PCG Reversed & PCG 5/21/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1822) - Dhafa123 (Chess.com 1761), Chess.com 5/21/2023

1.e3 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O Qd7 8.c3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 e5 10.a4 a5 11.Na3 h5 12.Nc4 O-O-O 13.f5 gxf5 14.exf5 Kb8 15.Bg5 d5 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Ne3 Ne7

18.Bxh5 d4 19.Ng4 Bg5 20.Nxe5 Be3+ 21.Kh1 Qd5 22.Nxf7 Rdg8 23.Bg6 Nxg6 24.fxg6 Rxg6 25.Qf3 Qxf3 26.Rxf3 Rhg8 27.g3 c5 28.Ne5 Rh8 29.Nxg6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

user064 (lichess 2107) - JimWest (lichess 2139), lichess 5/21/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.Be2 Bxf5 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.h4 h6 12.g4 Bc8 13.Nh3 e3 14.f3 Nxg4 15.Nf2 exf2+ 16.Kd2 Nf6 17.Bd3 Nh5 18.Qf1 Ng3

19.Qg2 f1=Q 20.Raxf1 Nxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Qxh4 22.Bg6 Nc6 23.Kd1 Bf5 24.Rh1 Qf6 25.Rxh6 Bxg6 26.Rxg6 Qxf3+ 27.Qxf3 Rxf3, White forfeits.

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/20/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

ToukenScott (Chess.com 1668) - JimWest (Chess.com 1838), Chess.com 5/20/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qd1 O-O 12.Qe2 Nc6 13.O-O-O Bxc3 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.bxc3 Qxf2 16.Qxf2 Rxf2 17.c4 Bf5 18.Rd2 Rxd2 19.Kxd2 Be6

20.c5 Rb8 21.Kc1 Rf8 22.Be2 Rf2 23.Kd1 Rxg2 24.Rf1 Rxh2 25.Rf6 Bd7 26.Kd2 Bg4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2113) - persepolis46 (lichess 2020), lichess 5/20/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 g6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d5 6.e5 Qe7 7.d4 Ne4 8.c3 Bg7 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O c5 12.Nbd2 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nxd2 14.Qxd2 cxd4 15.cxd4 Rd8

16.Bg5 f6 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Bxd5+ Rxd5 20.Rxf6 Nc6 21.Rd1 Rad8 22.Rf4 Ne7 23.Qb4 R8d7 24.Re1 Nc6 25.Qf8#.

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/19/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

lucaman9 (Chess.com 1679) - JimWest (Chess.com 1853), Chess.com 5/19/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ng1 Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4 9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.Qd2 Ng4 12.Nh3 e3 13.fxe3 Nxe3 14.Bb4 Nxf1 15.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 16.Kxf1 Bxh3 17.gxh3 Qf6+ 18.Qf2 Qxf2+ 19.Kxf2 Nc6

20.Bc3 Rf8+ 21.Ke2 Rf4 22.Rd1 Rh4 23.Rd3 a5 24.a3 b5 25.b3 b4 26.axb4 axb4 27.Bb2 Kf7 28.c4 bxc3 29.Bxc3 Ke6 30.Bb2 Nb4 31.Re3+ Re4 32.Rxe4 dxe4 33.d5+ Kxd5 34.Bxg7 Nd3 35.Bh6 c5 36.Bd2 h5

37.Ke3 Ne5 38.Be1 Nf3 39.Bg3 Nd4 40.Kf4 Nxb3 41.Kg5 c4 42.Kxh5 c3 43.Bf4 c2 44.Be3 c1=Q 45.Bxc1 Nxc1 46.Kg4 Kd4 47.Kg3 e3 48.Kg2 Kd3 49.Kf1 Kd2 50.h4 e2+ 51.Kg2 e1=Q

52.Kh3 Nd3 53.h5 Nf4+ 54.Kg4 Nxh5 55.Kxh5 Qe2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2121) - A_Upadhyay (lichess 2004), lichess 5/19/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 Ng4 6.Nh3 Nxh2 7.Qh5 Bg4 8.Qxe5+ Kf8 9.Rxh2 Qh4+ 10.Kd2 Qg3 11.Nxd5 Bxh3 12.Rxh3 Qf2+ 13.Be2 Nc6 14.Qc3 Rd8

15.Rf3 Qg1 16.Rf1 Qxg2 17.Qxc5+ Ke8 18.Nxc7+ Kd7 19.Nb5 b6 20.Qd6+ Ke8 21.Nc7#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/18/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1858) - ismailShaf (Chess.com 1665), Chess.com 5/18/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Qh4+ 7.g3 Qh5 8.Be2 Qf5 9.Bxg4 Qxg4 10.Qxg4 Bxg4 11.Be3 Na6 12.c3 c5 13.Nd2 O-O-O 14.Nxe4 cxd4 15.Bxd4 f5 16.Ng5 Bh5 17.Ne6 Rd7 18.Nxf8 Rxf8 19.Nh3 Bf3

20.O-O Be4 21.Nf2 Bd5 22.b3 Kb8 23.Nd3 Nc7 24.Nf4 Be4 25.e6 Re7 26.Bc5 Rxe6 27.Bxf8 g5 28.Nxe6 Nxe6 29.Bd6+ Kc8 30.Rad1 Bc2 31.Rd2 Be4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

jeet10 (lichess 2157) - JimWest (lichess 2128), lichess 5/18/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.Nh5 O-O 10.Bh4 Qe8 11.Nxf6+ gxf6 12.Ng4 Qg6 13.h3 Nc6 14.Bb5 Bd7 15.Bxc6 Bxc6 16.Qe2 Rae8 17.O-O-O f5 18.Ne3 Qh6 19.Bg3 f4

20.Ng4 Qg6 21.Bh4 h5 22.Nf6+ Rxf6 23.Bxf6 Qxf6 24.Qxh5 Qg7 25.h4 Rf8 26.g4 fxg3 27.fxg3 Rf3 28.g4 Bf4+ 29.Kb1 Qf7 30.Qxf7+ Kxf7 31.h5 Kg7 32.c3 Kh6 33.Rhf1 Bd7, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/17/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Mauritz8 (Chess.com 1758) - JimWest (Chess.com 1854), Chess.com 5/17/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O c6 12.Bg4 Bxg4 13.Qxg4 Bd6 14.Nd7 Nxd7 15.Qxd7 Rf7 16.Qg4 Qxd4 17.Rad1 Qe5

18.Qg3 Qxg3 19.hxg3 Raf8 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Rxd6 e3 22.f3 Re7 23.Re1 Rfe8 24.Kf1 e2+ 25.Kf2 Kf7 26.Rd2 Kf6 27.Rexe2 Rxe2+ 28.Rxe2 Rd8 29.Ke1 Rd5 30.Rd2 Re5+ 31.Kf2 Rc5 32.c3 a5 33.Rd7 b5 34.Rd2 a4

35.Ke3 a3 36.bxa3 Rxc3+ 37.Rd3 Rc2 38.Rd2 Rc3+ 39.Kd4 Rc4+ 40.Kd3 Ra4 41.Rc2 Rxa3+ 42.Kd4 Ra6 43.Kc5 h5 44.Rd2 g5 45.Re2 Kf5 46.Kb4 Ra4+ 47.Kc5 Rc4+ 48.Kb6 h4 49.gxh4 gxh4 50.Rd2 Kf4 51.Re2 Kg3

52.Rd2 Rc3 53.Re2 b4 54.Rd2 c5 55.Kb5 Rc1 56.Re2 h3 57.gxh3 Kxf3 58.Rb2 Kg3 59.Rb3+ Rc3 60.Rb2 Kxh3 61.Rd2 Kg3 62.Re2 Kf3 63.Rb2 Ke3 64.Rg2 Kd3 65.Rf2 Rc1 66.Rb2 Kd4 67.Rb3 Rc2 68.a3 bxa3 69.Rxa3 Rb2+ 70.Ka4 c4

71.Rh3 Rb8 72.Ka3 c3 73.Rh2 Kd3 74.Rh3+ Kd2 75.Rh2+ Ke3 76.Rh3+ Kd4 77.Rh4+ Kd5 78.Rh5+ Kd6 79.Rh6+ Kd7 80.Rh2 Rb5 81.Rc2 Rc5 82.Kb4 Kc6 83.Rxc3 Rxc3 84.Kxc3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

emadelpop82 (lichess 1976) - JimWest (lichess 2129), lichess 5/17/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.h3 h6 8.Nh4 g5 9.Nf5 d5 10.exd5 Bxf5 11.dxc6 Nxc6 12.Re1 Bd6 13.Nb5 a6 14.Nxd6+ Qxd6 15.d4 O-O-O 16.c3 exd4 17.Qa4 dxc3 18.bxc3 Rhe8 19.Rxe8 Rxe8

20.Ba3 Qc7 21.Rd1 Rd8 22.Rf1 Bd3 23.Be6+ Kb8 24.Re1 Bb5 25.Qb3 Na5 26.Qc2 Nc4 27.Bxc4 Bxc4 28.Re7 Qc6 29.Qf5 Nd7 30.Qa5 Rc8 31.Re1 Nc5

32.Qb4 Nd3 33.Qe7 Nxe1 34.Qxe1 Re8 35.Qd2 Qe6 36.Bd6+ Ka8 37.Qd4 Rd8 38.Be5 Rxd4, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 5/16/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1852) - HavarKarlsen42 (Chess.com 1822), Chess.com 5/16/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 c5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Be2 Qe7 8.Bg5 Bc7 9.Nc3 Nxf3+ 10.Bxf3 Ba5 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qe5 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.e5 Qh6 15.Qe2 O-O 16.d4 d6 17.Rab1 Rb8 18.Rfe1 Re8 19.Bd5 b6

20.Qc4 Be6 21.exd6 Bxd5 22.Qxd5 Qd2 23.Rf1 Re6 24.d7 Rd8 25.Qf3 Rf6 26.Rbe1 Kf8 27.Re8+ Rxe8 28.dxe8=Q+ Kxe8 29.Qa8+ Kd7 30.Qxa7+ Ke8 31.Qb8+ Kd7 32.Qb7+ Ke8 33.Rxf6 gxf6

34.Qc8+ Ke7 35.Qc7+ Kf8 36.Qb8+ Ke7 37.Qc7+ Kf8 38.Qd6+ Ke8 39.Qxf6 Qe1+ 40.Qf1 Qxc3 41.Qe2+ Kf8 42.dxc5 Qa1+ 43.Kf2 bxc5 44.Qc4 Qe5 45.g3 f5 46.a4 Qd6 47.Qd3 Qe5 48.a5 Ke7

49.a6 f4 50.a7 fxg3+ 51.hxg3 Qa1 52.Qe4+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2130) - n0b0dy234 (lichess 2206), lichess 5/16/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc4 7.exd5 Qxd5

8.Bxc4 Qxg2 9.Qe2+, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/15/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1844) - Vinayakghate1950 (Chess.com 2015), Chess.com 5/15/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxf4 Be7 7.Nf3 c5 8.d4 Nc6 9.c3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bb4+ 11.Nc3 Qa5 12.Bd2 O-O 13.Bd3 h6 14.O-O Nb6 15.a3 Bxc3 16.Bxc3 Qa4 17.Qxa4 Nxa4 18.Rac1 Nxc3 19.Rxc3 Be6

20.Bb5 Rac8 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Rfc1 Bd7 23.b4 Rfe8 24.Ne1 f6 25.Nd3 Bf5 26.exf6 Bxd3 27.Rxd3 gxf6 28.Rdc3 Re6 29.b5 Kf8 30.Rxc6 Rexc6 31.bxc6 Ke7 32.Kf2 Kd6 33.Rc5 Rxc6 34.Ra5 Rc4

35.Ra6+ Kc7 36.Rxa7+ Kb6 37.Rf7 Rxd4 38.Rxf6+ Kc5 39.Rxh6 Rd2+ 40.Kf1 d4 41.g4 d3 42.Ke1 Rg2 43.g5 Rxg5 44.Kd2 Kd4 45.Rh4+ Ke5 46.Kxd3 Kd6 47.Kc4 Rg2 48.Rh6+ Kc7 49.h4 Rc2+ 50.Kb5 Rb2+ 51.Ka5 Kb7

52.a4 Rf2 53.Rh7+ Kb8 54.h5 Rf6 55.h6 Ka8 56.Kb5 Rf5+ 57.Kb6 Rf6+ 58.Kc7 Ra6 59.Rh8+ Ka7 60.h7 Rh6 61.a5 Rh5 62.Kd7 Rb5 63.Ra8+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

IgorIrkutsk (lichess 2061) - JimWest (lichess 2131), lichess 5/15/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7 fxe6 d5 8.Be2 Qd6 9.Bg4 Nc6 10.O-O Nxg4 11.Qxg4 Nxd4 12.Na3 Qxe6 13.Qd1 Nc6 14.Nb5 O-O-O 15.c3 Bc5 16.Be3 Bxe3 17.fxe3 a6 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.cxd4 Rhf8

20.Rc1 Rxf1+ 21.Qxf1 Qf6 22.Qe2 Rf8 23.Qc2 c6 24.b4 Kb8 25.a4 Qg5 26.Qe2 h5 27.h3 h4 28.Rf1 Rxf1+ 29.Kxf1 Qf5+ 30.Ke1 g5 31.b5 axb5 32.axb5 cxb5 33.Qxb5 Qe6

34.Qa5 Qd7 35.Qc5 Qc6 36.Qf8+ Ka7 37.Qa3+ Kb6 38.Qb4+ Qb5 39.Qd6+ Ka7 40.Qa3+ Kb8 41.Qf8+ Ka7 42.Qa3+ Kb6 43.Qd6+ Qc6 44.Qb4+ Ka7 45.Qa3+ Kb8 46.Qf8+ Ka7 47.Qa3+, draw.

2 PCG Games 5/14/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

juwell (Chess.com 1729) - JimWest (Chess.com 1832), Chess.com 5/14/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Nf7 Kxf7 13.Bc4+ Kg7 14.Bxf6+ Bxf6 15.Qg3+ Kh8 16.c3 Nc6 17.Qf4 Bd7 18.Qxe4 Qf8

19.O-O-O Bg5+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Drigav (lichess 2150) - JimWest 2132), lichess 5/14/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Nh2 Nf6 8.d4 Bd6 9.Bg5 O-O

10.Nh5 Bxh2 11.Rxh2 Qd6 12.Bf4 Qb4+ 13.Bd2 Qxd4 14.Bc3 Qxd1+, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 5/13/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Lasker1921 (Chess.com 1903) - JimWest (Chess.com 1837), Chess.com 5/13/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Ng5 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Ngxe4 Nxe4 9.Qxe4 Nxd4 10.Bd3 Bxf5 11.Qxe7+ Bxe7 12.Bxf5 Nxf5 13.Bd2 O-O 14.O-O-O c6 15.Rhe1 Rae8 16.Re6 d5 17.Rde1 Kf7 18.g3 Bf6

19.Rxe8 Rxe8 20.Rxe8 Kxe8 21.Ne2 Nd6 22.b3 Ne4 23.Be3 a6 24.Nd4 Bxd4 25.Bxd4 g6 26.f3 Ng5 27.f4 Nf3 28.c3 Nxh2 29.Kd2 Nf3+ 30.Ke3 Nxd4 31.cxd4 h5 32.a4 b5 33.axb5 axb5

34.b4 Ke7 35.Kf3 Kf6 36.g4 Ke6 37.Kg3 Kf6 38.gxh5 gxh5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

etsgoum (lichess 2085) - JimWest (lichess 2133), lichess 5/13/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Bb5+ c6 9.O-O Bxe6 10.Nxh8 cxb5 11.Nc3 Ne7 12.Nxb5 Na6 13.Qh5+ Kd7 14.Qxh7 Bf5 15.Qh5 g6 16.Nxg6 Bxg6 17.Qg5 Qf7 18.c3 Rf8

19.Qg3 Nf5 20.Qh3 Kc6 21.a4 Qg7 22.Bf4 Rh8 23.Qg4 Rh4 24.Be5 Qxe5 25.Qxg6+ Bd6 26.g3 Rh6 27.Nd4+ Nxd4 28.Qxh6 Nf3+ 29.Kg2 Nc5 30.Qe3 Nd3 31.b4 Qh5 32.h3 Ng5 33.h4 Nf3

34.b5+ Kc7 35.Ra2 Nxh4+ 36.gxh4 Qg4+ 37.Kh1 Qxh4+ 38.Kg2 Qh2#.

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/12/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1833) - Janolktos (Chess.com 1806), Chess.com 5/12/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Nc6 9.exd5+ Ne7 10.c4 c6 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.Nf3 Qd6 13.O-O O-O-O 14.c5 Qc7 15.Nc3 Nfd5 16.Ne5 f6 17.Nf7 Ng6 18.Nxh8 Nxh8 19.Nxd5 Rxd5

20.Qe8+ Rd8 21.Qe6+ Qd7 22.Qxd7+ Rxd7 23.Be3 Ng6 24.b4 Ne7 25.Rab1 Nd5 26.Bd2 a6 27.a4 Rb7 28.Rfe1 Be7 29.Re6 Kd7 30.Rbe1 Rb8 31.R6e2 Rb7 32.Rb1 Rb8 33.g3 Rb7 34.Be1 Rb8 35.Reb2 Nc7 36.g4 Rb7 37.Bg3 Nd5

38.b5 axb5 39.axb5 cxb5 40.Rxb5 Rxb5 41.Rxb5 Nc3 42.Rb7+ Kd8 43.c6 Ne2+ 44.Kf2 Nxd4 45.Rd7+ Ke8 46.Rxd4 Bc5 47.Ke3 Bxd4+ 48.Kxd4 Kd8 49.Kd5 g6 50.Ke6 h5 51.gxh5 gxh5 52.Kxf6 h4 53.Bxh4 Kc7 54.Kf7 Kxc6

55.Bf6 Kd5 56.h4 Ke4 57.h5 Kf5 58.h6 Kg4 59.h7 Kh5 60.h8=Q+ Kg4 61.Qh4+ Kf5 62.Qg5+ Ke4 63.Ke6 Kf3 64.Qh4 Ke3 65.Kf5 Kf3 66.Qh3+ Ke2 67.Kf4 Kd2 68.Ke4 Kc2 69.Qc3+ Kd1 70.Qb2 Ke1 71.Kf3 Kd1 72.Ke3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Mrakokrad (lichess 2149) - JimWest (lichess 2133), lichess 5/12/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.e6 O-O 10.Nf7 Qe8 11.Qg4 Ng6 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nh3 Bxe6 14.Qe2 Bxh3 15.gxh3 Ne5 16.Bg2 Nf3+ 17.Kf1 Qc6

18.Bb2 Qa6 19.Qxa6 Nxa6 20.Rd1 c6, White forfeits.