Playing in the one-day schedule yesterday, I finished with a score of 2-0-2 in a Swiss tournament at the Marshall Chess Club. My games follow, including a lucky win in the final round when my opponent blundered a piece after having outplayed me.
Round One: Sicilian Defense, Sozin Attack
Jim West (USCF 2202) - Etan Lankri (USCF 1669), Marshall Chess Club 4/5/2009
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7 9.Be3 Qc7 10.a3 Nc6 11.f4 O-O 12.Qf3 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bb7
14.f5 e5 15.Bf2 Rad8 16.Rad1 Nd7 17.Bd5 Kh8 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.Nd5 Nf6 20.Nc3 Nd7 21.g4 g6 22.Kh1 Nf6 23.Bh4 Rd7 24.Bxf6+ Bxf6 25.Nd5 Bg7 26.f6 Bh6 27.h4 Rc8 28.g5 Bf8 29.c3 a5
30.h5 Rc4 31.hxg6 fxg6 32.f7 h6 33.Rd2 h5 34.Rh2 Kg7 35.Qf6+ Kh7 36.Rxh5+ gxh5 37.g6+ Kh6 38.g7+ Kh7, Black resigns.
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Round Two: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation
Michael Hehir (USCF 2048) - Jim West (USCF 2202), Marshall Chess Club 4/5/2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 e5 4.dxe5 Ne4 5.Qd4 Bf5 6.exd6 Nc6 7.d7+ Qxd7 8.Qxd7+ Kxd7 9.Bf4 Rd8 10.a3 Kc8 11.Nbd2 Bc5
12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.e3 Rhe8 14.Be2 a5 15.O-O Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Ne5 17.Bxe5 Rxe5 18.Rfd1 c6 19.Rxd8+ Kxd8 20.Rd1+ Kc7 21.Kf1 Re7 22.Ke2 Rd7 23.Rxd7+, draw.
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Round Three: Larsen's Opening
Jim West (USCF 2202) - Anna Matlin (USCF 1991), Marshall Chess Club 4/5/2009
1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 d5 3.f4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bb5 Rc8 7.O-O g6 8.d3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Bg7 10.Nd2 O-O 11.Bxc6 Rxc6
12.a4 Qd7 13.h3 b6 14.Rf2 Ne8 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.e4 Nc7 17.exd5 Qxd5 18.Re1 e6 19.Nc4 Qxf3 20.Rxf3 Nd5
21.g4 Rd8 22.Re2 Rb8 23.Rg2 Re8 24.h4 Rd8 25.Ne5 Rc7 26.f5 exf5 27.gxf5 Nf6 28.fxg6 fxg6 29.Rgf2 Rd6 30.Nc4, draw.
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Round Four: Falkbeer Counter Gambit
Dan Mayers (USCF 1880) - Jim West (USCF 2202), Marshall Chess Club 4/5/2009
1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 exd3 7.Qxe7+ Bxe7 8.Bxd3 Bb4 9.Bd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Bg4 11.Nf3 Nbd7
12.a3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Nh5 14.Bd2 Nhf6 15.c4 Rfe8 16.Rde1 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Nc5 18.Bc2 b6 19.Rhg1 a5 20.Bc3 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Re8 22.Rg1 Nh5 23.Rg5 g6 24.Re5 Kf8 25.f5 Nf4 26.Kd2 Rd8 27.fxg6 hxg6 28.b4 Nb7 29.Ke3 Nh5
30.Kd4 axb4 31.axb4 c5+ 32.bxc5 bxc5+ 33.Ke3 Nd6 34.Bd3 Ra8 35.Kf2 Ra3 36.Bd4 cxd4 37.c5 Rxd3 38.cxd6 Nf6 39.Re2 Rb3 40.Rd2 Rb6 41.d7 Rd6 42.Rxd4 Rxd7 43.Kg3 Rxd5
44.Ra4 Kg7 45.Ra7 Rd7 46.Ra6 Nh5+ 47.Kg2 Rd2+ 48.Kh3 f5 49.Ra4 Kh6 50.Rb4 Kg5 51.f4+ Nxf4+ 52.Kg3 Rg2+ 53.Kf3 Rxh2 54.Kg3 Rh3+ 55.Kf2 Nd3+, White resigns.
