Philidor Counter Gambit
GGMasterB (Chess.com 1810) - JimWest (Chess.com 1933), Chess.com 2/15/2025
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.Bxe6 Qf6 9.Bd5 Nd8 10.Nc3 c6 11.Bf3 d5 12.Bh5+ Nf7 13.O-O Bd6 14.f4 O-O 15.fxe5 Qxe5 16.Bxf7+ Rxf7 17.g3 Rxf1+ 18.Qxf1 Ne6 19.Bd2 Rf8
20.Qg2 Bc5+ 21.Kh1 Rf2 22.Bf4 Nxf4 23.gxf4 Qxf4 24.Qh3 Qf3+ 25.Qxf3 Rxf3 26.Re1 Kf7 27.a3 a5 28.Ne2 Rf2 29.d4 Bd6 30.Ng3 Bxg3 31.hxg3 Rxc2
32.Rb1 a4 33.b4 axb3 34.Rxb3 b5 35.a4 bxa4 36.Rb4 a3 37.Ra4 a2, White resigns. * * * * * * * *
Philidor Counter Gambit
Haari Muthukumar (USCF 2314) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Parsippany NJ 2/15/2025
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.c4 c6 10.g3 O-O 11.Bg2 h6 12.Nh3 Nd7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Qd4 Qa5+ 15.Bd2 Nc6 16.Bxa5 Nxd4 17.O-O-O Ne2+ 18.Kd2 Nxe5
19.Kxe2 Bg4+ 20.Ke1 Bxd1 21.Kxd1 Nc4 22.Bb4 Rfd8 23.Nf4 a5 24.Be7 Rd7 25.Bc5 Rc7 26.Bd4 Nxa3 27.c3 Nb5 28.Nxd5 Rf7 29.Be3 Rd8 30.c4 Nc3+ 31.Ke1 Nxd5 32.cxd5 Rxd5 33.Bxe4 Re5
34.Bc2 Rc7 35.Bb3+ Kh8 36.Ke2 b5 37.Ra1 a4 38.Bd1 Kg8 39.Kf1 g5 40.h4 Kf7 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Kg2 Rc6 43.Bf3 Ra6 44.Bd4 Re7 45.Bh5+ Kg8 46.Rc1 Ra8 47.Bf3 Ra6 48.Rc5 b4 49.Rxg5+ Kh7 50.Bc5 Re8
51.Bxb4 a3 52.Rh5+ Kg6 53.Rh1 Rb8 54.Be4+ Kf7 55.Rh7+ Kg8 56.Bc3 Rbb6 57.Rc7 a2 58.Bd5+ Kf8 59.Bxa2 Rxa2 60.Bd4 Re6 61.Kf3 Ra3+ 62.Be3 Rf6+ 63.Kg4 Ra4+ 64.f4 Rf7 65.Rc8+ Kg7 66.Bd2 Rd7
67.Bc3+ Kf7 68.Be5 Ra3 69.f5 Rad3 70.Bf4 Rd8 71.Rc7+ R3d7 72.Rc6 Rg8+ 73.Kf3 Rd3+ 74.Ke4 Rgd8 75.Be5 Rd1 76.g4 Re1+ 77.Kf4 Rf1+ 78.Kg3 Rg1+ 79.Kf3 Rd3+ 80.Ke4 Rd7 81.Kf4 Re1 82.Rf6+ Ke8 83.Rh6 Rf7 84.Re6+ Re7 85.Rxe7+ Kxe7
86.g5 Rg1 87.Bd4 Rd1 88.Ke5 Re1- 89.Kd5 Rb1 90.g6 Rb5+ 91.Ke4 Rb1 92.Kf4 Rb4 93.Ke4 Rb1 94.Be5 Rb4+ 95.Bd4 Rb1, draw.