Saturday, January 11, 2020

Thursday Action, Round 3, 1/9/2020

On Thursday, I drew this game in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Rossolimo Variation

Antony Rode (USCF 2046) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 1/9/2020

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nf6 8.Nc3 g6 9.f3 Bg7 10.Be3 O-O 11.O-O Rfc8 12.b3 Qd8 13.Rc1 Qa5


14.Qd3 a6 15.Nxc6 Rxc6 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Rcc8 18.a4 Qb4 19.Bd2 Qb6+ 20.Be3 Qb4 21.Bd2 Qb6+ 22.Be3, draw.