Monday, July 2, 2018

Marshall Sunday Game/50 7/1/2018

On Sunday, I finished with a score of 2-1-1 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

[photo by Eric Dluhos]

Round Four: Philidor Counter Gambit

Jenny Zhu (USCF 1817) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 7/1/2018

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6


11.a3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nbd7 13.Qd2 Qe8 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.Rab1 b5 16.f3 Qg6 17.Qe3 Rae8 18.Bxf6 Rxf6 19.fxe4 Rxf1+ 20.Rxf1 Qxe4 21.Qf2 Qe3 22.Bd3 g6 23.Qxe3 Rxe3 24.Kf2 Re7 25.Re1 Rxe1 26.Kxe1 Kf7


27.Kd2 Kf6 28.Ke3 Bf5 29.Kf4 g5+ 30.Ke3 Bxd3 31.cxd3 Kf5 32.Kf3 h5 33.h3 a5 34.g3 h4 35.gxh4 gxh4 36.Ke3 Ke6 37.Kf4 Kd6 38.Kg4 c5 39.dxc5+ Kxc5 40.Kxh4 d4 41.cxd4+ Kxd4 42.Kg5 b4 43.axb4 axb4


44.h4 b3 45.h5 b2 46.h6 b1=Q 47.h7 Qb8 48.Kh6 Qh8 49.Kg6 Kxd3 50.Kh6 Ke4 51.Kg6 Ke5 52.Kh6 Kf5 53.Kh5 Qxh7#.