Monday, May 4, 2026

2 PCG Games 5/3/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

ArifM60 (Chess.com 2020) - JimWest (Chess.com 1962), Chess.com 5/3/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.h3 Qc7 8.Ng5 h6 9.Ne6 Bxe6 10.Bxe6 Nbd7 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.d4 O-O-O 13.d5 cxd5 14.exd5 Kb8 15.Qe2 Rc8 16.f3 Be7 17.Rd1 Bd8

 

18.Ne4 Bb6+ 19.Kh2 Nxe4 20.Qxe4 g5 21.a4 a5 22.Bd2 h5 23.c3 g4 24.b4 gxh3 25.gxh3 Qg7 26.Rg1 Bxg1+ 27.Rxg1 Qf7 28.bxa5 Rhg8 29.Qb4 Qxd5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Igorst (lichess 2025) - JimWest (lichess 2039), lichess 5/3/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Ba4 O-O 11.O-O Qa5 12.Bb3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qxc3 14.f3 Nbd7 15.Nxd7 Bxd7 16.Bxf6 Rxf6


17.fxe4 Rxf1+ 18.Kxf1 Rf8+ 19.Kg1 Qe3+ 20.Kh1 Qxe4 21.Qd2 Re8 22.c3 Qe3 23.Qxe3 Rxe3 24.Rc1 Bf5 25.Kg1 Re7 26.Kf2 Be4 27.Bc2 Kf7 28.Bxe4 Rxe4 29.a4 b6 30.Kf3 Re7 31.c4 dxc4 32.Rxc4 Re6


33.Kf4 Ke7 34.g4 Kd7 35.g5 g6 36.Rc3 a6 37.Rh3 Re7 38.Rb3 b5 39.axb5 axb5 40.Ra3 Kd6 41.Rc3 Kd5 42.Rc5+ Kxd4 43.Rxc6 b4 44.Kf3 b3 45.h4 Rb7


46.Ke2 b2 47.Rd6+ Ke5, White resigns.