Monday, March 25, 2019

Marshall Sunday Game/50 3/24/2019

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

Round Two: Philidor Counter Gambit

Alexander Kupersmith (USCF 1859) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 3/24/2019

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qe2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.Nc3 O-O-O 11.Be3 d4 12.Nxe4 dxe3 13.Nxf6 exf2+ 14.Qxf2 Bxf2+ 15.Kxf2 Nxf6 16.Bd3 Rxh8


17.Rhe1 Bd7 18.h3 Nb4 19.Re7 Nxd3+ 20.cxd3 g6 21.Rae1 Nd5 22.Rg7 Nb4 23.Ree7 Nxd3+ 24.Ke3 Nc5 25.b4 Ne6 26.Rxd7 Nxg7 27.Rxg7 b6 28.Kd4 Rd8+ 29.Kc3 Rd7 30.Rg8+ Kb7 31.a3 Rf7 32.Rh8 h5 33.Rg8 Rf6


34.Rg7 b5 35.Kb3 h4 36.Kc3 Kc6 37.Kd4 Kd6 38.Ke3 a6 39.Kd4 c6 40.Rg8 Kc7 41.Kc5 Rf5+ 42.Kd4 Rg5 43.Rh8 Rxg2 44.Rxh4 Kb6 45.Rh6 Rg3 46.h4 Rxa3 47.Rxg6 Rb3 48.h5 Rxb4+ 49.Kc3 Rh4 50.Rh6 a5


51.Rh8 Kc5 52.h6 Rh3+ 53.Kc2 Kc4 54.h7 Rh2+ 55.Kc1 c5 56.Ra8 Rxh7 57.Rxa5 Rh2 58.Ra8 Kc3 59.Ra3+ Kb4 60.Rg3 c4 61.Rg4 Kb3 62.Rg5 b4 63.Rg3+ c3 64.Rg1 Ra2, White resigns.



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Round Four: Philidor Counter Gambit

Daniel Luo (USCF 1582) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 3/24/2019

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Bxb4 d4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qd2 e3


11.fxe3 Nxb4 12.Qxb4 Qxe3+ 13.Be2 Qc1+ 14.Bd1 Qe3+ 15.Be2 Qc1+ 16.Bd1 Qe3+ 17.Be2, draw.