Monday, September 12, 2011

Westfield Quads 9/11/2011

A minute of silence was observed before the start of Sunday's quads in Westfield, on the tenth anniversary of 9/11.

Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit

Todd Lunna (USCF 2226) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Westfield NJ 9/11/2011

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.f3 Bd6 9.fxe4 O-O 10.Be2 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Be3 Be6 13.Qd2 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Qxd2+ 15.Bxd2 Nc6 16.Bc3 Rad8


17.Rf1 Rxf1+ 18.Bxf1 Nd4 19.Bxd4 Rxd4 20.b3 Kf7 21.Rd1 Rxd1+ 22.Kxd1 Bg4+ 23.Kd2 Ke6 24.Ke3 Kxe5 25.b4 Be6 26.a3 g5 27.g3 h6 28.Bg2 Bd5 29.Bf1 b6 30.Bb5 c6 31.Bf1 c5 32.c3 cxb4 33.cxb4 a5 34.Be2 axb4 35.axb4, draw.



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Round Three: Philidor Counter Gambit

Kavinayan Sivakumar (USCF 2173) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Westfield NJ 9/11/2011

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.f3 h6 8.Ne6 Bxe6 9.fxe6 Bb4 10.fxe4 O-O 11.Bd2 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Nxe4 13.Qe2 Nc6 14.O-O-O Qd6 15.Be1 Rae8 16.g3 Rxe6 17.Bh3 Ref6


18.Rf1 Rxf1 19.Bxf1 Qf6 20.Qb5 Qd6 21.Bg2 Rb8 22.c4 Nf6 23.cxd5 Ne7 24.Bb4 Qd8 25.Re1 Nexd5 26.Bd2 c6 27.Qd3 Qf8 28.Bh3 Re8 29.Rf1 Qe7 30.Re1 Qf7 31.Rxe8+ Qxe8 32.Bf5 Qe7 33.g4 Kh8 34.h4 Ng8 35.g5 Nb4 36.Qc4 Nd5


37.Bd3 Ne3 38.Qa4 hxg5 39.hxg5 Qxg5 40.b4 Qg1+ 41.Kb2 Nd5 42.Bc3 Nxc3 43.Kxc3 Qa1+ 44.Kc2 Qxd4 45.Qa5 Nf6 46.Qf5 Qd7 47.Qc5 Qf7, draw.