Thursday, March 19, 2026

2 PCG Games 3/18/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

giorgidamate (Chess.com 1853) - JimWest (Chess.com 1926), Chess.com 3/18/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.d5 Nb8 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O fxe4 11.Nxe4 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Nd7 14.Rdg1 Kh8 15.Bd3 Nc5 16.Nxc5 dxc5 17.Be4 h6


18.Rg6 Bg5 19.Rxg5 Qxg5 20.Qxg5 hxg5 21.h4 gxh4 22.Rxh4+ Kg8 23.Rh5 Rae8 24.Bf5 Rf6 25.Be6+ Raxe6 26.dxe6 Rxe6 27.Kd2 Kf7 28.Ke3 Kf6 29.Rh8 b6 30.Rc8 Re7 31.Ke4 Ke6 32.Rd8 a5


33.c4 Rf7 34.Re8+ Kf6 35.Rxe5 Rd7 36.Rd5 Re7+ 37.Kd3 Re1 38.Kd2 Rf1 39.Ke2 Rc1 40.b3 Rc2+ 41.Rd2 Rxd2+ 42.Kxd2 Ke5


43.Ke3 g5 44.a3 c6 45.a4 Kf5 46.Kd3 Kf4 47.Ke2 Kf5 48.Ke3 Ke5 49.Kd3 Kf4 50.Ke2 Kf5 51.Ke3 Ke5 52.Kd3 Kf4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

IamNOTamod (lichess 2089) - JimWest (lichess 2114), lichess 3/18/2026

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.Qd2 Rd8 14.Qc3 Rd1+ 15.Kf2 Ne7 16.c5 O-O+, White resigns.