Sunday, March 22, 2026

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/21/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1957) - ChesStoner69420 (Chess.com 1809), Chess.com 3/21/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Na4 Bb6 7.Nxb6 axb6 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Be2 Qe7 10.O-O exf4 11.Bxf4 Be6 12.a3 d5 13.e5 Nd7 14.d4 f6 15.exf6 Nxf6 16.Be5 Ng4


17.Qd2 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Rxf1+ 20.Rxf1 Rf8 21.Rxf8+ Qxf8 22.Bf3 c6 23.c3 Qf5 24.Qe2 g5 25.h3 Qg6 26.Kh2 Bf7 27.Bg4 Be6 28.Bxe6+ Qxe6


29.Qe3 h6 30.g4 b5 31.Kg2 Kf7 32.Qf3+ Ke7 33.Qf5 Qf7 34.b4 b6 35.Kf3 c5 36.Ke3 d4+ 37.cxd4 cxd4+ 38.Ke4 d3 39.Qxf7+ Kxf7 40.Kxd3 Ke7


41.Kd4 Kd7 42.Kd5 Ke7 43.Kc6 Ke6 44.Kxb5 Kxe5 45.Kxb6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

rashid-pervaiz06 (lichess 2089) - JimWest (lichess 2103), lichess 3/21/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bb3 a5 8.a3 Na6 9.Nh4 f4 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Nxg6 Bg4 13.Qxg4 hxg6 14.Qxg6+ Kd7 15.Qf7+ Qe7 16.Qxe7+ Kxe7 17.Rd1 Nc5 18.Ba2 a4 19.Ke2 b5


20.Nb1 Rh6 21.Nd2 Rah8 22.h3 Rg6 23.Kf3 Rh7 24.Rdg1 Bh4 25.Nf1 Rhg7 26.Nh2 Nd7 27.Ng4 Nf6 28.Nxf6 Kxf6


29.c3 Rd7 30.Rd1 d5 31.exd5 cxd5 32.Rhg1 Kf5 33.g3 e4+ 34.dxe4+ dxe4+ 35.Ke2 Rxd1 36.g4+ Ke5 37.Rxd1 f3+ 38.Kf1 Rd6, White forfeits.