Wednesday, February 18, 2026

2 PCG Games 2/17/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

kanwal69 (Chess.com 2016) - JimWest (Chess.com 2040), Chess.com 2/17/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bb5+ c6 12.Ba4 O-O 13.O-O-O Bb4 14.Ne2 Nf7 15.Nxf7 Bxf7 16.Bb3 Bxb3 17.axb3 Rad8 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.c3 Bc5


20.b4 Be3+ 21.Kc2 f5 22.c4 Kg7 23.Kc3 Kg6 24.h3 h5 25.Rhe1 Bb6 26.c5 Bc7 27.g3 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Rd8 29.Rxd8 Bxd8 30.h4 Bf6+ 31.Kb3 a6


32.Nc1 Kf7 33.Kc2 Ke6 34.Nb3 Kd5 35.Na5 e3 36.Kd3 Bxb2 37.Nxb7 Ba3 38.Nd6 Bxb4 39.Nxf5 Bxc5 40.Nxe3+ Bxe3 41.Kxe3 a5


42.Kd3 c5 43.Kc3 a4 44.Kb2 c4 45.Kc2 a3 46.Kc3 Ke4 47.Kc2 Kf5 48.Kc3 Kg4 49.Kc2 Kf5 50.Kc3 Kg4 51.Kc2 Kf5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

federyiko (lichess 2120) - JimWest (lichess 2089), lichess 2/17/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Bxb4 d4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qd2 e3 11.fxe3 Nxb4 12.Qxb4 Bg4 13.Nc3 O-O-O


14.Nd5 Rxd5, White resigns.