Marshall Chess Club Swiss 2/1/2009

IM Jay Bonin and FM Asa Hoffmann tied for first place, with 3.5 points out of 4, in the Marshall CC JanuFeb Open at the Marshall Chess Club. My score of 3-1-0 was good enough to tie for third place with national masters Yefim Treger and Boris Privman.

Here is my victory in the final round.

Round Four: Larsen's Opening

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Yevgeni Margulis (USCF 2182), Marshall Chess Club 2/1/2009

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 d6 4.e3 Be7 5.a3 Nf6 6.d3 O-O 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Qd7 9.Be2 a5 10.h3 Bh5 11.O-O Rfe8 12.Re1 h6 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 Bg6


15.e4 Nh7 16.Nh4 Ng5 17.Bg4 Ne6 18.Nxg6 fxg6 19.Qd2 Qf7 20.Bxe6 Rxe6 21.b4 Be7 22.b5 Nb8 23.Nf1 Nd7 24.a4 Nc5 25.Qc2 Rf8 26.f3 b6 27.Ne3 Bh4 28.Re2 h5 29.Nd5 Bd8 30.Bc1 g5 31.Be3 Rg6


32.Bxc5 dxc5 33.Rf2 g4 34.fxg4 Qxf2+ 35.Qxf2 Rxf2 36.Kxf2 hxg4 37.hxg4 Rxg4 38.g3 Rg6 39.Rh1 Rh6 40.Rxh6 gxh6 41.Kf3 Kg7 42.g4 Kg6 43.Ne3 Bg5 44.Nd5 Bd8 45.Ne3 Kg5


46.Kg3 h5 47.gxh5 Kxh5 48.Ng4 Bh4+ 49.Kf3 Be7 50.Nxe5 Bd6 51.Ng4 Kg5 52.e5 Be7 53.Ne3 Bd8 54.Ke4 Kg6 55.Nd5 Kg5 56.e6 Kg6 57.e7 Bxe7 58.Nxe7+, Black resigns.