Friday, August 24, 2012

August Game/90, Round 4

On Wednesday, I finished the game/90 tournament at Chess Mates with a score of 3-0-1.

Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Paulsen Variation

Jim West (USCF 2202) - Serge Adelson (USCF 1896), Rahway NJ 8/22/2012

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nxc6 dxc6 8.Nd2 Qc7 9.a4 Bc5 10.a5 O-O 11.Nc4 Bd7 12.Bg5 Be7


13.e5 Nd5 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.Qh5 Nf5 16.Bxf5 exf5 17.Ra3 f4 18.Nb6 Rae8 19.Rd3 g6 20.Rxd7 Qxd7 21.Nxd7 gxh5 22.Re1 f5 23.Kf1 Re6 24.Nxf8 Kxf8 25.b4 Kf7 26.f3 Re7 27.g3 fxg3 28.hxg3 f4 29.gxf4 Ke6 30.Kf2 c5


31.bxc5 Rc7 32.Rb1 Rxc5 33.Rb6+ Kd5 34.Rd6+ Kc4 35.e6 Kb4 36.e7 Rxc2+ 37.Ke1, Black resigns.