Philidor Counter Gambit
kingvickyb (Chess.com 1800) - JimWest (Chess.com 1938), Chess.com 9/18/2025
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.h3 Nf6 7.d4 Qc7 8.Nc3 a5 9.a4 Na6 10.b3 h6 11.Bb2 g5 12.Ne2 g4
13.dxe5 gxf3 14.exf6 fxe2 15.Qxe2 Rh7 16.Qh5+ Kd8 17.f7 Bxh3 18.Bf6+ Kc8 19.Qxh3+ Kb8 20.Qh5 Ka7 21.Qg6 d5 22.Qxh7 dxc4 23.Qg8 f3 24.g3 Bc5
25.Qg7 Rf8 26.Bd4 Rxf7 27.Bxc5+ Nxc5 28.Qxh6 cxb3 29.cxb3 b6 30.Qe3 Qd7 31.Qh6 Rh7 32.Qg6 Rh1+, White resigns.
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 2096) - mustafayilmazyi (lichess 1962), lichess 9/18/2025
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Bh3+ 12.Kxh1 Bxf1 13.Nc3 Qc4 14.Nd2 Qh4 15.Qxf1 O-O-O 16.Nf3 Qc4 17.Qxc4 dxc4 18.Bf4 h6 19.Rd1 Bc5
20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.h4 Bd4 22.Kg2 Bxc3 23.bxc3 b5 24.Nd4 a6 25.Kf3 c5 26.Nf5 Rd1 27.Nd6+ Kd7 28.Nxf7 b4 29.Nd6 b3 30.axb3 cxb3 31.cxb3 Rd3+ 32.Ke4 Rxc3 33.Kd5 Rxb3
34.e6+ Ke7 35.Nf5+ Kf8 36.Bd6+ Ke8 37.Nxg7+ Kd8 38.e7+ Kd7, Black resigns.
