Thursday, February 12, 2026

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/11/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

abubachirtrahovstan (Chess.com 2083) - JimWest (Chess.com 2027), Chess.com 2/11/2026

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.Qxd4 Nc6


10.Qd2 e3 11.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 12.fxe3 Nxb4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2066) - AnsariS (lichess 2067), lichess 2/11/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Ng4 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Nf3 d5 11.O-O dxe4 12.Bxe4 Re8 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Qa4 c5 15.h3 Nf6 16.dxc5 Bxc5+ 17.Kh2 Bb7 18.Qb5 Bb6 19.Rd1 Qe7


20.Re1 Qf8 21.Rxe8 Rxe8 22.Ne5 Rd8 23.Qe2 Nd5 24.Nxd5 Rxd5 25.Be3 h6 26.Bxb6 cxb6 27.Rd1 Qd6 28.Rxd5 Qxd5 29.b3 Qe6 30.Qc4 Bd5 31.Qc7 f6 32.Ng6 Qf7 33.Ne7+ Kh7 34.Nxd5 Qxd5


35.Qc2+ Kh8 36.g3 Qd7 37.h4 a5 38.Qf2 Qc7 39.Qd2 b5 40.h5 b4 41.Qe2 Kg8 42.Qe8+ Kh7 43.Qg6+ Kh8 44.Qe8+ Kh7 45.Qg6+ Kh8 46.Qe8+ Kh7, draw.