Sunday, November 1, 2026

2 PCG Reversed Games 10/31/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1973) - adt_3697 (Chess.com 1884), Chess.com 10/31/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qxg4 Bxb5 9.d5 Qxd5 10.Nc3 Qd7 11.e6 fxe6 12.Nxb5 Qxb5 13.Bg5 Qc6 14.O-O-O h5


15.Rd8+ Kf7 16.Qf4+ Kg6 17.Rxf8 Rxf8 18.Qxf8 Kxg5 19.Qxg7+ Kf5 20.Ne2 e3 21.Rf1+ Ke4


22.Qg6+ Kd5 23.Qd3+ Ke5 24.Qxe3+ Kd6 25.Rd1+ Kc7 26.Qe5+ Kb6 27.Rd6 Qxd6 28.Qxd6+ Nc6 29.Qxe6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2056) - EjupZani (lichess 2076), lichess 10/31/2026

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.c3 a6 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 b5 11.f5 Rb8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd2 Ne7 15.Re1 c6 16.Nf1 d5 17.Qc2 Qb6+ 18.Qf2 Qxf2+ 19.Kxf2 Rfd8


20.Rad1 d4 21.cxd4 Rxd4 22.Be2 a5 23.Nh2 Rbd8 24.Nf3 R4d7 25.g4 g5 26.Rh1 Kg7 27.h4 gxh4 28.Nxh4 Bg5 29.Nf3 f6 30.Nxg5 hxg5 31.Rh5 Rh8


32.Rxh8 Kxh8 33.Rh1+ Kg7 34.Ke3 c5 35.b3 Rc7 36.Rc1 Nc8 37.a3 Nb6 38.b4 axb4 39.axb4 c4 40.dxc4 bxc4 41.Rc3 Kf8 42.Kd2 Ke7 43.Kc2 Kd6 44.Ra3 Kc6 45.Ra5 Kb7


46.Rc5 Rc6 47.Ra5 Kc7 48.Ra7+ Kd6 49.Rf7 Nd7 50.Kc3 Rc8 51.Bxc4 Nb6 52.Rxf6+ Kc7 53.Kb3 Rh8 54.b5 Rh3+ 55.Kb4 Rg3 56.Rf7+ Kd6 57.Rf6+ Kc7 58.Rf7+ Kd6 59.Rf6+ Kc7, draw.