Saturday, June 16, 2007

Cherry Hill Round Robin 6/16/2007

Only six players showed up for today's five-round Swiss at Cherry Hill, New Jersey. So the game/30 event turned into a round robin. Here is my best game.

Round One: Philidor Defense

Boris Baczynskyj (USCF 2206) - Jim West (USCF 2202), Cherry Hill NJ 6/16/2007

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5 5.Bc4 Be7 6.h3 O-O 7.Be3 c6 8.a4 h6 9.Ba2 a5 10.Nh4 exd4 11.Qxd4 Ne5 12.O-O-O Nh7


13.f4 Bxh4 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.Qxe5 Qe7 16.Qxe7 Bxe7 17.h4 Bg4 18.Rd2 Rad8 19.Rf2 Be6 20.Bb6 Ra8 21.g3 Bxa2 22.Nxa2 Nf6 23.Re2 Nd7 24.Be3 Nc5 25.Nc3 Ne6 26.g4 Bc5 27.Bxc5 Nxc5 28.Rd1 Rad8 29.Red2, draw.