Monday, February 16, 2026

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/15/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2044) - Jamgail (Chess.com 1927), Chess.com 2/15/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Qxe2 Bxg1 8.Rxg1 O-O 9.Rf1 Nbd7 10.Kf2 d5 11.fxe5 Nxe5 12.Bg5 dxe4


13.Kg1 exd3 14.Qxe5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

VadimMG (lichess 2097) - JimWest (lichess 2076), lichess 2/15/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Nxd8 8.O-O f4 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Nf3 Nhf7 11.Nb5 Bd6 12.Rd1 Ke7 13.b3 a6 14.Nc3 c6 15.Bb2 Bg4 16.a4 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Ne6 18.Bxe6 Kxe6 19.a5 Rad8


20.Na4 Ke7 21.Nb6 Ng5 22.Kg2 Bc7 23.Nc4 Ke6 24.h4 Nf7, White forfeits.