Tuesday, February 19, 2013

USATE 2/17/2013

Pictured from left to right at the USATE 2013 on Monday are Dean Ippolito, Jim West, Steve Hrop, and Steve Ferrero.  We called our team Ain't No Fiscal Cliff in Parsippany.

Round Three: French Defense, Winawer Variation

Jim West (FIDE 2012) - Tom Belke (FIDE 1965), USATE 2/17/2013

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Bf8 5.f4 Nh6 6.Nf3 c5 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Be3 Nf5 9.Bf2 h5 10.dxc5 Qa5 11.Bb5 a6 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Nd4 Bxc5


14.Nxf5 Bxf2+ 15.Kxf2 exf5 16.Qd4 Be6 17.b4 Qc7 18.Na4 O-O 19.Nc5 a5 20.a3 a4 21.c3 Qb8 22.g3 g6 23.Rhd1 Kg7 24.Rab1 Qb5 25.h4 Kg8 26.Rbc1 Qb8 27.Ke3 Rd8 28.Nd3 Qb5 29.Nf2 Rac8 30.Nd3 Qc4


31.Qxc4 dxc4 32.Nc5 Rxd1 33.Rxd1 Bd5 34.Nxa4 Ra8 35.Nb6 Rxa3 36.Nxd5 cxd5 37.Kd4 Kf8 38.Rc1 Ra2 39.Kxd5 Rg2 40.Kxc4 Rxg3 41.b5 Rf3 42.b6 Rxf4+ 43.Kd5 Ra4 44.b7, Black resigns.