Philidor Counter Gambit
aarav_chess1803 (Chess.com 2058) - JimWest (Chess.com 2041), Chess.com 2/13/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.O-O Kf8 11.Be3 Bd6 12.Bh5 Kg8 13.Ng6 hxg6 14.Bxg6 Nbd7 15.Bh5 Nxh5 16.Qxh5 Nf6 17.Qd1 Ng4 18.h3 Qh4
19.Nc3 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Qg3 21.Rf4 Qxe3+ 22.Rf2 Bc5 23.Qe2 Rf8 24.Raf1 Rxf2 25.Rxf2 Qxe2 26.Nxe2 Bxf2+ 27.Kxf2 Kf7
28.Ke3 c5 29.c3 Kf6 30.b4 b6 31.a4 Ke5 32.a5 Bd7 33.axb6 axb6 34.bxc5 bxc5 35.h4 Bg4 36.Ng3 d4+ 37.cxd4+ cxd4+ 38.Kd2 Kf4 39.Nh1 e3+ 40.Kc2 Bf5+ 41.Kd1 d3
42.g4 Bxg4+ 43.Kc1 Bf3 44.Nf2 exf2 45.h5 f1=Q+ 46.Kb2 d2 47.Ka3 d1=Q 48.Kb4 Qfe2 49.h6 gxh6 50.Kc5 Qec2+ 51.Kb6 Qdb1+ 52.Ka7 Qca2#.
Philidor Counter Gambit
SpinuEujen (lichess 2046) - JimWest (lichess 2073), lichess 2/13/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nfd2 d5 6.Nb3 c6 7.c4 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+ 9.Qxd2 Ne7 10.Nc3 Be6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Be2 O-O 13.O-O Nbc6 14.f3 exf3 15.Bxf3 Nxe5 16.Nd4 Nxf3+ 17.Nxf3 Kh8 18.Rae1 Bg8 19.Ng5 h6
20.Rxf8 Qxf8 21.Ne6 Bxe6 22.Rxe6 Rd8 23.Qd4 Nf5 24.Qe5 Qc5+ 25.Kh1 Qf2 26.Qe2 Qxe2 27.Re2 d4 28.Rf2 dxc3, White resigns.
