Thursday, July 5, 2012

July Game/90, Round 1

On Wednesday evening, I won this game at Chess Mates in the game/90 Swiss.

Round One: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Louis Sturniolo (USCF 1612), Rahway NJ 7/4/2012

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.f4 Qc7 9.Qf3 Nc6 10.Be3 O-O 11.O-O Nxd4 12.Bxd4 e5 13.Be3 Bd7 14.f5 Bc6


15.g4 Bb5 16.g5 Bxf1 17.gxf6 Bxf6 18.Rxf1 Qd8 19.Qg4 g6 20.fxg6 hxg6 21.Qxg6+, Black resigns.