Tuesday, August 7, 2012

FIDE Mondays 8/6/2012

On Monday evening, I won this game in a time scramble at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Taimanov Variation

Jim West (FIDE 2116) - Kassa Korley (FIDE 2297), Marshall Chess Club 8/6/2012

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 e5 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Bg5 a6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.N5c3 f5 11.Nd2 Bg7 12.Nc4 Nd4 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Ne3 Be6 15.Bd3 d5 16.Qh5 e4


17.O-O-O exd3 18.Rxd3 O-O 19.Rhd1 Nc6 20.Nexd5 Bxd5 21.Nxd5 Qd6 22.Rh3 h6 23.Ne3 Qe5 24.Qxe5 Nxe5 25.Nf5 Rad8 26.Nxh6+ Bxh6+ 27.Rxh6 Rxd1+ 28.Kxd1 Rd8+ 29.Ke1 Nc4 30.b3 Na3 31.c4 Nb1 32.Rb6 Nc3 33.f3 Rd7 34.a3 Kg7 35.Kf2 f6 36.h4 f5 37.Kg3 Ne2+ 38.Kh2 Re7


39.b4 Nf4 40.Kg3 Nh5+ 41.Kh2 Nf4 42.Kg3 Ne2+ 43.Kh2 Nd4 44.a4 Nc6 45.b5 axb5 46.cxb5 Na5 47.h5 Rd7 48.Rg6+ Kh7 49.Rf6 Rd4 50.Rxf5 Rxa4 51.b6 Kh6 52.g4 Nc6 53.Kg3 Rb4 54.Kh4 Rxb6 55.g5+ Kg7 56.h6+ Kg8 57.g6 Ne7 58.h7+ Kg7 59.Rf7+ Kxg6 60.Rxe7 Rb1


61.h8=N+ Kf6 62.Rf7+ Ke5 63.f4+ Ke6 64.f5+ Ke5 65.Ng6+ Kd5 66.Kg5 b5 67.Rb7 Kc6 68.Rb8 Kc7 69.Re8 b4 70.Re3 Rg1+ 71.Kf6 Rb1 72.Ne5 b3 73.Nc4 Rc1 74.Rxb3 Rxc4 75.Rd3 Rh4 76.Ke6 Re4+ 77.Kf7 Re5 78.f6 Kc8 79.Kf8, Black resigns.