Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (Chess.com 1944) - AleksandrAlmaAta1978 (Chess.com 1921), Chess.com 8/19/2025
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Bg4 9.c3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Ne5 11.d4 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 c6 13.Nd2 Nd7 14.Rae1 f6 15.Nc4 Nb6 16.Nxb6 Qxb6 17.Bc1 Rae8 18.Kh1 Bd8 19.Re2 Qa6
20.a3 d5 21.Rfe1 dxe4 22.Rxe4 Rxe4 23.Qxe4 Qc4 24.Qe6+ Qxe6 25.Rxe6 Kf7 26.Re2 Bc7 27.Kg1 Rd8 28.h3 Rd5 29.Bd2 h5 30.Be1 a5 31.b4 axb4 32.axb4 b5 33.Ra2 Bf4
34.Bd2 Bg3 35.Be3 g5 36.Bf2 h4 37.Bxg3 hxg3 38.Ra6 Rd6 39.Kf1 Ke6 40.Ke2 f5 41.Kf3 f4 42.Kg4 Kd5 43.Kxg4 f3 44.gxf3 Kc4 45.Kf4 g2 46.Ra1 Rg6 47.Rg1 Kxc3 48.Ke3 Kxb4 49.h4 Kc3 50.h5 Rh6
51.Rxg2 Rxh5 52.Rg6 c5 53.dxc5 Rxc5 54.Rb6 b4 55.f4 b3 56.Ke4 Rc4+ 57.Ke5 Rb4 58.Rc6+ Kd2 59.Rh6 Kc3 60.f5 b2 61.Rh1 Kc2
62.f6 b1=Q 63.Rxb1 Rxb1 64.f7 Re1+ 65.Kf6 Rf1+ 66.Ke7 Rxf7+ 67.Kxf7, draw. * * * * * * * *
Philidor Counter Gambit
alex2ml (lichess 2034) - JimWest (lichess 2058), lichess 8/19/2025
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.O-O Nxd4 7.c3 Nc6 8.Ne6 Bxe6 9.Bxe6 Qf6 10.exf5 Nxf5 11.Bd5 Nfe7 12.f4 Nxd5 13.Qxd5 O-O-O 14.Be3 Be7 15.b4 exf4 16.Rxf4 Qg6 17.Na3 Bg5 18.Rf3 Bxe3+ 19.Rxe3 Rhe8
20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.Rf1 Qe6 22.Qd2 Qe3+ 23.Qxe3 Rxe3 24.Nb5 a6 25.Nd4 Nxd4 26.cxd4 Kd7 27.d5 Ke7 28.Kf2 Re5
29.Re1 Rxe1 30.Kxe1 Kf6 31.Ke2 Ke5, White resigns.