Saturday, October 13, 2007

Cherry Hill Swiss 10/13/2007

In a field that included 4 masters and 2 experts, I finished first today with a score of 4-1-0 in a game/30 Swiss at Cherry Hill.

Here are my winning efforts.

Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit

Joseph Abner (USCF 1579) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Cherry Hill NJ 10/13/2007

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Qe8 11.f4 c5 12.c4 Nc6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Qb3 Rb8 15.Qc3 cxd4 16.Qxd4 c5 17.Qd2 d4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19.Bh5 Qe7 20.Qf2 f5 21.Bd1 Qh4 22.Nxe4 Qxf2+ 23.Nxf2 Bxf4 24.Nd3 Bd6 25.b3 Bb7 26.Bf3 Be4 27.Rad1 Rbe8


28.h3 Kh8 29.Bh5 Re7 30.Nf4 Rg8 31.g4 fxg4 32.hxg4 Reg7 33.Ne6 Rxg4+ 34.Bxg4 Rxg4+ 35.Kf2 Rg2+ 36.Ke1 Bg3+ 37.Rf2 Bxf2+ 38.Kf1 Rg1+ 39.Kxf2 Rxd1 40.Nxc5 Bb1 41.a3 d3 42.Ke3 Re1+ 43.Kd2 Re2+ 44.Kd1 Bc2+ 45.Kc1 Re5 46.Nd7 Re7 47.Nc5 h5 48.b4 h4 49.Kd2 h3 50.a4 h2 51.b5 h1=Q 52.Kc3 Qe1+, White resigns.



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Round Two: French Defense, Exchange Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Jim Gwyn (USCF 2200), Cherry Hill NJ 10/13/2007

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Bg5 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Nbd7 9.Re1 Re8 10.c3 c6 11.Qc2 Bh5 12.Ne5 Bg6 13.Ndf3 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Nxe5 15.Ne5 Ne4 16.Bxe7 Rxe7 17.f3 Nf6 18.Qd2 Qc7 19.Nd3 Rae8


20.Rxe7 Rxe7 21.Re1 Kf8 22.Rxe7 Qxe7 23.Kf2 h6 24.Qe3 Qxe3+ 25.Kxe3 Ke7 26.a4 Ne8 27.b3 Nd6 28.g4 g5 29.Nc5 b6 30.Nd3 a5 31.Ne5 f6 32.Nxc6+ Kd7 33.Na7 f5 34.Nb5 Nxb5 35.axb5 f4+ 36.Kd3 Kc7 37.c4 Kd6 38.cxd5 Kxd5 39.Kc3 Ke6 40.Kc4 Kd6 41.d5 Ke5 42.h3 Kd6 43.Kd4 Ke7 44.Ke5 Kd7 45.d6 Kd8 46.Ke6 Ke8 47.d7+ Kd8 48.Kd6 h5 49.gxh5 g4 50.h6 gxh3 51.h7, Black resigns.



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Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Dragon Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Shaun Pilkington (USCF 1874), Cherry Hill NJ 10/13/2007

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Qc7 11.Bb3 Na5 12.O-O-O Nc4 13.Bxc4 Qxc4 14.h5 Rfc8 15.hxg6 fxg6 16.Kb1 b5 17.Qd3 Qb4 18.a3 Qa5 19.Nb3 Qd8


20.Nd5 Rc4 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.Qd5+ Kg7 23.Rxh7+ Kxh7 24.Qf7+, Black resigns.



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Round Five: Sicilian Defense, Dragon Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Sam Barsky (USCF 2100), Cherry Hill NJ 10/13/2007

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 a6 8.Bc4 Qc7 9.Bb3 Nbd7 10.Qd2 Ne5 11.Bh6 Bxh6 12.Qxh6 Nc4 13.O-O-O b5 14.Qg7 Rf8 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Bb7 17.Qxh7 Ne3


18.Ne6 fxe6 19.Qxg6+ Kd8 20.Qh6 Bxd5 21.Qxe3 Bxb3 22.Qxb3 Kd7 23.Rd3 Qc5 24.Qc3 Qg5+ 25.Qd2 Qg6 26.Rd1 e5 27.Rd5 Rac8 28.Rxe5 Rc4 29.Re2 Rfc8 30.Qd3 Qg5+ 31.Kb1 R8c5 32.Rdd2 Qf6 33.Qa3 Rc6 34.Qe3 R6c5 35.b3 Rc3 36.Rd3 b4 37.Red2 Re5 38.Rxc3 bxc3 39.Qa7+ Ke6 40.Rd1 Qf4 41.Qxa6 Qd2 42.Qf1 Qe3 43.a4 Kf6 44.Qd3 Qc5 45.f4 Rh5 46.Qd4+ Qxd4 47.Rxd4 Rxh2 48.Rd3 Rxg2 49.Rxc3 Ke6 50.Rf3 Kd7 51.Kb2 Kc6 52.f5 Kc5 53.f6 exf6 54.Rxf6 d5 55.Rf3 Rd2 56.Rd3 Re2 57.Kc3 Re4 58.b4+ Kc6 59.Rd4 Re3+ 60.Kb2 Re2 61.Kb3 Re3+ 62.Rd3 Re4 63.Rc3+ Kb6 64.a5+ Ka6 65.Rc6+ Kb7 66.Rd6 Rd4 67.b5 Kc7 68.Rh6 Rg4 69.a6, Black resigns.