Saturday, September 22, 2007

Hamilton Swiss 9/22/2007

Earlier today, in a 6-man Swiss at Hamilton, I drew a couple of masters with the black pieces.

Round One: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation

Daniel Yeager (USCF 2327) - Jim West (USCF 2203), Hamilton NJ 9/22/2007

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 Nc6 6.a3 Nxd2 7.Bxd2 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 Qe7 9.Qc3 O-O 10.O-O-O Re8 11.Rd5 b6 12.e3 Bb7 13.Be2 Rad8 14.Rhd1 Nb8


15.R5d2 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Qxe5 17.Qxe5 Rxe5 18.Rd5 Rde8 19.Rxe5
Rxe5 20.Rd5 Rxd5 21.Bxd5 a5


22.b3 Kf8 23.Kd2 Ke7 24.Kc3 d6 25.f4 Nd7 26.Bf3 Nc5 27.b4
axb4+ 28.axb4 Ne6 29.h4 f6 30.Be4 h6 31.h5 c5 32.b5 Nc7


33.g4 Ke6 34.Bf5+ Ke7 35.e4 Ne6 36.Bxe6 Kxe6 37.Kd3 Ke7
38.Ke3 Ke6 39.Kf3 Ke7 40.Kg3 Ke6 41.Kh4 Ke7


42.Kg3 Ke6 43.Kf2 Ke7 44.Kf3 Ke6 45.Kg3 Ke7 46.Kh3 Ke6
47.Kh4 Ke7 48.Kg3, draw.




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Round Three: Queen's Gambit, Chigorin Defense

Mark Kernighan (USCF 2200) - Jim West (USCF 2203), Hamilton NJ 9/22/2007

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 e5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.dxe5 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Qxd1+ 8.Kxd1 Bg4 9.Kc2 Nge7 10.h3 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Nxe5


12.Rg1 O-O 13.Rb1 b6 14.Bf4 N7g6 15.Bc1 Rad8 16.f4 Nd7 17.f5 Ne7 18.e4 Kh8 19.Bf4 Nc5 20.f3 Rd7 21.Bb5 c6


22.f6 gxf6 23.Bh6 Rg8 24.Bxc6 Rdd8 25.Bb5 Rg6 26.Be3 Ne6 27.Bd3 Rxg1 28.Rxg1 Ng6 29.Bc4 Rc8 30.Bb3 Ne5


31.f4 Nc4 32.Bxc4 Rxc4 33.Kd3 Rc8 34.Rg4 Nc5+ 35.Bxc5 Rxc5 36.Rg2 Rh5 37.Rg3 Ra5 38.Rg2 Rh5 39.Rg3 Ra5 40.Rg2, draw.