PCG Reversed & PCG 12/21/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2056) - RustyClean (Chess.com 2009), Chess.com 12/21/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Nfd7 6.d4 c5 7.c3 cxd4 8.cxd4 b6 9.Bc4 Bb4+ 10.Nc3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 O-O 12.Ne2 Bb7 13.O-O a6 14.Ba3 b5 15.Bb3 e3 16.Bxf8 Qg5 17.Ng3 Kxf8 18.Rxf7+ Ke8 19.Rf5 Qh4

20.Qh5+ Qxh5 21.Rxh5 a5 22.Re1 a4 23.Bc2 b4 24.Rxe3 b3 25.axb3 a3 26.Re1 a2 27.Ra1 h6 28.Be4 Bxe4 29.Nxe4 Ra3 30.b4 Nb6 31.Rh3 Nd5 32.Nd6+ Kd7 33.Nb5 Ra4

34.Rd3 Nc6 35.Rd2 Ncxb4 36.cxb4 Rxb4 37.Rdxa2 Rxb5 38.Ra5 Nc7 39.Rxb5 Nxb5 40.d5 Nc3 41.Ra7+ Kd8 42.d6 Ne2+ 43.Kf2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

GrishutinAndrey (lichess 2021) - JimWest (lichess 1995), lichess 12/21/2025

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

8.f3 exf3 9.Qxf3 Qxe6+ 10.Be2 Qxf7, White resigns.