Tuesday, January 30, 2018

FIDE Mondays 1/29/2018

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

Round One: Sicilian Defense, Grand Prix Attack

Ed Scher (USCF 1920) - Jim West (USCF 2201), Marshall Chess Club 1/29/2018

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.O-O Nh6 7.Qe1 Bg4 8.Be2 O-O 9.d3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nd4 11.Bd1 f5 12.Kh1 Rb8 13.Be3 b5


14.Bxd4 cxd4 15.Nb1 e5 16.Nd2 Qa5 17.Be2 Rbc8 18.Qd1 Qc7 19.Rc1 fxe4 20.dxe4 a6 21.f5 gxf5 22.exf5 Rxf5 23.Rxf5 Nxf5 24.Bd3 Rf8 25.Qh5 Qf7 26.Qh3 d5 27.Rf1 e4 28.Be2 Qg6 29.Bg4 Ne7 30.Rxf8+ Bxf8


31.Qg3 Kh8 32.Qh3 Bh6 33.Nf1 d3 34.cxd3 exd3 35.Bf3 d2 36.g3 Qd3 37.Bd1 Nf5 38.Qg2 Qe4 39.Kg1 Qe1 40.Qf3 Qe4, White forfeits.