Friday, July 19, 2019

Thursday Action, Round 1, 7/18/2019

On Thursday, I drew this game in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Pirc Defense

Liam Murphy (USCF 1796) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 7/18/2019

1.e4 d6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nc6 9.Be3 e5 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.d5 Nd4


12.Bxd4 exd4 13.Ne2 Qe7 14.Nxd4 Qb4+ 15.Qc3 Qxc3+ 16.bxc3 Nxe4 17.Nb5 Nxc3 18.Nxc7 Rac8 19.d6 Ne4 20.Rd1 Nxd6 21.Rxd6 Rxc7 22.Bb3 Be5 23.Rd3 Kg7 24.Rf1 f5 25.Ke2 Bf6


26.Rfd1 Re8+ 27.Kf3 a6 28.a4, draw.