Friday, May 18, 2012

May Game/90, Round 3

On Wednesday, I won a good knight versus bad bishop endgame at Chess Mates.

Round Three: Modern Defense

Jim West (USCF 2207) - Roger Pedersen (USCF 1906), Rahway NJ 5/16/2012

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 e6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Qd2 O-O 8.O-O-O a6 9.h3 b5 10.Bd3 Nb4 11.Kb1 Nxd3 12.cxd3 Bb7 13.Rdf1 Rc8 14.g4 c5


15.g5 Nh5 16.Ne2 c4 17.Rhg1 cxd3 18.Qxd3 Qa5 19.Rc1 Rc4 20.Nd2 Rxc1+ 21.Rxc1 Rc8 22.Rxc8+ Bxc8 23.Qc3 Qxc3 24.bxc3 f5 25.e5 d5 26.Nb3 Bf8 27.Kc2 Kf7 28.Bc1 h6 29.h4 hxg5 30.hxg5 Ng7 31.Na5 Ke8 32.Kb3 Kd7 33.Ba3 Bxa3 34.Kxa3 Kc7 35.Kb4 Kb6 36.Nb3 Nh5 37.Nc5 Ng7


38.a3 Nh5 39.Kb3 Ng7 40.Kc2 Nh5 41.Kd3 Ng7 42.Ke3 a5 43.Ng1 Nh5 44.Nf3 Ng3 45.Nh4 Nf1+ 46.Kd3 Ng3 47.Nxg6 Ne4 48.Ne7 Ba6 49.Nxa6 Kxa6 50.g6 Nf2+ 51.Kc2 Ng4 52.g7 Nh6 53.g8=Q Nxg8 54.Nxg8 a4 55.Nf6 Kb7 56.Nd7 Kc8 57.Nc5 Kd8 58.Nxe6+ Kd7 59.Ng7, Black resigns.