Monday, February 4, 2019

Westfield Quads 2/3/2019

On Sunday, I played this game in the quads at Westfield.

Round Two: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation

Daniel Girsh (USCF 2158) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Westfield NJ 2/3/2019

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 Nc6 6.a3 Bxd2+ 7.Bxd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 Qe7 9.Qc3 O-O 10.O-O-O Re8 11.Rd5 b6 12.g3 Bb7 13.Bg2 Rad8 14.Re1 a5 15.Kb1 Nb8 16.Rd4 Na6 17.Rg4 Nc5


18.Qc2 g6 19.h4 h5 20.Rd4 a4 21.Bh3 d6 22.exd6 Rxd6 23.Rxd6 cxd6 24.Ng5 Qxg5 25.hxg5 Be4 26.Bg2 Bxc2+ 27.Kxc2 Ne6 28.f4 Nd4+ 29.Kd3 Nf5 30.Bc6 Re3+ 31.Kd2 Rxg3 32.Bxa4 Ne3 33.b3 h4


34.Bc6 Nf5 35.e3 h3 36.Be4 h2 37.Bxf5 gxf5 38.Rh1 Rg2+ 39.Kd3 Kf8 40.e4 Rg3+ 41.Kd4 fxe4 42.Rxh2 Rxb3 43.Kxe4 Rxa3 44.Kd5 Ke7 45.f5 Ra5+ 46.Ke4 Re5+ 47.Kf4 Rc5 48.f6+ Kd7 49.Re2 Rxc4+ 50.Kf5 Rc5+ 51.Kf4 Re5


52.Rxe5 dxe5+ 53.Kxe5 b5 54.Kf5 b4 55.g6 fxg6+ 56.Kxg6 b3 57.f7 b2 58.f8=Q b1=Q+ 59.Qf5+ Qxf5+ 60.Kxf5, draw.