Monday, April 23, 2012

Marshall CC April Under 2300

Playing in the one day schedule on Sunday, I finished with a score of 2-0-2 in the under 2300 Swiss tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Accelerated Fianchetto

Jim West (USCF 2236) - Stuart Chagrin (USCF 1908), Marshall Chess Club 4/22/2012

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.O-O O-O 9.Nb3 Qe5 10.f4 Qb8 11.e5 Ne8 12.Ne4 d6 13.exd6 Nxd6 14.Nxd6 exd6 15.c3 Be6 16.Be2 Qc7 17.Qd2 Rad8 18.Nd4 a6


19.Nxc6 Qxc6 20.Bf3 Qb5 21.a4 Qd7 22.Bd4 Rfe8 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Qd4+ Kg8 25.Rfe1 Rc8 26.Bd5 Bxd5 27.Qxd5 Qc6 28.Qxc6 bxc6 29.b4 d5 30.Kf2 Kf8 31.g4 f6 32.Rxe8+ Rxe8 33.Re1 Rxe1 34.Kxe1 Ke7 35.Ke2 Kd6 36.Kd3 c5 37.h4 f5 38.gxf5 gxf5 39.h5 h6


40.bxc5+ Kxc5 41.a5 Kb5 42.Kd4 Kxa5 43.Kc5 Ka4 44.Kxd5 Kb5 45.c4+ Kb6 46.Kd6 Kb7 47.c5 Kc8 48.Kc6 a5 49.Kb5 Kc7 50.Kxa5 Kc6 51.Kb4, Black resigns.