Sunday, October 21, 2007

Marshall Chess Club Swiss 10/21/2007

In today's 4-round Swiss at the Marshall Chess Club, I finished with a score of 2-1-1. Here is my best game, which is also the shortest!

Round Three: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation

Paulo Santanna (USCF 2046) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 10/21/2007

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.e3 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8


8.Nfd2 Nxd2 9.Bxd2 a5 10.b3?! Bf5! 11.Be2 Bxb1 12.Rxb1 Bxa3 13.Bf3 Bb4 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Ra1 Ke7 16.Ra4 Rhd8 17.Ra2?? Rxd2!, White resigns.