2 PCG Games 7/20/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

FranccTheCeo (Chess.com 1941) - JimWest (Chess.com 2053), Chess.com 7/20/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Ba4 Bd6 10.c4 O-O 11.O-O Bxe5 12.dxe5 Ng4 13.Qd4 Qb6 14.Qxb6 axb6 15.Bb3 Be6 16.cxd5 Bxd5 17.Bxd5 cxd5 18.Rd1 Nxe5 19.Rxd5 Nd3

20.Be3 Nxb2 21.Nxe4 Nc4 22.Nd6 Nxe3 23.fxe3 Nc6 24.Nxb7 Nb4 25.Rd2 Ra7 26.a3 Rfa8 27.axb4 Rxa1+ 28.Kf2 R1a2 29.Re2 Rxe2+ 30.Kxe2 Ra2+ 31.Kf3 Rb2 32.Nd6 Rxb4

33.g3 Rb2 34.Nc4 Rb4 35.Nd6 b5 36.Ke2 Rb2+ 37.Kd3 Rxh2 38.Nxb5 Rg2 39.Ke4 Rxg3 40.Nd4 g6 41.Kf4 Rg1 42.Ne6 Kf7 43.Ng5+ Rxg5 44.Kxg5 Ke6 45.Kh6 Kf5 46.Kxh7 g5

47.Kh6 g4 48.Kh5 g3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

THODORIS4 (lichess 1953) - JimWest (lichess 2048), lichess 7/20/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.e6 O-O 10.Qh5 h6 11.Nf7 Qe8 12.Qg4 Kh7 13.Qh4 Nf5 14.Qh3 Bxe6 15.Ng5+ Kg8 16.Nxe6 Qxe6 17.Be2 Qf6 18.Bg4 Nc6 19.O-O Ne5

20.Bxf5 Qxf5 21.Qg3 Kh7 22.f4 exf3 23.Be3 Rae8 24.Bd4 Qxc2 25.Bxe5 Rxe5 26.Qxe5 Qxg2#.

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/19/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Papaflessas (Chess.com 1981) - JimWest (Chess.com 2047), Chess.com 7/19/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a3 Nf6 6.h3 Be7 7.Nc3 b5 8.Ba2 Na6 9.Ng5 Qc7 10.Bf7+ Kf8 11.Ba2 h6 12.Ne6+ Bxe6 13.Bxe6 f4 14.O-O Nc5 15.Bf5 a5 16.Bd2 a4 17.b4 Ncd7 18.Qe2 Kf7 19.h4 g6

20.Bh3 Rag8 21.g3 g5 22.Bg2 Nf8 23.Nd1 Ne6 24.Bc3 gxh4 25.gxh4 Rg4 26.f3 Rxh4 27.Be1 Rh5 28.c4 Nd4 29.Qa2 Nb3 30.cxb5 cxb5 31.Nc3 Rg8 32.Rb1 Rhg5

33.Nxb5 Qb6+ 34.Bf2 Rxg2+ 35.Kh1 Qxb5 36.Rxb3 axb3 37.Qxb3+ Kf8 38.Bh4 R2g5 39.Bxg5 hxg5 40.Rc1 Qd7 41.Kg2 g4 42.Kf2 g3+ 43.Kg2 Rh8 44.Rh1 Rxh1 45.Kxh1 Qh3+ 46.Kg1 Qh2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2065) - aminasemov (lichess 1946), lichess 7/19/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 Bg4 9.Nf3 O-O 10.Bd3 f5 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Nxe3 Nc5

13.Bc4+ Kh8 14.Nxg4 fxg4 15.Ng5 Re8 16.Nf7+ Kg8 17.Nd6+ Kf8 18.Nxe8 Kxe8 19.O-O, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 7/18/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

aromeoallepuz (Chess.com 2080) - JimWest (Chess.com 2041), Chess.com 7/18/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O Nf6 6.Re1 Be7 7.Nh4 Bc8 8.Nc3 c6 9.d4 e4

10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Nxg6 Nf6 13.Ne5+ Nxh5 14.Bf7+ Kf8 15.Bh6+ Ng7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

BezvinniAlex (lichess 2084) - JimWest (lichess 2071), lichess 7/18/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qd2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nh6 10.Qf4 Ng4 11.Qxf6 gxf6 12.f3 Nf2 13.Rg1 Nd7 14.Bh6 Ke7 15.Nc3 Rxh8 16.Na4 Nd3+ 17.cxd3 Bxg1 18.dxe4 dxe4 19.fxe4 Bxh2

20.O-O-O Rg8 21.b3 Rg6 22.Be3 b6 23.Nc3 Be5 24.Nd5+ Bxd5 25.Rxd5 c6 26.Rd2 Rg3 27.Bf2 Rc3+ 28.Kb1 Bf4 29.Rc2 Rxc2 30.Kxc2 c5 31.Bc4 Ne5 32.Bd5 Ng4 33.Bg1 Be3 34.Bxe3 Nxe3+ 35.Kd3 Nxd5 36.exd5 Kd6

37.Ke4 b5 38.g4 h6 39.Kf5 Kxd5 40.Kxf6 c4 41.bxc4+ bxc4 42.Kg6 c3 43.Kxh6 c2 44.g5 c1=Q 45.a4 a5 46.Kg6 Kc4 47.Kf6 Qxg5+ 48.Kxg5 Kb4, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 7/17/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

ChessStarAdam (Chess.com 1857) - JimWest (Chess.com 2014), Chess.com 7/17/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.f3 h6 8.Nh3 Bxf5 9.Nf2 Bb4 10.fxe4 Nxe4 11.Nfxe4 Bxe4 12.Qh5+ g6 13.Qe5+ Kf7 14.Bd2 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 Nc6 16.Qf4+ Kg7 17.O-O-O Rf8 18.Qg3 Qg5+ 19.Qxg5 hxg5

20.Bd3 Rae8 21.Bxe4 Rxe4 22.b3 Rf2 23.g3 Ree2 24.Rd2 Rxd2 25.Bxd2 g4 26.c3 b5 27.a3 a5 28.b4 axb4 29.axb4 Kf7 30.Bf4 Ra2 31.Kb1 Ra7

32.Re1 Ne7 33.Re5 c6 34.Kb2 Nf5 35.Re2 Re7 36.Rxe7+ Nxe7 37.Kc2 Nc8 38.Bc7 Ke6 39.Kd3 Kd7 40.Be5 Nb6 41.Bf4 Nc4

42.Bc1 Ke6 43.Bf4 Kf5 44.Bc7 Nb2+ 45.Kc2 Nc4 46.Kd3 Nb2+ 47.Kc2 Nc4 48.Kd3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Granataibomba (lichess 2002) - JimWest (lichess 2066), lichess 7/17/2025

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Bd6 10.Bf4 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6

12.O-O-O Nxf4, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/16/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

iordanhsf (Chess.com 1866) - JimWest (Chess.com 2026), Chess.com 7/16/2025

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.Bc4+ Kg7

11.Bg5 hxg6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2064) - ThePushpaGambit (lichess 2060), lichess 7/16/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Be6 9.h3 h6 10.Nbd2 d5 11.e5 Nh5 12.Bh2 d4 13.Kh1 f6 14.Nxd4 Qxd4 15.Bxh5 Nxe5 16.Nf3 Nxf3 17.Bxf3 Qb6 18.b3 Rab8 19.a4 a5

20.Re1 Bb4 21.Re2 Bc3 22.Rb1 Rfe8 23.Bh5 Re7 24.Qf1 Rd8 25.Bg4 Bb4 26.Bxe6+ Rxe6 27.Rxe6 Qxe6 28.Bxc7 Rc8 29.Bg3 Rxc2 30.Qf3 Qe2 31.Qxe2 Rxe2

32.Rc1 Kh7 33.Rc7 b6 34.Rc6 Bc5 35.h4 Re3 36.Bd6 Bxd6 37.Rxd6 Re1+ 38.Kh2 Rd1 39.Rxb6 Rxd3 40.Rb5 Kg6 41.g3 Kh7 42.Kh3 Kg6 43.h5+ Kh7 44.Kh4 Rd4+ 45.g4 Rd3

46.Rxa5 Rxb3 47.Ra8 g5+ 48.hxg6+ Kxg6 49.a5 Kf7 50.a6 Ra3 51.a7 Ke7 52.Rh8 Rxa7 53.Rh7+, Black forfeits.

2 PCG Reversed Games 7/15/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2003) - claey-jdon (Chess.com 2014), Chess.com 7/15/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 a6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Ne2 c5

10.c3 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qh3 12.Nf4 Qh6 13.Ng2 Qh3 13.Nf4 Qh6 14.Ng2 Qh3 15.Nf4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2065) - GnahtE (lichess 2062), lichess 7/15/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.c3 Qd7 9.f5 Rfd8 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Bf8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nd2 Kh7 15.a4 Be7 16.Nc4 Rg8 17.Kh1 Rg3 18.Ne3 Rg7 19.Nd5 Rag8

20.Rg1 Nd8 21.Qd2 c6 22.Ne3 d5 23.Ng4 Rxg4 24.Bxg4 dxe4 25.Rad1 e3 26.Qxe3 b6 27.d4 exd4 28.Rxd4 Qc7 29.Qf4 Qc8 30.Rgd1 h5 31.Bxh5 c5

32.R4d2 Nc6 33.Bxf7 Rh8 34.Be6 Qa8 35.Rd7 Kg7 36.Qg4+ Kf8 37.R1d5 Ne5 38.Rxe5 fxe5 39.Qg6 Rxh3+ 40.Kg8 Qe8 41.Qg8#.

2 PCG Games 7/14/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

romimiro (Chess.com 2026) - JimWest (Chess.com 2002), Chess.com 7/14/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O d5 8.c4 c6 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.Re1 O-O 11.cxd5 Bxc3 12.bxc3 cxd5 13.Nf1 Nc6 14.Ng3 Be6 15.Bg5 Qd7 16.Nh5 Nxh5 17.Bxh5 h6 18.Be3 Na5 19.Be2 Rac8

20.Qc2 Nc4 21.Bxc4 Rxc4 22.Rab1 Rfc8 23.Rb3 Qc6 24.Rc1 b5 25.Qb2 a6 26.h3 Bd7 27.Bd2 Qg6 28.Kh1 Rf8 29.Be3 h5 30.Rb4 Rfc8 31.Rxc4 Rxc4 32.Qa3 Qe6 33.Qb2 Qc6

34.Qa3 Kf7 35.Qb2 g6 36.a3 a5 37.Qd2 Bf5 38.Qe1 Qd6 39.Ra1 Ra4 40.Qc1 Qc6 41.Qb2 Qc4 42.Rb1 Bd7 43.Bc1 h4 44.Qd2 Bf5 45.Qe3 Qf1+ 46.Kh2 Rxa3 47.Bxa3 Qxb1 48.Qf4 b4 49.cxb4 axb4

50.Qc7+ Kg8 51.Qb8+ Kh7 52.Bxb4 e3 53.fxe3 Qe4 54.Qc7+ Kg8 55.Qe7 Qxe7 56.Bxe7 Kh7 57.Bxh4 Kh6 58.Bf6 g5 59.g4 Be4 60.Kg3 Kg6 61.Bd8 Kh6 62.h4 gxh4+ 63.Bxh4 Kg6 64.Kf4 Bg2 65.Ke5 Be4

66.Bd8 Bf3 67.g5 Be4 68.Bf6 Bg2 69.Bd8 Be4 70.Ke6 Bg2 71.Ke5 Be4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ken_Maynard (lichess 2125) - JimWest (lichess 2058), lichess 7/14/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.Nd2 Bd6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.f4 fxe5 12.Nxe4 exf4 13.Nxd6+ cxd6 14.O-O-O Be6 15.Rhe1 Kd7 16.Bb5+ Nc6 17.Re4 a6 18.Bxc6+ bxc6 19.Rxf4 Raf8

20.Rdf1 Rxf4 21.Rxf4 Rg8 22.g3 d5 23.Ra4 Ra8 24.Kd2 c5 25.Rh4 Bf5 26.c3 c4 27.Rf4 Bg6 28.Ke3 Re8+ 29.Kd4 Re4+ 30.Rxe4 Bxe4 31.Kc5 Kc7

32.b3 cxb3 33.axb3 h5 34.Kd4 Bg2 35.Ke5 Kc6 36.b4 Kb5 37.Kd4 Bf3 38.h3 Bg2 39.g4 h4 40.g5 Bxh3 41.Kxd5 Bf5 42.Ke5 h3 43.Kxf5 h2 44.g6 h1=Q 45.g7 Qh7+ 46.Kf6 Qg8, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/13/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

raiumairkhan (Chess.com 1828) - JimWest (Chess.com 2017), Chess.com 7/13/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.O-O Nf6 9.Bg5 Bd6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Re1 Bxe5 12.Rxe4 Be6 13.c3 Bxc4 14.Rxc4 O-O 15.Nd2 Nc6 16.Nf3 Rad8 17.Rg4+ Kh8 18.Nh4 Rd2 19.Nf5 Rg8

20.Rxg8+ Kxg8 21.g3 Rxb2 22.Rd1 Bd6 23.Re1 Ne5 24.Kg2 Bc5 25.Kf1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2056) - mehmetefe093 (lichess 1989), lichess 7/13/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Na4 Bb6 7.Nxb6 axb6 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nb4 13.a3 Nc6 14.f5 Nd4 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bxf6 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Qxf6 18.c3 c5 19.g4 Kh7

20.Rad1 Qg5 21.Qg3 Ra4 22.h4 Qf6 23.Rd2 c4 24.Rg2 cxd3 25.g5 hxg5 26.hxg5 Qe7 27.g6+ fxg6 28.Qxg6+ Kg8 29.f6 Qf7 30.Qxf7+ Kxf7 31.fxg7+ Kg8 32.Rd1 Rxe4 33.Rxd3 Rd8

34.Rh3 Kf7 35.g8=Q+ Rxg8 36.Rh7+ Kf8 37.Rxg8+ Kxg8 38.Rxb7 Re1+ 39.Kf2 Rb1 40.Rxb6 d5 41.a4 Kf7 42.a5 e4 43.Ke3 Re1+ 44.Kd4 e3 45.Kd3 Ke7 46.a6 Kd7 47.Rb5 Kc6 48.Ra5 Rb1 49.a7, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 7/12/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

joeohio2017 (Chess.com 2074) - JimWest (Chess.com 2008), Chess.com 7/12/2025

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.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6

11.a3 Be7 12.Qd2 Be6 13.Rae1 Nbd7 14.f4 c5 15.Kh1 cxd4 16.Nb5 h6 17.Bh4 Nxe5 18.fxe5 Ng4 19.Nxd4 Bxh4

20.Nxe6 Bxe1 21.Qxe1 Rxf1+ 22.Qxf1 Qh4 23.g3 Qxh2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Raza87 (lichess 1947) - JimWest (lichess 2064), lichess 7/12/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.d4 e4 7.Ng5 Nh6 8.Ngxe4 Bxe4 9.Nxe4 Qh4 10.Ng3 O-O-O 11.Be3 Kb8

12.O-O Ng4 13.h3 Nxe3 14.fxe3 Qxg3 15.Qf3 Qxf3 16.Rxf3 d5 17.Bb5 Be7 18.Raf1 Bf6 19.c3 Rd6 20.Rf5 a6 21.Ba4 Re8 22.R1f3 b5 23.Bb3 Ne7 24.R5f4 c6

25.a4 Ng6 26.Rg4 Rde6 27.axb5 axb5 28.Kf2 Re4 29.Bc2 Rxg4 30.hxg4 Rf8 31.Ke2 Bh4 32.Rh3 Rf2+ 33.Kd1 Rxg2 34.Bxg6 hxg6 35.Rxh4 Rxb2 36.Rh7 Rg2 37.Rxg7 Rxg4

38.Ke2 Rg2+ 39.Kd3 g5 40.Re7 g4 41.e4 Rg3+ 42.Kd2 dxe4 43.Rxe4 Kb7 44.Re6 Kc7 45.Rg6 Rg2+ 46.Kd3 g3 47.Ke3 Rg1

48.Kf3 g2 49.Rxg2 Rxg2 50.Kxg2 Kd6 51.Kf2 Kd5 52.Ke2 b4 53.Kd3 bxc3 54.Kxc3 c5 55.dxc5 Kxc5, draw.