Friday, September 25, 2026

2 PCG Games 9/24/2026

Philidor Counter Gambit

Orina0 (Chess.com 1872) - JimWest (Chess.com 2013), Chess.com 9/24/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.Bxe6 Nxd4 8.Bxh6 Nxe6 9.exf5 Qh4 10.fxe6 Qxh6 11.Nc3 Qxe6 12.O-O O-O-O 13.Nd5 c6 14.Ne3 d5 15.c3 Bc5 16.Nc2 Rdf8 17.b4 Bb6 18.a4 a6


19.b5 axb5 20.axb5 Kc7 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.Nb4 Ra8 23.Qe2 Rhf8 24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.Kh1 Kb7 26.f4 e4 27.f5 Qe5 28.c4 d4 29.Nd3 Qe8 30.Nf2 d3 


31.Qxe4 Bxf2 32.Rb1+ Bb6 33.Qxd3 Qe5 34.Qd7+ Qc7, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Kezo5 (lichess 2136) - JimWest (lichess 2071), lichess 9/24/2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.c3 c6 8.Be2 Nf6 9.O-O O-O 10.b4 Bb6 11.b5 h6 12.Nf7 Qe7 13.bxc6 bxc6 14.Ba3 c5 15.Ne5 Qxe6 16.Ng6 Re8 17.Bb5 Bd7 18.Nf4 Qd6 19.Bxd7 Nbxd7


20.Nh5 Nxh5 21.Qxh5 Nf6 22.Qh3 Qe6 23.Qh4 Qg4 24.Qxg4 Nxg4 25.h3 Ne5 26.Nd2 Rac8 27.Rad1 c4 28.Bd6 Nd3 29.Bg3 Ba5 30.Nb1 Bc7 31.Bxc7 Rxc7


32.Na3 Rb7 33.Nc2 Rb2 34.Nb4 Nxb4 35.cxb4 Rd8 36.a3 c3 37.Rc1 d4 38.Rfd1 Rd2 39.Rxd2 cxd2 40.Rd1 e3 41.fxe3 dxe3 42.Kf1 Rd3 43.Ke2 Rxa3 44.b5 Rb3 45.Ra1 Rxb5 46.Kxe3 a5 47.Kxd2 Rb2+ 48.Ke3 Rxg2 49.Rxa5 Rg3+ 50.Kf4 Rxh3


51.Kg4 Rh1 52.Kg3 Kh7 53.Ra6 Rb1 54.Kg4 Rb5 55.Kh4 Rg5 56.Ra7 Rg6 57.Kh5 Rb6 58.Rc7 Rb5+ 59.Kh4 Kg8 60.Ra7 Rf5 61.Kg4 Rf7 62.Ra8+ Kh7 63.Ra6 Rf6 64.Ra7 Kg6


65.Ra5 Rb6 66.Ra4 h5+ 67.Kh4 Kh6 68.Ra5 Rb4+ 69.Kg3 g6 70.Kh3 h4 71.Rc5 g5 72.Rc6+ Kh5 73.Rc5 Rb3+ 74.Kh2 h3 75.Rc8 Kh4 76.Rh8+ Kg4 77.Rh7 Rb2+ 78.Kg1 Kg3, White resigns.