Tuesday, November 27, 2018

"Chess Mates" Championship, Day 2

On Saturday, I finished with a score of 4-0-0 plus a half point bye in the club championship at Chess Mates.

Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Jim West (USCF 2204) - Art Macaspac (USCF 2200), Rahway NJ 11/24/2018

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 O-O 11.Be3 Qc7 12.O-O e5 13.Nde2 Nxb3 14.axb3 b5 15.g4 h6 16.h4 b4


17.g5 bxc3 18.Nxc3 Bb7 19.gxf6 Bxf6 20.Qg4 Kh7 21.Rf2 Qe7 22.Rg2 Rg8 23.h5 Rac8 24.Rd1 Rgd8 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Rc6 27.b4 Rc4 28.c3 Rdc8 29.Kf2 Qd7 30.Kf3 Qc6 31.Rgd2 Rd8 32.R2d3 Qa4


33.Rd2 Rc6 34.Qg1 Qb3 35.Qd1 Qxd1 36.Rxd1 Kg8 37.Ra1 Bg5 38.Rda5 Bxe3 39.Kxe3 g6 40.fxg6 fxg6 41.hxg6 Kg7 42.Rxa6 Rxa6 43.Rxa6 Kxg6 44.b5 Kg5 45.b6 Rb8 46.b4 h5 47.c4 h4 48.c5 h3 49.Kf3 h2 50.Kg2 Rh8 51.Kh1 d5


52.exd5 e4 53.Ra2 Kf4 54.b7 Ke5 55.Ra8, Black resigns.