Wednesday, January 21, 2026

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/20/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2014) - RogerStock (Chess.com 2028), Chess.com 1/20/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 a6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Ne2 e3 10.O-O c5 11.c3 cxd5 12.cxd5 Bb4 13.Nbc3 O-O 14.h3 Nf2 15.Qe1 Qg5 16.Kh2 Nd3 17.Qg3 Qxg3+ 18.Nxg3 Nxc1 19.Raxc1 Rb8


20.Rc2 Rd8 21.Nge2 Be6 22.Rf3 c5 23.d5 Bxd5 24.Nxd5 Rxd5 25.Rxe3 Re8 26.a3 Bd2 27.Re4 f5 28.Nf4 Bxf4 29.Rxf4 Rdxe5 30.Rfc4 Rc8 31.b4 Kf7 32.bxc5 Rc6


33.R2c3 g5 34.Kg3 h6 35.Kf3 Ke6 36.a4 a5 37.g3 h5 38.h4 g4+ 39.Kf4 Kd5 40.Rc2 Re4+ 41.Rxe4 fxe4 42.Rd2+ Kxc5 43.Rc2+ Kd5 44.Rd2+ Ke6 45.Rd4 e3 46.Kxe3 Ke5


47.Re4+ Kf5 48.Rf4+ Ke5 49.Re4+ Kf5 50.Rf4+ Ke5 51.Re4+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

AAbilashan (lichess 1942) - JimWest (lichess 2010), lichess 1/20/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Bxb4 d4 9.Na3 Nc6 10.Nb5 Qxe5 11.Bd6 cxd6 12.Nc7+ Kd8 13.Nxa8 Bf5 14.g3 Nge7 15.Bg2 Kd7 16.Nb6+ axb6 17.O-O h5 18.Qb3 Kc7 19.Rfe1 h4


20.Qa4 hxg3 21.fxg3 e3 22.b4 Be4 23.Bxe4 Qxe4 24.b5 Ne5 25.Kf1 Qf3+ 26.Kg1 Qf2+ 27.Kh1 Qxh2#.