Saturday, June 28, 2008

Viking Quads 6/28/2008



The top Viking quad ended in a four-way tie at Somerset today. We all had scores of 1-1-1. Here is my victory over Andrew Ng. The other players in the quad were Boris Privman and Mauricio Camejo.

Round One: Sicilian Defense, Dragon Variation

Jim West (USCF 2213) - Andrew Ng (USCF 2141), Somerset NJ 6/28/2008

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 h5 11.O-O-O Rc8 12.Bb3 Ne5 13.Bg5 Rc5 14.Kb1 b5 15.g4 a5


16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.gxh5 a4 18.Bd5 e6 19.hxg6 exd5 20.h5 Bg5 21.f4 Bh6 22.Nxd5 f5 23.Nxf5 Bxf5 24.exf5 Rxf5 25.Qe2 Bxf4 26.Qe4, Black resigns.