Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Marshall Memorial Day Madness 5/25/2015

On Monday, I finished with a score of 3-2-0 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit

Robert Shibata (USCF 1718) - Jim West (USCF 2221), Marshall Chess Club 5/25/2015

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Bxb4 d4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qd2 e3 11.fxe3 Nxb4 12.Qxb4 Qxe3+ 13.Kd1 Bg4+ 14.Kc2 Bf5+ 15.Kd1 O-O-O+ 16.Nd2 Ne7


17.Be2 Nc6 18.Qc3 Rxd2+ 19.Qxd2 Rd8 20.Qxd8+ Kxd8 21.Rf1 Nd4 22.Re1 Bc2#.



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Round Three: Philidor Counter Gambit

Claudio Mariani (USCF 1930) - Jim West (USCF 2221), Marshall Chess Club 5/25/2015

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Be3 Be7 7.h4 Bxg5 8.hxg5 Ne7 9.Nc3 Nbc6 10.Bb5 Be6 11.Qd2 a6 12.Bxc6+ Nxc6 13.Bd4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 c6


15.Qe3 d4 16.Qxe4 dxc3 17.Rxh7 Rxh7 18.Qxh7 Qd2+ 19.Kf1 O-O-O 20.bxc3 Qxg5 21.Re1 Bc4+ 22.Kg1 Re8 23.Qh3+ Be6 24.Re3, White resigns.