Monday, June 23, 2008

Greater Somerset County Quads 6/22/2008

Yesterday, at the Dean of Chess Academy in Branchburg, I participated in the Greater Somerset County Quads. I won the top quad with a score of 2-0-1. Here are my games.

Round One: Sicilian Defense, Dragon Variation

Jim West (USCF 2213) - Kavinayan Sivakumar (USCF 1834), Branchburg NJ 6/22/2008

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 a5 9.f3 d6 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bd7 12.a3 Bc6 13.O-O Nd7 14.Rad1 Bxd4+ 15.Qxd4 Qb6 16.Qxb6 Nxb6


17.Rfe1 Rfd8 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.Bxd5 Nxd5 20.Rxd5 Rdc8 21.c3 b6 22.e5 dxe5 23.Rexe5 e6 24.Rd6 Rc5 25.Rxc5 bxc5 26.Kf2 Rb8 27.Rd2 Kf8 28.Ke2 Ke7 29.Kd1 Rb7 30.Kc2 a4 31.c4 Rb3


32.Re2 Kd6 33.Rd2+ Ke7 34.Re2 Kd6 35.h4 h6 36.Rd2+ Ke7 37.Re2 Kd6 38.Re1 f6 39.Re4 f5 40.Re1 g5 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Rd1+ Kc7 43.Rh1 Re3 44.Kd2 Rb3 45.Kc1 Re3 46.Rh7+ Kb6 47.Rg7 Re1+ 48.Kd2 Rb1 49.Kc2 Re1 50.Rxg5 Re2+ 51.Kc3 Re3+ 52.Kd2 Rb3 53.Kc2 Re3


54.Rg6 Re2+ 55.Kc3 Re3+ 56.Kd2 Re5 57.g3 Kb7 58.Rg7+ Kb6 59.Re7 Ka6 60.Re8 Kb7 61.Rd8 Ka7 62.Rd7+ Kb6 63.Rd6+ Kb7 64.Rd3 Kb6 65.Re3 Rxe3 66.Kxe3 Kc6 67.Kf4 Kd6 68.g4 fxg4 69.fxg4 Ke7 70.Ke5 Kf7 71.g5 Kg6


72.Kxe6 Kxg5 73.Kd5 Kf5 74.Kxc5 Ke5 75.Kb5 Kd4 76.c5 Kd3 77.Kxa4 Kc4 78.c6 Kc5 79.c7 Kd5 80.c8=Q Ke5 81.b4 Kd5 82.b5 Ke5 83.b6 Kd5 84.b7 Ke4 85.b8=Q Kd4 86.Qd6+ Ke4 87.Qce6+ Kf3 88.Qf8+ Kg3 89.Qg6+ Kh4 90.Qfh6#.


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Round Two: Larsen's Opening

Steve Ferrero (USCF 1871) - Jim West (2213), Branchburg NJ 6/22/2008

1.b3 b6 2.Bb2 Bb7 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 f5 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.d3 Be7 7.c4 O-O 8.O-O a5 9.a3 Na6 10.Nc3 Qe8 11.e3 Qh5 12.Ne5 Qxd1 13.Rfxd1 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Nc5 15.b4 Nb3


16.b5 Nxa1 17.Rxa1 Bd6 18.Na4 Bxe5 19.Bxe5 d6 20.Bxf6 Rxf6 21.Nc3 Raf8 22.f4 h6 23.h4 g5 24.h5 gxf4 25.exf4 Kf7 26.Re1 Re8 27.d4 Kf8 28.Kf3 Rf7 29.Re3 Rg7 30.Kf2 Rg4 31.Kf3 Re7 32.Kf2 Ke8 33.Kf3 Kd7


34.Kf2 Rg8 35.Kf3 Rc8 36.Na4 Rb8 37.Nc3 c6 38.Ke2 cxb5 39.cxb5 Ree8 40.Kd2 d5 41.Kc2 Rec8 42.Kb2 Rc4 43.Rd3 Rbc8 44.Kb3 Kd6 45.Kb2 a4 46.Kc2 Ra8 47.Kb2 Ra5 48.Ka2 Rxc3 49.Rxc3 Rxb5


50.Ka1 Kd7 51.Ka2 Ra5 52.Kb2 Ra7 53.Rc2 Rc7 54.Rxc7+ Kxc7 55.Kc3 b5 56.Kb2 Kb6 57.Kc2 Ka5 58.Kc3 b4+, White resigns.




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Round Three: Philidor Counter Gambit

Anna Matlin (USCF 1824) - Jim West (USCF 2213), Branchburg NJ 6/22/2008

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.Nxe5 dxe5 7.Qh5+ Kd7 8.Qxe5 Qf6 9.Qh5 g6 10.Qf3 g5 11.Bd2 Bg7


12.Bc3 Qe7 13.e5 Kc7 14.d4 Be6 15.Nd2 Bxc4 16.Nxc4 Qe6 17.Nd6 h5 18.Bb4 Na6 19.Ba3 Ne7 20.Ne4 Rae8 21.Bd6+ Kc8 22.Nxg5 Qf5 23.Ne4 Qg4, draw.