Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (Chess.com 1929) - Ysser1971 (Chess.com 1773), Chess.com 4/24/2026
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 d6 6.Na4 Bxg1 7.Rxg1 exf4 8.Bxf4 Bg4 9.Be2 Bxe2 10.Qxe2 Qd7 11.Nc3 Qg4 12.Qxg4 Nxg4 13.h3 Nf6 14.O-O-O O-O-O 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Rdf1 Nd4 18.Rxf6 b5 19.b4 c5
20.a3 a5 21.bxc5 dxc5 22.Rgf1 b4 23.axb4 axb4 24.Nd5 Rhg8 25.g4 Rg6 26.Ne7+ Kb8 27.Nxg6 fxg6 28.Rxg6 c4 29.Rb6+ Ka7 30.Rxb4 cxd3 31.Rxd4 Rxd4 32.cxd3 Rxd3 33.Rf7+ Kb8
34.h4 Re3 35.Rf4 Kc7 36.Kd2 Ra3 37.g5 hxg5 38.hxg5 Kd7 39.Rg4 Ke6 40.g6 Ra8 41.g7 Rg8 42.Ke3 Kf7 43.e5 Rxg7 44.Rxg7+ Kxg7 45.Ke4 Kf7
46.Kd5 Ke7 47.e6 Ke8 48.Kd6 Kd8 49.e7+ Ke8 50.Ke6, stalemate.
Philidor Counter Gambit
Fediuk_Artem_16 (lichess 1971) - JimWest (lichess 2070), lichess 4/24/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 c6 12.O-O Nbd7 13.c4 Qe8 14.f4 exf3 15.Nxf3 Ne4 16.cxd5 Nxg5 17.Nxg5 Qe3+ 18.Kh1 Qxg5 19.Rxf8+ Nxf8
20.dxc6 bxc6 21.Bc4+ Be6 22.Qe2 Bxc4 23.Qxc4+ Qd5 24.Qd3 Rd6 25.c3 c5 26.Rf1 cxd4 27.cxd4 Qxd4 28.Qb3+ Qd5 29.Qe3 Qd7 30.h3 h6 31.Rf4 Nh7 32.Qb3+ Qd5 33.Qc3 Nf6
34.Qc7 Qd6 35.Qxd6 Rxd6 36.Ra4 a6 37.Kh2 g5 38.Kg3 Kf7 39.Kf2 Ke6 40.Ra5 Kd7 41.Ke2 Kc7 42.h4 gxh4 43.Kf3 Kb6 44.Re5 Nd7 45.Re4 Rd3+, White forfeits.
