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.

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/12/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

fideluto (Chess.com 1799) - JimWest (Chess.com 1980), Chess.com 4/12/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bf4 Bd6 10.Nb5 a6 11.Nd4 b5 12.Bb3 c5 13.O-O-O cxd4 14.Rxd4 Bxe5 15.Bxe5 Bb7 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Rhd1 f5 18.Rd7 Bc6 19.Rc7 Rf8

20.Rd6 a5 21.Rcxc6 Nxc6 22.Rxc6 a4 23.Bd5 Rb8 24.Rc7 Rb6 25.f3 e3 26.c4 bxc4 27.Bxc4 Rff6 28.Kd1 Rxb2 29.Rxh7 Rxg2 30.Bb5+ Kf8 31.Bxa4 Rxa2 32.Bb5 Rd2+ 33.Ke1 Rb6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2069) - ivanabyl (lichess 2141), lichess 4/12/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 Nc6 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Bd3 f5 11.Be3 Bb4+ 12.c3 O-O-O 13.Bc2 Be7 14.O-O g6 15.h3 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Ng5 17.Bxg5 Bxg5 18.f4 Bh4 19.Ba4 Na5

20.Ne3 Rd3 21.Ng2 Rxh3 22.Nxh4 Rxh4 23.e6 Nc6 24.Bxc6 bxc6 25.Kg2 Re8 26.Rae1 Re7 27.Kg3 Rg4+ 28.Kf3 h5 29.Rf2 h4 30.Rg2 Rxg2 31.Kxg2 Kd8 32.Kh3 Rh7 33.Rg1 Rh6

34.Rd1+ Ke7 35.Rd7+ Kxe6 36.Rxc7 Kd5 37.Rxa7 Ke4 38.Ra4+ Kf3 39.Rc4 Ke3 40.a4 Rh8 41.a5 Ra8 42.b4 g5 43.fxg5 f4 44.Kxh4 f3 45.Rxc6 Rf8 46.g6 f2 47.g7 f1=Q 48.gxf8=Q Qxf8 49.Rc5 Kf3

50.Kg5 Ke4 51.Kg6 Qa8 52.Kf6 Qa6+ 53.Ke7 Qb7+ 54.Kd6 Qb8+ 55.Kc6 Qa8+ 56.Kb5 Qb7+ 57.Ka4 Qd7+ 58.Ka3, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 4/11/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1967) - Gogu3434 (Chess.com 1834), Chess.com 4/11/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 O-O 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Bd3 Bf5 11.Be3 Bb6 12.O-O Nb4 13.Nh4 g6 14.Nxf5 gxf5 15.Rxf5 Nxd3 16.cxd3 Nc5 17.Bxc5 Bxc5+ 18.Kh1 Rad8 19.Nc3 Rxd3

20.Ne4 Be7 21.Raf1 Re3 22.Nf6+ Bxf6 23.exf6 Rd8 24.h3 Rg3 25.Kh2 Rg6 26.h4 Rd2 27.R1f2 Rd4 28.g3 Rd3 29.R5f3 Rd6 30.Kh3 h5 31.Rf5 Rd3

32.R2f3 Rd2 33.Rxh5 Rxb2 34.Rd5 Rxa2 35.Rd8+ Kh7 36.Rd7 Rc2 37.Rxf7+ Kg8 38.Rd7 Re2 39.f7+ Kf8 40.Rd8+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Marciano95 (lichess 1987) - JimWest (lichess 2064), lichess 4/11/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nfd2 d5 6.c4 c6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.Qb3 Bxc3 10.Qxc3 Ne7 11.Bb5+ Nbc6 12.O-O O-O 13.b4 Be6 14.Bb2 d4 15.Qg3 Bd5 16.Bxc6 Bxc6 17.Rfe1 Nf5 18.Qg4 e3 19.fxe3 dxe3

20.Nc4 Bb5, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 4/10/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

sachinanand1966 (Chess.com 2022) - JimWest (Chess.com 1949), Chess.com 4/10/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng1 d5 6.Ne2 Bc5 7.Nd4 Ne7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Nbc6 10.c3 Nxe5 11.Be3 Bxd4 12.Bxd4 N7c6 13.Bc5 Rf6 14.Nd2 Be6 15.c4 b6 16.cxd5 Qxd5 17.Be3 Kh8 18.Qc2 Bf5 19.Rad1 Qxa2

20.f3 exf3 21.Ne4 Bxe4 22.Qxe4 fxe2 23.Rfe1 exd1=Q 24.Rxd1 Qf7 25.Bd4 Rf8 26.h3 Nxd4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Kolomytchenko_igor (lichess 2048) - JimWest (lichess 2048), lichess 4/10/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Qd4 c5 8.Qd2 Ne7 9.a3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.c4 h6 12.cxd5 hxg5 13.d6 Ng6 14.Qd5+ Kh7 15.Qxe4 Bf5

16.Qd3 Bxd3 17.Bxd3 Nc6 18.h4 gxh4 19.Bb2 Qa5+ 20.c3 Ncxe5 21.Rxh4+ Kg8 22.Bxg6 Nxg6 23.Rg4 Rae8+ 24.Kd2 Rxf2+, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 4/9/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1946) - james41287 (Chess.com 1994), Chess.com 4/9/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Kh1 e5 9.c3 Qb6 10.Qb3 Qc7 11.a4 Nc5 12.Qc2 Bg4 13.Na3 Rad8 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.Nc4 Bxf3 16.Rxf3 Qe7 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Raf1 Bg7

20.b4 Ne6 21.a5 Nf4 22.g3 Ne6 23.h4 g5 24.Ne3 gxh4 25.Nf5 Qg5 26.gxh4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ParlinB (lichess 2028) - JimWest (lichess 2059), lichess 4/9/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.c3 Nf6 7.d4 Qc7 8.Ng5 h6 9.Nf7 Rh7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Bxf4 Nbd7 12.Bg3 g5 13.Nd2 Rxf7 14.Bxf7+ Kxf7 15.h4 Nc5 16.hxg5 hxg5 17.f3 Be6 18.Qe2 Rd8 19.Nc4 Nd3

20.Rad1 Bc5+ 21.Kh1 Rh8+ 22.Bh2 Bxc4, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 4/8/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1937) - justdebonil (Chess.com 1782), Chess.com 4/8/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 g6 8.Nbd2 Bg7 9.c3 Qe7 10.O-O O-O 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Rad8 13.Qc2 d5 14.Bg5 d4 15.Rae1 Qe5 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nc4 Qc5 18.Kh1 Rfe8 19.b4 Qg5

20.b5 Ne5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.c4 Qg3 23.Kg1 Bf4 24.Re2 Be3+ 25.Rxe3 dxe3 26.Qe2 Qd6 27.Rd1 Qd4 28.Kh1 Rd6 29.g4 Qc5 30.Bg2 Red8 31.Bf1 a6 32.a4 a5

33.Qc2 b6 34.Be2 Qg5 35.Rf1 Qh4 36.Rf3 Qe1+ 37.Rf1 Qb4 38.Rf3 Qc5 39.Kg2 Re6 40.Qc1 Qb4 41.Qc2 Qd2 42.Qxd2 exd2 43.Kf2 Kg7 44.Ke3 Rf6 45.Kxd2 Rxf3 46.Bxf3 Kf6 47.Ke3 g5 48.d4 Ke6 49.e5 f6 50.Bd5+ Ke7 51.e6 Rd6

52.Ke4 Rd8 53.Kf5 Rf8 54.Bc6 Rd8 55.Bd7 Rf8 56.c5 Rh8 57.cxb6 cxb6 58.d5 Rf8 59.Bc6 Rd8 60.Bd7 Rf8 61.Bc6 Rd8 62.Bd7 Rf8, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Mr-Ahmd-Samir (lichess 1953) - JimWest (lichess 2050), lichess 4/8/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.Re1 Be7 7.a3 Nd7 8.c3 Ngf6 9.d3 Qc7 10.Nh4 Bg6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Qb3 O-O-O 13.Be3 d5 14.Bxa7 dxc4 15.dxc4 e4 16.g3 Bc5 17.Bxc5 Nxc5 18.Qc2 Nd3 19.Re2 Rh3

20.Nd2 Rdh8 21.Nf1 Ne5 22.Kg2 Nf3 23.b4 Rxh2+ 24.Nxh2 Rxh2+ 25.Kf1 Rh1+ 26.Kg2 Rxa1 27.Rxe4 Nxe4 28.Qxe4 Ne1+ 29.Kh2 Qf7 30.Qg4+ Qf5 31.Qh4 Qf2+ 32.Kh3 Qf1+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 4/7/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Milouleviking (Chess.com 2008) - JimWest (Chess.com 1953), Chess.com 4/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nxe4 Be7 8.Ng5 Bxg5 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qxg5 Qxg5 11.Bxg5 c6 12.Nd2 Bxe6 13.O-O-O Kf7 14.Bd3 Nd7 15.Rhe1 Re8 16.Nf3 Ngf6 17.h3 Kg7 18.Nd4 Bf7

19.Be3 a6 20.Nb3 Re7 21.Na5 Ne5 22.Bf1 Rhe8 23.Bd4 Nd3+ 24.Bxd3 Rxe1 25.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26.Kd2 Re7 27.g4 g5 28.f4 h6 29.h4 c5 30.Bxc5 Ne4+ 31.Bxe4 Rxe4

32.hxg5 hxg5 33.fxg5 Rxg4 34.Nxb7 Rxg5 35.Bd4+ Kg6 36.a4 Rg4 37.c3 Rg2+ 38.Kc1 Be6 39.Nc5 Bf5 40.Nxa6 Rc2+ 41.Kd1 Rxb2 42.Nb4 Bd7 43.Kc1 Rxb4 44.cxb4 Bxa4

45.Kd2 Kf5 46.Ke3 Bb5 47.Bc5 Ke5 48.Bd4+ Kd6 49.Bc5+ Kc6 50.Kd4 Bc4 51.Bf8 Kb5 52.Bc5 Ba2 53.Bf8 Bc4 54.Bc5 Ba2 55.Bf8 Bc4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Teosoff (lichess 2148) - JimWest (lichess 2070), lichess 4/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.Ng5 h6 7.Nh7 Qh4 8.Nxf8 Rxf8 9.O-O f4 10.Nd2 Bg4 11.f3 Be6 12.Nc4 Qe7 13.Bd2 Na6 14.a4 O-O-O 15.c3 g5 16.b4 h5 17.b5 cxb5 18.axb5 Nc5

19.Rxa7 Bxc4 20.dxc4 g4 21.fxg4 Nxe4 22.Qe2 Nxd2 23.Qxd2 d5 24.cxd5 Qc5+ 25.Qf2 Qxf2+ 26.Rxf2 Kb8 27.Rfa2 hxg4 28.b6 Kc8 29.Re2 Rfe8 30.c4 e4 31.Ra8+ Kd7 32.Rxd8+ Kxd8

33.c5 e3 34.c6 bxc6 35.dxc6 Re6 36.c7+ Kc8 37.Rb2 Kb7 38.Kf1 f3 39.gxf3 gxf3 40.h4 Rc6 41.Rb1 Rc2 42.Kg1 Rc4 43.h5 Rg4+ 44.Kf1 Rh4 45.Kg1 Rg4+ 46.Kf1 Rh4 47.Kg1 Rg4+, draw.