Philidor Counter Gambit
MkrtchyanNofear (Chess.com 2036) - JimWest (Chess.com 2032), Chess.com 1/19/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.c4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Nc3 c6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Be2 Re8 14.O-O Rxe6 15.f3 Nc6 16.fxe4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Rxe4 18.Rf4 Qe7
19.Bd3 Rxf4 20.Qxf4 Re8 21.Qf5 g6 22.Qxd5+ Kg7 23.Qc4 Qe3+ 24.Kh1 Qxd4 25.Qxd4 Nxd4 26.Rd1 Nc6 27.g3 Rd8 28.Kg2 Nb4 29.Be2 Rxd1 30.Bxd1 Nxa2
31.Kf3 Nb4 32.Ke4 Kf6 33.Bb3 h5 34.h4 Na6 35.Kd5 Kf5 36.Bd1 g5 37.Bxh5 gxh4 38.gxh4 Nb4+ 39.Kd6 Nd3 40.Kc7 Nxb2 41.Kxb7 a5 42.Be8 a4 43.Bxa4 Nxa4 44.h5 Kg5 45.h6 Kxh6, draw.
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 2039) - helios_erebus (lichess 1955), lichess 1/19/2026
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Nxe2 exd3 8.exf6 dxe2 9.Qxe2+ Kd7 10.fxg7 Bb4+ 11.c3 Re8 12.Be3 Bc5
13.Qb5+ Kc8 14.Qxc5 Qh4+ 15.g3 Qe4 16.O-O Nc6 17.Qf5+, Black resigns.
