Monday, January 27, 2020

Sunday Game/50, Round 1, 1/26/2020

On Sunday, I won this game in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation

Chloe Gaw (USCF 1764) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 1/26/2020

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Nxd2 6.Nbxd2 Nc6 7.a3 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 Qe7 9.Qc3 O-O 10.e3 Re8 11.Bd3 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.Qc2 h6 14.O-O d6 15.h3 b6 16.b4 Bb7


17.Rfd1 Be4 18.Bxe4 Qxe4 19.Qb3 a5 20.Rd4 Qe5 21.b5 Re7 22.Rad1 Rae8 23.Rd5 Qf6 24.R5d4 Re4 25.Rxe4 Rxe4 26.Qd3 Qe6 27.Rc1 Re5 28.Qe2 Rc5 29.Kh2 d5 30.Qd3 dxc4 31.Qd8+ Kh7 32.Kg1 Qd6 33.Qh4 c3


34.Qe4+ Qg6 35.Qd4 c2 36.a4 Qd6 37.Qe4+ f5 38.Qf3 Qd2 39.Rf1 c1=Q 40.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 41.Kh2 Qd6+ 42.g3 Rc5 43.e4 fxe4 44.Qxe4+ Qg6 45.Qd4 Qf5 46.h4 Qf3 47.Qd2 Rf5 48.Kg1 Rd5 49.Qc2+ Kh8 50.Qxc7 Rd1+ 51.Kh2 Rh1#.