Saturday, December 8, 2007

Cherry Hill Swiss 12/8/2007

Of the ten players who participated in today's game/30 Swiss at Cherry Hill, seven including myself were masters.

Here are my best games.

Round One: Center Counter Defense

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Zakhar Fayvinov (USCF 2200), Cherry Hill NJ 12/8/2007
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 c6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Be2 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 e6 9.Be3 Be7 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rfe1 Qc7


13.Bf4 Bd6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Nf6 17.c3 Rfd8 18.Rad1 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 Qd5 20.Rg4 f5 21.Rg3 Qxa2 22.Re1 Rd7 23.h4 Qd5 24.Qf4 Rf8 25.h5 Qd6 26.Re5 Rf6


27.h6 Rg6 28.Rxg6 hxg6 29.Qg5 Kh7 30.hxg7 Kxg7 31.Re3 Qe7 32.Qf4 Qd6 33.Qg5 Qe7 34.Qf4, draw.




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Round Three: Philidor Counter Gambit

Zachary Dimmerman (USCF 1715) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Cherry Hill NJ 12/8/2007

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Nf7 Kxf7 12.Bc4+ Kg7 13.Bg5 Be7


14.O-O-O Qd6 15.Bxf6+ Qxf6 16.Qd5 Nc6 17.Qg8+ Kh6 18.h4 Rb8

19.g4 Qf4+ 20.Kb1 Bxg4 21.Qd5 Rd8 22.Qb5 Bxd1 23.Rxd1 Rxd4 24.Rg1 Qxf2 25.Rf1 Qxf1+, White resigns.