Wednesday, January 22, 2020

FIDE Mondays 1/20/2020

On Monday, I played this game at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Brian Pang (USCF 2028) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 1/20/2020

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 O-O 9.Qd2 Be6 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.h4 Nb6 13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.Kb1 Rfd8


15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Bd7 17.g5 Bf5 18.Bh3 Bxh3 19.Rxh3 a5 20.h5 a4 21.Nc1 Rf8 22.g6 h6 23.Rg3 f5 24.Nd3 e4 25.Nf4 Bh4 26.Rgg1 Bf2 27.Rgf1 Be3 28.Qh2 Bxf4 29.Qxf4 exf3 30.Rxf3 Rae8 31.Rdf1 Re5


32.Rd3 Qc5 33.Qf3 Rfe8 34.a3 b4 35.axb4 Qxb4 36.Rc3 Qb5 37.Rd1 Rb8, draw.