Philidor Counter Gambit
Kodfish (Chess.com 1871) - JimWest (Chess.com 1985), Chess.com 5/14/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Be2 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Nfd2 d5 7.Nb3 Nf6 8.O-O Bd6 9.c4 c6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Bg5 Bb4 12.cxd5 Bxc3 13.bxc3 cxd5 14.c4 Be6 15.Nc5 Bc8 16.cxd5 Qxd5
17.Rc1 Qxg5 18.d5 Bh3 19.g3 Bxf1 20.Ne6 Bxe2 21.Qe1 Qxd5 22.Nxf8 Kxf8 23.Qxe2 Nc6, White resigns.
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 2055) - SamyarGerami1395 (lichess 1944), lichess 5/14/2026
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Ng4 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Nf3 O-O 10.Bb5 a6 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.O-O c5 13.a3 cxd4 14.axb4 dxc3 15.bxc3 c6 16.Nd4 c5 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.exf5 Nf6 19.bxc5 dxc5
20.Qxd8 Rfxd8 21.Be3 Nd5 22.Bxc5 Nc3 23.f6 gxf6 24.Be7 Re8 25.Bxf6 Ne4 26.Bg5 Nxg5 27.fxg5 a5 28.Ra4 Re5 29.h4 Kg7 30.g4 Rb5 31.Rf5 Rb1+ 32.Kg2 Rb2+ 33.Kg3 Rb3+ 34.Kf4 Rb4+ 35.Rxb4 axb4 36.Rb5 Ra4
37.Kf5 h6 38.gxh6+ Kxh6 39.h5 Kg7 40.g5 Ra1 41.Rxb4 Ra5+ 42.Kg4 Kh7 43.Rf4 Kg7 44.h6+ Kg6 45.Rf6+ Kh7 46.Rxf7+ Kg8 47.Rd7 Kh8 48.g6 Rb5 49.Rd8#.
