Sunday, March 12, 2017

Marshall Saturday Game/60 3/11/2017

On Saturday, I finished with a score of 2-2-0 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Two: Pirc Defense

Nicole Zlotchevsky (USCF 1876) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 3/11/2017

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 c6 5.f3 b5 6.Qd2 Nbd7 7.h4 h5 8.Nh3 Nb6 9.Ng5 b4 10.Ne2 Nc4 11.Qd3 Nxe3 12.Qxe3 a5 13.Qb3 d5 14.e5 Nh7 15.Nf4 Nxg5 16.hxg5 e6


17.Qd3 Qxg5 18.Nh3 Qg3+ 19.Nf2 Ba6 20.Qe3 Bh6 21.Qb3 Bxf1 22.Kxf1 Qf4 23.Rd1 Kd7 24.c3 Rhb8 25.Nd3 Qg5 26.cxb4 axb4 27.Rc1 Bf8 28.Qc2 Ra6 29.Kf2 Qd8 30.b3 Qb6 31.Qb2 Rba8 32.Ra1 Qa7 33.Nc1 Bh6


34.a4 bxa3 35.Qc3 Bxc1 36.Rhxc1 Qb6 37.Qe3 Qb4 38.Qf4 Rf8 39.Qe3 Rb6 40.Rc3 Ra8 41.Rd3 a2 42.Qf4 Qe7 43.Qd2 Rba6 44.Rc3 Qb4 45.Qe3 Ra3 46.Rd3 Rb8 47.Qf4 Qe7 48.Qe3 Rb4 49.Rc3 Qh4+ 50.Ke2 Qxd4


51.Qc1 Qxe5+ 52.Kf1 Raxb3 53.Rxb3 Rxb3 54.Rxa2 Qc3 55.Ra7+ Kc8 56.Qh6 Rb1+ 57.Kf2 Qe1#.