Friday, September 28, 2018

Thursday Night Action 9/27/2018

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

Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit

Jonathan Lang (USCF 1921) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 9/27/2018

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nxe4 Be7 8.Ng3 Bxe6 9.Bd3 Nf6 10.c3 c6 11.O-O O-O 12.Nd2 Kh8 13.Nf3 Bg4 14.Be2 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Nbd7 16.Be3 Bc5


17.Bd4 Bxd4 18.cxd4 Qc7 19.Rc1 Rae8 20.Re1 Qa5 21.a3 Rxe1+ 22.Qxe1 Qxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Re8 24.Kf1 Rxe1+ 25.Kxe1 g6 26.Ne2 Kg7 27.Nf4 Kf7 28.h4 Nb6 29.Kd2 Nc4+ 30.Kc3 Nd6 31.Nd3 Nfe4+ 32.Kb4 Kf6


33.Bxe4 Nxe4 34.Nc5 Nxc5 35.Kxc5 Kf5 36.b4 Ke4 37.b5 cxb5 38.g4 b6+ 39.Kxb5 Kxd4 40.f4 Ke4 41.f5 gxf5 42.g5 f4 43.h5 f3 44.g6 hxg6 45.h6 f2 46.h7 f1=Q+, White resigns.