Friday, December 20, 2019

Thursday Action, Round 1, 12/19/2019

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

Round One: Nimzovich-Larsen Attack

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Liam Murphy (USCF 1801), Marshall Chess Club 12/19/2019

1.Nf3 f5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 d6 4.d3 e5 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 Nc6 9.Nbd2 Qe8 10.a3 h6 11.b4 Bd7 12.b5 Ne7 13.a4 g5 14.c5 Ng6 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.Ne1 d5


17.e4 dxe4 18.dxe4 f4 19.Nd3 g4 20.gxf4 exf4 21.e5 Nh7 22.Bxb7 Rd8 23.Re1 Bxb5 24.Qb3+ Kh8 25.axb5 Ng5 26.e6 Nh3+ 27.Kh1 g3 28.Bxg7+ Kxg7 29.hxg3 fxg3 30.Rxa7 Qe7 31.Qa3 Qf6 32.Bf3+ Kh8


33.e7 Rxd3 34.exf8=Q+ Nxf8 35.Qxd3 g2+ 36.Kxg2 Nf4+ 37.Kf1 Nxd3 38.Re3 Nf4 39.Re8 Qd6 40.Rxf8+ Qxf8 41.Ra8 Kg8 42.Rxf8+ Kxf8 43.b6, Black resigns.