Friday, November 30, 2018

Thursday Night Action 11/29/2018

On Thursday, I finished with a score of 0-0-3 plus a half point bye in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Three:  Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Nura Baalla (USCF 1898) - Jim West (USCF 2215), Marshall Chess Club 11/29/2018

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.Qf2 Rb8 13.h4 Nb6 14.Na5 Qc7 15.h5 Nc4 16.Nxc4 bxc4 17.g5 Nd7 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 c3 20.b3 Qa5 21.Kb1 Qa3 22.Bc1 Qc5 23.Be3 Qa3 24.Bc1 Qc5 25.Be3 Qa3 26.Bc1, draw.