Philidor Counter Gambit
davran2111 (Chess.com 2096) - JimWest (2044), Chess.com 1/28/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nd4 d5 6.Be2 Bc5 7.Be3 Ne7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bg4 Bxd4 10.Bxd4 Nbc6 11.c3 Nxd4 12.cxd4 Bxg4 13.Qxg4 Nf5 14.Rd1 Qh4 15.Qxh4 Nxh4 16.Nc3 c6 17.Rf1 Rae8 18.Rae1 Rf5 19.Re3 Rg5
20.Rg3 Rxg3 21.hxg3 Nf5 22.Ne2 c5 23.g4 Nxd4 24.Nxd4 cxd4 25.f4 exf3 26.gxf3 Rxe5 27.Rd1 Re2 28.Rxd4 Rxb2 29.Rxd5 Rxa2 30.Rd8+ Kf7 31.Rd7+ Kg3 32.Rxb7 a5 33.Ra7 a4
34.Ra5 a3 35.Kf1 Ra1+ 36.Kg2 a2 37.Kh2 h6 38.Kg2 Kf6 39.Kh2 g5 40.Kg2 Ke6 41.Kh2 Kd6 42.Kg2 Kc6 43.Ra3 Kd5 44.Ra4 Kc5 45.Ra8 Kb4 46.Rb8+ Kc3 47.Rc8+ Kd4 48.Ra8 Kc5
49.Rc8+ Kb6 50.Ra8 Kb7 51.Ra3 Kb6 52.Rb3+ Ka5 53.Ra3+ Kb4 54.Ra8 Kc3 55.Rc8+ Kd4 56.Ra8 Ke3 57.Re8+ Ke3 58.Rd8+ Kc3 59.Rc8+, draw.
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 1993) - Pathossia (lichess 1909), lichess 1/28/2026
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Qh4+ 7.g3 Qd8 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.Ne2 Na5 10.c3 Nxc4 11.Qa4+ Bd7 12.Qxc4 Be6 13.Qa4+ c6 14.O-O h5 15.Qc2 f5 16.Nf4 Qd7 17.h3 Nh6 18.Ng6 Rg8 19.Nxf8 Rxf8
20.Qe2 Bf7 21.Kh2 Ng8 22.h4 O-O-O 23.Bg5 Ne7 24.Nd2 Rde8 25.Bxe7 Rxe7 26.Nc4 g6 27.Nd6+ Kb8 28.Nxf7 Rexf7 29.Qe3 Qd5 30.a3 Qd8
31.Rf2 f4 32.Rxf4 Rxf4 33.gxf4 Qxh4+ 34.Kg2 Qxf4 35.Qxf4 Rxf4 36.Re1 Kc7 37.Re3 Kd7 38.Rg3 Ke6 39.Rxg6+ Kf5 40.Rf6+ Kg4 41.Rxf4+ Kxf4 42.e6 e3 43.e7 e2 44.e8=Q, Black resigns.
