Thursday, September 24, 2026

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/23/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2034) - Wildwolf (Chess.com 1980), Chess.com 9/23/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 b6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 Bb7 7.O-O Qe7 8.a4 a6 9.Na3 O-O-O 10.Nc4 g6 11.fxe4 dxe4 12.Bg5 h6


13.Bxf6 Qxf6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ecTb_6a6ku (lichess 2112) - JimWest (lichess 2072), lichess 9/23/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.Ng5 d5 8.Nc3 c6 9.e6 O-O 10.Be2 h6 11.Nf7 Rxf7 12.exf7+ Kxf7 13.O-O Kg8 14.Nxe4 Qb6 15.Nd2 Qxb2 16.c4 Be6 17.cxd5 Bxd5 18.Bc4 Qd4 19.Bxd5+ Qxd5


20.Re1 Qf7 21.Nf3 Na6 22.Qd7 Nd5 23.Qxf7+ Kxf7 24.Rab1 Nc5 25.Ne5+ Kg8 26.Rec1 Re8 27.Nxc6 Nd3 28.Rd1 Nc3 29.Nxa7 Nxd8 30.Rxd8 Nb4 31.a3 Nc2 32.Nb5 Ra8 33.Rd2 Nxa3


34.Ra2 Rd8 35.Nc3 Nb5 36.h3 Nxc3 37.Rc2 Ne4 38.f3 Nf6 39.Rc7 Rb8 40.Kf2 b5 41.Ke2 b4 42.Rc1 h5 43.Rb1 h4 44.Ke3 g5 45.f4 Nd5+ 46.Ke4 Nxf4 47.Kf5 Rb5+ 48.Ke4 Kg7 49.Kf3 Kg6


50.g3 Nxh3 51.Kg2 g4 52.gxh4 Kh5 53.Kg3 b3 54.Rb2 Rb4 55.Rb1 b2 56.Kg2 Kxh4 57.Kh2 Nf4 58.Kg1 g3 59.Kf1 Kh3 60.Kg1 Ne2+ 61.Kf1 Nc3


62.Rxb2 Rxb2 63.Ke1 Re2+ 64.Kf1 g2+ 65.Kg1 Re1+ 66.Kf2 g1=Q+ 67.Kf3 Qg3#.