Philidor Counter Gambit
JourneytoWCC (Chess.com 2069) - JimWest (Chess.com 2015), Chess.com 2/19/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.Ng5 d5 8.e6 O-O 9.Qh5 h6 10.h4 Nbc6 11.Nc3 Nd4 12.O-O-O Nxe6 13.Ngxe4 Nf4 14.Qf3 Qe8 15.Ng3 c6 16.Qe3 Neg6 17.Qd2 Bd7 18.h5 Ne7 19.Rh4 Qf7
20.Nce2 Nxe2+ 21.Qxe2 Rae8 22.Rb4 Nf5 23.Qf3 Nxg3 24.Qxg3 Bc8 25.Bd3 Qe7 26.Bg6 Qxb4, White resigns.
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 2099) - polerio15 (lichess 2043), lichess 2/19/2026
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxf4 Nc6 7.d4 Qh4+ 8.g3 Qe7 9.Nf3 Qb4+ 10.Nc3 Qxb2 11.Nxd5 Bb4+ 12.Nxb4 Qxb4+ 13.Qd2 Nb6 14.Qxb4 Nxb4 15.Kd2 Bg4 16.Be2 O-O-O 17.c3 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Nc4+ 19.Ke2 Nd5
20.Bxd5 Rxd5 21.Kd3 Na5 22.c4 Rd7 23.d5 Re8 24.Rhe1 h6 25.h4 b6 26.Kc3 Nb7 27.e6 fxe6 28.Rxe6 Rxe6 29.dxe6 Re7 30.Re1 Nc5 31.h5 Rxe6 32.Rxe6 Nxe6 33.Be5 Kd7
34.Kd3 Ke7 35.Ke4 Kf7 36.Kf5 c6 37.g4 Nc5 38.Bb8 a6 39.Ba7 Nd7 40.a4 b5 41.cxb5 cxb5 42.axb5 axb5 43.Bd4 b4 44.g5 hxg5 45.Kxg5 Nf8 46.Bb2 Ne6+ 47.Kf5 Nc5 48.Kg5 Nd3 49.Bd4 b3 50.h6 gxh6+ 51.Kxh6 Ke6
52.Kg5 Kd5 53.Ba1 Ke4 54.Kg4 Ne1 55.Kg5 Nf3+ 56.Kf6 Nd4 57.Ke7 Nc2 58.Bb2 Kd5 59.Kd7 Nb4 60.Kc7 Kc5 60.Kb7 Kb5 61.Kc7 Nd3 62.Ba1 Nb4 63.Ba1 Nb4 64.Kd6 Kc4 65.Bb2 Kd3 66.Kc5 Kc2 67.Ba1 Nd3+ 68.Kc4 Nb2+ 69.Kb4 Nd3+ 70.Ka3 Nc5
71.Kb4 Ne4 72.Ka3 Nc3 73.Kb4 Ne2 74.Ka3 Nc1 75.Kb4 Kb1 76.Bh8 Ka2 77.Kc4 Ka3 78.Ba1 Ne2 79.Kd3 Ka2 80.Bh8 Nf4+ 81.Kd2 Nd5 82.Kc1 Nb4 83.Bg7 Nd3+ 84.Kd2 Nb2 85.Kc1 Na4 86.Bf6 Nc5 87.Bh8 Ne4 88.Bg7 Nf2 89.Bh8 Nd3+ 90.Kd2 Nc5 91.Kc1 Na4 92.Bg7 Nb6 93.Bh8 Ka3 94.Kb1 Na4
95.Bg7 Kb4 96.Bf8+ Kc3 97.Bg7+ Kd2 98.Bh6+ Kd1 99.Bg7 Ke2 100.Bh8 Kd3 101.Bg7, draw.
