Philidor Counter Gambit
CFossa (Chess.com 1902) - JimWest (Chess.com 2070), Chess.com 7/26/2025
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qe2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.Nc3 O-O-O 11.Be3 d4 12.Nxe4 dxe3 13.Nxf6 exf2+ 14.Qxf2 Bxf2+ 15.Kxf2 Nxf6 16.Ng6 hxg6 17.Bd3 Bf5 18.Bxf5+ gxf5
19.Rad1 Ne4+ 20.Kf3 Nd4+ 21.Ke3 Nxc2+ 22.Ke2 Nd4+ 23.Ke3 c5 24.Rhf1 Re8 25.Kd3 g6 26.b4 b6 27.bxc5 bxc5 28.Kc4 Kc7 29.h3 Kc6 30.g4 Nd6+ 31.Kc3 Re3+ 32.Rd3 Ne4+ 33.Kc4 Re2
34.Rc1 Rxa2 35.Rxd4 Ra4+, White resigns.
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 2077) - Alex_062 (lichess 2103), lichess 7/26/2025
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bb4+ 4.c3 Ba5 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O Qe7 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 O-O-O 11.f5 g6 12.fxg6 hxg6 13.Bg5 Bb6+ 14.Kh1 Kb8 15.Be2 Rh7
16.Bxf6 Qf8 17.Nd2 Re8 18.Nc4 Re6 19.Nxb6 axb6 20.Bg4 Re8 21.Bd7 Nd8 22.Bxe8 Qxe8 23.Bxd8 Qxd8 24.Qf3 Qg8 25.a4 g5 26.Kg1 Rh4 27.Qxf7, Black resigns.
