Philidor Counter Gambit
77ghadi (Chess.com 1844) - JimWest (Chess.com 2039), Chess.com 9/21/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.Ng5 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.Bb5+ Nc6 10.Qe2 O-O 11.O-O e4 12.dxe4 fxe4 13.c4 Nd4 14.Qd1 Nxb5 15.cxb5 h6 16.Nh3 Bxh3 17.gxh3 Qd7 18.f4 Qxh3
19.Qe2 Bc5+ 20.Kh1 Ng4 21.Nb3 Bb6 22.Bd2 e3 23.Bc3 Nf2+ 24.Rxf2 exf2 25.Rf1 Rxf4 26.Nd2 Raf8 27.Qe5 d4 28.Bb4 Qf5 29.Qe7 Qd5+, White resigns. * * * * * * * *
Philidor Counter Gambit
Cake_or_riot (lichess 1961) - JimWest (lichess 2070), lichess 9/21/2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.d5 Bxf5 7.Nc3 c6 8.Qd4 cxd5 9.Nxd5 Qa5+ 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Bb5 Qxb5 12.Nxb5 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Bd7 14.f3 d5 15.fxe4 dxe4 16.Bf4 h6 17.Nge6 Bxe6 18.Nxe6 Kf7 19.Nxf8 Rhxf8
20.O-O-O Rfd8 21.Rhf1 Rxd1+ 22.Kxd1 Rd8+ 23.Ke2 Kg6 24.h3 Rd7 25.Rd1 Rxd1 26.Kxd1 Kf5 27.Bb8 a6 28.c4 h5 29.Ke2 Nd7 30.Bd6 Ne5 31.Bxe5 Kxe5
32.Ke3 h4 33.b4 b6 34.a3 g6 35.a4 g5 36.a5 bxa5 37.bxa5 Kf5 38.c5 Ke5 39.c6 Kd6 40.c7 Kxc7 41.Kxe4 Kc6 42.Kf5 Kb5 43.Kxg5 Kxa5 44.Kxh4 Kb4 45.g4 a5 46.g5 a4 47.g6 a3 48.g7 a2 49.g8=Q a1=Q
50.Qf8+ Kb5 51.Qf5+ Kc6 52.Qe6+ Kc7 53.Kh5 Qh8+ 54.Kg4 Qg7+ 55.Kf4 Qd4+ 56.Qe4 Qxe4+ 57.Kxe4 Kd6
58.Kg5 Ke7 59.Kg6 Kf8 60.Kh7 Kf7 61.h4 Kf8 62.h5 Kf7 63.h6 Kf8 64.Kh8 Kf7 65.h7 Kf8, stalemate.
