Wednesday, June 6, 2012

FIDE Mondays 6/4/2012

This game was played on Monday night at the Marshall Chess Club

In time trouble, my opponent misplayed a winning position.

Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit

Paul Rachlin (USCF 1927) - Jim West (USCF 2208), Marshall Chess Club 6/4/2012

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Nf7 Kxf7 12.Bc4+ Kg7 13.Bf4 Nc6 14.Qg5+ Kh8 15.Be5 Bg7 16.O-O-O Bd7 17.f3 Qf8 18.Kb1 Re8


19.Rhf1 h6 20.Qf4 e3 21.Qxe3 b5 22.Bb3 a5 23.a3 a4 24.Ba2 b4 25.Rfe1 Bf5 26.Qf4 Bxc2+ 27.Kxc2 b3+ 28.Bxb3 axb3+ 29.Kb1 Nxe5 30.dxe5 Nd7 31.Qxf8+ Nxf8 32.f4 c5 33.Re4 Ne6 34.Rc4 Bf8 35.Rd5 Nd4 36.Kc1 Kg7


37.g4 Kg6 38.h4 Kf7 39.f5 Nf3 40.Rd7+ Kg8 41.e6 Ne5 42.Re4 Nxd7 43.exd7 Rd8 44.g5 hxg5 45.hxg5 Rxd7 46.f6 Rd5 47.g6 Bh6+, White resigns.