Saturday, July 5, 2008

Marshall Chess Club Swiss 7/5/2008

Today, in a game/60 Swiss at the Marshall Chess Club, I finished with a score of 1-0-3. Here is my only win, in an endgame where the knight was superior to the bishop.

Round Two: English Opening

Nelson Farber (USCF 1900) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 7/5/2008

1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d3 e5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 Bc5 6.e3 f4


7.Nd5 fxe3 8.Bxe3 Bxe3 9.Nxe3 O-O 10.Ne2 d6 11.h3 Qe8 12.O-O Qh5 13.g4 Qh4 14.f4 Nd4 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.Nxd4 exd4 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.Rxf5 g6 19.Re5 Qg3 20.Qe2 Rae8 21.Rxe8 Rxe8 22.Qf2 Qf2+ 23.Kxf2 Re3 24.Bf1 g5 25.Re1 Rxe1 26.Kxe1 c5 27.Bg2 b6


28.Bf3 Kf7 29.a3 a5 30.Kf2 Ke6 31.Kg3 Ke5 32.h4 h6 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.Bc6 Nh7 35.Kf3 Nf8 36.Be4 Ne6 37.Bf5 Nc7 38.Be4 b5 39.b3 b4 40.a4 Ne8 41.Bf5 Nd6 42.Bh7 Nc8 43.Bf5 Nb6


44.Ke2 Kf4 45.Be6 Na8 46.Bf5 Nc7 47.Bd7 Kg3 48.Kd2 Kf3 49.Kd1 Ke3 50.Kc2 Ke2 51.Bf5 Ne8 52.Kc1 Nf6 53.Kc2 Kf3 54.Be6 Nxg4 55.Bd5+ Ke3 56.Be4 Nf2, White resigns.