Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Edison Quads, Round 1, 8/17/2019

On Saturday, I drew this game in the quads at Edison.

Round One: Center Counter Defense

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Arya Shah (USCF 1975), Edison NJ 8/17/2019

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bc4 Bf5 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.d3 Nb6 7.Qf3 Qd7 8.Nge2 Bg4 9.Qg3 Bxe2 10.Nxe2 Nbxd5 11.O-O e6 12.Nf4 Bd6 13.Bxd5 Nxd5 14.c4 Nxf4 15.Bxf4 Bxf4 16.Qxf4 O-O-O


17.Rad1 Rhe8 18.Rfe1 f6 19.h3 e5 20.Qg4 Qxg4 21.hxg4 Rd4 22.f3 Red8 23.b3 Rxd3 24.Rxd3 Rxd3 25.Re2 Kd7 26.Kf2 Kd6 27.Ke1 Kc5 28.g5 Rd7 29.gxf6 gxf6 30.g4 Rd3 31.Kf2 Kd4 32.Kg3 Kc3


33.g5 fxg5 34.Rxe5 Rd7 35.Rxg5 Kb2 36.Ra5 a6 37.f4 Rg7+ 38.Kf3 h5 39.Rg5 Rh7 40.Rg2+ Kc3 41.Ke4 h4 42.f5 h3 43.Rh2 Re7+ 44.Kf4 Rh7 45.Ke5 Re7+ 46.Kf6 Re3 47.Kf7 Kd4 48.f6 Ke5 49.Rf2 Kd6


50.Kf8 Rg3 51.f7 Rg2 52.Rxg2 hxg2 53.Ke8 g1=Q, draw.