Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Sunday Game/50, Round 2, 1/12/2020

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

Round Two: French Defense, Exchange Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Luis Joshua Casenas (USCF 1806), Marshall Chess Club 1/12/2020

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.O-O Bf5 7.Re1 O-O 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bh4 Qd7 10.Bg3 Bxg3 11.hxg3 Nbc6 12.c3 Rae8 13.Qc2 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Nf5 15.Nbd2 Nd6


16.Kf1 Rxe1+ 17.Rxe1 Re8 18.Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.Qe2 Qxe2+ 20.Kxe2 Kf7 21.Ne1 Na5 22.b3 Nb5 23.Kd3 b6 24.Nc2 c5 25.dxc5 bxc5 26.c4 Nc7 27.cxd5 Nxd5 28.Ne4 Nb7 29.Kc4 Nb6+ 30.Kb5 Ke7


31.Nxc5 Nd6+ 32.Kc6 Nbc8 33.Ne3 g6 34.a4 Nf7 35.Nd5+ Kf8 36.Nd7+ Ke8 37.N7xf6+ Kd8 38.f4 Nfd6 39.g4 Ne7+ 40.Nxe7 Kxe7 41.Nxh7, Black resigns.