Tuesday, June 12, 2018

FIDE Mondays 6/11/2018

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

[photo by Eric Dluhos]

Round Two: Larsen's Opening

John Brendel (USCF 1876) - Jim West (USCF 2207), Marshall Chess Club 6/11/2018

1.b3 d5 2.f4 c5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bb2 Be7 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.d3 O-O 9.Nbd2 Ng4 10.Qe2 Bf6 11.O-O-O Bxb2+ 12.Kxb2 Ngf6


13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.fxe5 Nd7 15.d4 Qb6 16.c3 a5 17.a4 c4 18.Ka3 cxb3 19.Rb1 Qc6 20.Rxb3 f6 21.exf6 Rxf6 22.Nf3 Nb6 23.Qb5 Nc4+ 24.Ka2 Qxb5 25.Rxb5 b6 26.Re1 Rb8 27.Rb3 h6 28.Re2 g5 29.e4 Rf4


30.exd5 exd5 31.h3 Kg7 32.Rb5 Re4 33.Rxe4 dxe4 34.Ne5 Nxe5 35.Rxe5 Rf8 36.Rxe4 Rf2+ 37.Kb3 Rxg2 38.Re3 g4 39.hxg4 Rxg4 40.Kc4 Rg6 41.d5 h5 42.Kd4 h4 43.c4 Rh6 44.Rh3 Kf6 45.d6 Ke6 46.c5 bxc5+ 47.Kxc5 Kd7


48.Kb6 Rh5 49.Rd3 h3 50.Rd1 h2 51.Rh1 Kxd6 52.Rd1+ Ke5 53.Kxa5 h1=Q 54.Rxh1 Rxh1 55.Kb6 Kd6 56.a5 Rb1+ 57.Ka7 Kc7, White resigns.