Philidor Counter Gambit
samsung_amit (Chess.com 1966) - JimWest (Chess.com 2026), Chess.com 2/9/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Be2 c6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.O-O a5 9.a4 Na6 10.Na3 Nc5 11.b4 axb4 12.cxb4 Nxa4 13.Qb3 Qd7 14.Nc4 b5 15.Ncxe5 dxe5 16.Nxe5 Qd5 17.Qxd5 cxd5 18.d4 O-O 19.Bxb5 Nc3
20.Rxa8 Rxa8 21.Bc6 Rd8 22.b5 Ne2+ 23.Kh1 Nxd4 24.Ra1 Ne6 25.Bd2 Ne4 26.Ba5 Nxf2+ 27.Kg1 Bc5 28.Bxd8 Nxd8 29.Bxd5+ Be6 30.Bxe6+ Nxe6 31.Kf1 Ne4
32.Ra8+ Nf8 33.Nd7 Bd6 34.b6 Nf6 35.Nxf6+ gxf6 36.b7 Bxh2 37.b8=Q Bxb8 38.Rxb8 Kg7 39.Kf2 Ne6 40.Kg3 Kg6 41.Kh4 Ng5 42.Kg4 h5+ 43.Kh4 Ne6 44.Rh8 Ng7 45.Ra8 Nf5+ 46.Kh3 Ng7 47.Ra5 Nf5
48.g3 Ng7 49.Kh4 Nf5+ 50.Kh3 Ng7 51.Kg2 Nf5 52.Kf3 Nd4+ 53.Ke4 Ne2 54.Ra3 Kg5 55.Re3 f5+ 56.Kf3 Nxg3 57.Kg2 f4 58.Rxg3 fxg3 59.Kxg3 h4+ 60.Kh3 Kh5
61.Kh2 Kg4 62.Kg2 h3+ 63.Kh2 Kh4 64.Kg1 Kg3 65.Kh1 h2, stalemate.
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 2060) - polerio15 (lichess 2036), lichess 2/9/2026
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 Nxe4 8.dxe5 Qh4+ 9.g3 Nxg3 10.Bg5 Qxg5 11.hxg3 Qxe5 12.Kf1 Be6 13.Qd3 Qxb2 14.Qb5+ Qxb5 15.Bxb5+ c6 16.Bd3 h6 17.Nd2 Bd6 18.Kg2 O-O 19.Ngf3 c5
20.Rab1 b6 21.Ng5 c4 22.Nxe6 fxe6 23.Nxc4 dxc4 24.Bxc4 Rf6 25.Rhf1 Raf8 26.Rbe1 Rf5 27.Bxe6+ R5f7 28.Bxf7+ Rxf7 29.Rxf7 Kxf7 30.Kf3 Kf6 31.Re8 a5
32.g4 Kg5 33.c4 Bc5 34.a4 g6 35.Re5+ Kf6 36.Rd5 Ke6 37.Rd8 Kf6 38.Rc8 h5 39.gxh5 gxh5 40.Rc6+ Kf5 41.Rh6 Kg5
42. Rh7 h4 43.Rh8 Bd4 44.Rh7 Bc5 45.Rh8 Bb4 46.Rh7 Bc3 47.Rb7 Bd4 48.Rh7 Bc5, draw.
