Monday, June 16, 2014

Marshall Sunday Game/45 6/15/2014

On Sunday, I won these games in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Gregory Rotsenmar (USCF 1853), Marshall Chess Club 6/15/2014

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 Bd6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.b3 Re8 9.Bb2 c5 10.Nc4 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 h6 13.a4 Nh7 14.Qg3 Qg5


15.Qxg5 Nxg5 16.h4 Nh7 17.g3 b6 18.Kg2 Nf8 19.Kh3 f6 20.h5 Ne6 21.Ne3 Nd4 22.Bxd4 cxd4 23.Nf5 Bb4 24.f4 a5 25.fxe5 fxe5 26.Rf2 Rf8 27.Raf1 Rf6 28.g4 Raf8 29.Rf3 Bd2 30.Ne7+ Kh7 31.Rxf6 gxf6 32.Nd5 Kg7


33.Rf2 Be3 34.Nxe3 dxe3 35.Re2 c5 36.Rxe3 Rd8 37.Kg3 Kf7 38.Rf3 Ke6 39.Kf2 Rg8 40.Rg3 Rd8 41.Ke2 Rg8 42.Kd2 Rg7 43.Kc3 Rc7 44.Kc4 Rc6 45.Kb5 Rd6 46.Rf3 Ke7 47.Ka6 Ke6 48.Kb7 Ke7 49.Kc7 Re6 50.Rf1 Rd6 51.Rd1 Re6


52.c3 Rd6 53.Rd2 Ke6 54.Kb7 Ke7 55.Ka6 Kd7 56.Kb5 Kc7 57.b4 cxb4 58.cxb4 axb4 59.Kxb4 Kb7 60.d4 exd4 61.Kc4 Ka6 62.Rxd4 Rxd4+ 63.Kxd4 Ka5 64.e5 fxe5+ 65.Kxe5 Kxa4 66.g5 hxg5 67.h6 b5 68.h7 b4 69.h8=Q Ka3


70.Qg8 b3 71.Qxg5 Ka2 72.Kd4 b2 73.Qd2 Ka1 74.Qa5+ Kb1 75.Kd3 Kc1 76.Qe1#.



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Round Four: Philidor Counter Gambit

Jerry Catuy (USCF 1827) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Bxb4 d4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qd2 e3 11.fxe3 Nxb4 12.Qxb4 Qxe3+


13.Be2 Qc1+ 14.Bd1 Qe3+ 15.Kf1 Ne7 16.Qc3 O-O+ 17.Bf3 Rxf3+, White resigns.