Friday, May 24, 2019

Thursday Night Action 5/23/2019

On Thursday, I drew a couple of PCG games in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit

Wyatt Morgan (USCF 815) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 5/23/2019

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be3 f4 7.Bc1 Bg4 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qxd8+ Rxd8 10.Nd2 Nf6 11.a3 Nd4 12.Bd3 O-O 13.f3 Be6 14.Nc4 Bxc4 15.Bxc4+ Kh8 16.Bd3 c6


17.Ne2 Nxe2 18.Kxe2 Bc5 19.Bd2 a6 20.Bb4 Nd7 21.Rad1 Rfe8 22.Bxc5 Nxc5 23.Bc4 b5 24.Bf7 Rf8 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Rd1 Rxd1 27.Kxd1 Na4 28.Be8 Nxb2+ 29.Kc1 Nc4 30.a4 Na5 31.c3 Kg8


32.Kb2 Kf8 33.Bd7 Ke7 34.Bc8 Kd6 35.Bxa6 Kc5 36.axb5 cxb5 37.Bc8 Nc4+ 38.Kc1 Ne3 39.g3 g5 40.gxf4 gxf4 41.h3 h5 42.Kd2 h4 43.Ke2 Nc4 44.Be6 Nd6 45.Kd2 Ne8 46.Kd3 Nf6 47.Bf5 Nh5 48.Be6 Ng3


49.Kd2 Nf1+ 50.Ke2 Ne3 51.Kd2 Nc4+ 52.Bxc4 Kxc4 53.Kc2 b4 54.cxb4 Kxb4 55.Kd3 Kb3 56.Kd2 Kc4 57.Kc2 Kd4 58.Kd2, draw.



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Round Three: Philidor Counter Gambit

Andrew Zinn (USCF 1917) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 5/23/2019

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.c3 f4 7.h4 Be7 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qxh6 Bf8 10.Nf7 Bxh6 11.Nxd8 Nxd8 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.g3 Be6 14.Be2 O-O


15.gxf4 Bxf4 16.Bxf4 Rxf4 17.Nd2 Nc6 18.f3 h5 19.Kf2 Rd8 20.Ke3 Kh7, draw.