Tuesday, October 3, 2017

FIDE Mondays 10/2/2017

On Monday, I played this game at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Three: London System

Daniel Halpern (USCF 1884) - Jim West (USCF 2204), Marshall Chess Club 10/2/2017

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.cxd4 d5 8.O-O Nc6 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 e6 13.Qb5 Qd7 14.Qxd7 Nxd7 15.Bxg7 Kxg7


16.Rac1 a6 17.Na4 Rac8 18.b4 Rfd8 19.Nc5 Rb8 20.Nxd7 Rxd7 21.a4 Kf6 22.Rc5 Ke7 23.Rfc1 h5 24.h4 Kd6 25.f3 Rbd8 26.Kf2 f6 27.a5 g5 28.hxg5 fxg5 29.b5 axb5 30.Rxb5 Ra8 31.Rb6+ Ke7 32.Rc5 h4 33.Rcb5 Kf6


34.Rc5 Ke7 35.Rcb5 Ra7 36.Kg1 Kf6 37.Kh2 Ra8 38.Kh3 Ra6 39.g3 Rxb6 40.Rxb6 hxg3 41.Kxg3 Kf5 42.Rb5, draw.