Philidor Counter Gambit
IHARHLYSHKIN (Chess.com 1870) - JimWest (Chess.com 1964), Chess.com 3/3/2026
1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Bc4 f5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bd5 Nge7 8.Bg5 Ke8 9.Bxe7 Bxe7 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Nxe5 fxe4 12.Nc3 Bb4 13.Nxc6 Bxc3+ 14.bxc3 Bf5 15.Nd4 Bg6 16.Ne6 Kd7 17.Nf4 Rhf8 18.Nxg6 hxg6 19.O-O-O+ Kc6
20.Rd2 Rae8 21.Re1 Rf5 22.Re3 Ra5 23.Kb2 Rb5+ 24.Ka1 Reb8 25.Re1 Re8 26.c4 Rc5 27.Rd4 Rce5 28.Re3 Kc5 29.c3 c6 30.g4 g5 31.h3 g6 32.Kb2 Rf8
33.Re2 Rf3 34.Kb3 e3 35.fxe3 Rexe3 36.Rxe3 Rxe3 37.Rd7 Rxh3 38.Rg7 Rg3 39.Rxg6 Rxg4 40.Rg7 a5 41.Ra7 Kb6 42.Ra8 Rg1 43.a4 g4 44.c5+ Kxc5 45.Rxa5+ Kb6 46.Rg5 g3 47.a5+ Ka6 48.Kc4 g2
49.Kc5 Rc1 50.Rxg2 Rxc3+ 51.Kd4 Ra3 52.Rg6 Ra4+ 53.Kc5 Rxa5+ 54.Kxc6 Ra1 55.Kc5+ Kb7 56.Rg7+ Kc8 57.Rg8+ Kd7 58.Kd5 Ra5+ 59.Ke4 Rh5 60.Rg6 Ke7 61.Ra6 Kd7, draw.
Philidor Counter Gambit
Palanivel6394 (lichess 2079) - JimWest (lichess 2096), lichess 3/3/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.Bc4 fxe4 7.Ng5 d5 8.Bb3 exd4 9.Qxd4 O-O 10.Nc3 Nbc6 11.Bxd5+ Nxd5 12.Qxd5+ Qxd5 13.Nxd5 Rf5 14.Nxc7 Rxg5 15.Nxa8 Rxg2 16.c3 Ne5 17.Nc7 Nd3+ 18.Ke2 Nxf2
19.Rhf1 Ng4+ 20.Ke1 Nxh2 21.Rh1 Nf3+ 22.Kf1 Rxb2 23.Nd5 Be6 24.Nb4 Bc4+, White resigns.
