Philidor Counter Gambit
NJMulla (Chess.com 1927) - JimWest (Chess.com 1978), Chess.com 5/21/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.exf5 Bd6 8.Nc3 Bxf5 9.Bb3 Nf6 10.O-O Be6 11.Ng5 Bxb3 12.axb3 O-O 13.Be3 h6 14.Nge4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Nc6 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.c3 a6 18.b4 Ne7 19.g4 Ng6
20.Kg2 Nf4+ 21.Bxf4 exf4 22.Kf3 g5 23.h3 Kf7 24.Rd5 Ke6 25.Rad1 b6 26.b3 Be7 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Rxd8 Bxd8 29.Ke2 Be7 30.Kd3 Ke5 31.f3 b5
32.Nc5 Bxc5 33.bxc5 a5 34.b4 axb4 35.cxb4 c6 36.Kc3 Kd5 37.Kd3 Ke5 38.Kc3 Kd5 39.Kd3 Ke5, draw.
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 1993) - rashid-pervaiz06 (lichess 1989), lichess 5/21/2026
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 c6 7.Qf3 b5 8.Bg5 Bb7 9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.Ng3 d5 11.Nd2 d4 12.Nh5 dxc3 13.bxc3 Be7 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Be2 Qh4+ 17.g3 Qh3 18.Bf1 Qh6 19.Bg2 c5
20.Rd1 c4 21.dxc4 bxc4 22.O-O Nc5 23.Nxc4 Bxe4 24.Qe3 Qxe3+ 25.Nxe3 Rad8 26.Bxe4 Nxe4 27.Nd5 f6 28.g4 Kf7 29.c4 Rc8 30.Rb1 Rxc4 31.Rb7+ Kg8 32.Rxa7 Nd2
33.Rd1 Rxg4+ 34.Kh1 Rb8 35.Ne3 Rd4 36.Rg1 g5 37.fxg6 h5 38.Nf5 Rg4 39.Nh6+, Black resigns.
