PCG Reversed & PCG 7/18/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2007) - TadjibayevSabir (Chess.com 2062), Chess.com 7/18/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bg4 6.Be2 h5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.f5 d5 9.Qc2 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 d4 11.Bg5 Qd7 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Nd2 O-O-O 14.O-O-O dxc3 15.Nc4 cxb2+ 16.Qxb2 Bd4 17.Qb3 Qe7 18.Kd2 Qb4+ 19.Ke2 Bc3

20.Qxb4 Nxb4 21.a3 Nc6 22.Rc1 Bd4 23.Rb1 a6 24.a4 Nb8 25.Rhc1 Nd7 26.Nd6+ Kb8 27.Nxf7 Nc5 28.Nxd8 Rxd8 29.Rxc5 Bxc5 30.Bxh5 Rd4 31.Ra1 b5 32.axb5 axb5 33.Be8 b4 34.Bc6 Ba7

35.Bd5 c6 36.Bxc6 b3 37.Rb1 Rb4 38.Bd5 b2 39.h4 Bd4 40.Kd2 Kc7 41.g4 Kd6 42.g5 Bf2 43.g6 Bxh4 44.g7 Bg5+ 45.Kc2 Rb8 46.g8=Q Rxg8 47.Bxg8 Bc1 48.Rxc1 bxc1=Q+ 49.Kc1 Kc5

50.Kd2 Kb4 51.Bd5 Ka4 52.Kc3 Kb5 53.d4 exd4+ 54.Kxd4 Kb6 55.e5 fxe5+ 56.Kxe5 Kc7 57.Ke6 Kd8 58.Bc6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Dhanya-Dhanvin_007 (lichess 2030) - JimWest (lichess 2049), lichess 7/18/2026

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.Bg5+ Nf6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.O-O-O Ke8 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Nb5 Rd8 13.Nxd6+ Rxd6 14.Rhe1 Rxd1+ 15.Kxd1 Bg4 16.Bb5 Bxf3+ 17.gxf3 Ke7 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Rg1 Kf7

20.Ke2 Rd8 21.Rg4 Ke6 22.Ra4 Ra8 23.f4 exf4 24.Rxf4 a5 25.Rh4 Rh8 26.Rh5 a4 27.Kd3 f5 28.Rh4 Rb8 29.Kc3 a3 30.b3 Rh8 31.Kb4 Rd8

32.Rh6+ Kd5 33.Rxh7 c5+ 34.Kc3 Kc6 35.Rf7 Rh8 36.Rf6+ Kb5 37.Rxf5 Rh3+ 38.Kd2 Rxh2 39.c3 Rh1 40.b4 Ra1 41.Rxc5+ Kb6 42.Ra5 Rxa2+ 43.Ke3 Ra1 44.Kf4 a2 45.f3 c5

46.Kf5 cxb4 47.cxb4 Rf1 48.Rxa2 Rxf3+ 49.Ke4 Rb3 50.Ra8 Rxb4+ 51.Kd3 Rh4 52.Re8 Rh6, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 7/17/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1997) - dhruvitprajapati (Chess.com 2034), Chess.com 7/17/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O h6 11.c3 Be6 12.Nbd2 Nxd2 13.Bxd2 Rb8 14.Be3 a6 15.Bd3 Re8 16.Qd2 Bf8 17.h3 Ne7 18.Nh4 Qd7 19.Kh2 h5

 

20.Rf2 g6 21.Raf1 Nf5 22.Nxf5 Bxf5 23.Bxf5 gxf5 24.Rxf5 Bg7 25.Rxh5 Re6 26.Rhf5 Rf8 27.Bg5 Rg6 28.Bf6 b6 29.Bxg7 Kxg7 30.Rf6 c5 31.Rxg6+ fxg6 32.Rxf8 Kxf8 33.Qh6+ Qg7 34.Qxg7+ Kxg7

35.g4 c4 36.g5 b5 37.a3 a5 38.Kg3 Kf7 39.h4 b4 40.axb4 axb4 41.cxb4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2044) - eldel00 (lichess 2036), lichess 7/17/2026

1.e3 d6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 e5 7.c3 O-O 8.O-O h5

9.f5 Kh7 10.fxg6+ fxg6 11.Ng5+, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/16/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

AkbarAli1 (Chess.com 2049) - JimWest (Chess.com 1988), Chess.com 7/16/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O c6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Ne4 d5 11.Ng3 Bg6 12.c3 Kh8 13.Nd2 Nd7 14.f4 exf4 15.Rxf4 Qc7 16.Rf1 Rae8 17.d4 Be7 18.Bh5 Rxf1+ 19.Ndxf1 Bxh5

20.Qxh5 Nf6 21.Qf3 Bf8 22.Ne3 Kg8 23.Rf1 Qb6 24.b4 Qa6 25.Nh5 Qd3 26.Nxf6+ gxf6 27.Qg4+ Qg6 28.Qxg6+ hxg6 29.Ng4 Bg7 30.Nxf6+ Bxf6 31.Rxf6 Kg7

32.Rf2 Re1+ 33.Rf1 Re2 34.Rf2 Re1+ 35.Rf1 Re2 36.Rf3 Rxa2 37.h4 a5 38.bxa5 Rxa5 39.Kh2 b5 40.g4 Ra2+ 41.Kg3 Rb2 42.Kf4 b4 43.cxb4 Rxb4

44.Ke5 Rc4 45.h5 gxh5 46.gxh5 Kg6 47.Rf5 c5 48.Kxd5 Rxd4+ 49.Kxc5 Rh4 50.Kd5 Rxh5 51.Rxh5+ Kxh5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2038) - Start0888 (lichess 2031), lichess 7/16/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bxg1 6.Rxg1 Ng4 7.h3 Nh2 8.f5 Nxf1 9.Kxf1 Nc6 10.Be3 Qf6 11.Qd2 g6

12.Bg5 Qg7 13.f6 Qf8 14.Bh6 Qg8 15.Bg7 Be6 16.Bxh8 Qxh8 17.Qf2, Black forfeits.

2 PCG Games 7/15/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Rahul_bidlan128 (Chess.com 1951) - JimWest (Chess.com 1997), Chess.com 7/15/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Nc3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nd7 11.a4 O-O-O 12.b4 Bxb4 13.Na2 Bc5 14.Rb1 Ne7 15.Qb3 Bb6 16.Ba3 a5 17.Be6 Kb8 18.Bxd7 Bxf2+ 19.Rxf2 Rxd7

20.Rd2 Rhd8 21.Rxd7 Rxd7 22.c4 Ng6 23.Rd1 Qd8 24.Rb1 Qc7 25.Bc5 Rd2 26.Bb6 Qd7 27.Bxa5 Rd3 28.Nc3 f3 29.Bb6 fxg2 30.Rd1 Qxh3

31.c5 Qh1+ 32.Kf2 Qh4+ 33.Kg1 Qh1+ 34.Kf2 g1=Q+ 35.Rxg1 Rf3+ 36.Ke2 Nf4+ 37.Kd2 Qh2+ 38.Kc1 Qxg1+ 39.Kb2 Nd3+ 40.Ka3 Qc1+, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Vasilij- 12 (lichess 2166) - JimWest (lichess 2030), lichess 7/15/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.d5 Nf6 7.c4 c6 8.Nc3 cxd5 9.cxd5 Nbd7 10.Bb5 a6 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.O-O Be7 13.Re1 O-O 14.Ndxe4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Bxe4 16.Rxe4 Rae8 17.Be3 Bf6 18.Rxe8 Rxe8 19.Qd2 Qb5

20.Rb1 Re5 21.Rd1 h6 22.b3 Bg5 23.Bg5 Rxg5 24.Qe3 Re5 25.Qd2 Re2 26.Qc3 Rxa2 27.Qc8+ Kh7 28.Qf5+ Kh8 29.Qf8+ Kh7 30.Qxd6 Qxb3 31.Rf1 Rd2 32.Qd7 Qxd5

33.Qg4 a5 34.Ra1 b6 35.h3 h5 36.Qc8 Rd1+ 37.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 38.Kh2 Qd6+ 39.Kg1 g6 40.Qb7+ Kh6 41.Qf3 a4 42.Qe3+ Kg7 43.Qc3+ Kh7 44.g3 a3 45.Qb3 Kg7 46.Qc3+ Kh7 47.Qb3 Kg7 48.Qc3+ Kf7

49.Qb3+ Kf6 50.Qc3+ Kf7 51.Qb3+ Ke7 52.h4 Kd7 53.Qf7+ Kc6 54.Qf3+ Kb5 55.Qe2+ Ka5 56.f4 b5 57.Qe1+ b4

58.Kh2 a2 59.Qc1 Qd4 60.Qc7+ Ka4 61.Qc6+ Kb3 62.Qe6+ Kb2 63.Qe2+ Kb3 64.Qe6+ Qc4 65.Qe3+ Qc3 66.Qe6+ Kb2 67.f5 a1=Q 68.fxg6 Qc2+, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/14/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1990) - NiranjanGadtya (Chess.com 1802), Chess.com 7/14/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 Be7 8.Nf3 Nf2 9.Qe2 Nxh1 10.Bxe3 Bg4 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.c3 Bh4+ 13.Kf1 O-O 14.Kg1 Ng3 15.hxg3 Bxg3 16.Ne4 Bh4 17.g3 Be7 18.Kg2 Na5

19.Bd3 f5 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Rh1 Bxf3+ 22.Qxf3 Bxd4 23.Qh5 Bxe3 24.Qxh7+ Kf7 25.Rf1+ Ke8 26.Qg6+ Kd7 27.Bb5+ c6 28.Qd6+ Kc8

29.Rxf8 Qxf8 30.Qxf8+ Kc7 31.Qxa8 cxb5 32.Qf8 Bh6 33.Qd6+ Kc8 34.Nc5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

AlekhineAlexander88 (lichess 2015) - JimWest (lichess 2015), lichess 7/14/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Bxb4 d4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qd2 e3

11.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 12.fxe3 Nxb4 13.Kd2 Bf5 14.Nc3 O-O-O+ 15.Ke2 Ne7 16.e4 Bg4+ 17.Ke3 Nc2+ 18.Kf4 Nxa1 19.Kxg4 Nc2

20.Be2 Rhf8 21.Bf3 Ne3+ 22.Kg3 Nxc4 23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.exd5 Nxe5 25.Be4 g6 26.Rc1 Kb8 27.a4 a5 28.Rc5 b6 29.Rb5 Nc4 30.b3 Nd6, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/13/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1997) - negronchoab (Chess.com 1857), Chess.com 7/13/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.c3 Nc6 7.Be2 e5 8.O-O Nh5 9.fxe5 dxe5 10.a4 a5 11.Na3 h6 12.Nc4 Qe7 13.Ne3 Rd8 14.Nd5 Qe6 15.Nd2 Nf4 16.Nc4 Nxe2+ 17.Qxe2 Qd7 18.Bxh6 Ne7 19.Nxe7+ Qxe7

20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Rad1 Rh8 22.Qf3 Rh4 23.Qg3 Bd7 24.Qxe5+ Qxe5 25.Nxe5 Bxa4 26.Rxf7+ Kg8 27.Rdf1 Rh7 28.Rxh7 Kxh7 29.Rf7+ Kh6 30.Rxc7 Re8 31.Nf3 Bc2 32.Ne1 Bb1 33.Rxb7 Rd8

34.Ra7 Bxd3 35.Nxd3 Rxd3 36.Rxa5 Re3 37.Re5 Re2 38.b4 Re3 39.c4 Re2 40.b5 g5 41.h3 Kg6 42.b6 Kf6 43.Rb5 Rxe4 44.b7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

saiedmzhanna (lichess 1892) - JimWest (lichess 2012), lichess 7/13/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bd2 O-O 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.g4 Bc8 9.Qe2 c6 10.O-O-O Kh8 11.Ne4 d5 12.Nxf6 gxf6 13.Bh6 Rg8 14.Qd2 Be6 15.Rg1 Nd7 16.g5 fxg5 17.Bxg5 Bxg5 18.Rxg5 Qf6

19.h4 Qxf3 20.Bg2 Qf4 21.Qxf4 exf4 22.Re1 Rxg5 23.hxg5 Re8 24.Bh3 Bf7 25.Kd2 Rxe1 26.Kxe1 Ne5 27.Ke2 Kg7 28.b3 Kg6 29.d4 Kxg5 30.dxe5 Bg6 31.e6 Kf6 32.c4 dxc4 33.bxc4 Ke7

34.Kf3 Bd3 35.c5 Bc4 36.a3 Bxe6 37.Bxe6 Kxe6 38.Kxf4 Kf6 39.a4 b6 40.cxb6 axb6 41.Ke4 h5 42.Kf4 c5

43.Ke4 Kg5 44.Kd5 Kf4 45.Kc6 c4 46.Kxb6 c3 47.a5 c2 48.a6 c1=Q 49.a7 Qb2+ 50.Kc7 Qa2 51.Kb7 Kf3 52.a8=Q Qxa8+ 53.Kxa8 Kxf2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 7/12/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

MaksMarkoff (Chess.com 2001) - JimWest (Chess.com 1992), Chess.com 7/12/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.d4 e4 7.Ng5 h6

8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.Qe2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

pranha666 (lichess 2038) - JimWest (lichess 2010), lichess 7/12/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Qf6 9.Qg4 Nd7 10.Be6 O-O-O 11.a4 Nh6 12.Bxd7+ Rxd7 13.Qf3 g5 14.b4 Rg8 15.Qh5 g4 16.hxg4 Nxg4 17.b5 Rg5 18.Qh3 Qg6 19.f3 Ne3

20.Bxe3 fxe3 21.Rfe1 Rg3 22.Qh2 Rg7 23.Re2 Rxf3 24.Kh1 Rg3 25.a5 Qg5 26.a6 b6 27.bxc6 Rg6 28.Rf1 Bg7 29.Rf5 Qg4

30.Qh5 Rh6 31.Qxh6 Bxh6 32.Nd5 Qxe2 33.Rf7 Qxg2#.

2 PCG Reversed Games 7/11/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1975) - chaitu2436 (Chess.com 1789), Chess.com 7/11/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.O-O O-O 12.c3 h6 13.a4 a5 14.Be3 Qe8 15.Nbd2 Nxd2 16.Qxd2 Kh7 17.b3 Qc8 18.Rf2 Bd7 19.Raf1 b5

20.axb5 Bxb5 21.c4 dxc4 22.bxc4 Bxc4 23.Qc2+ g6 24.Qxc4 a4 25.Ng5+ hxg5 26.Rxf7+ Rxf7 27.Qxf7+ Kh6 28.Qxe7 Qe8 29.Qxg5+ Kh7 30.Qh6+ Kg8 31.Rf6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2000) - MN1355 (lichess 2008), lichess 7/11/2026

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 O-O 10.Bd3 f5 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Nxe3 Be6 13.O-O Rad8 14.a3 Nd4 15.Nxd4 Rxd4 16.Rad1 g6 17.c3 Rdd8

18.Bxe4 fxe4 19.Rxf8+ Rxf8 20.Rf1 Rd8 21.Rd1 Rxd1+ 22.Nxd1 Kf8 23.Kf2 c6 24.Ke3 Bf5 25.Nf2 h5 26.Nxe4 Bxe4 27.Kxe4 Ke7 28.h4 Kd7 29.c4 a5 30.a4 Ke7 31.c5 Kd7

32.Kf4 Ke6 33.Kg5 Kxe5 34.Kxg6 Kd5 35.Kxh5 Kxc5 36.Kg6, Black resigns.