Monday, January 25, 2016

Marshall Sunday Game/45 1/24/2016

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

Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit

Sakura Laporte (USCF 1563) - Jim West (USCF 2203), Marshall Chess Club 1/24/2016

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d4 Nf6 6.exf5 e4 7.Ng5 Qe7 8.Nf7 Rg8 9.Bg5 Nb4 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nxd6+ Bxd6 12.Bxg8 Bxf5 13.Bb3 O-O-O 14.Qd2 Bc5 15.d5 c6 16.O-O-O Nxd5


17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.Bxd5 Ba3 19.c3 Rxd5 20.Qc2 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Qg5+ 22.Qd2 Be7 23.Qxg5 Bxg5+ 24.Kc2 e3+ 25.Kb3 exf2 26.Rf1 Be3 27.Kc4 b5+ 28.Kb4 Bd3 29.Rd1 f1=Q 30.Rxf1 Bxf1 31.g3 Kb7 32.Ka5 a6 


33.Kb4 Kb6 34.a3 Bc4 35.h4 Bc5#.



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Round Four: Philidor Counter Gambit

Omar Cunningham (USCF 1969) - Jim West (USCF 2203), Marshall Chess Club 1/24/2016

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Qe2 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Bb3 Na6 8.d4 exd4 9.Nxd4 fxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 Nc5 12.Qe2 Nxb3 13.axb3 O-O 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.Qxe6+ Kh8 16.O-O d5 17.Be3 a6


18.Bd4 Bf6 19.Bxf6 Rxf6 20.Qe5 Qb6 21.Ra4 Raf8 22.Rg4 R6f7 23.h4 Qc7 24.Qxc7 Rxc7 25.Re1 h6 26.Rg6 Rcf7 27.f3 Kg8 28.Rge6 Rf6 29.Re7 R6f7 30.R7e6 Rf6, draw.