Saturday, February 8, 2020

Thursday Action, Round 1, 2/6/2020

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

Round One: Pirc Defense

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Jessica Hyatt (USCF 1910), Marshall Chess Club 2/6/2020

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.f4 e5 5.Nf3 exd4 6.Nxd4 Nc5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 a5 10.a4 h6 11.Be3 Nxd3 12.cxd3 Nh7 13.Nd5 c5 14.Nb5 Nf6 15.Ndc3 Nh7 16.d4 f5


17.dxc5 dxc5 18.Qb3+ Kh8 19.Rad1 Qb6 20.Nd5 Qd8 21.Ndc7 Bd7 22.Nxa8 Nf6 23.e5 Ne4 24.Nac7 Qc8 25.Nd5 Bh4 26.Nb6 Be6 27.Qc2 Qc6 28.Nc4 Ng3 29.Rd6 Nxf1 30.Rxc6 Nxe3 31.Nxe3 bxc6 32.Qxc5 Rd8 33.Nd6 Bg3


34.Nexf5 Bxf5 35.Nf7+ Kh7 36.Nxd8 Bxf4 37.e6 Bg5 38.Qxf5+ Kh8 39.Nf7+ Kg8 40.Nxg5 hxg5 41.Qf7+ Kh7 42.e7 Kh8 43.e8=Q+ Kh7 44.Qg6#.