Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Marshall August Under 2300 8/16/2015

On Sunday, candidate master Sarathi Ray [pictured] won the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club with a perfect score.

Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Alapin Variation

Kevin Yan (USCF 1883) - Jim West (USCF 2213), Marshall Chess Club 8/16/2015

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Qxd4 e6 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.Qe4 d6 8.exd6 Nf6 9.Qe2 Bxd6 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Nbd2 Qc7 13.Rd1 Bd7 14.Bd3 Rae8


15.h4 Nd5 16.g3 f5 17.Nc4 Bf6 18.Kf1 b5 19.Ne3 Nxe3 20.Qxe3 a6 21.a4 Nb8 22.Bxf6 Rxf6 23.axb5 Bxb5 24.Bxb5 axb5 25.Ne5 Qb7 26.Qf3 Qxf3 27.Nxf3 Nc6 28.Rd6 e5 29.Rxf6 gxf6 30.Ke2 Rd8 31.Rd1 Rxd1 32.Kxd1 Kf7


33.Nd2 Na5 34.Ke2 Ke6 35.Nf1 Nc4 36.b3 Na5 37.Nd2 Kd5 38.Ke3 Nxb3 39.Nxb3 Kc4 40.Na5+ Kxc3 41.Ke2 b4 42.Kd1 b3 43.Kc1 b2+ 44.Kb1 Kd3 45.Nc6 Ke2 46.Ne7 Kxf2 47.Nxf5 e4, White resigns.