Monday, September 7, 2015

New Jersey Open 9/5/2015

On Saturday, I played this game in the New Jersey Open at the Headquarters Plaza Hyatt.

Round One: King's Indian Defense, Fianchetto Variation

Rishi Rajendran (USCF 1948) - Jim West (USCF 2218), New Jersey Open 9/5/2015

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 c6 9.h3 Qb6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qc2 Re8 12.Be3 Qc7


13.c5 Bf8 14.b4 b6 15.Na4 b5 16.Nc3 a5 17.a3 Bb7 18.Nd2 a4 19.Rad1 Rad8 20.Nf3 Be7 21.Nh2 Nh5 22.Ne2 Nf8 23.f4 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Nxg3 25.Nxg3 exf4 26.Bd4 fxg3 27.Ng4 Bg5 28.Bf6 h5 29.Bxg5 hxg4 30.hxg4 Qe5


31.Be3 Ne6 32.Qd2 Qf6 33.Rf1 Qh4 34.Bh1 Rd8 35.Qe2 Nd4 36.Qa2 Qh2+ 37.Qxh2 gxh2+ 38.Kxh2 Nc2 39.Bc1 Rd3 40.Rf3 Rd1 41.Bg5 Bc8 42.Rg3 Nd4 43.Bf6 Rd2+ 44.Bg2 Ne6 45.Rh3 Ng7, draw.