Friday, April 19, 2019

Thursday Night Action 4/18/2019

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

Round Three: Sicilian Defense, King's Indian Attack

Victor Ying (USCF 2145) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 4/18/2019

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.d3 Nf6 7.Qe2 Bg4 8.c3 O-O 9.Nbd2 Qd7 10.Re1 e5 11.a4 a6 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.a5 Nd7 14.Bg5 h6 15.Be3 Be6 16.Nfd2 f5 17.f4 Rae8 18.Rf1 Kh7


19.Qd1 exf4 20.gxf4 Nf6 21.e5 dxe5 22.Bxc5 exf4 23.Bxf8 Bxf8 24.Qf3 g5 25.Rae1 Qf7 26.Ne5 Nxe5 27.Rxe5 Bd6 28.Re2 Bd5 29.Qf2 Ng4 30.Qe1 Rxe2 31.Qxe2 Bxg2 32.Qxg2 Ne3 33.Qf3 Nxf1 34.Kxf1 g4


35.Qf2 Qd5 36.d4 Qxa5 37.Nc4 Qa1+ 38.Ke2 f3+ 39.Kd2 Bf4+ 40.Kc2 b5 41.Na3 Qc1+ 42.Kb3 Qd1+ 43.Kb4 Bd6+ 44.Ka5 Bxa3 45.bxa3 Qa4+ 46.Kb6 Qxa3 47.Qe3 Qd6+ 48.Ka5 Kg6 49.Qe8+ Kg5 50.Qg8+ Kf4 51.d5 f2


52.Qg7 f1=Q 53.Qd4+ Kg5 54.Qg7+ Kh4, White resigns.