Friday, November 8, 2019

Thursday Action, Round 1, 11/7/2019

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

Round One: Petroff Defense

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Prec Syku (USCF 2004), Marshall Chess Club 11/7/2019

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Qe7 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Nc6 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 Bc5 9.Nc3 Ng4 10.O-O O-O 11.Nd5 Bd6 12.h3 Nge5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Be7 Bxe7 15.Nxe7+ Kh8 16.f4 Ng6


17.Nxc8 Raxc8 18.d4 Rfe8 19.Bd3 Ne7 20.Rae1 Nd5 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.Bc4 Ne3 23.Re1 Re7 24.Kf2 Nf5 25.Rxe7 Nxe7 26.Bxf7 g6 27.Bb3 Kg7 28.g4 b6 29.Ke3 d5 30.c4 c6 31.cxd5 cxd5 32.a3 Kf6


33.Bc2 Ke6 34.h4 Kf6 35.b4 Ke6 36.g5 Kd6 37.h5 Ke6 38.h6 Kf7 39.Kf3 Ke6 40.Kg4 Kf7 41.b5 Ke6 42.a4 Kf7 43.f5 Nc8 44.fxg6+ hxg6 45.h7 Kg7 46.Bxg6 Nd6 47.Bd3 Kh8 48.g6 Kg7 49.Kf4 Ne8 50.Ke5 Nc7 51.Kd6, Black resigns.