Friday, August 16, 2019

Thursday Action, Round 1, 8/15/2019

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

Round One: English Opening

Dylan Singer (USCF 1805) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 8/15/2019

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O e6 6.e3 Nge7 7.d4 cxd4 8.exd4 d5 9.b3 dxc4 10.Bb2 cxb3 11.Qxb3 O-O 12.Rd1 Nd5 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.Bxc3 Ne7 15.Bb4 Re8 16.Rac1 Nd5


17.Bc5 b6 18.Ba3 Bb7 19.Ne5 Rac8 20.Nc4 Bf8 21.Bxf8 Rxf8 22.Qa3 a6 23.Qd6 b5 24.Qxd8+ Rfxd8 25.Na5 Ba8 26.Nb3 b4 27.Nc5 Nc3 28.Bxa8 Rxa8 29.Rd2 Rxd4 30.Rxd4 Ne2+ 31.Kg2 Nxd4 32.Rc4 Rc8


33.Rxd4 Rxc5 34.Rxb4 a5 35.Rb2 h5 36.Kf3 Kg7 37.Ke4 Rd5 38.a4 f5+ 39.Ke3 Kf6 40.Rb5 Rxb5 41.axb5 Ke5 42.b6 Kd6 43.b7 Kc7 44.Kd4 Kxb7 45.Kc5 a4 46.Kb4 Kc6 47.Kxa4 Kd5 48.f4 e5 49.fxe5 Kxe5


50.Kb3 Ke4 51.h3 Kf3 52.g4 fxg4 53.hxg4 hxg4, White resigns.