Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Marshall January Under 2300 1/4/2015

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

My opponent is a WCM and a musical prodigy.

Round Four: Sicilian Defense, King's Indian Attack

Jim West (FIDE 2076) - Harmony Zhu (FIDE 1584), Marshall Chess Club 1/4/2015

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.Nbd2 d5 8.Re1 O-O 9.a4 a6 10.c3 Bd7 11.Qc2 b5


12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Qxa8 14.Nf1 Qb7 15.h4 b4 16.e5 f6 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Bf4 Ra8 19.Ne5 Nf5 20.Nxc6 b3 21.Qd2 Qxc6 22.Be5 Bg7 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Ne3 Nxe3 25.Qxe3 Qd6 26.d4 c4 27.f4 Kf7 28.Kf2 Ra2 29.Re2 Ra1


30.h5 Ra2 31.hxg6+ hxg6 32.Qf3 Qe7 33.Qg4 Qd6 34.Qh4 Kg7 35.Qg5 Be8 36.f5 Bf7 37.fxg6 Bxg6 38.Bh3 Qf8+ 39.Kg2 Kh7 40.Kh2 Qf7 41.Bxe6 Qg7 42.Qh4+ Qh6 43.Qxh6+ Kxh6 44.Bxd5 Bd3 45.Rd2 Kg5


46.Kg2 Kf5 47.Kf2 Ra1 48.Bg8 Kf6 49.g4 Rf1+ 50.Kg3 Rg1+ 51.Kf3 Rc1 52.Rf2 Rc2 53.Ke3+ Ke7 54.Rxc2 bxc2 55.Kd2 Kf6 56.b3 cxb3 57.Bxb3 c1=Q+ 58.Kxc1 Be2 59.Bd1 Bc4 60.Kd2 Kg5 61.Ke3 Kf6 62.Kf4 Ke6 63.g5 Kd6 64.Kf5 Bd3+ 65.Kf6, Black resigns.