Saturday, July 6, 2019

Independence Day Action, 3, 7/4/2019

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

Round Three: Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation

Jim West (USCF 2208) - Qiyaqin Zhang (USCF 1710), Marshall Chess Club 7/4/2019

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bd6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 Bf8 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.Bd2 Nf6 11.Rfe1 Bg4 12.Ne5 Be6 13.Nd3 Bxc3 14.Bxc3 Ke7


15.Bb4+ Ke8 16.b3 b6 17.Rad1 c5 18.Bc3 Ke7 19.Nf4 c6 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Bxf6+ gxf6 22.Rd2 Rad8 23.Red1 e5 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Rxd8 Kxd8 26.g4 Ke7 27.c4 Kf7 28.Kg2 Kg6 29.Kg3 h6 30.a4 b5 31,f4 b4 32.f5+ Kg7 33.a5 Kf7


34.Kh4 Kg7 35.Kh5 Kh7 36.h3 Kg7 37.h4 Kh7 38.g5 hxg5 39.hxg5 Kg7 40.gxf6+ Kxf6 41.Kh6 Kf7 42.Kh7 Kf8 43.Kg6 Kg8 44.Kf6 Kf8 45.Kxe5 Ke7 46.f6+ Kf7 47.Kf5 Kf8 48.Ke6 Ke8 49.e5 Kf8 50.Kd7 Kf7


51.Kxc6 Ke6 52.Kxc5 Kxe5 53.f7 Ke4 54.f8=Q Ke5 55.Qe7+ Kf4 56.Kxb4 Kf5 57.Kc5 Kg4 58.Kb6 Kf5 59.Kxa6 Kg4 60.c5 Kf5 61.c6 Kf4 62.c7 Kf3 63.c8=Q Kf4 64.Qcf8+ Kg4 65.Qeg7+ Kh5 66.Qfh8#.