Sunday, March 3, 2013

Rahway Swiss 3/2/2013

On Saturday, I finished with a score of 2-1-1 in the game/45 Swiss tournament at Chess Mates.

Round Two: Philidor Counter Gambit

Joseph Salvatore (USCF 1737) - Jim West (USCF 2204), Rahway NJ 3/2/1013

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.Bb3 Bxf5 8.Nc3 c6 9.Qe2 Bb4 10.Bd2 Qe7 11.O-O-O Bxc3 12.Bxc3 h6 13.Nh3 O-O 14.a3 Re8 15.Bb4 Qc7


16.Rhg1 Bg4 17.Qe3 Bxd1 18.Rxd1 Nbd7 19.Nf4 a5 20.Be1 a4 21.Ba2 b5 22.h3 Nb6 23.g4 Nc4 24.Bxc4 bxc4 25.Bb4 Qd7 26.Ng6 Nh7 27.Ne5 Qe6 28.h4 Rec8 29.Bc5 Rab8 30.Rg1 Rb5


31.Qf4 Rxc5 32.dxc5 Re8 33.Nxc4 dxc4 34.Qe3 Nf6 35.g5 Ng4 36.Qd4 h5 37.Kb1 Qd5 38.Qc3 Nxf2 39.g6 Ng4 40.Rxg4 hxg4 41.h5 e3 42.Ka2 e2 43.h6 gxh6, White resigns.