Sunday, February 11, 2018

Marshall Saturday Game/50 2/10/2018

On Saturday, I finished with a score of 2-2-0 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Four: Center Counter Defense

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Sakura Laporte (USCF 1651), Marshall Chess Club 2/10/2018

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Nbd7 4.c4 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Bxd7 Bxd7 8.Nc3 c6 9.dxc6 Bxc6 10.d3 Qc7 11.h3 Rad8 12.Qe2 Rfe8 13.Rd1 e5 14.Bg5 e4


15.dxe4 Rxd1+ 16.Rxd1 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.b3 Qc6 19.Be3 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Qxf3 21.gxf3 a6 22.Bb6 h5 23.Rd8 Rxd8 24.Bxd8 Kf8 25.Kf1 Ke8 26.Bb6 Kd7 27.Ke2 Kc6 28.Be3 b5 29.Kd3 f5 30.a4 bxa4 31.bxa4 Bf6


32.Kc2 g5 33.Kd3 h4 34.Ke2 Kd6 35.Bb6 Kc6 36.a5 Be7 37.Kf1 Bf6 38.Kg2 Be7 39.f4 g4 40.hxg4 fxg4 41.f5 Bf6 42.Be3 Kc7 43.f3 g3 44.Kh3 Kc6 45.Kg2 Kb7 46.Bh6 Kc6 47.f4 Kc5 48.Bg5 Bg7 49.Be7+ Kxc4 50.f6 Bh6


51.f7 Kd4 52.f8=Q Bxf8 53.Bxf8 Ke4 54.Bd6 Kf5 55.Kf3 Ke6 56.Bc7 Kf5 57.Bd6 Ke6 58.Bb4 Kf5 59.Bd2 Kg6 60.Kg4 Kf6 61.Kxh4 g2 62.Be3 Kf5 63.Kg3 Ke4


64.Kxg2 Kf5 65.Kf3 Kf6 66.Ke4 Ke6 67.f5+ Kf6 68.Bd4+ Kf7 69.Ke5 Ke7 70.f6+ Kf7 71.Kd6 Kf8 72.Kc6, Black resigns.