2 PCG Games 6/30/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

marufAnwa (Chess.com 2112) - JimWest (Chess.com 1993), Chess.com 6/30/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bb5+ c6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.h3 Be7 8.d3 h6 9.Na3 Qc7 10.Nc2 O-O 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Be3 a6 13.Rc1 Bh7 14.Re1 Rae8 15.Nh2 Nd5 16.Bd2 Nf4 17.Bxf4 Rxf4 18.Bf3 Rff8 19.Ne3 Bg5

20.Rc2 Bxe3 21.fxe3 d5 22.e4 dxe4 23.Bxe4 Bxe4 24.Rxe4 Nf6 25.Ree2 e4 26.d4 Kh8 27.Nf1 Nd5 28.c4 Nb4 29.Rc3 Nd3 30.c5 Qd7 31.Qa4 Nf4 32.Rd2 Nd5 33.Rg3 Qf7

34.Ne3 Nxe3 35.Rxe3 Qf1+ 36.Kh2 Qf4+ 37.Rg3 Qxd2 38.Qb3 Qxd4 39.Qxb7 e3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

MWAISUMBE (lichess 1904) - JimWest (lichess 2021), lichess 6/30/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Be2 Bc5 8.O-O Ne7 9.Bh5+ g6 10.Bg4 Na6 11.Ne6 Bxe6 12.Bxe6 Nc7 13.Qg4 Nxe6 14.Qxe6 Qd7 15.Qf6 O-O-O 16.Nc3 Rdf8 17.Qh4 Nf5 18.Qh3 Nd4 19.Qxd7+ Kxd7

20.Na4 Be7 21.c3 Ne2+ 22.Kh1 Nxc1 23.Raxc1 Rf5 24.c4 d4 25.Rfe1 Rxe5 26.f3 e3 27.Rcd1 c5 28.a3 Rf8 29.Nc3 Kc8 30.Nd5 Bg5 31.Re2 Rd8

32.f4 Rexd5 33.cxd5 Bxf4 34.g3 Be5 35.Rf1 Rxd5 36.Rf8+ Rd8 37.Rf7 Rd7 38.Rf8+ Kc7 39.b3 Bg7 40.Rf1 Bh6 41.Rc1 b6 42.Rd1 d3

43.Rxe3 Bxe3 44.Kg2 d2 45.Kf3 Bh6 46.h4 Rd3+ 47.Kf2 Rxb3 48.g4 Bf4 49.h5 gxh5 50.gxh5 Rxa3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/29/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

MauiHookTheRook67 (Chess.com 1960) - JimWest (Chess.com 1981), Chess.com 6/29/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.fxe6 Bb4 9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.Be2 Qe7 12.Qd2 Qxe6 13.O-O-O Nc6 14.Rde1 Rfe8 15.Kb1 e3 16.fxe3 Qxe3

17.Kc1 Qxd2+ 18.Kxd2 Ne4+ 19.Kc1 Nxc3 20.bxc3 Re7 21.Bf3 Rd8 22.Rxe7 Nxe7 23.Re1 Kf7 24.Kd2 c6

25.Kd3 b5 26.Bg4 Rd6 27.Rf1+ Ke8 28.Re1 Kf7 29.Rf1+ Ke8 30.Re1 Kf7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

gali_ahmetov (lichess 2155) - JimWest (lichess 2012), lichess 6/29/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.f3 h6 8.Ne6 Bxe6 9.fxe6 Bb4 10.fxe4 O-O 11.e5 Ne4 12.Qd3 Nc6

13.Be3 Qh4+ 14.g3 Nxg3 15.hxg3 Qxh1 16.O-O-O Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Rxf1, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/28/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Zolle (Chess.com 1847) - JimWest (Chess.com 1981), Chess.com 6/28/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 e3 8.fxe3 Qxe3+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Bxe2 Bxf5 11.c3 Ne7 12.Nf3 O-O 13.Nbd2 Nbc6 14.O-O Bg4 15.Bc4+ d5 16.Bb5 a6 17.Bd3 Bf5 18.Bxf5 Rxf5 19.Rae1 Raf8

20.Re3 Nc8 21.Rfe1 Nd6 22.b3 b5 23.Ne5 Nxe5 24.Rxe5 Rxe5 25.Rxe5 c6 26.Re6 Rf6 27.Rxf6 gxf6 28.Kf2 Kf7 29.Ke3 a5 30.Kf4 b4 31.cxb4 axb4

32.Ke3 Nb5 33.Kd3 Ke6 34.Nb1 h5 35.g3 Kf5 36.h3 Kg5 37.Ke3 f5 38.Kd3 h4 39.gxh4+ Kxh4 40.Ke3 Kxh3 41.Kf4 Nxd4 42.Ke5 Nb5 43.Kxf5 c5 44.Ke5 d4 45.Kd5 Nc3+ 46.Kxc5 Nxb1 47.Kxd4 Na3 48.Kc5 Nc2

49.Kd5 Kg4 50.Kc4 Kf4 51.Kd3 Na3 52.Kd4 Kf3 53.Kd3 Kf2 54.Kd2 Nb5 55.Kd3 Na3 56.Kd2 Kf3 57.Kd3 Kf4 58.Kd4 Kf5 59.Kd5 Nc2 60.Kc4 Ke4 61.a4 bxa3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2005) - villium (lichess 2135), lichess 6/28/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Ng4 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb6 8.Nf3 Qe7 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Nc3 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Bxd4

12.Bb5+ c6 13.Qxd4 O-O 14.Be2 c5 15.Qd3 Qh4+ 16.Qg3 Qxg3+ 17.hxg3 Nf6 18.Be3 Re8 19.Bf3 a6 20.O-O-O Rb8 21.Rxd6 b5 22.Bxc5 Be6 23.Bd4 b4 24.Bxf6 gxf6

25.Nd5 a5 26.Nxf6+, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/27/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1961) - Spidermann9 (Chess.com 1809), Chess.com 6/27/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qh5 10.Rg1 Nxf1 11.Rxf1 Bh3 12.Rg1 Bc5 13.Rg5 Qh6 14.Rg3 Qe6 15.Qe2 O-O-O 16.Ng5 Qd7 17.Nxh3 f6 18.e6 Qc6 19.Nf4 Rhe8

20.Rxg7 d4 21.Nd2 Bd6 22.Nc4 Qh1+ 23.Kf2 Qxh2+ 24.Rg2 Qh4+ 25.Kf3 d3 26.Nxd6+ Rxd6 27.cxd3 h5 28.Bd2 Rdd8 29.Rag1 f5 30.Rh2 Qf6 31.Bc3 Qe7 32.Rxh5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Mroafa (lichess 1990) - JimWest (lichess 2013), lichess 6/27/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.h3 a5 11.a4 Na6 12.Qe2 Nc5 13.Rfd1 Be6 14.Bxe6 Bxe6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Qc4 Qf7 17.Rd6 Ng5 18.Qd3 Nxf3+ 19.Qxf3 O-O

20.Rad1 Rfd8 21.Qg4 Rxd6 22.Rxd6 Rd8 23.Rxd8+ Bxd8 24.Qc8 Qc7 25.Qe6+ Kf8 26.Nb1 Qe7 27.Qc8 Kf7 28.Nd2 g6 29.Nf3 Kf6 30.g3 fxg3 31.fxg3 Bb6+ 32.Kg2 Kg7

33.h4 h6 34.Kh3 Kf7 35.b3 Qe6+ 36.Qxe6+ Kxe6 37.g4 Be3 38.Kg2 b5 39.Kf1 bxa4 40.bxa4 Bf4 41.Ke2 Kd6 42.Kd3 c5 43.Kc4 Kc6 44.Ne1 Bg3 45.Nd3 h5 46.gxh5 gxh5 47.c3 Bxh4

48.Nxe5+ Kd6 49.Nd3 Bg3 50.e5+ Ke6 51.Kxc5 h4 52.Kd4 h3 53.Nc5+ Ke7, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 6/26/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Zolle (Chess.com 1839) - JimWest (Chess.com 1991), Chess.com 6/26/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng1 d5 6.c4 c6 7.f4 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+ 9.Qxd2 Ne7 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bb5+ Nbc6 12.Nc3 O-O 13.O-O-O Be6 14.Nge2 Qa5 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Nd4 Bg4 17.Rde1 Rab8

18.Nxe4 Qxa2 19.Nf2 Qa1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

HedgehogL (lichess 2036) - JimWest (lichess 2012), lichess 6/26/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Qe2 f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.g3 g5 8.h4 h6 9.hxg5 hxg5 10.Rxh8 Qxh8 11.Nxg5 Qh1+ 12.Kd2 Be7 13.gxf4 exf4 14.Nf3 Bg4 15.Bxg8 Bxf3 16.Qc4 d5 17.exd5 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Qxd5 19.Qxd5 cxd5

20.Nc3 Bb4 21.Kd3 Bxc3 22.bxc3 f3 23.Bf4 Nc6 24.Re1+ Kd7 25.Re3 Na5 26.Rxf3 Rf8 27.Ke3 Nc4+ 28.Kd3 b5 29.Ke2 Re8+ 30.Be3 Re7 31.Rf5 Ke6 32.Rh5 Kd6

33.Rh6+ Kc7 34.Ra6 Kb7 35.Rg6 a5 36.Kf3 Rf7+ 37.Kg3 Re7 38.Bh6 Re2 39.Rg7+ Kc6 40.Rg6+ Kb7 41.Rg5 Kc6 42.Rg6+ Kb7, draw.

2 PCG Games 6/25/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

cortezBuang (Chess.com 1963) - JimWest (Chess.com 1986), Chess.com 6/25/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.O-O Nf6

9.Bb5+ c6 10.Ba4 Bd6 11.Nc4 Bc7 12.Re1 b5 13.Bb3 bxc4 14.Bxc4 Be6 15.Bxe6 Nxe6 16.Nc3 Ba5 17.Bd2 Bxc3 18.Bxc3 O-O

19.Bxf6 Rxf6 20.Rxe4 Rd8 21.Re2 Nd4 22.Re7 Nxc2 23.Rc1 Rd2 24.f3 Nd4 25.Rb1 Rg6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Jolicoeurletendre (lichess 1957) - JimWest (lichess 2007), lichess 6/25/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qe2 d5 8.c4 Nc6 9.Qe3 Bb4 10.cxd5 Qxd5 11.a3 Nxd4 12.Bd3 Bc5 13.Nc3 Qe6 14.Bc4 Nc2+ 15.Ke2 Bxe3 16.Bxe6 Bxe6 17.fxe3 Nxa1 18.Ndxe4 Nb3

19.Ng5 Nxc1+ 20.Rxc1 Bg4+ 21.Kf2 Ne7 22.h3 O-O+ 23.Kg3 Bd7 24.e4 h6 25.Nf3 Bc6 26.Ne5 Rad8 27.Rc2 Kg7 28.b4 a6 29.a4 Rd4 30.Nxc6 Nxc6 31.b5 Nb4

32.Rc1 Rd3+ 33.Kh2 a5 34.Ne2 Rf7 35.Ng3 h5 36.h4 c6 37.Rc5 b6 38.Re5 cxb5 39.Rxb5 Rb7 40.e5 Nd5 41.Rb2 Re7 42.Ne4 Rxe5 43.Ng5 Rd4 44.Rf2 Rxh4+ 45.Nh3 Rxa4

46.Rc2 Re7 47.Rc8 Ra2 48.Rd8 Ne3 49.Nf4 Ng4+ 50.Kh3 Ra3+ 51.Kh4 Ra4 52.g3 Rxf4 53.gxf4 Nf6 54.Rb8 Nd5 55.Kg5 Rf7 56.Rd8 Rf5+ 57.Kh4 Rxf4+ 58.Kg3 Rf5

59.Rd7+ Kh6 60.Kh4 a4 61.Rd8 a3 62.Rh8+ Kg7 63.Ra8 Rf3 64.Rd8 a2 65.Rxd5 Rf4+ 66.Kg3 Rg4+ 67.Kh3 a1=Q 68.Rd7+ Kh6, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/24/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1978) - Chess_Domatio_onYoutube (Chess.com 1948), Chess.com 6/24/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 Bc5 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Na4 Bxg1 7.Rxg1 Ng4 8.h3 Nh2 9.Nc3 Nxf1 10.Kxf1 exf4 11.Bxf4 Qf6 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.c3 Ne7 14.Bg5 f6 15.Qh5+ Kd7 16.Qg4+ Kc6 17.Nb4+ Kb6 18.Be3+ c5 19.Qxg7 Be6

20.Qg3 Rg8 21.Qf2 Rc8 22.c4, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Moorthattil (lichess 1956) - JimWest (lichess 2013), lichess 6/24/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.d3 Na5 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.Ng5 h6 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qh4 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Be7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Qg3 f4 13.Qf3 Be6 14.O-O-O Nc6 15.Qe2 Nd4 16.Qd2 O-O-O 17.Kb1 g5 18.Na4 Nc6 19.g3 Bg4

20.Rc1 Bf3 21.Rhf1 Kb8 22.Nc3 Qh7 23.h4 Nd4 24.hxg5 Rxg5 25.gxf4 exf4 26.Qxf4 Qg7 27.Nd5 Rxd5 28.exd5 Bxd5 29.Rg1 Qe5 30.Qh4 Rc8 31.Rg5 Nf5 32.Qh5 Be6 33.d4 Qd5 34.b3 a5

 

35.Re1 Rf8 36.c4 Qxd4 37.Rxe6 Qd3+ 38.Kb2 Qd2+ 39.Kb1 Qd3+ 40.Kb2 Qd2+ 41.Kb1 Qd3+, draw.

2 PCG Games 6/23/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

BoBoEchecs130 (Chess.com 1921) - JimWest (Chess.com 1977), Chess.com 6/23/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.a3 Bd6 12.Rc1 Nbd7 13.Nxd7 Bxd7 14.Na2 Qc7 15.h3 Bf4 16.Qd2 Bxe3 17.Qxe3 Rae8 18.c4 Qb6 19.c5 Qc7

20.b4 a6 21.Nc3 Bc8 22.Na4 Nd7 23.Bg4 Qf4 24.Rce1 Qxe3 25.fxe3 Nf6 26.Be2 h5 27.Nb6 Be6 28.Rf2 g6 29.Ref1 Nd7 30.Nxd7 Bxd7 31.Rxf8+ Rxf8 32.Rxf8+ Kxf8

33.g4 hxg4 34.Bxg4 Bxg4 35.hxg4 g5 36.Kf2 Ke7 37.Ke2 Kd7 38.Kd2 Kc7 39.Kc3 Kb8 40.Kb3 Ka7 41.Ka4 b6 42.Kb3 b5 43.a4 Kb7 44.axb5 axb5 45.Kc2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

grigoriy-gurkov (lichess 2021) - JimWest (lichess 2017), lichess 6/23/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.Ng4 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.c4 Nxg4 12.Bxg4 Bxg4 13.Qxg4 Bxg3 14.hxg3 Nxd4 15.cxd5 Qxd5 16.Re1 Rae8 17.Be3 Nc2 18.Rad1 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Qe6

20.Qxe6+ Rxe6 21.Rd7 Rc8 22.Red1 h6 23.R1d4 a5 24.a4 b6 25.Rc4 c5 26.Rb7 Kh7 27.Kf2 Kg6 28.g4 Rf8+ 29.Ke2 Rf7 30.Rb8 Kf6 31.Rc1 Kg5

32.Rf1 Rxf1 33.Kxf1 Kxg4 34.Rb7 g5 35.Kg1 Kg3 36.Rh7 Rd6 37.Kf1 Rd2 38.Rxh6 Rxb2 39.Rg6 g4 40.Re6 Rb1+ 41.Ke2 Rb4 42.Kf1 Rxa4 43.Rxb6 Ra1+ 44.Ke2 Kxg2

45.Rb5 g3 46.Rxc5 Ra2+ 47.Ke1 Kf3 48.Rg5 g2 49.Rg6 g1=Q+ 50.Rxg1 Ra1+ 51.Kd2 Rxg1, White resigns.