2 PCG Reversed Games 9/21/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1961) - ldc1943 (Chess.com 1859), Chess.com 9/21/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Qd7 7.O-O h5 8.f5 O-O-O 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Nc3 a6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd5 Be7 13.c3 Rh6 14.b4 Na7 15.a4 b6 16.d4 Bxf3 17.Rxf3 Kb7

18.Qd3 c6 19.Qxa6+ Kb8 20.Qxb6+ Qb7 21.Qxb7+ Kxb7 22.Nxe7 Re8 23.f6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2114) - Finitegroup (lichess 2092), lichess 9/21/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bd3 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 O-O 13.Nxd4 Nxe5 14.Bxh7+ Kxh7 15.Qh5+ Kg8 16.Qxe5 Bf6 17.Rxf6 Qxf6 18.Qxf6 gxf6 19.Rf1 Bg4

20.Rxf6 Kg7 21.Rf4 Be6 22.Bc3 Kg6 23.h4 Rae8 24.g4 Kh7 25.g5 Kg6 26.Kh2 f6 27.Nxe6 Rxe6 28.gxf6 Re2+ 29.Kg3 Rxc2 30.Rg4+ Kf5 31.Rg5+ Ke4 32.Re5+ Kd3 33.Rxd5+ Kc4 34.Rd4+ Kc5

35.Rd7 Kc6 36.Rg7 Rxc3+ 37.bxc3 Rxf6 38.h5 a5 39.Rg6, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/20/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

zona9216 (Chess.com 1770) - JimWest (Chess.com 1955), Chess.com 9/20/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Qe2 Qe7 8.Nf7 Nf6 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.h3 c6 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Nc3 O-O-O 13.Ng6 hxg6 14.Na4 Bb4+ 15.c3 Bd6 16.b3 Ne5 17.Qe3 b5 18.Nb2 Bc5 19.Qg3 Bf5

20.O-O-O Nf7 21.Be2 Nxg5 22.Qxg5 e3 23.f3 Re8 24.g4 Bd7 25.Nd3 Ba3+ 26.Kc2 c5 27.Qf4 c4 28.Nc1 Bxc1 29.Rxc1 Qa3 30.Ra1 a5 31.Qd4 Qd6

32.Rhd1 Bc6, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

damian257257 (lichess 2104) - JimWest (lichess 2113), lichess 9/20/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.c4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Qd6 10.a3 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 Qxe6 12.cxd5 Qxd5 13.Nc3 Qd7 14.O-O-O O-O 15.Bc4+ Kh8 16.h3 c6 17.g4 b5 18.Bb3 a5 19.g5 b4

20.gxf6 bxc3 21.fxg7+ Qxg7 22.Qxc3 Rf3 23.Qc4 Nd7 24.Rhg1 Qh6+ 25.Kb1 Nf6 26.Qxc6 Rf8

27.Qd6 Rxb3 28.Ka2 a4 29.Qc6 Rfb8 30.Rb1 R3b6 31.Qxa4 Qxh3 32.Rg3 Qe6+ 33.Ka1 Nd5 34.Qc4 e3 35.fxe3 Nxe3 36.Qe2 Nf5 37.Qxe6 Rxe6 38.Rg4 Ne3 39.Rf4 Rd6 40.Ka2 Rbd8

41.Rd1 Nxd1, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 9/19/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1951) - jim_mariri (Chess.com 1818), Chess.com 9/19/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 e5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.c3 O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.a4 d5 10.fxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Rxe5 12.Bf4 Re8 13.e5 Nd7 14.d4 c5 15.Bf3 cxd4 16.cxd4 Nb6 17.Nc3 Be6 18.a5 Nc4 19.b4 Rc8

20.Rc1 g5 21.Bd2 Qe7 22.Nxd5 Bxd5 23.Bxd5 Nxd2 24.Qxd2 Qd7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2110) - arthurking22 (lichess 2012), lichess 9/19/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 O-O 7.c3 Re8 8.f5 d5 9.Qc2 dxe4 10.dxe4 Bf8 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Nbd2 a5 14.O-O Bc5+ 15.Khi Bd7 16.a4 Rad8 17.Rad1 Na7 18.Nc4 b6

19.Ncxe5 Rxe5 20.Nxe5 Qxe5 21.Rd5 Qe7 22.Rfd1 Nc6 23.Bb5 Be8 24.Bxc6 Rxd5 25.Bxd5 Bd6 26.Qf2 Qe5 27.g3 Bc5 28.Qf4 Bd6 29.Qxe5 Bxe5 30.Bb3 Bc6 31.Bc2 Bd6

32.Kg2 f6 33.Kf3 Kf7 34.h4 Ke7 35.g4 Be5 36.Rg1 Be8 37.Kg2 Be6 38.Kh3 Bd7 39.g5 hxg5 40.hxg5 fxg5 41.Rxg5 Kf6 42.Rg6+ Kf7 43.Bb3+ Kf8 44.Kg4 Be8 45.Re6 Bf7 46.Rxe5 Bxb3 47.Kg5 Bxa4

48.Kg6 Be8+ 49.Rxe8+ Kxe8 50.Kxg7 b5 51.f6, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/18/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

kingvickyb (Chess.com 1800) - JimWest (Chess.com 1938), Chess.com 9/18/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.h3 Nf6 7.d4 Qc7 8.Nc3 a5 9.a4 Na6 10.b3 h6 11.Bb2 g5 12.Ne2 g4

13.dxe5 gxf3 14.exf6 fxe2 15.Qxe2 Rh7 16.Qh5+ Kd8 17.f7 Bxh3 18.Bf6+ Kc8 19.Qxh3+ Kb8 20.Qh5 Ka7 21.Qg6 d5 22.Qxh7 dxc4 23.Qg8 f3 24.g3 Bc5

25.Qg7 Rf8 26.Bd4 Rxf7 27.Bxc5+ Nxc5 28.Qxh6 cxb3 29.cxb3 b6 30.Qe3 Qd7 31.Qh6 Rh7 32.Qg6 Rh1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2096) - mustafayilmazyi (lichess 1962), lichess 9/18/2025

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 Bh3+ 12.Kxh1 Bxf1 13.Nc3 Qc4 14.Nd2 Qh4 15.Qxf1 O-O-O 16.Nf3 Qc4 17.Qxc4 dxc4 18.Bf4 h6 19.Rd1 Bc5

20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.h4 Bd4 22.Kg2 Bxc3 23.bxc3 b5 24.Nd4 a6 25.Kf3 c5 26.Nf5 Rd1 27.Nd6+ Kd7 28.Nxf7 b4 29.Nd6 b3 30.axb3 cxb3 31.cxb3 Rd3+ 32.Ke4 Rxc3 33.Kd5 Rxb3

34.e6+ Ke7 35.Nf5+ Kf8 36.Bd6+ Ke8 37.Nxg7+ Kd8 38.e7+ Kd7, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/17/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

habeshanegus (Chess.com 1814) - JimWest (Chess.com 1927), Chess.com 9/17/2025

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.Qxc7 Qxf2+ 12.Kd1 Qd4+ 13.Ke1 Nf2 14.Nc3 Nxh1 15.Bb5+ Nd7 16.Bxd7+ Bxd7 17.Qf4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

KaiiDaChessPlayer (lichess 2129) - JimWest (lichess 2083), lichess 9/17/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.Ng5 h6 9.Nf7 Rh7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.g3 g5 12.h4 Rxf7 13.Bxf7+ Kxf7 14.hxg5 hxg5 15.Kg2 Qd7

16.Qf3 Qh3+ 17.Kg1 Bg4 18.Qh1 Qxh1+ 19.Kxh1 Bf3+ 20.Kh2 Nbd7 21.gxf4 gxf4 22.Bd2 Bc5, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/16/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

emeruc (Chess.com 1753) - JimWest Chess.com 1924), Chess.com 9/16/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ng5 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.f4 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.fxe5 Bxe5 13.Nf3 Bd6 14.h3 Bd7 15.Kh1 Nh5 16.Kg1 Ng3 17.Rf2 Qb6 18.Ne2 Nxe2+ 19.Qxe2 Rae8

20.Qf1 Bc5 21.d4 Bxd4 22.Nxd4 Qxd4 23.c3 Qb6 24.Kh1 Re4 25.Bf4 Rfe8 26.g3 h6 27.h4 c5 28.Rd1 Bc6 29.Kh2 d4 30.cxd4 cxd4 31.Rfd2 Bb5

32.Qg1 Re2+ 33.Kh3 d3 34.Qxb6 axb6 35.Bc7 Rxd2 36.Rxd2 Re2 37.Rd1 Rxb2 38.a3 Bc4 39.Bd6 b5 40.g4 fxg4+ 41.Kxg4 d2 42.Kf4 Bb3 43.Rg1 d1=Q 44.Rxd1 Bxd1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2088) - konrad15 (lichess 2039), lichess 9/16/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.c3 Bg4 9.a4 Qd7 10.Na3 Rad8 11.Nc4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Nh5 13.Be3 d5 14.exd5 Qxd5 15.Qd2 Bf5 16.Rad1 a6 17.Nh4 Ne7 18.Nxf5 Nxf5 19.Bf3 Qe6

20.Bxh5 Nxe3 21.Qxe3 Qxe3 22.Nxe3 gxh5 23.Nf5 Be5 24.d4 Bd6 25.Nxd6 Rxd6 26.Rf5 Rb6 27.b4 Rc6 28.Rd3 Rh6 29.Rh3 Re8 30.Rhxh5 Rxh5 31.Rxh5 Re3 32.Rc5 c6 33.Kf2 Re6 34.a5 Kg7

35.h3 Kf6 36.g4 Re4 37.Kf3 Re1 38.g5+ Kg6 39.h4 Rh1 40.Kg4 Rg1+ 41.Kh3 Rh1+ 42.Kg4 Rg1+ 43.Kh3 Rh1+ 44.Kg4, draw.

2 PCG Games 9/15/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

santom1993 (Chess.com 1889) - JimWest (Chess.com 2001), Chess.com 9/15/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 c6 6.d4 e4 7.O-O d5 8.Ne5 Nf6 9.Be2 Bd6 10.Bg5 O-O 11.f3 Nbd7 12.fxe4 Bxe4 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Bxf6 Rxf6 15.Rxf6 gxf6 16.Nc3 f5 17.Qd2 Qg7 18.Bf1 Kh8 19.Nxe4 fxe4

20.g4 h5 21.Be2 Rf8 22.Rf1 Rxf1+ 23.Kxf1 hxg4 24.Bxg4 Qf6+ 25.Kg2 Kg7 26.c3 Bf4 27.Qf2 a5 28.a4 b6 29.Qe2 Qh4 30.Qf2 Qxf2+ 31.Kxf2 Kf6 32.Bd7 c5 33.dxc5 bxc5

34.b4 cxb4 35.cxb4 axb4 36.a5 b3 37.Ba4 b2 38.Bc2 Bb8 39.a6 Ba7+ 40.Ke2 Kg5 41.Bb1 Kh4 42.Kd2 Kxh3 43.Kc3 e3 44.Kd3 Kg3 45.Ke2 Kf4 46.Bd3 Ke5 47.Bb1 Kd4 48.Bg6 Kc4 49.Bb1 d4 50.Bf5 Kb5 51.Bd3+ Ka5 52.Bb1 Kxa6

53.Bd3+ Ka5 54.Bb1 Kb4 55.Bd3 Kc3 56.Bb1 Kb3 57.Kd3 Bb6 58.Ke2 Ba5 59.Kd3 Bc3 60.Ke2 Kc4 61.Bd3+ Kd5 62.Bb1 Ke5 63.Bd3 Kf4 64.Bb1 Kg3 65.Bd3 Kg2 66.Bb1 Bd2 67.Bd3 Bc1 68.Bb1 Kg3 69.Bd3 Kf4 70.Bb1 Ke5

71.Bd3 Kd5 72.Bb1 Kc4 73.Bd3+ Kc3 74.Bb1 Kb3 75.Kd3 Bd2 76.Ke2 Kc3 77.Bd3 Kb4 78.Bb1 Bc3 79.Bd3 Kb3 80.Bb1 Ba5 81.Kd3 Bb6 82.Ke2 Kc3 83.Bd3 Bc7 84.Bb1 Bg3 85.Bd3 Bf2 86.Bb1 Kb3 87.Kd3 Bg1

88.Ke2 Kc3 89.Bd3 Bh2 90.Bb1 Be5 91.Bd3 Kb3 92.Bb1 Bf6 93.Kd3 Bg7 94.Ke2 Kc3 95.Bd3 Bh8 96.Bb1 Kb3 97.Kd3 Be5 98.Ke2 Kc3 99.Bd3 Kb3 100.Bb1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

aoju2 (lichess 2085) - JimWest (lichess 2094), lichess 9/15/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Qxg5 9.Qd4 Ne7 10.h4 Qf5 11.O-O-O Nbc6 12.Qa4 O-O 13.f3 exf3 14.gxf3 Qf4+ 15.Qxf4 Rxf4 16.Bd3 d4 17.Bd2 Rxf3 18.Be4 Rf8 19.h5 Bf5

20.Bxf5 Nxf5 21.h6 g6 22.e6 Rae8 23.Bf4 Rxe6 24.Bxc7 Nb4 25.Rhg1 Rc6 26.Ba5 Nxc2 27.Kb1 Nce3 28.Rd3 b6 29.Bd2 Re8 30.a3 Nc4 31.Bc1 Ne5 32.Rdd1 d3

33.Rdf1 Nd4 34.Be3 Nef3 35.Bxd4 Nxd4 36.Rf4 Ne2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 9/14/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

CM-FullForceGale (Chess.com 2026) - JimWest (Chess.com 2020), Chess.com 9/14/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nxe4 Bxe5 12.O-O-O Bf5 13.Nc5 b6 14.Na6 Be6 15.Rxd8+ Rxd8 16.Bxe6 Ke7 17.Bf5 c5 18.Re1 Kf7 19.g3 Rd4

20.b3 Rhd8 21.f4 Bd6 22.c3 Bxf4+ 23.gxf4 Rxf4 24.Bxh7 Rf2 25.Bb1 Rxh2 26.Nc7 Rd7 27.Nb5 a6 28.Na3 b5 29.Bf5 Rdd2 30.Nc2 Rdf2 31.Bd3 f5 32.c4 b4 33.Re5 f4

34.Rxc5 f3 35.Rf5+ Ke6 36.Rf4 Rh1+ 37.Kb2 Rd1 38.Be4 Rdd2 39.Kc1 Ke5 40.Rg4 Rde2 41.Rh4 Rxe4 42.Rxe4+ Kxe4 43.Nxb4 a5 44.Nc2 Rxc2+ 45.Kxc2 f2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Glov52 (lichess 2117) - JimWest (lichess 2085), lichess 9/14/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qh3 Nf6 9.Nf7 Qe7 10.Nxh8 Bxe6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Qh8+ Bg8 13.Nc3 c6 14.Bg5 Nbd7 15.O-O-O O-O-O

16.Qh3 Bxf2 17.Be2 Be6 18.Qh4 Bxh4, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/13/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2007) - LJBordeaux (Chess.com 1868), Chess.com 9/13/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.c3 a6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Nbd2 Rb8 14.Qe1 f5 15.h3 Bh5 16.Nxe4 fxe4 17.Nh2 Rxf1+ 18.Nxf1 Bh4 19.g3 Be7

20.b4 Bf3 21.Nh2 Qd7 22.g4 Rf8 23.Bd2 Qd8 24.Qe3 Bh4 25.Rf1 h6 26.Nxf3 exf3 27.Rxf3 Bg5 28.Rxf8+ Qxf8 29.Qe2 Bxd2 30.Qxd2 Qf3 31.Kh2 Kf7 32.a4 g5

33.a5 Qf4+ 34.Qxf4 gxf4 35.Kg2 Kg6 36.Kf3 Kg5 37.h4+ Kg6 38.Kxf4 Kf7 39.Kf5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

nergissss (lichess 2015) - JimWest (lichess 2075), lichess 9/13/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nbd2 a5 8.a4 Na6 9.c3 Nf6 10.O-O f4 11.h3 h6 12.Re1 Be6 13.Nh2 O-O 14.Bxe6+ Qxe6 15.Ndf3 Nc5 16.Nh4 Kh7 17.Nf5 g6 18.Nh4 Rae8

19.b4 axb4 20.axb4 Nb3 21.Rb1 Nd4 22.b5 cxb5 23.axb5 g5 24.N4f3 Nxf3+ 25.Qxf3 Rg8 26.Ng4 Nxg4 27.Qxg4 Qxg4 28.hxg4 Rc8 29.b6 Rc6 30.Rec1 Rgc8 31.Rxc6 Rxc6 32.f3 Kg6

33.Kf2 h5 34.gxh5+ Kxh5 35.Rh1+ Kg6 36.Rb1 Rc2+ 37.Kg1 g4 38.Rd1 g3 39.Kf1 Rf2+ 40.Kg1 Rb2 41.d4 Rxb6 42.dxe5 dxe5 43.Rd8 Rb1+, White resigns.