Sunday, June 28, 2026

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/27/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1961) - Spidermann9 (Chess.com 1809), Chess.com 6/27/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qh5 10.Rg1 Nxf1 11.Rxf1 Bh3 12.Rg1 Bc5 13.Rg5 Qh6 14.Rg3 Qe6 15.Qe2 O-O-O 16.Ng5 Qd7 17.Nxh3 f6 18.e6 Qc6 19.Nf4 Rhe8


20.Rxg7 d4 21.Nd2 Bd6 22.Nc4 Qh1+ 23.Kf2 Qxh2+ 24.Rg2 Qh4+ 25.Kf3 d3 26.Nxd6+ Rxd6 27.cxd3 h5 28.Bd2 Rdd8 29.Rag1 f5 30.Rh2 Qf6 31.Bc3 Qe7 32.Rxh5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Mroafa (lichess 1990) - JimWest (lichess 2013), lichess 6/27/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.h3 a5 11.a4 Na6 12.Qe2 Nc5 13.Rfd1 Be6 14.Bxe6 Bxe6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Qc4 Qf7 17.Rd6 Ng5 18.Qd3 Nxf3+ 19.Qxf3 O-O



20.Rad1 Rfd8 21.Qg4 Rxd6 22.Rxd6 Rd8 23.Rxd8+ Bxd8 24.Qc8 Qc7 25.Qe6+ Kf8 26.Nb1 Qe7 27.Qc8 Kf7 28.Nd2 g6 29.Nf3 Kf6 30.g3 fxg3 31.fxg3 Bb6+ 32.Kg2 Kg7


33.h4 h6 34.Kh3 Kf7 35.b3 Qe6+ 36.Qxe6+ Kxe6 37.g4 Be3 38.Kg2 b5 39.Kf1 bxa4 40.bxa4 Bf4 41.Ke2 Kd6 42.Kd3 c5 43.Kc4 Kc6 44.Ne1 Bg3 45.Nd3 h5 46.gxh5 gxh5 47.c3 Bxh4


48.Nxe5+ Kd6 49.Nd3 Bg3 50.e5+ Ke6 51.Kxc5 h4 52.Kd4 h3 53.Nc5+ Ke7, White forfeits.