Sunday, July 23, 2017

Marshall July Under 2300 7/22/2017

On Saturday, I won this game in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Two: Larsen's Opening

Jim West (USCF 2209) - Wesley Hellner (USCF 1929), Marshall Chess Club 7/22/2017

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.a4 Nc6 9.Na3 a6 10.Qe1 d5 11.h3 Rc8 12.d3 Nd7


13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Qc3+ Qf6 15.Qxf6+ Nxf6 16.g4 Rce8 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.fxe5 Nd7 19.d4 f6 20.exf6+ Nxf6 21.Bd3 Nd7 22.Rxf8 Rxf8 23.Rf1 Rxf1+ 24.Bxf1 e5 25.Bg2 e4 26.c3 Kf6 27.Kf2 g5 28.Bf1 Ke7 29.c4 c6 30.b4 Kd6


31.c5+ bxc5 32.bxc5+ Kc7 33.a5 Nb8 34.Nc2 Kd8 35.Nb4 Kc7 36.Ke1 Kd8 37.Kd2 Kc7 38.Kc3 Kd8 39.Be2 Kc7 40.Kb3 Kd8 41.Bf1 Kc7 42.Na2 Nd7 43.Nc3 Nf8 44.Ne2 Bc8 45.Ng3 Kb7 46.Kc3 Be6 47.Nh5 Bf7 48.Ng7 Bg6 49.Kd2 Nd7 50.Ne6 h6


51.Ke1 Nb8 52.Kf2 Kc8 53.Kg3 Bf7 54.Ng7 Bg6 55.h4 Kd7 56.Nf5 gxh4+ 57.Nxh4 Bh7 58.Ng2 Ke6 59.Ne1 Bg6 60.Be2 Be8 61.Nc2 Bd7 62.Nb4 Bc8 63.g5 Kf7 64.gxh6 Kg6 65.Kf4 Kxh6 66.Ke5 Kg5 67.Kd6 Bh3


68.Nxc6 Nd7 69.Kxd5 Nf6+ 70.Kc4 Kh4 71.d5 Kg3 72.Kd4 Kf2 73.Bxa6 Nd7 74.Bc8 Nxc5 75.Bxh3 Nb3+ 76.Kxe4 Nc5+ 77.Kd4 Nb3+ 78.Kc3 Nc5 79.Kc4 Ne4 80.Kd4 Nd6 81.e4, Black resigns.