PCG & PCG Reversed 10/29/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

BluEthan (Chess.com 1870) - JimWest (Chess.com 1968), Chess.com 10/29/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.a3 a5 9.Bd2 Na6 10.b4 f4 11.bxa5 Qxa5 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.d4 Nxe4 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Bxa6 Rxa6 17.Bb4 c5 18.Qd5+ Be6

19.Qxe4 cxb4 20.axb4 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 Bf5 22.Qd5+ Kh8 23.Nxe5 Bxc2 24.Re1 Qxb4 25.Rc1 Bg6 26.Nxg6+ hxg6 27.Qg5 Qd2 28.Rf1 Qd6 29.Qb5 b6 30.Qb3 g5 31.Rd1 Qc5

32.Rd5 Qc1+ 33.Kh2 f3 34.Qxb6 fxg2 35.Kxg2 Qf4 36.Rd1 Qf3+ 37.Kh2 Qxd1 38.Qc5 Qf3 39.Kg1 Rf5 40.Qd4 Qxh3 41.f4 Qg3+ 42.Kh1 Qxf4 43.Qd8+ Rf8 44.Qd1 Qf3+ 45.Qxf3 Rxf3

46.Kg2 g4 47.Kh2 g5 48.Kg2 Kg7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2065) - mahantaslim1395 (lichess 2000), lichess 10/29/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.c3 Re8 9.a4 a5 10.Na3 Bd7 11.Nc4 h6 12.Kh1 Ng4 13.h3 Nf6 14.g4 Qc8 15.f5 g5 16.Rg1 Re7 17.Be3 Qe8 18.Qd2 d5 19.exd5 Nxd5

20.Bc5 Nf4 21.Bxe7 Qxe7 22.Bf1 Rd8 23.Re1 f6 24.Ne3 Qf7 25.d4 e4 26.Bc4 exf3 27.Bxf7+ Kxf7 28.Nc4 b6 29.Rgf1 Ne7 30.Kh2 Bc6 31.Qe3 Re8 

32.Rxf3 Bxf3 33.Qxf3 Rd8 34.Qb7 Rd7 35.Nxb6 Rd8 36.Qxc7 Re8 37.Qc4+ Ned5 38.Rxe8 Kxe8 39.Nxd5 Nxd5 40.Qxd5 Ke7 41.Qxa5 Kf8 42.Qa8+ Kf7 43.Qb8 Ke7 44.Qc7+ Kf8 45.Qxg7+ Kxg7

46.a5 Kf7 47.a6 Ke7 48.a7 Kd7 49.a8=Q Kc7 50.Qf8 Kb6 51.Qxf6+ Kb5 52.Qxh6 Ka4 53.Qxg5 Kb3 54.Qd2 Ka2

55.b4+ Kb3 56.b5 Ka4 57.b6 Kb5 58.b7 Ka6 59.b8=Q Ka5 60.Qe2 Ka4 61.Qf2 Ka3 62.Qfb2+ Ka4 63.Qa2#.

2 PCG Games 10/28/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

jon_lee (Chess.com 1862) - JimWest (Chess.com 1971), Chess.com 10/28/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.d4 e4 7.Re1 d5 8.Bf1 Nf6 9.Nfd2 Bd6 10.c4 O-O 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Nb5 a6 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.Nb3 Ng4

16.g3 Nxf2 17.Qd2 Nh3+ 18.Kh1 Bg4 19.Bg2 Rf2 20.Qe3 Raf8 21.Bd2 R8f3 22.Qxf3 Bxf3 23.Bxf3 Rxf3 24.Kg2 Qe6 25.Nc5 Rf2+ 26.Kh1 Qg4 27.Re3 Rxd2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

HexatonChess (lichess 1946) - JimWest (lichess 2062), lichess 10/28/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nbd2 f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.h3 a5 10.O-O b5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Be2 O-O 14.Nb3 Nd7 

15.a4 bxa4 16.Bc4+ Kh8 17.Rxa4 Nb6 18.Rxa5 Rxa5 19.Nxa5 Nxc4 20.Nxc4 Ba6 21.Nfd2 Rd8 22.Qc2 Qf7 23.b3 f3

24.Nxf3 Bxc4 25.bxc4 Qxc4 26.Rb1 h5 27.Nd2 Qd3 28.Qxd3 Rxd3 29.Rb8+ Kh7 30.Nb1 h4 31.Kh2 Bg5 32.g3 hxg3+ 33.fxg3 Bd2 34.Nxd2 Rxd2+ 35.Kg1 Rd3 36.Re8 Rxg3+ 37.Kh2 Rxc3 38.Rxe5 c5

39.h4 c4 40.Rc5 Rc2+ 41.Kg3 c3 42.Kf3 Rh2 43.Rxc3 Rh3+ 44.Kf4 Rxc3 45.Kf5, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/27/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

manueldu30 (Chess.com 1972) - JimWest (Chess.com 1984), Chess.com 10/27/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.O-O fxe4 8.Ng5 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bf5 10.Re1 Bb4 11.Bd2 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 h6 13.Nh3 Bxh3 14.gxh3 Nc6 15.Bb5 O-O-O 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Bxe5 Rhe8 18.Bc3 Nd5 19.Bd2 Rd6

20.c4 Nb6 21.Be3 Nxc4 22.Bxa7 Rd2 23.b3 Nb6 24.Bxb6 cxb6 25.Rac1 Kb7 26.Rc4 Rxa2 27.Rcxe4 Rxe4 28.Rxe4 Rb2 29.Re7+ Ka6 30.Rxg7 Rxb3 31.Rg6 Rxh3 32.Rxc6 Kb5 33.Rc8 Kb4

34.Kg2 Rh5 35.f4 b5 36.Kg3 Kb3 37.h4 Rd5 38.Kf3 b4 39.Ke4 Rh5 40.f5 Rxh4+ 41.Ke5 Rh1 42.f6 Rf1 43.Ke6 Kb2 44.f7 b3 45.f8=Q Rxf8 46.Rxf8 Ka2

47.Ra8+ Kb1 48.Kf5 b2 49.Rb8 Kc1 50.Kg6 b1=Q+ 51.Rxb1+ Kxb1 52.Kxh6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

MarshalKumarSingh (lichess 1965) - JimWest (lichess 2055), lichess 10/27/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nd5 Nf6 7.Nxe7 Qxe7 8.Bg5 f4 9.h3 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Qe2 Be6 12.O-O-O O-O 13.g4 fxg3 14.Bxe6+ Qxe6 15.fxg3 Qxa2

16.c3 Qa1+ 17.Kc2 Qa4+ 18.Kd2 Qb3 19.Rb1 a5 20.Nh4 a4 21.Nf5 a3 22.bxa3 Qa2+ 23.Ke3 Qxe2+ 24.Kxe2 Rxa3 25.Rxb7 Rxc3 26.Kd2 Rc5 27.Rxc7 Nd4

28.Rxg7+ Kh8 29.Nxd4 exd4 30.Rd7 Rf2+ 31.Kd1 Rcc2 32.Rb7 Rfd2+ 33.Ke1 Rxd3 34.Rf1 Rc1+ 35.Ke2 Re3+ 36.Kf2 Rxf1+ 37.Kf1 Rxe4

38.Rd7 Re6 39.Rc7 d3 40.Rc1 Kg7 41.Rd1 Re3 42.Kf2 Re2+ 43.Kf3 Rh2 44.h4 d2 45.Ke3 Kf6 46.Rxd2 Rxd2 47.Kxd2 Kf5 48.Ke3 Kg4 49.Kf2 h5 50.Kg2 d5 51.Kf2 d4, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 10/26/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1984) - AravindDevarajan (Chess.com 2007), Chess.com 10/26/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 O-O 8.O-O c5 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.Bg5 Nd4 12.Bxf6 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 Qd4+ 14.Kh1 Bxf6 15.Nd5 Bd8 16.c3 Qa4 17.b3 Qd7 18.c4 a6 19.a4 b5

20.axb5 a5 21.Qf5 Qd6 22.Rf3 g6 23.Qh3 Bg5 24.Qg4 h6 25.h4 Be7 26.h5 Bg5 27.hxg6 Qxg6 28.Qf5 Qh5+ 29.Rh3 Qe2 30.Nf6+ Kg7 31.Nh5+ Kg8 

32.Qxe5 f6 33.Qf5 Kf7 34.Qd7+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2097) - Uggly79 (lichess 2049), lichess 10/26/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Ne5 11.Nd2 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Nd7 13.Nc4 Bf6 14.c3 Ne5 15.Bxe5 dxe5 16.Rad1 c5 17.Ne3 Be7 18.Nd5 f6 19.c4 Bd6

20.b3 Qa5 21.Rf2 b5 22.Qg4 Kh8 23.Qe6 Rad8 24.Rdf1 Rfe8 25.Qg4 Be7 26.cxb5 Rxd5 27.exd5 Qxb5 28.Qc4 Qd7 29.g4 Bd6 30.Kg2 h6 31.Rf5 Rf8

32.Qe4 Qb7 33.h4 Qe7 34.g5 h5 35.gxf6 Rxf6 36.Rxh5+ Rh6 37.Rxh6+ gxh6 38.Kh3 Qg7 39.Qg4 Qe7 40.Rg1 Qf7 41.Rf2 e4 42.dxe4 Be5

43.h5 Qe7 44.Qg8#.

2 PCG Games 10/25/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

crusher7806 (Chess.com 1838) - JimWest (Chess.com 1969), Chess.com 10/25/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.h4 Bc5 7.Nc3 c6 8.h5 Ne7 9.Ncxe4 dxe4 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Nf7+ Kc7 12.Nxh8 Be6 13.c3 Nd7 14.b4 Bb6 15.a4 a6

16.Ng6 hxg6 17.hxg6 Nxg6 18.c4 Bd4 19.Ra2 Bxe5 20.b5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Gullit15 (lichess 2075) - JimWest (lichess 2088), lichess 10/25/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.exf5 e4 7.Nfd2 Bxf5 8.Nc3 d5 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.Bg4 Qd7 12.Bxf5 Nxf5

13.Qe2 Nxd4 14.Qd1 Nf5 15.Nb3 Qf7 16.Qe2 Nd7 17.Rad1 Rae8 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Rxd4 Nf6 20.Rdd1 Qg6 21.Qd2 Ng4 

22.f3 exf3 23.Rxf3 Rxf3 24.gxf3 Ne3+ 25.Kh1 Nxd1, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/24/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1970) - KMRubel0 (Chess.com 1903), Chess.com 10/24/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 Nf2 8.Qf3 Qd7 9.Bxe3 Nxh1 10.Nh3 h6 11.Nc3 Bb4 12.O-O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 O-O 14.Rxh1 Nc6 15.Rf1 Na5 16.e6 Qc6 17.exf7+ Kh8 18.Bd3 Qxf3 19.Rxf3 Be6

20.Bg6 Bxa2 21.g4 Bd5 22.Rf2 Nc4 23.Bd2 Nxd2 24.Kxd2 a5 25.g5 hxg5 26.Nxg5 a4 27.Rf4 Bxf7 28.Bxf7 a3 29.Rh4#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

FenrirBigWolf (lichess 1936) - JimWest (lichess 2084), lichess 10/24/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qe2 a5 8.a4 Na6 9.O-O-O f4 10.g3 fxg3 11.hxg3 Bg4 12.Qe3 Nc5

13.d4 exd4 14.Rxd4 Ne6 15.Rd2 Bxf3 16.Bxe6 Bxh1 17.e5 Nd5 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.exd6 Qxe6, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/23/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

teco58 (Chess.com 1912) - JimWest (Chess.com 1976), Chess.com 10/23/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 c6 6.d3 Nf6 7.O-O h6 8.Re1 Be7 9.Nbd2 Qc7 10.Nh4 Bh7 11.Ne4 Nbd7 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6

13.Be6 g5 14.Nf3 Bg8 15.Bf5 Bh7 16.Be6 Bg8 17.Bf5 Bh7 18.Be6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

okilon (lichess 2034) - JimWest (lichess 2088), lichess 10/23/2026

1.e4 e5.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qe2 O-O 11.h4 h5 12.c4 c6 13.Bc3 Bf5 14.O-O-O Qb6 15.Qd2 Nd7 16.e6 Nf6 17.Nf7 Bxe6 18.Bxf6 Rxf7 19.Bd4 Qc7

20.Qh6 Qf4+ 21.Qxf4 Rxf4 22.g3 Rf7 23.cxd5 cxd5 24.Bh3 Bxh3 25.Rxh3 a6 26.Be3 Rc8 27.Rhh1 Nf5 28.Bf4 d4 29.Rhe1 d3 30.Rd2 Rxc2+ 31.Rxc2 dxc2 32.Kxc2 Nd4+ 33.Kc3 Nb5+ 34.Kc4 Re7

35.a4 Na7 36.Kd5 Nc6 37.Rxe4 Rxe4 38.Kxe4 b5 39.axb5 axb5 40.Bd2 Kf7 41.Kd5 Ne7+ 42.Kc5 Nf5 43.Kxb5 Ke6 44.Kc4 Nd6+ 45.Kd4 Kf5

46.Ke3 Nc4+ 47.Ke2 Nxd2 48.Kxd2 g5 49.hxg5 Kxg5 50.Ke3 Kg4 51.Ke4 Kg5 52.f4+ Kg4 53.Ke5 Kxg3 54.f5 h4 55.f6 h3 56.f7 h2 57.f1=Q h1=Q

58.Qf4+ Kg2 59.Qe4+ Kh2 60.Qxh1+ Kxh1, draw.

2 PCG Games 10/22/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

jockokumbara (Chess.com 1792) - JimWest (Chess.com 1978), Chess.com 10/22/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 Be7 6.O-O f4 7.h3 h6 8.a3 Nf6 9.b4 g5 10.d4 g4 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qxd8+ Bxd8 13.hxg4 Bxg4 14.Nh2 Nd4 15.Nd5 h5 16.c3 Nxd5 17.cxd4 Nb6 18.Nxg4 hxg4 19.Be6 exd4

20.Bxg4 Bg5 21.g3 O-O 22.Bf5 Nc8 23.Bxf4 Bxf4 24.gxf4 Nd6 25.Be6+ Kh8 26.e5 Ne4 27.f5 Nd2 28.Rfd1 Nf3+ 29.Kg2 Nh4+ 30.Kg3 Nxf5+ 31.Bxf5 Rxf5

32.f4 Rg8+ 33.Kf3 Rgf8 34.Rxd4 Rxe5 35.Rh1+ Kg8 36.Rd7 Ref5 37.Rg1+ Kh8 38.Rg4 R8f7 39.Rxf7 Rxf7 40.Rg3 Rg7 41.Rxg7 Kxg7

42.Ke4 Kf6 43.f5 c6 44.a4 b6 45.Kf4 a6 46.Ke4 a5 47.bxa5 bxa5 48.Kd4 Kxf5 49.Kc5 Ke6 50.Kxc6 Ke7 51.Kb6 Kd7 52.Kxa5 Kc7 53.Ka6 Kb8

54.a5 Ka8 55.Kb6 Kb8 56.a6 Ka8 57.a7, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

openingtest09 (lichess 2243) - JimWest (lichess 2091), lichess 10/22/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6

8.f4 exf3 9.Qxf3 Qxe6+ 10.Qe2 Qxe2+ 11.Bxe2 Kxf7, White resigns.