Sunday, July 6, 2008

Marshall Chess Club Swiss 7/6/2008

Ordinarily I do not allow the Ruy Lopez as Black. But, in today's game/30 Swiss at the Marshall Chess Club, the following game of mine transposed into a formation similar to the Ruy Lopez.

Round Three: Bishop's Opening

Sarkis Agaian (USCF 2092) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 7/6/2008

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.d3 d6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 h6 8.h3 Na5 9.Bb5 Be6 10.Nbd2 c6 11.Ba4 b5 12.Bc2 Nb7 13.d4 Qc7 14.Nf1 a6 15.Ng3 Rfe8 16.Nh4 Bf8 17.Nhf5 c5


18.d5 Bxf5 19.exf5 c4 20.Be3 Nc5 21.Bxc5 Qxc5 22.Ne4 Nxe4 23.Rxe4 f6 24.Qd2 Rec8 25.g4 a5 26.h4 Be7 27.Kh2 b4 28.Ba4 bxc3 29.bxc3 Rcb8 30.Bc6 Ra6 31.Qe2 Rab6 32.Rxc4 Rb2


33.Qxb2 Rxb2 34.Rxc5 dxc5 35.c4 Rxf2+ 36.Kg3 Rc2 37.Rb1 Bd6 38.Kf3 e4+ 39.Kxe4 Rxc4+ 40.Kd3 Rb4 41.Re1 Be5 42.Re4 Kf7 43.Rxb4 axb4, draw.