Philidor Counter Gambit
matemolnar99 (Chess.com 1975) - JimWest (Chess.com 1987), Chess.com 8/28/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.Re1 Be7 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.d3 Ngf6 9.Bb3 h6 10.h3 Qc7 11.Ne4 O-O-O 12.a4 d5 13.Nxf6 Bxf6 14.Qe2 Rde8 15.a5 Nc5 16.Ba2 e4 17.dxe4 Bxe4 18.Qd1 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Qd7
20.Kg2 Qf5 21.Be3 d4 22.Bd2 Qg6+ 23.Kh2 Rxe1 24.Qxe1 Re8 25.Qg1 Qxg1+ 26.Kxg1 Re2 27.Rd1 d3 28.c3 Bh4 29.Be3 b6 30.Bxc5 bxc5
31.Rxd3 Rxb2 32.Bc4 Bxf2+ 33.Kf1 Bg3 34.a6 Kc7 35.Be6 Bd6 36.Bc4 g5 37.Be6 Rb8 38.c4 Rb2 39.Bg4 Ra2 40.Bc8 Ra4 41.Bg4 Rxa6 42.Ke2 Ra2+ 43.Ke3 Bf4+ 44.Ke4 Re2+ 45.Kf5 Rd2
46.Ra3 Kb6 47.Rb3+ Ka5 48.Ra3+ Kb4 49.Rxa7 Kxc4 50.Kg6 Rd6+ 51.Kf5 Kd4 52.Ra1 c4 53.Rd1+ Kc3 54.Rxd6 Bxd6
55.Ke4 Kd2 56.Bf5 c3 57.Kd4 c2 58.Bxc2 Kxc2 59.Ke4 c5, White resigns.
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 2066) - mihail-ch60 (lichess 2108), lichess 8/28/2026
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 Nc6 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Bd3 f5 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Nxe3 O-O-O 13.Nxg4 fxg4 14.Bxe4 gxf3 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.gxf3 Rhf8 17.O-O g5 18.Rae1 Kd7 19.Rd1+ Ke6
20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.f4 gxf4 22.Rxf4 Kxe5 23.Rh4 Rd2 24.Rxh7 Rxc2 25.Rxc7 Rxb2 26.Rxa7 Kf4 27.Ra3 Kg4 28.Rc3 Rxa2 29.Rxc6 Kh4
30.Rc3 Rb2 31.Rc4+ Kh3 32.Rc3+ Kh4 33.Rc4+ Kh3 34.Rc3+ Kh4, draw.
