Sunday, August 9, 2026

2 PCG Games 8/8/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

MitkoGB (Chess.com 1896) - JimWest (Chess.com 1985), Chess.com 8/8/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.Ngxe4 dxc3 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.bxc3 Be7 11.Bg5 Nc6 12.O-O-O+ Ke8 13.f4 Bf5 14.Bd3 Rd8 15.Rhe1 Bxg5 16.fxg5 Nge7 17.Nc5 Bxd3 18.Nxd3 Rf8


19.Nc5 Rxd1+ 20.Kxd1 Rf5 21.Ne6 Rxe5 22.Rxe5 Nxe5 23.c5 g6 24.Nxc7+ Kd7 25.Nb5 Kc6 26.Nd4+ Kxc5 27.Ne6+ Kc4 28.Nf8 Kxc3 29.Nxh7 Kb2 30.Nf6 Kxa2 31.Ke2 b5


32.g4 b4 33.h4 b3 34.h5 gxh5 35.gxh5 b2 36.h6 b1=Q 37.h7 N5g6 38.Ng4 Qb5+ 39.Kf2 Qxg5 40.Kg3 a5 41.Kf3 Qf4+ 42.Ke2 Qxg4+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

EatenN (lichess 2055) - JimWest (lichess 2050), lichess 8/8/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.Ng5 h6


7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qh4 hxg5 9.Bxg5 Be7 10.Qh7 Be6 11.exf5 gxf5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Qh5+ Qf7 14.Qf3 Bd5 15.Qe2 Rxg2, White resigns.