Philidor Counter Gambit
brandon6273 (Chess.com 2055) - JimWest (Chess.com 1991), Chess.com 7/8/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Be3 d4 9.Bg5 Qf5 10.g4 Qd5 11.Bg2 Bxe6 12.Nxh8 Qxg5 13.Bxe4 Nc6 14.Nd2 Nf6 15.Qe2 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Qe5 17.O-O-O O-O-O 18.Qxe5 Nxe5 19.Rhe1 Nxg4
20.Rxe6 Rxh8 21.Ne4 Bb6 22.h3 Nh6 23.Rg1 Nf5 24.Rg5 g6 25.Rg4 Rd8 26.Nf6 d3 27.cxd3 Bxf2 28.Re8 Rxe8 29.Nxe8 Bd4 30.h4 Kd7 31.Re4 c5
32.Kc2 h5 33.Kb3 Nxh4 34.Rxh4 Kxe8 35.Kc4 Kf7 36.Kd5 b6 37.b4 Kf6 38.Rh1 Kg5 39.Rf1 h4 40.bxc5 bxc5 41.Ke4 Kg4 42.Rf7 a5
43.Ra7 h3 44.Rh7 g5 45.Rf7 h2 46.Rh7 Kg3 47.Rh5 g4 48.Kf5 Kg2 49.Rh4 g3, White resigns.
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 1995) - borodinka2020 (lichess 2070), lichess 7/8/2026
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 a6 9.f5 h6 10.a4 Nh7 11.Na3 d5 12.Qc2 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 d4 14.Nc4 b5 15.axb5 axb5 16.Rxa8 Qxa8 17.Nd2 Bg5 18.Nb3 Qa4 19.Bxg5 Nxg5
20.Ra1 Nxf3+ 21.gxf3 Nb4 22.cxb4 Qxb4 23.Nd2 c5 24.Kf2 Rc8 25.b3 Kh7 26.Ke2 g6 27.fxg6+ fxg6 28.Ra7+ Kg8 29.Qc1 Qc3 30.Qg1 Rc6 31.Qg4 c4
32.Ra8+ Kf7 33.Qd7+ Kf6 34.Qxc6+ Kg5 35.bxc4 b4 36.Ra6 Kh4 37.Qxg6 Kh3 38.Qg3#.
