Monday, August 22, 2016

Marshall August Under 2300 8/20/2016

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

Round One: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Jim West (USCF 2207) - Alec Touhey (USCF 1646), Marshall Chess Club 8/20/2016

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Bb7 9.Re1 Nbd7 10.Bg5 Be7


11.Bxe6 Nc5 12.Bd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 O-O 14.Nc6, Black resigns.



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Round Two: King's Indian Defense, Petrosian System

Zachary Martin (USCF 2094) - Jim West (USCF 2207), Marshall Chess Club 8/21/2016

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.d5 Nbd7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh5 11.Qd2 Nf4 12.Bxf4 exf4 13.h4 Nc5 14.hxg5 hxg5 15.Nd4 Qf6 16.Nb3 Nxb3 17.axb3 Bd7 18.O-O-O a6


19.Bd3 Rfe8 20.g3 f3 21.g4 b5 22.Rh5 Re5 23.Rh3 b4 24.Na4 a5 25.Rg1 Rae8 26.Rgg3 Qf4 27.Qxf4 gxf4 28.Rg1 Rg5 29.Kb1 Be5 30.Bc2 Kg7 31.Bd1 Bd4 32.Rh2 Rh8 33.Rxh8 Kxh8 34.Bxf3 Bxf2 35.Rh1+ Kg7


36.Rh2 Bg3 37.Rh5 Rxh5 38.gxh5 f6 39.Kc2 Kh6 40.Kd3 Bf2 41.c5 Be8 42.Kc4 Bxh5 43.Bxh5 Kxh5 44.Nb6 Bxc5 45.Nd7 Kg5 46.Kd3 f3 47.Nf8 Kg4, White resigns.



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Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Jim West (USCF 2207) - Jonathan Maxwell (USCF 2104), Marshall Chess Club 8/20/2016

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.f4 Nc5 9.f5 Be7 10.Qf3 O-O 11.Be3 Qc7 12.O-O b5 13.fxe6 fxe6 14.Qh3 Nxb3 15.axb3 b4 16.Na4 e5 17.Nf5 Rb8


18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Qh4 Qc7 20.Bg5 Qxc2 21.Bxf6 Rxf6 22.Rxf6 gxf6 23.Qxf6 Qxe4 24.Qxd6 Qd4+ 25.Qxd4 exd4 26.Rd1 Rb5 27.Rxd4 Kf7 28.Rc4 Be6 29.Rc7+ Kf6 30.Nc5 Bd5 31.Nxa6 h5 32.Rc5 Rxc5 33.Nxc5 Ke5


34.Nd3+ Kd4 35.Nxb4 Bxb3 36.Nc6+ Kc5 37.Ne5 Kd4 38.Nf3+ Kd3 39.Kf2 Ba4 40.Kg3 Be8 41.Kh4 Kc2 42.b4 Kd3 43.b5 Bxb5 44.Kxh5 Ke4 45.Ng5+ Kf4 46.g3+ Kf5 47.g4+ Kf6 48.Nh3 Kg7 49.g5 Ba4 50.Nf4 Bb3


51.Kg4 Bd1+ 52.Kg3 Bb3 53.h4 Bd1 54.h5 Bb3 55.Kg4 Bc2 56.Kf3 Bf5 57.Ke3 Bg4 58.Ke4 Bd1 59.Ke5 Bf3 60.Kf5 Bd1 61.h6+ Kh7 62.Kf6 Bc2 63.Ne6 Kg8 64.g6 Bb3 65.Ng5, Black resigns.