Tuesday, February 22, 2022

My Team at USATE 2022

[photo by Benjamin Morden]

Pictured from left to right, the team members of King Arthur and His 3 Knights were: NM Jim West, Jeremy Larsen, Caleb Klenoff, and Arthur Antler.

Round Six: French Defense, Exchange Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Andrew Feng (USCF 2067), USATE 2/21/2022

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 c5 6.O-O c4 7.Re1+ Be7 8.Bf1 O-O 9.Bg5 Nc6 10.c3 Bf5 11.Nbd2 h6 12.Bh4 Re8 13.b3 b5 14.bxc4 bxc4 15.Qa4 Qc7


16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Rxe8+ Rxe8 18.Bxc4 dxc4 19.d5 Bxc3 20.Rd1 Bxd2 21.Nxd2 c3 22.Nf1 Re4 23.Qxc6 Qxc6 24.dxc6 c2 25.Rc1 Rb4 26.c2 Rb1


27.Rxc2 Bc8 28.f3 Kf8 29.Kf2 Ke7 30.Ne3 Kd7 31.Nc4 f6 32.Na5 Rb6 33.Ke3, draw.