Sunday, July 21, 2019

Thursday Action, Round 4, 7/18/2019

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

Round Four: Caro-Kann Defense, Exchange Variation

Wesley Hellner (USCF 1881) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 7/18/2019

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Be2 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.Nbd2 Nc6 9.O-O Bf5 10.Nh4 Bd7 11.Nhf3 Qb6 12.Qb3 Qxb3 13.Nxb3 Bg4 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 b6 16.Rfe1 e6 17.Rac1 Rac8


18.Re2 Rfe8 19.Rce1 Nd7 20.Bxd5 b5 21.Bf3 Nf6 22.Bd6 Bf8 23.Bxf8 Kxf8 24.Nc5 Re7 25.Nd3 Rec7 26.Nc5 Re7 27.Ne4 Nxe4 28.Bxe4 Rec7 29.Bd3 a6 30.Re3 Ne7 31.Rf3 Kg7 32.Re5 Nd5 33.h4 Nb6 34.h5 Nc4


35.Re2 Nd6 36.hxg6 hxg6 37.Re5 Nc4 38.Re2 Nd6 39.Rg3 a5 40.Re5 b4 41.Rxa5 bxc3 42.bxc3 Rxc3 43.Ra6 Rc1+ 44.Kh2 Rd8 45.Ra7 Nf5 46.Bxf5 exf5 47.Rd3 Rd5 48.Kg3 Rc4 49.a4 Rdxd4 50.Rxd4 Rxd4


51.f3 Rd2 52.Rc7 f4+ 53.Kh2 Ra2 54.Rc4 g5 55.Kh3 Kg6 56.Rc6+ f6 57.Rc4 Kh5 58.Rc6 Rxa4 59.Rxf6 Ra8 60.Kh2 Ra5 61.Rf8 Kg6 62.Kh3 Ra2 63.g3 fxg3 64.Kxg3 Ra4 65.Rd8 Rf4 66.Rg8+ Kh6 67.Kf2 Ra4, draw.