Sunday, February 15, 2009

USATE 2/14/2009

Yesterday, in Parsippany NJ, I won this game at the United States Amateur Team East tournament.

Round One: Larsen's Opening

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Ernesto Labate (USCF 1700), USATE 2/14/2009

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 d5 4.cxd5 Qxd5 5.Nc3 Qd8 6.d3 Bb4 7.a3 Be7 8.b4 a6 9.Nf3 Bf5 10.e4 Bg4 11.Be2 Nf6 12.h3 Bh5 13.Rc1 O-O 14.O-O Qd7


15.Na4 Rad8 16.Nc5 Bxc5 17.Rxc5 Qe7 18.Nxe5 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 Nxe5 20.Rxe5 Qd7 21.Rg5 Ne8 22.Rd5 Qe7 23.Rxd8 Qxd8 24.f4 f6 25.Rf3 Rf7 26.f5 Rd7 27.Qc2 c6 28.Kf1 a5 29.bxa5 Qxa5 30.Qb3+ Kh8 31.Qb4 Qxb4 32.axb4 b6


33.Ke2 Ra7 34.Kd2 Nd6 35.Kc2 c5 36.bxc5 bxc5 37.e5 fxe5 38.Bxe5 Nf7 39.Bb2 Re7 40.Bxg7+ Kg8 41.Rg3 Re2+ 42.Kd1 Ra2 43.Bd4+, Black resigns.