Sunday, April 19, 2015

Rahway Quad 4/18/2015

On Saturday, I won this game in the game/60 quad at Chess Mates.

Round Three: English Opening, Symmetrical Variation

Ari Minkov (USCF 1991) - Jim West (USCF 2204), Rahway NJ 4/18/2015

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 b6 9.e3 Bb7 10.Qe2 d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Na4 Bxb2 13.Nxb2 Qf6 14.Nc4 Rad8


15.e4 Ndb4 16.a3 Nc2 17.e5 Qe7 18.Rac1 N2d4 19.Nxd4 Nxd4 20.Qe3 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Qb7+ 22.f3 Nf5 23.Qf4 Rd4 24.Qg5 h6 25.Qf6 b5 26.Nd6 Nxd6 27.exd6 Rxd2+ 28.Kh3 Qd5 29.d7 Qh5+ 30.Qh4 Qxh4+ 31.Kxh4 Rxd7 32.Rxc5 Rb8


33.Kg4 Rd4+ 34.f4 Rb7 35.Rf3 f5+ 36.Kh3 g5 37.fxg5 hxg5 38.Re3 Rd2 39.Rc8+ Kf7 40.Rc6 Re7 41.Rc8 Kf6 42.Rf8+ Rf7 43.Rxf7+ Kxf7 44.g4 f4 45.Re5 Rd5 46.Re4 Rd3+ 47.Kg2 Rxb3 48.a4 a6 49.axb5 axb5 50.h4 Rg3+ 51.Kf2 Rxg4 52.hxg5 Rxg5 53.Rxf4+ Rf5, White resigns.