Friday, October 20, 2017

Thursday Night Action 10/19/2017

Last night, I played this game in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Two: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

William Yen (USCF 2061) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 10/19/2017

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


14.Bd3 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Bxc4 16.Ne2 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 Bxg5 18.Bxg5 Qxg5 19.Rxd6 Nf4 20.Qf2 Rfd8 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Rg1 Qf6, draw.