Monday, February 21, 2011

USATE, Day 2

On Sunday, I won the following game at the U.S. Amateur Team East tournament.

Round Four: Ruy Lopez, Classical Variation

Jim West (FIDE 2113) - Kevin Chen (FIDE 2029), Parsippany NJ 2/20/2011

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O d6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bd7 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bc4 Nf6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Qe7 12.Re1 g5 13.Bg3 Bg4 14.Be2 Be6


15.e5 Nd5 16.Nxd5 cxd5 17.Bf3 Rad8 18.c3 dxe5 19.Bxe5 f6 20.Bd4 Bxd4 21.Qxd4 c6 22.b4 Qd7 23.g3 f5 24.Re5 f4 25.Bh5 fxg3 26.hxg3 Bf7 27.Bg4 Qc7 28.Rae1 Rde8


29.Rxe8 Bxe8 30.Qc5 Qb6 31.Re7 Bf7 32.Rxa7 Qb8 33.Qe7 c5 34.Be6 Qxa7 35.Qxa7 Bxe6 36.Qxc5 Rc8 37.Qe3 Bf7 38.a4 Re8 39.Qd2 Re4 40.a5 Re6 41.b5, Black resigns.