Monday, September 3, 2007

NJ Open 9/2007

I just got home from 3 days of chess playing at the New Jersey Open in Somerset where I finished with a score 0f 3-2-1.

These were my better efforts.

Round One: Sicilian Defense

Jim West (USCF 2203) - Craig Gross (USCF 1936), NJ Open 9/1/2007

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Nc6 10.f4 Qc7 11.Qf3 Bd7 12.f5 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 e5 14.Bf2 Bc6


15.g4 h6 16.h4 Nh7 17.Rad1 Kh8 18.Bd5 Rac8 19.Kg2 Bf6 20.Rh1 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Kg8 22.Rd2 Qc4 23.Nd5 Qxa2 24.g5 Bd8 25.gxh6 g6 26.fxg6 fxg6 27.Qg4, Black resigns.



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Round Three: King's Indian Attack

Jim West (USCF 2203) - Simon Thomson (USCF 2032), NJ Open 9/2/2007

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 d5 4.Nbd2 Nc6 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.e5 Nd7 9.Re1 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.Nf1 Bd6


12.Nh4 Qc7 13.Bh3 e5 14.Bxc8 Qxc8 15.c3 Qd7 16.Bg5 Rae8 17.Bxf6 Rxf6 18.Ne3 Bb8 19.Qg4 Qf7 20.Rf1 Rf8 21.Qe2 Bd6 22.Ng4 Re6 23.Ne3 Ree8 24.Nhf5 Bc7 25.Qg4 Kh8 26.Nxd5 Bd8 27.Nfe3 Re6 28.f4 e4 29.f5 Re5 30.dxe4 Rfe8 31.Rf4 h5 32.Qg6 Qxg6 33.fxg6 Rxe4 34.Rxe4 Rxe4 35.Rf1 Kg8 36.Rf7 b6 37.Nf5 Re5 38.Rxg7+ Kh8 39.Rh7+ Kg8 40.Nh6+ Kf8 41.g7+, Black resigns.



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Round Four: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation

Lorand Kis (USCF 2207) - Jim West (USCF 2203), NJ Open 9/2/2007

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 d6 5.exd6 Bxd6 6.Nd2 Bf5 7.Ngf3 Bc5 8.e3 O-O 9.Be2 Qf6 10.Qb3 Nc6 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Bd2 Rfe8 13.h4 h6 14.h5 a5 15.Bc3 Qe6 16.Qa4 Ra6


17.Rh3 Bb4 18.Rc1 Bxc3+ 19.Rxc3 Rb6 20.Rb3 Bc2 21.Bd1 Rxb3 22.Bxc2 Rxb2 23.Kf1 Rd8 24.Rh4 Qf6 25.Kg1 Qc3 26.Bf5 Qb3 27.c5 Qxa4 28.Rxa4 Rb5 29.Rc4 Rd5 30.g4 Rbxc5 31.Re4 Rd8 32.Kg2 Kf8 33.Rf4 Rd6 34.Kg3 Rf6 35.Re4 Ne7 36.Bd7 Rd6 37.Ba4 b5 38.Bb3 a4 39.Ba2 Rc2 40.Bb1 Rb2, White resigns.



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Round Five: French Defense

Jim West (USCF 2203) - Todd Lunna (USCF 2240), NJ Open 9/3/2007

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.c3 Bd6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Re1 Qd7 9.Nbd2 Bf5 10.Nf1 O-O 11.Bg5 Ng6


12.Ng3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 f6 14.Bd2 Bxg3 15.hxg3 Nce7 16.Re2 c6 17.Rae1 Rae8 18.Nh4 Kf7 19.Nxg6 Nxg6 20.Kf1 Rxe2 21.Qxe2 Re8 22.Qxe8+ Qxe8 23.Rxe8 Kxe8 24.Ke2 Nf8 25.b3 Ne6 26.Kd3 h5 27.f3 f5 28.Bf4 h4 29.Bb8 hxg3 30.Bxg3 f4 31.Bh2 Kf7 32.g3 g5 33.gxf4 gxf4 34.Bg1 Kg6 35.Bf2 Kh5 36.c4 Ng5 37.Ke2 Ne6 38.Kd3 Nc7 39.a4 Ne6 40.Be1 Ng5 41.Ke2 Ne6 42.Kd3 Kg5 43.Bf2 Ng7 44.Be1 Nf5 45.Bd2 Nh4 46.Ke2 Ng2 47.Kf2 Nh4 48.Ke2 Nf5 49.Kd3 Ng3 50.cxd5 cxd5 51.b4 Nf5 52.b5 Nh4 53.Ke2 a6 54.bxa6 bxa6 55.Ba5 Kf5 56.Be1 Ng2 57.Bf2 Kg5 58.Kf1 Nh4 59.Bxh4+ Kxh4 60.Kg2 a5, draw.