Friday, October 19, 2018

Thursday Night Action 10/18/2018

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

Round Three: Philidor Counter Gambit

Michael Fuglesang (USCF 1795) - Jim West (USCF 2206), Marshall Chess Club 10/18/2018

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nxe5 dxe4 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Qxh8 Qd5 11.Bxe7 Kxe7 12.Qg7+ Qf7 13.Qe5+ Kf8 14.Qc5+ Qe7 15.Qb5 c6 16.Qb3 Be6


17.Bc4 Bxc4 18.Qxc4 Na6 19.O-O Nf6 20.Rae1 Re8 21.Qb3 Qb4 22.Qg3 Kg7 23.c3 Qe7 24.c4 Qc7 25.Qg5 Rh8 26.g3 Rh5 27.Qd2 Qa5 28.Qe3 Rxh2 29.f3 Qh5 30.Qf4 Rh1+ 31.Kf2 Rxf1+ 32.Rxf1 exf3


33.Kg1 Qg4 34.Qxg4 Nxg4 35.Rxf3 Nc7 36.Kg2 Nf6 37.Kf2 Ne6 38.Ke3 Ng5 39.Rf1 Ne6 40.b4 a6 41.a4 b5 42.axb5 axb5 43.cxb5 cxb5 44.Kd3 g5 45.Rf5 Kg6 46.Rxb5 Nh5 47.g4 Nhf4+ 48.Kc4 Ne2 


49.Kb3 N2xd4+ 50.Kc4 Nxb5 51.Kxb5 Kf6 52.Kb6 Ke5 53.Kc6 Kf4 54.Kd6 Nd4 55.Kc5 Ke4 56.Kc4 Nc2 57.Kb3 Nxb4 58.Kxb4 Kf4 59.Kc3 Kxg4 60.Kd3 Kf3, White resigns.



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Round Four: King's Indian Attack

Jim West (USCF 2206) - Boris Privman (USCF 2249), Marshall Chess Club 10/18/2018

1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.e4 c5 7.Nbd2 Nc6 8.a4 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nc4 Nb6 11.Nfd2 Ne5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.a5 Nd5 14.Nc4 Bc7 15.Bh6 Re8 16.Qd2 Rb8


17.Rfe1 b5 18.axb6 axb6 19.Ne5 Bb7 20.Ra7 f6 21.Rxb7 fxe5 22.Bxd5+ e6 23.Rxb8 Qxb8 24.Be4 Bd6 25.Qg5 Be7 26.Qg4 Kf7 27.Re3 Bf6 28.Rf3 Ke7 29.Bg5 Bxg5 30.Qxg5+ Kd6 31.Rf7 Qc8 32.f4 exf4 33.Qxf4+ e5 34.Qf6+ Re6 35.Qg7 c4


36.Rf6 cxd3 37.Rxe6+ Kxe6 38.Bxd3 Qc5+ 39.Kg2 Qd5+ 40.Kh3 Qd8 41.Qxh7 Kd5 42.Qf7+ Kd4 43.Qc4+ Ke3 44.Qe4+ Kd2 45.Qe2+ Kc1 46.Qe1+ Kxb2 47.Qxe5+ Kc1 48.Bxg6, and White wins in ? moves.


                                          Final Position