2 PCG Games 10/22/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

jockokumbara (Chess.com 1792) - JimWest (Chess.com 1978), Chess.com 10/22/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 Be7 6.O-O f4 7.h3 h6 8.a3 Nf6 9.b4 g5 10.d4 g4 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qxd8+ Bxd8 13.hxg4 Bxg4 14.Nh2 Nd4 15.Nd5 h5 16.c3 Nxd5 17.cxd4 Nb6 18.Nxg4 hxg4 19.Be6 exd4

20.Bxg4 Bg5 21.g3 O-O 22.Bf5 Nc8 23.Bxf4 Bxf4 24.gxf4 Nd6 25.Be6+ Kh8 26.e5 Ne4 27.f5 Nd2 28.Rfd1 Nf3+ 29.Kg2 Nh4+ 30.Kg3 Nxf5+ 31.Bxf5 Rxf5

32.f4 Rg8+ 33.Kf3 Rgf8 34.Rxd4 Rxe5 35.Rh1+ Kg8 36.Rd7 Ref5 37.Rg1+ Kh8 38.Rg4 R8f7 39.Rxf7 Rxf7 40.Rg3 Rg7 41.Rxg7 Kxg7

42.Ke4 Kf6 43.f5 c6 44.a4 b6 45.Kf4 a6 46.Ke4 a5 47.bxa5 bxa5 48.Kd4 Kxf5 49.Kc5 Ke6 50.Kxc6 Ke7 51.Kb6 Kd7 52.Kxa5 Kc7 53.Ka6 Kb8

54.a5 Ka8 55.Kb6 Kb8 56.a6 Ka8 57.a7, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

openingtest09 (lichess 2243) - JimWest (lichess 2091), lichess 10/22/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6

8.f4 exf3 9.Qxf3 Qxe6+ 10.Qe2 Qxe2+ 11.Bxe2 Kxf7, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/21/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1982) - user96089915 (Chess.com 1794), Chess.com 10/21/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Nxe2 Nc6 7.fxe5 Nxe5 8.d4 Nc6 9.e5 Ne4 10.O-O Be7 11.Nbc3 Nxc3 12.Nxc3 O-O 13.Be3 Qd7 14.Qd2 Rad8 15.Rf3 f6 16.exf6 Bxf6 17.Raf1 Be7 18.Rxf8+ Rxf8 19.Rxf8+ Bxf8

20.Ne2 Ne7 21.c3 c6 22.Bf4 Nf5 23.Be5 Bd6 24.Qf4 Qe6 25.Ng3 Bxe5 26.Qxf5 Qxf5 27.Nxf5 Bf4 28.Kf2 Bc1 29.b3 Bb2 30.c4 dxc4 31.bxc4 g6

32.Nd6 Bxd4+ 33.Kf3 b6 34.Ke4 Bg1 35.h3 Bh2 36.Nc8 Bb8 37.Ne7+ Kf6 38.Nxc6 Bc6 39.Nxh7 Ke6 40.Nb5 Bc5 41.g4 h5 42.gxh5 gxh5 43.a4 h4

44.Nc7+ Kf6 45.Nd5+ Kg5 46.Ke5 Bf2 47.Kd6 Kf5 48.Kc6 Ke4 49.Nxb6 Kf3 50.a5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

BlackKnightM (lichess 2041) - JimWest (lichess 2086), lichess 10/21/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.Ng5 d5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.O-O Bd6 9.Re1 O-O 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nbd7 13.Qe2 Kh8 14.c4 d4 15.Nd2 Nc5 16.Bc2 e4

17.Nxe4 Nfxe4 18.dxe4 d3 19.Bxd3 Nxd3 20.Rd1 Nxf2 21.e5 Nxd1 22.exd6 Qxd6 23.Bd2 Nxb2 24.Bc3 Qc5+ 25.Kh1 Nxc4

26.Qg4 Ne5 27.Qg3 Ng6 28.Rc1 Qf2 29.Qc7 Qf7 30.Qg3 Rae8, White forfeits.

2 PCG Games 10/20/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

santosh_sahu (Chess.com 1965) - JimWest (Chess.com 1978), Chess.com 10/20/2026

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.Qxe4 Nxb4 11.f4 Qf5 12.Nc3 Qxe4 13.Nxe4 Nc2+ 14.Kd2 Nxa1 15.Bd3 Ne7 16.Rxa1 O-O

17.g3 Bf5 18.Kc3 Rad8 19.Bc2 Bxe4 20.Bxe4 c6 21.b4 a6 22.a4 b5 23.axb5 axb5 24.cxb5 cxb5 25.Ra7 Nd5+ 26.Kb3 Nxb4

27.Bb7 Nd3 28.Be4 Nc5+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

kingtoppriority (lichess 1944) - JimWest (lichess 2103), lichess 10/20/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Bh5+ Kf8 12.Be3 Bd6 13.Nc3 c6 14.Bd4 Kg8 15.Ng6 hxg6 16.Bxg6 Ne5 17.Bxe5 Bxe5 18.Bh5 g6 19.Be2 Kg7

20.f3 Rh8 21.f4 Qc5+ 22.Kh1 Bxc3 23.bxc3 Qxc3 24.g4 Qg3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/19/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

LuciePichard (Chess.com 1999) - JimWest (Chess.com 1982), Chess.com 10/19/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d5 Nd4 9.Qd1 Bxf5 10.Nc4 c5 11.dxc6 Nxc6 12.Nxd6+ Qxd6 13.Qxd6 Bxd6 14.Nb5 O-O-O 15.Be3 a6 16.Nxd6+ Rxd6 17.Be2 Nd4 18.Bxd4 Rxd4 19.O-O Rd2

20.Bc4 Rxc2 21.Bb3 Rc6 22.Rac1 Rxc1 23.Rxc1+ Kb8 24.Rc5 Bg6 25.Re5 Rc8 26.h3 Rc1+ 27.Kh2 Rb1 28.Re7 Rxb2 29.Rxg7 Rxf2 30.Re7 Nh5 31.Bg8 Rf8

32.Bxh7 Bxh7 33.Rxh7 Nf6 34.Re7 Re8 35.Rf7 e3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

cslimbu2 (lichess 2032) - JimWest (lichess 2095), lichess 10/19/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.d4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nd2 Nf6 9.O-O Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Re1 Nxf4 13.Nxe4 Bxe5

14.Bxf4 Bxf4 15.Nxf6+ Kf7 16.Nd5 Bd6 17.Nxc7 Bxc7, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/18/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

sachinanand1966 (Chess.com 2025) - JimWest (Chess.com 1995), Chess.com 10/18/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.Bd3 fxe4 7.Bxe4 d5 8.Bxd5 Qxd5 9.Nc3 Qa5 10.Nxe5 O-O 11.Qe2 Qa6 12.Nb5 Qb6 13.O-O-O Na6 14.Qc4+ Be6 15.d5 Nxd5 16.Rxd5 c6 17.Nd7 cxd5 18.Nxb6 dxc4 19.Nxa8 Rxa8

20.Re1 Bf7 21.Re7 Nc5 22.Nd6 Rf8 23.f4 a6 24.g4 b5 25.f5 h6 26.h4 c3 27.b3 b4 28.Rc7 Ne4 29.Nxe4 Re8 30.Nxc3 bxc3 31.Rxc3 Re4

32.Rc8+ Kh7 33.g5 Rxh4 34.g6+ Bxg6 35.fxg6+ Kxg6 36.c4 Rh2 37.c5 Rxa2 38.c6 Ra5 39.b4 Rb5 40.Kc2 Rxb4 41.Kc3 Rb6 42.Kc4 h5 43.Kc5 Rb1 44.Ra8 Rc1+ 45.Kd6 h4 46.Rxa6 h3 47.Ra2 Kg5 48.c7 Kh4 49.Kd7 g5 50.c8=Q Rxc8 51.Kxc8 g4

52.Kd7 g3 53.Ra4+ Kg5 54.Ra5+ Kf4 55.Ra4+ Kf3 56.Ra3+ Kg2 57.Ke6 h2 58.Ra2+ Kh3 59.Ra1 g2 60.Ra3+ Kg4 61.Ra4+ Kf3 62.Ra3+ Ke4

63.Ra4+ Kd3 64.Ra3+ Kc4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Alex_Optimus (lichess 2238) - JimWest (lichess 2140), lichess 10/18/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d5 Nd4 9.Qd1 Bxf5 10.Nc4 c5 11.dxc6 Nxc6 12.Bf4 O-O-O 13.Nb5 Ne8 14.Qd5 Be6

15.Qxe4 d5 16.Ncd6+ Nxd6 17.Nxd6+ Rxd6 18.Bxd6 dxe4 19.Bxe7 Bxe7 20.O-O-O Bxa2 21.h4 Be6 22.g3 Rf8 23.Rd2 Bc5 24.Bg2 Bxf2 25.Rf1 e3, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/17/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

k987654321e (Chess.com 1971) - JimWest (Chess.com 2009), Chess.com 10/17/2026

1.e4 e5 Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.a4 a5 8.Qe2 Na6 9.Ng5 Qc7

10.Bf7+ Kf8 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Be6 Bg6 13.Bf5 Bxf5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Erwinal (lichess 2186) - JimWest (lichess 2133), lichess 10/17/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Kh1 Bg4 9.Be2 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nd7 11.Bh5+ g6 12.Bg4 O-O-O 13.Nc3 h5 14.Bh3 g5 15.Bf5 Ne7 16.Bxd7+ Rxd7 17.Qf3 g4 18.Qe2 f3 

19.Qe3 fxg2+ 20.Kxg2 Kb8 21.f4 Ng6 22.fxe5 Qxe5 23.Qg3 Bd6 24.Qxe5 Bxe5 25.Bg5 h4 26.Bf6 h3+ 27.Kg1 Bxf6 28.Rxf6 Ne5 29.Raf1 Nf3+ 30.R6xf3 gxf3 31.Rxf3 Rd2

32.Rf2 Rg8+ 33.Kf1 Rxf2+ 34.Kxf2 Rg2+ 35.Kf3 Rxh2 36.Kg3 Rxc2 37.Kxh3 Rxb2 38.Kg4 Kc7, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 10/16/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

springaprilwater (Chess.com 1995) - JimWest (Chess.com 1999), Chess.com 10/16/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Be2 Bc5 8.Bc4 dxc4 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Nf7+ Ke7 11.Nxh8 Be6 12.Bg5+ Kf8 13.Nc3 Bb4 14.Rd1 Nd7 15.f4 Ne7 16.O-O Bxc3 17.Bxc3 Nf5 18.Rfe1 Bd5 19.g4 Nh6

20.h3 Kg8 21.Bxh6 gxh6 22.Rf1 Kxh8 23.h4 Rg8 24.g5 hxg5 25.hxg5 Nxe5 26.fxe5 Rxg5+ 27.Kh2 Rxe5 28.Rf8+ Kg7 29.Rdf1 e3 30.Rb8 Re7 31.Rg1+ Kh6

32.Rf8 Bf7 33.Rd6 e2 34.Rd6+ Bg6 35.Re1 Kg7 36.Rd2 Re3 37.Rdxe2 Rxc3 38.Re7+ Kh6 39.Rxb7 Rxc2+ 40.Kg3 Rxa2 41.Rc1 Rc2 42.Rxc2 Bxc2 43.Rxa7 Be4 44.Kf4 Bd5

45.Kf5 c3 46.Ra3 c2 47.Rc3 Kg7 48.Rxc2 h6 49.Rh2 Bc4 50.Rd2 Bd5 51.Rb2 Bf7 52.Rb6 c5 53.Rc6 c4 54.Ke4 Bg6+ 55.Kd4 Bd3 56.Ke5 h5 57.Kf4 Kf7 58.Kg5 Be2

59.Rxc4 Bxc4 60.Kxh5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Goldenboad (lichess 2226) - JimWest (lichess 2126), lichess 10/16/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe4 fxe5 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Bxb4 d4

9.Qxd4 Nc6, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/15/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2018) - chessmaster1399 (Chess.com 1812), Chess.com 10/15/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 Bg4 6.Be2 h5 7.fxe5 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Ng4 9.Nf3 Bf2+ 10.Kf1 d4 11.Nd1 Bh4 12.h3 Nh6 13.Bf4 Be7 14.g3 g5 15.Bd2 Nc6 16.Kg2 f5 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Nf2 Qe7 19.Rae1 O-O-O

20.e5 Rde8 21.Ne4 Bxe5 22.Bxg5 Qg7 23.Nxe5 Rxe5 24.Bf6 Rxe4 25.Bxg7 Rxe2+ 26.Rxe2 Rg8 27.Bxh6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

DrFierceKnight2011 (lichess 1986) - JimWest (lichess 2117), lichess 10/15/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.dxe5 Bc5

7.c4 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Qxg5 9.Bxb4 d4 10.Bd2 Qxe5 11.Qa4+, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/14/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

MasterScheduler (Chess.com 1986) - JimWest (Chess.com 2014), Chess.com 10/14/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 Nf6 9.Nf7 Qe7 10.Nxh8 Bxe6 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Bf4 O-O-O 13.Qd2 Rxh8

14.b4 Bb6 15.b5 c5 16.Bb3 Re8 17.a4 c4 18.Ba2 d4 19.a5 Bc5 20.b6 a6 21.Qe2 d3 22.Qd2 Bd5 23.Nc3 Bb4 24.cxd3 exd3 25.Rfe1 Qf7

26.Rxe8+ Nxe8 27.Bg3 Bxa5 28.Bxc4 Bxc4 29.Rxa5 Nxb6 30.Qe3 Nd7 31.Qa7 Nc7 32.Bxc7 Kxc7 33.h3 Qf6 34.Rc5+ Nxc5 35.Qxc5+ Qc6 

36.Qe7+ Qd7 37.Qc5+ Qc6 38.Qe5+ Kc8 39.Qxg7 Be6 40.Qf8+ Kc7 41.Qe7+ Qd7 42.Qc5+ Kb8 43.Qe5+ Ka8 44.Ne4 d2

45.Nxd2 Qxd2 46.Qxe6 Qc1+ 47.Kh2 Qf4+ 48.Kg1 Qc1+ 49.Kh2 Qf4+ 50.Kg1 Qc1+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2129) - Titou1964 (lichess 2147), lichess 10/14/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 a5 8.a4 e5 9.O-O exf4 10.Bxf4 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Ne5

13.d4 Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 c6 15.Bg5, Black resigns.