Philidor Counter Gambit
apeironi (Chess.com 1871) - JimWest (Chess.com 1975), Chess.com 1/4/2025
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nd5 Nf6 7.Nxe7 Qxe7 8.Bg5 f4 9.Qd2 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.gxf3 O-O-O 12.Bd5 Nd4 13.Qs1 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.c3 c6 16.Bb3 Nxb3 17.Qxb3 Rhe8 18.O-O-O Qe6 19.Qa3 Kb8
20.h4 g6 21.Rhg1 h5 22.Rg5 Rg8 23.Rdg1 d5 24.exd5 Qxd5 25.d4 Qxf3 26.Rxe5 Qxf2 27.Rge1 Qxh4 28.Qb3 f3 29.Re7 Qg5+ 30.Kd1 Qb5 31.Qxb5 cxb5
32.Rh1 b4 33.Ke1 bxc3 34.bxc3 Rge8 35.Rxe8 Rxe8+ 36.Kf2 Rf8 37.Rg1 Rf6 38.a4 a5 39.c4 b6 40.Rg5 Kc7 41.c5 bxc5 42.Rxc5+ Kb6 43.Rb5+ Ka6 44.Rc5 h4 45.d5 g5 46.d6 g4 47.d7 g3+ 48.Ke3 g2
49.d8=Q g1=Q+ 50.Kd2 Qf2+ 51.Kd1 Qxc5 52.Qxf6+ Qb6 53.Qxf3 Qb1+ 54.Ke2 Qa2+ 55.Ke1 Qxa4 56.Qf6+ Kb7 57.Qe7+ Kc8 58.Qc5+ Kd8, White forfeits. * * * * * * * *
Philidor Counter Gambit
Nih226 (lichess 2108) - JimWest (lichess 2051), lichess 1/4/2025
1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bg5+ Nf6 9.Nd5 Rf8 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.O-O-O Kd7 12.Rhe1 Rae8 13.Nxf6+ gxf6 14.Bh6 Rg8 15.Bxg8 Rxg8 16.Be3 Be6 17.Nd2 Rxg2 18.Ne4 Ke7 19.Rg1 Rg6
20.Nxd6 cxd6 21.Rxg6 hxg6 22.f4 e4 23.a3 f5 24.h4 d5 25.Bc5+ Kf7 26.b4 b6 27.Bd6 b5 28.Kb2 a6 29.Kb3 d4+ 30.Kb2 Bc4 31.Bc5 d3 32.cxd3 Bxd3
33.Kc3 Nd8 34.Kd4 Ne6+ 35.Ke5 a5 36.Be3 a4 37.Rc1 Bc4 38.h5 gxh5 39.Kxf5 Ke7 40.Kxe4 Nc7 41.Kf5 Nd5 42.Bc5+ Kf7 43.Rh1 Nf6 44.Bd4 Bd3+ 45.Kg5 Ne4+ 46.Kh6 Ng3
47.Bf2 Nxh1 48.Bh4 Ke6 49.Kxh5 Kf5 50.Bg5 Ng3+ 51.Kh4 Ne4 52.Kh3 Nxg5+ 53.fxg5 Kxg5 54.Kg3 Kf5 55.Kf3 Ke5 56.Ke3 Bc4 57.Kd2 Kd4 58.Kc2 Bb3+ 59.Kb2 Kd3 60.Ka1 Bc4 61.Kb2 Bd5 62.Ka1 Kc3
63.Kb1 Kb3 64.Ka1 Kxa3 65.Kb1 Kxb4 66.Ka1 Kc3 67.Kb1 b4 68.Ka1 a3 69.Kb1 b3 70.Ka1 b2+ 71.Kb1 Be4+ 72.Ka2 b1=Q+ 73.Kxa3 Qb3#.