Sunday, August 19, 2018

Marshall August Under 2400 8/18/2018

On Saturday, I played these games in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Two: Sicilian Defense, Grand Prix Attack

Matthew Boxer (USCF 1900) - Jim West (USCF 2201), Marshall Chess Club 8/18/2018

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.O-O Nh6 8.a4 O-O 9.b3 a6 10.Bb2 Nd4


11.Nxd4 cxd4 12.Nd5 e6 13.Nb4 Rc8 14.a5 Rc5 15.c3 Rxa5 16.cxd4 Rxa1 17.Qxa1 Qb6 18.Nc2 Bc6 19.Bd3 Qxb3 20.Ne1 Bb5 21.Bc2 Qc4 22.Bd3 Qc6 23.Bxb5 Qxb5 


24.Nf3 Rc8 25.Ba3 d5 26.Rc1 Rxc1+ 27.Qxc1 Qc6 28.d3 Qxc1+ 29.Bxc1 Ng4 30.e5 h5 31.Kf1 Nh6 32.Ke2 Nf5 33.Kd2 Kf8 34.Kc3 Ke8 35.Kb4 Kd7 36.Kc5 Kc7 37.Kb4 Bf8+ 38.Kc3 Be7 39.g3 b5 40.Bd2 Kb6


41.Kb2 a5 42.Bc1 a4 43.Bd2 b4 44.Ng5 Bxg5 45.fxg5 Kb5 46.Ka2 Nxd4 47.Be3 b3+ 48.Kb1 Nf3, White resigns.



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Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Jim West (USCF 2201) - Katharene Qi (USCF 1983), Marshall Chess Club 8/18/2018

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.f4 Nbd7 9.f5 Nc5 10.fxe6 fxe6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Nc6 Qb6 13.Bxf6 Nxb3 14.axb3 gxf6 15.Nd4 Rg8 16.Qh5+ Ke7 17.O-O-O Bb7


18.Qh3 Bc8 19.Rhe1 Rg5 20.Nf5+ Kf7 21.Nxh6+ Kg6 22.Ng4 e5 23.Qh8 Bxg4 24.Qg8+ Kh6 25.Qh8+ Kg6 26.Qg8+ Kh6 27.Qh8+ Kg6, draw.