Friday, July 20, 2018

Thursday Night Action 7/19/2018

On Thursday, I finished with a score of 2-1-1 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Four: Larsen's Opening

Bora Yagiz (USCF 2008) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 7/19/2018

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 e6 3.e3 d5 4.f4 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O a6 8.Ne5 Nfd7 9.Bd3 f5 10.Qh5 Nxe5 11.fxe5 Qe8 12.Qh3 Nc6 13.Be2 Bd8 14.d4 cxd4 15.exd4 Bb6 16.Qe3 Bd7 17.Nd2 Rc8


18.c4 Nb4 19.Bd1 Qf7 20.Ba3 a5 21.c5 Ba7 22.Bxb4 axb4 23.a3 bxa3 24.Rxa3 Bb8 25.Be2 Qe8 26.Rf3 Bb5 27.Bd1 Qf7 28.Bc2 Bc7 29.Rh3 Ra8 30.b4 Rxa3 31.Qxa3 g6 32.Nb1 b6 33.Nc3 Bc4 34.Qa7 bxc5 35.bxc5 Qg7


36.Ba4 Bxe5 37.Qxg7+ Bxg7 38.c6 Bxd4+ 39.Kh1 Bxc3 40.Rxc3 Rc8 41.Kg1 Kf8 42.Kf2 Ke7 43.Ke3 Kd6 44.Rc1 e5 45.h4 f4+ 46.Kf3 h6 47.Rb1 Rxc6 48.Bxc6 Kxc6 49.Rb8 g5 50.h5 e4+ 51.Kf2 d4


52.Rh8 e3+ 53.Ke1 d3 54.Rxh6+ Kd5 55.Rh8 d2+ 56.Kd1 Bb3+ 57.Ke2 d1-Q#.