Sunday, July 31, 2016

Marshall Saturday Game/60 7/30/2016

On Saturday, I finished with a score of 3-1-0 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

RoundTwo: Philidor Counter Gambit

Eric Chan (USCF 1754) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 7/30/2016

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.d4 e4 7.Nd2 d5 8.Nb3 c6 9.Bf4 Be7 10.Qd2 O-O 11.g4 Bg6 12.O-O-O Nxg4


13.Bxb8 Rxb8 14.Kb1 Nxf2 15.Bg2 Nxh1 16.Rxh1 Bb4 17.Rf1 Rxf1+ 18.Bxf1 Qf6 19.Be2 Re8 20.Qe3 Bxc3 21.bxc3 b6 22.c4 Rf8 23.Bg4 h5 24.Be2 Qf4 25.Qxf4 Rxf4 26.cxd5 cxd5 27.c4 Rf2 


28.Nc1 e3+ 29.Bd3 Bxd3+ 30.Nxd3 dxc4 31.Nxf2 exf2 32.Kb2 f1=Q 33.Kc3 Qd3+ 34.Kb4 Qxd4 35.h4 Qxh4 36.Kb5 c3 37.a4 c2 38.Ka6 Qxa4+ 39.Kb7 c1=Q 40.Kb8 Qd7 41.Ka8 Qcc8#.



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Round Four: Philidor Counter Gambit

Shiv Sethi (USCF 1867) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 7/30/2016

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.f3 Bd6 9.Bf4 O-O 10.Qd2 Qe8 11.fxe4 Nxe4 12.Qe3 Nxg3 13.Qxg3 Bf5 14.O-O-O Nc6 15.Bb5 Nxd4


16.Rxd4 Qxb5 17.h4 Rae8 18.h5 Re7 19.h6 g6 20.Rh5 Bxe5 21.Bxe5 Qe2 22.Qb3, White resigns.