Friday, September 7, 2018

Thursday Night Action 9/6/2018

Last night, I finished with a score of 1-0-3 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Three: King's Indian Defense

Sarah Budow (USCF 1687) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 9/6/2018

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.d5 Nc5 9.Bc2 a5 10.e4 Bd7 11.Be3 b6 12.Qc1 Ng4 13.Bd2 f5


14.h3 fxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Nf6 17.Bc2 Nh5 18.Bh6 Nf4 19.Bxf4 exf4 20.Rb1 a4 21.Re1 Qf6 22.Qd2 a3 23.b4 Rfe8 24.Rxe8+ Bxe8 25.Rb3 g5 26.Qd3 Bg6 27.Qe2 Qa1+ 28.Bd1 Re8 29.Qd2 Bh5


30.Rxa3 Bxf3 31.gxf3 Qb2 32.Qxb2 Bxb2 33.Rb3 Re1+ 34.Kg2 Rxd1 35.Rxb2 Rc1 36.c5 dxc5 37.bxc5 Rxc5 38.Rd2 Ra5 39.d6 cxd6 40.Rxd6 Rxa2 41.Rxb6 Kg7


42.Rc6 h6 43.Rb6 Re2 44.Ra6 Re7 45.h4 gxh4 46.Kh3 Re2 47.Kxh4 Rxf2 48.Kg4 Rg2+ 49.Kxf4 Rg6 50.Ra7+ Kf6 51.Ra6+, draw.