Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Edison Quads, Round 2, 8/17/2019

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

Round Two: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Eric Li (USCF 1608) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Edison NJ 8/17/2019

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bd3 Be6 9.h3 b5 10.O-O Nbd7 11.a3 O-O


12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Nb6 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.Qf3 Rac8 16.Rfe1 Rfe8 17.Rac1 g6 18.Rcd1 Kg7 19.Qe3 Qxe3 20.fxe3 e4 21.Be2 Rxc2 22.Rb1 Nxd5 23.Nd4 Rcc8 24.Bf1 Bf6 25.Rbd1 Nb6 26.b3 d5 27.a4 Bxd4 28.Rxd4 bxa4 29.Bxa6 Rc5 30.bxa4 Ra5 31.Bb5 Rea8


32.Ra1 Rxb5 33.Rc1 Rxa4 34.Rd2 Nc4 35.Rf2 Ra3 36.Rcf1 f5 37.g4 Nxe3 38.Rc1 Rb7 39.Rc6 Ra1+ 40.Kh2 fxg4 41.Kg3 gxh3 42.Kxh3 Rh1+ 43.Kg3 Nf5+ 44.Kg2 Rhb1 45.Kh3 e3, White resigns.