Monday, January 6, 2020

Thursday Action, Round 3, 1/2/2020

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

Round Three: Larsen's Opening

Kyle Anderson (USCF 1895) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 1/2/2020

1.b3 b6 2.Bb2 Bb7 3.e3 e6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O a5 8.a4 d6 9.Qe1 Ne4 10.d3 Bf6 11.Qc1 Bxb2 12.Qxb2 Qf6 13.Qxf6 Nxf6 


14.Nd4 Nc6 15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.Bf3 Bxf3 17.Rxf3 d5 18.Nd2 c5 19.Rd1 Rfd8 20.h3 h5 21.g3 Rac8 22.Rb1 Kf8 23.Kf1 Ke7 24.Ke2 g6 25.Rff1 Rg8


26.Kf3 g5 27.Rh1 g4+ 28.hxg4 hxg4+ 29.Kf2 Rh8 30.e4 dxe4 31.Nxe4 Nxe4+ 32.dxe4 Rcd8 33.Ke3 f5 34.e5 Kf7, draw.