Wednesday, May 27, 2026

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/26/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

MadMaximus1982 (Chess.com 1909) - JimWest (Chess.com 1988), Chess.com 5/26/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nd4 d5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Ba4 Bc5 8.O-O Ne7 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qe2 O-O 12.N3d2 Nd7 13.Bb3 Nc5 14.Nxe4 Nxb3 15.Nf6+ Rxf6 16.exf6 Nxc1


17.Rxc1 Nf5 18.g4 Nd4 19.Qd3 Qxf6 20.Nc3 Bxg4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2017) - RuslanTimurziev (lichess 1882), lichess 5/26/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 h6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be2 Nh5 8.Be3 Bh4+ 9.Nxh4 Qxh4 10.Bf2 Qg5


11.Bxh5 Qxg2 12.Qf3 Qxf3 13.Bxf3 O-O 14.Nc3 Nb4 15.O-O-O d6 16.a3 Nc6 17.Nd5, Black resigns.