Tuesday, July 17, 2018

FIDE Mondays 7/16/2018

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

Round One: King's Indian Defense, Fianchetto Variation

Daniel Halpern (USCF 1913) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 7/16/2018

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.b3 Re8 10.e3 c6 11.Bb2 Qc7 12.Ng5 Nc5 13.Qc2 h6 14.Nge4 Nfxe4 15.Nxe4 Bf5


16.b4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 Rad8 19.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8 22.Qc2 a5 23.a3 axb4 24.axb4 Qe7 25.Qd2 e4 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Qd4+ f6 28.c5 Kf7 29.h4 h5 30.Kg2 Ke8 31.f3 exf3+ 32.Kxf3 Qe6 33.Qf4 Kd7


34.Qd4+ Ke7 35.Qf4 Qd5+ 36.Ke2 Ke6 37.Ke1 Qd3 38.g4 hxg4 39.Qxg4+ Kd5 40.Qd7+ Kc4 41.Qxb7 Qxe3+ 42.Kf1 Qf4+ 43.Kg1 Qxh4 44.Qxc6 Qd4+ 45.Kg2 Kxb4 46.Qb6+ Kc4 47.Qa6+ Kxc5


48.Qa7+ Kd5 49.Qf7+ Ke5 50.Qc7+ Kf5 51.Qc8+ Kg5 52.Qc1+ Kg4 53.Qh6 Qe4+ 54.Kg1 Qe1+ 55.Kg2 Qg3+ 56.Kf1 Qf4+, White resigns.