2 PCG Games 5/25/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Mdo273 (Chess.com 1959) - JimWest (Chess.com 1993), Chess.com 5/25/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Nh5 Nxh5 13.Bxh5 Qh4 14.g3 Qf6 15.c3 Bh3 16.Re1 g6 17.Bg4 Bxg4 18.Qxg4 Rae8 19.Rf1 Qf5

20.Qxf5 gxf5 21.f4 h5 22.Rac1 Rb8 23.Rc2 Kh7 24.Rff2 Rg8 25.Kf1 Rg4 26.c4 h4 27.gxh4 Rxh4 28.c5 Be7 29.Rc3 Rh3 30.Bd2 Rxc3 31.Bxc3 Rg8 32.Rg2 Rxg2 33.Kxg2 Kg6

34.b4 Kh5 35.h3 a6 36.a4 Bf6 37.Bb2 Bg7 38.Bc3 Bh6 39.Kg3 Bg7 40.Bb2 e3 41.Bc3 e2 42.Kf2 Kh4 43.Kxe2 Kxh3 44.Kf3 Bf6 45.Bb2 Kh2 46.Bc3 Kg1 47.Bb2 Kf1 48.Bc3 Bg7 49.Bb2 Ke1 50.Ke3 Kd1

51.Bc3 Kc2 52.Be1 Bf6 53.a5 Bg7 54.Bh4 Kc3 55.Bd8 Bxd4+ 56.Ke2 Kxb4 57.Bxc7 Bxc5 58.Kd3 Kb5 59.Bd8 Bb4 60.Kd4 Bxa5 61.Bxa5 Kxa5 62.Kc5 Ka4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

NATA74 (lichess 1989) - JimWest (lichess 2016), lichess 5/25/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d3 Na5 5.Bb3 Nxb3 6.axb3 f5 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nd5 c6 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.Qd2 f4 14.c3 a6 15.b4 Bg4 16.Ne1 f3 17.gxf3 Bxf3 18.Nxf3 Qxf3 

19.Qe3 Qxe3 20.fxe3 Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Rf8 22.d4 Rxf1+ 23.Kxf1 Kf7 24.Kf2 Kf6 25.Kg3 h5 26.Kh4 Kg6 27.c4 Kh6 28.c5 g5+ 29.Kg3 dxc5 30.bxc5 Kg6 31.d5 Kf6 32.d6 Ke6

33.b4 b6 34.cxb6 Kxd6 35.h3 Kd7 36.Kf2 Kc8 37.Ke2 Kb7 38.Kd3 Kxb6 39.Kc4 g4 40.h4 g3 41.Kd3 g2, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/24/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

ThanZaw1642 (Chess.com 1855) - JimWest (Chess.com 1964), Chess.com 5/24/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.h3 a5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qe2 Na6 12.b3 Bb4 13.Bb2 Nc5 14.Rad1 Be6 15.Bxe6 Nxe6 16.Qc4 Nd8 17.Rd3 Qe7 18.Rfd1 Nf7 19.Kf1 O-O

20.Ne2 Kh8 21.g4 Nd6 22.Rxd6 Bxd6 23.Rxd6 Qxd6 24.Bxe5 Qb4 25.Qxb4 axb4 26.Ng5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Vikram_0866 (lichess 1918) - JimWest (lichess 2007), lichess 5/24/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.c3 Be7 6.O-O fxe4 7.d5 Nb8 8.Nfd2 Nf6 9.f3 e3 10.Ne4 O-O 11.Bxe3 Nxe4 12.fxe4 Rxf1+ 13.Qxf1 Bg5 14.Bxg5 Qxg5 15.Na3 Nd7 16.Nb5 Nf6 17.Re1 Bd7 18.Nxc7 Rc8 19.Ne6 Qh6

20.Bb3 Kh8 21.Qf2 Bb5 22.Qf5 Rg8 23.Ng5 Be8, White forfeits.

2 PCG Reversed Games 5/23/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1958) - gmi_h1 (Chess.com 1869), Chess.com 5/23/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nd2 Qe7 8.Be2 Bb6 9.Bg5 Qe5 10.Ngf3 Qb5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nc4 Be6 13.a4 Qh5 14.Nxb6 axb6 15.O-O Rg8 16.Rf2 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.Bf3 Ke7 19.d4 Qg5

20.d5 Bd7 21.Qd4 Rg6 22.Qc4 Kd8 23.Qd4 Bg4 24.Bxg4 Qxg4 25.Raf1 Ke7 26.Qc4 Rc8 27.Qe2 Rcg8 28.Qxg4 Rxg4 29.Rxf6 Rxg2+ 30.Kh1 Rg1+ 31.Rxg1 Rxg1+ 32.Kxg1 Kxf6

33.Kf2 Ke5 34.Ke3 f5 35.exf5 Kxf5 36.c4 Ke5 37.b4 h5 38.h4 Kf5 39.Kf3 Ke5 40.Ke3 c5 41.b5 Kf5 42.Kf3 Ke5 43.Ke3 Kf5 44.Kf3 Ke5 45.Ke3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2004) - MohsenRouf (lichess 1887), lichess 5/23/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.c3 Bxg1 7.Rxg1 Nc6 8.Be2 h6 9.Nd2 a6 10.Qc2 Na7 11.O-O-O Nb5 12.g4 g5 13.Be3 Nd7 14.Rdf1 Qe7 15.a4 Na7 16.Bd4 Rf8 17.Nc4 b5 18.Ne3 Bb7 19.Nf5 Qe6

20.Ng7+ Kd8 21.Nxe6+ fxe6 22.Rxf8+ Nxf8 23.Rf1 Nd7 24.Bxa7 Rxa7 25.Kd2 Bc6 26.d4 bxa4 27.d5 exd5 28.exd5 Bxd5 29.Qxa4 Nc5 30.Rf8+ Ke7 31.Qe8#.

2 PCG Games 5/22/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

jon_lee (Chess.com 1933) - JimWest (Chess.com 1965), Chess.com 5/22/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.c4 Bxf5 7.Nc3 c6 8.f3 d5 9.fxe4 dxe4 10.Be2 Bb4 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qd7 13.Ba3 h6 14.Nh3 Bxh3 15.gxh3 Qxh3 16.d5 Qxc3 17.dxc6 Nxc6 18.Bc5 Rd8 19.Qa4 Qa5

20.Qxa5 Nxa5 21.Bxa7 O-O 22.Bb6 Rd2 23.Rf2 Nc6 24.c5 Kh8 25.a4 Nd4 26.Bc4 Rxf2 27.Kxf2 e3+ 28.Kg2 Nd7 29.c6 Nxc6 30.Bxe3 Nde5 31.Bd5 Rd8

32.Be4 Nc4 33.Bf2 N4e5 34.a5 Ra8 35.Bb6 Nc4 36.Bxc6 bxc6 37.Rc1 Nxb6 38.axb6 Ra2+ 39.Kf3 Rb2 40.Rxc6 Kh7 41.h4 h5 42.Ke4 Rb4+ 43.Kd5 Rxh4 44.b7 Rb4 45.Rc7 h4

46.Kc6 h3 47.Rd7 h2 48.Rd1 g5 49.Rh1 g4 50.Rxh2+ Kg6 51.Rc2 Rb3 52.Rc4 g3 53.Kc7 Kg5 54.b8=Q Rxb8 55.Kxb8 g2 56.Rc8 Kf4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

dotorya (lichess 2047) - JimWest (lichess 1991), lichess 5/22/2026

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.Nf7 Kxf7 13.Bc4+ Kg7 14.O-O-O Nc6 15.Bxf6+ Bxf6 16.Qg3+ Kh8 17.c3 Bf5

18.Qf4 Bg5, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/21/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

NJMulla (Chess.com 1927) - JimWest (Chess.com 1978), Chess.com 5/21/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.exf5 Bd6 8.Nc3 Bxf5 9.Bb3 Nf6 10.O-O Be6 11.Ng5 Bxb3 12.axb3 O-O 13.Be3 h6 14.Nge4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Nc6 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.c3 a6 18.b4 Ne7 19.g4 Ng6

20.Kg2 Nf4+ 21.Bxf4 exf4 22.Kf3 g5 23.h3 Kf7 24.Rd5 Ke6 25.Rad1 b6 26.b3 Be7 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Rxd8 Bxd8 29.Ke2 Be7 30.Kd3 Ke5 31.f3 b5

32.Nc5 Bxc5 33.bxc5 a5 34.b4 axb4 35.cxb4 c6 36.Kc3 Kd5 37.Kd3 Ke5 38.Kc3 Kd5 39.Kd3 Ke5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 1993) - rashid-pervaiz06 (lichess 1989), lichess 5/21/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 c6 7.Qf3 b5 8.Bg5 Bb7 9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.Ng3 d5 11.Nd2 d4 12.Nh5 dxc3 13.bxc3 Be7 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Be2 Qh4+ 17.g3 Qh3 18.Bf1 Qh6 19.Bg2 c5

20.Rd1 c4 21.dxc4 bxc4 22.O-O Nc5 23.Nxc4 Bxe4 24.Qe3 Qxe3+ 25.Nxe3 Rad8 26.Bxe4 Nxe4 27.Nd5 f6 28.g4 Kf7 29.c4 Rc8 30.Rb1 Rxc4 31.Rb7+ Kg8 32.Rxa7 Nd2

33.Rd1 Rxg4+ 34.Kh1 Rb8 35.Ne3 Rd4 36.Rg1 g5 37.fxg6 h5 38.Nf5 Rg4 39.Nh6+, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/20/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Futurechesschamp12 (Chess.com 1953) - JimWest (Chess.com 1979), Chess.com 5/20/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O c6 11.f3 Qe8 12.fxe4 Bxe5 13.dxe5 Qxe5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Bd3 h6 16.Bh4 Qf4 17.Qxf4 Rxf4 18.Rhe1 Bd7 19.Be7 Na6

20.Bd6 Rf2 21.Bc4 Kh8 22.Bxd5 cxd5 23.Re7 Rc8 24.c3 Bc6 25.Be5 Rg8 26.Rf1 Rxf1+ 27.Nxf1 Nc5 28.Ne3 Nd3+ 29.Kd2 Nxe5 30.Rxe5 Rd8 31.Nf5 d4 32.Nxd4 Bxg2

33.Re7 a6 34.Ke3 Bd5 35.Nf5 Bxa2 36.Rxb7 Bb1 37.Nxg7 Rd3+ 38.Ke2 Rh3 39.Ne6 Rxh2+ 40.Ke3 Bf5 41.Nd4 Bg6 42.b4 Rh3+ 43.Kd2 Rd3+ 44.Ke2 Rxc3

45.Rb6 Kh7 46.Rb7+ Kg8 47.Rb6 Kh7 48.Rb7+ Kg8 49.Rb6 Kh7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

beizahn (lichess 1967) - JimWest (lichess 2020), lichess 5/20/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.Ng5 d5 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qh6 Nf5 10.Qh3 Qxg5

11.Nc3 Ne7 12.Qe3 Qxe3+ 13.fxe3 c6 14.O-O-O Be6 15.Na4 Nd7 16.b4 b5 17.Nc3 Nxe5 18.a4 a6 19.a5 O-O

20.Ne2 Nc4 21.Nd4 Bd7 22.Bxc4 bxc4 23.c3 Nf5 24.Rde1 Nxd4 25.exd4 Rf2 26.g3 Raf8, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/19/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2002) - kaungsan9504 (Chess.com 1982), Chess.com 5/19/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 O-O 9.f5 d5 10.Qc2 dxe4 11.dxe4 h6 12.a4 a5 13.Na3 Qe7 14.Nc4 Rfd8 15.Be3 Bxe3 16.Nxe3 Qc5 17.Qf2 Rd3 18.Ng4 Qxf2+ 19.Nxf2 Rd6

20.O-O Rd2 21.Rab1 Kf8 22.Rfd1 Rad8 23.Kf1 Ke7 24.Ke1 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26.Kxd1 Kd6 27.Kc2 Kc5 28.Kb3 b5 29.Nd3+ Kb6 30.axb5 Kxb5 31.c4+ Kb6

32.Ka4 Nd7 33.Bh5 f6 34.Be8 Nc5+ 35.Nxc5 Kxc5 36.Bxc6 Kxc6 37.Kxa5 Kc5 38.Ka6 Kxc4 39.Kb7 c5 40.Kc6 Kb4 41.Kd5 c4 42.g4 Kb3 43.h4 Kxb2 44.Kxc4 Kc2 45.h5 Kd2

46.Kd5 Ke3 47.Ke6 Kxe4 48.Kf2 Kf4 49.Kxg7 e4 50.Kxf6 Kxg4 51.Kg6 e3 52.f6 e2 53.f7 e1=Q 54.f8=Q Qe6+ 55.Qf6 Qxf6+ 56.Kxf6 Kxh5 57.Kf5 Kh4

58.Kf4 h5 59.Kf3 Kh3 60.Kf2 Kh2 61.Kf1 h4 62.Kf2 h3 63.Kf1 Kh1 64.Kf2 h2 65.Kf1, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

reypichon123 (lichess 2029) - JimWest (lichess 2038), lichess 5/19/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qd8+ Nxd8 8.Nxe5 fxe4 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.Bd2 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Nf7 12.O-O-O Bf5 13.Rd5 Be6 14.Rd2 Nd6 15.Re1 O-O-O 16.f3 exf3 17.Nxf3 Bg4 18.Ne5 Bf5 19.g4 Bd7

20.Nxd7 Rxd7 21.Rde2 b6 22.Re7 Kd8 23.Rxd7+ Kxd7 24.Bd2 Re8 25.Rxe8 Kxe8 26.Bf4 Kd7 27.Kd2 g6 28.Kd3 Ke6 29.h4 c5 30.Bxd6 Kxd6 31.Kc4 a6 32.a4 h5 33.gxh5 gxh5

34.b3 Kc6 35.Kd3 Kd5 36.c3 b5 37.axb5 axb5 38.c4+ bxc4+ 39.bxc4+, draw.

2 PCG Games 5/18/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

vnghate (Chess.com 1957) - JimWest (Chess.com 2010), Chess.com 5/18/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 e3 8.fxe3 Qxe3+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Bxe2 Bxf5 11.Na3 Ne7 12.Bf3 d5 13.c4 c6 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Nb5 Kd7 16.Rc1 Nbc6 17.O-O a6 18.Nc3 Nxd4 19.Bxd5 Nxd5

20.Nxd5 Ne2+ 21.Kh1 Nxc1 22.Nb6+ Ke6 23.Nxa8 Rxa8 24.Rxc1 Rd8 25.Nf3 Kf6 26.h3 Be4 27.Rf1 Bxf3 28.Rxf3+ Ke7 29.a4 b5 30.axb5 axb5 31.Rf5 Rb8

32.b4 Ke6 33.Rc5 g6 34.Kg1 h5 35.Kf2 Rf8+ 36.Ke3 Rf5 37.Rxf5 Kxf5 38.Kd4 Kf4 39.Kc5 Kg3 40.Kxb5 Kxg2 41.Kc6 g5 42.b5 g4 43.hxg4 h4 44.b6 h3 45.b7 h2 46.b8=Q h1=Q

47.Qf4 Kh3+ 48.Kd6 Qd1+ 49.Ke5 Qxg4 50.Qxg4+ Kxg4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Sanjaybhange1962 (lichess 1998) - JimWest (lichess 2046), lichess 5/18/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.d4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.O-O Nf6 9.Bg5 Bd6 10.Bf4 Be6 11.Nd2 O-O 12.Bg3 Nh5 13.Bxe6+ Nxe6 14.Nec4 Nxg3 15.hxg3 Ng5 16.Rfe1 Rae8 17.Rad1 Bc5 18.Re2 b5 19.Ne3 Rd8

20.Ndf1 Rxd1 21.Nxd1 b4 22.Nfe3 Bxe3 23.Nxe3 Rd8 24.Kf1 Ne6 25.Ke1 c5 26.Nf5 g6 27.Ne7+ Kf7 28.Nc6 Rd6 29.Nxa7 Nd4 30.Rd2 Ra6 31.c3 bxc3 32.bxc3 Rxa7 33.cxd4 cxd4 34.Rxd4 Rxa2 35.Rxe4 h5

36.Rd4 Kf6 37.Rd2 Ra1+ 38.Ke2 Rg1 39.Kf3 g5 40.Rd6+ Kf5 41.Rh6 g4+ 42.Ke3 Kg5 43.Rd6 Rxg2 44.Rd5+ Kg6 45.Rd6+ Kg5 46.Rd5+ Kg6 47.Ke2 Rg1 48.Rd6+ Kg5 49.Rd5+ Kg6 50.Rd6+ Kg5 51.Rd5+ Kg6, draw.