Thursday, August 6, 2026

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/5/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1971) - Gata54 (Chess.com 2011), Chess.com 8/5/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.c3 h6 12.Nbd2 Nxd2 13.Bxd2 Bg5 14.Be2 Bxd2 15.Qxd2 Ne7 16.Rae1 c6 17.Bd3 Qd7 18.h3 Be6 19.Nh4 a5


20.g4 c5 21.Nf5 cxd4 22.cxd4 Nc6 23.Nxh6+ Kh8 24.Nf5 Bxf5 25.Bxf5 Qe7 26.Rd1 Qh4 27.Kh2 g6 28.Bd7 Kg7 29.Bxc6 bxc6 30.Qf2 Qe7 31.Qf6+ Qxf6 32.Rxf6 Rac8 33.Rc1 Rc7 34.Rfxc6 Rxc6 35.Rxc6 Rb8


36.b3 Rb4 37.Rc5 Rxd4 38.Rxa5 Rd2+ 39.Kg3 d4 40.Rd5 g5 41.b4 Rxa2 42.Rxd4 Ra3+ 43.Kg2 Rb3 44.Re4 Kf8 45.e6 f6 46.e7+ Ke8 47.Re6 Rxb4 48.Rxf6 Kxe7 49.Rf5 Rb2+ 50.Kg3 Rb3+ 51.Rf3 Rb2


52.h4 gxh4+ 53.Kxh4 Rb8 54.g5 Rf8 55.Rxf8 Kxf8 56.Kh5 Kg7 57.g6 Kg8 58.Kh6 Kh8 59.g7+ Kg8 60.Kg6, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

EYMENekr4141 (lichess 1913) - JimWest (lichess 2061), lichess 8/5/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.O-O Nd7 9.Qd2 O-O-O 10.Bb3 h6 11.Qa5 Kb8 12.d4 Bg4 13.dxe5 Bxf3 14.exd6 Qg5 15.Qxg5 hxg5 16.gxf3 Ne5 17.Nd2 Rxd6


18.Rae1 Rxd7 19.Rxe5 Nf6, draw.