Monday, August 26, 2019

Sunday Game/50, Round 1, 8/25/2019

On Sunday, I played this game in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Pirc Defense 

Malcolm Galpern (USCF 1825) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 8/25/2019

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 c6 5.Qd2 b5 6.f3 Nbd7 7.O-O-O Nb6 8.Kb1 b4 9.Nce2 a5 10.Nc1 Be6 11.Nh3 h6 12.Be3 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Bxc4 14.Rhe1 h5 15.Nf4 Bg7


16.e5 dxe5 17.dxe5 Qxd2 18.Rxd2 Nd5 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.f4 e6 21.Nd3 O-O 22.Nc5 Rfd8 23.Red1 Bf8 24.h3 Be7 25.g4 hxg4 26.hxg4 Bf3 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.Rxd8+ Bxd8 29.g5 Bb6 30.Kc1 Bd5 31.b3 a4


32.Kd2 axb3 33.axb3 Bd8 34.Nd3 Kf8 35.Bc5 Ke8 36.Bxb4 Be4 37.Ke3 Bf5 38.c4 Bb6+ 39.Bc5 Bxd3 40.Bxb6 Bc2 41.b4 Kd7 42.Kd4, draw.