Thursday, June 29, 2017

FIDE Mondays 6/26/2017

On Monday, my opponent walked into checkmate at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Caro-Kann Defense, Exchange Variation

Rushaan Mahajan (USCF 1771) - Jim West (USCF 2203), Marshall Chess Club 6/26/2017

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.h3 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.O-O Bf5 10.Ne5 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Ne4 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Nd2 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 e6 16.Rfe1 Qc7


17.Qe2 a6 18.a4 b6 19.Qe5+ Qxe5 20.Rxe5 b5 21.Re3 Rfb8 22.axb5 axb5 23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.b4 Ra1+ 25.Kh2 Ra2 26.Kg3 h5 27.h4 Rc2 28.Kf3 Kf6 29.Kg3 Ke7 30.f4 f6


31.Kf3 Kf7 32.Kg3 Rb2 33.Kf3 Rb1 34.Kg3 Rh1 35.Rf3 Re1 36.Kh3 Ke7 37.Rg3 Rh1#.