Saturday, July 7, 2007

Marshall Chess Club Swiss 7/7/2007

Today I competed in a game/45 Swiss at the Marshall Chess Club where I finished with a record of 3-1-1. My only loss came to the birthday boy, international master Jay Bonin, who received his present from me when I hung a piece. Here are my three victories.

Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit

Zachary Young (USCF 1870) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 7/7/2007

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bh6+ Kxh8 12.Bxf8 Nc6 13.Be7 Qxe7 14.Qxe7 Nxe7 15.Nd2 Bf5 16.O-O-O Rd8


17.Nc4 Ng4 18.Rd2 b5 19.Ne3 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Nd5 21.Re2 Bg4 22.Ree1 Rf8 23.h3 Bh5 24.g4 Bg6 25.Kd2 Rf3 26.a3 a5 27.h4 b4 28.h5 Be8 29.Rhf1 Bb5 30.Rg1 bxa3 31.bxa3 Rf2+ 32.Kc1 Ba4, White resigns.



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Round Two: French Defense

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Eigen Wang (USCF 2007), Marshall Chess Club 7/7/2007

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.O-O Bg4 7.Re1+ Nge7 8.c3 Qd7 9.Nbd2 O-O-O 10.b4 Rde8 11.Qa4 Kb8 12.b5 Nd8 13.Ba3 Ne6


14.Ne5 Bxe5 15.dxe5 h5 16.Nb3 Ng6 17.Na5 Ne7 18.f3 Bf5 19.Bxf5 Nxf5 20.Nc6+ bxc6 21.bxc6 Qc8 22.Rab1+ Ka8 23.Rb7 Qxb7 24.cxb7+ Kb8 25.Qd7 Nh6 26.Qxd5 Rd8 27.Qb3 Rd3 28.Bc1 Nf5 29.Qc4 Rhd8 30.a4 g6 31.a5 Kxb7 32.Qb5+ Ka8 33.Qc6+ Kb8 34.a6 Kc8 35.Qb7+ Kd7 36.Qb5+ Kc8 37.Qb7+ Kd7 38.Qxa7 Ke8 39.Qb7 R3d5 40.Ba3 Ne7 41.a7 Ra5 42.Bxe7 Kxe7 43.Qb4+ Rc5 44.Ra1 Ra8 45.Qb7, Black resigns.



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Round Four: Pirc Defense

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Dale Hammer (USCF 2055), Marshall Chess Club 7/7/2007

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Na6 7.e5 Nd7 8.Ng5 Nb6 9.h4 c5 10.h5 cxd4


11.hxg6 fxg6 12.Rxh7 Nc5 13.Bxg6 Rf5 14.Qh5 Be6 15.Bxf5 Qe8 16.Rxg7+ Kxg7 17.Nxe6+ Nxe6 18.Qh7+ Kf8 19.Bxe6 dxc3 20.Qg8#.