Sunday, August 11, 2019

Thursday Action, Round 4, 8/8/2019

On Thursday, I finished with a score of 3-1-0 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Dragon Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Leonardo Liu (USCF 2000), Marshall Chess Club 8/8/2019

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Rc8 11.Bb3 h5 12.O-O-O Ne5 13.Bg5 b5 14.g4 hxg4 15.h5 Nxh5 16.Nd5 Re8


17.Rxh5 gxh5 18.Qh2 gxf3 19.Qxh5 Bg4 20.Qh4 Qd7 21.Rh1 Ng6 22.Qh7+ Kf8 23.Bh6 Bxh6+ 24.Qxh6+ Kg8 25.Nxe7+, Black resigns.