… Yesterday afternoon we had some friends come over and we played an informal chess tournament which I called the 604 Quadrangular. After firing up two grills and putting on steaks and chicken drummies and of course, shrimp with lemon slices, we continued playing quick games of chess using a 20/20 format on the clocks. It was great fun. Dani Gipson won by a score of 3-1 with no losses. My wife Sharon presented the prize, a lottery ticket which yielded $20. Congratulations to Dani… and the peanut butter squares were delicious!
Here is my game with Dani: W: Dani B: Eddie 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4Nf6 3.Nc3 Bc5 4.d3 0-0 5.Be3 Be3 6.fe d6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.0-0 Nd7 10.Nd5 h6 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nh4 Bh7 13.a4 Re8 14.Bb3 c6 15.Nf6 Nf6 16.Nf5 Qc7 17.d4 Rad8 18.Qd3 Rd7 19.a5 Red8 20.c3 d5 21.c4 de 22.Qc3 Bf5 23.Rf5 ed 24.ed Rd4 25.c5 Rd3 26.Qc4 Qg3+ 27.Kf1 Rf3+ 28.Rf3 Qf3+ 29.Ke1 Qh1+ 30.Qf1 Qf1+ …and a draw was agreed in a few more moves.