Sunday, April 24, 2016

Marshall April Under 2300 4/23/2016

On Saturday, I played these games in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Pirc Defense, King's Indian Attack

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Ed Frumkin (USCF 2015), Marshall Chess Club 4/23/2016

1.e4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O e5 7.Nbd2 h6 8.a4 Be6 9.Re1 c5 10.Nc4 Nc6 11.c3 Qd7 12.Qc2 b6 13.Bd2 Rad8 14.Rad1 Ne8 15.Bc1 Bh3 16.Bh1 f5


17.Nh4 Kh7 18.exf5 gxf5 19.f4 exf4 20.Bxf4 Ne7 21.Nf3 Ng6 22.d4 Nxf4 23.gxf4 Qf7 24.Qd3 Bg4 25.dxc5 bxc5 26.Ne3 Kh8 27.Nxg4 fxg4 28.Nh4 c4 29.Qc2 Nc7 30.Re7, Black resigns.



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Round Two: Philidor Counter Gambit

Gus Huston (USCF 1917) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 4/23/2016

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Qxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.exd6 cxd6 8.Nd4 Nc6 9.Nb5 Nf6 10.Nxd6+ Kf8 11.Be2 Be6 12.Nc4 Rd8 13.Nbd2 Bxc4 14.Bxc4 e3 15.fxe3 Qxe3+ 16.Qe2 Qxe2+ 17.Bxe2 Nb4 18.O-O-O Nxa2+ 19.Kb1 Nb4


20.Ne4 Ke7 21.Nxf6 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Kxf6 23.c3 Nc6 24.Rd7 Re8 25.Bf3 Re7 26.Rxe7 Kxe7 27.Be4 h6 28.Bxc6 bxc6 29.Kc2 Kd6 30.Kd3 Kd5 31.b4 a6 32.c4+ Ke5 33.Ke3 g6 34.g3 Kd6 35.Kf4 Ke6 36.c5 Kf6 37.h4 Ke6 38.g4 g5, draw.



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Round Three: King's Indian Attack

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Wesley Hellner (USCF 1955), Marshall Chess Club 4/23/2016

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Nc6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nbd2 e5 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 Be6 9.c3 O-O 10.Qc2 Qc8 11.Re1 a6 12.a4 Bc5 13.b4 Be7 14.Bb2 Nd7


15.b5 axb5 16.axb5 Na5 17.c4 f6 18.Bf1 Nc5 19.Bc3 b6 20.Ra2 Nab7 21.Rxa8 Qxa8 22.Ra1 Qc8 23.Nh4 g6 24.Ng2 Bh3 25.Ne3 Bd6 26.Nd5 Bxf1 27.Rxf1 Qg4 28.f3 Qe6 29.g4 Ra8 30.Ra1 Rf8 31.Ne3 Nd7 32.Kg2 Ndc5


33.h3 Qf7 34.Bb2 Ne6 35.Nd5 Nbc5 36.Nb3 f5 37.Nxc5 Nxc5 38.exf5 gxf5 39.Qxf5 Qxf5 40.gxf5 Rxf5 41.Ra8+ Kg7 42.Ra7 Rf7 43.Ba3 e4 44.f4 Nd3 45.Bxd6 cxd6 46.Rxf7+ Kxf7 47.Kg3 Nc5 48.Nxb6  Ke6


49.Kf2 Kf5 50.Ke3 h6 51.Nd5 Ne6 52.b6 Nc5 53.Nc3 h5 54.Nxe4 Nb7 55.Ng3+ Kg6 56.h4 Nc5 57.f5+ Kf7 58.Nxh5 Ke7 59.Kd4 Kd7 60.Kd5 Nb7 61.f6 Nd8 62.Ng3 Nf7 63.Ne4 Nd8 64.Nxd6 Ne6 65.c5 Nd8 66.f7 Ke7 67.c6 Ne6 68.c7 Nxc7+ 69.bxc7, Black resigns.