Saturday, September 20, 2008

Hamilton Quads 9/20/2008

At today's quads in Hamilton, I had a couple of minor piece endings which ended in draws although one player was a pawn ahead.

Round Two: Alekhine Defense

Jim West (USCF 2207) - Boris Privman (USCF 2235), Hamilton Quads 9/20/2008

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Nc3 Bf5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Bf6 11.Rc1 Ne7 12.d5 c5 13.Qd2 h6 14.h3 Ng6


15.g4 Bc8 16.Ne4 Be7 17.Ng3 Nh4 18.Nxh4 Bxh4 19.Bd3 Nd7 20.Kg2 Ne5 21.Be4 Ng6 22.Nh5 f5 23.Bb1 Qe7 24.b3 Qf7 25.f3 Bd7 26.Bg1 Bg5 27.f4 Bf6 28.Qd3 Rfe8 29.Rce1 Bh4 30.Bf2 Bxf2 31.Kxf2 Nf8 32.Qf3 Ng6


33.Rxe8+ Rxe8 34.Re1 Rxe1 35.Kxe1 fxg4 36.hxg4 Ne5 37.Qe4 Nxg4 38.Qh7+ Kf8 39.Qh8+ Qg8 40.Qxg8+ Kxg8 41.Ng3 Kf7 42.Ke2 g5 43.fxg5 hxg5 44.Ne4 Ke7 45.Nxg5 Kf6 46.Nf3 Nh6 47.Ke3 Bg4


48.Ne1 Kg5 49.Be4 Nf5+ 50.Bxf5 Bxf5 51.Nf3+ Kg4 52.Nd2 Kg5 53.Ne4+ Bxe4 54.Kxe4 Kg4 55.b4 b6 56.b5 Kg5 57.Ke3 Kg4 58.Ke4 Kg5, draw.



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Round Three: Pirc Defense

Mark Kernighan (USCF 2211) - Jim West (USCF 2207), Hamilton Quads 9/20/2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.b3 g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.e4 Nc6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.O-O e5 9.d5 Ne7 10.Bxd7 Nxd7 11.Nc4 a5 12.Ne1 Nc5 13.Qe2 f5


14.exf5 Nxf5 15.Rd1 Qd7 16.a4 b6 17.Nd3 Nd4 18.Bxd4 exd4 19.Nxc5 dxc5 20.Qe6+ Qxe6 21.dxe6 Rae8 22.Rfe1 Rf6 23.Kf1 Rfxe6 24.Rxe6 Rxe6 25.Na3 Bf8 26.Nb5 Bd6 27.Re1 Kf7 28.h3 Rxe1+ 29.Kxe1 Ke6 30.Kd2 Bf4+ 31.Kd3 c6 32.Na3 Bc7 33.Ke4 h5 34.Nc4 h4 35.Na3 g5 36.Nc4 b5 37.Na3 c4


38.Kxd4 Bb6+ 39.Ke4 cxb3 40.cxb3 bxa4 41.bxa4 Bxf2 42.Nc4 Be1 43.Kd4 Kf5 44.Ke3 g4 45.Ke2 gxh3 46.gxh3 Bb4 47.Kf3 Ke6 48.Ke4 c5 49.Ne5 Bc3 50.Nc4 Be1 51.Ne5 Bg3 52.Nc4 Bc7 53.Nd2 Kd6 54.Nc4+ Kc6 55.Ne3 c4


56.Nxc4 Kc5 57.Nxa5 Bxa5 58.Kf3 Be1 59.Kg2 Kb4 60.Kh1 Kxa4 61.Kg2 Kb3 62.Kh1 Kc2 63.Kg2 Kd3 64.Kh1 Ke4 65.Kg2 Bg3 66.Kh1 Kf3 67.Kg1 Bf4 68.Kh1 Kg3 69.Kg1 Kxh3 70.Kh1 Kg3 71.Kg1 h3 72.Kh1 Be5 73.Kg1 Bd4+ 74.Kh1 h2, stalemate.