Philidor Counter Gambit
fideluto (Chess.com 1799) - JimWest (Chess.com 1980), Chess.com 4/12/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bf4 Bd6 10.Nb5 a6 11.Nd4 b5 12.Bb3 c5 13.O-O-O cxd4 14.Rxd4 Bxe5 15.Bxe5 Bb7 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Rhd1 f5 18.Rd7 Bc6 19.Rc7 Rf8
20.Rd6 a5 21.Rcxc6 Nxc6 22.Rxc6 a4 23.Bd5 Rb8 24.Rc7 Rb6 25.f3 e3 26.c4 bxc4 27.Bxc4 Rff6 28.Kd1 Rxb2 29.Rxh7 Rxg2 30.Bb5+ Kf8 31.Bxa4 Rxa2 32.Bb5 Rd2+ 33.Ke1 Rb6, White resigns.
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 2069) - ivanabyl (lichess 2141), lichess 4/12/2026
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 Nc6 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Bd3 f5 11.Be3 Bb4+ 12.c3 O-O-O 13.Bc2 Be7 14.O-O g6 15.h3 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Ng5 17.Bxg5 Bxg5 18.f4 Bh4 19.Ba4 Na5
20.Ne3 Rd3 21.Ng2 Rxh3 22.Nxh4 Rxh4 23.e6 Nc6 24.Bxc6 bxc6 25.Kg2 Re8 26.Rae1 Re7 27.Kg3 Rg4+ 28.Kf3 h5 29.Rf2 h4 30.Rg2 Rxg2 31.Kxg2 Kd8 32.Kh3 Rh7 33.Rg1 Rh6
34.Rd1+ Ke7 35.Rd7+ Kxe6 36.Rxc7 Kd5 37.Rxa7 Ke4 38.Ra4+ Kf3 39.Rc4 Ke3 40.a4 Rh8 41.a5 Ra8 42.b4 g5 43.fxg5 f4 44.Kxh4 f3 45.Rxc6 Rf8 46.g6 f2 47.g7 f1=Q 48.gxf8=Q Qxf8 49.Rc5 Kf3
50.Kg5 Ke4 51.Kg6 Qa8 52.Kf6 Qa6+ 53.Ke7 Qb7+ 54.Kd6 Qb8+ 55.Kc6 Qa8+ 56.Kb5 Qb7+ 57.Ka4 Qd7+ 58.Ka3, draw.
