Wednesday, May 16, 2018

FIDE Mondays 5/14/2018

[photo by Eric Dluhos]

On Monday, I won this game at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Nura Baalla (USCF 1829) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 5/14/2018

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.Kb1 Nb6 13.g5 Nh5 14.Na5 Qc7


15.Bxb6 Qxb6 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Nf4 18.Rg1 Qxg1 19.Nc6 Qxg5 20.Re1 Bf6 21.Qb4 Qh4 22.Rd1 Qf2 23.Qxd6 Qxf3 24.Rc1 Qxd5 25.Ne7+ Bxe7 26.Qxe7 Rfe8 27.Qg5 h6 28.Qg3 Rac8


29.Qe3 Qc5 30.Qg3 Red8 31.Qe1 Rd6 32.Qe4 Rd4 33.Qf3 Rd2 34.Qb3 Rxh2, White resigns.