Philidor Counter Gambit
TigerMalaysia (Chess.com 1954) - JimWest (Chess.com 1955), Chess.com 3/1/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Nb3 Bxf5 9.Be3 d5 10.h3 O-O-O 11.O-O-O h6 12.g4 Bg6 13.h4 Qd7 14.Bh3 Ng8 15.h5 Bf7 16.g5 Be6 17.Bxe6 Qxe6 18.Rdg1 hxg5 19.Rxg5 Nf6
20.Rg6 Qf7 21.Rgg1 a6 22.Bg5 Be7 23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Qg4+ Qd7 25.Qxd7+ Rxd7 26.Ne2 Re7 27.Kd2 Rhe8 28.Rg3 a5 29.c3 b6 30.Nf4 Rd7 31.h6 gxh6 32.Rxh6 Rf8 33.Nh5 Rd6 34.Nxf6 Rdxf6 35.Rxf6 Rxf6
36.Ke3 Ne7 37.Rh3 Nf5+ 38.Ke2 Nd6 39.Rh8+ Kb7 40.Nd2 a4 41.a3 b5 42.Nf1 Nc4 43.Ne3 Nxe3 44.fxe3 Rg6 45.Rh2 Rg1 46.Kd2 Rb1 47.Kc2 Re1 48.Kd2 Rb1 49.Kc2 Rg1 50.Kd2 c6 51.Rh7+ Kb6 52.Rh2 Rg3
53.Ke2 Kc7 54.Rh7+ Kd6 55.Rh6+ Kd7 56.Rh7+ Ke6 57.Rh6+ Kf5 58.Kf2 Rg6 59.Rxg6 Kxg6 60.Kg2 Kh5 61.Kh3 Kg5 62.Kg3 Kh5 63.Kh3 Kg5 64.Kg3 Kh5 65.Kh3, draw.
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 2071) - Richiemedina (lichess 2071), lichess 3/1/2026
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be2 Nh5 8.Bg3 Nxg3 9.hxg3 h6 10.Nc3 Bf6 11.Qd2 Nd4 12.Nxd4 Bxd4 13.O-O-O c6 14.Kb1 b5 15.Rdf1 a5 16.Bh5 Be6 17.Ne2 Bf6 18.Nf4 Bd7 19.d4 g6
20.Nxg6 fxg6 21.Bxg6+ Ke7 22.e5 Bg5 23.Rf7+ Ke6 24.Qf2 dxe5 25.Qf5+ Kd5, Black resigns.
