Wednesday, May 24, 2017

FIDE Mondays 5/22/2017

On Monday, I played this game at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Two: Caro-Kann Defense, Exchange Variation

Joseph Cuscianna (USCF 1840) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 5/22/2017

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.h3 O-O 5.e3 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.Nbd2 a5 10.a4 b6 11.O-O Ba6 12.Qe2 Qc8


13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Qa6 16.Qxa6 Rxa6 17.Nf3 Nd7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Rfe1 e6 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.Rxe5 Rb8 22.Ree1 b5 23.axb5 Rxb5 24.b4 Rc6 25.Rxa5 Rxa5 26.bxa5 Rxc3 27.Ra1 Rc7 28.a6 Ra7


29.Kf1 Kf6 30.Ke2 Ke7 31.Kf3 Kd6 32.Kg4 f6 33.f4 Kc7 34.Rc1+ Kb6 35.Re1 Re7 36.Ra1 Ka7 37.Kf3 Rc7 38.Ra3 Rc6 39.g4 Rxa6 40.Re3 Kb7 41.f5 Kc8 42.fxe6 Kd8 43.e7+ Ke8 44.h4 Ra4 45.Re6 Rxd4 46.Rxf6 Kxe7 47.Ra6 Re4


48.Ra7+ Kd6 49.Rxh7 Re6 50.Rh6 Ke5 51.h5 Rf6+ 52.Ke2 gxh5 53.Rxf6 Kxf6 54.gxh5, draw.