Thursday, April 30, 2026

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/29/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

limbercillo (Chess.com 1906) - JimWest (Chess.com 1945), Chess.com 4/29/2026

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.Nc3 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Nc4 O-O 13.Nxd6 cxd6 14.Be3 d5 15.Ne2 Ng4 16.Bd4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Ne3 18.Rf2 Nf5 19.Ne6 Rfc8


20.c3 Rc6 21.Nd4 Nxd4 22.cxd4 Rac8 23.Re2 Rc1+ 24.Kf2 Rxa1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2050) - achipaenriquezzz (lichess 2097), lichess 4/29/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bb6 7.Na3 O-O 8.Nc4 Re8 9.Nxb6 axb6 10.f5 d5 11.Qc2 d4 12.Bg5 Qd6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.a3 b5 15.cxd4 exd4 16.Be2 Qe7 17.O-O Bxf5 18.Rac1 Bg6


19.Qc5 Qxc5 20.Rxc5 Ra5 21.Nd2 Re5 22.Rfc1 Rxc5 23.Rxc5 b4 24.axb4 Rxc5 25.bxc5 Kf8 26.Nf3 Ke7 27.Kf2 h6, draw.