Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Westfield Grand Prix, Round 1, 11/17/2019

On Sunday, I won this game in the tournament at Westfield.

Round One: King's Indian Defense, Fianchetto Variation

Kevin Dresher (USCF 1939) - Jim West (USCF 2203), Westfield NJ 11/17/2019

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.c4 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Bf5 8.Ne1 e5 9.e4 Bg4 10.f3 exd4 11.Ne2 Be6 12.Nxd4 Bxc4 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Rf2 Be6 15.Bg5 h6 16.Be3 Nd7 


17.Qc2 Ne5 18.Bf1 c5 19.Rd1 Qe7 20.b3 a5 21.Nd3 Nc6 22.Nf4 Nd4 23.Qd2 Kh7 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.exd5 Nf5 26.Re2 Nxe3 27.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 28.Rxe3 Bd4 29.Rxd4 cxd4 30.Re7 Ra7 31.a4 Kg7 32.Kf2 Kf6 33.Re4 Rb7 34.Bc4 Rfb8

35.Rxd4 Rxb3 36.Bxb3 Rxb3 37.Rc4 Rd3 38.Rxc7 Rxd5 39.Ke3 h5 40.h4 Ke6 41.Ra7 Rc5 42.Kd4 f6 43.g4 hxg4 44.fxg4 f5 45.gxf5+ Rxf5 46.Ke4 Rh5 47.Kf3 Rc5 48.Ra6 Ke5 49.Ke3 Rd5 50.Kf3 Kd4

51.Rc6 Rf5+ 52.Kg4 Kd5 53.Rb6 Ke6 54.Ra6 Rc5 55.Kg3 Rc3+ 56.Kg2 Rc4 57.Rxa5 Rxh4 58.Ra8 d5  59.a5 Ra4 60.Kf3 Ke5 61.a6 Ra3+ 62.Ke2 Kd4 63.a7 Ra2+ 64.Kf3 Ra6 65.Ke2 g5 66.Rg8 Rxa7 67.Rxg5 Ra2+ 68.Kd1 Kc4

69.Rg4+ d4 70.Rg8 Kc3 71.Rc8+ Kd3, and Black wins in ? moves.


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