Thursday, January 3, 2019

Marshall Insanity 1/1/2019

On Tuesday, I finished with a score of 4-3-3 plus five half point byes in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Eleven: Pirc Defense

Leo Solal (USCF 1964) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 1/1/2019

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Bc4 Qxd1+ 9.Rxd1 Nbd7 10.O-O c6 11.a4 h6 12.Rd2 Re8 13.Rfd1 Nf8 14.g4 Be6


15.Bf1 h5 16.g5 N6h7 17.Bg2 f6 18.h4 Bg4 19.Ne2 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 fxg5 21.hxg5 Ne6 22.Rd7 Rad8 23.Ng3 a6 24.Rxb7 Nhxg5 25.Bxg5 Nxg5 26.Be2 Rxd1+ 27.Bxd1 h4 28.Nf1 Nxe4 


29.Bf3 Nc5 30.Bxc6 Nxb7 31.Bxe8, draw.