On Thursday, I finished with a score of 1-0-3 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.
Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Dragon Variation
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Thomas Knoff (USCF 1971), Marshall Chess Club 8/15/2019
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Rb8 11.h5 Na5 12.Bb3 Nxb3 13.axb3 b5 14.hxg6 fxg6 15.Bh6 Bxh6 16.Qxh6 e5 17.Nde2 Rb7 18.O-O-O Be6
19.g4 b4 20.Na4 Qc7 21.Kb1 Bd7 22.g5 Bxa4 23.gxf6 Be8 24.Qg5 Rb6 25.Ng3 Ra6 26.Rd5 Bc6 27.Nf5 Rf7 28.Nh6+ Kf8 29.Nxf7 Bxd5 30.Qh6+ Ke8 31.exd5 Qxf7 32.Qxh7 Qxh7 33.Rxh7 Ra5 34.Rg7 Rxd5
35.Rxg6 Kf7 36.Rg7+ Kxf6 37.Rxa7 Rd4 38.Kc1 Rf4 39.Kd2 Rxf3 40.Ra4 Rf4 41.c3 bxc3+ 42.bxc3 Rf3 43.b4 Ke6 44.b5 Kd7 45.Rb4 Rf8 46.Kd3 d5 47.b6 Kc6 48.c4 Rf3+ 49.Ke2 Rf8 50.Kd3 Rb8 51.cxd5+ Kxd5
52.b7 Kc6 53.Ke4 Rxb7 54.Rxb7, draw.
