Thursday, September 3, 2026

2 PCG Games 9/2/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

kazrash (Chess.com 1938) - JimWest (Chess.com 2044), Chess.com 9/2/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Ba4 O-O 11.O-O Qa5 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Ng4 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qxa4


15.f4 Qa5 16.Qe1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Hodza1234 (lichess 1946) - JimWest (lichess 2058), lichess 9/2/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.Qe2 Be7 7.Bxg8 Rxg8 8.d3 Nd7 9.Nc3 Qc7 10.h3 O-O-O 11.Qe3 Kb8 12.a4 d5 13.Ne2 h6 14.Ng3 Bh7 15.a5 Bc5 16.Qe2 e4 17.dxe4 Qxg3 18.exd5 Rge8 19.Qd2 Nf6


20.b4 Ne4 21.Qf4+ Qxf4 22.Bxf4+ Bd6 23.Bxd6+ Rxd6 24.dxc6 Rxc6 25.Nd4 Rc4 26.Rad1 Nc3 27.Rd2 Rxd4, White resigns.