Saturday, August 18, 2007

King's Indian Defense 3.e3

Earlier today I participated in the Hamilton quads where the following game was played.

Round One: King's Indian Defense

Mark Kernighan (USCF 2200) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Hamilton NJ Quad 8/18/2007

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.e3 g6 4.Bd3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.Qc2 c6 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.e4 Qc7 11.Na4 Re8 12.c5 Nf8 13.Nc3 Bg4 14.Ne2 Ne6 15.Be3 Nh5

16.Ng5 Bxe2 17.Bxe2 Nhf4 18.Nxe6 Nxe2+ 19.Qxe2 Rxe6 20.Rfd1 Bf8 21.Rd3 Ree8 22.Rad1 Rad8 23.a3 Be7 24.Kf1 Rxd3 25.Rxd3 Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.Qc2 Bg5 28.Bxg5 Qxg5 29.h3 Qd8 30.Ke2 Qd4 31.b4 Kg7 32.Qd3 Qb2+ 33.Kf3 h5 34.h4 Qc1 35.g3 Qh1+ 36.Ke3 Qe1+ 37.Kf3 Qh1+ 38.Ke3 Qe1+ 39.Kf3, draw.