2 PCG Games 7/14/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

romimiro (Chess.com 2026) - JimWest (Chess.com 2002), Chess.com 7/14/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O d5 8.c4 c6 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.Re1 O-O 11.cxd5 Bxc3 12.bxc3 cxd5 13.Nf1 Nc6 14.Ng3 Be6 15.Bg5 Qd7 16.Nh5 Nxh5 17.Bxh5 h6 18.Be3 Na5 19.Be2 Rac8

20.Qc2 Nc4 21.Bxc4 Rxc4 22.Rab1 Rfc8 23.Rb3 Qc6 24.Rc1 b5 25.Qb2 a6 26.h3 Bd7 27.Bd2 Qg6 28.Kh1 Rf8 29.Be3 h5 30.Rb4 Rfc8 31.Rxc4 Rxc4 32.Qa3 Qe6 33.Qb2 Qc6

34.Qa3 Kf7 35.Qb2 g6 36.a3 a5 37.Qd2 Bf5 38.Qe1 Qd6 39.Ra1 Ra4 40.Qc1 Qc6 41.Qb2 Qc4 42.Rb1 Bd7 43.Bc1 h4 44.Qd2 Bf5 45.Qe3 Qf1+ 46.Kh2 Rxa3 47.Bxa3 Qxb1 48.Qf4 b4 49.cxb4 axb4

50.Qc7+ Kg8 51.Qb8+ Kh7 52.Bxb4 e3 53.fxe3 Qe4 54.Qc7+ Kg8 55.Qe7 Qxe7 56.Bxe7 Kh7 57.Bxh4 Kh6 58.Bf6 g5 59.g4 Be4 60.Kg3 Kg6 61.Bd8 Kh6 62.h4 gxh4+ 63.Bxh4 Kg6 64.Kf4 Bg2 65.Ke5 Be4

66.Bd8 Bf3 67.g5 Be4 68.Bf6 Bg2 69.Bd8 Be4 70.Ke6 Bg2 71.Ke5 Be4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ken_Maynard (lichess 2125) - JimWest (lichess 2058), lichess 7/14/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.Nd2 Bd6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.f4 fxe5 12.Nxe4 exf4 13.Nxd6+ cxd6 14.O-O-O Be6 15.Rhe1 Kd7 16.Bb5+ Nc6 17.Re4 a6 18.Bxc6+ bxc6 19.Rxf4 Raf8

20.Rdf1 Rxf4 21.Rxf4 Rg8 22.g3 d5 23.Ra4 Ra8 24.Kd2 c5 25.Rh4 Bf5 26.c3 c4 27.Rf4 Bg6 28.Ke3 Re8+ 29.Kd4 Re4+ 30.Rxe4 Bxe4 31.Kc5 Kc7

32.b3 cxb3 33.axb3 h5 34.Kd4 Bg2 35.Ke5 Kc6 36.b4 Kb5 37.Kd4 Bf3 38.h3 Bg2 39.g4 h4 40.g5 Bxh3 41.Kxd5 Bf5 42.Ke5 h3 43.Kxf5 h2 44.g6 h1=Q 45.g7 Qh7+ 46.Kf6 Qg8, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/13/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

raiumairkhan (Chess.com 1828) - JimWest (Chess.com 2017), Chess.com 7/13/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.O-O Nf6 9.Bg5 Bd6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Re1 Bxe5 12.Rxe4 Be6 13.c3 Bxc4 14.Rxc4 O-O 15.Nd2 Nc6 16.Nf3 Rad8 17.Rg4+ Kh8 18.Nh4 Rd2 19.Nf5 Rg8

20.Rxg8+ Kxg8 21.g3 Rxb2 22.Rd1 Bd6 23.Re1 Ne5 24.Kg2 Bc5 25.Kf1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2056) - mehmetefe093 (lichess 1989), lichess 7/13/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Na4 Bb6 7.Nxb6 axb6 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nb4 13.a3 Nc6 14.f5 Nd4 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bxf6 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Qxf6 18.c3 c5 19.g4 Kh7

20.Rad1 Qg5 21.Qg3 Ra4 22.h4 Qf6 23.Rd2 c4 24.Rg2 cxd3 25.g5 hxg5 26.hxg5 Qe7 27.g6+ fxg6 28.Qxg6+ Kg8 29.f6 Qf7 30.Qxf7+ Kxf7 31.fxg7+ Kg8 32.Rd1 Rxe4 33.Rxd3 Rd8

34.Rh3 Kf7 35.g8=Q+ Rxg8 36.Rh7+ Kf8 37.Rxg8+ Kxg8 38.Rxb7 Re1+ 39.Kf2 Rb1 40.Rxb6 d5 41.a4 Kf7 42.a5 e4 43.Ke3 Re1+ 44.Kd4 e3 45.Kd3 Ke7 46.a6 Kd7 47.Rb5 Kc6 48.Ra5 Rb1 49.a7, Black resigns.

2 PCG Games 7/12/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

joeohio2017 (Chess.com 2074) - JimWest (Chess.com 2008), Chess.com 7/12/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6

11.a3 Be7 12.Qd2 Be6 13.Rae1 Nbd7 14.f4 c5 15.Kh1 cxd4 16.Nb5 h6 17.Bh4 Nxe5 18.fxe5 Ng4 19.Nxd4 Bxh4

20.Nxe6 Bxe1 21.Qxe1 Rxf1+ 22.Qxf1 Qh4 23.g3 Qxh2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Raza87 (lichess 1947) - JimWest (lichess 2064), lichess 7/12/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.d4 e4 7.Ng5 Nh6 8.Ngxe4 Bxe4 9.Nxe4 Qh4 10.Ng3 O-O-O 11.Be3 Kb8

12.O-O Ng4 13.h3 Nxe3 14.fxe3 Qxg3 15.Qf3 Qxf3 16.Rxf3 d5 17.Bb5 Be7 18.Raf1 Bf6 19.c3 Rd6 20.Rf5 a6 21.Ba4 Re8 22.R1f3 b5 23.Bb3 Ne7 24.R5f4 c6

25.a4 Ng6 26.Rg4 Rde6 27.axb5 axb5 28.Kf2 Re4 29.Bc2 Rxg4 30.hxg4 Rf8 31.Ke2 Bh4 32.Rh3 Rf2+ 33.Kd1 Rxg2 34.Bxg6 hxg6 35.Rxh4 Rxb2 36.Rh7 Rg2 37.Rxg7 Rxg4

38.Ke2 Rg2+ 39.Kd3 g5 40.Re7 g4 41.e4 Rg3+ 42.Kd2 dxe4 43.Rxe4 Kb7 44.Re6 Kc7 45.Rg6 Rg2+ 46.Kd3 g3 47.Ke3 Rg1

48.Kf3 g2 49.Rxg2 Rxg2 50.Kxg2 Kd6 51.Kf2 Kd5 52.Ke2 b4 53.Kd3 bxc3 54.Kxc3 c5 55.dxc5 Kxc5, draw.

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/11/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2003) - vufabwrufghjiwaej (Chess.com 1825), Chess.com 7/11/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxf4 Be7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.d4 Re8 9.Bd3 c5 10.c3 Nc6 11.O-O Qb6 12.Qb3 cxd4 13.Qxb6 axb6 14.cxd4 Ra4

15.Nc3 Nxd4 16.Nxa4 Nxf3+ 17.Rxf3 b5 18.Nc3 Bc5+ 19.Kh1 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 Rxe5 21.Bxb5 Bg4 22.Rff1 h5 23.h3 Be6 24.Rae1 Rg5 25.Bd3 b6 26.a3 Be7 27.Ne2 Bd7 28.b4 Bd6 29.Nd4 Be5 30.Nf3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

TacticTwists (lichess 1984) - JimWest (lichess 2056), lichess 7/11/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qh6 c6 12.Be2 Bf8 13.Qe3 Bg7 14.O-O O-O 15.f4 Be6 16.Rae1 Nd7 17.Nd1 Nxe5 18.fxe5 Qe7

19.Qg3 Rxf1+ 20.Rxf1 Rf8 21.Rxf8+ Qxf8 22.Qf2 Qxf2+ 23.Kxf2 b5 24.c3 a5 25.a3 a4 26.Ne3 Bh6 27.g4 Bxe3+ 28.Kxe3 g5 29.h3 Kg7 30.Kd2 h5 31.Kc2 hxg4 32.hxg4 Kf7

33.b3 axb3+ 34.Kxb3 Ke7 35.Kb4 Kd7 36.Kc5 Kc7 37.Bd1 Bc8 38.Kb4 Kb6 39.a4 bxa4 40.Kxa4 Ba6 41.e6 Kc7 42.Ka5 Bb5, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/10/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

LevanGogoladze (Chess.com 1936) - JimWest (Chess.com 7/10/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qd2 Bxg5 8.Qxg5 Qxg5 9.Nxg5 d5 10.Bb3 h6 11.Nf3 Nd7 12.O-O O-O-O 13.h3 Ngf6 14.Nc3 Rhe8 15.Rfe1 e4 16.dxe4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.Nh2 Nc5

19.Rad1 Nxb3 20.cxb3 Bg6 21.f3 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Re8 23.Rxe8+ Bxe8 24.Kf2 a5 25.a3 Bg6 26.Ke3 Bc2 27.b4 axb4 28.axb4 Kd7 29.Kd4 Kd6 30.f4 b6 31.g3 c5+ 32.bxc5+ bxc5+ 33.Ke3 d4+ 34.Kd2 Bg6 35.Nf3 Kd5 36.h4 c4

37.Ne5 Be8 38.Ke2 g5 39.hxg5 hxg5 40.Kf3 gxf4 41.Kxf4 c3 42.bxc3 dxc3 43.Ke3 Bb5 44.Nd3 Bxd3 45.Kxd3 c2 46.Kxc2 Ke4 47.g4 Kf4 48.g5 Kxg5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2059) - Abhishek02071998 (lichess 1994), lichess 7/10/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Bc5 6.c3 d5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.d4 Be7 9.Nf3 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O cxd4 12.cxd4 Nc6 13.Nc3 Qb6 14.Nxd5 Qxb2 15.Nxe7+ Nxe7 16.Qb3 Qxb3 17.axb3 Nd5 18.Bd2 N7b6 19.Be4 Rd8

20.Ba5 Bg4 21.Bxd5 Rxd5 22.Bxb6 Rb5 23.Rxa7 Rxa7 24.Bxa7 Rxb3 25.h3 Be6 26.Bc5 Bd5 27.h4 b5 28.h5 b4 29.Kh2 Rb2 30.Kg3 b3 31.Rd1 Rc2 32.Rb1 b2 33.Ba3 Ba2 34.Rxb2 Rxb2 35.Bxb2 Bd5

36.Kf4 Bxf3 37.Kxf3 Kf8 38.d5 Ke7 39.g4 g6 40.hxg6 fxg6 41.Bc1 Kd7 42.Bxh6, Black resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 7/9/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1987) - kurma777 (Chess.com 1949), Chess.com 7/9/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Nc6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Be2 a6 8.Qd2 d5 9.e5 Ng4 10.Bxg4 Qh4+ 11.Bg3 Qxg4 12.Nf3 Nb4 13.d4 Bxd4 14.Nxd4 Qxd4 15.O-O-O Qxd2+ 16.Rxd2 Be6 17.a3 Nc6 18.Nxd5 Rac8 19.Re1 Rfe8

20.Nc3 Na5 21.Kb1 b5 22.Ne4 Nc4 23.Rde2 Bg4 24.Rf2 Nxe5 25.Nc5 Nc4 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Nxa6 c6 28.b3 Re1+ 29.Ka2 Ne3 30.Rd2 Rd1 31.Rxd1 Bxd1

32.c3 Nxg2 33.Nb8 Bf3 34.b4 h5 35.Bd6 g5 36.a4 bxa4 37.Ka3 f5 38.Kxa4 g4 39.Nd7 h4 40.Ne5 f4 41.c4 Bd1+ 42.Ka5 Ne3 43.b5 cxb5 44.cxb5 Nd5

45.b6 Nxb6 46.Kxb6 g3 47.h3 f3 48.Nxf3 Bxf3 49.Kb5 Kf7 50.Kc4 Bg2 51.Kd3 Bxh3 52.Ke2 Kg6 53.Kf3 Kf5 54.Bxg3 Bg4+ 55.Kg2 h3+ 56.Kh2 Ke4

57.Bc7 Kf3 58.Bd6 Bf5 59.Bc7 Kg4 60.Bd6 Be4 61.Bc7 Bf5 62.Bd6 Be6 63.Bc7 Bf5, draw.

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 Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2066) - gaosheyun (lichess 2020), lichess 7/9/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 c6 7.c3 Nbd7 8.Qc2 O-O 9.O-O Qb6+ 10.Kh1 e5 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 exf4 13.Bxf4 Ne5 14.Nd2 Nxf3 15.Rxf3 d5 16.e5 Nh5 17.Bh2 Bh8 18.d4 Ng7 19.Qb3 Ne6

20.Qxb6 axb6 21.a3 c5 22.Bg1 f6 23.exf6 Bxf6 24.dxc5 bxc5 25.Re1 Rae8 26.Rfe3 Kf7 27.Nf3 d4 28.cxd4 Nxd4 29.Rxe8 Rxe8 30.Rxe8 Kxe8 31.Bxd4 cxd4

32.Kg1 Kd7 33.Kf1 Kc6 34.Ke2 d3+ 35.Kxd3 Bxb2 36.a4 Kc5 37.Kc2 Bf6 38.Kb3 Kd5 39.Kb4 h5 40.Kb5 Bd8 41.g4 hxg4 42.hxg4 Ke4 43.Nd2+ Kf4 44.Nc4 Kxg4 45.Ne5+ Kf5 46.Nxg6 Kxg6 47.a5, draw.

2 PCG Games 7/8/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Stefanopancina1996 (Chess.com 1967) - JimWest (Chess.com 1988), Chess.com 7/8/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d4 Be7 6.O-O fxe4 7.Nxe4 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Nf6 10.Nxf6+ Bxf6 11.c3 Qd7 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Qxb7 Ke7 14.Re1 Rhb8 15.Qd5 c6 16.Qf7+ Kd8 17.Qxd7+ Kxd7 18.Bb3 Nd3 19.Be6+ Kc7

20.Re3 Nxc1 21.Rxc1 Rxb2 22.Rce1 Re8 23.Bb3 Rxe3 24.Rxe3 d5 25.g4 h6 26.Kg2 Kd6 27.c4 d4 28.Re4 c5 29.Kf3 a5 30.Re2 Rxe2 31.Kxe2 Ke5

32.Kf3 Bg5 33.Bc2 Bh4 34.a3 Bg5 35.Bd3 Bc1 36.a4 Bg5 37.Kg3 Bd2 38.h4 g5 39.h5 Bf4+ 40.Kg2 Bc1 41.f3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

razzledazzle81 (lichess 2063) - JimWest (lichess 2061), lichess 7/8/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe5 Nf6 6.Nc4 d5 7.Ne5 c6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Qa5 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Qxc3 Qxc3 13.bxc3 Be6 14.c4 Nbd7 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Nxd7 Bxd7 17.c5 f5 18.c4 Be6 19.Kb2 b6

20.cxb6 axb6 21.Rc1 Rfc8 22.Rc3 Kf7 23.Be2 Kf6 24.g3 Ra4 25.Rhc1 dxc4 26.Bxc4 Bxc4 27.Rxc4 Rxc4 28.Rxc4 Ke6 29.Kc3 Kd5 30.a4 h5 31.h4 Ra8 32.Rb4 Ra6

 

33.Kd2 c5 34.dxc5 bxc5 35.Rb6 Rxa4 36.Rh6 Ra2+ 37.Ke1 c4 38.Rxh5 c3 39.Rxf5+ Kd4 40.Rf8 Ra1+ 41.Ke2 c2 42.Rd8+ Ke5 43.Rc8 c1=Q, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 7/7/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1989) - burkoe (Chess.com 2010), Chess.com 7/7/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.c3 exf4 9.Bxf4 Re8 10.h3 a5 11.a4 Nc5 12.Qc2 Be6 13.Nbd2 Qd7

14.d4 Ncxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Bc4 17.Qxe8+ Rxe8 18.Bxc4 h6 19.Bh2 Kh7

20.Bxf7 Re2 21.Nh4 Rxb2 22.Bxg6+ Kh8 23.Rae1, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2064) - GentlemanBoris (lichess 1919), lichess 7/7/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Nxe2 Nc6 9.e5 Ne4 10.O-O Be7 11.c3 O-O 12.Nd2 Ng5 13.Nf3 f6 14.exf6 Bxf6 15.Nxg5 Bxg5 16.Rxf8+ Kxf8 17.Bxg5 Qxg5 18.Qf1+ Kg8 19.Qf4 Qe7

20.Ng3 Rf8 21.Qd2 Re8 22.Rf1 Qe3+ 23.Qxe3 Rxe3 24.Kf2 Re8 25.Re1 Rxe1 26.Kxe1 Kf7 27.Ke2 Kf6 28.Kf3 Ne7 29.Nf1 c6 30.Ne3 h5 31.h4 g6 32.g3 Nf5 33.Nxf5 Kxf5

34.a4 a5 35.b3 b6 36.b4 g5 37.hxg5 Kxg5 38.bxa5 bxa5 39.Kf2 Kf5 40.Kf3 Kg5 41.Kf2 Kf5 42.Kf3 Kg5, draw.