Cherry Hill Swiss 11/10/2007

Of the ten players in today's game/30 Swiss at Cherry Hill, seven including myself were masters. Under the circumstances, playing four masters in a row, I finished with a respectable score of 3-2-0. Here are my two wins against masters.

Round One: English Opening

Zakhar Fayvinov (USCF 2200) - Jim West (2200), Cherry Hill NJ 11/10/2007

1.Nf3 d6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O Nf6 7.d4 O-O 8.h3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.b3 Qa5 11.Bb2 Rfc8 12.e3 a6 13.Qe2 Rab8 14.a3 Nh5

15.Nd5 Qd8 16.Rfd1 Nf6 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.Bxf6 exf6 20.Rd2 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Qb6 22.Qd1 Rd8 23.Kg1 Qc6 24.Rc1 Rbc8


25.c5 Rd7 26.Rc4 d5 27.Rc3 Qe6 28.Qg4 h5 29.Qxe6 fxe6 30.b4 Rdc7 31.Rcd3 f5 32.g4 hxg4 33.hxg4 Kf7 34.g5 Rh8 35.f4 Ke8 36.Rh2 Rxh2 37.Kxh2 Rh7+ 38.Kg2 Kd7 39.Rb3 Kc6 40.a4 d4 41.exd4 Kd5 42.b5 axb5 43.Rxb5 Kxd4 44.Rb6 Re7 45.c6 bxc6 46.Rxc6 Kd5 47.Rc2 Ra7 48.Ra2 e5 49.Rd2+ Ke6 50.fxe5 Kxe5 51.Ra2 Kf4 52.a5 Kxg5 53.a6 Kf6 54.Kf3 g5 55.Ke3 Kg6, Black wins.




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Round Four: Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Jim Gwyn (USCF 2200), Cherry Hill NJ 11/10/2007

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.d4 Bg4 7.dxe5 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Qxe5 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.g3 g5 11.Qf5 f6 12.Qxe5+ Bxe5 13.Nd1 O-O-O 14.Ne3 h5 15.Nc4 Bd4 16.c3 Ba7 17.Be3 Bxe3 18.Nxe3 h4 19.Rad1 Re8 20.f3 hxg3 21.hxg3 Nh6

22.Rf2 g4 23.Rd4 gxf3 24.Rxf3 Rhg8 25.Kf2 Re6 26.Rf4 Rf8 27.Ng4 Nxg4+ 28.Rxg4 f5 29.Rf4 c5 30.Rc4 Rh8


31.exf5 Rh2+ 32.Kf3 Ree2 33.f6 Kd7 34.f7 Ref2+ 35.Kg4 Rxf4+ 36.Rxf4, Black resigns.