Friday, February 13, 2026

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/12/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2032) - Burgerking2158 (Chess.com 1899), Chess.com 2/12/2026

1.e3 d6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 Nf6 4.f4 Be7 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 c6 7.c3 O-O 8.f5 d5 9.Qc2 dxe4 10.dxe4 Qc7 11.Bg5 Nc5 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nbd2 a5 14.a4 Re8 15.O-O h6 16.Kh1 Bd7 17.g4 Rad8 18.h4 Be7


19.g5 hxg5 20.hxg5 Bf8 21.g6 fxg6 22.Bc4+ Kh8 23.Kg2 Ne6 24.Rh1+ Kg8 25.fxe6 Bxe6 26.Bxe6+ Rxe6 27.Ng5, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

arnavrp (lichess 2054) - JimWest (lichess 2074), lichess 2/12/2026

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.fxe3 Nxb4 12.Qxb4 Qxe3+ 13.Be2 Qc1+ 14 Kf2 Qf4+ 15.Bf3 Qd4+ 16.Kf1 Ne7 17.Qc3 Qb6 18.Nd2 O-O 19.Ke2 Ng6


20.Bd5+ Kh8 21.Rhf1 Bg4+ 22.Nf3 Rae8 23.Kd2 Bxf3 24.Rxf3 Rxf3 25.gxf3 Qf2+ 26.Kd1 Rxe5 27.Be4 Re8 28.Qe1 Rd8+ 29.Kc1 Qxe1+ 30.Kc2 Qxa1 31.Bxg6 hxg6


32.f4, White resigns.