Sunday, June 23, 2019

Thursday Action, Round 2, 6/20/2019

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

Round Two: French Defense, King's Indian Attack

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Thomas Burke (USCF 1809), Marshall Chess Club 6/20/2019

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Bd6 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 d4 7.a4 e5 8.Nc4 Nge7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bd2 Ng6 11.h4 f5 


12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Ng5 h6 14.Bd5+ Kh8 15.Nf7+ Rxf7 16.Bxf7 Bh3 17.Bxg6 Bxf1 18.Qxf1 Bc7 19.Be4 Qf6 20.Qh3 Rf8 21.Rf1 Ne7 22.Bg5 Qf7 23.Bxe7 Qxe7 24.Bxb7 Rf6 25.Be4 Qe8 26.b3 a6 27.Bg2 Qb8 28.Nd2 Ba5 29.Ne4 Rf8


30.Qe6 Re8 31.Qxa6 Bb4 32.Qc4 Rc8 33.Bh3 Rc7 34.f4 exf4 35.Rxf4 Re7 36.Qd5 Qc7 37.Rf8+ Kh7 38.Bf5+ g6 39.Qg8#.