Wednesday, October 12, 2016

My Games versus Prestia Brothers

Last weekend, I played against all three Prestia brothers at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Owen Defense

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Frank Prestia (USCF 1723), Marshall Chess Club 10/8/2016

1.e4 e6 2.d4 b6 3.Bd3 Bb7 4.Nh3 c5 5.c3 cxd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.f3 O-O 9.O-O d6 10.Be3 Nbd7 11.Rc1 Qe7


12.a3 Bxc3 13.Rxc3 Rac8 14.Rxc8 Rxc8 15.Qd2 e5 16.Rc1 Rxc1+ 17.Qxc1 Qd8 18.Bb1 Qc8 19.Qxc8+ Bxc8 20.Ba2 h6 21.Nf2 Ba6 22.Nd1 Nb8 23.dxe5 dxe5 24.Nc3 Nc6 25.Nd5 Nxd5 26.Bxd5 Ne7


27.Ba2 Kf8 28.b4 Ke8 29.Kf2 f5 30.exf5 Nxf5 31.g4 Nxe3 32.Kxe3 Ke7 33.Bd5 Kd6 34.Ba8 Ke6 35.h4 Bc4 36.Ke4 Bb3 37.h5 Bc2+ 38.Ke3 Bb3 39.Bb7 Bd5 40.Bc8+ Kf6 41.a4 a5 42.bxa5 bxa5 43.Bd7 Ke7 44.Bb5 Kf6


45.Bd7 Bb7 46.Bf5 Bc6 47.Bc2 Ke6 48.Bb3+ Kf6 49.Bd1 Ke6 50.Bb3+ Kf6, draw.



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Round Two: Dutch Defense

Sebastian Prestia (USCF 1589) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 10/8/2016

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.h4 a5 8.h5 h6 9.Bh4 d6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Qd2 Qe7 12.Rh3 Na6 13.a3 O-O


14.g3 e5 15.d5 Nc5 16.Nh4 Bxh4 17.Rxh4 f4 18.exf4 exf4 19.Rxf4 Rxf4 20.Qxf4 Rf8 21.Qd4 Ba6 22.Qe3 Qf7 23.Kf1 Re8 24.Qf4 Bxe2+ 25.Nxe2 Qxh5 26.f3 Rf8 27.Qd4 Qxf3+ 28.Kg1 Qxe2 29.Rc1 Rf3


30.Qg4 Qf2+ 31.Kh1 Rxg3 32.Qc8+ Kh7 33.Qxc7 Qg2#.



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Round One: Owen Defense

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Paris Prestia (USCF 1796), Marshall Chess Club 10/9/2016

1.e4 e6 2.d4 b6 3.Bd3 Bb7 4.Nh3 c5 5.c3 Nf6 6.f3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Be7 9.O-O Nb4 10.Nc3 Nxd3 11.Qxd3 O-O 12.Rac1 d6 13.Rfd1 Qd7


14.Nf4 Rfd8 15.d5 e5 16.Nfe2 Rac8 17.a4 Qe8 18.Ng3 Nd7 19.b4 g6 20.a5 bxa5 21.bxa5 Nc5 22.Qb5 Ba6 23.Qxe8+ Rxe8 24.Nce2 Nb3 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Bxa7 Nxa5 27.Rc1 Rxc1+ 28.Nxc1, draw.