Monday, July 29, 2019

Edison Quads, Round 3, 7/27/2019

On Saturday, I finished with a score of 1-1-1 at the quads in Edison.

Round Three: Queen Pawn Opening

Aarush Tippa (USCF 1457) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Edison NJ 7/27/2019

1.Nf3 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nxd4 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.Nd2 Nc6 8.N2f3 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 d6 10.Re1 a6 11.a4 Bd7 12.c3 Rc8 13.Qb3 Qc7


14.Bd5 Nxd5 15.Qxd5 e5 16.Nc2 Bc6 17.Qd3 f5 18.Nb4 Be4 19.Qd2 Kh8 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.Qxd5 Qc6 22.Rd1 Qxd5 23.Rxd5 Rfd8 24.Ra3 Rc5 25.Rd1 d5 26.g3 Rdc8 27.Rb3 b5 28.axb5 axb5 29.Ra3 b4


30.Rb3 bxc3 31.bxc3 Rxc3 32.Rxc3 Rxc3 33.Bb2 Rc5 34.Ra1 Rc8 35.Ra7 Rd8 36.f4 d4 37.exd4 exf4 38.Ra4 fxg3 39.hxg3 h5 40.Kf2 Kh7 41.Ra7 Kh6 42.Bc1+ g5 43.Ra6+ Kh7 44.Bxg5 Rxd4 45.Ra7 Rg4 46.Bf6 Rg6


47.Bxg7 Rxg7 48.Rxg7+ Kxg7 49.Kf3 Kg6 50.Kf4 Kf6 51.Kf3 Kg5 52.Kf2 Kg4 53.Kg2 h4 54.gxh4 Kxh4 55.Kf3 Kg5 56.Kg3 f4+ 57.Kf3 Kf5 58.Kf2 Ke4 59.Ke2 f3+ 60.Kf2 Kf4 61.Kf1 Ke3 62.Ke1 f2+ 63.Kf1 Kf3, stalemate.