Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (Chess.com 1988) - Arbe632 (Chess.com 1923), Chess.com 5/11/2026
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 d6 5.Na5 Nf6 6.f4 Bd4 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 h5 10.c3 Bb6 11.Nxb6 axb6 12.O-O Qd7 13.f5 g6 14.a3 Nh7 15.fxg6 fxg6 16.Bxh5 gxh5 17.Qxh5+ Kd8 18.Bg5+ Kc8 19.Bf6 Rg8
20.Bh4 Qg4 21.Qxg4+ Rxg4 22.g3 Rg7 23.Rf5 Kd7 24.Raf1 Ke6 25.Rh5 Rf8 26.Rh6+ Kd7 27.Rxf8 Nxf8 28.Bf6 Rg6 29.Rxg6 Nxg6 30.h4 Ke6 31.Bg5 Nf8
32.h5 Kf7 33.g4 Nh7 34.Bh4 Kg7 35.g5 Nf8 36.Kg2 Ne6 37.Kf3 Nf4 38.h6+ Kg6 39.d4 Na5 40.dxe5 dxe5 41.b4 Nc4 42.a4 Nd2+ 43.Kg4 Nxe4 44.h7 Kxh7 45.Kf5 Ng6 46.Kxe4 Nxh4 47.Kxe5 Kg6
48.Ke6 Nf3 49.Kd7 Ne5+ 50.Kxc7 Kxg5 51.Kxb6 Kf6 52.Kxb7, Black resigns. * * * * * * * *
Philidor Counter Gambit
Gullit15 (lichess 1997) - JimWest (lichess 2042), lichess 5/11/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Qe2 fxe4 5.Qxe4 Nf6 6.Qe2 Be7 7.O-O c6 8.d4 e4 9.Nfd2 d5 10.Bb3 Bf5 11.f3 Nbd7 12.fxe4 Bxe4 13.Nf3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 O-O 15.Qd3 Bd6 16.Bf4 Bxf4 17.Rxf4 Qc7 18.Rf1 Rae8 19.Nd2 Kh8
20.Rae1 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Ng4 22.Nf3 h6 23.h3 Ngf6 24.c3 a6 25.Bc2 Ne4 26.Qe2 Ndf6 27.Ne5 Kg8 28.Bxe4 Nxe4 29.Rf1 Rxf1+ 30.Qxf1 Qe7 31.Qf5 Qf6 32.Qxf6 Nxf6
33.Kf2 Kf8 34.Nd3 Ne4+ 35.Ke3 Ke7 36.Nf2 Nxf2 37.Kxf2 Kf6 38.Kf3 h5 39.g4 hxg4+ 40.hxg4 g5 41.Kg3 a5 42.Kf3 b5 43.Ke3, draw.
