Philidor Counter Gambit
VardanVarazhyan (Chess.com 1811) - JimWest (Chess.com 1974), Chess.com 6/8/2025
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 O-O 11.c4 c6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.c4 Be6 14.Qb3 Qb6 15.Qxb6 axb6 16.cxd5 Bxd5 17.Bc4 Bxc4 18.Nxc4 Nbd7 19.O-O Rfc8
20.Nd6 Rc3 21.a4 Rd3 22.Be3 Nd5 23.Nxe4 Nxe3 24.fxe3 Rxe3 25.Nd6 Rd3 26.Rf7 Nf6 27.Rxb7 Rxd4 28.Rxb6 Rd8 29.Nf5 Rd1+ 30.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31.Kf2 Ra1
32.Rb4 g6 33.Ne7+ Kf7 34.Nc6 h5 35.a5 Ng4+ 36.Ke2 Ra2+ 37.Kd3 Nxh2 38.Rb7+ Ke6 39.Re7+ Kd6 40.Nb4 Ra3+ 41.Kc4 Kxe7 42.a6, White resigns.
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 2007) - karimi72 (lichess 2069), lichess 6/8/2025
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Bc5 6.c3 d6 7.Nd2 h6 8.d4 Bb6 9.Ngf3 Bg4 10.Be2 Qe7 11.Qc2 Bh5 12.O-O Bg6 13.Bd3 O-O-O 14.Kh1 Rhe8 15.Rae1 Kb8 16.h3 Nh5 17.Bh2 a6 18.a4 Qd7 19.b4 Ne7
20.b5 a5 21.Nc4 f5 22.Nxb6 cxb6 23.exf5 Bxf5 24.Bxf5 Nxf5 25.g4 Ne3 26.Rxe3 Rxe3 27.gxh5 Qxh3 28.Qg2 Qxh5 29.Kg1 Rde8 30.Bxd6+ Ka7 31.Bf4 Re2
32.Rf2 R2e4 33.Be5 Rg4 34.Bg3 Qg6 35.Nh4 Qh5 36.Rf5 g5 37.Nf3 Qg6 38.Re5 Rf8 39.Nh2 h5 40.Nxg4 hxg4 41.Qe4 Qf7 42.Re7 Qf1+ 43.Kh2 Rh8+ 44.Rh7 Rxh7+ 45.Qxh7 Qe2+ 46.Kg1 Qe3+ 47.Bf2 Qc1+ 48.Kg2 Qf4
49.Qd3 Qf7 50.c4 Qd7 51.d5 Qd6 52.Qd4 Qf8 53.Qb6+ Kb8 54.Bg3+ Kc8 55.Qc7#.
