Saturday, May 2, 2009

Marshall Chess Club Swiss 5/2/2009

In today's game/30 Swiss at the Marshall Chess Club, I had one win and four draws. Here is my game from the final round. We agreed to a draw because of 36...Rxe5 37.Qb6 Qxb6 38.Rxb6 Kg7.

Round Five: Vienna Game

Kevin Rosenberg (USCF 2023) - Jim West (USCF 2202), Marshall Chess Club 5/2/2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Na5 5.Bb3 Nxb3 6.axb3 Nf6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 h6 10.Be3 a6 11.Re1 Re8 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Bf8 14.f3 Bd7


15.Qd2 c5 16.Nde2 Bc6 17.Nf4 g5 18.Nfd5 Bxd5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Qxd5 Qc7 21.Rad1 Re5 22.Qd3 Rae8 23.Bf2 b5 24.Bg3 c4 25.Qd2 R5e6


26.bxc4 bxc4 27.Bf2 Rb8 28.Bd4 Bg7 29.Kh1 Bxd4 30.Qxd4 Qb6 31.Qxc4 Qxb2 32.Qxa6 Qxc2 33.Rxd6 Rb1 34.Rxb1 Qxb1+ 35.Kh2 Qb8 36.e5, draw.