2 PCG Games 6/19/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

MightyJoe001 (Chess.com 1939) - JimWest (Chess.com 1996), Chess.com 6/19/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.Nh4 O-O 8.exd6 cxd6 9.g3 Nbc6 10.Nc3 d5 11.Qh5 g6 12.Qg5 Nf5 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Nxf5 Bxf5 15.O-O-O Ne7 16.h3 Rac8 17.g4 Be6 18.Nb5 a6 19.Nd4 Bf7

20.Kb1 Nc6 21.a3 Nxd4 22.Rxd4 b5 23.c3 g5 24.Be2 Bg6 25.Ka1 Rd7 26.h4 h6 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.f3 Rf8 29.fxe4 Bxe4 30.Rh6 Rf2 31.Bd1 Rf1 32.Ka2 a5

33.Rb6 b4 34.cxb4 axb4 35.Rbxb4 Rc7 36.Be2 Bb1+ 37.Kb3 Bc2+ 38.Ka2 Bb1+ 39.Ka1 Re1 40.Rd1 Rc1 41.Rxc1 Rxc1 42.b3 Bd3+ 43.Kb2 Rc2+ 44.Ka1 Rxe2

45.a4 Re4 46.Rb6 Rxg4 47.a5 Kf7 48.a6 Bxa6 49.Rxa6 Rb4 50.Kb2 g4 51.Kc3 Rb8 52.Rd6 Rb5 53.b4 g3 54.Ra6 d4+ 55.Kc4 Rg5 56.Ra1 g2 57.Rg1 Rg4

58.b5 Ke6 59.b6 Kd7 60.Kb5 Kc8 61.Ka6 Kb8 62.Re1 Rg8 63.Rg1 d3 64.Kb5 Kb7 65.Kc4 d2 66.Kc3 d1=Q 67.Rxd1 g1=Q 68.Rxg1 Rxg1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

EU1992 (lichess 1979) - JimWest (lichess 2042), lichess 6/19/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nc3 c6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O f4 10.Be2 b5 11.g3 g5 12.h4 g4 13.Nh2 f3 14.Nxf3 gxf3 15.Bxf3 Bg7 16.Bg2 Qf6 17.Qg5 Qxg5+ 18.hxg5 Rxf2

19.Bh3 Bxh3 20.Rxh3 Nd7 21.Rdh1 Nf8 22.Nd1 Rf3 23.Kd2 d5 24.Ke2 dxe4 25.dxe4 Rf7 26.Ne3 Rd8 27.Nf5 Rfd7 28.Rxh7 Nxh7, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/18/2925

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2009) - antonyoung17 (Chess.com 2074), Chess.com 6/18/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Bg4 12.Be2 Nf2 13.Kxf2 Bc5+ 14.Kg2 O-O-O 15.Nc3 Qf5 16.Qd3 Bh3+ 17.Kh1 Rhe8 18.Qxf5+ Bxf5 19.Bf4 Bxc2

20.Rc1 Bf5 21.Nb5 Bb6 22.a4 Kd7 23.b4 a6 24.a5 axb5 25.axb6 c6 26.Bxb5 Be4 27.Be2 Ra8 28.Kg1 Ra2 29.Nd4 Rea8 30.Bg4+ Ke8 31.Bf3 Bxf3 32.Nxf3 Ra1 33.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 34.Kg2 Ra2+ 35.Kg3 Rb2 36.Bd2 h6

37.h4 Ke7 38.Bc3 Rb3 39.Bd4 Rxb4 40.Bc5+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

damir_a_zakirov (lichess 1993) - JimWest (lichess 2038), lichess 6/18/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.Be2 Bxf5 8.Bh5+ Nxh5 9.Qxh5+ g6 10.Qe2 Be7 11.g4 Bxg5 12.Bxg5 Qxg5 13.gxf5 Qc1+ 14.Qd1 Qxd1+ 15.Kxd1 gxf5 16.Ke2 Nc6 17.c3 O-O-O 18.Nd2 Rdg8 19.Rhg1 Rg6

20.f3 Rhg8 21.Rxg6 Rxg6 22.fxe4 fxe4 23.Nf1 Rg2+ 24.Ke3 Rxb2 25.h4 Rc2, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/17/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1999) - santosh_sahu (Chess.com 1978), Chess.com 6/17/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 c5 9.c3 Be7 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.O-O O-O 13.Nbd2 f5 14.Nxe4 fxe4 15.Ng5 h6 16.Nh3 Rxf1+ 17.Qxf1 Qg4 18.Be3 Rf8 19.Nf2 Qe6

20.Qe2 Nf4 21.Bxf4 Rxf4 22.Nh3 Rf7 23.Rf1 c4 24.Rxf7 Qxf7 25.b3 b5 26.bxc4 bxc4 27.g3 g5 28.Qf2 Qxf2+ 29.Kxf2 Ba3 30.Ke2 Bc1 31.Nf2 h5 32.g4 h4 33.h3 Kf7

34.Nd1 Ke6 35.Ne3 Ba3 36.Nf5 Kd7 37.Kd2 Ke6 38.Kc2 Kd7 39.Ne3 Ke6 40.Nf5 Kd7 41.Ne3 Ke6 42.Nf5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

toad1971 (lichess 2029) - JimWest (lichess 2040), lichess 6/17/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng1 Bxf5 6.Nc3 d5 7.a3 Nf6 8.Bf4 c6 9.Be5 Nbd7 10.Bf4 Be7 11.Nb1 O-O 12.c4 Be6 13.c5 Ng4

14.h3 Nxf2 15.Kxf2 Rxf4+ 16.Ke1 Bh4+ 17.Kd2 Qf6 18.Be2 Qxd4+ 19.Kc1 Qxc5+ 20.Nc3 d4 21.Qd2 e3 22.b4 exd2+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/16/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

XYXThe_64_SquaresXYX (Chess.com 1887) - JimWest (Chess.com 2000), Chess.com 6/16/2025

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.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bxf6+ Bxf6 13.Qxe4 Qxd4 14.Qxd4 Bxd4 15.c3 Bf6 16.Be2 Nc6 17.O-O Kxh8 18.Rad1 Be6 19.a3 Rg8

20.f4 Ne7 21.Bf3 b6 22.Rfe1 Bc8 23.Kf2 a5 24.Re3 Nf5 25.Red3 Be7 26.b4 axb4 27.axb4 Bd6 28.g3 Ba6 29.R3d2 Re8 30.Re1 Rxe1 31.Kxe1 Ne3

32.Kf2 Nf1 33.Rd1 Nxh2 34.Bh5 Bc8 35.Ra1 Ng4+ 36.Kf3 Nf6 37.Ra8 Nxh5 38.Rxc8+ Kg7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2031) - EVGENIY22772025 (lichess 2152), lichess 6/16/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O f6 11.c3 Bg4 12.Nbd2 fxe5 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Qb3+ Qd5 16.Nxe5 Rxf1+ 17.Kxf1 Rf8+ 18.Kg1 Be6 19.Qxd5 cxd5

20.Be3 Bd6 21.Rf1 Rxf1+ 22.Kxf1 c5 23.h3 cxd4 24.Bxd4 Bxe5 25.Bxe5 Kf8 26.Ke2 a6 27.Ke3 g6 28.Kd4 Ke7 29.h4 Kd7 30.g3 Kc6, draw.

2 PCG Games 6/15/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

ChessGamePlay97 (Chess.com 2065) - JimWest (Chess.com 1978), Chess.com 6/15/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qe2 Bd6 7.Ng5 Nd4 8.Qd3 fxe4 9.Qxe4 Nf6 10.Qh4 Rf8 11.Nxh7 Nxh7 12.Qxh7 Qf6 13.O-O Bf5 14.Qh5+ g6 15.Qd1 O-O-O 16.Na3 Bxa3 17.bxa3 Nxc2 18.Qe2 Nxa1 19.Be3 Nc2

20.Bxa7 Nd4 21.Qb2 Be4 22.Re1 Qc6 23.f3 Rxf3 24.Bxd4 Rxd4 25.gxf3 Bxf3 26.Be6+ Kb8 27.Rxe5 Re4 28.Rxe4 Qxe4 29.Bh3 Qe3+ 30.Qf2 Qxf2+ 31.Kxf2 Bd5 32.Kg3 Bxa2

33.Kf4 Bb1 34.Bg4 c5 35.h4 Kc7 36.h5 gxh5 37.Bxh5 b5 38.Ke5 Kb6 39.Be2 Bc2 40.Kd5 Bb3+ 41.Ke4 Ka5 42.Kd3 Bc4+ 43.Kd2 Bxe2 44.Kxe2 Ka4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Jayatlas (lichess 1973) - JimWest (lichess 2045), lichess 6/15/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.O-O Nf6 9.c4 d4 10.f4 Bd6 11.fxe5 Bxe5 12.Re1 Qd6 13.Bxc6+ bxc6 14.Nf3 Ng4 15.h3 O-O 16.hxg4 Bg3 17.Rf1 f4 18.Nbd2 Bxg4 19.Ne4 Qg6

20.Nxg3 fxg3 21.Qd2 Qh5 22.Qg5 Bxf3 23.Qxh5 Bxh5 24.Bf4 Be2 25.Bxg3 Bxf1 26.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 27.Kxf1 Re8 28.Bf4 Kf7 29.b4 Ke6 30.a4 Rf8, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/14/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

vuninh140306 (Chess.com 1803) - JimWest (Chess.com 1973), Chess.com 6/14/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.dxe5 Bb4 7.Qd4 c5 8.Qd1 d4 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 e3 11.Ne4 exf2+ 12.Kxf2 Qh4+ 13.Ng3 Ne7 14.cxd4 O-O+ 15.Kg1 Qxd4+ 16.Qxd4 cxd4 17.Bc4+ Kh8 18.Bb2 Nbc6 19.Re1 Bf5

20.Nxf5 Rxf5 21.h3 Rxe5 22.Rxe5 Nxe5 23.Bb3 N7c6 24.Kh2 Rf8 25.Rd1 Rf4 26.Kg3 Re4 27.Bd5 Re3+ 28.Kf4 Ng6+ 29.Kg5 Re5+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Timbo23 (lichess 2105) - JimWest (lichess 2038), lichess 6/14/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.O-O Bd6 9.Re1 Nf6 10.Bf4 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Bxe5 Bxe5 13.Rxe5 Ng4 14.Ne6 Qh4 15.Nxf8 Qxh2+ 16.Kf1 Qxe5 17.Nxh7 Kxh7 18.Nd2 Bd7

19.Nf3 Nh2+ 20.Kg1 Nxf3+ 21.Qxf3 Re8 22.g3 g6 23.Kg2 Kg7 24.Rh1 Rh8 25.Rd1 d4 26.Rd2 Qd5 27.Qxd5 cxd5 28.Re2 Re8 29.Rd2 Kf6 30.Rd1 g5 31.Rh1 Kg7

32.c3 dxc3 33.bxc3 Bb5 34.d4 Bc4 35.a3 a6 36.Rb1 Re7 37.Kf3 Be2+ 38.Kg2 Bd3 39.Rb6 g4 40.Rd6 Be4+ 41.Kf1 Rb7 42.Rxa6 Bd3+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/13/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

riddhu1177 (Chess.com 1810) - JimWest (Chess.com 1987), Chess.com 6/13/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.d5 f4 7.dxc6 Qxg5 8.cxb7 Bxb7 9.g3 Bxe4 10.gxf4 exf4 11.Qe2 Qe7 12.Rg1 f3 13.Qe3 Nf5

14.Qf4 Bxc2+ 15.Kd2 Be4 16.Re1 d5 17.Bxd5 Qb4+ 18.Nc3 Qd4#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

fdjhnfgn (lichess 1938) - JimWest (lichess 2034), lichess 6/13/2025

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.Bxe3 dxe3 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.Nf7+ Ke7 13.Nxh8 Nh6 14.fxe3 Nc6 15.Bd3 Bf5 16.e4 Be6 17.Ng6+ hxg6 18.Kd2 Nxe5

19.Ke3 Nhg4+ 20.Ke2 Nxd3 21.h3 Ngf2 22.Rhb1 b6 23.c5 Rd8 24.cxb6 axb6 25.a4 Nxe4 26.a5 Nxc3+, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/12/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2002) - keepitsimp (Chess.com 1941), Chess.com 6/12/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Nd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.c3 Bf5 8.Bc4 Be7 9.Ne2 O-O 10.O-O Be6 11.Bb3 b5 12.Bc2 f5 13.exf6 Nxf6 14.Bg5 Qd5

15.Bxf6 Rxf6 16.Rxf6 Bxf6 17.Nf4 Qd6 18.Nxe6 Qxe6 19.Bb3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Kasbarobe (lichess 1916) - JimWest (lichess 2030), lichess 6/12/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.Qa4+ Nc6 9.a3 dxc3 10.axb4 cxb2 11.Bxb2 Qxg5 12.b5 Nge7 13.bxc6 Nxc6 14.Be2 O-O 

15.O-O Bh3 16.g3 Bxf1 17.Bxf1 Nxe5 18.Qb5 Nf3+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/11/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

nguyenvungocDuyen0105 (Chess.com 2060) - JimWest (Chess.com 1990), Chess.com 6/11/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.c3 Nd7 6.Qb3 Nc5 7.Qd1 Nf6 8.O-O Bd3 9.Bxd3 Nxd3 10.Qe2 Nxc1 11.Rxc1 c6 12.d4 e4 13.Nbd2 d5 14.Ne5 Bd6 15.c4 O-O 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Qb5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Ng4

19.f3 Nxe5 20.fxe4 dxe4 21.Nxe4 Qd4+ 22.Kh1 Qxe4 23.Re1 Qc6 24.Rxe5 Qxb5 25.Rxb5 b6 26.Kg1 Rac8 27.h3 h6 28.Rf1 Rxf1+ 29.Kxf1 Rc2 30.a3 Kf7 31.Rb3 g5

32.Rf3+ Kg6 33.Rf2 Rxf2+ 34.Kxf2 Kf5 35.Kf3 h5 36.g4+ hxg4+ 37.hxg4+ Ke5 38.Ke3 b5 39.b3 a5 40.b4 a4 41.Kd3 Kf4 42.Kd4 Kxg4 43.Kc5 Kf5 44.Kxb5 g4 45.Kc6 g3 46.b5 g2 47.b6 g1=Q

48.b7 Qc1+ 49.Kd7 Qb2 50.Kc7 Qc3+ 51.Kd7 Qd4+ 52.Kc8 Qc5+ 53.Kd7 Qb6 54.Kc8 Qc6+ 55.Kb8 Ke6 56.Ka7 Qc7 57.Ka8 Qa5+ 58.Kb8 Kd6 59.Kc8 Qc7#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ravindranathp (lichss 2171) - JimWest (lichess 2040), lichess 6/11/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.Ng5 h6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Nc3 Na6 9.a3 f4 10.d4 Qc7 11.Qe2 Bg4 12.Qc4 O-O-O 13.Bd2 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Kb8 15.O-O-O exd4 16.Qxd4 Bf6 17.Qc4 g5 18.Qe6 Qe7 19.Qb3 Nc5

20.Qc4 Qe6 21.Qxe6 Nxe6 22.Ne2 d5 23.h4 dxe4 24.fxe4 f3 25.Ng3 Nd4 26.hxg5 Bxg5 27.Bxg5 hxg5 28.Rde1 Rh8 29.c3 Rxh1 30.Rxh1 Nb3+ 31.Kc2 Nc5

32.Rh5 Nd3 33.Rxg5 Nxf2 34.Rf5 Re8 35.Rf4 c5 36.Kd2 c4 37.Rxf3 Nxe4+ 38.Nxe4 Rxe4 39.Re3 Rh4 40.Re2 b5 41.Kc2 Kb7 42.b3 cxb3+ 43.Kxb3 a6 44.Re6 a5 45.Rd6 a4+ 46.Kc2 Rh2+ 47.Rd2 Rxd2+ 48.Kxd2 Kc6

49.Kd3 Kd5 50.c4+ bxc4+ 51.Kc3 Kc5 52.Kc2 Kd4 53.Kd2 c3+ 54.Kc2 Kc4, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 6/10/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Bigbootyfish (Chess.com 1897) - JimWest (Chess.com 1989), Chess.com 6/10/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.Ng5 d5 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Ba4 O-O 10.O-O h6 11.Nh3 Qc7 12.c4 Qxe5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Nc3 Nbc6 15.Bb3 Be6

16.Qe2 Nd4 17.Qd2 Bxh3 18.gxh3 Nf3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

nespiregecabid (lichess 2046) - JimWest (lichess 2029), lichess 6/10/2025

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.Bf4 Nf6 13.Bh6 Rg8 14.f3 Bxe6 15.Nc3 Nbd7 16.O-O-O O-O-O 17.Be2 Rde8 18.Rhe1 Bf7 19.Bg5 h5

20.Bf1 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Re8 22.Rxe8+ Nxe8 23.Kd2 Nd6 24.b3 Nf5 25.g4 Nd4 26.Bg2 Ne5 27.Be3 Ndxf3+ 28.Ke2 hxg4 29.Bxa7 Nxh2 30.Kf2 Nhf3 31.Ne2 Kc7 32.Be3 g5, White forfeits.