Philidor Counter Gambit
Ashok18109 (Chess.com 1916) - JimWest (Chess.com 2040), Chess.com 1/26/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.Bb3 Be7 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Ne4 d5 12.Ng5 Nc5 13.Re1 Nxb3 14.axb3 Qd6 15.g3 Nd7 16.Qg4 Bxg5 17.Qxg5 Qf6 18.Qe3 Qf5 19.f4 Qh3
20.Re2 O-O 21.Qf2 exf4 22.gxf4 Nf6 23.Qg2 Qxg2+ 24.Kxg2 a6 25.Bd2 Rae8 26.Rae1 Rxe2+ 27.Rxe2 Re8 28.Re5 Rxe5 29.fxe5 Nd7 30.e6 Nc5 31.e7 Kf7 32.Bb4 Ne6 33.Kf3 c5 34.Bc3 Kxe7
35.Be5 b5 36.Kg4 a5 37.Bc3 a4 38.bxa4 bxa4 39.Be5 Kf7 40.h4 Nd8 41.c4 dxc4 42.dxc4 Nc6 43.Bd6 Na5 44.Bxc5 Nxc4 45.Bd4 Nd6 46.Kf4 Nf5 47.Bf2 Ke6
48.Ke4 Nd6+ 49.Kd4 Kf5 50.Kd5 Ne4 51.Bd4 Nf6+ 52.Kc4 Kg4 53.Bf2 Kf3 54.Be1 Ke2 55.Bc3 Kf3 56.Kb4 Kg4 57.Be1 g5 58.hxg5 Kxg5 59.Kxa4 Kf5 60.b4 Ke6 61.Ka5 Kd7 62.Ka6 Nd5 63.b5 Nc7+ 64.Kb6 Nxb5 65.Kxb5 Ke6
66.Kc4 g5 67.Kd3 Kf5 68.Ke2 g4 69.Kf2 g3+ 70.Kg2 Kg4 71.Bxg3, draw.
Philidor Counter Gambit
MorPaulphy (lichess 1955) - JimWest (lichess 2012), lichess 1/26/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Na5 5.Bb3 Nxb3 6.axb3 f5 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nd5 c6 11.Ne3 f4 12.Nc4 O-O 13.h3 a6 14.Qd2 Be6 15.Na5 Qc7 16.Qb4 Rab8 17.Nc4 Bxc4 18.Qxc4+ Qf7 19.Qxf7+ Rxf7
20.Nd2 Be7 21.Nc4 g5 22.Nb6 Bd8 23.Nc4 Bc7 24.f3 h5 25.Ke2 Rg7 26.Rh2 d5 27.Nd2 Bb6 28.c4 Be3 29.cxd5 Bxd2 30.Kxd2 cxd5 31.Ra5 dxe4 32.Rxe5 exd3 33.Kxd3 Rd8+ 34.Ke4 Rd2
35.h4 gxh4 36.Rxh4 Rdxg2 37.Kxf4 Rxb2 38.Re3 Rf7+ 39.Kg5 Rg2+, White resigns.
