Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Westfield Quads, Round 1, 9/8/2019

On Sunday, I won this game at the quads in Westfield.

Round One: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Aryeh Shlionsky (USCF 2140) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Westfield NJ 9/8/2019

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Be6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.f3 Rc8 12.Rad1 b5 13.a3 Nb6 14.Nc1 Nc4


15.Bxc4 Bxc4 16.Rfe1 Qc7 17.Nd3 d5 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Nxe5 Qxe5 21.Qxd5 Qxd5 22.Rxd5 Rxc2 23.Bd4 Bf6 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.b4 Ra2 26.Rd3 Rc8 27.f4 Kf8 28.Rg3 Rcc2 29.h4 h5 30.Rd1 Rd2 31.Rxd2 Rxd2


32.Re3 Rd4 33.g3 Rd2 34.Kf1 Ra2 35.Ke1 Kg7 36.f5 Kf8 37.Kd1 Kg7 38.Kc1 Kf8 39.Rc3 Ke7 40.Rc7+ Ke8 41.Rc6 Rxa3 42.Rxf6 Rxg3 43.Rxa6 Rg4 44.Rb6 Rxb4 45.f6 Rxh4 46.Rb7 Rf4 47.Rxb5 Rxf6 48.Rxh5 Rd6


49.Kc2 Ke7 50.Ra5 Ke6 51.Rh5 f6 52.Kc3 Rd8 53.Ra5 f5 54.Rb5 Kf6 55.Ra5 Kg5 56.Ra1 f4 57.Rg1+ Kf5 58.Kc2 f3 59.Rg7 Kf4 60.Rf7+ Ke3 61.Re7+ Kf2 62.Rf7 Ke2 63.Re7+ Kf1 64.Rf7 f2 65.Rg7 Rd5


66.Rg8 Ke2 67.Re8+ Kf3 68.Rf8+ Ke3 69.Rf7 Rd4 70.Re7+ Kf3 71.Rf7+, White resigns.