Monday, September 25, 2017

Marshall Saturday Game/60 9/23/2017

On Saturday, I finished with a score of 1-0-2 plus a half point bye in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Jim West (USCF 2215) - Maxwell Beem (USCF 1807), Marshall Chess Club 9/23/2017

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.f4 Nc6 9.Be3 Qc7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qf3 b5 12.a3 Bb7


13.f5 exf5 14.Nxf5 Ne5 15.Qg3 Ng6 16.Bd4 Rae8 17.Rae1 Bc6 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Bd5 Bd7 21.Bb7 Be6 22.Bd5 Kh8 23.Qf2 Kg7 24.Re3 Ne5 25.Rg3+ Ng6 26.Rf3 Rg8 27.Rxf6 Ne5


28.Bxe6 fxe6 29.Rf4 Kh8 30.h3 Qg7 31.Kh1 Ng6 32.Rf7 Qe5 33.Qf6+ Qxf6 34.R7xf6 Ne5 35.R6f2 Nc4 36.a4 b4 37.Nd1 a5 38.b3 Ne5 39.Ne3 Rc8 40.Rd1 Rc3 41.Nf1 Rc6 42.Rdd2 Nd7 43.Rfe2 Nc5


44.g3 Nb7 45.Kg2 Rc3 46.Re3 Rgc8 47.Rxc3 Rxc3 48.Kf2 Nc5 49.Re2 e5 50.Kg2 Ne6 51.Ne3 Nd4 52.Re1 Nxc2 53.Nxc2 Rxc2+ 54.Kf3 Rc3+ 55.Re3 Rxe3+ 56.Kxe3 Kg7 57.Kd3 Kf6 58.Kc4 Ke6 59.g4 h6


60.h4 Kf6 61.Kd5 Ke7 62.g5 hxg5 63.hxg5 Kf7 64.Kxd6 Kg6 65.Kxe5 Kxg5 66.Kd6 Kf4 67.e5 Ke4 68.e6 Kd4 69.e7 Kc3 70.e8=Q Kxb3 71.Kc5 Ka3 72.Kb6 b3 73.Kxa5 b2 74.Qe3+ Ka2 75.Qd2 Ka1 76.Qc3 Ka2 77.Qxb2+ Kxb2 78.Kb5 Kc3 79.a5, Black resigns.