Thursday, June 14, 2012

"Chess Mates" Championship, Round 2

Yesterday I played this game at Chess Mates in the club championship.

Round Two: Larsen's Opening

Jim West (USCF 2208) - Lev Zilbermintz (USCF 2098), Rahway NJ 6/13/2012

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 Bc5 4.e3 Qe7 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.d3 a6 7.Nf3 d6 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Ba7 10.a3 Bf5 11.b4 Nd8 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Re1 Re8 14.h3 Be6 15.Bf1 h6


16.Na4 Bd7 17.c5 Nc6 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Nc3 Nd8 20.Ne2 Ne6 21.Qd2 Nh7 22.Ng3 Nef8 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Rc1 Rc6 25.d4 e4 26.Rxc6 Bxc6 27.d5 Bd7 28.Nd4 Qg5 29.Nde2 f5 30.Nf4 Nf6 31.Qc3 Bb6 32.Be2 Ng6


33.Ne6 Bxe6 34.dxe6 Ne7 35.Nh5 Ned5 36.Qc8+ Kh7 37.Nxf6+ Nxf6 38.e7 Bxe3 39.Bxf6 Qg3 40.Qxf5+ g6 41.e8=Q gxf5 42.Qf7+, Black resigns.