Monday, May 1, 2017

Marshall Saturday Game/60 4/29/2017

On Saturday, I finished with a score of 1-1-2 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Three: Philidor Counter Gambit

Kaden Pollard (USCF 1892) - Jim West (USCF 2201), Marshall Chess Club 4/29/2017

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.c4 c6 10.e6 O-O 11.Qg4 Qb6 12.Be3 Qb2 13.Rd1 Qc3+ 14.Rd2 Qa1+ 15.Ke2 Qf6 16.Bd4 Qf5


17.Qxf5 Rxf5 18.Bc5 Rxg5 19.Bxe7 Re5 20.Bd6 Rxe6 21.Bxb8 Rxb8 22.cxd5 cxd5 23.Rxd5 Re8 24.Ke3 Be6 25.Re5 Bf7 26.Rxe4 Rxe4 27.Kxe4 Bg6+ 28.Ke5 Bxc2 29.Bc4+ Kf8 30.Kd6 Rc8 31.Bd5 Rd8+ 32.Ke5 Re8+ 33.Kd4 Rd8


34.Kc5 b6+ 35.Kc4 Bb3+ 36.Kxb3 Rxd5 37.Kc3 Ra5 38.Kb4 Re5 39.Rc1 Re2 40.Rc8+ Kf7 41.Rc7+ Kf6 42.Rxa7 Rxf2 43.Ra6 Rb2+ 44.Kc3 Rxg2 45.Rxb6+ Ke7 46.h4 Rg3+ 47.Kb2 Rh3 48.Rb4 Kd6 49.a4 Kc5 50.Rg4 g6


51.Rg5+ Kb6 52.Rb5+ Ka6 53.Rb4 h5 54.Re4 Rg3 55.Rf4 Ka5 56.Kc2 Ra3 57.Rf6 Rxa4 58.Rxg6 Rxh4 59.Rh6 Kb5 60.Kd3 Kc5 61.Ke3 Kd5 62.Kf3 Ke5 63.Kg3 Rh1 64.Kg2 Rh4 65.Kg3, draw.