Levine Captures Jefferson County Open

Levine Captures Jefferson County Open

         Don Klug and Robert Kratzat tie for 2018 Jeff County Title

Syracuse resident Viktor Levine, right in photo, traveled to Watertown on October 6^th to capture the Jefferson County Open Championship Title, while locals Don Klug and Bob Kratzat tied for the Jefferson County Championship, which is closed to Jefferson County residents. Two Syracuse players, Ken Chamberlain and Jason Pauldine finished 2^nd and 3^rd in the Open Section. Class “B” player Don Klug secured a tie for the Jefferson County Championship, with his fourth round draw against Expert Levine, while Mr. Kratzat drew with Mr. Pauldine. The Levine-Klug game follows:

               Levine,Viktor (2108) – Klug,D C (1701) [B01]

          2018 Jefferson County Championship & Open, round 4, Oct 6, 2018

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 c6 [4…Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5]5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nd7 7.0–0 Ngf6 8.Ne5?? Bxe2 [8…Nxe5 9.dxe5 Rd8 10.Bd2 Qxe5 11.Bxg4 Qd4 12.Be3 Qxg4=]9.Qxe2 e6 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Ne4 Be7 [11…Nf6 12.f3 h5 13.Bd2 Qf5=]12.c3 Nf6 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Bf4 0–0 15.Rfe1 Rad8 16.b4 Qd5 [16…Qf5 17.Be5 Rd5 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.a4]17.a4 Qd7 [(+0.13) I thought long & hard over this move; didn’t feel comfortable with a queen at f5 or b3.][17…Qb3= 18.Rec1 Qd5 19.Re1 Qb3 20.Qf3 Qc4 21.Be5 Bxe5 22.Rxe5]18.Rab1 a6 [18…Qd5 19.Be5 Bxe5 20.Qxe5]19.Be5 Bxe5 20.Qxe5 Qd5 21.b5?

[21.a5 Qxe5 22.Rxe5 Rd5 23.Rbe1 h6]21…axb5? [21…cxb5 22.axb5 a5 gaining a passer]22.axb5 Qxe5 [22…Qc4 23.bxc6 Qxc6 24.Qa5 Ra8 25.Qb4 g6]23.Rxe5 Rc8 [23…g6 24.bxc6 bxc6 25.g3 Rb8]24.Rc5 Rfd8 [24…cxb5 25.Rbxb5 Rxc5 26.dxc5 Ra8 27.Kf1 Kf8 28.Rxb7 Ra3 29.Ke2 Rxc3 30.Rc7]

25.Kf1 Kf8 26.Ke2 Ke7 27.bxc6 bxc6 28.Rb6 Rd6 29.f4 g6 30.Kd3 Kd7 31.Kc4 Rd5 32.Rb7+ Rc7 33.Rb8 h5 34.g3 35.Rd8+ Rd7 36.Rxd7+ Kxd7 37.Rxd5+ cxd5+ 38.Kc5 Kc7 39.h3 Kd7 40.g4 hxg4 41.hxg4 f5 42.gxf5 gxf5 43.Kb6 Kd6 44.Kb7 Kd7 45.Kb6 Kd6 46.Kb5 Kd7 47.Kb6 Kd6   ½–½