Friday, July 1, 2016

Thursday Night Action 6/30/2016

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

Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit

Eric Yuhan Li (USCF 1899) - Jim West (USCF 2215), Marshall Chess Club 6/30/2016

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Neg5 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bb4+ 8.c3 Qe7+ 9.Ne2 Bd6 10.Qxd5 Nf6 11.Qd3 h6 12.Nf3 O-O 13.Be3 Nc6 14.h3 Bd7 15.g3 Rad8 16.Bg2 Be6


17.Ned4 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Qe2 Bxd4 20.Bxd4 c6 21.O-O Qf7 22.Rfe1 Rfe8 23.Qc2 a6 24.b3 Nd5 25.Re2 Bf5 26.Qb2 Rxe2 27.Qxe2 Re8 28.Qd2 Qe6 29.c4 Nf6 


30.Bc3 Bxh3 31.Re1 Qxe1+ 32.Qxe1 Rxe1+ 33.Bxe1 Bxg2 34.Kxg2 b5, draw.