Friday, May 17, 2019

Thursday Action, Round 1, 5/16/2019

On Thursday night, I won this game in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: French Defense, King's Indian Attack

Jim West (USCF 2202) - Liam Murphy (USCF 1825), Marshall Chess Club 5/16/2019

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 c5 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.e4 O-O 8.e5 Nd7 9.Re1 Qc7 10.Qe2 b6 11.Nf1 Ba6 12.Bf4 Rac8 13.h4 Nd4


14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Rac1 Nc5 16.b3 Bb7 17.Nh2 Na6 18.Nf3 Ba3 19.Nxd4 Bxc1 20.Rxc1 Qd7 21.h5 h6 22.a4 Nc7 23.Qe3 Kh7 24.g4 f6 25.exf6 Rxf6


26.Be5 Rf7 27.g5 hxg5 28.Qxg5 Ne8 29.Qg6+ Kg8 30.Bh3 Rc6 31.Nxc6, Black resigns.