Saturday, August 25, 2007

Birthday Present

I celebrated my birthday by drawing the following Philidor Counter Gambit at an all-masters Viking Quad in Mount Arlington, New Jersey.

Gerald Bailleau (USCF 2246) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Mount Arlington NJ 8/25/2007

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.f3 Bd6 9.fxe4 O-O 10.Be2 Nxe4 11.Bf3 Qh4 12.O-O Nc6


13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Rxf8+ Bxf8 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Qe2 Bd7 17.Qc4+ Kh8 18.Qf7 Rd8 19.Bf4 Be6 20.Qxc7 Rxd4


21.Be3 Qd8 22.Qxd8 Rxd8 23.Nxe4 Kg8 24.Bxa7 Ra8 25.Bc5 Bd5 26.Bxf8 Bxe4 27.Bb4 Bxc2 28.a3 Rd8 29.Kf2 Rd1 30.Rxd1 Bxd1


31.Ke1 Ba4 32.Kd2 Kf7 33.Kc3 Ke6 34.b3 Bb5 35.Kd4 Kd7 36.Bf8 g6 37.Kc5 Kc7 38.a4 Bf1 39.g3 h5 40.Be7 Be2


41.Bf6 Bd1 42.Kc4 Kb6 43.Bd8+ Ka6 44.Kc3 Kb7 45.Kb4 Ka6 46.Bg5 Bc2 47.Kc3 Bd1 48.Be3 Kb7 49.Kc4 Ka6 50.Bd2 Kb7 51.a5 Be2+ 52.Kc5 Bd3 53.Kd6 Bc2 54.b4 Bd3 55.Ke5 Ka6


56.Kf6 Kb5 57.h3 Ka6 58.Be1 Kb5 59.Ke5 Bf5 60.Kd6 Bxh3 61.Kc7 Bg2 62.Bd2 Ka6 63.Be3 Bf3 64.Bc5 Be4 65.Be7 Bf3, draw.