Friday, June 28, 2019

Thursday Action, Round 2, 6/27/2019

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

Round Two: London System

Robert Cherubin (USCF 1372) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 6/27/2019

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.h3 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.cxd4 d5 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.a3 a5 10.O-O Ne4 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 Bf5 13.Bxf5 gxf5 14.Rac1 Rc8


15.Rc3 Qd7 16.Rfc1 e6 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Rxc3 20.Rxc3 b6 21.f4 Rc8 22.Kf2 Rxc3 23.Qxc3 Kf8 24.g3 Ke7 25.h4 Kd8 26.Qd4 Qc6 27.b4 Qc2+ 28.Kf3 Qe4+ 29.Qxe4 dxe4+ 30.Ke2 axb4 31.axb4 h5


32.b5 Ke7 33.Kd2 f6 34.Kc3 fxe5 35.fxe5 Kf7 36.Kc4 Kg6 37.Kd4 Kh6 38.Kc4 Kg7 39.Kd4 Kg6 40.Kc4, draw.