Philidor Counter Gambit
Ysser1971 (Chess.com 1806) - JimWest (Chess.com 1935), Chess.com 4/3/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 c6 8.Qe2 a5 9.a4 Na6 10.Bd2 Nc5 11.O-O Qe8 12.Be3 fxe4 13.dxe4 Ncxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Qc4+ d5 16.Qe2 Bd6 17.Bb6 Ra6 18.Be3 Nf6 19.Rfe1 Qh5
20.g4 Bxg4 21.hxg4 Nxg4 22.c3 e4 23.Nd4 Qh2+ 24.Kf1 Ne5 25.Ne6 Nf3 26.Bxf3 exf3 27.Qxf3 Rxf3 28.Ke2 Rf6 29.Rh1 Qg2 30.Nxg7 Qf3+ 31.Kd2 Kxg7
32.Rag1+ Rg6 33.Bd4+ Kg8 34.Rxg6+ hxg6 35.Rh8+ Kf7 36.Rh7+ Ke6 37.Rh6 Bf4+, White resigns.
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 2092) - Icgoh26 (lichess 2033), lichess 4/3/2026
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.d5 a6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.e6 Nf6 11.exf7+ Kxf7 12.dxc6 Qxd1+ 13.Kxd1 Bg4+ 14.Ke1 Rc8 15.Nc3 Rxc6 16.Nge2 Bd6 17.h3 Bxe2 18.Kxe2 h6 19.Be3 Rb8
20.Rab1 Be5 21.Bd2 Ke6 22.Rhf1 Rcb6 23.b3 Bd4 24.Rxf6+ gxf6 25.Nxe4 f5 26.Nf2 Bxf2 27.Kxf2 h5 28.Re1+ Kf6 29.Bc3+ Kg6 30.Re7 R8b7
31.Re8 Kg5 32.Bd2+ Kg6 33.Bc3 Kg5 34.Bd2+ Kg6 35.Bc3, draw.
