2 PCG Games 4/21/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Fello0315 (Chess.com 1808) - JimWest (Chess.com 1983), Chess.com 4/21/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qe2 Qe7 9.Nf7 Nf6 10.Nxh8 Bxe6 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Nd2 O-O-O 13.Nb3 Rxh8 14.Nxc5 Qxc5 15.O-O-O Rf8 16.Be3 Qa5 17.Kb1 d4 18.Bxd4 Qxa2+ 19.Kc1 Re8

20.Qb5 c6 21.Qg5 Nd5 22.Be2 c5 23.Bg7 N7b6 24.Bb5 Qa1+ 25.Kd2 Qa5+ 26.Kc1 Qxb5 27.Qh6 Bg8 28.Qh3+ Qd7 29.Qxd7+ Nxd7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

rosa_kitten (lichess 1958) - JimWest (lichess 2057), lichess 4/21/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Nc3 f4 9.Qd2 Bg4 10.O-O-O Nd7 11.Ne2 O-O-O 12.d4 Kb8 13.d5 c5 14.c4 Nf6 15.Nc3 Qf7 16.h3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Qd7 18.Qc2 g5 19.Rd3 h5

20.Ne2 g4 21.Ra3 a6 22.Qb3 Ka7 23.Qc2 gxh3 24.Qd1 Rg2 25.Qf1 Rdg8 26.Rd3 h2 27.b3 h4 28.Rd1 h3 30.Kb2 Qf7 31.a4 Qh5

32.Rd3 Qh4 33.b4 b6 34.Rb3 Qxf2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 4/20/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

shafiq_du (Chess.com 2013) - JimWest (Chess.com 2003), Chess.com 4/20/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qd1 Bc5 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.Qd4 c5 10.Bb5+ Nc6 11.Qd1 Nge7 12.e6 O-O 13.Nf7 Qa5 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Bh6 Bxe6 16.Bxf8 Rxf8 17.Ng5 Bxc3+ 18.bxc3 Qxc3+ 19.Kf1 Bc8

20.Kg1 e3 21.Nf3 Bg4 22.Qe1 exf2+ 23.Kxf2 Qxc2+ 24.Qe2 Qxe2+ 25.Kxe2 Nf5 26.Kd2 Bxf3 27.gxf3 Nd4 28.Rhf1 Nxf3+ 29.Ke3 Nxh2 30.Rxf8+ Kxf8 31.Rg1 h5

32.Rxg6 Ng4+ 33.Kf4 Ke7 34.Rxc6 c4 35.Rc7+ Kd6 36.Rxa7 c3 37.Ra3 d4 38.Ke4 c2 39.Ra6+ Kc7 40.Ra7+ Kb8 41.Ra3 c1=Q 42.Rb3+ Ka7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

catalanfighterr (lichess 2001) - JimWest (lichess 2052), lichess 4/20/2026

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Bc4 f5 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Bg5+ Nf6 9.O-O-O Ke8

10.Nb5 Nxe4, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/19/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Albertoaraujo67 (Chess.com 1918) - JimWest (Chess.com 2006), Chess.com 4/19/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.Bg5 c6 8.Qd2 a5 9.O-O-O Na6 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nh4 d5 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.Kb1 b5 15.Bf3 a4 16.Bg2 a3 17.b3 Bb4 18.Bxf6 Rxf6

19.Nxd5 cxd5 20.Qe2 Bc3 21.h4 Nb4 22.g5 Rf4 23.d4 Bxd4 24.Qxb5 Rb8 25.Qe2 Rxf2 26.Qg4 Rxc2 27.Rxd4 exd4 28.Qe6+ Kh7 29.h5 Rb2+ 30.Kc1 Qxg5+ 31.Kd1 Qd2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2063) - Jakko65 (lichess 1992), lichess 4/19/2026

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 Nf6 11.exf7+ Kxf7 12.dxc6 Qxd1+ 13.Kxd1 Bg4+ 14.Ke1 Bd6 15.Nc3 Rac8 16.Nge2 Rxc6 17.h3 Bc8 18.Rf1 Re8 19.Bg5 Bc7

20.Nd5 Bd8 21.Nec3 Kg8 22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.Ke2 f5 24.Rad1 Bg5 25.g3 a5 26.Ke1 Kg7 27.h4 Be7 28.Nxe7 Rxe7 29.Nd5 Rf7 30.Nf4 Rcc7 31.Rd6 Rcd7

32.Ne6+ Kg8 33.Rxd7 Rxd7 34.Rxf5, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 4/18/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2000) - jibikallinhapadam (Chess.com 2020), Chess.com 4/18/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O c5 11.c3 Bf5 12.Be3 f6 13.Bxe4 Bxe4 14.exf6 Rxf6 15.dxc5 Qc7 16.Qd4 b6 17.cxb6 axb6 18.b4 Nh4

19.Nxh4 Rxf1+ 20.Kxf1 Bxh4 21.Kg1 Rf8 22.Nd2 Bf6 23.Qxb6 Qxc3 24.Rf1 Bd3 25.Rxf6 Rxf6 26.Qd8+ Rf8 27.Qxd5+ Kh8 28.h3 Be2 29.Bc5 Re8 30.Nf3 Qc1+ 31.Kh2 Qf4+ 32.Kh1 Bxf3 33.Qxf3 Qc4

34.Qf2 h6 35.a4 Re2 36.Qf8+ Kh7 37.Qf5+ Kg8 38.Qf8+ Kh7 39.Qf5+ Kg8 40.Qf8+ Kh7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Adarsh_Thirumal (lichess 1914) - JimWest (lichess 2059), lichess 4/18/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Nd4 Nf6 8.d3 Bd6 9.Be3 Bxg3 10.fxg3 O-O 11.Qd2 c5 12.Nb3 d4 13.Bf4 e3 14.Qe2 Nd5

15.Nxc5 Nxf4 16.gxf4 Qa5+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 4/17/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Hrv175 (Chess.com 1945) - JimWest (Chess.com 1999), Chess.com 4/17/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Qe2 fxe4 5.Qxe4 Nf6 6.Qe2 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 c6 9.d3 d5 10.Bb3 Bd6 11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.O-O Qc7 13.Re1 O-O-O 14.a4 Rde8 15.Bd2 Rhf8 16.Qe2 e4 17.dxe4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 Rxe4 19.Qd3 Nc5

20.Qc3 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Ne4 22.Qe3 Bc5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

mazurken (lichess 2046) - JimWest (lichess 2049), lichess 4/17/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 Nf6 6.Bc2 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 c6 9.d4 e4 10.Bxe4 Qe7 11.O-O Nxe4 12.Re1 d5 13.Qg4 Nd7 14.f3 Ndf6 15.Qh4 O-O-O 16.fxe4 Nxe4 17.Qg4+ Qd7 18.Qxd7+ Rxd7

19.Nd2 Nxd2 20.Bxd2 Bd6 21.Re6 Be7 22.Rae1 Bf6 23.Bf4 Rf8 24.Bd6 Rfd8 25.Bc5 Kb8 26.g3 b6 27.Be7 Bxe7 28.Rxe7 Kc7 29.Kf2 Rxe7 30.Rxe7+ Rd7 31.Rxd7+ Kxd7

32.Kf3 Ke6 33.Kf4 Kf6 34.a4 a5 35.h4 h5 36.g4 g6 37.gxh5 gxh5 38.b4 Ke6 39.Kg5 Kd6 40.Kxh5 b5 41.bxa5 bxa4 42.a6 Kc7 43.Kg6 a3 44.h5 a2 45.h6 a1=Q

46.h7 Qg1+ 47.Kf7 Qh2 48.Kg8 Qg3+ 49.Kf7 Qh4 50.Kg8 Qg5+ 51.Kf7 Qh6 52.Kg8 Qg6+ 53.Kh8 Qf7 54.a7 Qf8#.

2 PCG Reversed Games 4/16/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1992) - kchesss2011 (Chess.com 1987), Chess.com 4/16/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.c3 Bh5 10.Nbd2 Qd7 11.h3 Rad8 12.d4 Bg6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Qc8 16.Nxg6 fxg6 17.Bc4+ Kh8 18.Nf3 Nd5 19.Ne5 Bf6

20.Ng4 c6 21.Bxd5 Rxd5 22.Nxf6 gxf6 23.Qc2 Rg5 24.Rf3 c5 25.dxc5 Qxc5+ 26.Qf2 Qxf2+ 27.Rxf2 Re5 28.Raf1 f5 29.g4 Re3 30.Kg2 Re5 31.gxf5 gxf5

32.Kh2 Kg7 33.Rg1+ Kf6 34.Rd1 Ke6 35.Rfd2 f4 36.Rf1 f3 37.Rdf2 Ref5 38.Kg3 Rg8+ 39.Kh2 Rgf8 40.Kg3 Rg8+ 41.Kh2 Rgf8, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2044) - NAmechessok (lichess 2074), lichess 4/16/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qxg4 Bxb5 9.d5 Qxd5 10.Nc3 Qd7 11.e6 fxe6 12.Nxb5 Qxb5 13.Qxe6+ Be7

14.Qc8+ Kf7 15.Qxh8 Qb4+ 16.c3 Qb5 17.Qxh7 Nd7 18.Ne2 Nf6 19.Qf5 Rd8 20.Nf4 Rd6 21.Be3 Ra6 22.O-O-O Rxa2 23.Qe6+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 4/15/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

liaepew (Chess.com 1848) - JimWest (Chess.com 2004), Chess.com 4/15/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d4 Be7 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.exf5 exd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bf6 10.Qe4+ Qe7 11.Bxd7+ Kxd7 12.Qxe7+ Nxe7 13.g4 Bxc3+ 14.bxc3 Nd5 15.Bd2 Rae8+ 16.Kf1 h5 17.f3 Ne3+ 18.Kf2 Nxc2 19.Rab1 hxg4

20.fxg4 Na3 21.Rxb7 Nc4 22.Bf4 Rb8 23.Rxa7 Rb2+ 24.Kg3 Rc2 25.Rc1 Rhxh2 26.Rxc2 Rxc2 27.Kh4 Rxc3 28.Kg5 Ne3 29.Bxe3 Rxe3 30.Kg6 Re7 31.g5 d5

32.Ra5 Kd6 33.f6 gxf6 34.gxf6 Re2 35.Ra6+ c6 36.Ra7 Rg2+ 37.Kf7 d4 38.Re7 Rxa2 39.Re6+ Kd5 40.Re7 c5 41.Kg7 Rg2+ 42.Kf8 c4 43.f7 c3 44.Rd7+ Kc4 45.Rd6 Rf2 46.Ke7 Rxf7+ 47.Kxf7 d3

48.Ke6 d2 49.Ke5 c2 50.Rc6+ Kd3 51.Rd6+ Ke2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

okilon (lichess 2022) - JimWest (lichess 2038), lichess 4/15/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.g3 Bc5 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.Bf4 O-O 9.h4 h6 10.Nh3 Nbc6

11.Bb5 Nd4 12.Be2 c6 13.Na4 Nxe2 14.Kxe2 Bg4+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 4/14/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Muhammad_Limon (Chess.com 1934) - JimWest (Chess.com 1991), Chess.com 4/14/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.Re1 Bg4 8.a4 Nd7 9.c3 Ne7 10.Nbd2 Ng6 11.Qb3 O-O-O 12.a5 Bxf3 13.Nxf3 Nh4 14.Be2 Nxf3+ 15.Bxf3 h5 16.d5 Nc5 17.Qc2 cxd5 18.exd5 g5 19.b4 Nd7

20.b5 g4 21.Be4 Nc5 22.Bf5+ Kb8 23.Ba3 f3 24.Bxc5 dxc5 25.c4 Bd6 26.Qe4 fxg2 27.Be6 Rdf8 28.Qxg2 Qf3 29.Re3 Qxg2+ 30.Kxg2 Rf4 31.a6 b6 32.Rc1 Rhf8 33.Rc2 h4

34.Rec3 h3+ 35.Kg1 Rd4 36.Rc1 Rff4 37.Bg8 Kc7 38.Bh7 Kd8 39.Bd3 Ke7 40.Bf1 Rd2 41.R3c2 Rfxf2 42.Rxd2 Rxd2 43.Re1 Kf6 44.Re2 Rxe2 45.Bxe2 Kg5

46.Bd1 e4 47.Be2 Kf4 48.Kf2 e3+ 49.Kg1 g3 50.hxg3+ Kxg3 51.Bh5 Kf4 52.Kh2 Kg5+ 53.Kxh3 Kxh5 54.Kg2 Kg4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

kaitsak (lichess 2060) - JimWest (lichess 2038), lichess 4/14/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 Be7 6.Be3 f4 7.Bd2 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 Nf6 10.Rg1 g6 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Nd4 13.c3 Nf5 14.Qa4+ Kf7 15.O-O-O a6 16.Bb3 b5 17.Qe4 a5 18.d4 a4 19.Bc2 Bf6

20.dxe5 dxe5 21.b3 Qd6 22.Kb2 a3+ 23.Ka1 Rhd8 24.Be1 c6 25.c4 bxc4 26.bxc4 cxd5 27.cxd5 Qb6 28.Qb4 e4+ 29.Kb1 Qxb4+ 30.Bxb4 Rab8

31.fxe4 Rxb4+ 32.Kc1 Bb2+ 33.Kd2 Nd4 34.Rg4 Nxc2 35.Rxf4+ Kg7 36.Kxc2 Be5 37.Rf3 Rb2+ 38.Kc1 Rc8+ 39.Rc3 Rxc3#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 4/13/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1984) - kudaroxy (Chess.com 1809), Chess.com 4/13/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 a6 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Be7 9.c3 O-O 10.Bd3 h6 11.O-O d6 12.Be4 Nb6 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Nbd2 d5 15.a4 Be6 16.a5 Nd7 17.b4 c5 18.dxc5 c6 19.Re1 Re8

20.Nd4 Qc7 21.N2f3 Nf8 22.Bf4 Bg4 23.h3 Bh5 24.Bh2 Ne6 25.Qa4 Rac8 26.g4 Bg6 27.Nxe6 fxe6 28.Nd4 Bg5 29.Ra2 Bh4 30.Rf1 Bd3 31.Rd1 Bb5 32.Nxb5 cxb5 33.Qc2 Rf8

34.Qg6 Bg5 35.Qxe6+ Kh8 36.Qd6 Qf7 37.Qxd5 Be3+ 38.Kg2 Qg6 39.Qd3 Qg5 40.Re2 Bf4 41.Bxf4 Qxf4 42.Qe3 Qf7 43.e6 Qf6 44.e7 Rfe8 45.Rf1 Qc6+ 46.Qe4 Qd7 47.Rfe1 Rc6 48.Re3 Rf6 49.R1e2 Qd1

50.Re1 Qb3 51.Qd4 Qf7 52.R1e2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Austin_Powerz64 (lichess 1996) - JimWest (lichess 2026), lichess 4/13/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.Nc3 fxe4 7.Nxe4 d5 8.Nc3 e4 9.Nd2 O-O 10.Qh5 Nbc6 11.Nb3 Rf5 12.Qe2 Ng6 13.g3 Qf6 14.Bh3 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Qxd4 16.Bxf5 Bxf5 17.Rd1 Qb4 18.Qb5 Qxb5 19.Nxb5 c6

20.Nc3 Bg4 21.Rd2 Ne5 22.Kf1 Rf8 23.Nd1 Nc4 24.Rd4 Bxd1 25.Rxd1 Ne3+ 26.Ke2 Nxd1 27.Rxd1 g5 28.Rd4 g4 29.Ra4 a6 30.Rd4 h5 31.c4 Rf5 32.cxd5 cxd5 33.Rb4 Rf7 34.Ke3 Rf3+ 35.Ke2 b5

36.a4 bxa4 37.Rxa4 Rb3 38.Rxa6 Rxb2+ 39.Ke3 Rb3+ 40.Kd4 Rd3+ 41.Ke5 Rd2 42.Rf6 Kg7 43.Rf4 Rd3 44.Rf5 Rf3 45.Rxf3 gxf3 46.Kxd5 e3, White resigns.