PCG Reversed & PCG 2/12/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2032) - Burgerking2158 (Chess.com 1899), Chess.com 2/12/2026

1.e3 d6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 Nf6 4.f4 Be7 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 c6 7.c3 O-O 8.f5 d5 9.Qc2 dxe4 10.dxe4 Qc7 11.Bg5 Nc5 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nbd2 a5 14.a4 Re8 15.O-O h6 16.Kh1 Bd7 17.g4 Rad8 18.h4 Be7

19.g5 hxg5 20.hxg5 Bf8 21.g6 fxg6 22.Bc4+ Kh8 23.Kg2 Ne6 24.Rh1+ Kg8 25.fxe6 Bxe6 26.Bxe6+ Rxe6 27.Ng5, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

arnavrp (lichess 2054) - JimWest (lichess 2074), lichess 2/12/2026

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 Qf4+ 15.Bf3 Qd4+ 16.Kf1 Ne7 17.Qc3 Qb6 18.Nd2 O-O 19.Ke2 Ng6

20.Bd5+ Kh8 21.Rhf1 Bg4+ 22.Nf3 Rae8 23.Kd2 Bxf3 24.Rxf3 Rxf3 25.gxf3 Qf2+ 26.Kd1 Rxe5 27.Be4 Re8 28.Qe1 Rd8+ 29.Kc1 Qxe1+ 30.Kc2 Qxa1 31.Bxg6 hxg6

32.f4, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/11/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

abubachirtrahovstan (Chess.com 2083) - JimWest (Chess.com 2027), Chess.com 2/11/2026

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.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 12.fxe3 Nxb4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2066) - AnsariS (lichess 2067), lichess 2/11/2026

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.Bd3 Nc6 10.Nf3 d5 11.O-O dxe4 12.Bxe4 Re8 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Qa4 c5 15.h3 Nf6 16.dxc5 Bxc5+ 17.Kh2 Bb7 18.Qb5 Bb6 19.Rd1 Qe7

20.Re1 Qf8 21.Rxe8 Rxe8 22.Ne5 Rd8 23.Qe2 Nd5 24.Nxd5 Rxd5 25.Be3 h6 26.Bxb6 cxb6 27.Rd1 Qd6 28.Rxd5 Qxd5 29.b3 Qe6 30.Qc4 Bd5 31.Qc7 f6 32.Ng6 Qf7 33.Ne7+ Kh7 34.Nxd5 Qxd5

35.Qc2+ Kh8 36.g3 Qd7 37.h4 a5 38.Qf2 Qc7 39.Qd2 b5 40.h5 b4 41.Qe2 Kg8 42.Qe8+ Kh7 43.Qg6+ Kh8 44.Qe8+ Kh7 45.Qg6+ Kh8 46.Qe8+ Kh7, draw.

2 PCG Games 2/10/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

icrazy4chess (Chess.com 1985) - JimWest (Chess.com 2025), Chess.com 2/10/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.Bc4 fxe4 5.Nxe5 Qg5 6.d4 Qxg2 7.Rf1 dxe5 8.Qh5+ Qg6 9.Qxe5+ Be7 10.d5 Nd7 11.Qxc7 Qd6 12.Qa5 Ngf6 13.Be3 O-O 14.Nd2 b6 15.Qa4 Kh8 16.O-O-O Bb7 17.Bb5 Nc5 18.Qd4 a6 19.Be2 Qxd5

20.Qxd5 Bxd5 21.Kb1 Nd3 22.Bxd3 exd3 23.c4 Be4 24.Bb6 Rab8 25.c5 Bg6 26.f4 Nd5 27.Nc4 Nxb6 28.cxb6 Bd8 29.Ne5 Rxb6 30.Nd7 Rf7 31.Nxb6 Bxb6 32.f5 Rxf5 33.Rxf5 Bxf5

34.Rf1 g6 35.Kc1 Kg7 36.Kd2 Bc7 37.h3 h5 38.a3 a5 39.h4 a4 40.Rd1 Be5 41.Rb1 Bf4+ 42.Kc3 d2 43.Rf1 Bg4 44.Rxf4 d1=Q 45.Rd4 Qb3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Kampino4 (lichess 2076) - JimWest (lichess 2060), lichess 2/10/2026

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Ke2 c6 8.Nc3 Ne7 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Qa4+ Nbc6 11.e6 O-O 12.Be3 Qa5 13.Qxa5 Bxa5 14.Rd1 Bxc3 15.bxc3 h6 16.Nh3 Bxe6 17.Nf4 Bf7 18.Bc5 b6 19.Ba3 Rfe8

20.g3 g5 21.Ng2 Bh5+ 22.Ke1 Bxd1 23.Kxd1 Rad8 24.Ne3 d4 25.Bc4+ Kh8 26.cxd4 Rxd4+ 27.Ke2 Red8 28.Bb2 Kh7 29.Bxd4 Nxd4+ 30.Kd2 Nf3+ 31.Kc2 Rd2+ 32.Kb3 Rxf2 33.Nd5 Nxd5 34.Bxd5 e3

35.Re1 Nd2+ 36.Kc3 Rxh2 37.Rxe3 Nb1+ 38.Kd4 Rd2+ 39.Ke5 Kg7 40.Be4 Rb2 41.Bd5 Nd2 42.Rd3 Nf1 43.Be6 Re2+ 44.Kd6 Rd2 45.Rxd2 Nxd2

46.g4 Ne4+ 47.Kc6 Kf6 48.Bc8 Nc3 49.a3 b5 50.Kb7 a5 51.Kb6 b4 52.Kxa5 bxa3, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/9/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

samsung_amit (Chess.com 1966) - JimWest (Chess.com 2026), Chess.com 2/9/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Be2 c6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.O-O a5 9.a4 Na6 10.Na3 Nc5 11.b4 axb4 12.cxb4 Nxa4 13.Qb3 Qd7 14.Nc4 b5 15.Ncxe5 dxe5 16.Nxe5 Qd5 17.Qxd5 cxd5 18.d4 O-O 19.Bxb5 Nc3

20.Rxa8 Rxa8 21.Bc6 Rd8 22.b5 Ne2+ 23.Kh1 Nxd4 24.Ra1 Ne6 25.Bd2 Ne4 26.Ba5 Nxf2+ 27.Kg1 Bc5 28.Bxd8 Nxd8 29.Bxd5+ Be6 30.Bxe6+ Nxe6 31.Kf1 Ne4

32.Ra8+ Nf8 33.Nd7 Bd6 34.b6 Nf6 35.Nxf6+ gxf6 36.b7 Bxh2 37.b8=Q Bxb8 38.Rxb8 Kg7 39.Kf2 Ne6 40.Kg3 Kg6 41.Kh4 Ng5 42.Kg4 h5+ 43.Kh4 Ne6 44.Rh8 Ng7 45.Ra8 Nf5+ 46.Kh3 Ng7 47.Ra5 Nf5

48.g3 Ng7 49.Kh4 Nf5+ 50.Kh3 Ng7 51.Kg2 Nf5 52.Kf3 Nd4+ 53.Ke4 Ne2 54.Ra3 Kg5 55.Re3 f5+ 56.Kf3 Nxg3 57.Kg2 f4 58.Rxg3 fxg3 59.Kxg3 h4+ 60.Kh3 Kh5

61.Kh2 Kg4 62.Kg2 h3+ 63.Kh2 Kh4 64.Kg1 Kg3 65.Kh1 h2, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2060) - polerio15 (lichess 2036), lichess 2/9/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 Nxe4 8.dxe5 Qh4+ 9.g3 Nxg3 10.Bg5 Qxg5 11.hxg3 Qxe5 12.Kf1 Be6 13.Qd3 Qxb2 14.Qb5+ Qxb5 15.Bxb5+ c6 16.Bd3 h6 17.Nd2 Bd6 18.Kg2 O-O 19.Ngf3 c5

20.Rab1 b6 21.Ng5 c4 22.Nxe6 fxe6 23.Nxc4 dxc4 24.Bxc4 Rf6 25.Rhf1 Raf8 26.Rbe1 Rf5 27.Bxe6+ R5f7 28.Bxf7+ Rxf7 29.Rxf7 Kxf7 30.Kf3 Kf6 31.Re8 a5

32.g4 Kg5 33.c4 Bc5 34.a4 g6 35.Re5+ Kf6 36.Rd5 Ke6 37.Rd8 Kf6 38.Rc8 h5 39.gxh5 gxh5 40.Rc6+ Kf5 41.Rh6 Kg5

42. Rh7 h4 43.Rh8 Bd4 44.Rh7 Bc5 45.Rh8 Bb4 46.Rh7 Bc3 47.Rb7 Bd4 48.Rh7 Bc5, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/8/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2027) - kautsarboncai (Chess.com 2184), Chess.com 2/8/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 Qd5 8.c4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 Qd8 10.Nge2 O-O 11.O-O e3 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.h3 Nf2 14.Qa4 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Nxh3+ 16.gxh3 Bxh3 17.Bxe3 Bxf1 18.Rxf1 f6 19.Qxc6 fxe5

20.Rxf8+ Qxf8 21.dxe5 Rb8 22.Qe4 Rd8 23.Bd4 c5 24.e6 Qe7 25.Be3 h6 26.Ng3 Rd6 27.Nf5 Qxe6 28.Nxd6 Qxd6 29.Qd5+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

qusar2025 (lichess 2133) - JimWest (lichess 2063), lichess 2/8/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Qb3 Nh6 6.d3 f4 7.h4 Na5 8.Qa4+ c6 9.Ng5 b5 10.Bxb5 cxb5 11.Qxb5+ Bd7 12.Qd5 Rc8 13.b4 Nc6 14.Na3 Ne7 15.Qb3 Ng6 16.g3 Be7 17.Nc4 Rxc4 18.Qxc4 Bxg5 19.hxg5 Qxg5

20.Bd2 Nf7 21.O-O-O O-O 22.gxf4 Nxf4 23.Kb2 Rc8 24.Qa6 Rc6 25.Qxa7 Nxd3+ 26.Kc2 Nxb4+ 27.Kb3 Be6+ 28.Kxb4 Rc4+ 29.Kb5 Qd8

30.Qb7 Qe8+ 31.Kb6 Rc5 32.c4 Bc8 33.Qa8 Qd8+ 34.Ka7 Qc7+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/7/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

NextLeveledChess (Chess.com 1966) - JimWest (Chess.com 2015), Chess.com 2/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Bc4 d5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.h3 h6 9.Nf1 Bd6 10.Nc3 c6 11.Ne3 Bh7 12.Ng4 O-O

13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.O-O Kh8 16.f3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2055) - achipaenriquezzz (lichess 1992), lichess 2/7/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bxg1 6.Rxg1 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Nc6 9.f5 d5 10.Bg5 dxe4 11.dxe4 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Nd2 O-O-O 14.O-O-O Qd6 15.Nc4 Qc5 16.Rge1 f6 17.Kb1 a6 18.Ne3 Ne7 19.g4 c6

20.h4 g5 21.hxg5 hxg5 22.Rxd8+ Kxd8 23.Rd1+ Kc8 24.Qd3 Kb8 25.Qd6+ Qxd6 26.Rxd6 Rf8 27.Rd7 Ng8 28.Nc4 Nh6 29.Nd6 Nxg4 30.Rxb7+ Ka8 31.Rb6 Ka7 32.Rxc6 Ne3

33.Kc1 Rg8 34.Kd2 Nf1+ 35.Ke2 Ng3+ 36.Kf3 Nh5 37.Kg4 Nf4 38.Nc4 Rh8 39.Rxf6 Nh3, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 2/6/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

MadMaximus1982 (Chess.com 1898) - JimWest (Chess.com 2025), Chess.com 2/6/2026

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.Bh6+ Kxh8 13.Qg5 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Bf5 15.O-O-O Qf8 16.Qf4 Ng4

17.Kb1 e3 18.fxe3 Re8 19.d5 Re4, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

M_Reicke (lichess 1917) - JimWest (lichess 2035), lichess 2/6/2026

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.h4 Bc5 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.Ncxe4 dxe4 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Nf7+ Ke8 11.Nxh8 Be6 12.Bf4 Nbc6 13.O-O-O Bxf2 14.Bb5 e3 15.Be2 Kf8 16.h5 Kg8 17.h6 Kxh8 18.hxg7+ Kxg7

19.Rh5 Ng6 20.Bh6+ Kg8 21.Rg5 Ncxe5, White forfeits.

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/5/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

zulfakur (Chess.com 1903) - JimWest (Chess.com 2034), Chess.com 2/5/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Ng5 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.Bb5+ Nc6 10.Qe2 O-O 11.O-O h6 12.Nf3 e4 13.dxe4 fxe4 14.Ne1 Nd4 15.Qd1 Nxb5 16.Nxb5 a6 17.Nd4 Bd6 18.Be3 Ng4

19.h3 Bh2+ 20.Kh1 Nxe3 21.Kxh2 Nxd1 22.Rxd1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2029) - vadragov (lichess 2035), lichess 2/5/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Qe7 6.Qe2 Ng4 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Nc3 Ngxe5 9.Nxe5 Qxe5 10.Nxd5 Qxe2+ 11.Bxe2 Bd6 12.Bxf4 Bxf4 13.Nxf4 O-O 14.O-O Nd4 15.Bd1 c6 16.c3 Ne6 17.Nxe6 Bxe6 18.d4 Bc4 19.Rf2 Rae8

20.Bb3 Bxb3 21.axb3 Re7 22.Rxa7 Rfe8 23.h3 f6 24.b4 Re1+ 25.Kh2 R1e2 26.Rxe2 Rxe2 27.Rxb7 Rxb2, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 2/4/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Ramminew (Chess.com 2016) - JimWest (Chess.com 2039), Chess.com 2/4/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qd2 O-O

11.a3 Bxc3 12.Qxc3 Qxf2+ 13.Kd1 Nc6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Kc1 Bd7 16.Kb1 e3 17.Qd3 Bg4 18.Ka2 e2 19.Qc3 Bd7

20.Bxe2 Qxe2 21.Rae1 Qc4+ 22.Qxc4 dxc4 23.Rhg1 Rae8, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

RENAUD44 (lichess 1950) - JimWest (lichess 2020), lichess 2/4/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nc3 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nf6 9.Nxf6+ gxf6 10.Be3 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.O-O-O Bd6 13.Nd2 O-O 14.Nc4 Rfd8 15.Rd3 Nc5 16.Rd5 b6 17.Rhd1 Nb7 18.g3 Be7

19.Rd7 Rxd7 20.Rxd7 Bd8 21.f4 exf4 22.Bxf4 Nc5 23.Rd5 Ne6 24.Bh6 Be7 25.Rd7 Kf7 26.Ne3 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 28.Kd2 Kg6 29.Bf4 Nxf4 30.gxf4 c6 31.Kd3 f5 32.Kc4 Bc7 33.Ng2 Kh5

34.h3 Kg6 35.b4 a6 36.a4 Kf6 37.b5 cxb5+ 38.axb5 a5 39.Kd5 a4 40.Kc4 Bd6 41.c3 Ke6 42.h4 h5 43.Kd3 a3 44.Kc2 Kd5 45.Ne3+ Ke4 46.Nc4 Bc5

47.Kb3 Kxf4 48.Nxa3 Bxa3 49.Kxa3 Ke5 50.c4 f4 51.c5 bxc5 52.b6 Kd6 53.Kb3 Kc6 54.Kc4 Kxb6, White resigns.