Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Empire City Open 12/28/2013

On Sunday, I played this game in the Empire City Open.

Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Simon Rubinstein-Salzedo (FIDE 2001) - Jim West (FIDE 2088), Empire City Open 12/28/2013

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 O-O 9.Qd2 Be6 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nh5 13.Kb1 Nb6


14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Nf4 17.h4 a5 18.Bd3 a4 19.Nc1 b4 20.Ne2 Nxd3 21.Qxd3 Rfb8 22.Rhg1 Qb5 23.Qxb5 Rxb5 24.f4 exf4 25.Nxf4 Bf8 26.Rge1 Rc8 27.Re4 b3 28.cxb3 axb3 29.axb3 Rxb3 30.Rd3 Rb5 31.b4 g6 32.Kb2 Bg7+ 33.Kb3 Be5


34.Ng2 Rc1 35.Ne3 Rb1+ 36.Ka4 Rb8 37.Nc2 Rc1 38.Rc4 Rb1 39.Ne3 Ra1+ 40.Kb3 Rba8 41.Ng4 R8a3+ 42.Kc2 R3a2+, White resigns.