Wednesday, August 5, 2015

First Tuesday Action 8/4/2015

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

Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit

Katrina Wong (USCF 1831) - Jim West (USCF 2206), Marshall Chess Club 8/4/2015

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.f3 Qe8 12.fxe4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nxe4 14.Bd2 Nd7 15.Nf3 Ndf6


16.c4 Nxd2 17.Qxd2 Ne4 18.Qe1 Bg4 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.Ne5 Bxe2 21.Qxe2 Qe6 22.c4 Rxf1+ 23.Rxf1 Rf8 24.Rxf8+ Kxf8 25.cxd5 Qxd5 26.Nf3 Nf6 27.Qb2 a6 28.Qb4+ Kg8 29.a4 h6 30.Qe7 Qe4 31.Qd8+ Kh7


32.Qb6 Qe3+ 33.Kf1 Ne4 34.Qb2 Qd3+ 35.Ke1 Nc3 36.Qd2 Qb1+ 37.Kf2 Ne4+ 38.Ke3 Nxd2 39.Kxd2 Qb4+ 40.Ke3 Qxa4 41.Ne5 b5 42.Ke4 b4 43.Nd3 b3 44.Ke3 Qa3 45.Kd2 b2 46.Nxb2 Qxb2+ 47.Ke3 Qxg2


48.h4 Qg3+ 49.Ke4 Qxh4+ 50.Ke5 a5 51.d5 a4 52.d6 a3 53.Ke6 a2 54.d7 a1=Q 55.Kf7 Qhf6+ 56.Ke8 Qae5#.