Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (Chess.com 2033) - Al_Habsyiii (Chess.com 1921), Chess.com 12/30/2025
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Qe7 6.Qe2 Ng4 7.Nf3 g5 8.Nc3 Be6 9.h4 Bh6 10.hxg5 Bxg5 11.Rh5 Bh6 12.g3 Nc6 13.d4 Qb4 14.a3 Qb6 15.Qd3 fxg3 16.Bxh6 Nf2 17.Qb5 Bg4 18.Nxd5 Qxb5 19.Bxb5 Bxh5
20.Bxc6+ bxc6 21.Nf6+ Ke7 22.Nxh5 Rhg8 23.Bg5+ Kd7 24.Nxg3 Nh3 25.Ne4 Nxg5 26.Nfxg5 h6 27.Nf6+ Ke7 28.Nxg8+ Rxg8 29.Nf3 Rg3 30.Kf2 Rg4 31.Rh1 Rg6
32.b4 Ke6 33.c4 Kf5 34.Nh4+ Kg5 35.Nxg6 fxg6 36.Kf3 h5, Black resigns.
Philidor Counter Gambit
harry_storele (lichess 1985) - JimWest (lichess 1994), lichess 12/30/2025
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d4 Be7 6.d5 Nb8 7.Bb5+ c6 8.dxc6 bxc6 9.Bd3 fxe4 10.Nxe4 Nf6 11.Bg5 O-O 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.O-O Bg4 15.Be2 d5 16.h3 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 e4 18.Bg4 Na6 19.c3 Nc5
20.Qd4 Nd3 21.f3 Qxd4+ 22.cxd4 e3 23.Rfd1 Nxb2 24.Re1 Nc4 25.Bd7 Rf6 26.Rab1 Rd6 27.Rb7 Rd8 28.Bf5 a5 29.Ra7 g6 30.Bd3 R8d7 31.Ra6 Re7
32.Bxc4 dxc4 33.Rxa5 Rxd4 34.Rc5 Re6 35.a4 c3 36.Rxc3 Rxa4 37.Rexe3 Rxe3 38.Rxe3 Kf7 39.Rc3 Ra6 40.Kf2 Ke6 41.g4 g5 42.Ke3 Kd5 43.f4 gxf4+ 44.Kxf4 Kd4 45.Rc1 c5 46.h4 c4 47.Kf5 c3 48.Kf4 Kd3 49.Kf3 Kd2 50.Rg1 c2
51.Rg2+ Kc3 52.Rg1 Kb2 53.Rg2 Kb1 54.Rg1+ c1=Q 55.Rxc1+ Kxc1 56.g5 Kd2 57.Kf4 Kd3 58.Kf5 Kd4 59.h5 Kd5 60.g6 hxg6+ 61.hxg6 Ra1 62.g7 Rg1 63.Kf6 Kd6 64.Kf7 Rf1+ 65.Kg6 Ke7 66.g8=Q Rg1+ 67.Kh7 Rxg8 68.Kxg8, draw.
