2 PCG Reversed Games 11/15/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2051) - blueshoess (Chess.com 2042), Chess.com 11/15/2025

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 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Bg4 12.Be2 O-O-O 13.Nc3 Bxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Qxe5 15.Nxd5 Nf2

16.Bf4 Nxd1 17.Bxe5 Ne3+ 18.Nxe3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2017) - Arkadiy1987 (lichess 2006), lichess 11/15/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Ng6 9.e5 Ne4 10.Nf3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Nbd2 Nxd2 13.Bxd2 c5 14.c3 cxd4 15.cxd4 Qb6 16.Bc3 h6 17.Kh1 Nf4 18.Qd2 Ne6 19.a4 Bg5

20.Nxg5 Nxg5 21.a5 Qg6 22.Qf4 Rac8 23.Qf5 Qxf5 24.Rxf5 Ne4 25.Bb4 Rfe8 26.Raf1 Rc7 27.Bd6 Rd7 28.b4 Nxd6 29.exd6 Rxd6 30 Rxf7 Rf6 31.R7xf6 gxf6 32.h3 Kg7

33.Rc1 Re4 34.Rc7+ Kg6 35.Rxb7 Rxd4 36.Rxa7 Rxb4 37.Rd7 d4 38.a6 Ra4 39.a7 Kf5 40.a8=Q Rxa8 41.Rxd4 Ra2 42.Rb4 h5 43.Kh2 Kg5 44.h4+ Kf5 45.Kh3 Ra3+ 46.g3 Rc3

47.Rb5+ Kg6 48.Rb8 Ra3 49.Rg8+ Kh6 50.Rb8 Kg6 51.Rg8+ Kh6 52.Rb8 Kg6, draw.

2 PCG Games 11/14/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

hubertpllocica (Chess.com 2012) - JimWest (Chess.com 2047), Chess.com 11/14/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.O-O Nc6 13.Bxf6+ Bxf6 14.Qg3+ Kxh8 15.c3 Bf5 16.Nd2 Qd7 17.Qf4 Re8 18.Kh1 Bg7 19.Rae1 Bg6

20.h3 Rf8 21.Qg3 Re8 22.Qf4 Rf8 23.Qh4 Bf6 24.Qg3 Bg7 25.Nxe4 Qd5 26.Nc5 Qxa2 27.Qxc7 Qxb2 28.Qxb7 Qxb7 29.Nxb7 Bd3 30.Rg1 Rxf2 31.Re8+ Rf8 32.Rge1 Bg6 33.Rxf8+ Bxf8

34.d5 Nb8 35.d6 Nd7 36.Ra1 Be4 37.Rxa7 Bxb7 38.Rxb7 Nc5 39.Re7 Kg8 40.Re3 Bxd6 41.c4 Kf7 42.g4 h6 43.Kg2 Ne6 44.Rf3+ Kg6 45.h4 Nf4+ 46.Kf1 Ne6 47.Rd3 Be7

48.Re3 Kf6 49.Rf3+ Kg6 50.Re3 Kf6 51.Rf3+ Kg6 52.Re3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Chessburashka_25 (lichess 2055) - JimWest (lichess 2010), lichess 11/14/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Ndxe4 Nxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxd4

10.Qh5+ g6 11.fxg6 Qxe4+ 12.Be2 Qxe2+ 13.Qxe2 Nxe2, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 11/13/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2088) - RiceMonarchy (Chess.com 2011), Chess.com 11/13/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.c3 a5 6.Nf3 Ng4 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Ba7 9.Nc3 c6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O Nf6 12.Kh1 h6 13.Be3 Re8 14.Qd2 Ng4 15.Bg1 Nf6 16.Rae1 Nbd7 17.a4 Nf8 18.e5 dxe5 19.fxe5 Nd5

20.Nxd5 Qxd5 21.b3 Qxb3 22.Bc2 Qc4 23.Rc1 Qd5 24.Qd3 Be6 25.Rb1 Rab8 26.Nh4 Red8 27.Nf5 Qd7 28.Qg3 Bxf5 29.Rxf5 Bxd4 30.Bxd4 Qxd4 31.Rbf1 Rd7 32.Bb3 Ne6

33.Rxf7 Rxf7 34.Bxe6 Rbf8 35.Qb3 Qxe5 36.Bxf7+ Kh8 37.Bc4 Rxf1+ 38.Bxf1 Qa1 39.Kg1 Qd4+ 40.Kh1 Qa1 41.Kg1 Qd4+ 42.Kh1 Qa1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2002) - SSahoo (lichess 1907), lichess 11/13/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Ng4 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Nf3 Re8 10.Bd3 d5 11.e5 Nc6 12.O-O Nxd4

13.Nxd4 Bc5 14.Nce2 Qh4 15.h3 Nh6 16.Kh2 Bxh3 17.Nf3 Ng4+ 18.Kh1 Bxg2+ 19.Kxg2 Qh5 20.Rh1 Ne3+ 21.Bxe3 Qg4+ 22.Ng3 Bxe3 23.Rh4 Qd7

24.Bxh7+ Kf8 25.Bf5 Qb5 26.Bd3 Qxb2+ 27.Kh1 Qf2 28.Rh8+ Ke7 29.Nf5+ Kd7 30.Bb5+, Black forfeits.

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/12/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2090) - Senior_Citizen_1965 (Chess.com 1974), Chess.com 11/12/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d5 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Nxe2 dxe4 7.fxe5 Ng4 8.d4 e3 9.O-O Qh4 10.h3 Nf2 11.Qe1 Nxh3+ 12.gxh3 Qxh3 13.Qg3 Qxg3+ 14.Nxg3 Nc6 15.c3 Ne7 16.Bxe3 Nd5 17.Bd2 f6 18.c4 Nb6 19.exf6 gxf6

20.b3 O-O-O 21.d5 Rg8 22.Bf4 Bc5+ 23.Kh2 Bd4 24.Nd2 Bxa1 25.Rxa1 Rg4 26.Rf1 Nd7 27.Nde4 Rdg8

28.Be3 h5 29.Rf4 h4 30.Nh5 Rg2+ 31.Kh3 Rxa2 32.Nexf6 Nxf6 33.Rxf6 Rb2 34.Rf3 Rxb3 35.Nf6 Rg3+ 36.Rxg3 hxg3 37.Bf4 Rc3 38.Bxg3 Rxc4 39.d6 cxd6 40.Bxd6 Rc6

41.Be5 Rxf6 42.Bxf6 Kd7 43.Kg3 Ke6 44.Bc3 Kd5 45.Kf3 Kc4 46.Bg7 Kd3 47.Kf2 b5 48.Ke1 b4 49.Kd1 a5 50.Kc1 a4 51.Kb2 Kc4 52.Bf8 b3 53.Ka3 b2 54.Kxb2 a3+ 55.Bxa3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

samrat9898 (lichess 2005) - JimWest (lichess 2012), lichess 11/12/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 c6 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.d4 e4 8.Nh2 d5 9.Qh5+ Bg6 10.Qe5+ Qe7 11.Bg5 Qxe5 12.dxe5 h6 13.Bf4 Nd7 14.Nd2 Nc5 15.O-O-O Ne6 16.Bg3 O-O-O 17.f4 Be7 18.Rhf1 e3

19.f5 exd2+ 20.Kb1 Bh5 21.fxe6 Bxd1 22.Rxd1 Rge8 23.Nf3 Bg5 24.Nxg5 hxg5 25.Rxd2 Rxe6 26.b3 Rf8 27.Re2 Kd7 28.Bf2 Rxf2 29.Rxf2 Rxe5 30.Rf7+ Re7 31.Rf5 Ke6 32.Rxg5 Kf6 33.h4 Re1+ 34.Kb2 Rh1 35.g3 g6

36.a4 a5 37.c3 Rf1 38.b4 b6 39.bxa5 bxa5 40.c4 Rf2+ 41.Kc3 Rf3+ 42.Kd4 Ra3 43.cxd5 Rxa4+ 44.Kc5 cxd5 45.Kxd5 Ra1 46.Kc4 a4 47.Kb4 Ra2 48.Rg4 a3 49.Kb3 Ra1 50.Ra4 Rg1

51.Rg4 Ra1 52.Rg5 Kf7 53.Ka4 Kf6 54.Kb3 Kf7 55.Kc2 Rf1 56.Kb3 Rf3+ 57.Ka2 Kf6 58.Rg4 Kf5 59.Rg5+ Kf6 60.Ka1 Rf2 61.Ra5 Rf3 62.Rg5 Rf2 63.Kb1 Rg2 64.Rg4 Kf5 65.Rf4+ Ke5 66.Rf3 a2+ 67.Ka1 Ke4

68.Rc3 Kf5 69.Rf3+ Kg4 70.Rf6 Rxg3 71.Rxg6+ Kxh4 72.Rxg3 Kxg3 73.Kxa2, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/11/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Bastian_Black (Chess.com 2035) - JimWest (Chess.com 2093), Chess.com 11/11/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e3

10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qh6 Nxh6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2007) - nksupermarket (lichess 1937), lichess 11/11/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O b6 8.a4 Bb7 9.c3 h6 10.Na3 e5

11.Nc4 d5 12.exd5 Qxd5 13.fxe5 Qxc4, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/10/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Takticfuchs2005 (Chess.com 2117) - JimWest (Chess.com 2068), Chess.com 11/10/2025

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.e6 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Bg5 Nbd7

11.Qh5+ Nxh5 12.Bxe7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

thilakderm (lichess 1986) - JimWest (lichess 2002), lichess 11/10/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.Qe2 Nc6 9.O-O Bd6 10.Nc3 Nd4 11.Qd1 Nxb3 12.axb3 O-O 13.Nb5 a6 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.Re1 h6 16.Nf3 e4 17.dxe4 fxe4 18.Nd4 Ng4

19.g3 Nxf2 20.Qh5 Bg4 21.Qh4 Nf3+ 22.Kh1 Qf6 23.Qxg4 Nf2+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 11/9/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

DeepTheory2025 (Chess.com 2170) - JimWest (Chess.com 2058), Chess.com 11/9/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.c3 Nh6 8.Qb3 g5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nbd2 g4 11.Ne1 Bc5 12.Nd3 Bb6 13.Kh1 Nd7 14.Be6 Nf8 15.Bxc8 Rxc8 16.Nc4 Nd7 17.a4 Nc5 18.Nxc5 Bxc5 19.Qxb7 O-O

20.b4 Qe6 21.Qa6 Be7 22.Nb2 Kh8 23.Qc4 Qf6 24.Nd3 Rg8 25.g3 fxg3 26.hxg3 Qf3+ 27.Kh2 Nf7 28.Be3 Qf6 29.Rh1 Ng5

30.Nxe5 Qxe5 31.Kg2 Nf3 32.Bf4 Qg7 33.Bh6 Qg6 34.Bf4 Bg5 35.Bxg5 Qxg5 36.Qe6 Qg7 37.Rh6 Rge8 38.Rxg7+ Qxg7 39.Qf6+ Qg7 40.Rh1+ Kg8 41.Qf5 Ne5 42.Rh5 Nf7

43.e5 Rxe5 44.Qxc8+ Qf8 45.Qxg4+ Qg7 46.Qc8+ Qf8, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

klausfranz (lichess 2014) - JimWest (lichess 1990), lichess 11/9/2025

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.d5 f4 7.Nxh7 Qh4 8.dxc6 Ng4 9.Qf3 Rxh7 10.h3 bxc6 11.Nc3 Nf6 12.Rg1 Bd7 13.Bd2 Rb8 14.O-O-O g5 15.Ne2 g4 16.hxg4 Bxg4 17.Qa3 Bxe2 18.Qxa7 Bxc4 19.Qxb8+ Kf7

20.Qxc7+ Kg8 21.Qxc6 Be2 22.g3 Qh5 23.gxf5+ Kh8 24.Rde1 Bf3 25.fxe5 Nxe4 26.exd6 Nxd2 27.Qc3+ Bg7

28.Qxd2 Bh6 29.Re3 Bxe3 30.fxe3 Rd7 31.Qd4+ Kh7 32.e4 Qh6+ 33.Kb1 Qxd6 34.Rg7+ Rxg7, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/8/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

gm_knight24 (Chess.com 1843) - JimWest (Chess.com 2050), Chess.com 11/8/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.h3 Nf6 7.Re1 Qc7 8.c3 b5 9.Bb3 h6 10.d4 a5 11.a4 bxa4 12.Bxa4 Be7 13.b3 O-O 14.Bb2 Nbd7 15.c4 Nb6 16.dxe5 Nxa4 17.Rxa4 dxe5 18.Bxe5 Qb6 19.Bxf4 Rd8

20.Qc2 Bb4 21.Nc3 Re8 22.e5 Nd7 23.Qg6 Bxc3 24.Qxe8+ Nf8 25.Re2 Qxb3 26.Raa2 Bb7 27.Qe7 Ba6 28.e6 Bxc4 29.Qf7+ Kh8 30.Ne5 Bxe6 31.Ng6+ Nxg6 32.Qxg6 Qd1+ 33.Kh2 Bxa2

34.Rxa2 Qd5 35.Re2 Rf8 36.Bd6 Qf7 37.Qc2 Rd8 38.Qxc3 Rxd6 39.Qa5 Rf6 40.f3 Kh7 41.Re4 Rf4 42.Re5 Rf6 43.Qc5 Qc7 44.Kg1 Qd6 45.Qe3 Qd1+ 46.Kh2 Qd6 47.Qe4+ Kg8 48.g3 Qd2+ 49.Kh1 Qd1+ 50.Kg2 Qd2+ 51.Kf1 Qd1+ 52.Kf2 Qd2+ 53.Qe2 Qxe2+ 54.Kxe2 Kf7

55.f4 Re6 56.Rxe6 Kxe6 57.Kd3 h5 58.g4 hxg4 59.hxg4 Kd5 60.f5 Ke5 61.Kc4 Kf4 62.Kc5 Kxg4 63.Kxc6 Kxf5 64.Kd5 g5 65.Kd4 Kf4 66.Kd3 Kf3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 1989) - Gukeshprime (lichess 2030), lichess 11/8/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 Nc6 9.Nf3 Bb6 10.Bd3 Nc5 11.Be3 Nxd3+ 12.cxd3 Bf5 13.Bxb6 axb6 14.Nf2 Ke7 15.O-O Rhd8 16.Rhd1 Nb4 17.d4 Rxa2 18.Rxa2 Nxa2 19.g4 Be6 

20.Ng5 h6 21.Nxe6 Kxe6 22.Ra1 Nb4 23.Ra7 Rxd4 24.Rxb7 Rd7 25.Rb8 Kxe5 26.Re8+ Kd4 27.Re4+ Kc5 28.b3 Kd5 29.Rxb4 Rd6 30.Rf4 f6 31.h4 Ke5 32.Re4+ Kd5 33.Re7 c5 34.Rxg7 c4 35.bxc4+ Kxc4

36.g5 fxg5 37.hxg5 hxg5 38.Rxg5 b5 39.Rg4+ Kb3 40.Ne4 Rd1+ 41.Kf2 b4 42.Nc5+ Ka3 43.Rg3+ Ka2 44.Nd3 b3 45.Nb4+ Ka1 46.Rxb3 Rd2+ 47.Ke1 Rd6 48.Nd3 Ka2 49.Rb2+ Ka3 50.Rd2 Re3+ 51.Kd1 Ka4

52.Nc5+, Black resigns.