Thursday, August 27, 2026

2 PCG Games 8/26/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Shiv_ansh2 (Chess.com 1975) - JimWest (Chess.com 1990), Chess.com 8/26/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nc3 Bg4 11.Qd3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nbd7 13.Rad1 O-O-O 14.Be6 Kb8 15.Bxd7 Rxd7 16.Rxd7 Qxd7 17.Rd1 Qe6 18.b4 h6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6


20.Na4 b6 21.Nb2 g5 22.h3 h5 23.Qc3 g4 24.Nc4 gxh3 25.Rd6 Qg8 26.Qxh3 Qxc4 27.Qf5 Rf8 28.Rxf6 Rxf6 29.Qxf6 Qxe4 30.Kh2 Kb7


31.f3 Qe1 32.Qg7+ Ka6 33.c4 Qh4+ 34.Kg1 Qe1+ 35.Kh2 Qh4+ 36.Kg1 Qe1+ 37.Kh2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Carn0taurus (lichess 1955) - JimWest (lichess 2058), lichess 8/26/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.Bb3 Bxf5 8.Bf4 h6 9.Nh3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Nd2 Nc6


12.Qe2 Nxd4 13.Qe3 Nxb3 14.Nxb3 Bxh3 15.gxh3 O-O 16.Nd4 Nd7 17.O-O-O c6 18.Rhg1 Qf4 19.Qxf4 Rxf4 20.Ne6 Rf7 21.Rg2 Re8 22.Nc7 Rc8 23.Ne6 Nf8 24.Nxf8 Rcxf8 25.Rdg1 Kh8


26.Kd2 Rxf2+ 27.Rxf2 Rxf2+ 28.Kc3 Rxh2 29.Rg3 Rf2 30.Kb4 Rxc2 31.Kb3 Rf2 32.Ka4 Rxb2 33.Ka3 Rf2 34.Ka4 Rxa2+ 35.Kb3 Rf2 36.Kb4 b6


37.Rc3 Rf6 38.Ka4 g5 39.Kb4 h5 40.Rg3 Rf5 41.Ka4 Kh7 4
2.Kb4 Kh6 43.Ka4 Rf3 44.Rg2 Rxh3 45.Kb4 Rf3 46.Ka4 g4 47.Kb4 Kg5 48.Ka4 h4 49.Kb4 h3 50.Rg1 g3


51.Ka4 Kg4 52.Kb4 h2 53.Rh1 Kh3 54.Ka4 g2 55.Kb4 gxh1=Q 56.Ka4 Qa1+ 57.Kb4 Qa5#.