Philidor Counter Gambit
Brainfreeze1984 (Chess.com 1946) - JimWest (Chess.com 1991), Chess.com 10/7/2025
1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.Re1 Bxe5 11.Nxe4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.Nc5 Nxc5 14.Rxe5+ Kd7 15.Rxc5 Rae8 16.Bf4 c6 17.Rd1+ Kc8 18.f3 Nd7 19.Rc3 Rhf8
20.Bd6 Rf6 21.Kf2 Ne5 22.Bxe5 Rxe5 23.Rcd3 Rfe6 24.Rd8+ Kc7 25.R8d7+ Kb6 26.Rxg7 Re2+ 27.Kg3 Rxc2 28.Rdd7 Rg6+ 29.Rxg6 hxg6 30.Rg7 Rxb2 31.Rxg6 Rxa2
32.h4 Rd2 33.h5 Rd8 34.Kf2 a5 35.Re6 a4 36.Re3 Ka5 37.g4 b5 38.h6 b4 39.Ke2 a3 40.h7 a2 41.Re7 b3 42.Rb7 Ka6 43.Rxb3 a1=Q 44.Re3 Qb2+ 45.Kf1 Rd1+ 46.Re1 Rxe1+ 47.Kxe1 Qb1+, White resigns. * * * * * * * *
Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed
JimWest (lichess 2041) - ASHRAF1234567 (lichess 2006), lichess 10/7/2025
1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 h6 7.Be2 Qe7 8.a4 a5 9.Qc2 exf4 10.Bxf4 g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.d4 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Bb6 14.Nbd2 f5 15.O-O-O fxe4 16.Qxe4 Qxe4 17.Nxe4 g4 18.Nfd2 Bf5
19.Bxg4 Bxg4 20.Nf6+ Ke7 21.Nxg4 Rag8 22.Rde1+ Kd8 23.Nxh6 Rg7 24.Nf7+, Black resigns.