Philidor Counter Gambit
Zaenalbaru (Chess.com 2038) - JimWest (Chess.com 2028), Chess.com 10/17/2024
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.f4 Bd6 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c5 11.c3 Nc6 12.Be3 c4 13.b4 a6 14.Nd2 Qc7 15.h3 Rae8 16.f5 Kh8
17.g4 Bxb4 18.cxb4 Qg3+ 19.Kh1 Qxh3+ 20.Kg1 Qxe3+ 21.Kh2 Nxd4 22.Bxc4 dxc4 23.Nxc4 Nf3+ 24.Kg3 Qg5, White resigns. * * * * * * * *
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 2040) - nrusinghaswain (lichess 1937), lichess 10/17/2024
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 h6 4.Nc3 d6 5.Na4 Bd4 6.c3 Bb6 7.Nxb6 axb6 8.a3 Nf6 9.f4 Bg4 10.Be2 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 O-O 12.f5 Re8 13.Nf3 d5 14.O-O dxe4 15.dxe4 Nc6 16.Rd1 Qe7 17.Kh1 Rad8 18.Bd2 Na5 19.Be1 Nb3
20.Rab1 Nc5 21.Bh4 g5 22.fxg6 fxg6 23.Bxf6 Qxf6 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Rd1 Rxd1+ 26.Qxd1 c6 27.Qe2 b5 28.h3 Qf4 29.Nd2 h5 30.Kg1 Kg7
31.Qf2 Qxf2+ 32.Kxf2 Nd3+ 33.Ke3 Nxb2 34.h4 Nc4+ 35.Nxc4 bxc4 36.a4 b6 37.Kf3 Kf6 38.g4 hxg4+ 39.Kxg4 b5 40.a5 b4 41.a6 b3 42.a7 b2 43.a8-Q b1=Q 44.Qxc6+ Kg7
45.Qxc4 Qg1+ 46.Kh3 Qh1+ 47.Kg3 Qg1+ 48.Kh3 Qh1+ 49.Kg3 Qe1+ 50.Kh3 Qe3+ 51.Kg4 Qf4+ 52.Kh3 Qf3+ 53.Kh2 Qf2+ 54.Kh3 Qf3+ 55.Kh2 Qf4+ 56.Kh3 Qf3+, draw.