Thursday, July 2, 2015

Marshall Sunday Game/45 6/28/2015

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

Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit

Prospero Lugo (USCF 1865) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 6/28/2015

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Qe8 11.c4 c6


12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Bh5 Qe7 14.Ng4 f5 15.Ne5 f4 16.Bf7+ Rxf7 17.Nxf7 Qxf7 18.c5 Bc7 19.Nh1 Qg6, White resigns.



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Round Four: Philidor Counter Gambit

Dexin Li (USCF 1848) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 6/28/2015

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.O-O O-O 10.a3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 c6 12.c4 Nbd7 13.Nxd7 Bxd7 14.Bf4 Be6


15.c5 b5 16.a4 a6 17.Be5 Qd7 18.f4 Bg4 19.Bxf6 Bxe2 20.Qxe2 gxf6 21.f5 Kh8 22.Qf2 Qg7 23.Qf4 Rg8 24.Rf2 bxa4 25.Rxa4 Qg5 26.Qxg5 Rxg5 27.c4 dxc4 28.Rxc4 a5 29.Ra4 Kg7 30.Rf4 e3 31.Re4 Rxf5 32.Rxe3 Kf7


33.Rb3 Ke6 34.Rba3 Kd5 35.g3 h5 36.Kg2 Re8 37.Rxa5 Re2+ 38.Kg1 Rff2 39.h4 Rg2+ 40.Kh1 Rh2+ 41.Kg1 Reg2+ 42.Kf1 Rd2 43.Kg1 Rhe2 44.Kf1 Re4 45.Rf3 Rdxd4 46.Rxf6 Re6 47.Rf5+ Re5 48.Rxe5+ Kxe5


49.Kf2 Kd5 50.Kf3 Rc4 51.Ke3 Rg4 52.Kf3 Rb4 53.g4 Rxg4 54.Ra1 Rxh4 55.Kg3 Rg4+ 56.Kf3 Kxc5 57.Rh1 Rg5 58.Kf4 Rd5 59.Ke4 Kd6 60.Rh4 Kc5 61.Ke3 Kb5 62.Rh1 c5 63.Rh4 c4 64.Ke4 Rc5 65.Kd4 c3 66.Rh1 c2, White resigns.