Sunday, October 22, 2017

Marshall October Under 2300 10/21/2017

On Saturday, I won this game in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Two: French Defense, Exchange Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Joshua Dong (USCF 1838), Marshall Chess Club 10/21/2017

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d3 Nf6 6.d4 d5 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.O-O Be7 9.Re1 O-O 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Nc6 12.c3 Ne4 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nbd2 f5


15.Qb3 Qd6 16.Nxe4 fxe4 17.Bxe4 Rad8 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Qc5 20.Re3 Rf7 21.Bf3 Bxf3 22.Rxf3 Rxf3 23.gxf3 Rf8 24.Rd1 c6 25.Qxb7 Rxf3 26.Rd4 Qf8 27.Qxc6 Rxf2 28.Qxd5+ Kh8 29.Rd2 Rf1+ 30.Kg2 Rf5


31.h4 Rf4 32.Qd8 Rf2+ 33.Kg3 Rf3+ 34.Kg4 Rf4+ 35.Kh5 Kh7 36.Qd3+ Rf5+ 37.Kg4 h5+ 38.Kg3 Kh8 39.e6 Rf1 40.Qe3 Qf5 41.Rd8+ Kh7 42.Qd3 Rg1+ 43.Kh2 Qxd3 44.Rxd3 Re1 45.Rd2 Rxe6 46.Rc2 Kg6


47.c4 Kf6 48.c5 Rc6 49.b4 a6 50.Kg3 g5 51.hxg5+ Kxg5 52.a4 Kf5 53.b5 axb5 54.axb5 Rc8 55.c6 Ke6 56.b6 Kd6 57.b7 Rg8+ 58.Kh4 Kc7 59.Kxh5 Rg1 60.Rc5 Rh1+ 61.Kg4 Rg1+ 62.Kf3 Rf1+ 63.Ke2 Rh1


64.Kd3 Rd1+ 65.Kc2 Rh1 66.Rc3 Rh2+ 67.Kb3 Rh1 68.Kb4 Rb1+ 69.Kc5 Rb6 70.Kd5 Rb5+ 71.Ke6 Rb1 72.Kd5 Rd1+ 73.Kc5 Rd6 74.Kb5 Rd5+ 75.Rc5 Rd1 76.Rc4 Rb1+ 77.Rb4 Rh1 78.Ka4 Rh8 79.Ka5 Kb8 80.Kb6 Rh7


81.Ka6 Rh6 82.Kb5 Rh5+ 83.Ka4 Rc5 84.Rb6 Rc1 85.Ka3 Rc5 86.Ra6 Rb5 87.Ra8+ Kc7 88.Rc8+, Black resigns.