Monday, June 10, 2019

Edison Quad, Round 2, 6/8/2019

On Saturday, I won this game at the quad in Edison.

Round Two: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Eric Li (USCF 1606) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Edison NJ 6/8/2019

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be2 Be6 9.O-O Nbd7 10.f4 Rc8 11.f5 Bc4 12.Bxc4 Rxc4 13.Qd3 Qc7 14.Rac1 O-O


15.Na5 Rb4 16.a3 Nc5 17.Qe2 Qxa5 18.axb4 Qxb4 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Qxb2 21.f6 Bxf6 22.Rxf6 gxf6 23.Bh6 Qd4+ 24.Kh1 Re8 25.Qf3 Qe4 26.Qxf6 Qg6 27.Qh4 Kh8 28.Rf1 Rg8


29.g4 Qe4+ 30.Kg1 Rxg4+ 31.Qxg4 Qxg4+ 32.Kh1 f5 33.Rg1 Qf3+ 34.Rg2 Qd1+ 35.Rg1 Qxd5+ 36.Rg2 Qxg2+ 37.Kxg2 Kg8 38.Kf3 Kf7 39.Ke3 Ke6 40.c4 b5 41.cxb5 axb5 42.Kd2 Kd5 43.Kc3 Kc6, White resigns.