Sunday, July 29, 2007

Marshall Chess Club Swiss 7/29/2007

There was a game/30 Swiss today, in which I finished 2-1-2, at the Marshall Chess Club. The following were my best efforts.

Round Two: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation

Ilye Figler (USCF 2313) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 7/29/2007

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Nxd2 6.Nbxd2 Nc6 7.a3 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 Qe7 9.Qc3 O-O 10.Rd1 Re8 11.Rd5 b6 12.e3 Bb7 13.Bd3 Rad8 14.h4 Nb8

15.b4 c5 16.Rh3 cxb4 17.axb4 Bxd5 18.cxd5 Rc8 19.Qd4 d6 20.e6 fxe6 21.dxe6 Nc6 22.Bxh7+ Kh8 23.Qe4 d5 24.Qxd5 Qxb4+ 25.Kf1 Qa5 26.Qe4 Qa1+ 27.Ne1 Ne5 28.f4 Rc1 29.fxe5 Rxe1+ 30.Kf2 Rf1+ 31.Kg3 Qe1+ 32.Kg4 Qd1+ 33.Kg5 Qd8+ 34.Kg4 Qd1+ 35.Kg5 Qd8+, draw.



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Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Nelson Farber (USCF 1923), Marshall Chess Club 7/29/2007

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Bb7 9.Re1 b4 10.Nd5 exd5 11.Ba4+ Nbd7 12.exd5+ Be7 13.Nf5 O-O 14.Nxe7+ Kh8 15.Bg5 Qa5


16.Bxd7 Nxd7 17.Bf4 Qc5 18.Nf5 Qxd5 19.Qxd5 Bxd5 20.Bxd6 Rfe8 21.Bxb4 Nf6 22.Bc3 Rad8 23.a3 Be4 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Ne3 Rd2 26.Rad1 Red8 27.Rxd2 Rxd2 28.Rc1 f5 29.Nf1 Rxc2 30.Rxc2 Bxc2 31.Ne3 Bb1 32.b4 Bd3 33.f4 Kg7 34.Kf2 Be4 35.g3 Kf6 36.Ke2 Ke6 37.Kd2 Kd6 38.Kc3 f6 39.Kd4 h5 40.h3 Kc6 41.g4 hxg4 42.hxg4 Kb5 43.gxf5 Bb1 44.Nd5 Kc6 45.Nxf6 Bxf5 46.Nd5 Kb5 47.Nc3+ Kc6 48.Ke5 Bh3 49.a4 Bf1 50.f5 Bc4 51.Kf6 Kd7 52.b5 axb5 53.axb5 Kc7 54.Ke7, Black resigns.