Philidor Counter Gambit
sudheerdulam (Chess.com 1825) - JimWest (Chess.com 2001), Chess.com 8/25/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Be2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.h3 c6 8.Re1 f4 9.d4 Qc7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Bc4+ Kh8 12.Ng5 Bc5 13.Ne6 Bxe6 14.Bxe6 Nbd7 15.Qf3 Rae8 16.Bf5 g6 17.Bg4 h5 18.Bxd7 Qxd7 19.Rd1 Qe6
20.Bd2 g5 21.Be1 g4 22.hxg4 hxg4 23.Qd3 g3 24.b4 Bxf2+ 25.Bxf2 gxf2+ 26.Kxf2 Ng4+ 27.Ke2 Nh6 28.Rh1 Kg7 29.Rad1 Re7 30.Qh3 Qxh3 31.Rxh3 Rf6
32.b5 Rg6 33.Kf3 Nf7 34.Kf2 Ng5 35.Rh5 cxb5 36.a3 Rc7 37.Rd3 Rxc3 38.Rxc3 Nxe4+ 39.Kf1 Nxc3 40.Rxe5, White resigns.
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 2052) - VanYolo (lichess 2110), lichess 8/25/2026
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 h6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be2 O-O 8.f5 Ng4 9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Bb4+ 11.Nc3 Re8 12.Bd3 Bxf5 13.O-O Bxc3 14.exf5 Ba5 15.Kh1 Ne3 16.Bxe3 Rxe3 17.Bb5 Qf6 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Qc2 Rb8
20.b3 Rbe8 21.Qxc6 Re2 22.Qb5 Bb6 23.Rae1 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 25.Nxe1 Qxd4 26.Qf1 a5 27.h3 Qf2 28.Qxf2 Bxf2 29.Nd3 Bb6 30.g4 Kf8 31.Kg2 Ke7 32.Kf3 Kf6
33.b4 g6 34.bxa5 Bxa5 35.fxg6 fxg6 36.a4 h5 37.gxh5 gxh5 38.Nf4 Kg5 39.Ne6+ Kh4 40.Kg2 c5 41.Nf4 c4 42.Ne2 c3 43.Nd4 d5 44.Nf3#.
