Thursday, May 21, 2026

2 PCG Games 5/20/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Futurechesschamp12 (Chess.com 1953) - JimWest (Chess.com 1979), Chess.com 5/20/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O c6 11.f3 Qe8 12.fxe4 Bxe5 13.dxe5 Qxe5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Bd3 h6 16.Bh4 Qf4 17.Qxf4 Rxf4 18.Rhe1 Bd7 19.Be7 Na6


20.Bd6 Rf2 21.Bc4 Kh8 22.Bxd5 cxd5 23.Re7 Rc8 24.c3 Bc6 25.Be5 Rg8 26.Rf1 Rxf1+ 27.Nxf1 Nc5 28.Ne3 Nd3+ 29.Kd2 Nxe5 30.Rxe5 Rd8 31.Nf5 d4 32.Nxd4 Bxg2


33.Re7 a6 34.Ke3 Bd5 35.Nf5 Bxa2 36.Rxb7 Bb1 37.Nxg7 Rd3+ 38.Ke2 Rh3 39.Ne6 Rxh2+ 40.Ke3 Bf5 41.Nd4 Bg6 42.b4 Rh3+ 43.Kd2 Rd3+ 44.Ke2 Rxc3


45.Rb6 Kh7 46.Rb7+ Kg8 47.Rb6 Kh7 48.Rb7+ Kg8 49.Rb6 Kh7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

beizahn (lichess 1967) - JimWest (lichess 2020), lichess 5/20/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.Ng5 d5 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qh6 Nf5 10.Qh3 Qxg5


11.Nc3 Ne7 12.Qe3 Qxe3+ 13.fxe3 c6 14.O-O-O Be6 15.Na4 Nd7 16.b4 b5 17.Nc3 Nxe5 18.a4 a6 19.a5 O-O


20.Ne2 Nc4 21.Nd4 Bd7 22.Bxc4 bxc4 23.c3 Nf5 24.Rde1 Nxd4 25.exd4 Rf2 26.g3 Raf8, White resigns.