2 PCG Games 2/2/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Thraggo (Chess.com 2014) - JimWest (Chess.com 2013), Chess.com 2/2/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.g3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Bb3 fxe4 8.Nxe4 Nxe4 9.dxe4 Bg4 10.Qd3 Rf8 11.Ng1 Nd7 12.f3 Nc5 13.Qe3 Nxb3 14.Qxb3 Bc8 15.Be3 Bf6 16.O-O-O Qe7 17.Ne2 Be6 18.Qa4 Kf7 19.h4 Kg8

20.g4 g6 21.g5 Bg7 22.Rdf1 a5 23.Bb6 Ra6 24.Be3 b5 25.Qa3 Bc4 26.Rh2 b4 27.Qa4 Bb5 28.Qb3+ Qf7 29.Qxf7+ Rxf7 30.Rff2 Bxe2 31.Rxe2 Rxf3

32.h5 gxh5 33.Rxh5 d5 34.exd5 cxd5 35.Bc5 Rc6 36.Ba7 d4 37.Reh2 d3 38.Rxh7 Rf1+ 39.Kd2 Rxc2+ 40.Kxd3 Rxh2 41.Rxh2 Kf7 42.Rf2+ Rxf2 43.Bxf2 e4+ 44.Kc2 Kg6

45.Bb6 a4 46.Bc5 b3+ 47.axb3 axb3+ 48.Kxb3 Bxb2 49.Kxb2 Kxg5 50.Kc2 Kf4 51.Kd1 Kf3 52.Ke1 e3 53.Bxe3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

todor680816 (lichess 2101) - JimWest (lichess 2010), lichess 2/2/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.exd6 exf3 8.dxe7 Qxe7+ 9.Kd2 fxg2 10.Bxg2 Qg5+ 11.Kc3 Qxg2 12.Re1+ Kf7 13.Qh5+ g6 14.Qe5 Qc6+ 15.Kd2 Qd6+ 16.Qxd6 cxd6 17.Nc3 Bf5 18.Nd5 Nc6 19.b4 a6

20.a4 Rhc8 21.Nb6 Nxb4 22.Nxc8 Rxc8 23.c3 Nd5 24.Ra3 b6 25.Rb3 Rc4 26.a5 b5 27.f3 Rh4 28.Re2 Nf4 29.Rf2 Nd3 30.Re2 Ne5 31.Rf2 Rxh2 32.Rxh2 Nxf3+ 33.Ke3 Nxh2

34.c4 Be6 35.Kd4 Bxc4 36.Rh3 Ng4 37.Rxh7+ Ke6 38.Ra7 Ne5 39.Rxa6 b4 40.Rb6 b3 41.a6 Bd5 42.a7 Nc6+ 43.Kc3 Nxa7 44.Ra6 Nb5+ 45.Kb2 Nd4

46.Ra4 Ke5 47.Ra7 g5 48.Re7+ Ne6 49.Rf7 g4 50.Rf2 g3 51.Re2+ Kf5, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/1/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

1020itrust (Chess.com 1950) - JimWest (Chess.com 2045), Chess.com 2/1/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.O-O fxe4 6.Ng5 d5 7.Bb5 exd4 8.Qxd4 Nf6 9.c4 Bd7 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nc3 c6 13.Qe5+ Qe7 14.Qc7 Qd6 15.Qa5 Be7 16.Rd1 Qc5 17.Qa4 O-O 18.Be3 Qb4 19.Qa6 Ng4

20.Ngxe4 Nxe3 21.fxe3 dxe4 22.Rxd7 Qxb2 23.Qc4+ Kh8 24.Rad1 Qf2+ 25.Kh1 Bf6 26.Nxe4 Qxe3 27.Nxf6 Rxf6 28.Rd8+ Rf8 29.Rxf8+ Rxf8 30.Qxc6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2016) - batuhannizam (lichess 1927), lichess 2/1/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 g6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.a4 a5 9.Na3 Bg7 10.c3 O-O 11.f5 gxf5 12.exf5 Nc5 13.Bg5 Qd7 14.Nh4 Kh8 15.Bf3 d5 16.d4 Nce4 17.Bxe4 Nxe4

18.f6 Nxg5 19.fxg7+ Kxg7 20.Qh5 h6 21.Nf5+ Kh7 22.Qxh6+, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/31/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2047) - gajahsakti (Chess.com 1916), Chess.com 1/31/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 exf4 6.Bxf4 d5 7.Bg5 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Qd4 9.Nxc5 Qxc5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Qe2+ Be6 12.Nf3 O-O-O 13.Qf2 Qb5 14.c3 Rhe8 15.Be2 Bd7 16.O-O h5 17.Rab1 Rg8 18.Rfe1 Bh3 19.Bf1 f5

20.d4 f4 21.Bxb5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ossanton (lichess 2016) - JimWest (lichess 2009), lichess 1/31/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ c6 4.Ba4 f5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Qe2 Be7 7.c3 O-O 8.O-O Kh8 9.Bb3 f4 10.Ng5 Qe8 11.Ne6 Bxe6 12.Bxe6 Nbd7 13.Bb3 Nc5 14.Bc2 a5 15.Nd2 g5 16.d4 Ncd7 17.Nc4 g4 18.dxe5 dxe5

19.Bxf4 exf4 20.e5 f3 21.Qd3 gxf2 22.Rfe1 Qh5 23.exf6 Nc5 24.Qxh7+ Qxh7 25.Bxh7 Bxf6 26.Bc2 Bh4 27.Re5 Bxf2+ 28.Kxg2 Rf6 29.Rh5+ Kg8 30.Rg5+ Kf8 31.Rxg4 Re8

32.Rf1 Re2 33.Bd1 Re1 34.Rxf2 Rxf2+ 35.Kxf2 Rxd1 36.Rg5 Ne4+ 37.Ke2 Rh1 38.Rxa5 Rxh2+ 39.Kd3 Nf6 40.Ra7 b5 41.Nd6 Nd5 42.Ra8+ Ke7 43.Nf5+ Kf6 44.Nd4 Rxb2 45.Nxc6 b4 46.cxb4 Nxb4+ 47.Nxb4 Rxb4

48.Kc3 Rb6 49.a4 Ke6 50.Kc4 Kd6 51.Rh8 Rb1 52.Rh3 Kc6 53.Ra3 Kb6 54.a5+ Ka6 55.Kc5 Rb5+ 56.Kc6 Rxa5 57.Rxa5+ Kxa5, draw.

2 PCG Games 1/30/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Touati333 (Chess.com 1973) - JimWest (Chess.com 2041), Chess.com 1/30/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Be2 Be7 7.h3 h6 8.Nh4 Bh7 9.Bh5+ Kf8 10.Ng6+ Bxg6 11.Bxg6 Nbd7 12.Qf3 c6 13.h4 Kg8 14.Ne4 Nf8 15.h5 d5 16.Ng3 Nxg6 17.hxg6 Qe8 18.Nf5 e4 19.dxe4 Nxe4

20.Qg4 Bb4+ 21.Kf1 Bc5 22.Ne3 Nf6 23.Qf5 Qe4 24.Qxe4 Nxe4 25.Rh3 Rf8 26.f3 Ng5 27.Rg3 Rf6 28.Ng4 Rxg6 29.Ke2 Re6+ 30.Kd3 Nf7 31.b3 Ne5+ 32.Nxe5 Rxe5 33.f4 Re1 34.Bb2 Re7

35.f5 Bd6 36.Rg6 Rd7 37.Re1 Kh7 38.Ree6 Rhd8 39.g4 Bf4 40.Ba3 Bg5 41.Bc5 a6 42.Bb6 Rf8 43.Rd6 Rxd6 44.Rxd6 Rf7 45.Re6 Re7 46.Kd4 Kg8 47.Ke5 Kf7 48.Bc5 Rxe6+ 49.fxe6+ Ke8 50.Kf5 Bf6

51.Kg6 b5 52.a4 bxa4 53.bxa4 Bc3 54.Kf5 Bf6 55.Kg6 Bc3 56.Kf5 Bf6 57.Kg6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Jayatlas (lichess 1927) - JimWest (lichess 1998), lichess 1/30/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.h3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.Nc3 d5 10.Bb3 Nd7 11.O-O Nc5 12.Ne2 Nxb3 13.axb3 O-O 14.Ng3 Bg6 15.Rb1 a6 16.Re1 Qc7 17.c4 dxc4 18.bxc4 Rad8 19.Re3 e4

20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Qd7 22.d4 Rfe8 23.Rxe8+ Qxe8 24.Qd2 Qe4 25.Rd1 c5 26.Re1 Qf5 27.d5 b5 28.b3 b4 29.Qe3 h6 30.Qe6+ Qxe6 31.Rxe6 Ra8 32.Ne5 Bxe5 33.Rxe5 a5

34.d6 a4 35.d7 Kf7 36.Rxc5 axb3 37.Rc8 b2 38.Rxa8 b1=Q+ 39.Kh2 Qf5 40.d8=Q Qf4+ 41.Kg1 Qc1+ 42.Kh2 Qf4+ 43.Kg1 Qc1+ 44.Kh2 Qf4+, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/29/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2050) - howku (Chess.com 1957), Chess.com 1/29/2026

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 a5 9.a4 b6 10.f5 Bb7 11.Na3 d5 12.Qc2 Bc5+ 13.Kh1 Ng4 14.h3 Ne3 15.Bxe3 Bxe3 16.exd5 Qxd5 17.Nc4 Bc5 18.Ncd2 Rfe8 19.Ne4 Be3

20.Nh2 f6 21.Ng4 Bf4 22.Ngxf6+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

doctor1966 (lichess 1964) - JimWest (lichess 2007), lichess 1/29/2026

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.Bg5+ Nf6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Nd5 Rf8 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.O-O-O Kd7 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Ne3 Bg6 14.h4 h5 15.g4 hxg4 16.Nxg4 Be4 17.Be2 Rad8 18.h5 Kc8

19.h6 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 Nd4 21.Bd5 f5 22.Ne3 c6 23.Bb3 Nxb3+ 24.axb3 Bc5 25.Rxd8+ Kxd8 26.Nxf5 Bxf2 27.h7 Rh8 28.Nd6 Ke7 29.Nxb7 e4 30.Na5 Kd7, White forfeits.

PCG & PCG Reversed 1/28/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

davran2111 (Chess.com 2096) - JimWest (2044), Chess.com 1/28/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nd4 d5 6.Be2 Bc5 7.Be3 Ne7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bg4 Bxd4 10.Bxd4 Nbc6 11.c3 Nxd4 12.cxd4 Bxg4 13.Qxg4 Nf5 14.Rd1 Qh4 15.Qxh4 Nxh4 16.Nc3 c6 17.Rf1 Rae8 18.Rae1 Rf5 19.Re3 Rg5

20.Rg3 Rxg3 21.hxg3 Nf5 22.Ne2 c5 23.g4 Nxd4 24.Nxd4 cxd4 25.f4 exf3 26.gxf3 Rxe5 27.Rd1 Re2 28.Rxd4 Rxb2 29.Rxd5 Rxa2 30.Rd8+ Kf7 31.Rd7+ Kg6 32.Rxb7 a5 33.Ra7 a4

34.Ra5 a3 35.Kf1 Ra1+ 36.Kg2 a2 37.Kh2 h6 38.Kg2 Kf6 39.Kh2 g5 40.Kg2 Ke6 41.Kh2 Kd6 42.Kg2 Kc6 43.Ra3 Kd5 44.Ra4 Kc5 45.Ra8 Kb4 46.Rb8+ Kc3 47.Rc8+ Kd4 48.Ra8 Kc5

49.Rc8+ Kb6 50.Ra8 Kb7 51.Ra3 Kb6 52.Rb3+ Ka5 53.Ra3+ Kb4 54.Ra8 Kc3 55.Rc8+ Kd4 56.Ra8 Ke3 57.Re8+ Kd3 58.Rd8+ Kc3 59.Rc8+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 1993) - Pathossia (lichess 1909), lichess 1/28/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Qh4+ 7.g3 Qd8 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.Ne2 Na5 10.c3 Nxc4 11.Qa4+ Bd7 12.Qxc4 Be6 13.Qa4+ c6 14.O-O h5 15.Qc2 f5 16.Nf4 Qd7 17.h3 Nh6 18.Ng6 Rg8 19.Nxf8 Rxf8

20.Qe2 Bf7 21.Kh2 Ng8 22.h4 O-O-O 23.Bg5 Ne7 24.Nd2 Rde8 25.Bxe7 Rxe7 26.Nc4 g6 27.Nd6+ Kb8 28.Nxf7 Rexf7 29.Qe3 Qd5 30.a3 Qd8

31.Rf2 f4 32.Rxf4 Rxf4 33.gxf4 Qxh4+ 34.Kg2 Qxf4 35.Qxf4 Rxf4 36.Re1 Kc7 37.Re3 Kd7 38.Rg3 Ke6 39.Rxg6+ Kf5 40.Rf6+ Kg4 41.Rxf4+ Kxf4 42.e6 e3 43.e7 e2 44.e8=Q, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/27/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2043) - rimuro1205 (Chess.com 2193), Chess.com 1/27/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 Nc6 9.Nf3 Bb6 10.Bd3 Nc5 11.Be3 Nxd3+ 12.cxd3 Bg4 13.Bxb6 axb6 14.O-O O-O 15.Re1 Nb4 16.Re4 Bxf3 17.Rxb4 Bxd1 18.Rxd1 Rxa2 19.Rc1 c6

20.Rxb6 Ra7 21.d4 Rd8 22.Rd1 Kf8 23.Kf2 Ke7 24.Ke3 Rd7 25.Ke4 Ra5 26.g4 Rad5 27.b4 Kd8 28.b5 c5 29.e6 fxe6 30.Rxe6 Rxd4+ 31.Rxd4 cxd4 32.Kd3 Rd5 33.b6 Kd7

34.Re1 Kc6 35.Re7 Rd7 36.Re6+ Kd5 37.Re4 Kc5 38.Re6 Kb5 39.h4 Kc5 40.h5 h6 41.Rg6 Rf7 42.g5 hxg5 43.Rxg5+ Kxb6 44.Kxd4 Rc7

45.Rg6+ Ka5 46.Rg1 b5 47.Ra1+ Kb6 48.Rb1 Ka5 49.Ra1+ Kb6 50.Rb1 Rc5 51.Rg1 Rc7 52.Rb1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

viktorrom (lichess 2058) - JimWest (lichess 2002), lichess 1/27/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.a4 Be7 7.Bg5 a5 8.O-O f4 9.d4 Qc7 10.Nh4 Na6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Qh5+ g6 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.Qxg6+ Kd7 15.Qxf6 Qd8 16.Qf7+ Qe7 17.Be6+ Kd8 18.Qxe7+ Kxe7 19.Bxc8 Raxc8

20.dxe5 dxe5 21.Rad1 Nc5 22.Rd2 Rh6 23.f3 Rch8 24.h3 Rg6 25.Kf2 Rhg8 26.Rg1 Ne6 27.Ne2 Ng5 28.b3 Nh7 29.Nc3 Rg3 30.Ne2 R3g6 31.Kf1 Nf6 32.Nc3 Rg3 33.Nd1 Nh5 34.Nf2 Nf6 35.Ng4 Nxg4 36.hxg4 Rh8

37.Ke2 Rh2 38.Kd3 Rh4 39.Kc4 Rh2 40.Kc3 Rh4 41.Kd3 Rhxg4 42.Kc4 Rxf3 43.gxf3 Rxg1 44.Rf2 b6 45.b4 axb4 46.Kxb4 Rd1 47.a5 bxa5+ 48.Kxa5 Kd6

49.Kb4 Rd4+ 50.Kc3 Kc5 51.Rh2 Rc4+ 52.Kd3 Rd4+ 53.Kc3 Rc4+ 54.Kd3 Rd4+ 55.Kc3, draw.

2 PCG Games 1/26/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Ashok18109 (Chess.com 1916) - JimWest (Chess.com 2040), Chess.com 1/26/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.Bb3 Be7 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Ne4 d5 12.Ng5 Nc5 13.Re1 Nxb3 14.axb3 Qd6 15.g3 Nd7 16.Qg4 Bxg5 17.Qxg5 Qf6 18.Qe3 Qf5 19.f4 Qh3

20.Re2 O-O 21.Qf2 exf4 22.gxf4 Nf6 23.Qg2 Qxg2+ 24.Kxg2 a6 25.Bd2 Rae8 26.Rae1 Rxe2+ 27.Rxe2 Re8 28.Re5 Rxe5 29.fxe5 Nd7 30.e6 Nc5 31.e7 Kf7 32.Bb4 Ne6 33.Kf3 c5 34.Bc3 Kxe7

35.Be5 b5 36.Kg4 a5 37.Bc3 a4 38.bxa4 bxa4 39.Be5 Kf7 40.h4 Nd8 41.c4 dxc4 42.dxc4 Nc6 43.Bd6 Na5 44.Bxc5 Nxc4 45.Bd4 Nd6 46.Kf4 Nf5 47.Bf2 Ke6

48.Ke4 Nd6+ 49.Kd4 Kf5 50.Kd5 Ne4 51.Bd4 Nf6+ 52.Kc4 Kg4 53.Bf2 Kf3 54.Be1 Ke2 55.Bc3 Kf3 56.Kb4 Kg4 57.Be1 g5 58.hxg5 Kxg5 59.Kxa4 Kf5 60.b4 Ke6 61.Ka5 Kd7 62.Ka6 Nd5 63.b5 Nc7+ 64.Kb6 Nxb5 65.Kxb5 Ke6

66.Kc4 g5 67.Kd3 Kf5 68.Ke2 g4 69.Kf2 g3+ 70.Kg2 Kg4 71.Bxg3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

MorPaulphy (lichess 1955) - JimWest (lichess 2012), lichess 1/26/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Na5 5.Bb3 Nxb3 6.axb3 f5 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nd5 c6 11.Ne3 f4 12.Nc4 O-O 13.h3 a6 14.Qd2 Be6 15.Na5 Qc7 16.Qb4 Rab8 17.Nc4 Bxc4 18.Qxc4+ Qf7 19.Qxf7+ Rxf7

20.Nd2 Be7 21.Nc4 g5 22.Nb6 Bd8 23.Nc4 Bc7 24.f3 h5 25.Ke2 Rg7 26.Rh2 d5 27.Nd2 Bb6 28.c4 Be3 29.cxd5 Bxd2 30.Kxd2 cxd5 31.Ra5 dxe4 32.Rxe5 exd3 33.Kxd3 Rd8+ 34.Ke4 Rd2

35.h4 gxh4 36.Rxh4 Rdxg2 37.Kxf4 Rxb2 38.Re3 Rf7+ 39.Kg5 Rg2+, White resigns.