Sunday, September 5, 2010

New Jersey Open, Day 1

Saturday was day one of the New Jersey Open at the Ramada Somerset.

Round One: Sicilian Defense, Sozin Attack

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Joshua Hill (USCF 1989), NJ Open 9/4/2010

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.f4 Qc7 9.Qf3 Nc6 10.Be3 Bd7 11.O-O b5 12.a3 O-O


13.f5 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 e5 15.Bf2 Bc6 16.g4 Qb7 17.Rfe1 Rfd8 18.g5 Nd7 19.Qh5 Rf8 20.g6 h6 21.Bxf7+ Kh8 22.Nd5 Nf6 23.Nxf6 Bxf6 24.Be3 Rxf7 25.gxf7 Rf8 26.Bxh6 Qxf7 27.Qxf7 Rxf7 28.Bd2 d5 29.exd5 Bxd5 30.Bc3 e4 31.Bxf6 Rxf6


32.Rf1 Kh7 33.Rad1 Bc6 34.Rf4 Kh6 35.Rd4 g6 36.Rfxe4 Bxe4 37.Rxe4 gxf5 38.Rb4 Rc6 39.c3 Kg5 40.a4 Rc5 41.axb5 axb5 42.h4+ Kf6 43.Kf2 Ke5 44.Ke3 Kf6 45.Kf4 Kg6 46.Rd4 Kh5


47.Rd8 b4 48.cxb4 Rb5 49.Rd2 Kg6 50.Rd4 Kh5 51.Ke3 Kg6 52.Kd3 Kf6 53.Kc4 Rb7 54.b5 Ke5 55.Rd1 f4 56.Kc5 Rc7+ 57.Kb6 Rc2 58.b4 f3 59.Kb7 Rb2 60.b6 Rxb4 61.Rh1 f2 62.h5 Rh4 63.Rf1 Rh2


64.Kc7 Rxh5 65.Rxf2 Rh7+ 66.Kc6 Rh6+ 67.Kc5 Rh1 68.Re2+ Kf6 69.Kc6 Rc1+ 70.Kb7 Rc3 71.Kb8 Rb3 72.b7 Rh3 73.Re4 Rb3 74.Kc7 Rc3+ 75.Kb6 Rb3+ 76.Kc6 Rc3+ 77.Kb5, Black resigns.



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Round Two: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation

Kevin Chen (FIDE 2026) - Jim West (FIDE 2104), NJ Open 9/4/2010

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 Nc6 6.a3 Bxd2+ 7.Bxd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 Qe7 9.g3 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Qxe5 11.Bg2 O-O 12.O-O d6 13.Rfd1 a5


14.b3 Rb8 15.e3 Be6 16.Rac1 b6 17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 Rfc8 19.b5 h6 20.Qb4 Qc5 21.Qxc5 dxc5 22.Rd2 Rd8 23.Ra2 Rd6 24.Ra7 Rbd8 25.Bf3 R6d7 26.Kg2 g6 27.Bc6 Re7 28.h4 Kg7 29.Kf3 Rd2 30.Rc3 Rb2 31.e4 Rb4 32.Bd5 Kf6


33.Bxe6 Kxe6 34.Kf4 f6 35.f3 g5+ 36.hxg5 hxg5+ 37.Ke3 Rd7 38.f4 gxf4+ 39.gxf4 Rh7 40.Kf2 Rb2+ 41.Kg3 Rbh2 42.f5+ Ke5 43.Rc1 Rd2 44.Ra8 Rd3+ 45.Kg2 Rg7+ 46.Kf2 Re7 47.Rh8 Rd4 48.Rh4 Red7 49.Ke3 Rd3+ 50.Ke2 Rd2+ 51.Ke1 R2d4, White resigns.