Philidor Counter Gambit
buktop66 (Chess.com 1975) - JimWest (Chess.com 1929), Chess.com 3/30/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Re1 a5 9.Bf1 Na6 10.d4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Rxe4 Bf5 13.Re1 e4 14.Nh2 d5 15.Ng4 Bxg4 16.Qxg4 Qc8 17.Qxc8 Rfxc8 18.a3 Nc7 19.c4 Bf6
20.Be3 Ne6 21.Red1 Bg5 22.Be2 Bxe3 23.fxe3 Re8 24.Rac1 Nc7 25.cxd5 Nxd5 26.Bc4 Rac8 27.Bxd5+ cxd5 28.Rc5 Rxc5 29.dxc5 Rd8 30.Kf2 Kf7 31.Kg3 Ke6
32.b4 axb4 33.axb4 Ra8 34.Rc1 Ke5 35.b5 Rc8 36.Kf2 h5 37.g4 hxg4 38.hxg4 g5 39.Ke2 d4 40.exd4+ Kxd4 41.c6 bxc6 42.Rxb6 Rb8 43.b6 Kd5 44.Rg6 Kd4 43.Rd6+ Ke5 44.Rg6 Kd4 45.Rd6+ Ke5 46.Rg6 Kf4
47.Rf6+ Kxg4 48.Ke3 Kg3 49.Kxe4 g4 50.Kd5 Kg2 51.Rg6 g3 52.Kc6 Kf2 53.Kc7 Rxb6 54.Kxb6 g2 55.Rxg2+ Kxg2, draw.
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 2108) - N_CHOUAIB (lichess 2017), lichess 3/30/2026
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng8 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Bxd7+ Qxd7 9.c3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bb4+ 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.Nge2 Nge7 13.O-O Bxc3 14.bxc3 O-O 15.Ba3 Na5 16.Ng3 Nc4 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Qe2 Qe6 19.Nxe4 f5
20.Ng5 Qc6 21.Rad1 Rae8 22.Kh1 Nb6 23.Qf3 Qxf3 24.Nxf3 Nd5 25.Rd3 Rc8 26.Rc1 b5 27.a3 Nf4 28.Rd2 Nd5 29.Rdc2 Ne3 30.Rb2 a6 31.Kg1 Nd5
32.Rb3 Rc7 33.Nd2 Rfc8 34.Nb1 g6 35.Kf2 Kf7 36.g3 Rc4 37.Ke2 Rxd4 38.cxd4 Rxc1 39.Nd2 Rc2 40.Kd3 Rc1 41.Ke2 g5 42.Rf2 Kg6 43.h3 Rh1 44.g4 fxg4 45.hxg4 Rg1 46.Rf8 Rxg4 47.Ra8 h5 48.Rxa6+ Kf5
49.Nf3 Rg2+ 50.Kd3 Nf4+ 51.Kc3 Rg3 52.Rf6+ Kg4 53.Kb4 Rxf3 54.Kxb5 Nd5 55.Rxf3 Kxf3 56.Kc5 Ne7 57.d5 h4 58.d6 h3 59.dxe7 h2 60.e8=Q h1=Q 61.Qc6+, Black resigns.
