Thursday, August 31, 2017

FIDE Mondays 8/28/2017

On Monday evening, I played this game at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Four: King's Indian Defense, Fianchetto Variation

Karan Bhatty (USCF 2110) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 8/28/2017

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.b3 d6 6.Bb2 e5 7.dxe5 Ng4 8.Na3 Nc6 9.Qd2 Ncxe5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.c4 Ng4 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.O-O a6


14.Nc2 Rb8 15.Rad1 Qe7 16.Nb4 Nf6 17.Rfe1 h5 18.e4 h4 19.f4 hxg3 20.hxg3 a5 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.exd5 Qf6 23.Qxa5 b6 24.Qd2 Bg4 25.Rc1 Ra8 26.a4 Rfe8 27.Re3 Bd7 28.Bf3 Rxe3 29.Qxe3 Re8 30.Qc3 Qxc3 31.Rxc3 Re1+ 32.Kf2 Rb1


33.g4 Rb2+ 34.Kg3 Kf6 35.g5+ Kg7 36.Bg4 Bxg4 37.Kxg4 Rb1 38.Re3 Rg1+ 39.Kf3 Rb1 40.Ke4 Rf1 41.Rf3 Rg1 42.Re3 Rf1 43.Re2 Rb1 44.Re3, draw.