Sunday, February 22, 2009

Hamilton Quads 2/21/2009

At yesterday's quads in Hamilton, I drew the following game.

Round One: Larsen's Opening

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Mark Kernighan (USCF 2225), Hamilton NJ 2/21/2009

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 Nf6 4.e3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.a3 Bd6 7.d3 O-O 8.Nf3 a5 9.Be2 f6 10.O-O Be6 11.Nbd2 Bc5


12.Qc2 Bxe3 13.fxe3 Nxe3 14.Qc5 Nxf1 15.Rxf1 Qd5 16.Qxd5 Bxd5 17.Rc1 Rf7 18.Rc5 Rd8 19.d4 exd4 20.Nxd4 Nxd4 21.Bxd4 b6 22.Rc2 Re7 23.Bf3 Bxf3 24.Nxf3 c5 25.Bc3 Rd3 26.Kf2 Ree3 27.Bd2 Re4 28.Rb2 a4


29.bxa4 Rxa4 30.Rxb6 Rdxa3 31.Rc6 c4 32.Ke2 Rb3 33.Nd4 Rd3 34.Nc2 Rd7 35.Ne3 Ra2 36.Nxc4 Raa7 37.Be3 Rac7 38.Rxc7 Rxc7 39.Nd6 Rd7 40.Nf5 Kf7, draw.