PCG & PCG Reversed 8/25/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

sudheerdulam (Chess.com 1825) - JimWest (Chess.com 2001), Chess.com 8/25/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Be2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.h3 c6 8.Re1 f4 9.d4 Qc7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Bc4+ Kh8 12.Ng5 Bc5 13.Ne6 Bxe6 14.Bxe6 Nbd7 15.Qf3 Rae8 16.Bf5 g6 17.Bg4 h5 18.Bxd7 Qxd7 19.Rd1 Qe6

20.Bd2 g5 21.Be1 g4 22.hxg4 hxg4 23.Qd3 g3 24.b4 Bxf2+ 25.Bxf2 gxf2+ 26.Kxf2 Ng4+ 27.Ke2 Nh6 28.Rh1 Kg7 29.Rad1 Re7 30.Qh3 Qxh3 31.Rxh3 Rf6

32.b5 Rg6 33.Kf3 Nf7 34.Kf2 Ng5 35.Rh5 cxb5 36.a3 Rc7 37.Rd3 Rxc3 38.Rxc3 Nxe4+ 39.Kf1 Nxc3 40.Rxe5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2052) - VanYolo (lichess 2110), lichess 8/25/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 h6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be2 O-O 8.f5 Ng4 9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Bb4+ 11.Nc3 Re8 12.Bd3 Bxf5 13.O-O Bxc3 14.exf5 Ba5 15.Kh1 Ne3 16.Bxe3 Rxe3 17.Bb5 Qf6 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Qc2 Rb8

20.b3 Rbe8 21.Qxc6 Re2 22.Qb5 Bb6 23.Rae1 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 25.Nxe1 Qxd4 26.Qf1 a5 27.h3 Qf2 28.Qxf2 Bxf2 29.Nd3 Bb6 30.g4 Kf8 31.Kg2 Ke7 32.Kf3 Kf6

33.b4 g6 34.bxa5 Bxa5 35.fxg6 fxg6 36.a4 h5 37.gxh5 gxh5 38.Nf4 Kg5 39.Ne6+ Kh4 40.Kg2 c5 41.Nf4 c4 42.Ne2 c3 43.Nd4 d5 44.Nf3#.

2 PCG Games 8/24/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

cookingwithcooke (Chess.com 2040) - JimWest (Chess.com 2005), Chess.com 8/24/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Qe2 f4 7.h3 Qc7 8.Bd2 a5 9.a4 Na6 10.d4 Be7 11.Na2 h6 12.Nc1 g5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Nd3 Nd7 15.Bc3 Bf6 16.Nh2 h5 17.g4 h4 18.Nf3 Kf8 19.Be6 Nac5

20.Bf5 Nxd3+ 21.Qxd3 Kg7 22.Rd1 Nc5 23.Qc4 b6 24.Bxc8 Raxc8 25.O-O Rhd8 26.b3 Qe7 27.Bb2 Kg6 28.Kg2 Rd6 29.Qe2 Rcd8 30.Ne2 Qd7

31.Bxe5 Rxd2 32.Rxd2 Qxd2 33.Qxd2 Rxd2 34.Bc7 Nd7 35.Re1 Be5 36.Bd8 Bd4 37.Rf1 Rxc2 38.Rd1 Rxf2+ 39.Kh1 c5 40.e5 Nxe5 41.Bxb6 Nf3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

MarioMarinjo (lichess 2062) - JimWest (lichess 2044), lichess 8/24/2026

1.e4 e5 Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.d3 Be7 7.Ng5 d5 8.Bb3 h6 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Bd6 12.Nc3 Be6 13.Ne4 Kh7

14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.Bd2 e4 16.Nh2 Nd4 17.dxe4 Nxe4 18.Be3 Nxb3 19.cxb3 c6 20.Rc1 a6 21.f3 Ng5 22.Bc5 Nxh3+ 23.Kh1 Qxc5 24.Rxc5 Nf2+ 25.Kg1 Nxd1 26.Rxd1 Bf5

27.Re1 Rae8 28.Rcc1 Bg6 29.Kf2 Rxe1 30.Rxe1 Re8 31.Rxe8 Bxe8 32.Ke3 Bd7 33.b4 g5 34.Kd4 b6 35.Nf1 Kg6 36.Ne3 Kf6 37.g4 Be6 38.a4 Bd7 39.a5 bxa5 40.bxa5 Ke7 41.Ke5 d4 42.Kxd4 Kd6

43.b4 Be6 44.Ke4 c5 45.Nf5+ Bxf5+ 46.gxf5 cxb4 47.Kd4 h5 48.Kc4 h4 49.Kxb4 h3 50.f5 Ke6 51.Kc5 Kxf6 52.Kb6 h2 53.Kxa6 h1=Q 54.Kb6 Qxf3 55.a6 Qa8, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 8/23/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

samkar12 (Chess.com 1992) - JimWest (Chess.com 2001), Chess.com 8/23/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qh3 Qf6 9.f4 exf3 10.gxf3 Nc6 11.c3 h6 12.Qg3 hxg5 13.Bxg5 Qe5+ 14.Qxe5 Nxe5 15.Nd2 Bxe6 16.f4 Nf7 17.Nf3 Bg4 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.fxe5 Bf3

20.Bb5+ c6 21.Rf1 Bg2 22.Bd3 Bxf1 23.Bxg6+ Kd7 24.Kxf1 Rf8+ 25.Ke2 Rxh2+ 26.Kd3 Rf3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Taha-amr (lichess 2114) - JimWest (lichess 2042), lichess 8/23/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.a3 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Ng5 h6 11.Ne6 Bxe6 12.Bxe6 Nbd7 13.Na4 O-O-O 14.Qe2 Kb8 15.f3 Nc5 16.Nxc5 Bxc5+ 17.Kh1 g5 18.b4 Bd4 19.Rb1 h5

20.b5 cxb5 21.Rxb5 g4 22.Bd2 gxf3 23.Rxf3 Qxc2 24.Rfb3 Bb6 25.Rb2 Qxe4 26.Qxe4 Nxe4 27.Be1 Rd1 28.Rb1 Rhd8 29.h3 Nc3

30.Rxd1 Rxd1 31.Rxe5 Be3 32.Kh2 Rxe1 33.Rc5 Bxc5, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/22/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1988) - 7mrmjd1377 (Chess.com 1961), Chess.com 8/22/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ng4 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 Qe7 10.Bd3 Bf5

11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 Bxe4 13.Bxe4 Qxe4 14.Re1, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Alex5bor (lichess 1903) - JimWest (lichess 2053), lichess 8/22/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.f3 Bc5

7.fxe4 Ne7 8.e6 O-O 9.e5 Bf2+ 10.Ke2 Qe8 11.h3 Bg3 12.Nf3 Bxe6 13.Be3 Nbc6 12.c3 Qh5

13.Qd3 Nxe5 14.Qd4 Nxf3 15.gxf3 Qxf3+ 16.Kd2 Qxh1 17.Na3 Qh2+ 18.Be2 Nf5 19.Qd3 Nxe3, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 8/21/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1970) - howku (Chess.com 1938), Chess.com 8/21/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 Be7 7.c3 O-O 8.O-O Qc7 9.f5 d5 10.Qc2 dxe4 11.dxe4 Nc5 12.Nbd2 Rd8 13.b4 Ncd7 14.Kh1 a5 15.bxa5 Rxa5 16.Nb3 Ra4 17.Nbd2 Nc5 18.c4 Qa5

19.Nxe5 Bd6 20.Nef3 Bc7 21.Bb2 Ng4 22.Qc3 Qxc3 23.Bxc3 Ne3 24.Rfc1 Nd3 25.Bxd3 Rxd3 26.Nb3 Rxc4 27.Bd2 Rxc1+ 28.Rxc1 Ng4 29.Nc5 Ra3 30.h3 Nf6 31.Rc2 Bb6

32.Bb4 Re3 33.Na4 Bc7 34.e5 Bxe5 35.Bc5 Re4 36.Nxe5 Rxe5 37.g4 Nd5 38.Nb6 Nxb6 39.Bxb6 g6 40.Rd2 Re8 41.fxg6 hxg6 42.Rd8 Rxd8 43.Bxd8 Kg7

44.Bb6 f5 45.gxf5 Bxf5 46.h4 Kf6 47.Kg2 Ke5 48.Kf3 Kd5 49.Kf4 Bb1 50.a4 c5 51.Ke3 Kc4 52.Kd2 Kb4 53.a5 c4 54.Kc1 Be4 55.Kb2 c3+ 56.Ka2 Kc4 57.Be3 Bc2 58.Bg5 Kd3 59.Bf4 Ke2 60.Be5 Kd3

61.Bf4 Kc4 62.Be5 Be4 63.Bf4 Kd3 64.Kb3 Bd5+ 65.Kb4 c2 66.Kc5 Be4 67.Kb4 Ke2 68.Kc3 Kd1 69.Kb2 Bf5 70.Bg5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2051) - goodluck666 (lichess 2179), lichess 8/21/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 Nf2 8.Qf3 Qe7 9.Bxe3 Nxh1 10.Nc3 c6 11.O-O-O Be6 12.d5 cxd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Bxd5 Nd7 15.Bxb7 Rd8 16.Bc6 g6

17.Nh3 h6 18.Nf4 Bg7 19.Nd5 Qxe5 20.Bd4 Qg5+ 21.Be3 Qe5 22.Bd4 Qg5+ 23.Be3 Qe5, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/20/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1989) - bunty13081976 (Chess.com 1789), Chess.com 8/20/2026

1.e3 d6 2.e4 e5 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be2 Bg4 8.O-O Bxf3 9.Bxf3 O-O 10.Nd2 Nd4 11.c3 Ne6 12.Be3 c6 13.Kh1 Nd7 14.d4 f5

15.Qb3 Rf6 16.exf5 d5 17.fxe6 Rxe6 18.Rae1 Bg5 19.Bxg5 Rxe1 20.Rxe1 Qxg5 21.Nf1 Nb6 22.a4 Rf8 23.a5 Nc4 24.Qxb7 Nd2 25.Nxd2 Qxd2 26.Rg1 Qf2 27.Qxc6 Rxf3 28.Qxd5+ Rf7 29.b4 g6

30.h3 Kg7 31.Qe5+ Kh6 32.Re1 Qc2 33.d5 Rf2 34.Qe3+ Kg7 35.Qxa7+ Kh6 36.Qe3+ Kh7 37.Qe7+ Kh6 38.Qh4+ Kg7 39.Qg3 Qd2

40.Qe5+ Kg8 41.Qe8+ Kg7 42.Qe7+ Kg8 43.Qe3 Rxg2 44.Qxd2 Rxd2 45.c4 Rd4 46.Rc1 Kf7 47.a6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

JayKay007 (lichess 2178) - JimWest (lichess 2043), lichess 8/20/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7

6.Bg5 exf3 7.gxf3 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 Bxf5 9.Nc3 c6 10.O-O-O Be7 11.Rhg1 Bxg5+ 12.Rxg5 g6 13.Re1 Kf7 14.Ne4 Bxe4 15.fxe4 Nd7

16.Bc4+ Kg7 17.e5 d5 18.e6 Ndf6 19.Bd3 Ne7 20.h4 h6 21.Rg2 h5 22.Reg1 Rh6 23.f4 Ng4 24.Be2 Nf5 25.Bxg4 hxg4 26.Rxg4 Nxd4

27.h5 Ne2+ 28.Kd2 Nxg1 29.Rxg1 Rxh5 30.Kd3 Re8 31.Re1 Kf6, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/19/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1971) - cowboyyang (Chess.com 1817), Chess.com 8/19/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4

5.Bxf4 Nh5 6.Qxh5 Qf6 7.Qe5+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

NikeLondon (lichess 2105) - JimWest (lichess 2036), lichess 8/19/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Bf4 Bxf5 8.f3 Bb4 9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Ngxe4 Bxe4 11.Qh5+ Bg6 12.Qe5+ Qe7 13.Qxe7+ Kxe7 14.O-O-O c6 15.g3 Nd7 16.Re1+ Kf7 17.Bh3 Nf6 18.Be6+ Kf8

19.a3 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Ne4 21.c4 Bf7 22.cxd5 cxd5 23.Bf5 Re8 24.Rhf1 h5 25.c4 g6 26.Bd7 Rd8 27.Bh3 Rh7 28.cxd5 Nd6 29.Bxd6+ Rxd6 30.Be6 Kg8

31.Rxf7 Rxf7 32.Rf1 Rxe6 33.Rxf7 Kxf7 34.dxe6+ Kxe6 35.Kd2 Kd5 36.Kd3 g5 37.h3 b5 38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4 a5 40.Kc3 Ke4

41.a4 bxa4 42.Kc4 a3 43.Kb3 Kxd4 44.Kxa3 Ke4 45.Ka4 Kf4 46.Kxa5 Kxg4 47.Kb4 Kf3 48.Kc3, White resigns.

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.