Monday, September 19, 2011

Marshall September Under 2300

Yesterday I played this game in the under 2300 Swiss tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Four: Trompowsky Attack

Michael Layevskiy (USCF 2069) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 9/18/2011

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nbd7 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 g5 6.Bg3 Nh5 7.e3 Nxg3 8.hxg3 Bg7 9.Nbd2 c5 10.Bd3 cxd4 11.exd4 Nf6 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 d5 14.Bd3 Bg4 15.Qa4+ Bd7 16.Qb3 Bc6 17.O-O-O Qa5


18.Rde1 Qa4 19.Ne5 Qxb3 20.axb3 e6 21.Nxc6 bxc6 22.Kc2 Kd7 23.Ra1 Bf6 24.Ra4 Bd8 25.Rha1 Bb6 26.b4 h5 27.Rh1 f5 28.Be2 g4 29.Rh4 Bd8 30.Rh2 Bc7 31.Ra1 Rh6 32.Rah1 Rah8 33.Kd3 Ke7


34.f4 gxf3 35.Bxf3 Bxg3 36.Rxh5 Rxh5 37.Rxh5 Rxh5 38.Bxh5 Bf4, draw.