Monday, September 28, 2026

2 PCG Games 9/27/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

IonMacari (Chess.com 1839) - JimWest (Chess.com 2009), Chess.com 9/27/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.b3 Bg4 9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.Bb2 O-O-O 11.Bxg8 Rxg8 12.Nc4 g5 13.Qd3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 g4 15.Qc3 Re8 16.Qa5 Bc5 17.Rad1 g3


18.Rxd7 Bxf2+ 19.Kh1 Kxd7 20.Nxe5+ Kc8 21.Nc4 Qh4 22.h3 Qxh3+ 23.gxh3 g2+ 24.Kh2 gxf1=N+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Bubalo2222 (lichess 1962) - JimWest (lichess 2090), lichess 9/27/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bb3 Na6 8.a3 Nc5 9.Ba2 a5 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 Na6 12.Qb1 Nc7 13.Nh4 fxe4 14.dxe4 Nxe4 15.Bxe7 Nxc3 16.Bxd8 Nxb1 17.Bxc7 Na3


18.Rc1 Nb5 19.Ba5 b6 20.Bxb6 Rxa2 21.c4 Nd4 22.Bxd4 exd4 23.c5 dxc5 24.bxc5 O-O 25.O-O Ba6 26.Rfd1 g5 27.Nf3 Be2 28.Rxd4 Bxf3 29.gxf3 Rxf3


30.Rg4 h6 31.Rf1 Rf5 32.h4 Rxc5 33.hxg5 Rxg5 34.Rxg5+ hxg5 35.Rc1 Ra6 36.Rc5 Kf7 37.Rxg5 Kf6 38.Rc5 Ke6 39.f3 Kd6 40.Rg5 Ra2 41.f4 c5 45.f5 Ke5


46.f6+ Kxf6 47.Rxc5 Ke6 48.Rb5 Kd6 49.Rh5 Ke6, draw.