Philidor Counter Gambit
Mroddy93 (Chess.com 1857) - JimWest (Chess.com 1965), Chess.com 10/16/2025
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Bc4 d5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.Nf1 c6 9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.Ne3 Bg6 11.Nd2 Bd6 12.c3 Qc7 13.h3 O-O 14.O-O Rae8 15.Re1 h6 16.Bh4 Kh8 17.Ndf1 b5 18.Bg3 a5 19.a3 a4
20.Bc2 Nh5 21.Bxd6 Qxd6 22.Ng4 Nf4 23.Nfe3 h5 24.Nh2 Nb6 25.Nhf1 Nc4 26.Nxc4 dxc4 27.Ne3 Nd3 28.Bxd3 exd3 29.Qd2 Qf4 30.Rad1 h4 31.Nf1 Qxd2 32.Nxd2 Bh5 33.f3 Bg6
34.Kf2 Kh7 35.Nf1 Kh6 36.Ne3 Bh5 37.Rd2 Kg5 38.d5 cxd5 39.Nxd5 Rxe1 40.Kxe1 Re8+ 41.Kf2 Bf7 42.Ne3 Kf4 43.Ng4 Bh5 44.Ne3 Rxe3, White resigns.
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 2026) - bigcarp (lichess 1934), lichess 10/16/2025
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 h6 7.O-O Bd7 8.c3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Qd7 11.f5 O-O-O 12.Be3 g6 13.fxg6 fxg6 14.b4 Kb8 15.a4 g5 16.a5 b6 17.axb6 cxb6 18.Qa4 Qb7 19.Nd2 Rdg8
20.b5 Na5 21.Nc4 Nxc4 22.Qxc4 g4 23.hxg4 Nxg4 24.Bxg4 Rxg4 25.Qe6 Rhg8 26.Ra2 R4g6 27.Qh3 Bg5 28.Bxg5 Rxg5 29.Raf2 Qg7 30.Kh1 Rg3
31.Rf8+ Rxf8 32.Rxf8+ Qxf8 33.Qxg3 Qf6 34.Qg8+ Kc7 35.Qh7+ Kb8 36.Qg8+ Kc7 37.Qh7+ Kb8 38.Qg8+, draw.
