Saturday, April 28, 2007

Viking Quads 4/28/2007

Here are my games from today's Viking Quads in Mount Arlington, New Jersey. All three ended in draws. The time limit was game/90.

Game One: Budapest Gambit Declined

Sandi Hutama (USCF 2219) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Mount Arlington 4/28/2007

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Bc5 4.e3 O-O 5.Nc3 c6 6.g4 cxd5 7.cxd5 Qa5 8.Bg2 d6 9.g5 Ne8 10.Nge2 f6 11.h4 b5 12.Bd2 b4 13.Ne4 Na6 14.gxf6 Nxf6 15.Nxf6+ Rxf6 16.Ng3 Bd7 17.Ne4 Rg6 18.Bf3 Rf8 19.h5 Rh6 20.Rg1 Bb6 21.Ng5 Nc5 22.Be2 Bd8

23.a3 Bxg5 24.axb4 Qd8 25.bxc5 Bh4 26.Rg2 Rxf2 27.Rxf2 Bxf2+ 28.Kxf2 Qh4+ 29.Kg1 Qg3+ 30.Kh1 Bf5 31.Ra4 Qh3+ 32.Kg1 Qg3+ 33.Kh1, draw.



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Game Two: Center Counter Defense

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Boris Privman (USCF 2238), Mount Arlington 4/28/2007

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Bc4 e6 7.Qe2 Be7 8.Bf4 O-O 9.O-O-O c6 10.Ne5 Nd5 11.Bxd5 exd5 12.g4 Be6 13.f3 Nd7 14.h4 Re8 15.h5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Bb4 17.Qd3 Qa5 18.h6 g6


19.f4 Bxg4 20.Rdg1 f5 21.Rh4 Bxc3 22.bxc3 Qxa2 23.Rhxg4 fxg4 24.Rxg4 Rxe5 25.fxe5 Qa3+ 26.Kd2 Qe7 27.Qe3 Rf8 28.Rf4 Rf7 29.Rxf7 Kxf7 30.Qf4+ Ke8 31.Kc1 Qf8 32.Qh2 Kd7 33.e6+ Kxe6 34.Qe5+ Kd7 35.Qg7+ Qe7 36.Kb2 a5 37.Qg8 a4 38.Qb8 b5 39.Qb7+ Kd6 40.Qb8+ Qc7 41.Qf8+ Qe7 42.Qb8+ Ke6 43.Qc8+ Kf7 44.Qxc6 g5 45.Qxd5+ Kg6 46.Qc6+ Qf6 47.d5 b4 48.Ka2 g4 49.cxb4 g3 50.d6 Kxh6 51.b5 Qe6+ 52.Kb2 Qf6+, draw.



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Game Three: Reti Opening

Frank Romano (USCF 1931) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Mount Arlington 4/28/2007

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d4 Bb4 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 O-O 9.O-O Qe7 10.a4 Rd8 11.Ba3 Qe8 12.Qc2 b6 13.Rfe1 Na5 14.Bd3 Bb7 15.Ne5 h6


16.Rab1 Nc6 17.Bb5 a6 18.Bxc6 Bxc6 19.Nxc6 Qxc6 20.Be7 Rd7 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.f3 f5 23.Rbc1 b5 24.axb5 axb5 25.e4 fxe4 26.Rxe4 f5 27.Re5 Rd5 28.Rce1 Rxe5 29.Rxe5 Ra1+ 30.Kf2 Qc4 31.Kg3, draw.