Saturday, March 16, 2019

Thursday Night Action 3/14/2019

On Thursday, I finished with a score of 0-0-3 plus a half point bye in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Two: King's Indian Defense, Saemisch Variation

Alan Stolyarov (USCF 1936) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 3/14/2019

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 O-O 6.f3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Ng3 exd5 9.cxd5 a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Be2 Qc7 12.O-O h5 13.Be3 b6 14.Qd2 Bb7


15.Bh6 Kh7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qg5 Rh8 18.f4 Rag8 19.Rae1 Kf8 20.e5 Nh7 21.Qh6+ Rg7 22.f5 Kg8 23.f6 Nhxf6 24.Qd2 dxe5 25.d6 Qd8 26.Bc4 h4 27.Nge4 Nxe4 28.Nxe4 Bxe4 29.Rxe4 Rh5 30.Bxa6 f5


31.Qd5+ Kh7 32.Re2 e4 33.Bb5 Qg8 34.Qc6 h3 35.g3 Qe6 36.Rc1 Rg5, draw.



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Round Three: Philidor Defense

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Jessica Hyatt (USCF 1888), Marshall Chess Club 3/14/2019

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5 5.Bc4 Be7 6.Bxf7+ Kxf7 7.Ng5+ Kg8 8.Ne6 Qe8 9.Nxc7 Qg6 10.Nxa8 Qxg2 11.Rf1 exd4 12.Qxd4 Ne5 13.f3 Nfg4 14.Bf4 Nxh2 15.O-O-O Nxf1


16.Bxe5 dxe5 17.Qc4+ Kf8 18.Qxc8+ Kf7 19.Qc4+ Kg6 20.Qxf1 Bg5+ 21.Kb1 Qxf1 22.Rxf1 Rxa8 23.Nd5 Rf8 24.c4 Kf7 25.Kc2 Ke6 26.Kd3 Rd8 27.Ke2 Rc8 28.Kd3 h5 29.Rg1 Bf6 30.f4 Kf7 31.Nxf6 gxf6 32.fxe5 fxe5 


33.Rg5 Rd8+ 34.Ke2 h4 35.Rxe5 Rh8 36.Rf5+ Ke6 37.Kf2 h3 38.Kg1 h2+ 39.Kh1 Rh4 40.Rb5 b6 41.b3 Rxe4 42.Kxh2 Re2+ 43.Kg3 Rxa2 44.Kf4 Rb2 45.Ke4 Kd6 46.Kd4 Kc6 47.Kc3 Rh2 48.Rd5 Rh3+ 49.Kb2 Rh6 50.Ka3 a6 51.Rg5, draw.



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Round Four: King's Indian Defense

Cameron Hull (USCF 1826) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 3/14/2019

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Re1 Nbd7 7.e4 e5 8.c3 Re8 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nbd2 Bg7 12.Rc1 Nf8 13.d5 f5


14.exf5 gxf5 15.Kh1 Ng6 16.Qc2 Qf6 17.Nd4 Bd7 18.Ne6 Bxe6 19.dxe6 Rab8 20.Nf3 Kh8 21.Bh3 Ne7 22.Nh4 Rf8 23.Qe2 Qxe6 24.Qh5 Qf7 25.Qe2 a6 26.c4 b6 27.Bg2 a5 28.Nf3 e4 29.Ng1 Nc6 30.Nh3 Nb4 31.Nf4 Nxa2


32.Rcd1 Nb4 33.f3 Nd3 34.Nxd3 exd3 35.Qxd3 Bxb2 36.f4 Bg7 37.Re2 Rbe8 38.Rde1 Rxe2 39.Rxe2 Qf6 40.Bd5 Qd4, draw.