Monday, December 30, 2019

Saturday Game/50, Round 3, 12/28/2019

On Saturday, I won this game in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Accelerated Fianchetto

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Richard Hallenbeck (USCF 1976), Marshall Chess Club 12/28/2019

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 a5 9.f3 d5 10.exd5 Nb4 11.Nde2 Bf5 12.O-O Qc7 13.a3 Na6 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.Kh1 Rfd8 16.Qd2 Nc5 17.Ba2 Rac8


18.Nb3 Nxb3 19.Bxb3 b5 20.Qf2 Re8 21.Bb6 Qb7 22.Bxa5 Bf5 23.Rad1 Bd7 24.Rfe1 Kh8 25.Bb4 Ng8 26.Rd2 Bf6 27.Nd1 h5 28.Bc3 Kg7 29.Rde2 Bxc3 30.Nxc3 Bf5 31.Qd4+ f6 32.Qb4 Rb8 33.d6 e5


34.Ne4 Bxe4 35.fxe4 Red8 36.Bxg8 Rxg8 37.Rd1 Qd7 38.Red2 Rgc8 39.Qb3 Rc4 40.Qf3 Ra8 41.c3 Rc6 42.Rd3 Rd8 43.h3 Rb8 44.Rd5 Rc4 45.Kh2 g5 46.Qf5 Qxf5 47.exf5 Rcc8 48.d7 Rd8 49.g4 h4 50.Kg2 Kf7


51.Kf3 Ke7 52.Ke4 Rb7 53.R1d2 Rbb8 54.b3 Rb7 55.R2d3 Rbb8 56.Rd6 Rb7 57.Re6+ Kf7 58.Rdd6 Rdxd7 59.Rxf6+ Ke7 60.Rfe6+ Kd8 61.Rxd7+ Rxd7 62.Rxe5 Kc7 63.Rxb5 Rd1 64.f6, Black resigns.