Sunday, November 30, 2025

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/29/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2023) - PLAYGAME (Chess.com 1877), Chess.com 11/29/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 O-O 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Bd3 f5 11.Be3 Bb4+ 12.c3 Be7 13.O-O Nc5 14.Bxc5 Bxc5+ 15.Kh1 Be6 16.b4 Bb6 17.b5 Ne7 18.a4 c6 19.a5 Bc7


20.Re1 h6 21.Nd4 Bd5 22.c4 Bf7 23.e6 Bg6 24.Nf2 Rad8 25.Nf3 Bh7 26.Rad1 g5 27.Ne5 Rd4 28.Nd7 Rd8 29.Nf6+ Kg7 30.Nxh7 Kxh7 31.g4 Bxa5 32.Rf1 Kg6


33.gxf5+ Nxf5 34.e7 Kf7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

DarthHearth (lichess 1995) - JimWest (lichess 2030), lichess 11/29/2025

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.Bh5+ g6 10.Be2 O-O 11.Bg5 Nc6 12.c4 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Bxe5 14.Qb3 dxc4 15.Bxc4+ Kg7 16.Nxe4 Qd4 17.Nxf6 Bxf6 18.Bxf6+ Qxf6 19.O-O b6


20.Rad1 Bf5 21.Bb5 Rad8 22.f3 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Bc6 Rxd1+ 25.Qxd1 Qxc6, White resigns.