Philidor Counter Gambit
Zolle (Chess.com 1847) - JimWest (Chess.com 1981), Chess.com 6/28/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 e3 8.fxe3 Qxe3+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Bxe2 Bxf5 11.c3 Ne7 12.Nf3 O-O 13.Nbd2 Nbc6 14.O-O Bg4 15.Bc4+ d5 16.Bb5 a6 17.Bd3 Bf5 18.Bxf5 Rxf5 19.Rae1 Raf8
20.Re3 Nc8 21.Rfe1 Nd6 22.b3 b5 23.Ne5 Nxe5 24.Rxe5 Rxe5 25.Rxe5 c6 26.Re6 Rf6 27.Rxf6 gxf6 28.Kf2 Kf7 29.Ke3 a5 30.Kf4 b4 31.cxb4 axb4
32.Ke3 Nb5 33.Kd3 Ke6 34.Nb1 h5 35.g3 Kf5 36.h3 Kg5 37.Ke3 f5 38.Kd3 h4 39.gxh4+ Kxh4 40.Ke3 Kxh3 41.Kf4 Nxd4 42.Ke5 Nb5 43.Kxf5 c5 44.Ke5 d4 45.Kd5 Nc3+ 46.Kxc5 Nxb1 47.Kxd4 Na3 48.Kc5 Nc2
49.Kd5 Kg4 50.Kc4 Kf4 51.Kd3 Na3 52.Kd4 Kf3 53.Kd3 Kf2 54.Kd2 Nb5 55.Kd3 Na3 56.Kd2 Kf3 57.Kd3 Kf4 58.Kd4 Kf5 59.Kd5 Nc2 60.Kc4 Ke4 61.a4 bxa3, White resigns.
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 2005) - villium (lichess 2135), lichess 6/28/2026
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Ng4 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb6 8.Nf3 Qe7 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Nc3 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Bxd4
12.Bb5+ c6 13.Qxd4 O-O 14.Be2 c5 15.Qd3 Qh4+ 16.Qg3 Qxg3+ 17.hxg3 Nf6 18.Be3 Re8 19.Bf3 a6 20.O-O-O Rb8 21.Rxd6 b5 22.Bxc5 Be6 23.Bd4 b4 24.Bxf6 gxf6
25.Nd5 a5 26.Nxf6+, Black resigns.
