Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Manhattan Open 7/26/2014

On Saturday, I played these games at the Manhattan Open.

Round One: French Defense, King's Indian Attack

Jim West (USCF 2200) - John MacArthur (USCF 2009), Manhattan Open 7/26/2014

1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O Nge7 7.Nbd2 d6 8.a4 b6 9.Re1 Qc7 10.Nc4 O-O 11.c3 e5 12.Bd2 f5 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Qc2 Rad8


15.Ne3 Bc8 16.Qb3+ d5 17.Rad1 Kh8 18.Bc1 d4 19.Nc4 Be6 20.Ng5 Bg8 21.Qb5 Nd5 22.Ne4 Be6 23.a5 h6 24.axb6 axb6 25.Bd2 Na7 26.Qa6 Bc8 27.Qa2 Be6 28.Qa6 Bc8 29.Qa2 Be6, draw.



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Round Two: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Zachary Martin (USCF 2057) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Manhattan Open 7/26/2014

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 Be6 9.O-O Nbd7 10.f4 Rc8 11.f5 Bc4 12.Bd3 b5 13.a3 O-O


14.g4 d5 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Bf2 Nf4 18.Be4 Nf6 19.Qf3 Nxe4 20.Qxe4 Qc7 21.c3 Qc6 22.Qxc6 Rxc6 23.Rad1 h5 24.Rfe1 Nh3+ 25.Kg2 Nxf2 26.Kxf2 Bh4+, White resigns.