Sunday, April 19, 2026

PCG Reversed & PCG 4/18/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2000) - jibikallinhapadam (Chess.com 2020), Chess.com 4/18/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O c5 11.c3 Bf5 12.Be3 f6 13.Bxe4 Bxe4 14.exf6 Rxf6 15.dxc5 Qc7 16.Qd4 b6 17.cxb6 axb6 18.b4 Nh4


19.Nxh4 Rxf1+ 20.Kxf1 Bxh4 21.Kg1 Rf8 22.Nd2 Bf6 23.Qxb6 Qxc3 24.Rf1 Bd3 25.Rxf6 Rxf6 26.Qd8+ Rf8 27.Qxd5+ Kh8 28.h3 Be2 29.Bc5 Re8 30.Nf3 Qc1+ 31.Kh2 Qf4+ 32.Kh1 Bxf3 33.Qxf3 Qc4


34.Qf2 h6 35.a4 Re2 36.Qf8+ Kh7 37.Qf5+ Kg8 38.Qf8+ Kh7 39.Qf5+ Kg8 40.Qf8+ Kh7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Adarsh_Thirumal (lichess 1914) - JimWest (lichess 2059), lichess 4/18/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Nd4 Nf6 8.d3 Bd6 9.Be3 Bxg3 10.fxg3 O-O 11.Qd2 c5 12.Nb3 d4 13.Bf4 e3 14.Qe2 Nd5


15.Nxc5 Nxf4 16.gxf4 Qa5+, White resigns.