Friday, September 21, 2018

Thursday Night Action 9/20/2018

On Thursday, I finished with a score of 2-2-0 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit

Krish Bhandari (USCF 1731) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 9/20/2018

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bh6+ Kxh8 12.Bxf8 Nc6 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Qxe7 Nxe7


15.Be2 Bf5 16.c3 Rg8 17.g3 Ned5 18.Bc4 Re8 19.Bxd5 Nxd5 20.O-O Bg4 21.Rfe1 Bf3 22.Rf1 Nf4 23.h4 Nd3 24.b3 a5 25.a3 b5 26.c4 c6 27.Rfb1 Kg7 28.Ra2 Rd8 29.Rc2 b4 30.axb4 axb4 31.Ra2 Rxd4


32.Ra7+ Kg6 33.Ra6 Rd6 34.Rb6 Rf6 35.Ra6 c5 36.Rxf6+ Kxf6 37.Ra1 Ke5 38.Ra7 h5 39.Ra2 Bd1 40.Ra6 Bxb3 41.Rh6 Bd1 42.Rh8 Kd4 43.Kf1 Kxc4 44.g4 Bxg4, White resigns.



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Round Three: Pirc Defense

Jose De Villa (USCF 1892) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 9/20/2018

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 g6 4.h3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.c3 e5 8.d5 Ne7 9.Qd2 Nd7 10.Bh6 Nc5 11.Bc2 f5 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Na3 Bxc2 15.Nxc2 e4


16.Ng5 Nd3+ 17.Kf1 Rxf2+ 18.Qxf2 Nxf2 19.Ne6+ Kg8 20.Nxd8 Nxh1 21.Nxb7 Rb8 22.Na5 Rxb2 23.Ne3 Ng3+ 24.Kg1 Ne2+ 25.Kh1 Nxc3 26.Nac4 Rxa2 27.Re1 Re2 28.Ra1 Ncxd5 29.Ng4 h5 30.Nh2 Nf5


31.Nf1 Nde3 32.Ncxe3 Nxe3 33.Ng3 Rd2 34.Rxa7 Rd1+ 35.Kh2 h4 36.Nxe4 Nf1+ 37.Kg1 Ng3+ 38.Kf2 Nxe4+ 39.Ke3 Re1+ 40.Kf4 Nc5 41.Kg5 Re7 42.Kxh4 Kg7 43.g4 Ne6 44.Kg3 g5 45.h4 gxh4+ 46.Kxh4 Kf6


47.Ra1 Rh7+ 48.Kg3 c5 49.Rd1 Nd4 50.Kf4 Ke6 51.Kg5 Rg7+ 52.Kh5 Kd5 53.g5 c4 54.Kh6 Rg8 55.Rc1 Kc5 56.g6 Nf5+ 57.Kg5 Ne7 58.Kf6 Rxg6+ 59.Kxe7 d5



60.Kf7 Rd6 61.Ke7 d4 62.Ra1 Rb6 63.Kd7 c3 64.Ra5+ Rb5 65.Ra8 Kc4 66.Kc6 Rh5 67.Kb6 c2 68.Rc8+ Kd3 69.Rc7 Kd2, White resigns.