Thursday, June 7, 2012

"Chess Mates" Championship, Round 1

Last night, I won this game at Chess Mates in the club championship.

Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit

Michael O'Connor (USCF 1859) - Jim West (USCF 2208), Rahway NJ 6/6/2012

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.Bg5 O-O 10.fxe4 Qe8 11.Qd2 dxe4 12.O-O-O Be6


13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.d5 Bc8 15.Nc4 f5 16.Qg5+ Qg6 17.Qxg6+ hxg6 18.Nxd6 cxd6 19.Ne2 Nd7 20.Nf4 Ne5 21.Ne6 Rf7 22.h3 Bd7 23.Be2 Rc8 24.g4 fxg4 25.hxg4 Rf2 26.Nd4 Bxg4 27.Bxg4 Nxg4 28.Rh4 Nf6 29.Rdh1 Kf7 30.c3 a6 31.Ne6 Rf5


32.Rf4 Rxf4 33.Nxf4 g5 34.Ne6 Rg8 35.Rg1 g4 36.c4 b5 37.cxb5 axb5 38.Nf4 Ra8 39.Kb1 Rc8 40.Rc1 Rxc1+ 41.Kxc1 g3 42.Kd2 Nxd5 43.Ng2 Kf6 44.b3 b4 45.Ke2 Ke5 46.Ne1 Nc3+ 47.Kf1 Nxa2 48.Nc2 d5 49.Kg2 Kf4 50.Nd4 Nc1


51.Nc6 Nxb3 52.Nxb4 d4 53.Nd5+ Ke5 54.Nb6 d3 55.Kxg3 Kd4 56.Kf2 e3+ 57.Ke1 Nd2 58.Na4 Nf3+ 59.Kd1 e2+ 60.Kc1 e1=Q+ 61.Kb2 Qb4+, White resigns.