Friday, October 18, 2019

Thursday Action, Round 1, 10/17/2019

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

Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit

Tawfik Berro (USCF 1154) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 10/17/2019

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.f4 Be6 12.g4 Bd6 13.f5 Bc8 14.Bg5 Nbd7 15.Bf4 Qc7


16.g5 Ne8 17.Nxe4 Nxe5 18.Nxd6 Nxd6 19.Bxe5 Bxf5 20.c4 Qe7 21.Qd2 Nxc4 22.Bxc4 dxc4 23.Rae1 Qd7 24.Rf3 Rae8 25.Rg3 b5 26.Qg2 Qd5 27.Ra3 Qxg2+ 28.Kxg2 Rf7 29.h4 Rd7 30.Re2 Bd3 31.Rf2 Rf8


32.Ra6 Be4+ 33.Kf1 Rxf2+ 34.Kxf2 Rb7 35.Ke3 Bd5 36.Ra3 b4 37.Ra6 b3 38.axb3 Rxb3+ 39.Kd2 Rxb2+ 40.Kc3 Rb3+ 41.Kc2 Rb7 42.Kc3 g6 43.Bd6 Kf7 44.Bc5 Ke6 45.Bxa7 Kf5 46.Ra1 Kg4 47.Bc5 Kxh4, White resigns.