Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (Chess.com 1937) - justdebonil (Chess.com 1782), Chess.com 4/8/2026
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 g6 8.Nbd2 Bg7 9.c3 Qe7 10.O-O O-O 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Rad8 13.Qc2 d5 14.Bg5 d4 15.Rae1 Qe5 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nc4 Qc5 18.Kh1 Rfe8 19.b4 Qg5
20.b5 Ne5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.c4 Qg3 23.Kg1 Bf4 24.Re2 Be3+ 25.Rxe3 dxe3 26.Qe2 Qd6 27.Rd1 Qd4 28.Kh1 Rd6 29.g4 Qc5 30.Bg2 Red8 31.Bf1 a6 32.a4 a5
33.Qc2 b6 34.Be2 Qg5 35.Rf1 Qh4 36.Rf3 Qe1+ 37.Rf1 Qb4 38.Rf3 Qc5 39.Kg2 Re6 40.Qc1 Qb4 41.Qc2 Qd2 42.Qxd2 exd2 43.Kf2 Kg7 44.Ke3 Rf6 45.Kxd2 Rxf3 46.Bxf3 Kf6 47.Ke3 g5 48.d4 Ke6 49.e5 f6 50.Bd5+ Ke7 51.e6 Rd6
52.Ke4 Rd8 53.Kf5 Rf8 54.Bc6 Rd8 55.Bd7 Rf8 56.c5 Rh8 57.cxb6 cxb6 58.d5 Rf8 59.Bc6 Rd8 60.Bd7 Rf8 61.Bc6 Rd8 62.Bd7 Rf8, draw.
Philidor Counter Gambit
Mr-Ahmd-Samir (lichess 1953) - JimWest (lichess 2050), lichess 4/8/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.Re1 Be7 7.a3 Nd7 8.c3 Ngf6 9.d3 Qc7 10.Nh4 Bg6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Qb3 O-O-O 13.Be3 d5 14.Bxa7 dxc4 15.dxc4 e4 16.g3 Bc5 17.Bxc5 Nxc5 18.Qc2 Nd3 19.Re2 Rh3
20.Nd2 Rdh8 21.Nf1 Ne5 22.Kg2 Nf3 23.b4 Rxh2+ 24.Nxh2 Rxh2+ 25.Kf1 Rh1+ 26.Kg2 Rxa1 27.Rxe4 Nxe4 28.Qxe4 Ne1+ 29.Kh2 Qf7 30.Qg4+ Qf5 31.Qh4 Qf2+ 32.Kh3 Qf1+, White resigns.
