Marshall Saturday Game/50 9/15/2018

On Saturday, I finished with a score of 1-0-3 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Two: Philidor Counter Gambit

Thomas Li (USCF 1775) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 9/15/2018

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.O-O-O Na6 10.h4 b5 11.Bb3 Nc5 12.exf5 Nxb3+ 13.axb3 Bxf5

14.d4 e4 15.Qf4 O-O 16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 Qd7 18.Qg6 Qf7 19.Qxf7+ Kxf7 20.Rhe1 a5 21.d5 c5 22.Re6 Rad8 23.h5 Kg8 24.c3 b4 25.Kc2 Rd7 26.Kd3 Rb8

27.Nd2 bxc3 28.bxc3 Bg5 29.Kc2 Bxd2 30.Rxd2 Rb6 31.c4 a4, draw.

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Round Four: Philidor Counter Gambit

Nura Baalla (USCF 1797) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 9/15/2018

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.f3 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.Bb5 Nge7 11.Nc3 O-O-O

12.h4 exf3 13.Qxf3 Qxf3 14.gxf3 Nd4 15.Kd1 Rxh8 16.Be2 Bf5 17.Bd3 Bxd3 18.cxd3 Nxf3 19.h5 Ne5 20.Kc2 Rf8

21.Bd2 N7c6 22.Raf1 Rd8 23.Ne2 Re8, draw.