Sunday, January 19, 2020

Thursday Action, Round 2, 1/16/2020

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

Round Two: King's Indian Defense, Lesser Simagin Variation

Maximillian Lu (USCF 2443) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 1/16/2020

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.O-O Bf5 8.Ne1 e5 9.d5 Ne7 10.e4 Bc8 11.Nd3 Nd7 12.Be3 f5 13.Qd2 Nf6


14.Bg5 fxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Bh3 17.Bg2 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Qd7 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.Rae1 Qf7 21.f4 exf4 22.Nxf4 Bh6 23.Qe2 Bxf4 24.Rxf4 Qd7 25.Re4 Rf7 26.Re7 Qf5 27.Rxf7 Qxf7 28.Rf1 Re8 29.Qg4 Qe7 30.Rf3 a5 31.b3 b6


32.h4 Qe1 33.Qf4 Qe7 34.h5 gxh5 35.Kh3 Qd7+ 36.Kh4 Qg4+ 37.Qxg4+ hxg4 38.Kxg4 Re2 39.a4 Kg7 40.Kf4 Kg6 41.Rd3 h5 42.Kf3 Rb2 43.Re3 Kf5 44.Rd3 Ke5 45.Ke3, draw.