Sunday, November 24, 2013

Marshall Saturday Game/60 11/23/2013

Yesterday I finished with a score of 2-1-1 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit

Jason Li (USCF 1635) - Jim West (USCF 2210), Marshall Chess Club 11/23/2013

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bf4 Bb4 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Be2 Nfd7 12.Bg3 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Nd7 14.Bg3 Nf6 15.O-O c6 16.f3 Be6 17.Rb1 Qd7


18.Rb4 b5 19.a4 a5 20.Rb1 bxa4 21.Ra1 Nh5 22.Be5 Nf4 23.Rxa4 Nxe2+ 24.Qxe2 exf3 25.Rxf3 Rxf3 26.Qxf3 c5 27.Ra1 cxd4 28.cxd4 a4 29.Qa3 h6 30.Rf1 Bf5 31.Rf2 Be4 32.Re2 Rf8 33.Qa2 Qf5 34.Qb1 a3


35.h3 a2 36.Qa1 Qf1+ 37.Qxf1 Rxf1+ 38.Kxf1 a1=Q+ 39.Re1 Bxg2+ 40.Kf2 Qc3 41.Re3 Qxc2+ 42.Re2 Qg6 43.Re3 Be4 44.Rg3 Qf7+ 45.Kg1 g6 46.Ra3 Qb7 47.Ra5 Qb1+ 48.Kf2 Qc2+ 49.Ke1 Qc3+ 50.Kf1 Qxa5


51.Ke2 Qa2+ 52.Ke3 Qb3+ 53.Ke2 Qd3+ 54.Kf2 Qf3+ 55.Ke1 Qxh3 56.Ke2 Kf7 57.Kd2 Ke6 58.Ke2 Qh5+ 59.Ke3 Qxe5 60.dxe5 Kxe5 61.Ke2 Kf4 62.Kf2 d4 63.Ke2 d3+ 64.Kd2 h5 65.Ke1 Ke3 66.Kd1 Bf3+ 67.Kc1 d2+ 68.Kb2 d1=Q


69.Kc3 Qc1+ 70.Kb4 Kd4 71.Kb5 Qb2+ 72.Ka6 Kc5 73.Ka7 Qb7#.