Monday, July 8, 2019

Independence Day Action, 6, 7/4/2019

On Thursday, I finished with a score of 2-2-2 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Six: Sicilian Defense, Sveshnikov Variation

Jim West (USCF 2208) - John Walton (USCF 1658), Marshall Chess Club 7/4/2019

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Na3 b5 10.Nd5 Be6 11.c3 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 Be6 14.Nce3 Rc8 15.g3 Bg7 16.Bg2 O-O 17.O-O Ne7


18.a4 f5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Nxe7+ Qxe7 21.Bd5 f4 22.Bxe6+ Qxe6 23.Qd5 Rce8 24.Qxe6+ Rxe6 25.Nd5 fxg3 26.hxg3 e4 27.Ra5 Rb8 28.Rfa1 Re5 29.Ra8 Ree8 30.Rxb8 Rxb8 31.Ra6 Be5 32.Ne7+ Kf7 33.Nc6 Re8


34.Nxe5+ Rxe5 35.Rxd6 e3 36.fxe3 Rxe3 37.Kf2 Re5 38.Rb6 Rd5 39.Ke3 h5 40.Ke4 Rg5 41.Kf4 Rg4+ 42.Kf3 Rg5 43.b4 Rf5+ 44.Ke4 Rg5 45.Kf4 Rg4+ 46.Kf3 Rg5 47.Rc6 Ke7 48.Rc5 Rxc5 49.bxc5 Ke6


50.Ke4 Kd7 51.Kd5 Kc7 52.c6 Kd8 53.Kc5, Black resigns.