Philidor Counter Gambit
bruma_chess (Chess.com 1938) - JimWest (Chess.com 1943), Chess.com 3/9/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 e3 8.fxe3 Qxe3+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Bxe2 Bxf5 11.c3 Nf6 12.O-O Bxb1 13.Raxb1 O-O 14.Bf3 d5 15.Rfe1 Nbd7 16.Re7 Rf7 17.Rbe1 Kf8 18.Rxf7+ Kxf7 19.Kf2 c6
20.g3 Re8 21.Rxe8 Nxe8 22.Bh5+ g6 23.Bf3 Nd6 24.Ke3 Kf6 25.b3 Nf5+ 26.Kd3 h5 27.c4 Ke6 28.Nf1 Nf6 29.Ne3 Nxe3 30.Kxe3 g5 31.a4 g4 32.Bg2 a5
33.Kd3 b6 34.Ke3 Kf5 35.Kd3 Ke6 36.Ke3 Kf5 37.Kd3 Ke6, draw.
Philidor Counter Gambit
Niebel (lichess 2064) - JimWest (lichess 2102), lichess 3/9/2026
1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Bb5+ c6 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nf7 Qe7 10.Nxh8 Bxe6 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.Be3 Bd6 13.h3 Kf8 14.f3 Kg8 15.fxe4 Nxe4 16.Bg4 Kxh8 17.Nc3 Ndf6 18.Nxe4 Nxe4
19.Bf4 Bc5+ 20.Kh2 Rf8 21.Bxe6 Qxe6 22.Qg4 Qxg4 23.hxg4 Rxf4 24.Rxf4 Bd6 25.g3 Nxg3 26.Rf7 h5 27.gxh5 Nxh5+ 28.Kg1 b5 29.Re1 Nf6 30.Re6 Ne4 31.Re8+ Kh7
32.Kg2 Bc5 33.Rc7 Nf6 34.Ra8 Bd4 35.c3 Bb6 36.Rxc6 d4 37.cxd4 Bxd4 38.b3 Bb6 39.Rb8 Nd5 40.Rcxb6 axb6 41.a3 Kg6 42.Kf3 Kf5 43.Rd8 Ke5 44.Rg8 Kd4 45.Rxg7 Kc3 46.a4 bxa4 47.bxa4 Kb4 48.Ke4 Nc3+ 49.Kd4 Nxa4
50.Rb7 Kb5 51.Kd3 Nc5+ 52.Kc2 Nxb7, White resigns.
