Sunday, May 22, 2011

Hamilton Quads 5/21/2011

On Saturday, I played in quad two at Hamilton and finished with a score of 3-0-0.

Round One: Latvian Gambit

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Steve Ferrero (USCF 1949), Hamilton NJ 5/21/2011

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.d3 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qd2 O-O 7.O-O-O Nc6 8.Kb1 Be6 9.exf5 Bxf5 10.d4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Qxd4 Be6 13.Bd3 d5 14.Rhe1 Bf7


15.Re3 h6 16.Bxh6 gxh6 17.Rg3+ Kh8 18.Qf4 Ng8 19.Rxg8+ Kxg8 20.Qxh6 Re8 21.Bh7+, Black resigns.



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Round Two: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation

Ari Minkov (USCF 1982) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Hamilton NJ 5/21/2011

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nd2 Bb4 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 Nxd2 7.Qxd2 Nc6 8.Nf3 Qe7 9.Qc3 O-O 10.e3 Re8 11.Bd3 Nxe5 12.Qxe5 Qxe5 13.Nxe5 Rxe5 14.Kd2 d6 15.Rhe1 b6 16.f4 Re7 17.e4 f6 18.Re3 a5 19.b3 Bb7 20.g3 Rae8 21.Rae1 h6


22.Kc3 Kf8 23.b4 axb4+ 24.axb4 Ra8 25.Kb3 Ra7 26.e5 dxe5 27.fxe5 Rxe5 28.Rxe5 fxe5 29.Rxe5 Ra8 30.Bg6 Rd8 31.h4 Bc6 32.Rf5+ Kg8 33.Rf7 Be8 34.Rxc7 Bxg6 35.g4 Rd4 36.g5 hxg5 37.hxg5 Bf7


38.Kc3 Rg4 39.Rc6 Rxg5 40.Rxb6 Rg3+ 41.Kd4 Rg4+ 42.Ke5 Rxc4 43.Kd6 g6 44.Ke7 Kg7 45.Rb7 Re4+ 46.Kd6 Kf6 47.Rb6 Re6+, White resigns.



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Round Three: English Opening

Joshua Hill (USCF 2085) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Hamilton NJ 5/21/2011

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.O-O e6 6.d3 Nge7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.a3 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Rb1 b6 11.Qc2 Bg4 12.e3 Rc8


13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nd4 15.Qd1 Nxf3+ 16.Qxf3 Qd7 17.Kg2 Rcd8 18.e4 dxe4 19.dxe4 Qd3 20.Bg5 Qxf3+ 21.Kxf3 f6 22.Be3 f5 23.exf5 Nxf5 24.Ne4 Nd6+ 25.Bf4 Bh6 26.Nxd6 Rxd6 27.Kg2 Bxf4 28.gxf4 Rxf4 29.Rfd1 Rfd4 30.Rxd4 Rxd4 31.Rc1 a5


32.Rc3 a4 33.Kf3 Kf7 34.b3 Ke6 35.Ke3 Kd5 36.f3 g5 37.bxa4 Rxa4 38.Rb3 Kc6 39.Kf2 h6 40.Re3 Rh4 41.Re6+ Kb5 42.Kg3 c4 43.a4+ Kxa4 44.Rxb6 c3 45.Kf2 Rxh3 46.Ke2 c2 47.Kd2 Rh2+ 48.Kc1 h5 49.Kb2 h4 50.Rg6 Rg2 51.Rh6 Kb4 52.f4 gxf4 53.Rxh4 Rf2


54.Rh3 Kc4 55.Kc1 Kd4 56.Rh8 Ke3 57.Re8+ Kf3 58.Rg8 Rg2 59.Re8 Re2 60.Rg8 Kf2, White resigns.