Philidor Counter Gambit
King_Collatz_2 (Chess.com 1801) - JimWest (Chess.com 1981), Chess.com 8/16/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.Ng5 h6 9.Nf7 Rh7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Bxf4 Nbd7
12.Be6 exf4 13.e5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe6 15.Re1 Be7 16.Qf3 g5 17.Qd3 Rg7 18.Rad1 Rd8 19.Qe2 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 f3
21.Nxf3 Bg4 22.Ne4 Nxe4 23.Qxe4 Bxf3 24.Qxf3 Rf7 25.Qd3 Bc5 26.Rd2 Qb6 27.Qe4+ Kf8 28.Qe1 Qxb2
29.Rd8+ Kg7 30.Rd3 Bxf2+ 31.Qxf2 Rxf7 32.Kxf2 Qxc2+ 33.Ke3 Qxg2 34.Rd2 Qxd2+ 35.Kxd2 Kf6 36.Ke3 Ke5 37.Kd3 g4 38.Ke3 h5 39.Kf2 h4 40.Kg2 c5 41.Kf2 b5 42.Ke2 c4 43.Ke1 a5 44.a3 b4 45.axb4 axb4 46.Ke2 g3 47.hxg3 hxg3
48.Ke1 b3 49.Kd1 c3 50.Kc1 g2 51.Kd1 g1=Q+ 52.Ke2 c2 53.Kd3 Qd4+ 54.Ke2 c1=Q 55.Kf3 Qce3+ 56.Kg2 Qdd2+ 57.Kh1 Qee1#. * * * * * * * *
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 2044) - Daurenbbb (lichess 1983), lichess 8/16/2026
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.c3 a5 7.Be2 Bd7 8.a4 h5 9.f5 Ng4 10.d4 exd4 11.cxd4 Bb4+ 12.Nc3 Qe7 13.O-O O-O-O 14.Bd3 f6 15.Nd5 Qe8 16.Nf4 Qf7 17.Ng6 Rhg8 18.h3 Nh6 19.b3 Rde8
20.Bc4 Be6 21.d5 Bxf5 22.exf5 Nxf5 23.dxc6 Qxg6 24.Bxg8 Rxg8 25.cxb7+ Kb8 26.Qd5 Bc5+ 27.Kh1 Ng3+ 28.Kh2 Nf5 29.Qxg8+ Kxb7 30.Qd5+ Kb6 31.Bd2 Qg3+ 32.Kh1 Nh4 33.Nxh4 Qxh4 34.Rac1 Qg3
35.Rxc5 dxc5 36.Qe6+ Kb7 37.Bxa5 Qd3 38.Qf7 Qxf1+ 39.Kh2 Qf4+ 40.Kg1 Qe3+ 41.Kf1 Qd3+ 42.Ke1 Qe4+ 43.Kf2 Qf4+ 44.Ke2 Qe4+ 45.Kd2 Qxg2+ 46.Kd3 Qxh3+ 47.Kc4 Qf1+ 48.Kd5 Qf3+ 49.Kxc5 Qf5+ 50.Qd5+ Qxd5+ 51.Kxd5 h4
52.Ke4 Kc6 53.Kf3 Kd7 54.Kg4 g6 55.Kxh4 f5 56.Kg5 Kc6 57.Bd2 Kb7 58.b4 c6 59.Kxg6, Black resigns.
