Thursday, September 19, 2019

Sunday Game/50, Round 3, 9/15/2019

On Sunday, I won this game in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Alapin Variation

Ian Chen (USCF 1734) - Jim West (USCF 2205), Marshall Chess Club 9/15/2019

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.cxd4 Nc6 6.Nf3 e6 7.Bc4 d6 8.O-O dxe5 9.dxe5 Be7 10.Qe2 Nb6 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.Nc3 a6 14.Bxc6 Bxc6 15.Be3 Nd5 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Rac1 Qa5 18.a3 O-O


19.Nd2 Rfd8 20.h3 Rac8 21.Nb1 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Bc6 23.Nc3 Qxe5 24.Qc4 Qf5 25.Ne2 Qe4 26.Qxe4 Bxe4 27.Nc3 Bc6 28.f3 h6 29.Ne2 Bf6 30.Nc3 Bd4 31.Kf2 Bxe3+ 32.Kxe3 Kf8 33.g3 Ke7 34.Ne4 Bxe4 35.fxe4 e5


36.g4 Rd7 37.Ke2 Kd8 38.Rc5 f6 39.Rc4 Rc7 40.Rb4 b5 41.Kd2 Kd7 42.Rb3 Rc4 43.Re3 Kc6 44.b3 Rd4+ 45.Kc2 a5 46.Re2 a4 47.b4 Kd6 48.Re3 g6 49.Re2 Ke6 50.Re3 h5 51.Re2 hxg4 52.hxg4 f5 53.gxf5+ gxf5 54.exf5+ Kxf5


55.Kc3 Rc4+ 56.Kd3 e4+ 57.Kd2 Rd4+ 58.Kc2 Rd3 59.Rf2+ Ke5 60.Rh2 Rf3 61.Rh5+ Rf5 62.Rh3 Kd4 63.Rh2 Kc4 64.Re2 Kd4 65.Rg2 Re5 66.Re2 e3 67.Kd1 Kd3, White resigns.