PCG & PCG Reversed 4/3/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Ysser1971 (Chess.com 1806) - JimWest (Chess.com 1935), Chess.com 4/3/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 c6 8.Qe2 a5 9.a4 Na6 10.Bd2 Nc5 11.O-O Qe8 12.Be3 fxe4 13.dxe4 Ncxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Qc4+ d5 16.Qe2 Bd6 17.Bb6 Ra6 18.Be3 Nf6 19.Rfe1 Qh5

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PCG & PCG Reversed 4/2/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

payungcs (Chess.com 1792) - JimWest (Chess.com 1917), Chess.com 4/2/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bg5 c6 9.Nd2 d5 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Bg4 Bxg4 12.Qxg4 Qd7 13.Qe2 Qe8 14.Rae1 Qg6 15.Nf3 Nd7 16.Qd1 Rae8 17.Re2 Bd8 18.Rfe1 Rxf3

19.Kh1 Rff8 20.f3 Ba5 21.a3 Bxc3 22.bxc3 h6 23.Qb1 b5 24.Qb4 a6 25.a4 c5 26.Qa3 Qc6 27.axb5 axb5 28.Qb3 Kh8 29.d4 c4 30.Qb4 e4 31.Qb1 Nf6

32.fxe4 Rxe4 33.Rf2 Rxe1+ 34.Qxe1 Re8 35.Qf1 Qe6 36.h3 Qe1 37.Kh2 Qxf1 38.Rxf1 Re2 39.Rf3 Rxc2 40.h4 h5, White resigns. 

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2074) - mohammed-helal 2045), lichess 4/2/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Be2 d6 7.Na4 Bd4 8.c3 Bxg1 9.Rxg1 b5 10.fxe5 Nxe5 11.d4 bxa4 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Bg5 Rd6 15.Bxf6 Rxf8 16.O-O-O Be6 17.Kb1 Rb8 18.a3 Bd7

19.Bc4 Bg4 20.Rdf1 Be6 21.Rxf6 gxf6 22.Bxe6 fxe6 23.Rd1 Rb6 24.Rd8+ Kf7 25.Rd7+ Kg6 26.Rxc7 f5 27.exf5+ exf5 28.Rxa7 e4 29.Kc2 Rd6 30.Re7 h5 31.h4 Kf6 32.Re8 Re6 33.Rxe6+ Kxe6

34.g3 Kd5 35.b4 axb3+ 36.Kxb3 Kc5 37.a4 Kb6 38.c4 Kc5 39.a5 Kc6 40.Kc3 Kb7 41.Kd4 Ka6 42.c5 Kxa5 43.Kd5 Ka6 44.c6 Kb6 45.Kd6 e3 46.c7 e2 47.c8=Q e1=Q

48.Qc5+ Ka6 49.Qe5 Qb1 50.Ke6 Qe4 51.Kf6 Qg4 52.Qf4 Kb6 53.Qxg4 fxg4 54.Kg5 Kc6 55.Kxh5 Kd6 56.Kxg4, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 4/1/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Aahil020119 (Chess.com 1749) - JimWest (Chess.com 1918), Chess.com 4/1/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 c6 7.d3 Nf6 8.a4 Nbd7 9.Ng5 d5 10.Bb3 h6 11.Nf3 Qc7 12.Re1 O-O-O 13.Nh4 Bh7 14.a5 g5 15.Nf3 Bd6 16.a6 b6 17.g3 Rhf8 18.Kg2 e4 

19.Nh4 gxh4 20.dxe4 Nxe4 21.f3 Nxc3 22.bxc3 hxg3 23.h3 h5 24.Qd4 Rf7 25.Bh6 Bc5 26.Qd2 Bf2 27.Re2 Ne5 28.Bf4 Re8 29.c4 dxc4 30.Bxc4 Rfe7 31.Bb3 Qd7 32.Qxd7+ Nxd7

33.Rd2 Nc5 34.Bc4 Be3 35.Bxe3 Rxe3 36.Rad1 h4 37.Rd4 Bxc2 38.R1d2 Nb3 39.Bxb3 Bxb3 40.Rxh4 Re2+ 41.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 42.Kxg3 Re8 43.Rh7 Kb8 44.h4 Bc4 45.h5 Bxa6 46.h6 c5

47.f4 Bc4 48.f5 Bd3 49.Rf7 Rh8 50.h7 Bxf5 51.Rxf5 Rxh7 52.Kf4 Kb7 53.Ke4 Rd7 54.Rf2 a5 55.Rc2 a4 56.Ke5 Rd4 57.Ke6 Kc6 58.Ke7 b5 59.Ke6 b4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ileri_T (lichess 2157) - JimWest (lichess 2074), lichess 4/1/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 Be7 6.d4 e4 7.Nd2 Nf6 8.O-O d5 9.Bb3 Nc6 10.Ne2 O-O 11.Re1 Kh8 12.Nf1 Na5 13.Ne3 Nxb3 14.axb3 Bg6 15.Nf4 Bf7 16.Nf5 c6 17.Nxe7 Qxe7 18.Bd2 a6 19.Rc1 Rfe8

20.c4 Rac8 21.c5 g5 22.Nd3 Bh5 23.f3 Qg7 24.Ne5 exf3 25.gxf3 g4 26.fxg4 Nxg4 27.Nxg4 Bxg4

28.Rxe8+ Rxe8 29.Bh6 Qxh6 30.Qxg4 Qxc1+ 31.Kg2 Rg8 32.Qxg8+ Kxg8 33.h4 Qxb2+ 34.Kh3 Qxb3+ 35.Kg4 Qd1+, White resigns.

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