Thursday, June 11, 2026

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/10/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1982) - aditi607 (Chess.com 1991), Chess.com 6/10/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O Bg4 11.c3 f6 12.Qe1 fxe5 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Nxe5 Bd7 15.Nd2 Rxf1+ 16.Qxf1 Nf6 17.Ndf3 Bd6 18.Bg5 Be8 19.b4 a5


20.a3 h6 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.Re1 axb4 23.axb4 Ra2 24.Nd3 Bg6 25.Nfe5 Be4 26.Nf2 Bxe5 27.dxe5 Qxe5 28.Nxe4 dxe4 29.Qc4+ Qd5 30.Qxe4 Qd2


31.Qe8+ Kh7 32.Qd3+ Kh8 33.Qe8+ Kh7 34.Qd3+ Kg8 35.Qe8+ Kh7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

weiren (lichess 1958) - JimWest (lichess 2045), lichess 6/10/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.O-O c6 12.Bb4 Re8 13.c4 Na6 14.Ba3 Nc7 15.Qb3 Ne6 16.Qc3 Nf4 17.Rfe1 Nxe2+ 18.Rxe2 Be6 19.c5 Nd7



20.Nxd7 Qxd7 21.Rae1 Rf8 22.b4 a6 23.Bc1 Rf7 24.Qg3 Raf8 25.a4 Bg4 26.Rb2 Bh5 27.Be3 Bg6 28.h3 Qc7 29.Qxc7 Rxc7 30.b5 axb5 31.axb5 Ra8 32.b6 Rcc8


33.Rbb1 Ra6 34.Ra1 Rca8 35.Rxa6 Rxa6 36.Kh2 Ra2 37.Kg3 h6 38.Kf4 Kf7 39.Ke5 Ke7 40.g3 Bf7 41.h4 Bh5 42.Rc1 Bf3 43.Rc3 Ra6 44.Kf5 Kf7 45.Ke5 Ke7 46.Kf5 Kf7 47.Ke5 Ke7, draw.