Sunday, December 16, 2012

Rahway Grand Prix 12/15/2012

Yesterday I played this game in the grand prix tournament at Chess Mates in Rahway.

Round Four: Philidor Counter Gambit

Augusto Gutierrez (USCF 1951) - Jim West (USCF 2227), Rahway NJ 12/15/2012

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.f4 O-O 10.O-O c5 11.Be3 Qb6 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 14.Kh1 Nc6 15.c3 Be6


16.Qb3 Qb6 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Qc2 Rab8 19.b3 c5 20.Rae1 Rbe8 21.Bd1 g6 22.h3 Bf5 23.Ne2 h5 24.g3 Kg7 25.Kh2 Rc8 26.Qb2 Rfd8 27.a4 a5 28.Ng1 d4 29.cxd4 cxd4 30.Kg2 Qc6 31.b4 axb4 32.Qxb4 Qd6 33.Qb5 Rb8


34.Qe5 Qxe5 35.fxe5 Nd5 36.g4 hxg4 37.hxg4 Be6 38.Kg3 Ne3 39.Rf6 Nxd1 40.Rxe6 Rb3+ 41.Kh4 Nf2 42.Kg5 Nh3+ 43.Nxh3 Rxh3 44.Rxg6+ Kh7 45.Rxe4 d3 46.Rd6 Rg8+ 47.Kf4 Rf8+ 48.Kg5 Rg8+ 49.Kf4 Rf8+ 50.Kg5 Rg8+, draw.