Monday, July 22, 2013

Rahway Swiss 7/20/2013

On Saturday, I had two draws in the game/45 tournament at Chess Mates.

Round One: Sicilian Defense, Dragon Variation

Jim West (USCF 2237) - Brandon Jacobson (USCF 1857), Rahway NJ 7/20/2013

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Rc8 11.Bb3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Qa5 13.O-O-O b5 14.Kb1 b4 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 Ba4


17.Rc1 Rxc2 18.Rxc2 Bxc2+ 19.Kxc2 b3+ 20.Bxb3 Qxd2+ 21.Kxd2 Bxd4 22.Kc2 a5 23.h5 Rc8+ 24.Kb1 Rb8 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Rd1 Be5 27.Rd2 Rb4 28.Bd5 Rb6 29.a4 Kg7 30.b3 Kf6 31.Bc4 e6 32.Bb5 Kg5 33.Kc2 Kf4


34.Kd3 Rb8 35.Rc2 Kg3 36.Rc7 Rf8 37.Rc2 Rd8 38.Rc7 Rf8, draw.



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Round Four: Caro-Kann Defense, Exchange Variation

Jim West (USCF 2237) - Aaron Jacobson (USCF 1990), Rahway NJ 7/20/2013

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Qc7 6.Ne2 Bg4 7.h3 Bd7 8.Na3 a6 9.Nc2 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Ncd4 Nxd3+ 12.Qxd3 Bd6 13.O-O Ne7 14.Bd2 O-O 15.Rae1 Qc4 16.Nc1 Nc6


17.Nxc6 Bxc6 18.Qxc4 dxc4 19.Be3 Rfe8 20.Rd1 Bc7 21.Rfe1 f6 22.Kf1 Kf7 23.Ne2 Rad8 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Bd4 Re8 26.f3 b5 27.a3 Bd7 28.g4 Bc6 29.Kf2 Kg6 30.Be3 Be5 31.Bf4 h5


32.Bxe5 fxe5 33.Rd1 Re6 34.Ng3 hxg4 35.hxg4 Kg5 36.Rh1 Rh6 37.Rxh6 gxh6 38.Ke3 Kf6 39.Nh5+ Kg5 40.Ng3 Kf6 41.Nh5+ Kg5 42.Ng7 Kf6 43.Nh5+, draw.