Philidor Counter Gambit
rustyespinosa (Chess.com 1888) - JimWest (Chess.com 1973), Chess.com 8/7/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ng5 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb3 Nc6 9.O-O Bb4 10.Ne2 O-O 11.a3 Be7 12.c4 Kh8 13.Ng3 Nd4 14.Ba2 h6 15.h4 hxg5 16.hxg5 Ng4 17.f3 Bxg5 18.fxg4 Bxc1 19.Rxc1 Qg5
20.cxd5 Qe3+ 21.Kh2 Rf6 22.Nh5 Rh6 23.Qa4 b5 24.Qb4 Ba6 25.Qe7 Rg8 26.Rce1 Qxd3 27.Bb1 Qd2 28.Rd1 Nf3+ 29.Rxf3 Qxd1 30.Bxf5 Qxd5 31.Rh3 Bb7 32.Rg3 Ba8
33.Kh3 a5 34.Kh2 e4 35.Kh3 Rxh5+ 36.gxh5 Qxf5+ 37.Kh2 Bd5 38.Qh4 Qf6 39.Rg5 Bc6 40.Qg3 Rd8 41.Rg6 Qxb2 42.Rxc6 Re8 43.h6 Qe5 44.hxg7+ Kg8 45.Rc3 Qxg3+ 46.Kxg3 e3 47.Rc1 e2 48.Re1 Kxg7
49.Kf2 b4 50.axb4 axb4 51.Rb1 e1=Q+ 52.Rxe1 Rxe1 53.Kxe1 Kg6 54.Kd2 Kg5 55.Kc2 Kg4 56.Kb3 Kg3 57.Kxb4 Kxg2, draw.
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 2050) - midins (lichess 1928), lichess 8/7/2026
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bd3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qe1 Bf5 12.Nc3 Bb4 13.Bd2 Nxd2 14.Qxd2 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 c5 16.dxc5 Bxc5+ 17.Kh1 Nf4 18.Qd2 d4 19.Ne4 Ne6
20.Nxc5 Nxc5 21.Qxd4 Qxd4 22.Nxd4 Rad8 23.c3 Rd5 24.Rae1 Re8 25.Nf3 Nd3 26.Re2 Nxe5 27.Nxe5 Rdxe5 28.Rxe5 Rxe5
29.Kg1 Re2 30.Rf2 Re1+ 31.Rf1 Re2 32.Rf2 Re1+ 33.Rf1 Re2, draw.
