Thursday, October 15, 2026

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/14/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

MasterScheduler (Chess.com 1986) - JimWest (Chess.com 2014), Chess.com 10/14/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 Nf6 9.Nf7 Qe7 10.Nxh8 Bxe6 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Bf4 O-O-O 13.Qd2 Rxh8


14.b4 Bb6 15.b5 c5 16.Bb3 Re8 17.a4 c4 18.Ba2 d4 19.a5 Bc5 20.b6 a6 21.Qe2 d3 22.Qd2 Bd5 23.Nc3 Bb4 24.cxd3 exd3 25.Rfe1 Qf7


26.Rxe8+ Nxe8 27.Bg3 Bxa5 28.Bxc4 Bxc4 29.Rxa5 Nxb6 30.Qe3 Nd7 31.Qa7 Nc7 32.Bxc7 Kxc7 33.h3 Qf6 34.Rc5+ Nxc5 35.Qxc5+ Qc6 


36.Qe7+ Qd7 37.Qc5+ Qc6 38.Qe5+ Kc8 39.Qxg7 Be6 40.Qf8+ Kc7 41.Qe7+ Qd7 42.Qc5+ Kb8 43.Qe5+ Ka8 44.Ne4 d2


45.Nxd2 Qxd2 46.Qxe6 Qc1+ 47.Kh2 Qf4+ 48.Kg1 Qc1+ 49.Kh2 Qf4+ 50.Kg1 Qc1+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2129) - Titou1964 (lichess 2147), lichess 10/14/2026

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 a5 8.a4 e5 9.O-O exf4 10.Bxf4 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Ne5


13.d4 Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 c6 15.Bg5, Black resigns.