Philidor Counter Gambit
ibrahim38promax (Chess.com 2117) - JimWest (Chess.com 2041), Chess.com 2/16/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Nbd2 f4 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nd7 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.Kb1 Kb8 14.Rhe1 g5 15.c3 Nf6 16.d4 h5 17.Qd3 g4 18.h4 g3 19.f3 Nd7
20.Rh1 Nf8 21.dxe5 d5 22.exd5 Rxd5 23.Qf5 Qxe5 24.Qxe5+ Rxe5 25.Ne4 Kc7 26.Rd2 Ng6 27.c4 Rge8 28.Kc2 Rxe4 29.fxe4 Rxe4 30.b3 Re3 31.Rd3 Re2+ 32.Rd2 Re3 33.Kd1 a5
34.Re2 Rd3+ 35.Ke1 a4 36.Re6 Rd6 37.Rxd6 Kxd6 38.Ke2 axb3 39.axb3 Kc5 40.Kf3 Kd4 41.Rd1+ Kc3 42.Rd7 b5 43.cxb5 cxb5 44.Rd5 Nxh4+ 45.Kxf4 Nxg2+ 46.Kxg3 Ne3 47.Rxb5 h4+ 48.Kxh4 Nc2 49.Rb8 Nd4 50.b4 Kc4 51.Rb7 Nb5 52.Kg4 Kxb4
53.Kf4 Kc5 54.Ke5 Kc6 55.Rb8 Nc7 56.Rc8 Kd7 57.Rh8 Kc6 58.Rh6+ Kc5 59.Rh1 Nb5 60.Rc1+ Kb4 61.Kd5 Nc3+ 62.Kc6 Kc4 63.Kd6 Kd3 64.Ke5 Kc4 65.Re1 Kd3 66.Kf4 Kd2 67.Re8 Kd3 68.Rd8+ Kc4
69.Ke3 Nd5+ 70.Ke4 Nc3+ 71.Ke3 Nd5+ 72.Kd2 Kd4 73.Rd7 Kc5 74.Kd3 Kc6 75.Rd8 Kc5 76.Ke4 Nc3+ 77.Kd3 Nd5 78.Kc2 Nb4+ 79.Kb3 Nc6 80.Rc8 Kb6 81.Kc4 Kb7 82.Rh8 Kb6 83.Rh6 Kc7 84.Kc5 Ne7
85.Ra6 Kd7 86.Rd6+ Kc7 87.Rf6 Kd7 88.Rh6 Nf5 89.Rg6 Ne7 90.Rf6 Nc8 91.Ra6 Ne7 92.Rd6+ Kc7 93.Re6 Kd7 94.Re5 Ng6 95.Rd5+ Ke7
96.Rh5 Kf6 97.Kd6 Kg7 98.Rg5 Kf6 99.Rg1 Kf5 100.Rf1+ Nf4 101.Rf2 Ke4 102.Rxf4+ Kxf4, draw.
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 2083) - Salavat_Taimasov (lichess 2105), lichess 2/16/2026
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Ng6 9.e5 Nd7 10.Nf3 c5 11.c3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bb4+ 13.Nc3 Rc8 14.Bd2 O-O 15.O-O Re8
16.Nxd5 Bxd2 17.Qxd2 f6 18.exf6 Nxf6 19.Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.Rac1 Nf4 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Ne5 Rf8 23.Nf3 Qxd4+ 24.Nxd4, Black resigns.
