Saturday, May 23, 2026

2 PCG Games 5/22/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

jon_lee (Chess.com 1933) - JimWest (Chess.com 1965), Chess.com 5/22/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.c4 Bxf5 7.Nc3 c6 8.f3 d5 9.fxe4 dxe4 10.Be2 Bb4 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qd7 13.Ba3 h6 14.Nh3 Bxh3 15.gxh3 Qxh3 16.d5 Qxc3 17.dxc6 Nxc6 18.Bc5 Rd8 19.Qa4 Qa5


20.Qxa5 Nxa5 21.Bxa7 O-O 22.Bb6 Rd2 23.Rf2 Nc6 24.c5 Kh8 25.a4 Nd4 26.Bc4 Rxf2 27.Kxf2 e3+ 28.Kg2 Nd7 29.c6 Nxc6 30.Bxe3 Nde5 31.Bd5 Rd8


32.Be4 Nc4 33.Bf2 N4e5 34.a5 Ra8 35.Bb6 Nc4 36.Bxc6 bxc6 37.Rc1 Nxb6 38.axb6 Ra2+ 39.Kf3 Rb2 40.Rxc6 Kh7 41.h4 h5 42.Ke4 Rb4+ 43.Kd5 Rxh4 44.b7 Rb4 45.Rc7 h4


46.Kc6 h3 47.Rd7 h2 48.Rd1 g5 49.Rh1 g4 50.Rxh2+ Kg6 51.Rc2 Rb3 52.Rc4 g3 53.Kc7 Kg5 54.b8=Q Rxb8 55.Kxb8 g2 56.Rc8 Kf4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

dotorya (lichess 2047) - JimWest (lichess 1991), lichess 5/22/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Nf7 Kxf7 13.Bc4+ Kg7 14.O-O-O Nc6 15.Bxf6+ Bxf6 16.Qg3+ Kh8 17.c3 Bf5


18.Qf4 Bg5, White resigns.