Monday, January 21, 2013

Marshall Chess Club Swiss 1/20/2013

On Sunday, I played this game in the game/45 tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Jim West (USCF 2218) - Leo Bykhovsky (USCF 1845), Marshall Chess Club 1/20/2013

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.f4 Nc6 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qf3 Qc7 11.O-O Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.f5 e5 15.Bf2 Rfe8


16.g4 h6 17.h4 d5 18.exd5 Bc5 19.g5 hxg5 20.hxg5 Bxf2+ 21.Rxf2 e4 22.Qg2 e3 23.Rf3 Ne4 24.g6 Nd6 25.Qh2 e2 26.Re1 Qb6+ 27.Kg2 Kf8


28.f6 gxf6 29.Qh8+ Ke7 30.Qxf6+ Kd7 31.gxf7 Rg8+ 32.fxg8=Q Rxg8+ 33.Rg3 Rxg3+ 34.Kxg3 Qe3+ 35.Kg2 Nc4 36.Bxc4 bxc4 37.Qf3 Qg5+ 38.Kf2 Bxd5 39.Qxd5+, Black resigns.