Wednesday, February 4, 2026

2 PCG Reversed Games 2/3/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2017) - hu2018 (Chess.com 2049), Chess.com 2/3/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Bh5 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.c3 Bf8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.d4 Qd8 15.Nh2 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 g6 17.Qf3 Qd7 18.Rae1 Bg7 19.Ng4 Qe7


20.d5 Ne5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.Nc4 Bg7 23.Ne3 h5 24.g4 hxg4 25.Nxg4 Rf8 26.Nf6+ Bxf6 27.Qxf6 Qxf6 28.Rxf6 Kg7 29.Ref1 Rae8 30.R6f4 Re7 31.Kh2 g5 32.Rg4 f6 33.h4 Rh8


34.Kg3 Rxh4 35.Rxh4 gxh4+ 36.Kf4 Re8 37.Rh1 Rh8 38.Kg4 Re8 39.Kf4 Rh8 40.Kg4 Kg6 41.Rh6 Re8 42.Re3 Rh8 43.Rh3 Rh7 44.a4 a5 45.b4 b6 46.bxa5 bax5 47.c4 Rh5 48.Kf4 Kh6 49.Kg4 Rg5+ 50.Kxh4 Rh5+ 51.Kg4 Rxh3 52.Kxh3 Kh5


53.Kg3 Kg5 54.Kf3 f5 55.exf5 Kxf5 56.Ke3 Ke5 57.Kd3 Kf5 58.Kd4 Kf4 59.c5 dxc5+ 60.Kxc5 Ke5 61.Kc6 Kd4 62.Kxc7 Kxd5 63.Kb6 Kc4 64.Kxa5 Kc5


65.Ka6 Kc6 66.a5 Kc7 67.Kb5 Kb7 68.a6+ Ka7 69.Ka5 Ka8 70.Kb6 Kb8 71.a7+ Ka8 72.Ka6, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2012) - doctor1966 (lichess 2007), lichess 2/3/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 44.f4 Bxg1 5.Rxg1 d6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.c3 exf4 8.Bxf4 Be6 9.Rf1 Qd7 10.Bg5 Ng4 11.h3 f6 12.Bxg4 fxg5 13.Bxe6 Qxe6 14.Qh5+ Qg6 15.Qxg6+ hxg6 16.Nd2 Ne5 17.Ke2 Ke7 18.d4 Nf7 19.Rf2 Nh6


20.Raf1 Rhf8 21.Rxf8 Rxf8 22.Rxf8 Kxf8 23.g4 Kf7 24.Nf3 Kf6 25.Ke3 Nf7 26.c4 a6 27.b4 b6 28.a4 c6 29.c5 b5 30.axb5 cxb5 31.c6 Ke7 32.d5 Kd8 33.Kd4 Kc7


34.e5 dxe5+ 35.Nxe5 Nd6 36.Nxg6 Kb6 37.Ne5 a5 38.Nd7+ Kc7 39.bxa5 b4 40.Nc5 g6 41.Ne6+ Kb8 42.Nxg5 Ka7 43.Ne6 Ka6 44.Nc5+ Kxa6 45.Nb3+ Ka4 46.Nd2 Ka3


47.Kc5 Ne4+ 48.Nxe4 b3 49.Nd2 b2 50.Nc4+, Black resigns.