Thursday, May 24, 2018

FIDE Mondays 5/21/2018

On Monday evening, this game ended in a draw at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Five: French Defense, Rubinstein Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Christian Goldammer (USCF 2013), Marshall Chess Club 5/21/2018

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Qd2 Bd6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O b6


12.Be4 Rb8 13.Bc6 Bb7 14.Bxb7 Rxb7 15.c3 Rd8 16.Qe2 c5 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Rad1 Rbd7 19.Rxd7 Rxd7 20.Rd1 Qd8 21.Rxd7 Qxd7 22.h4 Qd5 23.c4 Qf5 24.b3 Qf4 25.Qd2 Qxd2 26.Nxd2 Kf8 27.Kf1 Ke7 28.Ke2 h5


29.Ne4 Ba3 30.f4 g6 31.g3 Bb4 32.Nf2 Kd6 33.Nd3 Bc3 34.Ke3 e5 35.fxe5+ Bxe5 36.Kf3 Bf6 37.Ke4 Bc3 38.b4 Ke6 39.a3 a5 40.bxa5 bxa5 41.a4 Kd6 42.Ke3 Kc6 43.Ke4 Kd6 44.Ke3 Kc6, draw.