Saturday, October 12, 2013

Rahway Swiss 10/6/2013

On Sunday, I finished with a score of 1-0-2 in the tournament at Chess Mates.

Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Ted Belanoff (USCF 2214) - Jim West (USCF 2214), Rahway NJ 10/6/2013

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 a6 4.a4 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Qc7 7.Be2 e5 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bg5 Be6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.Rd1 O-O 12.h4 Rfe8 13.Nh2 Rac8 14.g4 Nb6


15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Qxd6 Qxd6 17.Rxd6 Nc4 18.Bxc4 Rxc4 19.g5 Be7 20.Rb6 Bb4 21.Rxb7 Bxc3+ 22.bxc3 Rxe4+ 23.Kd2 Rxa4 24.Re1 Rd8+ 25.Ke3 Bd5 26.Rb4 Ra3 27.Rd1 Rxc3+ 28.Rd3 Rxd3+ 29.cxd3 Be6


30.Nf3 f6 31.gxf6 gxf6 32.Rb6 Kf7 33.Rxa6 Bf5 34.Ra3 Bg4 35.Nd2 Bf5, draw.