Friday, September 14, 2012

September Game/90, Round 2

On Wednesday evening, I played a knight and pawn ending at Chess Mates.

Round Two: Falkbeer Counter Gambit

Ramon Garcia (USCF 1997) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Rahway NJ 9/12/2012

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Qxd5 5.dxe4 Qxe4+ 6.Qe2 Qxe2+ 7.Bxe2 Bf5 8.c3 Nc6 9.Bf3 Nge7 10.Be3 O-O-O 11.Ne2 h5 12.Nd2 Bg4 13.O-O-O Bxf3 14.Nxf3 Nd5 15.Bf2 Be7 16.g3 Bf6


17.Ned4 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 g6 19.Rde1 Rhe8 20.Nf3 Kb8 21.Bd4 Bxd4 22.Nxd4 Nf6 23.Nf3 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Re8 25.Rxe8+ Nxe8 26.Ne5 Nd6 27.c4 c5 28.Nd7+ Kc7 29.Nxc5 Nxc4 30.Ne4 Nd6 31.Ng5 Kd7 32.b3 Ke7


33.Kc2 Kf6 34.Kd3 Kf5 35.Kd4 f6 36.Nf3 Kg4 37.Ng1 h4 38.Kd5 Nb5 39.Ke6 hxg3 40.hxg3 Kxg3 41.Kxf6 Kxf4 42.Kxg6 Ke3 43.Kf6 Kd3 44.Ke6 Kc3 45.Ne2+ Kb4 46.a4 Nc3 47.Nd4 a5 48.Kd6 b5


49.Nc6+ Kxb3 50.axb5 Nxb5+ 51.Kc5 a4 52.Na5+ Kc3 53.Kxb5 a3 54.Ka4 a2 55.Nb3 Kb2 56.Kb4 a1=Q 57.Nxa1 Kxa1, draw.