Sunday, October 17, 2010

Marshall October Grand Prix, Day 1

On Saturday, I won this game at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Two: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Ed Kopiecki (FIDE 2097) - Jim West (FIDE 2104), Marshall Chess Club 10/16/2010

1,e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Bd3 b5 11.Rhe1 Bb7 12.Qg3 O-O-O


13.Bxb5 axb5 14.Ndxb5 Qb6 15.e5 Nc5 16.exf6 gxf6 17.Bh4 Rhg8 18.Qe3 Rxg2 19.Kb1 Nd7 20.Bg3 f5 21.Rd4 Kb8 22.a4 Nf6 23.Qd3 Nh5 24.Rd1 Nxg3 25.hxg3 d5 26.Qf3 Rh2 27.Qe3 Bf6 28.Qg1 Bxd4 29.Qxh2 Bxc3 30.Nxc3 Rc8


31.Qd2 Rg8 32.Qe1 Ba6 33.Qe5+ Qc7 34.Qe3 Qa7 35.Qe5+ Ka8 36.Rd4 Rxg3 37.Rb4 Rg8 38.Qd6 d4 39.Rxd4 Rb8 40.Rb4 Rxb4 41.Qxb4 Qc7 42.a5 h5 43.Na4 Bb7 44.Nc5 Bc8 45.Qb5 h4 46.b4 h3 47.Qf1 e5 48.Qxh3 e4 49.Qe3 Be6 50.Kb2 Qd6 51.c3 Qd5


52.Qd4 Qa2+ 53.Kc1 Qa1+ 54.Kd2 Qb2+ 55.Ke3 Qc1+ 56.Qd2 Qg1+ 57.Qf2 Qc1+ 58.Kd4 Qd1+ 59.Ke5 Qd5+ 60.Kf6 Qd8+ 61.Kg7 Qe7 62.Nxe6 Qxe6 63.Qd4 e3 64.Qd8+ Kb7 65.Qd3 e2 66.Qb5+ Ka7 67.Qc5+ Ka8 68.Qf8+ Kb7


69.b5 e1=Q 70.a6+ Kb6 71.Qd8+ Kxb5 72.Qb8+ Kxa6 73.Qa8+ Kb5 74.Qb7+ Qb6 75.c4+ Kc5 76.Qd5+ Kb4, White forfeits.