Saturday, October 26, 2019

Thursday Action, Round 2, 10/24/2019

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

Round Two: Larsen's Opening

Jim West (USCF 2208) - Mark De Dona (USCF 2052), Marshall Chess Club 10/24/2019

1.b3 b6 2.Bb2 Bb7 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 f5 5.Be2 Nf6 6.O-O Bd6 7.a4 a5 8.Na3 O-O 9.Nc4 Re8 10.Nfe5 Nc6 11.f4 Bxe5 12.Nxe5 d6 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Bf3 Qd7


15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Rc1 Re7 17.Bxc6 Qxc6 18.Qf3 Qxf3 19.Rxf3 Kf7 20.Rh3 Ke8 21.Rh6 Rf7 22.Rf1 Kd7 23.Rf3 Rg8 24.Kf2 Kc6 25.Rg3 Rxg3 26.Kxg3 b5 27.axb5+ Kxb5 28.Kf3 c5 29.Ke2 c4 30.Kd1 Kb4


31.bxc4 a4 32.Kc1 Ka3 33.d4 Ka2 34.c5 dxc5 35.dxc5 a3 36.c6 Ka1 37.c7 Rxc7 38.Rxf6 Rb7 39.Rxe6 Rb1+ 40.Kd2 a2 41.e4 Rb4 42.Kc3 Kb1 43.Ra6 Rxe4 44.Rb6+ Kc1 45.Ra6 Re3+ 46.Kd4 Re4+ 47.Kc3 Kb1 48.Rb6+ Ka1 49.g3 Re1


50.Rb5 Rb1 51.Re5 Rb7 52.Re1+ Rb1 53.Re5 Rf1 54.Rb5 Rf2 55.Rxf5 Rf3+ 56.Kd2 Rf2+ 57.Kc3 Rxh2 58.Re5 Rh1 59.f5 Rf1 60.f6 Rf3+ 61.Kd2 Rxf6 62.Rb5 Rf2+ 63.Kc1 Rg2 64.Rb3 h5 65.c4 Rg1+ 66.Kc2 Rf1


67.Rc3 Rf2+ 68.Kc1 Rf1+ 69.Kc2 Rf5 70.c5 Rf2+ 71.Kc1 Rf1+ 72.Kc2 Rf6 73.c6 Rf2+ 74.Kc1 Rf1+ 75.Kc2 Rf2+ 76.Kc1, draw.