Wednesday, April 15, 2026

2 PCG Games 4/14/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Muhammad_Limon (Chess.com 1934) - JimWest (Chess.com 1991), Chess.com 4/14/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.Re1 Bg4 8.a4 Nd7 9.c3 Ne7 10.Nbd2 Ng6 11.Qb3 O-O-O 12.a5 Bxf3 13.Nxf3 Nh4 14.Be2 Nxf3+ 15.Bxf3 h5 16.d5 Nc5 17.Qc2 cxd5 18.exd5 g5 19.b4 Nd7


20.b5 g4 21.Be4 Nc5 22.Bf5+ Kb8 23.Ba3 f3 24.Bxc5 dxc5 25.c4 Bd6 26.Qe4 fxg2 27.Be6 Rdf8 28.Qxg2 Qf3 29.Re3 Qxg2+ 30.Kxg2 Rf4 31.a6 b6 32.Rc1 Rhf8 33.Rc2 h4


34.Rec3 h3+ 35.Kg1 Rd4 36.Rc1 Rff4 37.Bg8 Kc7 38.Bh7 Kd8 39.Bd3 Ke7 40.Bf1 Rd2 41.R3c2 Rfxf2 42.Rxd2 Rxd2 43.Re1 Kf6 44.Re2 Rxe2 45.Bxe2 Kg5


46.Bd1 e4 47.Be2 Kf4 48.Kf2 e3+ 49.Kg1 g3 50.hxg3+ Kxg3 51.Bh5 Kf4 52.Kh2 Kg5+ 53.Kxh3 Kxh5 54.Kg2 Kg4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

kaitsak (lichess 2060) - JimWest (lichess 2038), lichess 4/14/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 Be7 6.Be3 f4 7.Bd2 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 Nf6 10.Rg1 g6 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Nd4 13.c3 Nf5 14.Qa4+ Kf7 15.O-O-O a6 16.Bb3 b5 17.Qe4 a5 18.d4 a4 19.Bc2 Bf6


20.dxe5 dxe5 21.b3 Qd6 22.Kb2 a3+ 23.Ka1 Rhd8 24.Be1 c6 25.c4 bxc4 26.bxc4 cxd5 27.cxd5 Qb6 28.Qb4 e4+ 29.Kb1 Qxb4+ 30.Bxb4 Rab8


31.fxe4 Rxb4+ 32.Kc1 Bb2+ 33.Kd2 Nd4 34.Rg4 Nxc2 35.Rxf4+ Kg7 36.Kxc2 Be5 37.Rf3 Rb2+ 38.Kc1 Rc8+ 39.Rc3 Rxc3#.