Today I participated in a game/60 Swiss at the Marshall Chess Club where I finished with a score of 2-0-2. Here are the games, including a draw that I swindled in the last round with only 11 seconds left on my clock!
Round One: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation
Darren Lustig (USCF 1835) - Jim West (USCF 2217), Marshall Chess Club 3/28/2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 e5 4.dxe5 Ne4 5.Nbd2 Bf5 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.e3 Nc6 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 dxe5 10.Qxd8+ Rxd8 11.O-O f6 12.b3 Bb4 13.Bb2 a5 14.Rfd1 O-O
15.h3 Rxd1+ 16.Rxd1 Rd8 17.Rxd8+ Nxd8 18.Kf1 Kf7 19.Ke2 Ke6 20.Kd3 Nc6 21.a3 Bc5 22.Nd2 f5 23.f3 g6 24.Nb1 f4 25.exf4 exf4 26.Ke4 g5 27.Nd2 Ne7 28.Nf1 Nf5 29.Bc1 h6 30.Bb2 b6 31.Bc1 Bd6
32.Nh2 Nh4 33.Ng4 h5 34.Nf2 Nxg2 35.Nd3 Nh4 36.b4 axb4 37.axb4 Nf5 38.c5 bxc5 39.bxc5 Ng3+ 40.Kd4 Ne2+ 41.Kc4 Be7 42.Bd2 h4 43.Nf2 Ng1 44.c6 Nxf3 45.Ba5 Bd8 46.Kd3 Ne5+ 47.Ke4 Nxc6 48.Bd2 Ne5 49.Bc3 Nc4 50.Kf3 Bf6, White forfeits.
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Round Two: French Defense, Exchange Variation
Jim West (USCF 2217) - Souvik Roychoudhury (USCF 1944), Marshall Chess Club 3/28/2009
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c3 Bd6 6.Bd3 Bg4 7.O-O Qd7 8.Re1+ Nge7 9.Nbd2 O-O-O 10.b4 Ng6 11.Qa4 Nf4 12.Bf1 Kb8 13.b5 Ne7 14.Ba3 Bxa3 15.Qxa3 Bxf3 16.Nxf3 Qg4 17.Kh1 Neg6
18.Re3 Rhe8 19.Rae1 Rxe3 20.Rxe3 Qd7 21.Ne5 Nxe5 22.Rxe5 Ng6 23.Re3 Re8 24.Qc1 Rxe3 25.Qxe3 Qe7 26.Bd3 Qxe3 27.fxe3 Kc8 28.g3 Nf8 29.Kg2 h6 30.Kf3 Kd7 31.c4 dxc4 32.Bxc4 Ke7 33.e4 Nd7 34.Ke3 Nf6 35.Be2 Ne8
36.e5 f6 37.Bf3 b6 38.Bc6 fxe5 39.dxe5 g6 40.Bxe8 Kxe8 41.Ke4 Ke7 42.Kd5 h5 43.h4 Kd7 44.e6+ Kd8 45.Ke5 Ke7 46.a3, Black resigns.
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Round Three: Philidor Counter Gambit
Frank Paciulli (USCF 1864) - Jim West (USCF 2217), Marshall Chess Club 3/28/2009
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Nxf6+ gxf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Be3 Qxd1+ 9.Rxd1 Bg4 10.Be2 Nc6 11.Nh4 Bd7 12.Bh5+ Kd8 13.Bg4 Bd6 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.Bxf5 Ke7
16.c4 Nd4 17.Bxd4 exd4 18.Rxd4 Kf7 19.O-O Rae8 20.Rfd1 Re5 21.Be4 Rhe8 22.Bd5+ Kf8 23.Kf1 Bb4 24.g3 c6 25.Bf3 Re1+ 26.Kg2 Bc5 27.Rd7 Rxd1 28.Bxd1 Re7 29.Rd3 a5 30.Bh5 Kg7 31.Bg4 Kg6 32.Rd7 f5 33.Rxe7 Bxe7 34.Bf3 a4
35.Bd1 b5 36.cxb5 cxb5 37.f4 Bc5 38.Kf3 Bd4 39.b3 axb3 40.Bxb3 Kf6 41.h3 b4 42.Bc2 h6 43.g4 fxg4+ 44.hxg4 Bc3 45.Ke4 Bd2 46.f5 Bc3 47.Kd3 Be1 48.Kc4 Ke5 49.Bd1 h5 50.gxh5 Kxf5 51.Kd5 Kf6 52.Kd6 Kg7 53.Ke7, draw.
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Round Four: Larsen's Opening
Jim West (USCF 2217) - Kavinayan Sivakumar (USCF 2002), Marshall Chess Club 3/28/2009
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 Nf6 4.e3 Be7 5.a3 O-O 6.d3 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nf3 Bf6 9.Qc2 Bg4 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Be2 Qd7 12.O-O Rad8 13.b4 a6 14.Rac1 Bf5
15.Ne4 Bxe4 16.dxe4 Nb6 17.b5 axb5 18.Bxb5 Re6 19.Rfd1 Qe7 20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.Rd1 Qe7 22.h3 h6 23.Nh2 h5 24.Nf1 g6 25.Ng3 Na7 26.Bf1 Rc6 27.Qb3 Qe6 28.Qxe6 Rxe6 29.f4 exf4 30.Bxf6 Rxf6 31.e5 Rc6 32.exf4 f6
33.Ne4 fxe5 34.fxe5 Kf7 35.Ng5+ Ke7 36.h4 Nd7 37.Re1 Rc3 38.a4 Nc6 39.Bb5 Rc5 40.e6 Nf8 41.g3 Nd4 42.Re4 Nxb5 43.axb5 Rxb5 44.Kg2 Rb6 45.Rc4 c6 46.Re4 Rb2+ 47.Kf3 Rd2 48.Kf4 Rd6
49.Ke5 Nxe6 50.Rb4 Nxg5 51.Rxb7+ Rd7 52.Rb6 Nf7+ 53.Ke4 Rc7 54.Kf4 Kf8 55.g4 hxg4 56.Kxg4 Kg7 57.h5 gxh5+ 58.Kxh5 c5 59.Kg4 c4 60.Kf4 c3 61.Rb1 Nd6 62.Ke3 c2 63.Rg1+ Kf7 64.Kd2 Ne4+ 65.Kc1 Nf2 66.Rf1 Ke6 67.Rxf2 Ke5 68.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 69.Kxc2, draw.
