Sunday, December 29, 2019

Saturday Game/50, Round 1, 12/28/2019

On Saturday, this game was played in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Sicilian Defense, Dragon Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Royal Buchanan (USCF 1908), Marshall Chess Club 12/28/2019

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 Qa5 9.f3 d6 10.Qd2 Bd7 11.O-O-O a6 12.h4 h5 13.Kb1 b5


14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Nd5 Qd8 16.Bh6 Bxd5 17.Bxd5 Rb8 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.g4 hxg4 20.fxg4 Nxg4 21.h5 Rh8 22.hxg6 fxg6 23.Qg5 Qd7 24.Rhg1 Ne5 25.Bf7 Rh6 26.Qxe5+ dxe5 27.Rxd7 Kxf7 28.a3 Rh4


29.Rf1+ Rf4 30.Rh1 Ke6 31.Ra7 Rb6 32.Rh7 Rxe4 33.Raxe7+ Kf5 34.Rh1 Rd6 35.Rf1+ Rf4 36.Re1 Rd5 37.Rf7+ Kg5 38.Re7 Kf6 39.Re8 Rf5 40.Rf8+ Ke7 41.Ra8 Rf6 42.Ra7+ Ke8 43.Rh1 Rf8


44.Rxa6 Rd7 45.Rxg6 Re7 46.Rb6 e4 47.Rb8+ Kf7 48.Rf1+ Ke6 49.Rbxf8 e3 50.Re1 Kd7 51.Rf3 e2 52.Rf2 Kc6 53.Rfxe2 Rxe2 54.Rxe2 Kc5 55.Re4 b4 56.Rxb4 Kc6 57.c3 Kc7 58.a4 Kd7 59.a5 Ke7 60.a6 Kf7 61.a7 Kg8 62.Rb7 Kh8 63.a8=Q#.