Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Marshall January Grand Prix, Day 2

On Sunday, I finished the Marshall January Grand Prix tournament with a score of 2-1-1, at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Three: King's Indian Defense

Aigboje Aregbeyen (USCF 1733) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 1/8/2012

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.e3 h6 5.Bh4 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.c3 O-O 8.Nbd2 c6 9.O-O Qe8 10.a4 e5 11.Nc4 Qe6 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Nd6 Ne8


14.Bc4 Qxd6 15.Qb3 Nc5 16.Qc2 Bf5 17.Qe2 g5 18.Rfd1 Qe7 19.Bg3 Ne4 20.Ne1 Nxg3 21.hxg3 Nd6 22.Ba2 Rad8 23.Rac1 Bg6 24.b4 a6 25.Nd3 Bxd3 26.Rxd3 e4 27.Rd2 b5 28.Rdc2 Nc8 29.axb5 axb5 30.c4 Qxb4 31.Rb1 Qd6 32.cxb5 cxb5 33.Rxb5 Qd3


34.Bc4 Qxe2 35.Bxe2 Kh8 36.Rc7 Rd2 37.Bg4 Nd6 38.Rb6 Ne8 39.Re7 Nf6 40.Bf5 Nd5 41.Rd7 Nxb6 42.Rxd2 Nc4 43.Rd7 Re8 44.Rc7 Nd6 45.g4 Nxf5 46.gxf5 Kg8 47.g4 Be5 48.Rc4 Kg7 49.Kg2 Bb8 50.f3 exf3+ 51.Kxf3 Be5 52.Rc2 Re7 53.Rd2 f6


54.Rc2 Ra7 55.Rd2 h5 56.gxh5 Ra4 57.Rd7+ Kh6 58.Rd8 g4+ 59.Kg2 Ra2+ 60.Kh1 Kxh5 61.Rh8+ Kg5 62.Kg1 Kxf5 63.Kh1 Ke4 64.Rg8 Kxe3 65.Rxg4 Kf3 66.Rc4 Ra1+ 67.Rc1 Rxc1
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Round Four: Caro-Kann Defense, Exchange Variation

Jim West (FIDE 2104) - Kadhir Pillai (FIDE 1963), Marshall Chess Club 1/8/2012

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Qc7 6.Ne2 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.Na3 a6 9.Qb3 Bxe2 10.Bxe2 Nf6 11.O-O e6 12.Nb1 Bd6 13.f4 O-O 14.Be3 Ne4 15.Bd3 f5 16.Nd2 b5


17.Rae1 b4 18.Qc2 bxc3 19.bxc3 Qa5 20.Nb3 Qa4 21.Rc1 Rac8 22.Nc5 Qxc2 23.Rxc2 Bxc5 24.dxc5 a5 25.Rb1 Rb8 26.Rb6 Rfc8 27.Bd4 Rxb6 28.cxb6 Nxd4 29.cxd4 Rxc2 30.Bxc2 Nd6 31.Ba4 Nb7 32.Bd7 Kf7 33.Bc8 Nd8 34.Kf2 Ke7 35.Ke3 Kd6 36.Kd3 Kc6


37.b7 Nxb7 38.Bxe6 Nd6 39.g4 fxg4 40.hxg4 g5 41.fxg5 Ne4 42.Bf5 Nxg5 43.Ke3 Kd6 44.Kf4 Nh3+ 45.Kg3 Ng5 46.Kh4 Nf3+ 47.Kh5 Nxd4 48.Bxh7 Ne6 49.g5 d4 50.Kg4 Ke5 51.Bc2 Ng7 52.Kf3 Ne6 53.g6 Kf6


54.Ke4 d3 55.Kxd3 Kxg6 56.Kc4+ Kf6 57.Bb3 Nc7 58.Kc5 Ke7 59.Kb6 Kd6 60.a4 Nd5+ 61.Kxa5 Nc3 62.Kb4 Nxa4 63.Bxa4, draw.