Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Labor Day Action, Round 3, 9/2/2019

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

Round Three: Pirc Defense

Harvey Li (USCF 1467) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 9/2/2019

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 c6 5.Qd2 b5 6.f3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 Nb6 8.g4 b4 9.Nce2 a5 10.e5 dxe5 11.dxe5 Nfd5 12.Bh6 e6 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Bh6 Rg8


15.h4 Bxh4+ 16.Kd1 Be7 17.Be3 Nxe3+ 18.Qxe3 Nd5 19.Qd2 Rh8 20.Qh6 Bf8 21.Qd2 Qb6 22.Nf4 Qe3 23.Nxd5 Qxd2+ 24.Kxd2 cxd5 25.Ne2 Ba6 26.a3 Bxd3 27.Kxd3 bxa3 28.bxa3 Bg7 29.f4 h5 30.gxh5 gxh5


31.Rh3 Bf8 32.a4 Be7 33.Rah1 Rc8 34.Nc3 h4 35.Nb5 Rc4 36.Nc3 Rxf4 37.Ke3 Rc4 38.Kd2 Bb4 39.Rb1 Ke7 40.Rb3 Rhc8 41.Rf3 Rxc3 42.Rbxc3 d4 43.Rh3 Rxc3 44.Rxc3 Bxc3+ 45.Ke2 f6 46.exf6+ Kxf6 47.Kf3 e5 48.Kg4 Be1, White resigns.