Saturday, March 14, 2026

2 PCG Games 3/13/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Sargerian (Chess.com 1800) - JimWest (Chess.com 1928), Chess.com 3/13/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Qe2 O-O 13.O-O-O Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qxf2 15.Qb5 c6 16.Qb4 a5 17.Qd6 Qf4+ 18.Qxf4 Rxf4 19.Be2 Be6


20.g3 Rf2 21.Rde1 Nd7 22.h4 Nf6 23.h5 gxh5 24.Bxh5 Nxh5 25.Rxh5 Rf5 26.Rh6 Kf7 27.Rh7+ Kg6 28.Reh1 Rf1+ 29.Kd2 Rxh1 30.Rxh1 Rf8 31.Ke2 Bg4+ 32.Ke1 Rf3


33.Rg1 Rxc3 34.Kd2 Ra3 35.c3 Rxa2+ 36.Kc1 Ra1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

fettuccine_alfrodo (lichess 2115) - JimWest (lichess 2087), 3/13/2026

1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 e5 3.d3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.e4 c6 8.Re1 a5 9.a4 Na6 10.d4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Rxe4 Bf5 13.Re2 e4 14.Ne1 d5 15.c3 Bd6


16.Nc2 Bg4 17.Ne3 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 Nc7 19.Bd2 Ne6 20.h4 Kh8 21.Nf1 g5 22.Qg4 Qf6, White resigns.