Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Rahway Swiss 8/10/2013

On Saturday, I finished with a score of 3-1-0 in the game/45 tournament at Chess Mates.

Round One: King's Indian Defense

Maanav Ganthapodi (USCF 1825) - Jim West (USCF 2217), Rahway NJ 8/10/2013

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.e3 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.e4 c6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Qc7 12.Qc2 Re8 13.Rad1 a5 14.b3 Nc5 15.Rfe1 Bg4


16.h3 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Ne6 18.Ne2 g5 19.Bg3 Nf4 20.Bxf4 exf4 21.Nd4 Nd7 22.Nf5 Bf8 23.Bg4 Ne5 24.Qe2 Kh7 25.a4 Rad8 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Rd1 Qb6 28.Rxd8 Qxd8 29.Qb2 Qf6 30.Qd2 Bb4 31.Qd1 Bc5 32.Qd2 b6 33.Kh2 Kg6


34.Qe2 Nxg4+ 35.hxg4 Qe5 36.f3 Qa1 37.g3 Qg1+ 38.Kh3 Qh1+ 39.Qh2 Qxf3 40.Qc2 Qh1+ 41.Qh2 Qxe4 42.gxf4 Qf3+ 43.Qg3 Qh1+ 44.Qh2 Qf1+ 45.Qg2 Qxg2+ 46.Kxg2 gxf4 47.Kf3 Kg5 48.Ng7 Bd6 49.Nf5 Bc5 50.Ng7 Bf8 51.Nf5 h5, White resigns.