Saturday, November 9, 2019

Thursday Action, Round 2, 11/7/2019

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

Round Two: Pirc Defense

Joel Fagliano (USCF 2023) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 11/7/2019

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Qd2 Nc6 7.Bh6 e5 8.Bxg7 Kxg7 9.O-O-O Bg4 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qe3 Qe7 12.Bc4 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Qb4 14.Bb3 Nd4


15.Nd5 Nxb3+ 16.axb3 Nxd5 17.Rxd5 Qe7 18.f4 exf4 19.Qxf4 Rad8 20.Rhd1 Rxd5 21.Rxd5 Rd8 22.Rxd8 Qxd8 23.h4 h5, draw.