Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Marshall Sunday Game/45 1/10/2016

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

Round Two: Philidor Counter Gambit

Gus Huston (USCF 1927) - Jim West (USCF 2211), Marshall Chess Club 1/10/2016

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Qe2 Be7 7.Bb3 Na6 8.Ng5 Qc7 9.exf5 Bxf5 10.Ne6 Bxe6 11.Bxe6 Nc5 12.Bb3 Nxb3 13.axb3 O-O 14.O-O d5 15.Bg5 a6 16.Rae1 Bd6


17.g3 h6 18.Bd2 Rae8 19.f3 Qd7 20.Qg2 b5 21.Nd1 a5 22.Nf2 a4 23.b4 Ra8 24.Ra1 c5 25.bxc5 Bxc5 26.Rfe1 e4 27.dxe4 dxe4 28.Re2 exf3 29.Qxf3 Ng4 30.Qg2 Nxf2 31.Be3 Bxe3 32.Rxe3 Ng4 33.Rf3 Qd4+ 34.Kh1 Rxf3 35.Qxf3 Rf8


36.Qg2 Rf2 37.Qh3 Rxh2+ 38.Qxh2 Nxh2 39.Kxh2 Qxb2 40.Re1 Qxc2+ 41.Kh3 a3 42.Re8+ Kf7 43.Ra8 a2 44.Ra7+ Kg6 45.Ra6+ Kh7 46.Ra5 b4 47.Ra7 b3 48.g4 Qc3+ 49.Kh4 a1=Q 50.Rxa1 Qxa1


51.g5 Qh1+ 52.Kg4 Qg2+ 53.Kf5 Qxg5+ 54.Ke6 Qf6+ 55.Kd5 b2 56.Kc5 b1=Q 57.Kc4 Qc2+ 58.Kd5 Qcc6#.



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Round Three: King's Indian Attack

Jim West (USCF 2211) - Jay Bonin (USCF 2416), Marshall Chess Club 1/10/2016

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d3 Nc6 6.e4 d5 7.e5 Nd7 8.d4 Nb6 9.c3 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 f6 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.Qe2 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Na3 Re8


16.Re1 Nf3+ 17.Bxf3 Rxe2 18.Rxe2 c6 19.Be3 Qf8 20.Bxb6 axb6 21.Nc2 Bxc3 22.Bxd5+ cxd5 23.bxc3 Qc8 24.Re3 Qf5 25.Nb4 Rf8 26.Rf1 Qxh3 27.Nxd5 h5 28.Ne7+ Kg7 29.g4 Rf3 30.Rxf3 Qxf3


31.gxh5 Qg4+ 32.Kh2 Qxh5+ 33.Kg3 Qg5+ 34.Kf3 Qxe7 35.Rb1 Qc5 36.Rb3 b5 37.Ke2 g5 38.f3 Kf6 39.Kf1 Qe3 40.Kg2 Ke6 41.Kg3 Qf4+ 42.Kg2 Qc4 43.Kg3 Kd6 44.Rb4 Qxc3 45.Rxb5 g4 46.Rb3 Qxb3 47.axb3 gxf3 48.Kxf3 Kc5


49.Ke4 b6 50.Kd3 Kb4 51.Kc2 Ka3 52.Kc3 b5 53.b4 Ka4 54.Kc2, draw.