ICA Fall 2008 Open

I just got home from playing at the ICA Fall 2008 Open in Hackensack, where I took these photos in round three.

GM Sergey Kudrin defeated NM Igor Yeliseyev.

Eve Zhurbinskiy lost to Ziping Liu.


Bloggers Polly Wright [Castling Queen Side] and Tom Stanics [Atomic Patzer] played to a draw.

I finished the tournament with a score of 2-1-1. Both of my games as White were difficult wins in minor piece endings.

Round One: French Defense, Exchange Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Eyal Koren (USCF 1677), ICA Fall 2008 Open 10/12/2008

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 Re8 8.Bg5 Nc6 9.c3 h6 10.Bh4 Bg4 11.Nbd2 Nd7 12.Bxe7 Rxe7 13.Qb3 Nb6 14.h3 Be6 15.Re2 Qd6 16.Rae1 Rae8


17.Qc2 Bd7 18.Rxe7 Rxe7 19.Rxe7 Nxe7 20.Ne5 g6 21.Nxd7 Qxd7 22.Nf3 Nc6 23.Qe2 a6 24.Ne5 Nxe5 25.Qxe5 Qd6 26.Qxd6 cxd6 27.b3 Kg7 28.g3 a5 29.a4 g5 30.Bf5 Kf6 31.g4 h5 32.f3 h4 33.Kf2 Ke7 34.Ke3 f6


35.Kd3 Kd8 36.Kc2 Kc7 37.Be6 Kc6 38.Kd3 Kc7 39.b4 axb4 40.cxb4 Nxa4 41.Bxd5 Nb6 42.Ke4 Nxd5 43.Kxd5 Kd7 44.b5 b6 45.f4 gxf4 46.Ke4 f3 47.Kxf3 Ke6 48.Ke4 d5+ 49.Kf4 Kf7 50.Kf5 Ke7 51.g5 fxg5 52.Kxg5 Ke6


53.Kg6 Ke7 54.Kf5 Kd6 55.Kf6 Kd7 56.Ke5 Ke7 57.Kxd5 Kd7 58.Ke5 Ke7 59.Kf5 Kd6 60.Kg4 Kd5 61.Kxh4 Kxd4 62.Kg5 Kc4 63.h4 Kxb5 64.h5 Kc4 65.h6 b5 66.h7 b4 67.h8=Q Kb3 68.Kf4 Kc2 69.Ke3 b3 70.Qc8+ Kb1 71.Kd2 b2 72.Qb7 Ka2 73.Kc2, Black resigns.




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Round Three: Larsen's Opening

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Lev Zilbermintz (USCF 2010), ICA Fall 2008 Open 10/12/2008

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 d5 3.e3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nh5 6.Qc1 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.Bxg7 Nxg7 9.O-O Qf6 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 c6 12.Na4 Nd7 13.Qb2 Qxb2 14.Nxb2 O-O 15.c4 Nf5 16.cxd5 exd5 17.Bg4 Kg7


18.Bxf5 gxf5 19.Rf3 Rg8 20.Raf1 Kf6 21.Rh3 Rg7 22.Rh6+ Ke7 23.Rh5 Rag8 24.Rf2 Kf6 25.d4 Kg6 26.Rg5+ Kf6 27.Rxg7 Kxg7 28.Rf3 f6 29.Rg3+ Kf7 30.Rxg8 Kxg8 31.Nd3 b6 32.Nb4 Nb8 33.Kf2 a5 34.Nd3 Na6 35.Ke2 Kf7 36.Kd2 Ke7 37.Kc3 Kd6


38.a3 c5 39.dxc5+ bxc5 40.Ne1 Nc7 41.Nf3 Nb5+ 42.Kb2 Ke6 43.g3 Nd6 44.b4 Nc4+ 45.Kb3 axb4 46.axb4 Nxe3 47.bxc5 Kd7 48.Kb4 Nc2+ 49.Kb5 d4 50.Kc4 Ne3+ 51.Kxd4 Ng4 52.Kc4 Ne3+ 53.Kb5 Kc7 54.Nd4 Nf1


55.c6 Ne3 56.Kc5 h5 57.h4 Ng4 58.Nb5+ Kc8 59.Kb6 Ne3 60.Na7+ Kd8 61.c7+ Ke7 62.c8=Q Nd5+ 63.Kc5 Ne3 64.Nc6+ Kf7 65.Qd7+ Kg6 66.Qe8+ Kh6 67.Qxe3 Kg6 68.Qe7 Kh6 69.Qxf6+ Kh7 70.Ne5 Kg8 71.Qf7+ Kh8 72.Ng6#.