Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Rahway Swiss 3/24/2013

On Sunday morning, I won these games in the game/30 tournament at Chess Mates.

Round One: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Jim West (USCF 2206) - Thomas Elberling (USCF 2036), Rahway NJ 3/24/2013

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O b4 9.Na4 Nxe4 10.f4 Nc5 11.f5 Nxb3 12.axb3 e5 13.Ne2 Bb7 14.Be3 Nd7 15.Ng3 Qc7 16.Rf2 O-O-O


17.c3 bxc3 18.Nxc3 Nf6 19.Rc2 Kb8 20.Nb5 Qd7 21.Nc7 Qxc7 22.Rxc7 Kxc7 23.Qd2 Nd5 24.Bf2 Be7 25.Ne2 Kd7 26.Ra5 Nf6 27.Nc3 Rc8 28.Rxe5 d5 29.Bh4 Bd6 30.Bxf6 gxf6 31.Re2 Bc5+ 32.Kf1 Rcd8


33.Nxd5 Kc6 34.Nb4+ Kb5 35.Nd3 Rd5 36.Qc3 Rxf5+ 37.Ke1 Rc8 38.Qc4+ Kb6 39.Nxc5 Rcxc5 40.Qd4 Bxg2 41.b4, Black resigns.



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Round Two: Dutch Defense

Mauricio Camejo (USCF 2191) - Jim West (USCF 2206), Rahway NJ 3/24/2013

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.d5 Be7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.h4 a5 7.d6 cxd6 8.Bxd6 Bxd6 9.Qxd6 Na6 10.e4 fxe4 11.Ng5 Qc7 12.Ngxe4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Qxd6 14.Nxd6 Nb4 15.O-O-O Rxf2


16.c3 Nd5 17.Re1 b6 18.Bc4 Ba6 19.Bxd5 exd5 20.Re7 Raf8 21.Rxd7 Rxg2 22.Re1 h6 23.Re8 Rxe8 24.Nxe8 Bb5 25.Rd8 Bxe8 26.Rxe8+ Kf7 27.Rd8 g5


28.Rxd5 gxh4 29.Rh5 Kg6 30.Rxh4 Kg5 31.Rh1 h5 32.Rd1 h4 33.Rd6 h3 34.Rd8 Kf4 35.Rf8+ Ke5 36.Rh8 h2 37.b4 axb4 38.cxb4 Rg1+, White resigns.