Monday, February 1, 2021

15/10 English 1/31/2021

English Opening, Symmetrical Variation

kingarther23 (Chess.com 1916) - JimWest (Chess.com 1950), Chess.com 1/31/2021

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nge2 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.a3 Bf5 9.d3 Qd7 10.Nf4 e5 11.Nfd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Bh3 13.Rb1 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Ne7 15.e4 Nxd5 16.cxd5 f5 17.b4 b6

18.f3 fxe4 19.dxe4 Rac8 20.bxc5 Rxc5 21.Bd2 Rfc8 22.Rf2 Rc2 23.Rb4 Ra2 24.Qb3 Rcc2 25.Be3 Qc7 26.Qxa2 Rxa2 27.Rxa2 Qc3 28.Bf2 Bh6 29.Rbb2 Qd3 30.Re2 Bc1 31.a4 h5 32.a5 bxa5 33.Bxa7 h4 34.gxh4 a4


35.Bb8 a3 36.Rac2 Bb2 37.Bxd6 a2 38.Rxb2 a1=Q 39.Bxe5 Qaa3 40.Rf2 Qe7 41.Bg3 g5 42.hxg5 Qxg5 43.Rb8+ Kf7 44.Rb7+ Ke8 45.Rc7 Kd8 46.Rfc2 Qge3 47.Rc8+ Ke7 48.R2c7+ Kf6 49.Rf8+ Kg6 


50.Rg8+ Kh6 51.Rf8 Qde2+, White resigns.