Saturday, July 4, 2026

2 PCG Games 7/3/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Albertoaraujo67 (Chess.com 1873) - JimWest (Chess.com 1983), Chess.com 7/3/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.O-O f4 8.c3 Bg4 9.Nbd2 Nf6 10.Qb3 b5 11.Bxb5 cxb5 12.Qxb5+ Qd7 13.Qb3 Be6 14.c4 Nc6 15.Ng5 Nd4 16.Qd1 O-O 17.Nxe6 Qxe6 18.f3 g5 19.b4 Kh8


20.a4 Rg8 21.Kh1 g4 22.b5 gxf3 23.Nxf3 Qg4 24.Ra2 Nxf3 25.gxf3 Qh3 26.a5 Nh5 27.Rg1 Rxg1+ 28.Kxg1 Rg8+ 29.Kf2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Estolog (lichess 1980) - JimWest (lichess 1980), lichess 7/3/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e3 10.Ne4 Bf5 11.Ng3 exf2+ 12.Kxf2 Ne7 13.cxd4 O-O 14.Nxf5 Nxf5 15.Kg1 Qxd4+ 16.Qxd4 Nxd4 17.Bb2 Nbc6 18.h3 Rae8 19.Re1 Rf5

 

20.Re4 Rexe5 21.Rxd4 Nxd4 22.Bxd4 Re1 23.Bf2 Ra1 24.g4 Rf4 25.Rh2 Rxa3 26.c5 Kh8 27.Kg2 Ra2 28.Kg3 Rfa4, White forfeits.