Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (Chess.com 1932) - NorthlandBanneret (Chess.com 1853), Chess.com 3/19/2026
1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 d6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 Be7 5.Nf3 c6 6.c3 O-O 7.f5 Nbd7 8.Qc2 Qc7 9.Be2 d5 10.Bg5 a5 11.a4 Nc5 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nbd2 Qb6 14.g4 h6 15.h4 dxe4 16.dxe4 g6 17.g5 hxg5 18.hxg5 Bh8 19.f6 Bg4
20.O-O-O Bh5 21.Rxh5 gxh5 22.Nxe5 Rfe8 23.Nec4 Qc7 24.Bxh5 Rad8 25.Kb1 b5 26.axb5 cxb5 27.Na3 Nxe4 28.Nxe4 Rxd1+ 29.Bxd1 Qc6 30.Bf3 Qb6 31.Qf2 Qe6
32.Nxb5 Rb8 33.Nd4 Qb6 34.Nf5 Qb3 35.Nh6+ Kf8 36.Qc5+ Ke8 37.Qe7#.
Philidor Counter Gambit
Abdo_Elomla (lichess 2221) - JimWest (lichess 2113), lichess 3/19/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.d4 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nf6 9.Bb5 exd4 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Qxc6+ Kf7 12.Qc4+ d5 13.Qxd4 Bd6
14.Nxd5 Re8+ 15.Be3 Be5 16.Qc4 Qxd5 17.Qxd5+ Nxd5 18.O-O-O Nxe3 19.fxe3 Rad8 20.Rhf1+ Kg8 21.Rd3 Bf6 22.Rf3 c5 23.b3 c4 24.bxc4 Rc8 25.Rd7 Rxc4 26.Rxa7 Rec8 27.Rf2 Bg5 28.Re2 Rc3
29.Kb2 Bxe3 30.Rd7 Bg5 31.Re8+ Rxe8 32.Kxc3 Bf6+ 33.Kb3 Rb8+ 34.Ka3 Kf8 35.c4 Ke8 36.Rd5 Be7+ 37.Ka4 Rb4+ 38.Ka5 Rxc4 39.a4 Rc5+ 40.Rxc5 Bxc5
41.Kb5 Bg1 42.Kc6 h5 43.a5 h4 44.Kd5 Kd7 45.Ke4 Kc6 46.Kf5 Bd4 47.Kg4 Bf6 48.g3 hxg3 49.Kxg3 Kb5 50.h4 Kxa5 51.h5 Bg5 52.Kg4 Bh6 53.Kf5 Kb5 54.Ke5 Kc5
55.Ke4 Kd6 56.Kf5 Ke7 57.Ke5 Kf7 58.Kf5 Bc1 59.Ke5 Kg8 60.Kf5 Kh7 61.Ke6 Kh6 62.Kf5 Kxh5
63.Ke6 g5 64.Kf5 g4 65.Ke4 Kh4 66.Kd3 Kh3 67.Ke2 Kh2, White resigns.
