Monday, April 2, 2012

Marshall March-April Grand Prix

On Saturday, I won these games in a FIDE rated tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Wesley Hellner (FIDE 1746) - Jim West (FIDE 2103), Marshall Chess Club 3/31/2012

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.Be3 O-O 9.O-O Bd7 10.Qd2 Nc6 11.f4 Rc8 12.Nce2 Qc7


13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Ng3 b5 15.Bd4 Qb7 16.Rae1 Rfd8 17.Qf2 Nd7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.e5 Qb6 20.Re3 Qc5 21.e6 fxe6 22.Rxe6 Qxf2+ 23.Rxf2 Re8 24.Rfe2 Kf7 25.Re1 Nc5 26.R6e3 Nxd3 27.Rxd3 Bb7 28.c3 Rc4 29.f5 gxf5 30.Rf1 Be4 31.Re3 Kg6 32.b3 Rc5


33.Nxe4 fxe4 34.Rf4 h5 35.h4 Rf5 36.Rg3+ Kf6 37.Rxe4 e5 38.Rd3 Ke6 39.c4 Rc8 40.Rd5 bxc4 41.bxc4 Rxc4 42.Rdxe5+ Rxe5 43.Rxc4 Ra5 44.Rc2 d5 45.Kf2 Ra4 46.Kf3 Ke5 47.g3 Ra3+ 48.Kf2 a5 49.Re2+ Kd6 50.Rd2 a4


51.Kg2 Rc3 52.Kf2 Kc5 53.Re2 a3 54.Re3 Rc2+ 55.Re2 Rb2 56.Ke3 Kc4 57.g4 d4+ 58.Kf2 d3, White resigns.



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Round Two: Larsen's Opening

Jim West (FIDE 2103) - Taner Ture (FIDE 2018), Marshall Chess Club 3/31/2012

1.b3 c5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.f4 d5 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 d4 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.a4 Nf6 9.Na3 O-O 10.Nc4 Nd5 11.Qc1 Rb8


12.a5 b5 13.axb6 Nxb6 14.e4 Nb4 15.Nxb6 Qxb6 16.Kh1 d3 17.cxd3 Bxb2 18.Qxb2 Rd8 19.Qc3 Qb5 20.Ne5 f6 21.Nc4 Qd7 22.Ne3 Nxd3 23.Nd5 Nb4 24.Qxc5 Nxd5 25.exd5 Rxb3 26.Bc4 Rb8 27.Rfe1 Kf8 28.Re6 f5 29.Rae1 Rb7


30.Rxa6 Rc7 31.Rc6 Rxc6 32.dxc6 Qd6 33.Qe3 e6 34.Qc3 Qxd2 35.Qf6+ Kg8 36.Rxe6, Black resigns.