Saturday, January 18, 2020

Thursday Action, Round 1, 1/16/2020

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

Round One: Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Alec Choi (USCF 1785), Marshall Chess Club 1/16/2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.O-O O-O 7.Bg5 Qe8 8.Bxf6 Rxf6 9.Nd5 Rh6 10.Nxc7 Qh5 11.h3 f4 12.Nh2 Qg6 13.Qg4 Qd6


14.Nxa8 Rg6 15.Qd1 Nd4 16.Bc4+ Kh8 17.c3 f3 18.Nxf3 Nxf3+ 19.Qxf3 Rf6 20.Qe2 Qb8 21.b4 Be7 22.Kh1 d6 23.Qe3 Qxa8 24.f4 Bd7 25.fxe5 Rh6 26.Rf7 Qc8 27.e6 Bxe6 28.Bxe6 Qxe6 29.Raf1 Kg8


30.Rxe7 Qxe7 31.Qxa7 Qd7 32.Qb8+, Black resigns.