Thursday, January 1, 2026

2 PCG Reversed Games 12/31/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2017) - Ischemic_Heart (Chess.com 1988), Chess.com 12/31/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 Bg4 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Bd3 Bf5 11.Be3 Nb4 12.Bxc5 Nxd3+ 13.cxd3 Nxc5 14.d4 Nd3+ 15.Ke2 Nf4 16.Ne3 Be4 17.Rhf1 h6 18.g3 Ng6 19.Rf1 f6


20.Nc4 O-O 21.Nd6 Bd5 22.b3 Rab8 23.h4 Ne7 24.h5 Nc8 25.Nxc8 Rbxc8 26.Nh4 Be6 27.Nf5 Bxf5 28.Rxf5 Rcd8 29.Ke3 Rd5 30.Rc5 Rfd8 31.Rxd5 cxd5 32.g4 Rc8 33.Kd2 Rc6


34.Rf3 Kf8 35.Rc3 Rxc3 36.Kxc3 a5 37.b4 b6 38.bxa5 bxa5 39.Kb3 Ke7 40.Ka4 Kd7 41.Kxa5 Kc6 42.a4 f6 43.exf6 gxf6 44.Kb4 Kb6 45.a5+ Ka6 46.Ka4 Ka7 47.Kb5 Kb7


48.Kc5 Ka6 49.Kxd5 Kxa5 50.Ke6 Kb4 51.Kxf6 Kc4 52.Ke5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 1988) - serikoverbulat778 (lichess 1912), lichess 12/31/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 g6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.c3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O O-O 9.a4 a5 10.Na3 Ne7 11.fxe5 fxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Nh5 14.Nf3 c6 15.d4 Qc7 16.Nc4 Nf6 17.Bg5 Rae8 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.e5 Nf5


20.Qd3 Bg7 21.Rae1 Rd8 22.Qc2 b5 23.axb5 cxb5 24.Ne3 Nxe3 25.Rxe3 f6 26.Qb3+ Qc4 27.Qxc4+ bxc4 28.exf6 Rxf6 29.Ne5 Rxf1+ 30.Kxf1 Rc8 31.Re1 Bh6


32.Ra1 Bf4 33.g3 Bxe5 34.dxe5 Rc5 35.e6 Kf8 36.Rd1 Ke7 37.Rd7+ Kxe6 38.Rxh7 Rb5 39.Rg7 g5 40.h4 gxh4 41.gxh4 Rxb2 42.Rg4 Kd5 43.Rg5+ Ke4 44.Rxa5 Rb3


45.h5 Rxc3 46.h6 Rh3 47.Ra6 Kd3 48.Kg2 Rh5 49.Kg3 c3 50.Kg4 Rh1 51.Kg5 c2 52.Rc6 c1=Q+ 53.Rxc1 Rxc1 54.h7 Rh1 55.Kg6 Ke4


56.Kg7 Rg1+ 57.Kf7 Rh1 58.Kg7 Rxh7+ 59.Kxh7, draw.