2 PCG Games 4/25/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Ramminew (Chess.com 2018) - JimWest (Chess.com 1929), Chess.com 4/25/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Qe2 c6 8.Bd2 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Ne7 10.f3 h6 11.Nh3 O-O 12.Nf4 exf3 13.gxf3 Bf5 14.Rg1 Kh7 15.O-O-O Qa5 16.Kb1 Qb6+ 17.Ka1 Qxg1 18.Bh3 Qc5 19.Bxf5 Rxf5

20.Ne6 Qb5 21.Qe3 Na6 22.Nd4 Qc4 23.Rb1 b5 24.Nxf5 Nxf5 25.Qf2 d4 26.Qe1 dxc3 27.Bxc3 b4 28.Bxb4 Nxb4 29.Rxb4 Qxc2 30.Rb2 Qd3 31.Rb3 Qd4+ 32.Qc3 Qxc3+ 33.Rxc3 Nd4

34.f4 Rf8, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Tank-313 (lichess 2069) - JimWest (lichess 2074), lichess 4/25/2026

1.Nf3 d6 2.Nc3 e5 3.e4 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.dxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nh5 Qe8 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Ng4 Bxg4 13.Bxg4 f5 14.Bh3 Nc6 15.c3 Qg6 16.g4 f4 17.Qb3 Ne7 18.Qxb7 Rab8 19.Qxa7 Rxb2

20.O-O f3 21.Rab1 Rxb1 22.Rxb1 e3 23.Ng3 Qxb1+, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 4/24/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1929) - Ysser1971 (Chess.com 1773), Chess.com 4/24/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 d6 6.Na4 Bxg1 7.Rxg1 exf4 8.Bxf4 Bg4 9.Be2 Bxe2 10.Qxe2 Qd7 11.Nc3 Qg4 12.Qxg4 Nxg4 13.h3 Nf6 14.O-O-O O-O-O 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Rdf1 Nd4 18.Rxf6 b5 19.b4 c5

20.a3 a5 21.bxc5 dxc5 22.Rgf1 b4 23.axb4 axb4 24.Nd5 Rhg8 25.g4 Rg6 26.Ne7+ Kb8 27.Nxg6 fxg6 28.Rxg6 c4 29.Rb6+ Ka7 30.Rxb4 cxd3 31.Rxd4 Rxd4 32.cxd3 Rxd3 33.Rf7+ Kb8

34.h4 Re3 35.Rf4 Kc7 36.Kd2 Ra3 37.g5 hxg5 38.hxg5 Kd7 39.Rg4 Ke6 40.g6 Ra8 41.g7 Rg8 42.Ke3 Kf7 43.e5 Rxg7 44.Rxg7+ Kxg7 45.Ke4 Kf7

46.Kd5 Ke7 47.e6 Ke8 48.Kd6 Kd8 49.e7+ Ke8 50.Ke6, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Fediuk_Artem_16 (lichess 1971) - JimWest (lichess 2070), lichess 4/24/2026

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.Be2 O-O 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 c6 12.O-O Nbd7 13.c4 Qe8 14.f4 exf3 15.Nxf3 Ne4 16.cxd5 Nxg5 17.Nxg5 Qe3+ 18.Kh1 Qxg5 19.Rxf8+ Nxf8

20.dxc6 bxc6 21.Bc4+ Be6 22.Qe2 Bxc4 23.Qxc4+ Qd5 24.Qd3 Rd6 25.c3 c5 26.Rf1 cxd4 27.cxd4 Qxd4 28.Qb3+ Qd5 29.Qe3 Qd7 30.h3 h6 31.Rf4 Nh7 32.Qb3+ Qd5 33.Qc3 Nf6

34.Qc7 Qd6 35.Qxd6 Rxd6 36.Ra4 a6 37.Kh2 g5 38.Kg3 Kf7 39.Kf2 Ke6 40.Ra5 Kd7 41.Ke2 Kc7 42.h4 gxh4 43.Kf3 Kb6 44.Re5 Nd7 45.Re4 Rd3+, White forfeits.

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/23/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

rezan56 (Chess.com 1912) - JimWest (Chess.com 1946), Chess.com 4/23/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Qe2 Be7 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Nh4 Bg6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.f4 O-O-O 13.Be6 Kb8 14.fxe5 Nxe5 15.d4 Ned7 16.d5 Nc5 17.h4 Nxe6 18.Qxe6 Nxd5

19.Nxd5 Bxg5+ 20.hxg5 cxd5 21.Rxh8 Rxh8 22.Qxg6 Qe7 23.g4 Rc8 24.Rxd5 Qe3+ 25.Rd2 Qe1+ 26.Rd1 Qe3+ 27.Kb1 Qc5 28.Qd6+ Qxd6 29.Rxd6 Rc4 30.b3 Rxg4 31.Rg6 a5 32.Rxg7 a4 33.Kb2 axb3 34.axb3 Ka7

35.g6 Kb6 36.Rg8 Kc7 37.g7 b5 38.Ka3 Kb7 39.Kb2 b4 40.Kc1 Rg2 41.Kd1 Ka7 42.Kc1 Kb7 43.Kb2 Ka7 44.Kc1 Kb7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2074) - Frans_Marboenz (lichess 1998), lichess 4/23/2026

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 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qb4+ 12.c3 Qe7, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 4/22/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

OGICs (Chess.com 1959) - JimWest (Chess.com 1976), Chess.com 4/22/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 c6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Re1 Be7 8.d4 e4 9.Nd2 d5 10.Bb3 Qc7 11.f3 Bd6 12.fxe4 Bxh2+ 13.Kh1 Bg3 14.exf5+ Bxe1 15.Qxe1+ Qe7 16.Qxe7+ Kxe7 17.Nf3 Re8 18.Bf4 Kf8 19.Bd6+ Kg8

20.Ne5 Nbd7 21.Re1 Nxe5 22.dxe5 Nh5 23.Kh2 Rad8 24.Ne2 g6 25.f6 Nxf6 26.c4 Ng4+ 27.Kg3 Nxe5 28.cxd5 cxd5 29.Bxd5+ Kg7 30.Bxe5+ Rxe5 31.Bxb7 Rb8 32.Bf3 Rxb2

33.a4 a5 34.Kf2 Ra2 35.Bc6 h5 36.Kf1 Rf5+ 37.Kg1 Re5 38.Kf1 Rf5+ 39.Kg1 Re5 40.Kf2 Rf5+ 41.Ke3 Re5+ 42.Kd3 Ra3+ 43.Kd4 Rae3 44.Bb5 R3e4+ 45.Kd3 Re3+ 46.Kd2 Ra3 47.Rc1 Ra2+ 48.Kd1 Rd5+ 49.Ke1 Re5 50.Rc7+ Kh6

51.Ra7 Kg5 52.Kf1 Rf5+ 53.Kg1 h4 54.Nd4 Ra1+ 55.Kh2 Rf4 56.Ne6+ Kf5 57.Nxf4 Kxf4 58.Rxa5 g5 49.Be2 g4 50.Ra8 g3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Hemochetia (lichess 2038) - JimWest (lichess 2069), lichess 4/22/2026

1.e4 e5 Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.d4 Nd7 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.c3 g5 10.Qb3 Rg6 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Na3 Nc5 13.Qc2 Be6 14.b4 Nd7 15.c4 Bxb4 16.Rb1 Bc5 17.Qc3 O-O-O 18.Bb2 Bg4

19.Rxd7 Qxd7 20.h3 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 g4 22.hxg4 Qxg4 23.Qxg4+ Rxg4 24.Kf1 Bd4 25.Nc2 Bxb2 26.Rxb2 Rdg8 27.Ne1 Kc7

28.c5 h5 29.Nf3 Rxg2 30.Nxe5 Rg1+ 31.Ke2 h4 32.Nf3 h3 33.Nxg1 Rxg1, White resigns.

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#.