Friday, April 10, 2026

PCG Reversed & PCG 4/9/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1946) - james41287 (Chess.com 1994), Chess.com 4/9/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Kh1 e5 9.c3 Qb6 10.Qb3 Qc7 11.a4 Nc5 12.Qc2 Bg4 13.Na3 Rad8 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.Nc4 Bxf3 16.Rxf3 Qe7 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Raf1 Bg7


20.b4 Ne6 21.a5 Nf4 22.g3 Ne6 23.h4 g5 24.Ne3 gxh4 25.Nf5 Qg5 26.gxh4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ParlinB (lichess 2028) - JimWest (lichess 2059), lichess 4/9/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.c3 Nf6 7.d4 Qc7 8.Ng5 h6 9.Nf7 Rh7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Bxf4 Nbd7 12.Bg3 g5 13.Nd2 Rxf7 14.Bxf7+ Kxf7 15.h4 Nc5 16.hxg5 hxg5 17.f3 Be6 18.Qe2 Rd8 19.Nc4 Nd3


20.Rad1 Bc5+ 21.Kh1 Rh8+ 22.Bh2 Bxc4, White resigns.