Marshall Chess Club Swiss 6/29/2008

On Sunday, I played in the one-day schedule of a Swiss tournament at the Marshall Chess Club where I ended with a score of 2-1-1. The following games were my best efforts, played at the slower time control of 30/90 followed by game/60.

Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Dragon Variation

Jim West (USCF 2213) - Randel Eng (USCF 1954), Marshall Chess Club 6/29/2008

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 h5 11.O-O-O Ne5 12.Bb3 Rc8 13.Bg5 Rc5

14.Kb1 Qc8 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nd5 Kg7 17.Nxf6 exf6 18.g4 hxg4 19.h5 g5 20.f4 Nf3 21.Nxf3 gxf3 22.fxg5 Rxg5 23.Qxd6 Bg4 24.Rd5 Be6 25.Rxg5+ fxg5 26.Qe5+ Kh7 27.Qxg5 Rg8 28.Qf6 Qc5 29.Rd1 Bxb3 30.axb3 Qxh5


31.Rd5 Rg1+ 32.Ka2 Qg6 33.Rf5 Qxf6 34.Rxf6 Kg7 35.Rxf3 Re1 36.Rf4 f6 37.b4 Kg6 38.Rg4+ Kh5 39.Rg7 b5 40.Re7 f5 41.Re5 Kg4 42.Rxf5 a6 43.c3 Rxe4 44.Rf6 a5 45.bxa5 Ra4+ 46.Kb3 Rxa5 47.Kb4 Ra2 48.Rf2 Kg3 49.Rd2 Kf3 50.Kxb5 Ke3 51.Rh2, Black resigns.

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Round Four: English Opening

Sarkis Agaian (USCF 2108) - Jim West (2213), Marshall Chess Club 6/29/2008

1.c4 f5 2.g3 e5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 Bc5 6.e3 f4 7.exf4 O-O 8.Nge2 d6 9.O-O Qe8 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.dxe4 Be6 13.b3 Rd8 14.Qc2 Nb4 15.Qc3 Qh5

16.Be3 Bxe3 17.fxe3 Qxe2 18.Qxb4 Qxe3+ 19.Kh1 Qb6 20.Qe7 Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Qd6 22.Qh4 Rf8 23.Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.Bh3 Qd1+ 25.Kg2 Qd2+ 26.Kg1 Qe3+ 27.Kg2 Qd2 28.Kg1 Bxh3 29.Qxh3 Qd4+ 30.Kf1 Qa1+ 31.Kf2 Qxa2+

32.Kf1 Qb1+ 33.Kf2 Qc2+ 34.Kf1 Qd3+ 35.Kf2 Qxe4 36.Qc8+ Kf7 37.Qxc7+ Kg6 38.Qd6+ Kh5 39.Qe7 Kh6 40.h4 Qf5+ 41.Ke3 g5 42.Qxb7 gxh4 43.gxh4 Qf4+ 44.Kd3 Qd4+ 45.Ke2 Qb2+ 46.Ke3 Qc3+ 47.Ke2 Qc2+ 48.Ke3 Qc3+ 49.Ke2, draw.