Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (Chess.com 1963) - nirav_789 (Chess.com 1863), Chess.com 9/23/2025
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.f5 d5 8.Qc2 Qd6 9.Be2 Re8 10.Bg5 dxe4 11.dxe4 Ng4 12.h3 Bf7+ 13.Kf1 Ne3+ 14.Bxe3 Bxe3 15.Nbd2 Qh6 16.g4 a6 17.Kg2 b5 18.Nf1 Bb6 19.Qd2 Qf6
20.Qg5 Qxg5 21.Nxg5 Rd8 22.Rd1 Bb7 23.Ng3 h6 24.Nf3 f6 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.Rd1 Rxd1 27.Bxd1 Na5 28.b4 Nc4 29.Bb3 Kf8 30.Bxc4 bxc4 31.Nd2 Be3 32.Nxc4 Bf4 33.Na5 Ba8
34.Nb3 Bxg3 34.Kxg3 Bxe4 35.Nc5 Bb1 36.Nxa6 Bxa2 37.Nxc7 Ke7 38.Na6 Kd6 39.Nc5 Kd5 40.Ne6 Kc4 41.Nxg7 e4 42.Kf2 Kd3 43.Ke1 Kxc3 44.Nh5 Kxb4 45.Nxf6 e3 46.Ke2 Kc5 47.Kxe3 Kd6
48.Kf4 Ke7 49.Ne4 Kf7 50.h4 Kg7 51.g5 hxg5+ 52.hxg5 Kf8, Black resigns.
Philidor Counter Gambit
BORISOV-1982 (lichess 2105) - JimWest (lichess 2099), lichess 9/23/2025
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.h3 f5 5.d3 Nf6 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf3 f4 8.d4 h6 9.b4 a6 10.Qd3 g5 11.Bb3 g4 12.hxg4 Bxg4 13.Ne2 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Qd7 15.c3 O-O-O 16.Ba4 b5 17.Bc2 Qg4 18.Qxg4+ Nxg4 19.f3 Nf6
20.Bxf4 exf4 21.Nxf4 Rdg8 22.Rh2 Nd7 23.a4 Kb7 24.axb5 axb5 25.Bb3 Bg5 26.Nd5 Ra8 27.Rb1 Nb6 28.Nxb6 Kxb6 29.Kf2 Ra3 30.Ke2 Rha8 31.Rhh1 Ne7
32.g3 Ra2+ 33.Bxa2 Rxa2+ 34.Kf1 Be3 35.Rd1 Rf2+ 36.Ke1 Rxf3 37.Rd3 Rxg3 38.Ke2 Bf4 39.Rxg3 Bxg3 40.Rxh6 Nc6
41.Rg6 Bf4 42.Rg4 Bc1 43.Kd1 Be3 44.Rg3 Bh6 45.Ke2 Bc1 46.Kd3 Bf4 47.Rg4 Bh6 48.e5 dxe5 49.d5 Ne7 50.Ke4 Bf4 51.Rg7 Nc8 52.Kf5 Nd6+ 53.Ke6 Bd2 54.Rg3 Ne4 55.Rd3 Bxc3 56.Kf5 Bxb4 57.Kxe4 Bd6
58.Rd1 b4 59.Rc1 Kb5 60.Kd3 Ka4 61.Kc4 Ka3 62.Rb1 Ka2 63.Rb3 e4 64.Re3 Kb2 65.Rxe4 Ka3 66.Re3+ Ka4 67.Re1 Ka5 68.Ra1+ Kb6 69.Ra4 Kb7 70.Ra1 Kb6 71.Ra2 Kb7 72.Kb5 Kc8 73.Kc6 Kd8
74.Re2 Bf4 75.Kb5 Bd6 76.Re3 Bf4 77.Rf3 Bd6 78.Kc6 Ke7 79.Rb3 Kf6 80.Rxb4 Bxb4 81.Kxc7 Ke7 82.d6 Bxd6+, draw.
