Thursday, March 20, 2014

O'Connor - Rychkov

Michael O'Connor [pictured] sends this game from Saturday's tournament in Somerset.

Round Two: Ruy Lopez

Michael O'Connor (USCF 1873) - Roman Rychkov (USCF 1965), Somerset NJ 3/15/2014

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.O-O d6 8.c3 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.Re1 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.Nbd2 O-O 


13.Nf1 Nd7 14.Ng3 Bg6 15.Nf5 Re8 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Bg5 f6 18.Bh4 Bf7 19.Bg3 Nc6 20.d4 Nb6 21.d5 Nd8 22.Nh4 Qd7 23.Nf5 Bg6 24.Ne3 Nf7 25.h4 Nh6 26.a4 Reb8 27.a5 Nc8 28.h5 Bf7 


29.Nf5 Nxf5 30.exf5 Ne7 31.Qg4 Bxd5 32.Rad1 Bf7 33.Bh4 Kh8 34.h6 g5 35.Bxg5 Bg6 36.Bxf6 Kg8 37.Bxe7, Black resigns.