Sunday, November 13, 2011

Marshall November Grand Prix, Day 1

On Saturday, I played these games at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation

Aravind Kumar (FIDE 1889) - Jim West (FIDE 2087), Marshall Chess Club 11/12/2011

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.Qxe5 Rxe5 14.O-O d6 15.b4 b6 16.e4 Bb7 17.f3 a5


18.Kf2 Kf8 19.Rfe1 h6 20.b5 f6 21.Re2 Rae8 22.Rae1 g5 23.g4 Kg7 24.h3 Bc8 25.Kg3 Be6 26.Rc1 Bf7 27.Rcc2 Rc5 28.Rh2 Rc8 29.Rhf2 c6 30.Rfe2 h5 31.Rf2 h4+ 32.Kg2 cxb5 33.cxb5 Rxc2 34.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 35.Bxc2 Bc4 36.a4 Kf7


37.f4 Ke6 38.Kf3 Bf1 39.Bb3+ Ke7 40.f5 Bxh3 41.Bc4 d5 42.Bxd5 Bf1 43.Ke3 Kd6 44.Bb3 Ke5 45.Bd5 Bg2 46.Bc6 h3, White resigns.



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Round Two: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Jim West (FIDE 2087) - Frank Paciulli (FIDE 1932), Marshall Chess Club 11/12/2011

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7 9.Be3 O-O 10.f4 Qc7 11.a3 Bb7 12.f5 e5 13.Nde2 Nbd7 14.Ng3 Rac8 15.Qf3 h6 16.Rfd1 Rfe8 17.Rac1 Nb6


18.Bxb6 Qxb6+ 19.Kh1 Rxc3 20.bxc3 d5 21.Bxd5 Bxa3 22.Ra1 Bxd5 23.exd5 e4 24.Qe2 Bd6 25.c4 b4 26.c5 Qxc5 27.Rxa6 Bxg3 28.Rxf6 gxf6 29.hxg3 Qd6 30.Qe3 Kh7 31.Kh2 Qe5 32.d6 Qxf5 33.Rd4 Rd8 34.Qxe4 Qxe4 35.Rxe4 Rxd6 36.Rxb4 Rc6 37.c4 Kg6


38.g4 Kg5 39.Kg3 f5 40.gxf5 Kxf5 41.Kf3 Ke5 42.Ke3 f5 43.Rb5+ Kf6 44.Kd4 Kg5 45.c5 Ra6 46.Rb2 f4 47.Kd5 Rf6 48.c6 Rf5+ 49.Kd4 Rf8 50.c7 Rc8 51.Rc2 Kg4 52.Rc3 h5 53.Ke5 Re8+ 54.Kd6, Black resigns.