Wednesday, July 29, 2026

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/28/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2038) - Avipro_1229 (Chess.com 1836), Chess.com 7/28/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Qd7 8.a4 a6 9.Na3 Nh5 10.f5 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nf6 12.Bg5 Ng8 13.Nc4 f6 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.Nxe3 g6 16.O-O O-O-O 17.fxg6 Kb8 18.g7 Qxg7 19.Nf5 Qd7


20.b4 Nge7 21.b5 Na7 22.bxa6 Nxf5 23.exf5 b6 24.a5 d5 25.axb6 cxb6 26.Qb3 Nc8 27.a7+ Nxa7 28.Qxb6+ Qb7 29.Qxb7+ Kxb7 30.Rfb1+ Ka8 31.c4 e4


32.dxe4 dxc4 33.e5+ Rd5 34.Bxd5#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

weiren (lichess 2034) - JimWest (lichess 2067), lichess 7/28/2026

1.e4 e5 Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nd7 11.Bd2 O-O-O 12.Rad1 Ne7 13.a4 h5 14.a5 Ng6 15.g3 fxg3 16.fxg3 Bc5+ 17.Be3 Qxf3 18.Rxf3 Rhf8


19.Rdf1 Bxe3+ 20.Rxe3 Rxf1+ 21.Kxf1 Rf8+ 22.Kg2 h4 23.Ne2 hxg3 24.Kxg3 Nf4 25.Rf3 Nxe2+ 26.Bxe2 Rxf3+ 27.Bxf3 Nf6 28.Bg4+ Kc7 29.Bf5 b6 30.axb6+ axb6 31.Kh4 Kd6 32.Kg5 Ke7 33.Kg6 Kf8


34.h4 c5 35.h5 Ne8 36.Bd7 Nd6 37.Bc6 Nc4 38.b3 Ne3 39.c4 Kg8 40.Bd5+ Kf8 41.Bf7 Ng2 42.Bd5 Nf4+ 43.Kg5 Ke7 44.h6 gxh6+ 45.Kxh6 Nxd5 46.cxd5 b5


47.Kg5 c4 48.bxc4 bxc4 49.Kf5 Kd6, White resigns.