Philidor Counter Gambit
Oldbagoftricks (Chess.com 1936) - JimWest (Chess.com 1941), Chess.com 2/3/2025
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.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qd2 O-O 11.O-O-O c6 12.f3 exf3 13.Nxf3 Qf4 14.Qxf4 Rxf4 15.Ne2 Rf6 16.c3 Bd6 17.Ng3 Bg4 18.Be2 Nd7 19.Rhf1 Re8
20.Bd3 Bxf3 21.Rxf3 Rxf3 22.gxf3 Bxg3 23.hxg3 Re3 24.Bf5 Nf6 25.Rd3 Rxd3 26.Bxd3 g6 27.g4 Kf7 28.Kd2 h5 29.g5 Nh7 30.f4 Nf8 31.f5 gxf5 32.Bxf5 Ne6 33.g6+ Kf6
34.g7 Nxg7 35.Bc8 h4 36.Ke2 Ke7 37.Bxb7 Kd7 38.Kf3 Nf5 39.Kg4 Ne3+ 40.Kxh4 Nd1 41.Kg4 Nxb2 42.Ba6 Nd1 43.Kf4 Nxc3 44.a3 Nb5 45.Bxb5 cxb5 46.Ke5 Kc6
47.Kf4 a5 48.Ke3 b4 49.axb4 axb4 50.Kd3 Kb5 51.Kc2 Kc4 52.Kb2 Kxd4, White resigns.
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 2056) - Vladimir-1957 (lichess 2056), lichess 2/3/2025
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.O-O O-O 12.Be3 Ng5 13.Nxg5 Bxg5 14.Bxg5 Qxg5 15.Qd2 Qxd2 16.Nxd2 Rae8 17.Nf3 f6 18.exf6 Rxf6 19.Rfe1 Re4
20.c3 Bb5 21.Nd2 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Kf7 23.Nf3 h6 24.Ne5+ Kg8 25.h3 g5 26.Ng4 Ra6 27.a3 Rd6 28.Re7 h5 29.Ne5 a5 30.Rxc7 Bc6 31.Nxc6 bxc6 32.Ra7 Re6 33.Kf2 Re8 34.Rxa5 Rb8 35.b4 Kf7
36.Rc5 Rb6 37.a4 Ke6 38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4 Kd6 40.b5 cxb5 41.axb5 Rb8 42.Rc6+ Kd7 43.Rg6 Rxb5 44.Rxg5 Ke6 45.Ke3 Rb3 46.Kd3 Rb1 47.Rg6+ Ke7 48.g5 Rg1 49.Kc2 Kf7 50.Rf6+ Ke7 51.Rf5 Ke6 52.Re5+ Kd6
53.Kb3 Rb1+ 54.Ka4 Rb8 55.g6 Rg8 56.Rg5 Ra8+ 57.Kb3 Rb8+ 58.Kc2 Rg8 59.g7 Ke6 80.Kd3 Kf6 61.Rxd5 Rxg7 62.Kc4 Ke6 63.Rc5 Kd6 64.Kb4 Rg1 65.Rh5 Rg6 66.c4 Kc6
67.d5+ Kb6 68.c5+ Ka6 69.Rh4 Rf6 70.Rd4 Rf1 71.d6 Rb1+ 72.Kc4 Rc1+ 73.Kd5 Kb7 74.Rb4+ Kc8 75.Kc6 Rd1 76.Rh4 Kb8 77.Rh8+ Ka7 78.d7, Black resigns.
