Philidor Counter Gambit
ambreeshkumar (Chess.com 1994) - JimWest (Chess.com 1994), Chess.com 2/23/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qe2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.c3 O-O-O 11.h4 Rf8 12.Be3 d4 13.cxd4 Nxd4 14.Qd2 Ne7 15.Bg5 Qe5 16.Bxe7 Bxe7 17.Nc3 Rxh8 18.O-O-O Rd8 19.Qe3 Bf5
20.f3 Bc5 21.Qg5 Ne6 22.Rxd8+ Nxd8 23.fxe4 g6 24.Bd3 Ne6 25.Qd2 Qg3 26.Re1 Nf4 27.Kc2 Nxd3 28.Qxd3 Qxe1 29.exf5 Qf2+ 30.Kb3 Qxf5 31.Qc4 Bd6
32.Qg8+ Kd7 33.Qxh7+ Kc6 34.Qg8 b6 35.Qd8+ Kb7 36.Qe4+ Qxe4 37.Nxe4 Be7 38.g3 c5 39.Kc4 Kc6 40.Nc3 a6 41.Kd3 b5 42.Ke4 Bf6 43.Nd1 Kd6 44.b3 Bd4 45.g4 a5 46.a3 b4 47.axb4 axb4
48.h5 gxh5 49.gxh5 Ke6 50.Kf4 Kf6 51.Kg4 c4 52.bxc4 b3 53.Kf4 b2 54.Nxb2 Bxb2 55.c5 Ba3 56.c6 Bd6+ 57.Ke4 Kg5 58.Kd5 Bc7 59.Ke6 Kxh5 60.Kd7 Ba5 61.Kc8 Kg6 62.c7 Bxc7, draw.
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 2071) - zenit1956 (lichess 2176), lichess 2/23/2026
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nc6 7.c3 d5 8.Nxe5 dxe4 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.O-O Ba6 11.d4 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5+ 14.Be3 Qd6 15.Nd2 Rfe8 16.Nc4 Bxe3+ 17.Nxe3 Qb6 18.Kh1 Rab8 19.Rab1 a5
20.Rfd1 h5 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.Rxd5 g6 23.f6 Rbd8 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Qxe4 Qxb2 26.fxg6, Black resigns.
