Sunday, October 13, 2019

Thursday Action, Round 1, 10/10/2019

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

Round One: French Defense, Exchange Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Nazzareno Bertini (USCF 1660), Marshall Chess Club 10/10/2019

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.O-O Bf5 7.Re1 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 O-O 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bh4 Ng6 11.Bg3 Bxg3 12.hxg3 Nc6 13.c3 Qd7 14.Nbd2 Rae8


15.Kf1 Rxe1+ 16.Rxe1 Re8 17.Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.Qb5 Nge7 19.Qxb7 Qd7 20.Qb5 Qd6 21.Qd3 g5 22.b4 Nd8 23.a4 Nf7 24.a5 c6 25.Nb3 Nd8 26.Nc5 Kg7 27.Ke2 h6 28.Qe3 Kf7 29.Kd2 Qc7 30.Ne1 Ng6 31.Nc2 f5 32.Qd3 f4


33.Qf5+ Kg7 34.Qd7+ Qxd7 35.Nxd7 fxg3 36.fxg3 Kf7 37.Ne3 Ke6 38.Nc5+ Kf6 39.Kd3 h5 40.b5 cxb5 41.Nxd5+ Kf7 42.Nc7 h4 43.gxh4 Nxh4 44.g4 Nf3 45.Nxb5 Nc6 46.a6 Nh2 47.Ne4 Kg6 48.d5 Ne5+ 49.Ke2 Nhxg4 50.Nxa7 Nc4


51.Nc8 Kf5 52.Nxg5 Kxg5 53.a7 Kf4 54.a8=Q Nge5 55.d6 Kf5 56.Qd5 Nb2 57.d7 Nbd3 58.Qxd3+ Nxd3 59.Kxd3, Black resigns.