Sunday, April 17, 2011

Marshall April Under 2300, Day 1

On Saturday, I drew this game at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Budapest Defense, Fajarowicz Variation

Aravind Kumar (USCF 1904) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 4/16/2011


1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Nxd2 6.Nbxd2 Nc6 7.e3 Qe7 8.Be2 Nxe5 9.O-O Bxd2 10.Qxd2 d6 11.Nxe5 Qxe5 12.Qd4 O-O 13.Qxe5 dxe5 14.Rad1 Be6 15.b3 Rfd8


16.Rxd8+ Rxd8 17.Rd1 Rxd1+ 18.Bxd1 b6 19.Kf1 Kf8 20.Ke2 Ke7 21.Kd3 Bf5+ 22.Kc3 a5 23.Bc2 Be6 24.Bb1 h6 25.a3 f6 26.f3 Kd6 27.Bd3 g5 28.g4 Bf7 29.Bc2 h5 30.h3 h4 31.Bd3 Be6 32.Bc2 Bd7 33.Bd3 Bc6 34.Be4 Bd7 35.Bd3 Be8 36.Bc2 b5 37.b4 axb4+ 38.axb4 c5


39.bxc5+ Kxc5 40.cxb5 Bxb5 41.Bd3 Ba4 42.Bc2 Bxc2 43.Kxc2 Kd5 44.e4+ Kc4 45.Kd2 Kd4 46.Ke2 Kc4 47.Kd2 Kb4 48.Kc2 Kc4 49.Kd2 Kd4 50.Ke2 Kc3 51.Ke3, draw.