PCG & PCG Reversed 7/30/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Sarkarmoves (Chess.com 2076) - JimWest (Chess.com 2029), Chess.com 7/30/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe5 Nf6 6.Nc4 d5 7.Ne5 c6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ng4 Be7 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.f3 Qb6 15.Na4 Qxd4+ 16.Qxd4 Bxd4+ 17.Kh1 b5 18.Nc3 Bxc3 19.bxc3 exf3

20.Bxf3 Bf5 21.Rf2 Be4 22.Raf1 Bxf3 23.Rxf3 Rxf3 24.Rxf3 Rf8 25.Kg1 Rxf3 26.gxf3 g5 27.Kf2 Kf7 28.Ke3 Ke6 29.f4 gxf4+ 30.Kxf4 Kf6 31.Kg4 a5 32.Kf4 h5

33.h3 c5 34.a3 b4 35.cxb4 cxb4 36.a4 h4 37.Kf3 Ke5 38.Ke3 d4+ 39.Kd3 Kd5 40.Ke2 Ke4 41.Kd2 Kf3 42.Kd3 Kg3 43.Kxd4 Kxh3

44.Kc4 Kg4 45.Kb5 h3 46.Kxa5 h2 47.Kxb4 h1=Q 48.a5 Qb7+ 49.Kc5 Kf5 50.c4 Ke6 51.Kd4 Kd7 52.Kc3 Kc6 53.Kd4 Qa7+ 54.Kc3 Qxa5+ 55.Kd4 Qb4 56.Kd3 Kc5 57.Ke3 Qxc4

58.Kf3 Qd4 59.Kg3 Qe4 60.Kf2 Qd3 61.Kg2 Qe3 62.Kh2 Qf3 63.Kg1 Qe2 64.Kh1 Kd4 65.Kg1 Ke3 66.Kh1 Kf3 67.Kg1 Qg2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2076) - omid5431 (lichess 2091), lichess 7/30/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxf4 c5 7.d5 Nc6 8.c3 Be7 9.Nf3 g5 10.e6 gxf4 11.exd7+ Bxd7 12.Bb5 Qc7 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.O-O O-O-O 15.Ne5 Be8 16.Qg4+ Kb8 17.Qxf4 Bd6 18.Nd2 Bb5 19.Rfe1 f6

20.Qxf6 Rdf8 21.Qe6 Rhg8 22.Qxd5 Rg7 23.Ne4 Bxe5 24.Qxe5 Qxe5 25.dxe5 Bc6 26.g3 h5 27.Nxc5 Re8 28.e6 h4 29.Re3 b6 30.Na6+ Kb7 31.Nb4 Bb5 32.Rae1 a5

33.Nc2 hxg3 34.Rxg3 Rh7 35.Nd4 Bd3 36.Rxd3, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/29/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2035) - bessarab56 (Chess.com 1915), Chess.com 7/29/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 d6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 Nbd7 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.f5 Qb6+ 9.Kh1 Ng4 10.Qe1 Ne3 11.Bxe3 Qxe3 12.Qf2 Qh6 13.Nbd2 d5 14.Rae1 Bc5 15.Qh4 Be3 16.Qxh6 Bxh6 17.g5 f6 18.h4 g6

19.g5 Bg7 20.fxg6 hxg6 21.gxf6 Bxf6 22.Ng5 Nc5 23.exd5 cxd5 24.Bf3 Kg7 25.Bxd5 Rh8 26.Ndf3 Bg4 27.Kg2 Bxg5 28.Nxg5 Rxh4 29.Rh1 Rxh1 30.Rxh1 Kf6 31.Ne4+ Nxe4 32.Bxe4 Bf5

33.Bxf5 gxf5 34.Rh7 b6 35.c3 Rd8 36.d4 exd4 37.cxd4 Rxd4 38.Rxa7 Rd2+ 39.Kf3 Rxb2 40.a4 Rb3+ 41.Kf4 Rb4+ 42.Kf3 Ke5 43.a5 bxa5 44.Rxa5+ Ke6 45.Ra3 Ke5 46.Ra5+ Kf6 47.Ra3 Kg5

48.Rc3 Rh4 49.Kg2 f4 50.Ra3 Kg4 51.Rb3 Rh5 52.Ra3 Rb5 53.Kf2 Rb2+ 54.Kf1 f3 55.Ra8 Rb1+ 56.Kf2 Rb2+ 57.Kf1 Rb1+ 58.Kf2 Rb2+ 59.Kf1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

lucieanisimova402 (lichess 1970) - JimWest (lichess 2072), lichess 7/29/2026

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.fxe3 Nxb4 12.Qxb4 Qxe3+ 13.Be2 Qc1+ 14.Bd1 Qe3+ 15.Kf1 Ne7

16.Nc3 O-O+ 17.Bf3 Rxf3+ 18.gxf3 Bh3#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/28/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2038) - Avipro_1229 (Chess.com 1836), Chess.com 7/28/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Qd7 8.a4 a6 9.Na3 Nh5 10.f5 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nf6 12.Bg5 Ng8 13.Nc4 f6 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.Nxe3 g6 16.O-O O-O-O 17.fxg6 Kb8 18.g7 Qxg7 19.Nf5 Qd7

20.b4 Nge7 21.b5 Na7 22.bxa6 Nxf5 23.exf5 b6 24.a5 d5 25.axb6 cxb6 26.Qb3 Nc8 27.a7+ Nxa7 28.Qxb6+ Qb7 29.Qxb7+ Kxb7 30.Rfb1+ Ka8 31.c4 e4

32.dxe4 dxc4 33.e5+ Rd5 34.Bxd5#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

weiren (lichess 2034) - JimWest (lichess 2067), lichess 7/28/2026

1.e4 e5 Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nd7 11.Bd2 O-O-O 12.Rad1 Ne7 13.a4 h5 14.a5 Ng6 15.g3 fxg3 16.fxg3 Bc5+ 17.Be3 Qxf3 18.Rxf3 Rhf8

19.Rdf1 Bxe3+ 20.Rxe3 Rxf1+ 21.Kxf1 Rf8+ 22.Kg2 h4 23.Ne2 hxg3 24.Kxg3 Nf4 25.Rf3 Nxe2+ 26.Bxe2 Rxf3+ 27.Bxf3 Nf6 28.Bg4+ Kc7 29.Bf5 b6 30.axb6+ axb6 31.Kh4 Kd6 32.Kg5 Ke7 33.Kg6 Kf8

34.h4 c5 35.h5 Ne8 36.Bd7 Nd6 37.Bc6 Nc4 38.b3 Ne3 39.c4 Kg8 40.Bd5+ Kf8 41.Bf7 Ng2 42.Bd5 Nf4+ 43.Kg5 Ke7 44.h6 gxh6+ 45.Kxh6 Nxd5 46.cxd5 b5

47.Kg5 c4 48.bxc4 bxc4 49.Kf5 Kd6, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 7/27/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2009) - Femto39 (Chess.com 2141), Chess.com 7/27/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Neg4 7.exd5 Ne4 8.Bb5+ c6 9.dxc6 Qa5+ 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.cxb7+ Nxb5+ 12.Bd2 Bb4 13.bxa8=Q Bxd2+ 14.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 15.Kxd2 O-O

16.Nf3 Nf2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2062) - meatloaf55 (lichess 2048), lichess 7/27/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Nc6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Na4 Bb6 8.Nxb6 axb6 9.Nf3 h6 10.Be2 Bg4 11.O-O O-O 12.a3 Re8 13.h3 Bh5 14.Qd2 Kh7 15.c3 Qd7 16.Rae1 Qe6

17.Nh4 Bxe2 18.Rxe2 Ne5 19.Nf5 Ng6 20.Bxh6 Nh5 21.Bxg7 Ngf4 22.Rxf4 Nxf4 23.Qxf4 Qg6 24.Qh4+, Black resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/26/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

ddiixxiitt01 (Chess.com 1933) - JimWest (Chess.com 2009), Chess.com 7/26/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nd5 f4 7.a3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Nd4 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qd1 Nf6 12.c3 Nc6 13.Qb3 Na5 14.Qa4+ c6 15.Nxe7 Kxe7 16.Ba2 b5 17.Qc2 Nb7 18.Bd2 a5 19.Qb3 Qg8

20.Qc2 Qg7 21.c4 Nc5 22.cxb5 cxb5 23.b4 axb4 24.Bxb4 Rhc8 25.Qe2 Ne6 26.Bxe6 Kxe6 27.O-O Qa7 28.Rfd1 Qd4 29.Qa2+ Ke7 30.Qe2 Rc6 31.Rac1 Rac8

32.Qd2 Rxc1 33.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 34.Qxc1 Kd7 35.Qc2 f3 36.gxf3 Nh5 37.Bc3 Qc5 38.Qb2 Nf4 39.d4 Qxc3 40.Qxb5+ Qc6 41.Qb3 Ne2+ 42.Kg2 Nxd4 43.Qf7+ Kc8 44.Qg8+ Kc7 45.Qxh7+ Qd7 46.Qxg6 Ne6

47.Qf5 Nf4+ 48.Kh2 Qxf5 49.exf5 d5 50.a4 d4 51.f6 d3 52.f7 Ne6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2077) - zabiholahkeymasi (lichess 1986), lichess 7/26/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.c3 Bxg1 7.Rxg1 Bg4 8.Be2 Be6 9.Rf1 c5 10.Bg5 Nc6 11.Nd2 h6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Kf2 Rg8 14.Kg1 Bh3 15.Rf2 Qd7 16.Kh1 Be6 17.Rxf6 O-O-O 18.Qf1 Ne5 19.d4 Ng4

20.Bxg4 Bxg4 21.Nc4 Qe7 22.Re1 cxd4 23.cxd4 h5 24.Rxf7 Qe6 25.d5 Qg6 26.Qf6 b5 27.Qxg6 Rxg6 28.Na5 Bd7 29.Rc1+ Kb8 30.Nc6+ Bxc6 31.Rxc6 Rc8 32.Rxc8+ Kxc8 33.Rxa7 Rg4 34.Re7 Kd8 35.Re6 Kd7

 

36.Kg1 Rg8 37.Rh6 Re8 38.Rh7+ Kd8 39.Rxh5 Rxe4 40.Kf2 Rc4 41.Kf3 Rc2 42.Rh8+ Kc7 43.Ra8 Rxb2 44.h4 Rd2 45.h5 Rxd5 46.g4 Kd7 47.h6 Rd3+ 48.Kf4 Rh3

49.g5 Ke6 50.Re8+ Kf7 51.Rb8 Kg6 52.Rxb5 Rh4+ 53.Kg3 Ra4 54.Rd5 Ra3+ 55.Kf4 Ra4+ 56.Ke3 Rxa2 57.Rxd6+ Kxg5 58.h7 Rh2 59.Rd7 Kg6 60.Kf4 Rxh7 61.Rxh7 Kxh7, draw.

2 PCG Games 7/25/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

asg0317 (Chess.com 1823) - JimWest (Chess.com 2019), Chess.com 7/25/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Be2 Be6 11.f3 Bb4 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 O-O 14.fxe4 Nxe4 15.Rxf8+ Kxf8 16.Ba3+ Kg8 17.Rf1 Nf7 18.Nxf7 Bxf7 19.Bd3 Re8

20.c4 Nd2 21.Rd1 Nxc4 22.Bxc4 Bxc4 23.Rd7 Re1+ 24.Kf2 Re2+ 25.Kg3 Rxc2 26.Rxb7 Rc3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Astur3 (lichess 2037) - JimWest (lichess 2072), lichess 7/25/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Qd4 c5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.Qd1 Nge7 10.Bd2 O-O 11.O-O Nxe5 12.Qe2 h6 13.Ngxe4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Bxd2 15.Nxd2 N7g6 16.Rad1 Qb6 17.Ne4 Bg4 18.Bc4+ Nxc4 19.Qxg4 Nce5

20.Qe2 Rad8 21.b3 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Rd8 23.Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.Nxc5 Qd5 25.Ne4 Nf4 26.Qe1 Ng4 27.h3 Ne5 28.Qe3 Neg6 29.Nc3 Qxg2#.

2 PCG Games 7/24/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

TheTacticalMaster2012 (Chess.com 2160) - JimWest (Chess.com 2019), Chess.com 7/24/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.d5 Nf6 7.c4 c6 8.dxc6 bxc6 9.Nc3 d5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bb5+ Bd7 12.Bxd7+ Qxd7 13.Nb3 Nc6 14.Be3 Be7 15.Qd2 O-O 16.Rd1 Rad8 17.O-O Ne5 18.Qd4 Neg4 19.Qxa7 Qd6

20.g3 Ne5 21.Bc5 Nf3+ 22.Kg2 Qe6 23.Qxe7 Nh4+ 24.gxh4 Qg4+ 25.Kh1 Qf3+ 26.Kg1 Qg4+ 27.Kh1 Qf3+ 28.Kg1 Qg4+ 29.Kh1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

dutaw (lichess 1960) - JimWest (lichess 2061), lichess 7/24/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.d4 e4 7.Ng5 d5 8.Bb3 Nf6 9.c4 h6 10.Nh3 Bxh3 11.gxh3 Qd7 12.Kg2 Qf5 13.f3 Bd6 14.fxe4 Qxe4+ 15.Kg1 O-O 16.Nc3 Qg6+ 17.Kh1 dxc4 18.Bxc4+ Kh8 19.Bd3 Qe8

20.Qf3 Qd7 21.Bd2 Na6 22.Ne4 Be7 23.Ng3 Qd5 24.Qxd5 Nxd5 25.Nf5 Bb4 26.Rf2 Bxd2 27.Rxd2 Nab4 28.Rg1 Nxd3 29.Nxg7 Nf2+ 30.Rxf2 Rxf2 31.Ne6, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 7/23/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

zzBillyxx (Chess.com 1938) - JimWest (Chess.com 2023), Chess.com 7/23/2026

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.Bxf6 gxf6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

lensan61 (lichess 1981) - JimWest (lichess 2056), lichess 7/23/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.Ngxe4 dxc3 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.bxc3 Be7 11.Be3 Nc6 12.f4 Nh6 13.Rd1+ Ke8 14.h3 Nf5 15.Bf2 h5 16.g3 Be6 17.Be2 Rd8 18.O-O Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Kf7

20.g4 hxg4 21.hxg4 Nh6 22.f5 Nxf5 23.gxf5 Bxf5 24.Nc5 Bxc5 25.Bxc5 Nxe5 26.Rf1 g6 27.Bd4 Re8 28.Bd3 Nxd3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 7/22/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

DS_0101 (Chess.com 1992) - JimWest (Chess.com 2020), Chess.com 7/22/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.Nc3 fxe4 7.Nxe4 d5 8.Nc3 e4 9.Ne5 O-O 10.Be2 c6 11.O-O Nd7 12.f4 Nf5 13.Qd2 Qb6 14.Rfd1 Nxe5 15.fxe5 Be6 16.Na4 Qc7 17.Nc5 Rae8 18.c4 b6 19.Nxe6 Rxe6

20.cxd5 cxd5 21.Rac1 Rc6 22.Bb5 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Qf7 24.h3 h5 25.Qf2 h4 26.Kh2 Qg6 27.Rc6 Qg3+ 28.Qxg3 hxg3+ 29.Kg1 Nxd4 30.e6 Nxb5 31.e7 Re8

32.Re6 Kf7 33.Re5 Rxe7 34.Rxd5 Nc7 35.Rg5 e3 36.Kf1 e2+ 37.Re1 Re3 38.Rf5+ Kg6 39.Rf4 Ne6 40.Rg4+ Kf5 41.Ra4 Nf4 42.Rxf4+ Kxf4 43.h4 Re5 44.h5 Ke3 45.h6 gxh6 46.b4 Rh5 47.b5 Rh1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

CHESSDOMATIOyoutube (lichess 2126) - JimWest (lichess 2049), lichess 7/22/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nc3 f4 8.d4 Bg4 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qd3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nf6 12.O-O-O Nbd7 13.g3 g5 14.gxf4 gxf4 15.Rhg1 O-O-O 16.Rg5 Nb6 17.Qh3+ Kb8

18.Be6 Rxd1+ 19.Kxd1 Rd8+ 20.Kc1 Qd6 21.b3 Qa3+ 22.Kb1 Nxe4 23.Rg8 Nd2+, White resigns.