Monday, August 5, 2019

Saturday Game/50, Round 1, 8/3/2019

On Saturday, I drew this game in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation

Aidan Ahram (USCF 1955) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 8/3/2019

1.d4 Nf6 2,c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Nxd2 6.Nbxd2 Nc6 7.a3 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 Qe7 9.e3 Nxe5 10.Be2 Nxf3+ 11.Bxf3 O-O 12.O-O d6 13.b4 Rb8 14.Rfc1 b6 15.Qd4 Bb7


16.Bd5 Rfe8 17.Qf4 c6 18.Bf3 Qe5 19.Qxe5 Rxe5 20.c5 bxc5 21.bxc5 d5 22.Rab1 Re7 23.Bxd5 Rd8 24.Bf3 Kf8 25.Rb4 Ba8 26.Rcb1 g6 27.Rb8 Ree8 28.R8b4 Re7 29.Kf1 f5 30.h4 Re5 31.Rb8 Ree8 32.R8b4 Re5


33.Ke1 Rxc5 34.Rb8 Rc1+ 35.Ke2 Rc2+ 36.Ke1 Rc1+ 37.Ke2 Rc2+ 38.Ke1, draw.