Wednesday, May 17, 2017

FIDE Mondays 5/15/2017

On Monday night, this game was played at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Larsen's Opening

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Ed Scher (USCF 1943), Marshall Chess Club 5/15/2017

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.f4 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.a4 a6 9.Na3 Nbd7 10.Nc4 Rb8 11.Qc1 Re8 12.h3 c5


13.f5 Be4 14.fxg6 Bxg6 15.Nh4 d5 16.Ne5 Qc7 17.Nhxg6 hxg6 18.Nxd7 Nxd7 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Qb2+ f6 21.Bxa6 Rh8 22.Rf2 Rh4 23.Bb5 Ne5 24.Rf4 Rbh8 25.Raf1 g5 26.Rxh4 Rxh4 27.Be2 Qd7 28.d4 cxd4 29.exd4 Nf7 30.Bg4 Qc7 31.Rf3 Nh6


32.Qc3 Qxc3 33.Rxc3 Nxg4 34.hxg4 Rxg4 35.Rc6 Rxd4 36.Rxb6 Rd1+ 37.Kh2 d4 38.a5 e5 39.Rb4 e4 40.a6 e3 41.a7 Ra1 42.Ra4 Rxa4 43.bxa4 e2, Black forfeits.