Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Marshall Sunday Game/45 6/19/2016

On Sunday, I won these games in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit

Kathleen Meniano (USCF 1710) - Jim West (USCF 2203), Marshall Chess Club 6/19/2016

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.h3 Nc6 8.Nb3 Bxf5 9.Nc3 O-O-O 10.g4 Bg6 11.Bg2 d5 12.Be3 Qe8 13.a3 h6 14.Qd2 Bd6 15.Bf1 a6 16.O-O-O Kb8 17.Kb1 Ne7 18.Be2 c6


19.h4 h5 20.g5 Ng4 21.Rdf1 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Qd7 23.Nc5 Bxc5 24.dxc5 Nf5 25.Na4 Ng3 26.Nb6 Qe7 27.b4 Nxh1 28.Rxh1 d4 29.exd4 e3 30.Qe1 Rxd4 31.Nc4 Qe4 32.Qc1 Rxc4 33.Bd3 Qxd3 34.cxd3 Bxd3+ 35.Kb2 Rxc1 36.Kxc1 Rf8


37.Re1 Rf1 38.Kd1 Rxe1+ 39.Kxe1 Kc7 40.Kd1 Kd7 41.Ke1 Ke6 42.Kd1 g6 43.Ke1 Kf5 44.Kd1 Kg4 45.Ke1 Kxh4 46.Kd1 Kxg5 47.Ke1 h4 48.Kd1 h3 49.Kc1 h2 50.Kb2 h1=Q 51.Kb3 Qd1+ 52.Kc3 Qc2+ 53.Kd4 Kf4, White resigns.



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Round Two: Larsen's Opening

Jim West (USCF 2203) - Aaron Jacobson (USCF 2314), Marshall Chess Club 6/19/2016

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.e3 d5 6.a4 c5 7.Na3 Nc6 8.Bb5 Qc7 9.Bxc6 Qxc6 10.O-O b6 11.Ne5 Qc7 12.d3 a6 13.Rb1 Rb8 14.c4 Rd8 15.Qe2 e6 16.g4 Bb7 17.g5 Nd7


18.Ng4 d4 19.e4 f6 20.gxf6 Nxf6 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.Qg4 Kf7 23.Nc2 Qc6 24.Ne1 Rg8 25.Nf3 Kg7 26.Bc1 Kh8 27.Bd2 Rg7 28.Ng5 Bxg5 29.fxg5 Qd7 30.Bf4 Ra8 31.Be5 b5 32.axb5 axb5 33.cxb5 Kg8 34.Bxg7 Kxg7


35.Rf6 Qxb5 36.Qf3 Qd7 37.Rf1 Qd6 38.Rf7+ Kg8 39.Rxb7 Ra2 40.Qf7+, Black resigns.



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Round Four: French Defense, Classical Variation

Jim West (USCF 2203) - Jose De Villa (USCF 1919), Marshall Chess Club 6/19/2016

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 c6 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Bd3 Re8 10.Bxh7+ Kxh7 11.Ng5+ Kg8 12.Qh5 Nf8 13.O-O-O Bd7


14.Rd3 f6 15.Rh3 fxg5 16.fxg5 Rd8 17.Rf1, Black resigns.