Philidor Counter Gambit
rezan56 (Chess.com 1912) - JimWest (Chess.com 1946), Chess.com 4/23/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Qe2 Be7 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Nh4 Bg6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.f4 O-O-O 13.Be6 Kb8 14.fxe5 Nxe5 15.d4 Ned7 16.d5 Nc5 17.h4 Nxe6 18.Qxe6 Nxd5
19.Nxd5 Bxg5+ 20.hxg5 cxd5 21.Rxh8 Rxh8 22.Qxg6 Qe7 23.g4 Rc8 24.Rxd5 Qe3+ 25.Rd2 Qe1+ 26.Rd1 Qe3+ 27.Kb1 Qc5 28.Qd6+ Qxd6 29.Rxd6 Rc4 30.b3 Rxg4 31.Rg6 a5 32.Rxg7 a4 33.Kb2 axb3 34.axb3 Ka7
35.g6 Kb6 36.Rg8 Kc7 37.g7 b5 38.Ka3 Kb7 39.Kb2 b4 40.Kc1 Rg2 41.Kd1 Ka7 42.Kc1 Kb7 43.Kb2 Ka7 44.Kc1 Kb7, draw.
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 2074) - Frans_Marboenz (lichess 1998), lichess 4/23/2026
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Nxe2 exd3 8.exf6 dxe2 9.Qxe2+ Kd7
10.fxg7 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qb4+ 12.c3 Qe7, Black resigns.
