Friday, October 4, 2019

Thursday Action, Round 1, 10/3/2019

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

Round One: Falkbeer Counter Gambit

Nazzareno Bertini (USCF 1627) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 10/3/2019

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Qe2 Bd6 6.Nxe4 O-O 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.Qc4 Bxf4 9.d4 Bxc1 10.Rxc1 c6 11.Bd3 cxd5 12.Qc3 Nc6 13.Ne2 Bg4


14.b4 Bxe2 15.Bxe2 Qxd4 16.Qxd4 Nxd4 17.Bg4 f5 18.Bd1 Rae8+ 19.Kd2 Nc6 20.a3 Ne5 21.Kc3 Nc4 22.Kd4 Re4+ 23.Kc3 Rc8 24.Kb3 b5 25.c3 a5 26.Bf3 Nd2+ 27.Kb2 Nxf3 28.gxf3 Re2+ 29.Kb1 axb4 30.axb4 Kf7


31.Rhd1 Ke6 32.Rc2 Rxc2 33.Kxc2 Rc4 34.Re1+ Kf6 35.Kd3 Rh4 36.Re2 Rh3 37.Rf2 Ke5 38.Re2+ Kd6 39.Rf2 g5 40.Kd4 Rh4+ 41.Kd3 h5 42.Ra2 Rf4 43.Rf2 g4 44.Ke3 Rxf3+ 45.Rxf3 gxf3 46.Kxf3 Ke5


47.Ke3 h4 48.h3 f4+ 49.Kf3 Kf5 50.Ke2 Ke4 51.Kd2 f3 52.Ke1 Ke3 53.Kf1 f2 54.Kg2 Ke2 55.Kh1 f1=Q+, White resigns.