Sunday, November 4, 2007

Westfield Swiss 11/4/2007

In today's Game/40 Swiss at Westfield, held in honor of Ernesto Labate, I finished with a score of 3-2-0.

Here is my best game as Black.

Round Three: Philidor Counter Gambit

Arthur Shen (USCF 1840) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Ernesto Labate Grand Prix 11/4/2007

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nd4 d5 6.Bf4 c6 7.Be2 Bc5 8.c3 Ne7 9.Bg4 O-O 10.Bxc8 Qxc8 11.Bg3 Nf5 12.O-O Nxg3 13.hxg3 Na6


14.f4 exf3 15.Rxf3 Qe6 16.Re3 Qh6 17.Qe2 Rae8 18.Nd2 Nc7 19.a4 a6 20.Re1 Ne6 21.N2f3 Rxf3 22.Nxf3 Bxe3+ 23.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 24.Rxe3 Nc5


25.a5 Nb3 26.Nd4 Nxa5 27.e6 Nc4 28.Re2 Nd6 29.g4 g6 30.Kf2 c5 31.Nb3 b6 32.Re5 Kg7 33.g5 Nf7 34.Rxd5 Rxe6 35.Nd2 Rd6 36.Rxd6 Nxd6


37.Kf3 Kf7 38.Kf4 Ke6 39.g4 b5 40.Nb3 Kd5 41.Ke3 Nc4+ 42.Kd3 Nxb2+ 43.Ke3 Nc4+ 44.Kf4 a5 45.Nc1 b4 46.cxb4 cxb4 47.Nb3 a4 48.Nc1 b3 49.Ne2 a3 50.Nc3+, White resigns.