Sunday, July 17, 2011

Marshall July Grand Prix, Day 1

On Saturday, my opponent blundered a piece in a slightly inferior endgame at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Sicilian Defense, Accelerated Fianchetto

Jim West (USCF 2205) - Isuru Attanagoda (USCF 1935), Marshall Chess Club 7/16/2011

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.O-O O-O 9.Nb3 Qc7 10.Be2 d6 11.f4 Rd8 12.Bf3 a6 13.a4 Na5 14.Nxa5 Qxa5 15.Ra3 Be6 16.Rf2 Qb4


17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Qa5 19.Qd2 Qxd2 20.Rxd2 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Rb3 Rdb8 23.Rd4 Nd7 24.Rdb4 Ra2 25.c3 Ra5 26.Be2 Nf6 27.Rxb5 Rbxb5 28.Rxb5 Rxb5 29.Bxb5 Nxd5 30.Bd2 Kf8


31.Kf2 Bh6 32.g3 e5 33.Kf3 f5 34.c4 Nc7 35.Ba5 e4+ 36.Ke3 Bg7 37.Bxc7, Black resigns.