Philidor Counter Gambit
emeruc (Chess.com 1753) - JimWest Chess.com 1924), Chess.com 9/16/2025
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ng5 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.f4 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.fxe5 Bxe5 13.Nf3 Bd6 14.h3 Bd7 15.Kh1 Nh5 16.Kg1 Ng3 17.Rf2 Qb6 18.Ne2 Nxe2+ 19.Qxe2 Rae8
20.Qf1 Bc5 21.d4 Bxd4 22.Nxd4 Qxd4 23.c3 Qb6 24.Kh1 Re4 25.Bf4 Rfe8 26.g3 h6 27.h4 c5 28.Rd1 Bc6 29.Kh2 d4 30.cxd4 cxd4 31.Rfd2 Bb5
32.Qg1 Re2+ 33.Kh3 d3 34.Qxb6 axb6 35.Bc7 Rxd2 36.Rxd2 Re2 37.Rd1 Rxb2 38.a3 Bc4 39.Bd6 b5 40.g4 fxg4+ 41.Kxg4 d2 42.Kf4 Bb3 43.Rg1 d1=Q 44.Rxd1 Bxd1, White resigns.
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 2088) - konrad15 (lichess 2039), lichess 9/16/2025
1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.c3 Bg4 9.a4 Qd7 10.Na3 Rad8 11.Nc4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Nh5 13.Be3 d5 14.exd5 Qxd5 15.Qd2 Bf5 16.Rad1 a6 17.Nh4 Ne7 18.Nxf5 Nxf5 19.Bf3 Qe6
20.Bxh5 Nxe3 21.Qxe3 Qxe3 22.Nxe3 gxh5 23.Nf5 Be5 24.d4 Bd6 25.Nxd6 Rxd6 26.Rf5 Rb6 27.b4 Rc6 28.Rd3 Rh6 29.Rh3 Re8 30.Rhxh5 Rxh5 31.Rxh5 Re3 32.Rc5 c6 33.Kf2 Re6 34.a5 Kg7
35.h3 Kf6 36.g4 Re4 37.Kf3 Re1 38.g5+ Kg6 39.h4 Rh1 40.Kg4 Rg1+ 41.Kh3 Rh1+ 42.Kg4 Rg1+ 43.Kh3 Rh1+ 44.Kg4, draw.
