Wednesday, August 29, 2018

FIDE Mondays 8/27/2018

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

Round One: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Matthew Tripodi (USCF 1950) - Jim West (USCF 2203), Marshall Chess Club 8/27/2018

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Re1 Qc7 11.Bb3 b5


12.a4 b4 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Bb7 15.Bxb7 Qxb7 16.Qd3 a5 17.c3 bxc3 18.bxc3 Rfc8 19.Rab1 Qc6 20.Rb5 Nf6 21.Bd2 Qc4 22.Qb1 h6 23.Nh4 Bf8 24.Nf5 d5


25.exd5 Nxd5 26.Re4 Qc6 27.Rg4 Kh8 28.c4 Nf6 29.Rh4 Nd7 30.Bxa5 Ra6 31.Bb4 Rxa4 32.Bxf8 Nxf8 33.Rb4 Rxb4 34.Qxb4 Qf6 35.h3, White resigns.