Philidor Counter Gambit
KANTO-NAMALO (Chess.com 1933) - JimWest (Chess.com 2051), Chess.com 5/8/2025
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.d3 Nbd7 7.O-O d5 8.Bb3 Bd6 9.Bg5 c6 10.Re1 O-O 11.Nbd2 h6 12.Bh4 Kh8 13.Nf1 Qc7 14.Bg3 Rae8 15.Ne3 Bh7 16.Ng4 Nxg4 17.hxg4 g5 18.Kh2 e4
19.dxe4 Bxg3+ 20.fxg3 Bxe4 21.Nd4 Rf2 22.Re2 Rxe2 23.Qxe2 Nf6 24.Rf1 Kg7 25.Qd1 Bg6 26.Qf3 Qe5 27.c3 Be4 28.Qe2 a6 29.Bd1 c5 30.Nf5+ Bxf5 31.Qxe5 Rxe5 32.gxf5 g4 33.Kg1 h5
34.Bc2 Re2 35.Rf2 Rxf2 36.Kxf2 Nd7 37.Ke3 Kf6 38.Kf4 b5 39.b3 a5 40.a3 Ne5 41.Bb1 c4 42.b4 a4 43.Bc2 Nc6 44.Bb1 d4 45.cxd4 Nxd4 46.Be4 c3 47.Ke3 Ke5 48.f6 c2 49.Kd2 Kxe4 50.f7 Ne6 51.Kxc2 Ke5 52.Kd3 Kf6 53.f8=Q+ Nxf8
54.Kd4 Ne6+ 55.Kd5 Ke7 56.Kc6 Nd4+ 57.Kc5 Nc2 58.Kxb5 Nxa3+ 59.Kxa4 Nc4 60.Kb5 Nd6+ 61.Kc6 Ke6 62.b5 Nxb5 63.Kxb5 Kd5
64.Kb4 Kd4 65.Kb3 Ke3 66.Kc2 Kf2, White resigns.
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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 2138) - ducklinglingling (lichess 2271), lichess 5/8/2025
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bxf4 c6 8.h3 Bh4+ 9.g3 g5 10.hxg4 gxf4 11.Nxh4 fxg3 12.Qf3 Qg5 13.Nd2 Qxe5+ 14.Qe2 Nd7 15.O-O-O Qxe2 16.Bxe2 Ne5 17.Rde1 Kd8 18.Rhg1 Nxg4 19.Bxg4 Bxg4
20.Rxg3 h5 21.Ndf3 f6 22.Nh2 Rg8 23.Nf5 Rg6 24.Nxg4 hxg4 25.Reg1 Kd7 26.Rxg4 Rxg4 27.Rxg4 Ke6 28.Nd4+ Ke5 29.Ne2 b5 30.d4+ Ke6 31.b4 a5 32.a3 axb4 33.axb4 Rh8 34.c3 Rh2 35.Kd2 Kf5 36.Rg8 Ke4
37.Re8+ Kf3 38.Re3+ Kg4 39.Kd3 f5 40.Rg3+ Kh4 41.Rg6 Rh3+ 42.Kd2 Rf3 43.Rxc6 f4 44.Rd6 Rf2 45.Ke1 Rf3 46.Rxd5 Re3 47.Kd2 Re4 48.Nxf4 Rxf4 49.Rxb5 Rf6
50.Kc2 Kg4 51.Re5 Kf4 52.Kb3 Rd6 53.b5 Kf3 54.Kb4 Kf4 55.Kc5 Rd8 56.b6 Rc8+ 57.Kb4 Rb8 58.Kb5 Rc8 59.c4 Rd8 60.Rd5 Rb8 61.c5 Ke4 62.Rd6 Kf5 63.c6 Ke4 64.d5 Ke5 65.Rd7 Rc8 66.b7 Rb8 67.Kb6 Kf6 68.c7 Rxb7+ 69.Kxb7, Black resigns.