Monday, May 18, 2026

2 PCG Games 5/17/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

C-Sides (Chess.com 1924) - JimWest (Chess.com 2011), Chess.com 5/17/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.O-O fxe4 7.Nxe4 d5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.dxe5 dxc4 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qf3 Be6 12.Rd1 Qc8 13.Be3 Bf5 14.Rd2 Qe6 15.Ng5 Bxg5 16.Bxg5 Ne7 17.Rad1 Nc6 18.Bf6 O-O 19.Qf4 Rae8


20.Qh6 Rxf6 21.exf6 Qe1+ 22.Rxe1 Rxe1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

sindang_cell (lichess 2025) - JimWest (lichess 2040), lichess 5/17/2026

1.e4 e5 2.h3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.Bg5 c6 8.Qd2 f4 9.Nh2 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Bg4 Na6 12.Bxc8 Rxc8 13.Ng4 Nc5 14.O-O-O a5 15.g3 fxg3 16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.fxg3 Qf2 18.Qxf2 Rxf2 19.Rdf1 Rcf8


20.Rxf2 Rxf2 21.Nd1 Rf3 22.g4 Ne6 23.h4 Rg3 24.Nf2 Rg2 25.Rf1 g5 26.h5 Kg7 27.c3 b5 28.Kd2 Nf4 29.Ke3 Rg3+ 30.Kd2 Rf3 31.d4 Kf6


32.a3 a4 33.dxe5+ dxe5 34.Kc2 Nh3 35.Nxh3 Rxf1 36.Kd2 Rf3 37.Ng1 Rg3 38.Ne2 Rxg4 39.Kd3 Rg2 40.Ke3 Rxe2+ 41.Kxe2 g4 42.Kd3 Kg5 43.c4 bxc4+ 44.Kxc4 g3 45.Kc5 g2 46.Kxc6 g1=Q 47.Kd5 Qd4+, White resigns.