Sunday, February 19, 2017

USATE 2017, Day 1

Playing for my team Ferrero Forever [pictured left: Jim West, Ron Saylo, Michael O'Connor, Joe Salvatore], I drew this game yesterday at the USATE tournament.

Round One: Pirc Defense

Michael Chu (USCF 1878) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Parsippany NJ 2/18/2017

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.Be3 c6 5.f3 b5 6.Qd2 Nbd7 7.O-O-O b4 8.Nb1 a5 9.g4 Nb6 10.h4 h5 11.g5 Nh7


12.f4 Bg4 13.Be2 Bxe2 14.Nxe2 d5 15.e5 e6 16.Qd3 Nc4 17.Nd2 Nxd2 18.Kxd2 Qb6 19.c4 Be7 20.cxd5 cxd5 21.Rc1 O-O 


22.Rc2 Rfc8 23.Rhc1 Qb7 24.Rxc8+ Rxc8 25.Rxc8+ Qxc8 26.Qc2 Qb7 27.Qa4 Qc7 28.Qc2, draw.