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.

2 PCG Reversed Games 4/6/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1952) - ldc1943 (Chess.com 1915), Chess.com 4/6/2026

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 Nd7 12.Ne4 Nb6 13.Nd6+ Kd7 14.Bxf7 g6 15.Nh3 Nd5 16.Bg5 Bh6 17.Bxh6 Kc7 18.Rxh1 Be6

19.Bxe6 Qxe6 20.Qf7+ Qxf7 21.Nxf7 Rhe8 22.Re1 Ne7 23.Nd6 Rg8 24.Rf1 Nf5 25.Nxf5 gxf5 26.g3 Rg6 27.Be3 Re8 28.Rxf5 Re7 29.c3 b5 30.Bg5 Rd7 31.Nf4 Rg8

32.e6 Rdg7 33.Bf6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2065) - ravindran (lichess 2021), lichess 4/6/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d5 6.e5 Ng4 7.d4 g5 8.Bc1 Be7 9.Nf3 Nh6 10.Bd3 c5 11.c3 Nf5 12.Bxf5 Bxf5 13.O-O Nc6 14.Be3 cxd4 15.cxd4 Be4 16.Nc3 Bg6 17.Qb3 Nb4 18.Bxg5 Bc2

19.Qxb4 Bxb4 20.Bxd8 Rxd8 21.Rac1 Bg6 22.a3 Be7 23.Rfe1 O-O 24.e6 fxe6 25.Rxe6 Bf6 26.Rd1 a6 27.Ne5 Bf5 28.Rb6 Bc8 29.Rf1 Kg7 30.Nf3 Rf7 31.Ne5 Bxe5 32.Rxf7+ Kxf7 33.dxe5 d4

34.Ne4 Ke7 35.Kf2 h5 36.h4 Kd7 37.Rd6+ Kc7 38.Rxd8 Kxd8 39.Ke2 Bf5 40.Kd3 Ke7 41.Kxd4 Ke6 42.Nc5+ Ke7 43.Nxb7 Bc8 44.Nd6 Bd7 45.b4 Bc6 46.g3 Ke6 47.Ne4 Kf5 48.Nf2 Bf3 49.a4 Bg2

50.b5 axb5 51.axb5 Bf3 52.b6 Bb7 53.Nd3 Kg4 54.Nc5 Bc6 55.b7 Bxb7 56.Nxb7 Kxg3 57.e6 Kxh4 58.e7 Kg3 59.e8=Q h4 60.Qe3+, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/5/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Ramminew (Chess.com 2022) - JimWest (Chess.com 1961), Chess.com 4/5/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Qe2 Qe7 8.Nc3 c6 9.Nf7 Bxe6 10.Nxh8 Nf6 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.Na4 Rxh8 14.Qd2 Rf8 15.Nxc5 Qxc5 16.Be3 Qd6 17.Bxa7 b6 18.Ba6+ Kc7 19.Be2 Ra8

20.Bxb6+ Nxb6 21.Kb1 d4 22.Qxd4 Qxd4 23.Rxd4 Bxa2+ 24.Kc1 Bd5 25.Rhd1 Ra1+ 26.Kd2 Rxd1+ 27.Kxd1 c5 28.Rd2 e3 29.fxe3 Ne4 30.Bf3 Nxd2 31.Kxd2 Bxf3 32.gxf3 Nc4+ 33.Kd3 Nxb2+ 34.Kc3 Na4+ 35.Kd3 Kd6

36.c4 Ke5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2059) - Hemochetia (lichess 2038), lichess 4/5/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Be7 8.O-O Nd4 9.c3 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 c6 11.Kh1 h6 12.Nd2 O-O 13.Nc4 Qc7 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.Ne3 Rhe8 16.Nf5 Kh7 17.Nxe7 Qxe7 18.Qf5+ Kh8

19.Bxh6 Ng8 20.Bg5 Qe6 21.Qxf7 Qg4 22.Qf5 Qh5 23.g4 Qh7 24.Qxh7+ Kxh7 25.Rf5 Rf8 26.Raf1 Rxf5 27.Rxf5 Kg6 28.h4 Nf6 29.h5+ Kf7 30.Bxf6 gxf6 31.g5 Rh8

32.Rxf6+ Ke7 33.h6 a5 34.a4, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 4/4/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

sadmadbadcad (Chess.com 1928) - JimWest (Chess.com 1935), Chess.com 4/4/2026

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.Ng5 d5 8.e6 O-O 9.Nf7 Qe8

10.Qg4 Ng6 11.Nc3 Bxe6 12.Qh5 Qxf7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

danthedestroyer317 (lichess 2140) - JimWest (lichess 2059), lichess 4/4/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.Bh5+ g6 10.Be2 O-O 11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Kg7 13.O-O Re8 14.Rb1 Nbd7 15.f4 exf3 16.Nxf3 b6 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bxf6+ Nxf6 19.Ne5 Bb7

20.Bd3 g5 21.Qf3 Rf8 22.Qf5 Qe8 23.Rbe1 Bc8 24.Qf3 Qh5 25.Qg3 Qh4 26.Qxh4 gxh4 27.Ng6 Rf7 28.Nxh4 Bd7 29.Bf5 Re8 30.Bxd7 Rxe1 31.Rxe1 Nxd7 32.Rf1 Rxf1+ 33.Kxf1 Kf6

34.Kf2 b5 35.Ke3 Nb6 36.Kf4 Nc4 37.Nf5 h5 38.Ne3 Nb6 39.h3 c6 40.g4 hxg4 41.Kxg4 Na4 42.h4 Nxc3 43.h5 Ne4 44.Nf5 Nf2+ 45.Kf4 Nh3+ 46.Kg4 Nf2+ 47.Kf3 Kxf5 48.Kxf2 Kg4 49.Kf3 Kxh5

50.Kf4 a5 51.Ke5 b4 52.a4 Kg4 53.Kd6 Kf4 54.Kxc6 Ke4 55.Kc5 Ke3 56.Kxd5 Kd2 57.Kc4 Kxc2

58.d5 b3 59.d6 b2 60.d7 b1=Q 61.d8=Q Qb4+ 62.Kd5 Qd2+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/3/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Ysser1971 (Chess.com 1806) - JimWest (Chess.com 1935), Chess.com 4/3/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 c6 8.Qe2 a5 9.a4 Na6 10.Bd2 Nc5 11.O-O Qe8 12.Be3 fxe4 13.dxe4 Ncxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Qc4+ d5 16.Qe2 Bd6 17.Bb6 Ra6 18.Be3 Nf6 19.Rfe1 Qh5

20.g4 Bxg4 21.hxg4 Nxg4 22.c3 e4 23.Nd4 Qh2+ 24.Kf1 Ne5 25.Ne6 Nf3 26.Bxf3 exf3 27.Qxf3 Rxf3 28.Ke2 Rf6 29.Rh1 Qg2 30.Nxg7 Qf3+ 31.Kd2 Kxg7

32.Rag1+ Rg6 33.Bd4+ Kg8 34.Rxg6+ hxg6 35.Rh8+ Kf7 36.Rh7+ Ke6 37.Rh6 Bf4+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2092) - Icgoh26 (lichess 2033), lichess 4/3/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.d5 a6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.e6 Nf6 11.exf7+ Kxf7 12.dxc6 Qxd1+ 13.Kxd1 Bg4+ 14.Ke1 Rc8 15.Nc3 Rxc6 16.Nge2 Bd6 17.h3 Bxe2 18.Kxe2 h6 19.Be3 Rb8

20.Rab1 Be5 21.Bd2 Ke6 22.Rhf1 Rcb6 23.b3 Bd4 24.Rxf6+ gxf6 25.Nxe4 f5 26.Nf2 Bxf2 27.Kxf2 h5 28.Re1+ Kf6 29.Bc3+ Kg6 30.Re7 R8b7 

31.Re8 Kg5 32.Bd2+ Kg6 33.Bc3 Kg5 34.Bd2+ Kg6 35.Bc3, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/2/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

payungcs (Chess.com 1792) - JimWest (Chess.com 1917), Chess.com 4/2/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bg5 c6 9.Nd2 d5 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Bg4 Bxg4 12.Qxg4 Qd7 13.Qe2 Qe8 14.Rae1 Qg6 15.Nf3 Nd7 16.Qd1 Rae8 17.Re2 Bd8 18.Rfe1 Rxf3

19.Kh1 Rff8 20.f3 Ba5 21.a3 Bxc3 22.bxc3 h6 23.Qb1 b5 24.Qb4 a6 25.a4 c5 26.Qa3 Qc6 27.axb5 axb5 28.Qb3 Kh8 29.d4 c4 30.Qb4 e4 31.Qb1 Nf6

32.fxe4 Rxe4 33.Rf2 Rxe1+ 34.Qxe1 Re8 35.Qf1 Qe6 36.h3 Qe1 37.Kh2 Qxf1 38.Rxf1 Re2 39.Rf3 Rxc2 40.h4 h5, White resigns. 

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2074) - mohammed-helal 2045), lichess 4/2/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Be2 d6 7.Na4 Bd4 8.c3 Bxg1 9.Rxg1 b5 10.fxe5 Nxe5 11.d4 bxa4 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Bg5 Rd6 15.Bxf6 Rxf8 16.O-O-O Be6 17.Kb1 Rb8 18.a3 Bd7

19.Bc4 Bg4 20.Rdf1 Be6 21.Rxf6 gxf6 22.Bxe6 fxe6 23.Rd1 Rb6 24.Rd8+ Kf7 25.Rd7+ Kg6 26.Rxc7 f5 27.exf5+ exf5 28.Rxa7 e4 29.Kc2 Rd6 30.Re7 h5 31.h4 Kf6 32.Re8 Re6 33.Rxe6+ Kxe6

34.g3 Kd5 35.b4 axb3+ 36.Kxb3 Kc5 37.a4 Kb6 38.c4 Kc5 39.a5 Kc6 40.Kc3 Kb7 41.Kd4 Ka6 42.c5 Kxa5 43.Kd5 Ka6 44.c6 Kb6 45.Kd6 e3 46.c7 e2 47.c8=Q e1=Q

48.Qc5+ Ka6 49.Qe5 Qb1 50.Ke6 Qe4 51.Kf6 Qg4 52.Qf4 Kb6 53.Qxg4 fxg4 54.Kg5 Kc6 55.Kxh5 Kd6 56.Kxg4, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 4/1/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Aahil020119 (Chess.com 1749) - JimWest (Chess.com 1918), Chess.com 4/1/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 c6 7.d3 Nf6 8.a4 Nbd7 9.Ng5 d5 10.Bb3 h6 11.Nf3 Qc7 12.Re1 O-O-O 13.Nh4 Bh7 14.a5 g5 15.Nf3 Bd6 16.a6 b6 17.g3 Rhf8 18.Kg2 e4 

19.Nh4 gxh4 20.dxe4 Nxe4 21.f3 Nxc3 22.bxc3 hxg3 23.h3 h5 24.Qd4 Rf7 25.Bh6 Bc5 26.Qd2 Bf2 27.Re2 Ne5 28.Bf4 Re8 29.c4 dxc4 30.Bxc4 Rfe7 31.Bb3 Qd7 32.Qxd7+ Nxd7

33.Rd2 Nc5 34.Bc4 Be3 35.Bxe3 Rxe3 36.Rad1 h4 37.Rd4 Bxc2 38.R1d2 Nb3 39.Bxb3 Bxb3 40.Rxh4 Re2+ 41.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 42.Kxg3 Re8 43.Rh7 Kb8 44.h4 Bc4 45.h5 Bxa6 46.h6 c5

47.f4 Bc4 48.f5 Bd3 49.Rf7 Rh8 50.h7 Bxf5 51.Rxf5 Rxh7 52.Kf4 Kb7 53.Ke4 Rd7 54.Rf2 a5 55.Rc2 a4 56.Ke5 Rd4 57.Ke6 Kc6 58.Ke7 b5 59.Ke6 b4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ileri_T (lichess 2157) - JimWest (lichess 2074), lichess 4/1/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 Be7 6.d4 e4 7.Nd2 Nf6 8.O-O d5 9.Bb3 Nc6 10.Ne2 O-O 11.Re1 Kh8 12.Nf1 Na5 13.Ne3 Nxb3 14.axb3 Bg6 15.Nf4 Bf7 16.Nf5 c6 17.Nxe7 Qxe7 18.Bd2 a6 19.Rc1 Rfe8

20.c4 Rac8 21.c5 g5 22.Nd3 Bh5 23.f3 Qg7 24.Ne5 exf3 25.gxf3 g4 26.fxg4 Nxg4 27.Nxg4 Bxg4

28.Rxe8+ Rxe8 29.Bh6 Qxh6 30.Qxg4 Qxc1+ 31.Kg2 Rg8 32.Qxg8+ Kxg8 33.h4 Qxb2+ 34.Kh3 Qxb3+ 35.Kg4 Qd1+, White resigns.

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PCG & PCG Reversed 3/30/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

buktop66 (Chess.com 1975) - JimWest (Chess.com 1929), Chess.com 3/30/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Re1 a5 9.Bf1 Na6 10.d4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Rxe4 Bf5 13.Re1 e4 14.Nh2 d5 15.Ng4 Bxg4 16.Qxg4 Qc8 17.Qxc8 Rfxc8 18.a3 Nc7 19.c4 Bf6 

20.Be3 Ne6 21.Red1 Bg5 22.Be2 Bxe3 23.fxe3 Re8 24.Rac1 Nc7 25.cxd5 Nxd5 26.Bc4 Rac8 27.Bxd5+ cxd5 28.Rc5 Rxc5 29.dxc5 Rd8 30.Kf2 Kf7 31.Kg3 Ke6 

32.b4 axb4 33.axb4 Ra8 34.Rc1 Ke5 35.b5 Rc8 36.Kf2 h5 37.g4 hxg4 38.hxg4 g5 39.Ke2 d4 40.exd4+ Kxd4 41.c6 bxc6 42.Rxb6 Rb8 43.b6 Kd5 44.Rg6 Kd4 43.Rd6+ Ke5 44.Rg6 Kd4 45.Rd6+ Ke5 46.Rg6 Kf4

47.Rf6+ Kxg4 48.Ke3 Kg3 49.Kxe4 g4 50.Kd5 Kg2 51.Rg6 g3 52.Kc6 Kf2 53.Kc7 Rxb6 54.Kxb6 g2 55.Rxg2+ Kxg2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2108) - N_CHOUAIB (lichess 2017), lichess 3/30/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng8 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Bxd7+ Qxd7 9.c3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bb4+ 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.Nge2 Nge7 13.O-O Bxc3 14.bxc3 O-O 15.Ba3 Na5 16.Ng3 Nc4 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Qe2 Qe6 19.Nxe4 f5

20.Ng5 Qc6 21.Rad1 Rae8 22.Kh1 Nb6 23.Qf3 Qxf3 24.Nxf3 Nd5 25.Rd3 Rc8 26.Rc1 b5 27.a3 Nf4 28.Rd2 Nd5 29.Rdc2 Ne3 30.Rb2 a6 31.Kg1 Nd5

32.Rb3 Rc7 33.Nd2 Rfc8 34.Nb1 g6 35.Kf2 Kf7 36.g3 Rc4 37.Ke2 Rxd4 38.cxd4 Rxc1 39.Nd2 Rc2 40.Kd3 Rc1 41.Ke2 g5 42.Rf2 Kg6 43.h3 Rh1 44.g4 fxg4 45.hxg4 Rg1 46.Rf8 Rxg4 47.Ra8 h5 48.Rxa6+ Kf5

49.Nf3 Rg2+ 50.Kd3 Nf4+ 51.Kc3 Rg3 52.Rf6+ Kg4 53.Kb4 Rxf3 54.Kxb5 Nd5 55.Rxf3 Kxf3 56.Kc5 Ne7 57.d5 h4 58.d6 h3 59.dxe7 h2 60.e8=Q h1=Q 61.Qc6+, Black resigns.