Black could have improved on 19...Ne8 by 19...d5 20.Nd6+ Bxd6 21.Bxd6 Rff7 (21...Re8 22.Be5 Rf7? 23.Ne4! Pandolfini) 22.Be5 g4 23.h4 Ne8 24.g3 Rxf1+ 25.Rxf1 Qe7 with only a slight advantage for White.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Solitaire Chess
The July 2008 issue of Chess Life features a Philidor Counter Gambit in the Solitaire Chess column by Bruce Pandolfini.
Black could have improved on 19...Ne8 by 19...d5 20.Nd6+ Bxd6 21.Bxd6 Rff7 (21...Re8 22.Be5 Rf7? 23.Ne4! Pandolfini) 22.Be5 g4 23.h4 Ne8 24.g3 Rxf1+ 25.Rxf1 Qe7 with only a slight advantage for White.
Black could have improved on 19...Ne8 by 19...d5 20.Nd6+ Bxd6 21.Bxd6 Rff7 (21...Re8 22.Be5 Rf7? 23.Ne4! Pandolfini) 22.Be5 g4 23.h4 Ne8 24.g3 Rxf1+ 25.Rxf1 Qe7 with only a slight advantage for White.