Wednesday, June 3, 2026

2 PCG Reversed Games 6/2/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1984) - IonMacari (Chess.com 1815), Chess.com 6/2/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 d5 7.Qf3 dxe4 8.dxe4 b6 9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.Nd2 Bb7 11.O-O-O Qc8 12.Ne2 a5 13.Ng3 Ba6 14.Bxa6 Qxa6 15.Nb3 Be7 16.Rxd7 Nxd7 17.Bxe7 Rfe8 18.Bg5 a4 19.Nd2 c5


20.f6 g6 21.h4 Re6 22.h5 b5 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Qg4 Nxf6 25.Qh4 Kf8 26.Rf1 Ng8 27.Qh8 f6 28.Bh6+ Ke7 29.Qg7+ Kd6 30.Qxg6, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2057) - X-Grandmaster (lichess 2091), lichess 6/2/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Nd4 8.c3 Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 Be7 10.O-O Qd7 11.f5 O-O-O 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.a4 d5 15.a5 dxe4 16.dxe4 Qd3 17.Qxd3 Rxd3 18.a6 b6 19.Na3 Rhd8


20.Nc4 Kd7 21.Rfd1 Kc6 22.Rxd3 Rxd3 23.Kf2 Kc5 24.Ne3 Rd2+ 25.Kf3 Rxb2 26.Nd5 c6 27.Nxf6 gxf6 28.Rd1 Kb5 29.Rd7 Kxa6 30.Rxf7 Rc2 31.Rxf6 Rxc3+ 32.Kg4 Rc2


33.Kh3 c5 34.Rxh6 Rf2 35.Re6 c4 36.Rxe5 c3 37.Re8 Kb7 38.Re7+ Kb8 39.Re8+ Kc7 40.Re7+ Kd6 41.Rxa7 c2 42.Ra1 Ke5 43.Kg3 Rd2 44.Rc1 b5


45.Kf3 b4 46.Ke3 Rxg2 47.Kd3 b3 48.Kc3 Rxh2 49.Kxb3 Kxe4 50.Rxc2 Rxc2 51.Kxc2 Kxf5, draw.