Philidor Counter Gambit
Sonulomod (Chess.com 1960) - JimWest (Chess.com 2070), Chess.com 11/21/2025
1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Bc4 f5 6.Bg5+ Nf6 7.Nc3 Bd6 8.O-O-O Ke8 9.exf5 Bxf5 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Rhe1 Bg4 12.Rd3 Bxf3 13.Rxf3 Rf8 14.Bb5 Kd7 15.Rd3 a6 16.Ba4 b5 17.Nxb5 axb5 18.Bxb5 Rxa2
19.Rc3 Ra1+ 20.Kd2 Rxe1 21.Bc6+ Ke6 22.Kxe1 Bb4 23.Bd2 Bxc3 24.Bxc3 Rd8 25.f3 Rd6 26.Bb5 Nd5 27.Bd2 Rb6 28.c4 Nf4 29.Ba5 Rb7 30.g3 Nd3+ 31.Kd2 Nc5
32.Kc3 e4 33.fxe4 Nxe4+ 34.Kd4 Nd6 35.Kc5 Nxb5 36.cxb5 Kd7 37.Bc3 g6 38.h4 Rb8 39.Be5 Re8 40.Bf4 h5 41.b6 cxb6+ 42.Kxb6 Re6+ 43.Kc5 Rc6+ 44.Kd5 Rb6 45.Be5 Rb5+ 46.Ke4 Ke6 47.Bc3 Rb3
48.Kd4 Kf5 49.Kc4 Rb7 50.b4 Kg4 51.Be5 g5 52.hxg5 Kxg5 53.b5 h4 54.gxh4+ Kxh4 55.Kc5 Rxb5+ 56.Kxb5, draw.
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 1989) - bipomo49 (lichess 1974), lichess 11/21/2025
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qxg4 Bxb5 9.d5 Qd7 10.Qxe4 Be7 11.c4 Ba6 12.Nf3 b5 13.b3 bxc4 14.bxc4 Bb7 15.O-O O-O 16.Nc3 f5 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Bd2 Re8 19.Qd3 Nc6
20.Bg5 Nb4 21.Qd2 Bd4+ 22.Nxd4 cxd4 23.Nb5 a6 24.Nxd4 Nxd5 25.cxd5 Qxd5 26.Nf3 Qc5+ 27.Qd4 Qf5 28.Bh4 Re4 29.Qd3 Qh5 30.Rad1 Rxh4 31.Nxh4 Qxh4 32.Qb3+, Black resigns.
