Sunday, January 29, 2012

Marshall Chess Club Swiss 1/28/2012

On Saturday, I finished with a score of 1-1-2 in a game/45 Swiss at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Three: English Opening

Yefrem Zats (USCF 2001) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 1/28/2012

1.c4 f5 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e5 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.d3 a5 8.b3 Be7 9.d4 e4 10.Ng5 Qc8 11.d5 O-O 12.f3 exf3 13.exf3 Na6 14.Re1 Re8 15.Ne6 Nc5


16.Bb2 Nxe6 17.Rxe6 Qd8 18.Qd3 g6 19.Rae1 Bc8 20.R6e2 Bd7 21.Re3 Bf8 22.Rxe8 Nxe8 23.Ne2 Bg7 24.Bxg7 Nxg7 25.Qc3 Qf8 26.f4 Re8 27.Nd4 Rxe1+ 28.Qxe1 Qf6 29.Qe3 Kf8 30.Bf3 Qe7 31.Kf2 Qxe3+ 32.Kxe3 Ke7


33.Ne2 h5 34.Kd4 Ne8 35.a3 Nf6 36.h3 Be8 37.b4 axb4 38.axb4 Nd7 39.Nc3 Nb8 40.Ne2 Nd7 41.Nc3 Nb8 42.Ne2, draw.