Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Sunday Game/50, Round 3, 2/9/2020

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

Round Three: Pirc Defense

Harvey Li (USCF 1602) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 2/9/2020

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 c6 5.Qd2 b5 6.f3 b4 7.Nce2 a5 8.O-O-O Ba6 9.g4 h5 10.g5 Nh7 11.Bh3 Bg7 12.e5 dxe5 13.dxe5 Qxd2+ 14.Rxd2 e6 15.Rd6 Bf8 16.Rd2 Be7


17.Nd4 Nxg5 18.Bg2 c5 19.Nb3 Nc6 20.Nxc5 Bxc5 21.Bxg5 Rc8 22.Nh3 O-O 23.Re1 Be7 24.Bxe7 Nxe7 25.Rd7 Nf5 26.f4 Rfd8 27.Red1 Rxd7 28.Rxd7 Bb5 29.Ra7 Bd3 30.Ra8 Rxa8 31.Bxa8 Bc4 32.b3 Bf1


33.Nf2 h4 34.Ne4 h3 35.Kd2 Bg2 36.Ke1 Ne3 37.Kf2 Nd1+ 38.Kg3 Kg7 39.Nf2 Ne3 40.Bxg2 hxg2 41.Nh3 Nxc2 42.Kxg2 Ne1+ 43.Kf1 Nd3 44.Ke2 Nc1+ 45.Kd2 Nxa2 46.Nf2 Nc3 47.Nd3 Kh6 48.Nc5 Nd5


49.Nb7 Nxf4 50.Nxa5 Kg5 51.Nc6 Nd5 52.Kd3 Kf4 53.Nd8 Kxe5 54.Nxf7+ Kf6 55.Nd8 g5 56.Nc6 g4 57.Kc4 Ne3+ 58.Kxb4 Nf1 59.Kc4 Nxh2 60.Nd4 g3 61.b4 g2 62.Ne2 Nf3 63.b5 Ke7 64.Kc5 Kd7 65.Kb6 g1=Q+ 66.Nxg1 Nxg1


67.Ka7 Nf3 68.b6 Nd4 69.b7 Nc6+ 70.Kb6 Kd6 71.Kb5 Kc7 72.Kc5 Kxb7 73.Kd6 e5 74.Kd5 Kc7 75.Ke4 Kd6 76.Ke3 Kd5 77.Kd3 e4+ 78.Ke3 Ke5 79.Ke2 Kd4 80.Kd2 e3+ 81.Ke2 Ke4 82.Ke1 Kd3 83.Kd1 e2+ 84.Ke1 Nd4 85.Kf2 Kd2, White resigns.