Tuesday, August 21, 2012

FIDE Mondays 8/20/2012

Magnus Carlsen made an appearance at the Marshall Chess Club, during last night's FIDE Mondays tournament.

In this game, both players blundered in time trouble.

Round Five: Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation

Jim West (FIDE 2116) - Alexander Fabbri (FIDE 2071), Marshall Chess Club 8/20/2012

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.a4 f6 7.Na3 Be6 8.Qe2 O-O-O 9.Nc4 Qd7 10.d3 g5 11.Be3 h5 12.Rfb1 c5 13.Nfd2 Nh6


14.Nb3 b6 15.Ncd2 a5 16.Nc4 Qc6 17.Nbd2 g4 18.b3 h4 19.Rf1 Be7 20.Bxh6 Rxh6 21.Ne3 Qd7 22.f3 Rg8 23.Nxg4 Bxg4 24.fxg4 Rxg4 25.Kh1 Rhg6 26.Rf2 c4 27.Nxc4 Qd4 28.Re1 Bb4 29.Ref1 Bc5


30.Qf3 Rf4 31.Qh3+ Kb7 32.Rxf4 exf4 33.Qf5 Rg5 34.Qxf4 h3 35.g3 Qc3 36.Qd2 Qd4 37.c3 Qd7 38.Rxf6 Rd5 39.Rf3 Qg4 40.Qe2 Rd7 41.Ne5 Qe6 42.Nxd7 Qxd7 43.d4 Be7 44.e5 Qd5 45.g4 Qxb3 46.Rxh3 Qxa4


47.Qe4+ Ka7 48.Qe2 Qa1+ 49.Kg2 a4 50.Qe4 Ka6 51.Qa8+ Kb5 52.Qd5+ Ka6 53.Qa8+ Kb5 54.Qd5+ Ka6 55.Qa8+ Kb5 56.Qd5+, draw.