Monday, December 17, 2012

Rahway Swiss 12/16/2012

On Sunday, I won this game at Chess Mates in the game/30 tournament.

Round Three: Philidor Counter Gambit

Thomas Elberling (USCF 1922) - Jim West (USCF 2206), Rahway NJ 12/16/2012

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.c3 f4 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Qf6 10.d5 Nb8 11.Na3 a6 12.Rf1 Be7 13.Be2 O-O 14.c4 Nd7 15.Bd2 Nf7 16.b4 Qg6


17.Qg4 Qxg4 18.Bxg4 Nf6 19.Bf3 Ng5 20.O-O-O Ngxe4 21.Rfe1 Nxf2 22.Re2 Nxd1 23.Kxd1 Rae8 24.Nb1 Bd8 25.Nc3 g5 26.Ne4 Nxe4 27.Bxe4 Kg7 28.Kc2 h5 29.Bf3 Kh6 30.Kd3 Rg8 31.Re1 Ref8 32.Rh1 Be7 33.Ke4 Kg6


 34.Rf1 Ra8 35.Be2 b5 36.Bd3 bxc4 37.Bxc4 g4 38.hxg4 hxg4 39.Be2 Kf7 40.a3 Rg7 41.Rh1 Bf6 42.Rh5 f3 43.gxf3 g3 44.Rh1 Bg5 45.Be1 Bf4 46.Rg1 g2 47.a4 Rb8 48.b5 axb5 49.Bxb5 Rh8 50.Bf2 Bh2 51.Ke3 Bxg1 52.Bxg1 Rh4, White forfeits.