Saturday, June 8, 2019

Thursday Action, Round 3, 6/6/2019

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

Round Three: Falkbeer Counter Gambit

Nazzareno Bertini (USCF 1672) - Jim West (USCF 2204), Marshall Chess Club 6/6/2019

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 Bb4 6.Bd2 e3 7.Bxe3 O-O 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nxd5 10.Bd2 Re8+ 11.Kf2 Qf6 12.Qf3 Nxc3 


13.Re1 Rxe1 14.Bxe1 Nc6 15.Ne2 Nxe2 16.Bxe2 Bd7 17.Bd2 Re8 18.Re1 b6 19.Bd1 Rxe1 20.Kxe1 h6 21.h3 Qe7+ 22.Kf2 Qxa3 23.Qd5 Qd6 24.Qxd6 cxd6 25.c3 Kf8 26.Bf3 Ke7 27.Bd5 Nd8 28.g4 Bc6 29.Bf3 Bxf3 30.Kxf3 Ne6


31.d4 d5 32.Ke3 g6 33.Kd3 b5 34.Ke3 f5 35.Bc1 a5 36.Ba3+ Kf7 37.Bd6 h5 38.g5 Ke8 39.h4 Kd7 40.Ba3 Kc6 41.Be7 Nc7 42.Kd3 a4 43.Bb4 Na8 44.Kd2 Nb6 45.Kc2 Nc4 46.Bf8 Ne3+ 47.Kd2 Ng2 48.Ke2 Nxf4+ 49.Kf3 Ne6 50.Bb4 Nc7


51.Kf4 Na6 52.Ba3 b4 53.cxb4 Kb5 54.Ke5 Nxb4 55.Kf6 f4 56.Bc1 Nd3 57.Bd2 a3 58.Kxg6 a2 59.Bc3 f3 60.Kxh5 f2 61.g6 f1=Q 62.g7 Qf7+ 63.Kh6 Qg8 64.h5 Kc4 65.Ba1 Nb4 66.Kg6 Qe6+ 67.Kh7 Qf5+ 68.Kh6 Qf7


69.Kh7 Qxh5+ 70.Kg8 Nc2 71.Bb2 a1=Q 72.Bxa1 Nxa1 73.Kf8 Qh6 74.Kf7 Qxg7+ 75.Kxg7 Kxd4 76.Kg6 Ke3, White resigns.