Philidor Counter Gambit
alexsavmoy (Chess.com 1786) - JimWest (Chess.com 1944), Chess.com 4/17/2025
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc3 d5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O Bb4 9.Nb3 O-O 10.h3 h6 11.Bf4 c6 12.Na4 Nbd7 13.a3 Be7 14.Nd2 Nh7 15.Bg3 Ng5 16.c4 Bxh3 17.gxh3 Nxh3+ 18.Kh2 Nf4
19.Nc3 Nxe2 20.Nxe2 Nf6 21.Nf4 Qd7 22.Ng6 Ng4+ 23.Kg1 Rfe8 24.Ne5 Nxe5 25.Bxe5 Qh3 26.Re1 Bg5 27.Nf1 Rf8 28.Ne3 Rf3 29.cxd5 cxd5 30.Rc1 Raf8 31.Re2 Bxe3 32.Rxe3 Rxe3 33.fxe3 Qxe3+ 34.Kh1 Rf2
35.Rc3 Qg5 36.Rg3 Qh4+ 37.Kg1 Qh2#.
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 2138) - Teosoff (lichess 2184), lichess 4/17/2025
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qh3 12.Bf1 Qd7 13.c3 Be7 14.Bg2 f5 15.O-O O-O 16.a4 a5 17.Na3 Rad8 18.Nc2 Bg5
19.Qe2 Bxc1 20.Raxc1 Qe6 21.Ne1 Ne7 22.Nc3 g5 23.Bxe4 fxe4 24.Nc5 Qc8 25.Qh5 Rf5 26.Rxf5 Qxf5 27.Rf1 Qg6 28.Qxg6+ Nxg6 29.Ne6 Rd7 30.Nxg5 c5 31.Ne6 cxd4 32.cxd4 Re7 33.Nf4 Nxf4 34.gxf4 Rc7
35.f5 Kf7 36.Rf2 Rc4 37.f6 Rc7 38.Rg2 Ke6 39.Rg8 Rc1+ 40.Kf2 Rc2+ 41.Ke3 Rxb2 42.Re8+ Kf7 43.Re7+ Kf8 44.Rxh7 Rb3+ 45.Kf2 Rf3+ 46.Kg2 b6 47.Rb7 Rf4 48.Rxb6 e3
49.Rb1 Rxd4 50.e6 Kg8 51.f7+ Kg7 52.Kf3 Re4 53.Rg1+ Kh7 54.f8=Q e2 55.Qg7#.
