Sunday, January 4, 2026

PCG & PCG Reversed 1/3/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

celuka06 (Chess.com 1944) - JimWest (Chess.com 2021), Chess.com 1/3/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.exd6 exf3 8.dxc7 Qxc7 9.Qxf3 Qe5+ 10.Qe3 Qxe3+ 11.fxe3 Nbc6 12.Bb5 O-O 13.Bxc6 Nxc6 14.Rf1 Rxf1+ 15.Kxf1 Bf5 16.c3 Bxb1 17.Rxb1 Rf8+ 18.Ke2 a5 19.Rd1 h6


20.a3 a4 21.Rd7 Rf7 22.Rd5 Re7 23.Kd3 Kf7 24.c4 Ke6 25.e4 g5 26.g4 Ne5+ 27.Kc3 Nxg4 28.Ra5 Nxh2 29.Rxa4 g4 30.Ra5 g3


31.Rh5 g2 32.Rxh6+ Kd7 33.Rxh2 g1=Q 34.Rd2+ Kc7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 1999) - omarkhatab91 2024), lichess 1/3/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 d6 6.Na4 Bb4+ 7.c3 Ba5 8.b4 Bb6 9.Nxb6 axb6 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Be2 h6 12.O-O O-O 13.f5 d5 14.Qc2 d4 15.b5 Ne7 16.c4 c6 17.Nxe5 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 cxb5 19.cxb5 Qd6


20.Nc4 Qc5 21.a4 Rfe8 22.Ba3 Qc7 23.Bd6 Qd7 24.Bxe7 Rxe7 25.Nxb6 Qd8 26.Nxa8 Qxa8 27.Rfc1 Nd5 28.Qf2 Nc3 29.Rc2 Qd8 30.f6 Re6 31.fxg7 Rg6 32.Rac1 Rxg7


33.Rxc3 dxc3 34.Rxc3 Qa5 35.Rc8+ Kh7 36.Qf5+ Rg6 37.Qxf7+ Rg7 38.Qf5+ Rg6 39.Rc1 Kg7 40.Rf1 Qb6+ 41.Kh1 Qd6


42.Qf7+ Kh8 43.Qf8+ Qxf8 44.Rxf8+ Kg7 45.Rb8 Rb6 46.Kg1 Kf6 47.Kf2 Ke5 48.Ke3 h5 49.d4+, Black resigns.