Friday, June 26, 2026

2 PCG Games 6/25/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

cortezBuang (Chess.com 1963) - JimWest (Chess.com 1986), Chess.com 6/25/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.O-O Nf6


9.Bb5+ c6 10.Ba4 Bd6 11.Nc4 Bc7 12.Re1 b5 13.Bb3 bxc4 14.Bxc4 Be6 15.Bxe6 Nxe6 16.Nc3 Ba5 17.Bd2 Bxc3 18.Bxc3 O-O


19.Bxf6 Rxf6 20.Rxe4 Rd8 21.Re2 Nd4 22.Re7 Nxc2 23.Rc1 Rd2 24.f3 Nd4 25.Rb1 Rg6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Jolicoeurletendre (lichess 1957) - JimWest (lichess 2007), lichess 6/25/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qe2 d5 8.c4 Nc6 9.Qe3 Bb4 10.cxd5 Qxd5 11.a3 Nxd4 12.Bd3 Bc5 13.Nc3 Qe6 14.Bc4 Nc2+ 15.Ke2 Bxe3 16.Bxe6 Bxe6 17.fxe3 Nxa1 18.Ndxe4 Nb3


19.Ng5 Nxc1+ 20.Rxc1 Bg4+ 21.Kf2 Ne7 22.h3 O-O+ 23.Kg3 Bd7 24.e4 h6 25.Nf3 Bc6 26.Ne5 Rad8 27.Rc2 Kg7 28.b4 a6 29.a4 Rd4 30.Nxc6 Nxc6 31.b5 Nb4


32.Rc1 Rd3+ 33.Kh2 a5 34.Ne2 Rf7 35.Ng3 h5 36.h4 c6 37.Rc5 b6 38.Re5 cxb5 39.Rxb5 Rb7 40.e5 Nd5 41.Rb2 Re7 42.Ne4 Rxe5 43.Ng5 Rd4 44.Rf2 Rxh4+ 45.Nh3 Rxa4


46.Rc2 Re7 47.Rc8 Ra2 48.Rd8 Ne3 49.Nf4 Ng4+ 50.Kh3 Ra3+ 51.Kh4 Ra4 52.g3 Rxf4 53.gxf4 Nf6 54.Rb8 Nd5 55.Kg5 Rf7 56.Rd8 Rf5+ 57.Kh4 Rxf4+ 58.Kg3 Rf5


59.Rd7+ Kh6 60.Kh4 a4 61.Rd8 a3 62.Rh8+ Kg7 63.Ra8 Rf3 64.Rd8 a2 65.Rxd5 Rf4+ 66.Kg3 Rg4+ 67.Kh3 a1=Q 68.Rd7+ Kh6, White resigns.