Monday, July 14, 2014

Marshall July Under 2300 7/13/2014

On Sunday, I won this game in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Four: English Opening

Ben Gershenov (FIDE 2177) - Jim West (USCF 2045), Marshall Chess Club 7/13/2014

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Be6 11.Rc1 Qa5 12.f3 Rfc8 13.b3 a6 14.Kf2 b5


15.Nd5 Qxd2 16.Bxd2 Nxd5 17.cxd5 Bd7 18.Ke3 Bh6+ 19.Kd3 Bxd2 20.Kxd2 Kf8 21.h4 a5 22.h5 g5 23.g3 h6 24.f4 f6 25.Rxc8+ Rxc8 26.Rc1 Rxc1 27.Kxc1 gxf4 28.gxf4 b4 29.Kd2 Ke8 30.Ke3 Kd8 31.Kd4 Kc7


32.e5 fxe5+ 33.fxe5 Bf5 34.Kc4 dxe5 35.Kb5 Kd6 36.Kxa5 Kc5 37.Ka4 Bd7+ 38.Ka5 e4, White resigns.