Monday, July 7, 2014

Westfield Quads 7/6/2014

On Sunday, I finished with a score of 2-0-1 in the quads at Westfield.

Round One: Larsen's Opening

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Aaron Jacobson (USCF 2118), Westfield NJ 7/6/2014

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 a6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O g6 8.a4 Bg7 9.Na3 O-O 10.Qe1 d4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 dxe3 13.dxe3 Qc7 14.Nc4 Nd7


15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Qc3+ f6 17.a5 Rfe8 18.Rad1 e5 19.Rxd7+ Qxd7 20.Nb6 Qe7 21.Nxa8 Rxa8 22.Bxc6 bxc6 23.fxe5 fxe5 24.Qc4 Ra7 25.Rd1 Kf6 26.Qh4+ Ke6 27.Qg4+ Kf6 28.Qc8 Qc7 29.Qf8+ Kg5 30.Qxc5 Rb7


31.b4 Rb5 32.Qc4 Qe7 33.Qg4+ Kh6 34.c3 c5 35.Rd5 cxb4 36.Rxb5 axb5 37.cxb4 Qc7 38.Qh4+ Kg7 39.Qe4 Kf6 40.Kh2 Qc4 41.Qf3+ Ke6 42.a6 e4 43.Qg4+ Ke7 44.Qg5+ Kd7 45.Qe5 Qa2 46.Qxb5+ Ke7


47.Qb7+ Kf6 48.a7 Qb2 49.Qb8 Kg5 50.Qf4+ Kh5 51.a8=Q h6 52.Qd5+ g5 53.Qdf7#.



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Round Two: King's Indian Defense, Exchange Variation

George Grasser (USCF 2107) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Westfield NJ 7/6/2014

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bg5 Re8 10.O-O c6 11.Rad1 Nbd7 12.b4 a5 13.b5 h6 14.Bc1 Nc5 15.bxc6 bxc6 16.Nd2 Be6 17.f3 Bf8


18.Bb2 Rab8 19.Rb1 Red8 20.Rfd1 Nd3 21.Nb3 Bxc4 22.Nxa5 Nxb2 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Nxc4 Nxc4 25.Bxc4 Rd4 26.Bb3 Nd7 27.Rd1 Nc5 28.Ne2 Nxb3 29.Nxd4 Nxd4 30.f4 Ne2+ 31.Kf2 Nxf4 32.Rd8 Kg7


33.Rc8 Nd3+ 34.Ke3 Nb4 35.a4 Bc5+ 36.Kd2 Bd4 37.a5 c5 38.Rb8 Nc6 39.a6 c4 40.Rc8 c3+ 41.Kd1 Na7 42.Rc7 g5 43.g4 Kg6 44.h3 h5 45.gxh5+ Kxh5 46.Rxf7 Kh4 47.Rh7+ Kg3 48.Kc2 Kf4 49.Kd3 Nc6


50.h4 gxh4 51.Rxh4+ Kg5 52.Rh1 Nb4+ 53.Kc4 Nxa6 54.Kb5 Nc5 55.Kc4 Nxe4 56.Kd5 Ng3 57.Rh8 Kf4 58.Rg8 Nf5 59.Rf8 c2 60.Rc8 Ne3+ 61.Ke6 Bb2, White resigns.



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Round Three: Pirc Defense, Austrian Attack

Boris Privman (USCF 2325) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Westfield NJ 7/6/2014

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d6 3.e4 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be3 b6 7.Qd2 c5 8.dxc5 dxc5 9.O-O-O Qxd2+ 10.Rxd2 Bb7 11.e5 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4


13.Ng5 Bf5 14.g4 Bxg4 15.Bg2 h6 16.Nxf7 Nd7 17.Bxa8 Rxa8 18.Rg1 Bf5 19.e6 Bxe6 20.Nxh6+ Kh7 21.Ng4 Nf6 22.Ne5 Bf5 23.Rgd1 e6 24.Rd8 Rxd8 25.Rxd8 Nd5 26.Bd2 g5 27.Nc6 gxf4 28.Rxd5 exd5 29.Bxf4 Bd7


30.Nxa7 Bh6 31.Bd2 Kg6 32.b4 cxb4 33.Bxh6 Kxh6 34.Kb2 d4 35.Kb3 Be6+ 36.Kxb4 Bxa2 37.Nc6 Kg5 38.Nxd4 Kg4 39.Kb5 Kh3 40.Kxb6 Kxh2 41.Kb5 Kg3 42.Kb4 Kf4 43.Nb3 Ke5 44.Ka3 Bb1 45.c4 Kd6, and drawn in ? moves.