Tuesday, July 31, 2012

FIDE Mondays 7/30/2012

Last night, I outplayed my opponent in the endgame at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Two: Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Leonid Mykhailevskyi (USCF 1552), Marshall Chess Club 7/30/2012

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bd6 8.Be3 Ne7 9.Nd2 O-O 10.Qh5 Qe8 11.Qxe8 Rxe8 12.Rae1 c5 13.N4b3 b6 14.f3 Bd7


15.Nc4 Bb5 16.Nxd6 cxd6 17.Rf2 d5 18.Bf4 dxe4 19.fxe4 Nd5 20.Bd2 Nc7 21.Bc3 Re7 22.Rd2 Rae8 23.Rd6 Re6 24.Rxe6 Rxe6 25.Kf2 Bc6 26.Nd2 Nb5 27.g4 Nxc3 28.bxc3 b5 29.Nb3 Re5 30.Kf3 g5 31.Re3 h5 32.h3 f5


33.gxf5 Rxf5+ 34.Ke2 Re5 35.Nd2 g4 36.hxg4 hxg4 37.Rg3 Bd7 38.Ke3 Rh5 39.Nb3 Kg7 40.Kf4 Rh3 41.Nxc5 Bc8 42.e5 Rh2 43.e6 Kf6 44.Re3 Rf2+ 45.Kxg4 Rxc2 46.Kf4 Ke7 47.a3 a5 48.Ke5 b4 49.axb4 axb4 50.cxb4 Rb2 51.Re4 Rb1


52.Kd5 Ra1 53.Kc6 Ra7 54.b5 Ra1 55.b6 Rc1 56.Re5 Ba6 57.b7 Bxb7+ 58.Kxb7 Rb1+ 59.Kc6 Rd1 60.Rd5 Rh1 61.Rd7+ Ke8 62.Rg7 Rh6 63.Kd6 Kf8 64.Rf7+ Ke8 65.Ra7 Kf8 66.Ra8+ Kg7 67.Kd7, Black resigns.