Tuesday, August 18, 2026

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/17/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1962) - Superwurm96 (Chess.com 1893), Chess.com 8/17/2026

1.e3 d6 2.e4 e5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 g6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Bg7 8.c3 O-O 9.O-O exf4 10.Bxf4 Nc6 11.Nd2 Re8 12.Qc2 Qd7 13.Rae1 Ne5 14.d4 Nxf3+ 15.Nxf3 Qg4


16.Bc1 Rxe4 17.h3 Qe6 18.Ng5 Rxe1 19.Nxe6 Rxf1+ 20.Kxf1 fxe6 21.Qb3 Nd5 22.Qxb7 Rf8+ 23.Kg1 Nf4 24.Bxf4 Rxf4 25.Qxc7 e5 26.Qxd6 exd4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Amitsatya9549501128 (lichess 1978) - JimWest (lichess 2034), lichess 8/17/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.exd6 exf3 8.dxe7 Qxe7+ 9.Kd2 fxg2 10.Bxg2 Qg5+ 11.Kc3 Qxg2 12.Re1+ Kf7 13.Qh5+ g6 14.Qe2 Qc6+ 15.Kd2 Rd8+ 16.Kc1 Re8 17.Qxe8+ Qxe8 18.Rxe8 Kxe8


19.Nc3 c6 20.Kd2 Bf5 21.Re1+ Kf8 22.Na4 Na6 23.b4 Rd8+ 24.Kc3 b5 25.Nc5 Nxc5 26.bxc5 Rd5 27.Kb4 Bxc2 28.Rc1, White resigns.