Saturday, August 11, 2012

August Game/90, Round 2

On Wednesday evening, this game was played at Chess Mates.

Round Two: Sicilian Defense, Lowenthal Variation

Jim West (USCF 2202) - Shawn Moss (USCF 1334), Rahway NJ 8/8/2012

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.Nd6+ Bxd6 9.Qxd6 Qe7 10.Qxe7+ Kxe7 11.Nc3 Nb4 12.O-O-O a6 13.a3 Nc6 14.Nd5+ Kd8 15.Nxf6 b5 16.g3 Ne7 17.Bh3 Ra7 18.Rd3 Ng6 19.Rhd1 Nf8


20.Bf5 h5 21.h4 Rh6 22.Nd5 a5 23.c3 Ne6 24.Bxe6 Rxe6 25.Rf3 Ke8 26.Rf5 b4 27.Rxh5 Kf8 28.Rxh8+ Kg7 29.Rxc8 bxa3 30.bxa3 d6 31.Rd2 a4 32.Rb2 Kg6 33.Rg8+ Kh5 34.Rg5+ Kh6 35.Rb8 Kh7 36.Rgg8 f6 37.f4 exf4 38.gxf4 Kh6 39.f5 Rxe4 40.Rg6+ Kh5 41.Rh8+ Rh7 42.Rxh7#.