My original plan was to play in the four-day schedule at the Liberty Bell Open. Because of Arctic weather conditions, I reconsidered and decided to play in the two-day schedule instead. By Sunday morning, the temperature had risen twenty degrees, although I still drove through snow and rain on the New Jersey Turnpike on my way to Philadelphia.
In round two, with an accelerated time control of game/40, I lost this game on time forfeit to grandmaster Timur Gareev who won the tournament with a score of 6 out of 7. When I got home, I could not find Gareev's 5.Qd5 and 6.Bg5 in Tim Harding's The Fighting Fajarowicz. Maybe I should have tried 6...Qd7.
Round Two: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation
Timur Gareev (USCF 2631) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Liberty Bell Open 1/18/2009
1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e5 4.dxe5 Ne4 5.Qd5 Nc5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.exd6 cxd6 9.e3 Nc6 10.Nc3 Nb4 11.Qd2 Bf5 12.Nd4 Bg6 13.Be2 Nbd3+ 14.Kf1 O-O
15.h4 h6 16.Rh3 Qf6 17.Bf3 Ne5 18.Nd5 Qd8 19.b3 Nxf3 20.gxf3 Re8 21.Kg2 Ne6 22.Rd1 Nxd4 23.Qxd4 Re6 24.h5 Bh7 25.Rg3 f6 26.Nf4 Re5 and forfeits.
