Thursday, January 8, 2026

PCG & PCG Reversed 1/7/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

SourWaffle69 (Chess.com 2005) - JimWest (Chess.com 2046), Chess.com 1/7/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nxe5 dxe4 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Nxg6 Bg4 10.Bxe7 Bxh5 11.Bxd8 Bxg6 12.Bxc7 Nc6 13.d5 Rc8 14.Bf4 Nd4 15.c3 Nc2+ 16.Kd2 Nxa1 17.Be5 Nf6 18.Bxf6 O-O


19.Bd4 e3+ 20.Bxe3 Nc2 21.h4 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Rf2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2011) - SanviBarhanpure (lichess 2090), lichess 1/7/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.c3 c6 9.Kh1 a5 10.a4 Nh5 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Na3 Nb6 13.Be3 Be6 14.Ng5 Nf6 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Bxb6 Qxb6 17.Nc4 Qc5 18.Qd2 Rad8


19.Qe3 Qxe3 20.Nxe3 Nd7 21.Nc4 b6 22.Bg4 Rfe8 23.Rf2 Re7 24.Raf1 Rb8 25.h3 Nc5 26.Rd1 Nxa4 27.d4 exd4 28.cxd4 Rd8 29.e5 Rd5 30.Ra1 b5 31.Nxa5 Bh6 32.Nxc6 Re8


33.Rd1 Nb6 34.Rf6 Kg7 35.Bxe6 Rxe6 36.Rxe6 Nc4 37.Re7+ Kg8 38.Ra1 Bf8 39.Ra8 Nb6 40.Rb8 Nd7 41.Rd8 Nb6 42.Ree8 Rxd8 43.Rxd8 Kf7


44.d5 Be7 45.Nxe7 Kxe7 46.Rd6 Nc4 47.Re6+ Kd7 48.b3 Ne3 49.Kg1 Nxd5 50.Rd6+, Black resigns.