Sunday, May 19, 2019

Thursday Action, Round 4, 5/16/2019

On Thursday, I finished with a score of 1-1-2 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Four: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation

Max Yarmolinsky (USCF 2068) - Jim West (USCF 2202), Marshall Chess Club 5/16/2019

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 b6 5.Nf3 Bb7 6.Nbd2 Nc5 7.b4 Ne6 8.e3 a5 9.b5 d6 10.exd6 Bxd6 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Be2 Nd7 13.Nb3 Ndc5 14.Nbd4 Be4 


15.Nc6 Bxc6 16.bxc6 a4 17.Nd4 Qg5 18.O-O Rad8 19.Bf3 Rfe8 20.Bd5 Nxd4 21.Bxd4 Nb3 22.Ra2 Nxd4 23.exd4 b5 24.Qf3 Qf4 25.Qxf4 Bxf4


26.g3 bxc4 27.Bxc4 Rxd4 28.Be2 Bd6 29.Rb1 g6 30.Kf1 Kg7 31.Rb5, draw.