Weekend Open, Round 4, 7/7/2019

On Sunday, I played this game in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Sozin Attack

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Jose De Villa (USCF 1983), Marshall Chess Club 7/7/2019

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nc6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bd7 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Bb3 Nxd4 9.Bxd4 e5 10.Be3 Be7 11.Bg5 Bc6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.O-O Qc7 14.Qd3 a6 15.Rad1 Rd8

16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Qxd5 O-O 18.Rd3 Rd7 19.Rfd1 Rfd8 20.a4 h6 21.Rc3 Qb6 22.a5 Qb5 23.Qxb5 axb5 24.Rd5 Ra8 25.Rxb5 Bd8 26.Bd5 Rxa5 27.Rxa5 Bxa5 28.Rc8+ Kh7 29.c3 Bd8 30.Bxf7 b5 31.g3 Bg5

32.Be8 Rb7 33.Bc6 Rb6 34.b4 Bd2 35.Bd7 Kg6 36.Rc6 Rxc6 37.Bxc6 Bxc3 38.Bxb5 Bxb4 39.Bc4 Bc5 40.Kg2, draw.

Weekend Open, Round 3, 7/6/2019

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

Round Three: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation

William Tse (USCF 1933) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 7/6/2019

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Nxd2 6.Nbxd2 Nc6 7.a3 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 Qe7 9.g3 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Qxe5 11.Bg2 O-O 12.O-O d6 13.Rac1 Rb8 14.b4 b6 15.e3 Bb7

16.Bxb7 Rxb7 17.Qd5 Rbb8 18.Qxe5 dxe5 19.Rfd1 Rfd8 20.Rd5 f6 21.Rcd1 Rxd5 22.Rxd5 Rf8 23.Kg2 g6 24.b5 Rf7 25.Kf3 Kf8 26.Rd8+ Ke7 27.Ra8 Kd6 28.Rxa7 Kc5 29.Ra4 f5 30.Ke2 Rd7 31.Rb4 e4

32.h4 h6 33.Ra4 g5 34.h5 g4 35.Ra8 Rg7 36.Rh8 Rg5 37.Rxh6 Kxc4 38.Rh7 Kxb5 39.h6 Rh5 40.Rh8 c5 41.h7 Kc4 42.Kd2 Rh2 43.Kc1 Kc3 44.Kb1 c4 45.a4 Kb3 46.Kc1 c3 47.Rd8 Rxh7 48.Rd5 Rh1+ 49.Rd1 Rxd1+ 50.Kxd1 Kxa4

51.Kc2 Kb4 52.Kc1 Kc4 53.Kc2 b5 54.Kc1 b4 55.Kc2 b3+ 56.Kc1 Kd3 57.Kb1 Ke2 58.f4 exf3 59.e4 fxe4 60.Kc1 Kf2 61.Kd1 e3 62.Kc1 Kxg3 63.Kd1 Kf2 64.Kc1 e2 65.Kb1 e1=Q#.

Weekend Open, Round 2, 7/6/2019

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

Round Two: Dutch Defense, Stonewall Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Wesley Hellner (USCF 1871), Marshall Chess Club 7/6/2019

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 f5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d4 Bd6 6.c4 c6 7.b3 O-O 8.Ba3 Bxa3 9.Nxa3 Bd7 10.Nb1 Be8 11.Nc3 Bh5 12.Ne5 Nbd7 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Qd2 Rae8

15.f4 Qd6 16.c5 Qc7 17.b4 Rb8 18.Qe3 Rfe8 19.Bf3 Bf7 20.Rab1 a6 21.a4 Ra8 22.a5 Nd7 23.Na4 Rad8 24.Nb2 Bg6 25.Nd3 Re7 26.Kg2 Rf8 27.Rf2 Qd8 28.Ne5 Nxe5 29.Qxe5 Qc7 30.Qxc7 Rxc7

31.Rb3 Re7 32.Re3 Rf6 33.Re5 Be8 34.Rf1 Bd7 35.Rc1 Ref7 36.Bh5 Rf8 37.Rc3 Rh6 38.Bf3 Rhf6 39.Rce3 Kh8 40.h4 Kg8 41.Kh2 Kh8 42.Rc3 Kg8 43.Rc1 Kh8 44.Re3 Kg8 45.Kg2 Kh8 46.Rh1 Kg8 47.Rc3 Ra8 48.e3 Kh8

49.Kf2 Raf8 50.Rcc1 Be8 51.Rcg1 h5 52.Be2 g6 53.Ra1 Bd7 54.Bd3 Kg7 55.Rhc1 Ra8, draw.

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Independence Day Action, 6, 7/4/2019

On Thursday, I finished with a score of 2-2-2 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Six: Sicilian Defense, Sveshnikov Variation

Jim West (USCF 2208) - John Walton (USCF 1658), Marshall Chess Club 7/4/2019

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Na3 b5 10.Nd5 Be6 11.c3 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 Be6 14.Nce3 Rc8 15.g3 Bg7 16.Bg2 O-O 17.O-O Ne7

18.a4 f5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Nxe7+ Qxe7 21.Bd5 f4 22.Bxe6+ Qxe6 23.Qd5 Rce8 24.Qxe6+ Rxe6 25.Nd5 fxg3 26.hxg3 e4 27.Ra5 Rb8 28.Rfa1 Re5 29.Ra8 Ree8 30.Rxb8 Rxb8 31.Ra6 Be5 32.Ne7+ Kf7 33.Nc6 Re8

34.Nxe5+ Rxe5 35.Rxd6 e3 36.fxe3 Rxe3 37.Kf2 Re5 38.Rb6 Rd5 39.Ke3 h5 40.Ke4 Rg5 41.Kf4 Rg4+ 42.Kf3 Rg5 43.b4 Rf5+ 44.Ke4 Rg5 45.Kf4 Rg4+ 46.Kf3 Rg5 47.Rc6 Ke7 48.Rc5 Rxc5 49.bxc5 Ke6

50.Ke4 Kd7 51.Kd5 Kc7 52.c6 Kd8 53.Kc5, Black resigns.

Independence Day Action, 4, 7/4/2019

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

Round Four: Sicilian Defense

Bora Yagiz (USCF 2027) - Jim West (USCF 2208), Marshall Chess Club 7/4/2019

1.e4 c5 2.b3 d6 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.f4 Bg7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.d3 Nc6 8.Be2 Bg4 9.O-O Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nd4 11.Ne2 Nxf3+ 12.Rxf3 c4

13.Kh1 cxd3 14.cxd3 Rc8 15.Qd2 Qb6 16.Bd4 Qa6 17.f5 Rc7 18.fxg6 fxg6 19.e5 dxe5 20.Bxe5 Rcc8 21.Raf1 Nd7 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Qb2+ Kg8 24.Rxf8+ Rxf8 25.Rxf8+ Nxf8 26.d4 Qd3 27.h3 Ne6

28.Kh2 Qe4 29.Kg1 Qe3+ 30.Kh2 Qe4 31.Kg1 Qe3+ 32.Kh2, draw.

Independence Day Action, 3, 7/4/2019

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

Round Three: Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation

Jim West (USCF 2208) - Qiyaqin Zhang (USCF 1710), Marshall Chess Club 7/4/2019

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bd6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 Bf8 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.Bd2 Nf6 11.Rfe1 Bg4 12.Ne5 Be6 13.Nd3 Bxc3 14.Bxc3 Ke7

15.Bb4+ Ke8 16.b3 b6 17.Rad1 c5 18.Bc3 Ke7 19.Nf4 c6 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Bxf6+ gxf6 22.Rd2 Rad8 23.Red1 e5 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Rxd8 Kxd8 26.g4 Ke7 27.c4 Kf7 28.Kg2 Kg6 29.Kg3 h6 30.a4 b5 31,f4 b4 32.f5+ Kg7 33.a5 Kf7

34.Kh4 Kg7 35.Kh5 Kh7 36.h3 Kg7 37.h4 Kh7 38.g5 hxg5 39.hxg5 Kg7 40.gxf6+ Kxf6 41.Kh6 Kf7 42.Kh7 Kf8 43.Kg6 Kg8 44.Kf6 Kf8 45.Kxe5 Ke7 46.f6+ Kf7 47.Kf5 Kf8 48.Ke6 Ke8 49.e5 Kf8 50.Kd7 Kf7

51.Kxc6 Ke6 52.Kxc5 Kxe5 53.f7 Ke4 54.f8=Q Ke5 55.Qe7+ Kf4 56.Kxb4 Kf5 57.Kc5 Kg4 58.Kb6 Kf5 59.Kxa6 Kg4 60.c5 Kf5 61.c6 Kf4 62.c7 Kf3 63.c8=Q Kf4 64.Qcf8+ Kg4 65.Qeg7+ Kh5 66.Qfh8#.

Independence Day Action, 1, 7/4/2019

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

Round One: King's Indian Attack

Jim West (USCF 2208) - Nathaniel Mullodzhanov (USCF 1839), Marshall Chess Club 7/4/2019

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O e5 5.d3 Be7 6.Bg5 Be6 7.Nc3 h6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.e4 d4 10.Ne2 Qd7 11.Nd2 g5 12.Nb3 Bxb3 13.axb3 h5 14.f4 h4

15.fxe5 Bxe5 16.Rf5 hxg3 17.Nxg3 Bxg3 18.hxg3 Qe7 19.Qg4 f6 20.e5 Nxe5 21.Qxd4 Rd8 22.Qc3 b5 23.Rxa7 b4 24.Qxc7 Nd7 25.Ra1 Qe3+ 26.Rf2 O-O 27.Qc4+ Kh8 28.Qg4 Ne5 29.Qh5+ Kg7  

30.Qe2 Qxg3 31.Ra7+ Rf7 32.Rxf7+ Nxf7 33.Qe6 Rd6 34.Qe4 Rb6 35.Qd4 Ra6 36.Rf1 Qc7 37.Qf2 Ne5 38.Be4, draw.

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Saturday Game/50, Round 3, 6/29/2019

On Saturday, I finished with a score of 2-1-1 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Three: Sicilian Defense, King's Indian Attack

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Juan Sena (USCF 2244), Marshall Chess Club 6/29/2019

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 e5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O Nge7 7.a4 O-O 8.Nbd2 d5 9.Re1 h6 10.c3 dxe4 11.dxe4 Be6 12.Bf1 Qd7 13.Qc2 Na5

14.b4 cxb4 15.cxb4 Nac6 16.Ba3 Nd4 17.Nxd4 exd4 18.Bb5 Qd8 19.Bd3 Rc8 20.Qb1 Qd7 21.b5 Rfe8 22.Rc1 f5 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Bxe7 fxe4 25.Nxe4 Qxe7 26.Qe1 Bc4 27.Rc1 Qe6

28.Bxc4 Rxc4 29.Nf6+ Qxf6 30.Rxc4 d3 31.Qd2 Qf5 32.Rc7 Qd5 33.Re7 Be5 34.Qxh6 d2 35.Qxg6+ Kf8 36.Re8#.

Saturday Game/50, Round 2, 6/29/2019

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

Round Two: Sicilian Defense, Rossolimo Variation

James Oh (USCF 2015) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 6/29/2019

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bxd7 Qxd7 10.f3 Rc8 11.b3 Nc6 12.Nde2 Qd8 13.Bb2 Qa5 14.Kh1 a6

15.a4 Nd7 16.Rb1 Qd8 17.Nd5 Bxb2 18.Rxb2 a5 19.f4 Nc5 20.Nec3 Nb4 21.Rd2 Nxd5 22.Rxd5 Qb6 23.e5 Qxb3 24.Rxc5 Qxc3 25.Rxc8+ Rxc8 26.exd6 exd6 27.Qxd6 Qxc4 28.Rd1 Qxa4 29.f5 Qc6

30.Qe5 Qc2 31.Re1 Qxf5 32.Qe7 b6 33.h3 Qf4 34.Qa3 h5 35.Qb2 Kh7 36.Qxb6 Qd2 37.Qg1 Rc2 38.Rf1 Kg7 39.Qh2 Rc1 40.Qe5+ Kh7 41.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 42.Kh2 Qd2 43.Kh1 Qb4 44.Qf6 Qb1+ 45.Kh2 Qf5

46.Qd4 g5 47.Kg1 h4 48.Qd1 Kg6 49.Qd6+ Qf6 50.Qd3+ Kh6 51.Qc4 Qa1+ 52.Kf2 Qe5 53.Kg1 Kg7 54.Kh1 f6 55.Qa4 Qc7 56.Qb5 f5 57.Qb2+ Kg6 58.Qb5 g4 59.Qe8+ Kg7 60.hxg4 fxg4 61.Qe4, and drawn in ? moves.

                                       Final Position

Saturday Game/50, Round 1, 6/29/2019

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

Round One: Larsen's Opening

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Aidan Ahram (USCF 1919), Marshall Chess Club 6/29/2019

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 Bc5 4.e3 Nf6 5.a3 a5 6.d3 O-O 7.Nf3 Re8 8.Be2 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.O-O Nf6 11.Nbd2 Bf5 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.Rfc1 Ba7 14.e4 Bg4 

15.h3 Bh5 16.g4 Bg6 17.Nf1 h5 18.g5 Nh7 19.h4 Qe6 20.Ng3 Qh3 21.Nh1 f6 22.gxf6 Nxf6 23.Qd1 Qg4+ 24.Kf1 Rad8 25.Qe1 Rxd3 26.Bxd3 Qxf3 27.Bc4+ Kh8 28.Ng3 Bxe4 29.Qe2 Qg2+ 30.Ke1 Bf3 31.Qf1 Ng4

32.Qxg2 Bxg2 33.Rc2 Nd4 34.Bxd4 Bxd4 35.Raa2 c6 36.Bf7 Rd8 37.Bxh5 Bf3 38.Rc1 Nh2 39.Bxf3 Nxf3+ 40.Ke2 Nh2 41.Nf5 Bb6 42.Rg1 Rf8 43.Rg2 Rxf5 44.Rxh2, and Black forfeits in ? moves.

                                       Final Position