Two Sozin Attacks

My two best games this weekend were Sozin Attacks against a couple of Class A players. Both took place at the Marshall Chess Club. The time controls were game/60 for the Saturday event, and game/30 for today's tournament.

Jim West (USCF 2218) - David Spigel (USCF 1902), Marshall Chess Club 5/26/2007

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7 9.Be3 b4 10.Na4 Nxe4

11.f4 O-O 12.f5 e5 13.Ne2 Nc5 14.Ng3 Bb7 15.Qg4 Nxa4

16.Nh5 Bf6 17.Nxf6+ Kh8 18.Nh5 g6 19.fxg6 hxg6 20.Nf6 Kg7 21.Bh6+, Black resigns.

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Jim West (USCF 2218) - Boris Kanevskiy (USCF 1883), Marshall Chess Club 5/27/2007

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Be3 Be7 9.f4 O-O 10.Qf3 Qc7 11.O-O Na5 12.f5 Nc4

13.Bxc4 Qxc4 14.g4 h6 15.Rad1 Nh7 16.Qg3 b5 17.a3 Bb7 18.h4 Nf6 19.g5 hxg5 20.hxg5 Nxe4

21.Nxe4 Bxe4 22.f6 Bd8 23.fxg7 Kxg7 24.Qh4 Bg6 25.Qh6+ Kg8 26.Rf3 Qd5 27.Rh3 Qe5

28.Nxe6 fxe6 29.Qxg6+ Qg7 30.Qxe6+ Qf7 31.Qxf7+ Rxf7 32.Rxd6 Be7 33.Rg6+ Rg7 34.Rxg7+ Kxg7 35.Rh6 Rc8

36.Bd4+ Kf7 37.g6+ Ke6 38.g7+ Kf7 39.Rh8 Rg8 40.Rxg8 Kxg8 41.Kf2 Kf7 42.Kf3 b4 43.axb4 Bxb4 44.Ke4, Black resigns.