Sunday, July 26, 2026

2 PCG Games 7/25/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

asg0317 (Chess.com 1823) - JimWest (Chess.com 2019), Chess.com 7/25/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Be2 Be6 11.f3 Bb4 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 O-O 14.fxe4 Nxe4 15.Rxf8+ Kxf8 16.Ba3+ Kg8 17.Rf1 Nf7 18.Nxf7 Bxf7 19.Bd3 Re8


20.c4 Nd2 21.Rd1 Nxc4 22.Bxc4 Bxc4 23.Rd7 Re1+ 24.Kf2 Re2+ 25.Kg3 Rxc2 26.Rxb7 Rc3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Astur3 (lichess 2037) - JimWest (lichess 2072), lichess 7/25/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Qd4 c5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.Qd1 Nge7 10.Bd2 O-O 11.O-O Nxe5 12.Qe2 h6 13.Ngxe4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Bxd2 15.Nxd2 N7g6 16.Rad1 Qb6 17.Ne4 Bg4 18.Bc4+ Nxc4 19.Qxg4 Nce5


20.Qe2 Rad8 21.b3 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Rd8 23.Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.Nxc5 Qd5 25.Ne4 Nf4 26.Qe1 Ng4 27.h3 Ne5 28.Qe3 Neg6 29.Nc3 Qxg2#.