47.a6 Nd5+ 48.Kg5 Ke3 49.Kxh5 Kf3 50.a7 Nb6 51.Kh4 Na8 52.b4 Nb6 53.b5 Na8 54.h3 gxh3 55.Kxh3 Ke4 56.g4 Ke5 57.Kh4 Kf6 58.Kh5 Kg7 59.Kg5 Kf7 60.Kf5 Kg7

61.Ke5 Kg6 62.Kd6 Kg5 63.Kc6 Kxg4 64.Kb7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2124) - itsmeche (lichess 2103), lichess 10/8/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Nfd7 6.d4 Nb6 7.c3 Nc6 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.Bxc6 Bxc6 10.Ne2 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.b3 Bg5 13.Na3 Nd5 14.Nc2 Re8 15.c4 Bxc1 16.Qxc1 Ne7

17.Qf4 Ng6 18.Qxf7+ Kh8 19.Nf4 Nxf4 20.Qxf4 Rf8 21.Qxf8+ Qxf8 22.Rxf8+ Rxf8 23.Rf1 Rd8 24.d5 Be8 25.Rf8#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/7/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2015) - Atsaraja (Chess.com 1936), Chess.com 10/7/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Na4 Bxg1 7.Rxg1 Bg4 8.Be2 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 Nd4 10.Qd1 Qd7 11.c3 Nc6 12.f5 h6 13.b3 d5 14.Nc5 Qc8 15.b4 b6 16.Nb3 Qd7 17.Qf3 O-O-O 18.b5 Nb8

19.a4 dxe4 20.dxe4 Qd3 21.Qxd3 Rxd3 22.Nd2 Rxc3 23.Bb2 Rd3 24.Bxe5 Nbd7 25.Bg3 Nxe4 26.Nxe4 Re3+ 27.Kf2 Rxe4 28.Rgc1 Nc5 29.Kf3 Rhe8 30.Bf2 Nb3 31.Re1 Nd4+ 32.Bxd4 Rxe1 33.Rxe1 Rxe1 34.Bxg7 h5

35.h4 Kd7 36.Bf6 c5 37.bxc6+ Kxc6 38.g4 hxg4+ 39.Kxg4 a6 40.h5 Re4+ 41.Kg3 Rxa4 42.h6 Re4 43.h7 Re8 44.h8=Q Rxh8 45.Bxh8 Kd5 46.Kf4 b5 47.Bc3 Kc4 48.Ba1 b4 49.Ke5 a5 50.Kf6 a4 51.Kxf7 a3

52.Ke6 b3 53.f6 b2 54.Bxb2 a2 55.f7 b1=Q 56.f8=Q Qe4+ 57.Kf7 Qf5+ 58.Ke8 Qxf8+ 59.Kxf8, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

sh2962 (lichess 2227) - JimWest (lichess 2111), lichess 10/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Ng5 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Ncxe4 Nxe4 9.Qxe4 Nxd4 10.Qxe7+ Bxe7 11.Bd3 Bxf5 12.Bxf5 Nxf5 13.c3 Bxg5 14.Bxg5 O-O 15.O-O-O Rae8 16.Rhe1 h6 17.Bd2 Kf7 18.Kc2 Rxe1 19.Rxe1 Re8

20.Rxe8 Kxe8 21.g3 Kd7 22.Kd3 Ke6 23.h4 h5 24.Bg5 g6 25.Bf4 c6 26.c4 d5 27.cxd5+ Kxd5 28.b3 a5 29.a4 Nd4 30.Bc7 Nxb3 31.Ke3 b5 32.axb5 cxb5 33.f3 a4

34.Kd3 a3 35.Bd8 a2 36.Bf6 a1=Q 37.Bxa1 Nxa1 38.Kc3 b4+ 39.Kb2 Kd4 40.Kxa1, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 10/6/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2027) - tyulip33 (Chess.com 1999), Chess.com 10/6/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nf3 Ne3 7.Bxe3 fxe3 8.d4 c5 9.Bb5+ Nc6 10.Qd3 Bd7 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Qxe3 Qb6 13.Qb3 Qa5+ 14.Qc3 Qb6 15.Qb3 Bg4 16.Qxb6 axb6 17.Nbd2 h6 18.c3 cxd4 19.cxd4 c5

20.h3 Bxf3 21.Nxf3 cxd4 22.Nxd4 Ra4 23.Nf3 Re4+ 24.Kd2 Bc5 25.a3 O-O 26.Rhe1 Rd8 27.Kd3 Ra4 28.b4 Be7 29.Nd4 Rda8 30.Nc6 Kf8 31.Kd4 f6 32.Nxe7 Kxe7 33.exf6+ Kxf6

34.Kxd5 R4a6 35.b5 Rxa3 36.Rxa3 Rxa3 37.Re6+ Kf5 38.Rxb6 h5 39.g4+ hxg4 40.hxg4+ Kg5 41.Rc6 Rg3 42.Rc4 Rd3+ 43.Rd4 Rc3 44.b6 Kf6 45.Rb4 Rc8 46.b7 Rb8 47.Kc6 Kg5 48.Kc7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2117) - Makar1958 (lichess 2091), lichess 10/6/2026

1.e3 e5 e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 h6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Be2 d5 9.Qc2 dxe4 10.dxe4 Ng4 11.h3 Bf2+ 12.Kf1 Ne3+ 13.Bxe3 Bxe3 14.g4 f6 15.Kg2 Qe7 16.Nbd2 a6 17.Nf1 Bf4 18.Ng3 b5 19.Nh5 Be3

20.Nh4 Rd8 21.Ng6 Qc5 22.Rad1 Bb7 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Rd1 Rd6 25.Rxd6 Qxd6 26.Qd3 Bc1 27.Qxd6 cxd6 28.b3 Na5 29.Kf3 Bb2 30.c4 bxc4 31.bxc4 Nc6

32.Ke3 Bc1+ 33.Kf3 Nd4+ 34.Kf2 Bxe4 35.c5 Nxe2 36.cxd6 Bd2 37.Kxe2 Ba5 38.Ke3 Bd5 39.Ne7+ Kf7 40.Nxd5 Bd8 41.Ke4 g6 42.fxg6+ Kxg6 43.Ne7+ Bxe7 44.dxe7 Kf7 45.Nxf6 Kxe7 46.Kxe5, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/5/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

VictorAungTin (Chess.com 1961) - JimWest (Chess.com 2014), Chess.com 10/5/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Nd2 Nf6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.c4 c6 11.Qb3 Kh8 12.Nb1 Qb6 13.Qd1 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Bxg3 15.hxg3 Bg4 16.Qb3 Qxb3 17.Bxb3 Nbd7 18.Be3 Nd5

19.Nc3 Nxc3 20.bxc3 Nb6 21.Bc2 Rae8 22.Rab1 Rf7 23.Bb3 Be6 24.Rbc1 Nc4 25.Bf4 h6 26.Rfe1 Bd5 27.Bxc4 Bxc4 28.Be5 Bd3 29.Re3 Ref8 30.f3 Bc4 31.Rxe4 Bxa2 32.Rh4 Kh7 33.Ra1 Bc4 34.Rxa7 Ba6

35.Rf4 Rxf4 36.gxf4 Kg6 37.g4 h5 38.Kg2 hxg4 39.fxg4 Kh6 40.Kg3 g6 41.g5+ Kh5 42.Kf3 Kh4 43.Ke3 Kg4 44.Ke4 Re8 45.d5 cxd5+ 46.Kxd5 Kf5 47.Kc5 Rc8+ 48.Kb4 Ke6 49.Bd4 Kf5

50.Ka5 Kxf4 51.Rxa6 bxa6 52.Kxa6 Kxg5 53.Kb5 Kf4 54.c4 g5 55.c5 g4 56.c6 Ke4 57.Ba7 Kd5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2111) - Mohanmaddy (lichess 2209), lichess 10/5/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 Re8 9.f5 d5 10.Qc2 b6 11.h3 Bb7 12.Be3 a5 13.a4 Ba6 14.Re1 dxe4 15.dxe4 Bxe2 16.Rxe2 Bf8 17.Na3 Bxa3 18.Rxa3 Qe7 19.Ra1 Rad8

20.Rd1 Rxd1+ 21.Qxd1 Nxe4 22.Bxh6 Ng3 23.Bg5 f6 24.Re1 fxg5 25.Qd5+ Kf8 26.Qxc6 Qd6 27.Qxd6+ cxd6 28.Nxg5 Nxf5 29.Rf1 g6 30.g4 Kg7 31.gxf5 gxf5 32.h4 Kg6 33.Rd1 Rd8

34.Kf2 Rd7 35.b4 axb4 36.cxb4 Kh5 37.Nf3 e4 38.Nd4 f4 39.Nf5 Kg4 40.Rxd6 Ra7 41.Nh6+ Kxh4 42.Rxb6 Rxa4 43.Nf5+ Kg4 44.Nh6+ Kh5 45.Nf5 Kg5 46.Nd4 Ra2+ 47.Ke1 f3 48.Rb8 Kf4 49.Rf8+ Ke3 50.Nf5+ Kd3

51.Rd8+ Kc3 52.b5 Rb2 53.Rc8+ Kd3 54.Rd8+ Kc3 55.Rc8+ Kb4 56.b6 Ka5 57.Ra8+ Kb4 58.b7 Kc3 59.Rc8+ Kd3 60.b8=Q Re2+ 61.Kf1 Rf2+ 62.Kxf2 e3+ 63.Nxe3 Ke4 64.Qb4+ Kd3 65.Rd8#.

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/4/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Silentsoundj (Chess.com 2004) - JimWest (Chess.com 2015), Chess.com 10/4/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Bxb4 d4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qd2 e3 

11.fxe3 Nxb4 12.Qxb4 Qxe3+ 13.Be2 Qc1+ 14.Kf2 Qxh1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

mang0tree (lichess 2007) - JimWest (lichess 2107), lichess 10/4/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Qe7 6.Qe2 Ng4 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.d4 Bf5 9.Nc3 O-O-O 10.Bxf4 f6 11.O-O-O fxe5 12.dxe5 Qe6 13.Ng5 Qg6 14.Rxd5 Bb4 15.Rxd8+ Rxd8 16.Nf3 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Rxd4 18.Bd2 Qe6

19.h3 Bxc3 20.Bxc3 Re4 21.hxg4 Rxe2 22.gxf5 Qxf5 23.Bxe2 Qg5+ 24.Kb1 Qxg2 25.Re1 h5 26.Bxh5 g6 27.Bd1 g5 28.e6 Kd8 29.e7+ Ke8 30.Bh5+ Kd7, Black resigns.