Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Sunday Game/50, Round 3, 1/12/2020

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

Round Three: Caro-Kann Defense, Exchange Variation

Wesley Hellner (USCF 1862) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 1/12/2020

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.h3 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.Nbd2 a5 10.O-O Bf5 11.Bxf5 gxf5 12.Re1 e6 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Nd7 15.Bd6 Re8 16.Nf3 Kh8 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Bxe5 19.Rxe5 Rg8


20.Qd2 Qg5 21.Qxg5 Rxg5 22.Kh2 b5 23.a3 Rgg8 24.Rc1 Rgc8 25.Ra1 b4 26.axb4 axb4 27.Rxa8 Rxa8 28.Re2 bxc3 29.bxc3 Rc8 30.Re3 Kg7 31.f4 Kf6 32.Kg3 Rg8+ 33.Kf3 h5 34.h4 Rg4 35.g3 Rg8 36.Ke2 Ra8 37.Kf3 Ra3


38.Ke2 Ke7 39.Kd3 Kd6 40.Re2 Ra1 41.Re3 Kc6 42.Kc2 Kb5 43.Kb2 Rg1 44.Kb3 Rg2 45.Rd3 Re2 46.Rf3 f6 47.Rd3 Re1 48.Rf3 Kc6 49.Kc2 Kd6 50.Kd3 Ra1 51.Re3 Ra2 52.Rf3 Rg2 53.Re3 Ra2 54.Rf3 Ra1 55.Re3 Ra8


56.Kc2 Rb8 57.Re1 Rg8 58.Re3 Re8 59.Rf3 Rb8 60.Re3 Rb6 61.Re2 Kc7 62.Kd3 Ra6 63.Re3 Kd7 64.Rf3 Ra2 65.Re3 Ke7 66.Rf3 Kd6 67.Re3 Rf2 68.c4 dxc4+ 69.Kxc4 Rc2+ 70.Kb3 Rc8 71.Kb4 Kd5 72.Kb3 Rc6 73.Rd3 Rc4


74.Re3 Rxd4 75.Kc3 Rc4+ 76.Kb3 Rc6 77.Re1 Kd4 78.Kb2 Kd3 79.Rd1+ Ke2 80.Rd8 Kf3 81.Rg8 Rc4 82.Rg6 Re4 83.Kc3 Kf2 84.Kd2 Re2+ 85.Kd1 Re3 86.Kd2 Rxg3 87.Rxf6 Rg4 88.Rxe6 Rxh4 89.Rh6 Kf3 90.Ke1 Rh1+ 91.Kd2 Kxf4, and Black wins in ? moves.


                                      Final Position