Sunday, June 17, 2007

Marshall Chess Club Swiss 6/17/2007

In today's game/30 Swiss at the Marshall Chess Club, I finished with a record of 1-0-4. Here are my two best games.

Round Three: Philidor Defense

Yefim Treger (USCF 2204) - Jim West (USCF 2202), Marshall Chess Club 6/17/2007

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5 5.Bc4 Be7 6.dxe5 Nxe5 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8+ Bxd8 9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O-O Re8 11.f3 c6 12.g4 Bb6


13.Rhe1 Bxe3+ 14.Rxe3 h6 15.h4 Be6 16.Bxe6 Rxe6 17.g5 Nh7 18.Red3 hxg5 19.Rd8+ Re8 20.Rxa8 Rxa8 21.hxg5 Nxg5 22.Rd3 Kf8 23.Ne2 Ke7 24.Rb3 b6 25.Ra3 a5 26.Kd2 Rd8+ 27.Ke3 Rd1 28.Ng3 g6 29.b4 axb4 30.Ra6 Rg1 31.Kf2 Rc1 32.Rxb6 Rxc2+ 33.Ne2 Ne6 34.Ke3 c5 35.Ra6 Nd4 36.Ng1 Rc3+ 37.Kf2 Ra3 38.Rxa3 bxa3 39.Ke3 Nc2+ 40.Kd3 Nb4+ 41.Kc3 Nxa2+ 42.Kb3 Nb4 43.Kxa3 f5 44.exf5 gxf5 45.Kb3 Kd6 46.Kc4 Nc6 47.Nh3 Nd4 48.Ng5 Kc6 49.Kd3 Kd5 50.Ke3 c4 51.Nh3 f4+ 52.Kf2 c3 53.Ke1 Nxf3+ 54.Kd1 Kc4 55.Nf2 Nd4 56.Kc1 c2 57.Kb2 f3 58.Kc1 Kb3 59.Kd2 Kb2 60.Nd3+ Kb1 61.Nc1 e4 62.Ke3 Kxc1 63.Kf4 f2 64.Ke3 f1=Q 65.Kxe4 Qf2 66.Kd3 Kb2 67.Ke4 c1=Q 68.Kd5 Qc6+ 69.Ke5 Qe3#.




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Round Four: Dutch Defense

IM Jay Bonin (USCF 2374) - NM Jim West (USCF 2202), Marshall Chess Club 6/17/2007

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.d5 Be7 4.dxe6 dxe6 5.Qxd8+ Bxd8 6.e4 fxe4 7.Ng5 Bxg5 8.Bxg5 Nf6 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Nb5 Kd8 11.O-O-O a6 12.Nc3 Ke8 13.Bc4 h6 14.Bf4 e5 15.Bg3 b5


16.Bd5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Ra7 18.Rhe1 c6 19.Nc3 Ke7 20.Nxe4 c5 21.Bxe5 Nxe5 22.Nxc5 Kf6 23.Rd6+ Kf5 24.Rd5 Re8 25.f4 Kxf4 26.Rdxe5 Rxe5 27.Nd3+ Kf5 28.Rxe5+ Kf6 29.Re8 Bb7 30.g3 Bc6 31.Rb8 Kf5 32.Rb6 Be8 33.h3 h5 34.b3 a5 35.Kd2 a4 36.c4 axb3 37.axb3 bxc4 38.bxc4 Ra2+ 39.Ke3 g5 40.Rb2 Rxb2 41.Nxb2 Bc6 42.Nd3 Bg2 43.Nf2 h4 44.gxh4 gxh4 45.c5 Ke6 46.Kd4 Kf5 47.Ke3 Ke6 48.Nd3 Bxh3 49.Nf4+ Ke5 50.Nxh3 Kd5, draw.