2 PCG Games 8/18/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Ali002987 (Chess.com 1799) - JimWest (Chess.com 1948), Chess.com 8/18/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bb3 Na6 6.a3 Nc5 7.Bxg8 Rxg8 8.b4 fxe4 9.Ng5 h6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qd1 Ne6 12.Nxe6 Bxe6 13.dxe4 Qd7 14.Be3 d5 15.f3 d4 16.Bf2 O-O-O 17.O-O g5 18.Bg3 Bd6 19.c3 Bc7

20.Qd3 dxc3 21.Qxd7+ Rxd7 22.Nxc3 h5 23.Na4 h4 24.Bf2 a6 25.Nc5 Re7 26.Rac1 Bf7 27.Rfd1 Rd8 28.Rxd8+ Bxd8 29.Rd1 Bb6 30.Rd2 Be8 31.Be3 Rg7

32.h3 a5 33.Kf2 axb4 34.axb4 Kb8 35.Ne6 Bxe3+ 36.Kxe3 Rg8 37.Rd8+ Ka7 38.Nc7 Bf7 39.Rxg8 Bxg8 40.Kd3 Kb6 41.Ne8 c5 42.Kc3 cxb4+ 43.Kxb4 Kc6 44.Nf6 Bf7 45.Ng4 Kd6 46.Kb5 Be6 47.Nh6 Kc7

48.Nf5 Bxf5 49.exf5 Kd6 50.Kb6 Ke7 51.Kxb7 Kf6 52.Kc6 Kxf5 53.Kd5 Kf4 54.Ke6 Kg3 55.Kxe5 Kxg2 56.f4 gxf4 57.Kxf4 Kxh3 58.Kf3 Kh2 59.Kf2 h3 60.Kf1 Kg3 61.Kg1 h2+ 62.Kh1 Kh3, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

bobietuka (lichess 2013) - JimWest (lichess 2030), lichess 8/18/2026

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.Qg5, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/17/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1962) - Superwurm96 (Chess.com 1893), Chess.com 8/17/2026

1.e3 d6 2.e4 e5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 g6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Bg7 8.c3 O-O 9.O-O exf4 10.Bxf4 Nc6 11.Nd2 Re8 12.Qc2 Qd7 13.Rae1 Ne5 14.d4 Nxf3+ 15.Nxf3 Qg4

16.Bc1 Rxe4 17.h3 Qe6 18.Ng5 Rxe1 19.Nxe6 Rxf1+ 20.Kxf1 fxe6 21.Qb3 Nd5 22.Qxb7 Rf8+ 23.Kg1 Nf4 24.Bxf4 Rxf4 25.Qxc7 e5 26.Qxd6 exd4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Amitsatya9549501128 (lichess 1978) - JimWest (lichess 2034), lichess 8/17/2026

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.Qe2 Qc6+ 15.Kd2 Rd8+ 16.Kc1 Re8 17.Qxe8+ Qxe8 18.Rxe8 Kxe8

19.Nc3 c6 20.Kd2 Bf5 21.Re1+ Kf8 22.Na4 Na6 23.b4 Rd8+ 24.Kc3 b5 25.Nc5 Nxc5 26.bxc5 Rd5 27.Kb4 Bxc2 28.Rc1, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/16/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

King_Collatz_2 (Chess.com 1801) - JimWest (Chess.com 1981), Chess.com 8/16/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.Ng5 h6 9.Nf7 Rh7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Bxf4 Nbd7

12.Be6 exf4 13.e5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe6 15.Re1 Be7 16.Qf3 g5 17.Qd3 Rg7 18.Rad1 Rd8 19.Qe2 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 f3

21.Nxf3 Bg4 22.Ne4 Nxe4 23.Qxe4 Bxf3 24.Qxf3 Rf7 25.Qd3 Bc5 26.Rd2 Qb6 27.Qe4+ Kf8 28.Qe1 Qxb2

29.Rd8+ Kg7 30.Rd3 Bxf2+ 31.Qxf2 Rxf7 32.Kxf2 Qxc2+ 33.Ke3 Qxg2 34.Rd2 Qxd2+ 35.Kxd2 Kf6 36.Ke3 Ke5 37.Kd3 g4 38.Ke3 h5 39.Kf2 h4 40.Kg2 c5 41.Kf2 b5 42.Ke2 c4 43.Ke1 a5 44.a3 b4 45.axb4 axb4 46.Ke2 g3 47.hxg3 hxg3

48.Ke1 b3 49.Kd1 c3 50.Kc1 g2 51.Kd1 g1=Q+ 52.Ke2 c2 53.Kd3 Qd4+ 54.Ke2 c1=Q 55.Kf3 Qce3+ 56.Kg2 Qdd2+ 57.Kh1 Qee1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2044) - Daurenbbb (lichess 1983), lichess 8/16/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.c3 a5 7.Be2 Bd7 8.a4 h5 9.f5 Ng4 10.d4 exd4 11.cxd4 Bb4+ 12.Nc3 Qe7 13.O-O O-O-O 14.Bd3 f6 15.Nd5 Qe8 16.Nf4 Qf7 17.Ng6 Rhg8 18.h3 Nh6 19.b3 Rde8

20.Bc4 Be6 21.d5 Bxf5 22.exf5 Nxf5 23.dxc6 Qxg6 24.Bxg8 Rxg8 25.cxb7+ Kb8 26.Qd5 Bc5+ 27.Kh1 Ng3+ 28.Kh2 Nf5 29.Qxg8+ Kxb7 30.Qd5+ Kb6 31.Bd2 Qg3+ 32.Kh1 Nh4 33.Nxh4 Qxh4 34.Rac1 Qg3

35.Rxc5 dxc5 36.Qe6+ Kb7 37.Bxa5 Qd3 38.Qf7 Qxf1+ 39.Kh2 Qf4+ 40.Kg1 Qe3+ 41.Kf1 Qd3+ 42.Ke1 Qe4+ 43.Kf2 Qf4+ 44.Ke2 Qe4+ 45.Kd2 Qxg2+ 46.Kd3 Qxh3+ 47.Kc4 Qf1+ 48.Kd5 Qf3+ 49.Kxc5 Qf5+ 50.Qd5+ Qxd5+ 51.Kxd5 h4

52.Ke4 Kc6 53.Kf3 Kd7 54.Kg4 g6 55.Kxh4 f5 56.Kg5 Kc6 57.Bd2 Kb7 58.b4 c6 59.Kxg6, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 8/15/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

DIVADA2 (Chess.com 1799) - JimWest (Chess.com 1994), Chess.com 8/15/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.a4 Be7 7.Ng5 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.Bb3 h6 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Bd2 O-O 12.O-O Kh7 13.Re1 e4 14.dxe4 dxe4 15.Nh4 Ng4

16.Nxf5 Bxf5 17.Nxe4 Qc7 18.Ng3 Rad8 19.Qe2 Bc5 20.Be3 Nxe3 21.fxe3 Rde8 22.Nf1 Nd4 23.Qd1 Nxb3 24.cxb3 a5

25.Kh1 Qb6 26.e4 Rxe4 27.Rxe4 Bxe4 28.Qg4 Bg6 29.Ng3 Qxb3 30.Re1 Qb4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

pyshish (lichess 2038) - JimWest (lichess 2044), lichess 8/15/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nc3 c6 10.Na4 Bd6 11.c4 Qe7 12.c5 Bc7 13.f3 h6

14.fxe4 hxg5 15.exd5 cxd5 16.Bxg5 Bxe6 17.Bf3 Nc6 18.Re1 Ne5 19.Bxd5 Bxd5 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Qxd5+ Qf7 22.Nc3 Qxd5 23.Nxd5 Ba5 24.Nxf6+ Rxf6 25.Rxe5 Raf8

26.a3 Bc7 27.Rg5+ Kf7 28.Rd1 b6 29.g3 bxc5 30.Rd7+ Ke6 31.Rxc7 Rf1+ 32.Kg2 R1f2+ 33.Kg3 Rh8+ 34.Kg4 Rhxh2 35.Rxa7 Rxb2 36.Ra6+ Kf7 37.Rxc5 Rb7

38.Rac6 Ra2 39.Rc3 Ra7 40.Rc7+ Rxc7 41.Rxc7+ Kg6 42.Rc6+ Kg7 43.Ra6 Ra1 44.Kg5 Rd1 45.Ra7+ Kg8 46.a4 Rd5+ 47.Kf4 Rd4+ 48.Ke5 Rg4 49.a5 Rxg3

50.a6 Ra3 51.Kd6 Kf8 52.Kc6 Ke8 53.Kb6 Rb3+ 54.Kc7 Rc3+ 55.Kb8 Kd8 56.Rb7 Rc8+ 57.Ka7 Rc1 58.Ka8 Ra1 59.a7 Kc8 60.Rh7 Rc1 61.Rh8+ Kc7 62.Rh7+ Kc8, draw.

2 PCG Games 8/14/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

persondefeater (Chess.com 1889) - JimWest (Chess.com 1986), Chess.com 8/14/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5

4.Ng5 Qxg5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

jeskil (lichess 1950) - JimWest (lichess 2046), lichess 8/14/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Nxe7 8.Nc5 e4 9.Ne5 O-O 10.Be2 Nbc6 11.O-O Qd6

12.a3 Nxe5 13.Nxb7 Bxb7 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.c3 Rad8 16.Rc1 Ng6 17.g3 Bc8 18.b4 Bh3 19.Re1 Qf5 20.Qd4 Ne5 21.f4 exf3, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/13/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1983) - Saik_07 (Chess.com 1965), Chess.com 8/13/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 e5 7.c3 Nh5 8.fxe5 Nxe5 9.Nxe5 Bxe5 10.Bxh5 Qh4+ 11.Kf1 gxh5 12.Qf3 Bg4 13.Qf2 Qe7 14.h3 Bd7 15.Bf4 f5 16.Nd2 O-O-O 17.Re1 Rdf8 18.Qxa7 Kd8 19.Bxe5 Qxe5

20.Ke2 fxe4 21.Kd1 b6 22.Qa8+ Bc8 23.Qxe4 Qxe4 24.Nxe4 Rhg8 25.Rhg1 Bb7 26.g4 hxg4 27.Rxg4 Rxg4 28.hxg4 Rf3 29.Kd2 Bxe4 30.Rxe4 Rg3 31.Kc2 Kd7

32.d4 Rg2+ 33.Kb3 c6 34.a4 d5 35.Rf4 Ke6 36.Ka3 Rg3 37.Kb4 Rg2 38.b3 h6 39.a5 bxa5+ 40.Kxa5 Rc3 41.Kb4 Re2 42.Kc5 Re4 43.Rf8 Rxg4 44.Kxc6 Rg3 45.c4 dxc4 46.bxc4 Rc3 47.d5+ Ke7 48.Rf4 Rd3

49.Rh4 Ra3 50.d6+ Kd8 51.Rxh6 Ra6+ 52.Kd5 Kd7 53.Rh7+ Kd8 54.c5 Ra1 55.Rh8+ Kd7 56.c6#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ironman5thor16 (lichess 2027) - JimWest (lichess 2041), lichess 8/13/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bd2 O-O 7.Be2 c6 8.O-O f4 9.Nh2 Kh8 10.Kh1 a5 11.Rg1 Na6 12.g3 Bxh3 13.gxf4 exf4 14.Bxf4 Nc5 15.Nf3 Bg4 16.Ng5 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 h6

18.d4 hxg5 19.Bxg5 Ne6 20.Bxf6 Rxf6 21.d5 Nf4 22.e5 Rh6+ 23.Qh5 Rxh5#.

2 PCG Games 8/12/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Grom78 (Chess.com 2006) - JimWest (Chess.com 1985), Chess.com 8/12/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.O-O-O Nc6 13.Qg3 Kxh8 14.d5 Nb4 15.a3 Nbxd5 16.c4 c6 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.f3 Bf5

19.Qe5 Rc8+ 20.Kb1 Bg6 21.fxe4 Kg8 22.Bd3 Nxe4 23.Qxe7 Nxg5 24.Qxd8+ Rxd8 25.Bxg6 hxg6 26.Rd4 Ne6 27.Rg4 Kg7 28.Re1 Rd6 29.h4 d4 30.Rxe6 Rxe6 31.Rxd4 Re7

32.g4 Rc7 33.Ra4 a6 34.Rd4 a5 35.b4 axb4 36.Rxb4 Kf6 37.Re4 Rh7 38.Kb2 Rxh4 39.Kb3 g5 40.a4 Rh3+ 41.Kb4 Rf3 42.Kb5 Rf4 43.Rb4 Rxb4+ 44.Kxb4 Ke5

45.Kb5 Kf4 46.Kb6 Kxg4 47.Kxb7 Kf4 48.a5 g4 49.a6 g3 50.a7 g2 51.a8=Q g1=Q 52.Qb8+ Kf3 53.Qf8+ Ke2 54.Qe7+ Qe3 55.Qxe3+ Kxe3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Hakon-f (lichess 2052) - JimWest (lichess 2045), lichess 8/12/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qh4 Rg8 10.Ne5 Be7 11.Bg5 Bf5 12.Nc3 c6 13.O-O-O Qd6 14.f4 exf3 15.Rhe1 f2 16.Re2 Nbd7 17.Nxd7 Kxd7 18.Bf4 Rg4 19.Bxd6 Rxh4

20.Bxe7 Re8 21.Bxf6 Rxe2 22.Bxh4 Rxc2+ 23.Kb1 Rxc3+ 24.Ka1 Rd3 25.Rxd3 f1=Q+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 8/11/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

pionkecil7 (Chess.com 1896) - JimWest (Chess.com 2001), Chess.com 8/11/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Ng5 d5 8.O-O O-O 9.exd5 cxd5 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Bg5 Be6 12.Re1 h6 13.Nxe5 Nd4 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Ng6 Re8 16.Ba4 b5 17.Nxb5 Qb6 18.Nxd4 Bxd4 19.Re2 Red8

20.c3 Bf6 21.Nf4 Bf7 22.d4 g5 23.Nd3 Bh5 24.f3 g4 25.Nf4 gxf3 26.Rf2 Bf7 27.Qxf3 Kh7 28.Bc2 Kh8 29.Bxf5 Bg5 30.g3 Qf6

31.Bd3 Bxf4 32.Qxf4 Qxf4 33.Rxf4 Bg8 34.Re1 Rab8 35.Rh4 Rd6 36.Re2 a5 37.Kg2 a4 38.a3 Rdb6 39.Bf5 Rxb2 40.Rxh6+ Kg7 41.Rg6+ Kf7 42.Rxb2 Rxb2+ 43.Kh3 Bh7 44.Rg5 Kf6 45.Rh5 Bxf5+ 46.g4 Be4

47.Rh6+ Kg5 48.Ra6 Rb3 49.Kg3 Rxc3+ 50.Kf2 Rxa3 51.h3 Rxh3 52.Rxa4 Kxg4 53.Ra7 Rh2+ 54.Ke1 Kf3 55.Ra3+ Kf4 56.Kf1 Rd2 57.Ke1 Rxd4

58.Ke2 Rb4 59.Kd2 d4 60.Rh3 Rb2+ 61.Kc1 Rg2 62.Kd1 d3 63.Ke1 Ke5 64.Rh8 Kd4 65.Rd8+ Ke3 66.Kf1 Ra2 67.Rh8 Ra1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ASHRAF1234567 (lichess 2017) - JimWest (lichess 2052), lichess 8/11/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.Ng5 h6 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qh4 hxg5 9.Bxg5 Be7 10.Qh7 Be6 11.exf5 gxf5 12.Qh5+ Bf7 13.Bxe7 Bxh5 14.Bxd8 Kxd8 15.g3 Nd7 16.h4 Kc7 17.Nd2 Rae8 18.a4 a5 19.Nc4 b6

20.b4 axb4 21.a5 d5 22.Nd2 bxa5 23.Rxa5 Ra8 24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.Nb3 c5 26.Kd2 c4 27.dxc4 dxc4 28.Nc1 c3+ 29.Kd3 Ra1 30.Re1 e4+ 31.Kc4 Rb1

32.Kd5 Bf7+ 33.Kd4 Kc6 34.Rh1 Nf6 35.Ke5 Ng4+ 36.Kxf5 Nxf2 37.Rf1 e3 38.Re1 Bc4 39.h5 e2 40.h6 Ra1 41.h7 Ra8 42.Kg6 Ne4 43.Kg7 Ra7+ 44.Kg6 Ra8 45.Kg7 Nxg3 46.h8=Q Rxh8 47.Kxh8 Kd5

48.Kh7 Ke4 49.Kg6 Ke3 50.Kg5 Kd2 51.Rg1 e1=Q, White resigns.