Saturday, June 1, 2019

Thursday Night Action 5/30/2019

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

Round One: English Opening, Symmetrical Variation

David Cesarini (USCF 1747) - Jim West (USCF 2211), Marshall Chess Club 5/30/2019

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.Re1 O-O 8.a3 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.e4 Nxc3 11.bxc3 b6 12.Bb2 Bb7 13.d4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Rc8 15.Rc1 Qd7


16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Qxd1 18.Rexd1 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Rc8 20.Rxc8+ Bxc8 21.f4 h5 22.Kf2 Bf8 23.Ke3 Bc5+ 24.Kf3 Kf8 25.Bf1 Ke7 26.h3 Bd7 27.g4 hxg4+ 28.hxg4 a5 29.Bd3 b5 30.f5 gxf5 31.exf5 exf5 32.gxf5 b4 33.axb4 Bxb4


34.f6+ Ke8 35.Ke4 a4 36.Kd4 a3 37.Ba1 Be6 38.Bc4 Kd7 39.Bxe6+ Kxe6 40.Kc4 Ba5 41.Kb3 Bc7 42.Kxa3 Bxe5 43.Bb2 Bxb2+ 44.Kxb2 Kxf6 45.Kc2 Ke5 46.Kd1 Kf4 47.Kd2 Kf3 48.Kd3 f5 49.Kd4 f4, White resigns.