Philidor Counter Gambit
Raghav1703 (Chess.com 1749) - JimWest (Chess.com 1935), Chess.com 3/10/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc3 d5 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.Nb3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Bb4 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 O-O 12.Qd2 Qe8 13.Be2 h6 14.Be3 Qg6 15.Bf1 Ng4 16.h3 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Rae8 18.Nc5 Bc8
19.Qg3 Qxg3 20.fxg3 b6 21.Nb3 a5 22.a4 Bd7 23.Be2 Rf6 24.Rf1 Rxf1+ 25.Kxf1 Rf8+ 26.Kg1 Ne7 27.c4 c6 28.c5 bxc5 29.Nxc5 Bc8 30.Rf1 Rxf1+ 31.Kxf1 Nf5 32.c3 Nxg3+ 33.Kf2 Nxe2 34.Kxe2 Kf7
35.Kf2 Kf6 36.Ke3 h5 37.h4 Kf5 38.g3 Kg4 39.Kf2 e3+ 40.Kg2 g6 41.Nd3 Ba6 42.Ne5+ Kf5 43.Kf3 e2 44.Kf2 c5 45.Nf3 cxd4 46.cxd4 Ke4 47.Ng1 Kxd4 48.Ke1 Ke3 49.g4 hxg4 50.h5 gxh5 51.Nxe2 d4
52.Nc1 d3 53.Kd1 Bc4 54.Ne2 Bb3+ 55.Ke1 d2+ 56.Kf1 d1=Q+ 57.Kg2 Qxe2+ 58.Kh1 Bd5+ 59.Kg1 Qg2#.
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 2094) - Arsen0577 (lichess 1957), lichess 3/10/2026
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O Bxf3 8.Bxf3 d5 9.fxe5 Nxe5 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.exd5 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 Bxb2 14.Nd2 Bxa1 15.Rxa1 Qd6 16.c4 Qb6+ 17.Kh1 Qb2 18.Nb3 a5 19.Qd1 b6
20.Nd2 Rae8 21.a4 Re3 22.Ne4 Re2 23.Rb1 Qc2 24.Qxc2 Rxc2 25.d6 cxd6 26.Nxd6 Rd8 27.Ne4 Rxd3 28.h3 Rxc4 29.Rxb6 h6 30.Nd6 Rxa4 31.Rb8+ Kh7 32.Nxf7 Rf4
33.Rh8+ Kg6 34.Ne5+ Kg5 35.Nxd3 Rd4 36.Nc5 Rc4 37.Ne6+ Kh4 38.Kh2 a4 39.Nxg7 Kg5 40.Ne6+ Kg6 41.Ra8 h5 42.Ra6 Kf5 43.Ng7+ Kg5 44.Ra5+ Kg6 45.Nxh5 a3 46.Ng3 Rc3 47.h4 Kf7
48.h5 Kg7 49.Nf5+ Kf6 50.h6 a2 51.g4 Rc2+ 52.Kg3 Rc3+ 53.Kh4 Rc2 54.Ra6+ Kf7 55.Kg5 Rh2 56.Ra7+ Kg8 57.Kg6 Kf8 58.Ra8#.
