Thursday, November 21, 2019

Westfield Grand Prix, Round 4, 11/17/2019

On Sunday, I finished with a score of 2-1-0 plus a half point bye in the tournament at Westfield.

Round Four: Philidor Counter Gambit

Eric Levin (USCF 1855) - Jim West (USCF 2203), Westfield NJ 11/17/2019

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Be2 c6 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Nxd7 Bxd7 14.c4 Qe8 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.f3 Bc6


17.Bxf6 Rxf6 18.fxe4 Rxf1+ 19.Bxf1 Qxe4 20.Qd2 Re8 21.a4 Qe3+ 22.Qxe3 Rxe3 23.Bd3 a5 24.Kf2 Re7 25.c3 g5 26.h3 Kg7 27.Ra3 h5 28.Be2 h4 29.Ra1 Kh6 30.Ra3 Rc7 31.Bf3 Rf7 32.Ke3 Re7+ 33.Kd2 Kg6 34.Bg4 Rf7


35.Ke2 b5 36.axb5 Bxb5+ 37.Ke3 Ra7 38.Kd2 Bc4 39.Be2 Bxe2 40.Kxe2 Kf5 41.Kf3 a4 42.Ke3 g4 43.hxg4+ Kxg4 44.Kf2 Kf4 45.Ke2 Ke4 46.Kd2 Rg7 47.Rxa4 Rxg2+ 48.Ke1 h3 49.Kf1 Rc2 50.Ra8 h2


51.Re8+ Kd3 52.Rh8 Kxc3 53.Rh3+ Kxd4 54.Rh4+ Kc3 55.Rh3+ Kc4 56.Rh4+ d4 57.Rh8 h1=Q+ 58.Rxh1 Rc1+ 59.Kg2 Rxh1, White resigns.