Monday, March 16, 2026

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/15/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

BULAT1112 (Chess.com 1885) - JimWest (Chess.com 1951), Chess.com 3/15/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.c3 f4 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.Bxe6 Qxf6 9.Bd5 Nd8 10.Qd3 c6 11.Bb3 Be7 12.Nd2 Ndf7 13.Nf3 O-O 14.h3 Kh8 15.O-O g5


16.Nd2 g4 17.hxg4 Nxg4 18.f3 Ne3 19.Re1 Qg6 20.Re2 Ng5 21.Kf2 Nh3+ 22.gxh3 Bh4#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2112) - newman7 (lichess 2159), lichess 3/15/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Nxe2 exd3 8.exf6 dxe2 9.Qxe2+ Kd7 10.fxg7 Bxg7 11.Qg4+ Kc6 12.Qxg7 Qe7+ 13.Kf2 Re8 14.Qc3+ Kd7 15.Be3 Nc6 16.Nd2 Rad8 17.Nf3 Kc8


18.Rhd1 Kb8 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Kg1 Re8 21.Re1, Black resigns.