Sunday, December 18, 2011

Hamilton Quads 12/17/2011

Yesterday I drew all three games at the Hamilton quads. These two were nearly losses.

Round One: Dutch Defense

Dragan Milovanovic (USCF 2261) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Hamilton NJ 12/17/2011

1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 e6 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 Qe7 8.Qd2 b6 9.O-O-O Bb7 10.Qf4 O-O 11.Qg4 Nc6 12.a3 Nd8 13.Bd3 Nf7


14.h4 Nh6 15.Qh5 Nf5 16.Neg5 g6 17.Qg4 h5 18.Qf4 Bxf3 19.Nxf3 c5 20.Bxf5 exf5 21.Rhe1 Qg7 22.g3 Rfe8 23.Qd6 cxd4 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Nxd4 Re4 26.c3 Bxd4 27.cxd4 Kh7 28.Kb1 Qe7 29.Qxe7+ Rxe7 30.Rc1 d5 31.Rc8 Kg7


32.Rd8 Re2 33.Rd7+ Kf6 34.Rxa7 Rxf2 35.Rb7 f4 36.gxf4 Rxf4 37.Rxb6+ Kf5 38.a4 Rxh4 39.a5 Rxd4 40.b3 Re4 41.a6 Re8 42.b4 h4 43.Rb7 h3 44.b5 h2 45.Rh7 Rb8 46.Rxh2 Rxb5+ 47.Rb2 Ra5 48.Ra2 Rb5+ 49.Rb2 Ra5 50.Ra2, draw.



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Round Two: Petroff Defense

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Mark Kernighan (USCF 2249), Hamilton NJ 12/17/2011

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d3 Nf6 6.d4 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Bg4 9.Re1 Nc6 10.c3 Qd7 11.Nbd2 Rae8 12,Nf1 Bf5 13.Ng3 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Bd8 15.Bd2 a6


16.Kf1 Ne7 17.Re2 Ng6 18.Rae1 Qa4 19.a3 Rxe2 20.Rxe2 Re8 21.Rxe8+ Qxe8 22.Qe2 Qa4 23.Ne1 d5 24.f3 Kf8 25.Nd3 Nd7 26.Nf4 Qc2 27.Nxg6+ hxg6 28.Be1 Qb3 29.f4 Nb6 30.f5 Nc4 31.fxg6 fxg6 32.Qf3+ Bf6 33.Ne2 Qxb2 34.Nf4 Qb1 35.Kf2 c6 36.Qg4 Qf5


37.Kg3 Qxg4+ 38.Kxg4 Kf7 39.Nd3 Nxa3 40.Nc5 Nc4 41.Nxb7 a5 42.Nc5 Be7 43.Na4 Ke6 44.Kf3 Kd7 45.Ke2 Ba3 46.Kd3 Kc7 47.g4 Kb7 48.Bf2 Ka6 49.h3 Kb5 50.Nc5 Bxc5 51.dxc5 a4 52.Kc2 g5 53.Bd4 g6 54.Bf6 Kxc5 55.Bxg5 Kd6 56.h4 Ke6 57.h5 Kf7


58.Bf4 Kf6 59.h6 Kf7 60.g5 Kg8 61.Kb1 Kh7 62.Kc2 c5 63.Bb8 a3 64.Kb3 d4 65.cxd4 cxd4 66.Ba7 d3 67.Bd4 Nd2+ 68.Kc3 Nf3 69.Bf6 d2 70.Kc2 a2 71.Bg7 Nxg5 72.Kxd2 Ne6 73.Bf6 g5 74.Kc2 g4 75.Kb2 g3 76.Bh4 g2 77.Bf2 Kxh6 78.Kxa2 Kg5


79.Kb3 Nf4 80.Kc2 Kg4 81.Kd2 Kf3 82.Ba7 Ng6 83.Bb6 Ne5 84.Ba7 Ng4 85.Bg1 Nf2 86.Ke1 Nd3+ 87.Kd2 Nf4 88.Ba7 Kg3 89.Be3 Nd5 90.Ba7 Kf3 91.Bc5 Nf6 92.Ba7, draw.