Friday, September 20, 2019

FIDE Mondays 9/16/2019

On Monday, I played this game at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Juan Herrero Estrada (USCF 2019) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 9/16/2019

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 Qc7 11.Qd2 O-O 12.Rad1 b5 13.f5 Bc4


14.Bxc4 Qxc4 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.Qxd5 Qxd5 17.exd5 Rfc8 18.c3 a5 19.Nd2 h6 20.Ne4 Nf6 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.a3 a4 23.Rf3 Rc4 24.Rg3 Kf8 25.h3 Ke7 26.Rg4 Rac8 27.Rxc4 Rxc4 28.Kf2 Bg5 29.Bb6 Rf4+ 30.Ke2 Rxf5


31.g3 Kd7 32.h4 Bd8 33.Bxd8 Kxd8 34.c4 bxc4 35.Rc1 e4 36.Rxc4 Rxd5 37.Rxa4 Rb5 38.b4 Kc7 39.Ke3 d5 40.Ra7+ Rb7 41.Ra6 Rb6 42.Ra7+ Rb7 43.Ra6 Rb6 44.Ra7+ Kd6 45.Rxf7 Ra6 46.Rxg7 Rxa3+ 47.Ke2 Rb3


48.h5 Rxb4 49.Rg6+ Ke5 50.Rxh6 Rb2+ 51.Ke1 Kd4 52.Ra6 Rb3 53.h6 Rxg3 54.h7 Rh3 55.Ra7 e3 56.Ke2 Rh2+ 57.Kf3 Rf2+ 58.Kg3 Rf8 59.Ra4+ Kd3 60.Rh4 e2 61.Rh1 Kd2, White resigns.