Tuesday, June 25, 2013

FIDE Mondays 6/24/2013

Last night, I won a theoretically drawn endgame at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Four: Philidor Counter Gambit

Kevin Odenwalder (USCF 1961) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 6/24/2013

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Ng5 Nf6 7.Nc3 d5 8.Ne6 Bxe6 9.fxe6 Nc6 10.Qb5 O-O-O 11.Qa4 Qxe6 12.Be2 Kb8 13.h3 h5 14.Be3 Nd7 15.O-O-O Nb6 16.Qb3 a6


17.a3 Na5 18.Qa2 Nac4 19.Bg5 Be7 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Kb1 c6 22.Rhe1 Rde8 23.a4 Qb4 24.Qb3 Qxb3 25.cxb3 Nd6 26.b4 g6 27.b5 axb5 28.axb5 Rhf8 29.f3 exf3 30.Bxf3 Nxb5 31.Nxb5 cxb5 32.Re5 Rxe5 33.dxe5 Re8 34.Bxd5 Rxe5


35.Bf3 h4 36.Rd6 Nc4 37.Rxg6 Nd2+ 38.Kc1 Nxf3 39.gxf3 Re1+ 40.Kd2 Rh1 41.f4 Rxh3 42.f5 Rf3 43.Rh6 Rxf5 44.Rxh4 Rc5 45.Rh6 Ka7 46.Rg6 b6 47.Rg3 Ka6 48.Ra3+ Kb7 49.Rh3 b4 50.Rb3 Rc4 51.Kd3 b5


52.Kd2 Kb6 53.Rh3 Ka5 54.Rg3 Rh4 55.b3 Rh2+ 56.Kd3 Rb2 57.Kd4 Rd2+ 58.Kc5 Rc2+ 59.Kd6 Kb6 60.Rg1 Rd2+ 61.Ke5 Rd3 62.Rb1 Kc5 63.Ke4 Rc3 64.Rb2 Rc1 65.Re2 Rc3 66.Rb2 Rh3 67.Rc2+ Kd6 68.Rd2+ Ke6 69.Rb2 Rh4+ 70.Kf3 Kd5 71.Rd2+ Rd4


72.Rb2 Rd3+ 73.Ke2 Ke4 74.Rb1 Kd4 75.Ke1 Kc3 76.Ke2 Rd2+ 77.Ke3 Rb2 78.Rc1+ Kxb3 79.Kd3 Rh2 80.Rb1+ Ka3 81.Kd4 b3 82.Ra1+ Kb2 83.Ra5 Rc2 84.Rxb5 Rc8 85.Rb7 Kc2 86.Rh7 b2 87.Rh2+ Kb3 88.Rh3+ Ka2 89.Rh2 Ka1, White resigns.