Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Marshall August Under 2300 8/20/2017

On Sunday, I finished with a score of 2-0-2 plus a full point bye in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

I got the bye when no one else showed up for the two day schedule.

Round Four: Pribyl Defense

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Asa Hoffmann (USCF 2275), Marshall Chess Club 8/20/2017

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.Bd3 e5 6.Nf3 exd4 7.Nxd4 Qb6 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Qe2 O-O 10.h3 Nbd7 11.Qf2 Nc5 12.O-O Re8 13.Rb1 Bf8 14.Be3 Nxd3 15.cxd3 Qa6 16.Rfd1 b5


17.a3 Qb7 18.e5 Nd7 19.d4 d5 20.Nd2 Nb6 21.f5 a5 22.f6 b4 23.fxg7 Bxg7 24.Ne2 Nd7 25.Ng3 Nf8 26.Nh5 Qe7 27.Qg3 Ng6 28.Bg5 Qf8 29.axb4 Bf5 30.Rbc1 Re6 31.bxa5 Rxa5 32.Nb3 Rb5


33.Nc5 Rxc5 34.Rxc5 Bxe5 35.Qf2, Black resigns.



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Round Five: Queen Pawn Opening

Payam Parhami (USCF 2221) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 8/20/2017

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 h6 5.Bh4 d5 6.e3 Bg4 7.Be2 O-O 8.Ne5 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 c6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.f4 Qb6 12.Rab1 e6 13.c3 c5 14.Kh1 cxd4 15.exd4 Qa6


16.Qxa6 bxa6 17.Nb3 Nxe5 18.fxe5 Ne4 19.Be7 Rfe8 20.Bb4 Bf8 21.a3 Rab8 22.Ra1 h5 23.g3 Be7 24.Kg2 Bd8 25.Ra2 Rb7 26.Rd1 Bc7 27.a4 a5 28.Nxa5 Bxa5 29.Bxa5 Reb8 30.Bb4 a5 31.Ba3 Rb3 32.Rd3 Rc8 33.Ra1 Rc4 34.Kf3 Rxa4


35.Ke3 Rc4 36.Ra2 Ra4 37.Ra1 Rc4 38.Rc1 Kg7 39.Rc2 f6 40.exf6+ Nxf6 41.Kf4 Nd7 42.Bd6 Kf6 43.Rf3 e5+ 44.Ke3+ Ke6 45.Bxe5 Nxe5 46.dxe5 Re4+ 47.Kd3 Rxe5 48.Rf8 Ke7 49.Rcf2 Rxb2 50.R8f7+ Ke8 51.Rf8+ Ke7 52.Rxb2 Kxf8 53.Ra2 Ke7 54.Rxa5 Kf6


55.Kd4 Re4+ 56.Kd3 Re5 57.Rb5 h4 58.Rb6+ Kf5 59.gxh4 Re4 60.Rb4 Re1 61.Kd4 Rd1+ 62.Ke3 Re1+ 63.Kd4 Rd1+ 64.Kc5 Rd3 65.Rb2 Rxc3+ 66.Kxd5 Rd3+ 67.Kc4 Rh3 68.Rf2+ Kg4 69.Rg2+ Kxh4 70.Rxg6 Rxh2, draw.