Saturday, June 23, 2007

Hamilton Quads 6/23/2007

Today I finished with a record of 1-1-1 in the top quad at Hamilton, New Jersey. The following are my two best games.

Round Two: French Defense

Jim West (USCF 2202) - Boris Privman (USCF 2231), Hamilton NJ Quad 6/23/2007

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.c3 Qe7+ 7.Be3 O-O-O 8.O-O f6 9.Nbd2 Qf7 10.b4 Kb8 11.Qa4 g6 12.b5 Nce7


13.Ne5 fxe5 14.dxe5 d4 15.Bxd4 b6 16.Be4 Bg7 17.Nb3 Qf4 18.Rae1 Nh6 19.Nc5 Bf5 20.Na6+ Kc8 21.Qc4 Rd7 22.g3 Qg4 23.Bxf5 Nhxf5 24.e6 Rhd8 25.exd7+ Rxd7 26.Qe6 Bxd4 27.cxd4 Kd8 28.Nb4 c5 29.Nc6+ Nxc6 30.bxc6 Rd6 31.Qe8+ Kc7 32.dxc5 bxc5 33.Re4 Qf3 34.Rfe1 Rxc6 35.Qf7+ Kb6 36.Rb1+, Black resigns.




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Round Three: Philidor Counter Gambit

Dragan Milovanovic (USCF 2225) - Jim West (USCF 2202), Hamilton NJ Quad 6/23/2007

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Neg5 exd4 7.Nxd4 Qe7+ 8.Be2 h6 9.Ngf3 c6 10.O-O Qf6 11.Re1 Bb4 12.c3 Bd6


13.c4 Ne7 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Bb5+ Kf7 16.Ba4 Rd8 17.Nb5 Nbc6 18.Nxd6+ Rxd6 19.h3 Kg8 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.Be3 Nf5 22.Bc5 Re6 23.Qd2 Bd7 24.Rxe6 Bxe6 25.Re1 Bf7 26.Qf4 g5 27.Qc7 h5 28.Qe5 Qg6 29.Qc7 g4 30.hxg4 hxg4 31.Ne5 Qe6 32.Qxc6 Qxc6 33.Nxc6 Rc8 34.Ne7+ Nxe7 35.Bxe7 Re8 36.Bb4 Rxe1+ 37.Bxe1 Be6 38.Kf1 Kf7 39.Ke2 d4 40.b3 Bf5 41.Bb4 Bb1 42.Kd2 Be4 43.Bc5 a6 44.Bxd4 Bxg2 45.Kc3 Ke6 46.Kb4 Kd5 47.Ba7 Kc6, draw.