Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Saturday Game/50, Round 2, 8/3/2019

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

Round Two: Larsen's Opening

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Wesley Hellner (USCF 1866), Marshall Chess Club 8/3/2019

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.e3 O-O 6.Qc1 b6 7.Be2 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7 9.a4 Rc8 10.Na3 a6 11.Nc4 Nc5 12.d3 e6 13.e4 Ne8


14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Qb2+ f6 16.e5 f5 17.exd6+ Kg8 18.dxc7 Nxc7 19.Nxb6 Rb8 20.Nc4 Nd5 21.g3 Bc6 22.Nfe5 Ba8 23.Bf3 Qc7 24.a5 Rfd8 25.h4 Nd7 26.Kh2 Nxe5 27.Qxe5 Qe7 28.Rae1 Re8 29.h5 Nf6


30.Qd6 Bxf3 31.Qxe7 Ng4+ 32.Kg1 Rxe7 33.Rxf3 gxh5 34.Ne5 Rc8 35.Nxg4 hxg4 36.Rfe3 Kf7 37.R1e2 Rc6 38.c4 Rb7 39.d4 Rd6 40.Rd2 Rbd7 41.Red3 Rb7 42.Kf2 Kf6 43.Ke3 h5 44.Rh2 Kg6


45.Kd2 Rd8 46.Kc2 Rdb8 47.Re3 Re7 48.d5 Rbe8 49.Rxe6+ Rxe6 50.dxe6 Rxe6 51.Kd3 Re1 52.Re2 Rd1+ 53.Kc3 Rg1 54.Re6+ Kg7 55.Re3 Rd1 56.Kb4 Kf6 57.c5 Rc1 58.Rd3 Ke7 59.Rd2 Rg1 


60.Rh2 Rxg3 61.Rxh5 Kf6 62.c6 Rg1 63.Kc5 g3 64.Rg5 g2 65.Kb6 Rb1 66.Rxg2 Rxb3+ 67.Kxa6 Rc3 68.Kb7 Rb3+ 69.Kc8 Ra3 70.c7 Rxa5 71.Rd2 Ke6 72.Re2+ Kd6 73.Kd8, Black resigns.