Philidor Counter Gambit
Mdo273 (Chess.com 1959) - JimWest (Chess.com 1993), Chess.com 5/25/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Nh5 Nxh5 13.Bxh5 Qh4 14.g3 Qf6 15.c3 Bh3 16.Re1 g6 17.Bg4 Bxg4 18.Qxg4 Rae8 19.Rf1 Qf5
20.Qxf5 gxf5 21.f4 h5 22.Rac1 Rb8 23.Rc2 Kh7 24.Rff2 Rg8 25.Kf1 Rg4 26.c4 h4 27.gxh4 Rxh4 28.c5 Be7 29.Rc3 Rh3 30.Bd2 Rxc3 31.Bxc3 Rg8 32.Rg2 Rxg2 33.Kxg2 Kg6
34.b4 Kh5 35.h3 a6 36.a4 Bf6 37.Bb2 Bg7 38.Bc3 Bh6 39.Kg3 Bg7 40.Bb2 e3 41.Bc3 e2 42.Kf2 Kh4 43.Kxe2 Kxh3 44.Kf3 Bf6 45.Bb2 Kh2 46.Bc3 Kg1 47.Bb2 Kf1 48.Bc3 Bg7 49.Bb2 Ke1 50.Ke3 Kd1
51.Bc3 Kc2 52.Be1 Bf6 53.a5 Bg7 54.Bh4 Kc3 55.Bd8 Bxd4+ 56.Ke2 Kxb4 57.Bxc7 Bxc5 58.Kd3 Kb5 59.Bd8 Bb4 60.Kd4 Bxa5 61.Bxa5 Kxa5 62.Kc5 Ka4, White resigns.
Philidor Counter Gambit
NATA74 (lichess 1989) - JimWest (lichess 2016), lichess 5/25/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d3 Na5 5.Bb3 Nxb3 6.axb3 f5 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nd5 c6 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.Qd2 f4 14.c3 a6 15.b4 Bg4 16.Ne1 f3 17.gxf3 Bxf3 18.Nxf3 Qxf3
19.Qe3 Qxe3 20.fxe3 Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Rf8 22.d4 Rxf1+ 23.Kxf1 Kf7 24.Kf2 Kf6 25.Kg3 h5 26.Kh4 Kg6 27.c4 Kh6 28.c5 g5+ 29.Kg3 dxc5 30.bxc5 Kg6 31.d5 Kf6 32.d6 Ke6
33.b4 b6 34.cxb6 Kxd6 35.h3 Kd7 36.Kf2 Kc8 37.Ke2 Kb7 38.Kd3 Kxb6 39.Kc4 g4 40.h4 g3 41.Kd3 g2, White resigns.
