Saturday, July 21, 2007

Cherry Hill Swiss 7/21/2007

At today's game/30 Swiss in Cherry Hill, I finished with a record of 1-1-3.

Two of my draws were as Black against masters.

Round Two: Philidor Counter Gambit

Leroy Dubeck (USCF 2242) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Cherry Hill NJ 7/21/2007

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Qe2 d5 7.Qb5+ Nc6 8.Ne5 Nge7 9.Bg5 Be6 10.Bxe7 Bxe7 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Qxc6+ Kf7 13.Nb5 Bd6 14.Nxd6+ cxd6 15.Be2 Qe7 16.O-O Rhc8 17.Qa4 Kg8


18.c3 Qg5 19.f4 Qh6 20.Qc2 Rf8 21.Qd2 Rf7 22.Qe3 Rb8 23.b3 Rbf8 24.g3 Bh3
25.Rfe1 Qg6 26.Bf1 Qe6 27.Bg2 g5 28.Rf1 gxf4 29.Rxf4 Rxf4 30.gxf4 Bxg2 31.Kxg2 Qg4+ 32.Qg3 Rxf4 33.Rf1 Qxg3+ 34.hxg3 Rxf1 35.Kxf1 Kf7 36.Ke2 Ke6 37.Ke3 Kf5 38.c4 dxc4 39.bxc4 h5 40.a4 a5 41.c5 d5 42.Kf2 Ke6 43.Ke3 Kf5 44.Kf2, draw.



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Round Three: Sicilian Defense

Boris Baczynskyj (USCF 2232) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Cherry Hill NJ 7/21/2007

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Bd3 b5 11.Rhe1 Bb7 12.Qg3 O-O-O 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Qxg7 Rdf8 15.Qg3 b4 16.Na4 Rhg8 17.Qf2 Nd7


18.c4 Qa5 19.Bc2 Nc5 20.Nb3 Qxa4 21.Nxc5 Qxa2 22.Bb3 Qa5 23.Nxb7 Kxb7 24.e5 Rd8 25.Qf3+ Kb6 26.g3 dxe5 27.Rxe5 Qa1+ 28.Kc2 Qxd1+ 29.Qxd1 Rxd1 30.Kxd1 Bf6 31.Rh5 Bxb2 32.Kc2 Bc3 33.Ba4 f5 34.Rh6 Rg6 35.Rxh7 e5 36.fxe5 Bxe5 37.Rf7 Rf6 38.Rxf6+ Bxf6 39.Bd7 Kc5 40.Kb3 a5 41.Be6 Be5 42.Bxf5 a4+ 43.Kxa4 Kxc4 44.Be6+ Kc3 45.Bf7 Bd6 46.Kb5 Kd4 47.Kc6 Be5 48.Bg6 Ke3 49.Kd5 Bxg3 50.hxg3 Kf3, draw.