Thursday, June 28, 2012

Adelson Wins "Chess Mates" Championship

With a perfect score, Serge Adelson won the 2012 club championship at Chess Mates.

I finished with a score of 3-0-1.

Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Accelerated Fianchetto

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Anthony Norris (USCF 2011), Rahway NJ 6/27/2012

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 e6 9.f3 d5 10.exd5 exd5 11.O-O Re8 12.Bf2 a6 13.Qd2 Na5 14.Rae1 Be6


15.Kh1 Nxb3 16.axb3 Qc7 17.Bg3 Qd7 18.Be5 Rad8 19.Na4 Qc8 20.b4 Nd7 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Re3 b5 23.Rc3 Qa8 24.Nc5 Nb6 25.b3 Bd7 26.Re1 Bc8 27.Rce3 Rf8 28.h3 Qb8 29.Nc6 Qf4 30.Nxd8 Rxd8 31.Rd3 Qg3 32.f4 Qh4 33.Qe3 Bf5 34.Rd2 Ra8 35.c3 Ra7


36.Qf2 Qf6 37.Qd4 Qxd4 38.Rxd4 Kf6 39.g4 Bc8 40.Kh2 Bb7 41.g5+ Kg7 42.Re7, Black resigns.