Sunday, July 15, 2012

Rahway Swiss 7/14/2012

Yesterday I played this game at Chess Mates in the game/45 Swiss tournament.

Round Two: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Jim West (USCF 2230) - Art Macaspac (USCF 2148), Rahway NJ 7/14/2012

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.f4 Nc5 9.f5 Be7 10.Qf3 e5 11.Nde2 Nxb3 12.axb3 b5 13.Bg5 Bb7 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.O-O-O O-O


16.Kb1 b4 17.Nd5 a5 18.Qd3 a4 19.Nc1 a3 20.bxa3 Rxa3 21.Qb5 Qa8 22.Qxb4 Bxd5 23.Rxd5 Ra1+ 24.Kb2 Bg5 25.Rdd1 Rc8 26.c4 Rb8


27.Qxb8+ Qxb8 28.Kxa1 Bxc1 29.Rxc1 Qxb3 30.Rhe1 Kf8 31.Re2 Qa3+ 32.Kb1 Qb3+ 33.Ka1, draw.