Saturday, June 6, 2026

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/5/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1987) - Ramesh2037 (Chess.com 1828), Chess.com 6/5/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 Ng4 6.Nh3 dxe4 7.dxe4 Qxd1+ 8.Nxd1 O-O 9.f5 h6 10.Be2 Nf6 11.Bf3 Nc6 12.c3 b5 13.Be3 Bd6 14.O-O a5 15.a3 Bb7 16.Ndf2 b4 17.axb4 axb4 18.g4 bxc3


19.bxc3 Rxa1 20.Rxa1 Ra8 21.Rxa8+ Bxa8 22.g5 hxg5 23.Bxg5 Nh7 24.Be3 Na5 25.Be2 Nf6 26.Bd3 Ba3 27.Bg5 Nh7 28.Bd2 Bc5 29.Kf1 Nb3 30.Ke2 Nxd2 31.Kxd2 Nf6 32.Ke2 Nh5


33.Ng4 Nf4+ 34.Nxf4 exf4 35.Kf3 Bd6 36.h4 g6 37.fxg6 fxg6 38.Bc4+ Kg7 39.Bd5 Bxd5 40.exd5 Kf7 41.c4 Ke7 42.c5 Bxc5 43.Kxf4 Kd6 44.Ke4 Ke7


45.Ne5 Bf2 46.Nxg6+ Kf6 47.h5 Kg5 48.Nf4 Bg3 49.Ne6+ Kxh5 50.Nxc7 Bxc7 51.Kf5 Ba5 52.Ke6 Kg6 53.d6 Kg7 54.Ke7 Kg6 55.d7 Kf5 56.d8=Q Bxd8+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

arooke260 (lichess 2004) - JimWest (lichess 2043), lichess 6/5/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6


6.Nxe4 Qe7 7.Be2 Qxe4 8.O-O Be7 9.Bh5+ Kf8 10.Re1 Qxf5, White resigns.