Friday, August 28, 2026

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/27/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1972) - valiovr123 (Chess.com 1939), Chess.com 8/27/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.f5 Bb6 8.Bg5 d5 9.Qc2 dxe4 10.dxe4 Qd6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nbd2 Rd8 13.O-O-O Be3 14.Kb1 Bxd2 15.Rxd2 Rxd2 16.Qxd2 Qd6 17.Qxd6 cxd6 18.Bc4 Ne7 19.g4 Bd7


20.Ng5 Rf8 21.Rd1 h6 22.Nxf7 Rxf7 23.Rxd6 Bc6 24.Rd8+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

bogikob71 (lichess 1937) - JimWest (lichess 2062), lichess 8/27/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.h3 Nd7 7.a3 d5 8.Ba2 h6 9.Nc3 Ngf6 10.Bd2 Bd6 11.Ne2 O-O 12.O-O Kh8 13.Ng3 Bh7 14.Re1 Qc7 15.Ne2 Rae8


16.Bb4 c5 17.Bd2 e4 18.dxe4 dxe4 19.Nh4 g5 20.Bc3 gxh4, White resigns.