Wednesday, September 7, 2016

New Jersey Open 9/4/2016

This game was played on Sunday at the New Jersey Open tournament.

Round Three: English Opening, Symmetrical Variation

Leon Deng (USCF 2042) - Jim West (USCF 2202), New Jersey Open 9/4/2016

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O Nxd4 9.Qxd4 d6 10.Rd1 Ng4 11.Qd2 Qb6 12.Rf1 Be6


13.b3 Qd4 14.Qxd4 Bxd4 15.Bd2 Rab8 16.h3 Nf6 17.Rad1 a6 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.cxd5 Bd7 20.Bg5 Bf6 21.Bxf6 exf6 22.Rc1 Rbc8 23.e3 Rfe8 24.Rfd1 Kf8 25.Kf1 Ke7 26.Ke2 a5 27.a3 b6 28.Kd3 Rxc1 29.Rxc1 Rc8 30.Rxc8 Bxc8


31.Kd4 Kd8 32.e4 Ba6 33.f4 Ke7 34.h4 Bc8 35.Bf1 Bd7 36.a4 Bg4 37.Kc4 Kd7 38.Kd4, draw.