Philidor Counter Gambit
amirdex (Chess.com 1774) - JimWest (Chess.com 1966), Chess.com 6/9/2025
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.b4 Bg4 9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 O-O-O 12.b5 Nb6 13.Qe2 cxb5 14.Bxb5 Bd6 15.a4 a6 16.Bxa6 bxa6 17.Qxa6+ Kc7 18.Qa7+ Kc6 19.a5 Nc8
20.Qa8+ Kd7 21.Rd1 Ke8 22.Ba3 Bxa3 23.Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.Rxa3 Nge7 25.Nxe5 Qd6 26.Nc4 Qb4 27.Qa6 Qe1+ 28.Kh2 Qxf2 29.Nd6+ Nxd6 30.Qxd6 Rf8 31.Rf3 Qxc2
32.Qb8+ Qc8 33.Qb5+ Qc6 34.Qb8+ Qc8 35.Qb5+ Qc6 36.Qb8+ Qc8, draw.
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 2020) - JoelZ10 (lichess 1991), lichess 6/9/2025
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 Bg4 9.Nf3 Nd7 10.Bd3 f5 11.Be3 Bb4+ 12.c3 Be7 13.O-O Ncd5 14.Bxe4 fxe4 15.Nd4 O-O-O 16.h3 Bxd1 17.Raxd1 Nd3 18.Nf5 Bf8 19.e6 Re8
20.e7 Bxe7 21.Nxg7 Ref8 22.Nf5 Bc5 23.Rxd3 exd3 24.Bxc5 Re8 25.Ne7+ Kd7 26.Rd1 Rxe7 27.Rxd3+ Ke8 28.Bxe7 Kxe7 29.g4 Rf8 30.Kg2 a5 31.a4 b6
32.b4 Rf4 33.bxa5 Rxa4 34.axb6 cxb6 35.Kf3 Rc4 36.h4 b5 37.Kg3 b4 38.cxb4 Rxb4 39.h5 Kf7 40.Kh4 Kg7 41.Rd7+ Kh6 42.Rd6+ Kg7 43.h6+ Kg8 44.Kh5 Rb1 45.Rd8+ Kf7 46.Rd7+ Kf6 47.g5+ Kf5 48.Rf7+ Ke6
49.Rxh7 Rh1+ 50.Kg4 Rg1+ 51.Kf4 Rf1+ 52.Ke3 Re1+ 53.Kf2 Re5 54.Rg7 Rf5+ 55.Kg3 Rf1 56.h7 Rg1+ 57.Kh2 Ra1 58.h8=Q Kf5 59.Rf7+ Kxg5 60.Qxa1, Black resigns.
