Thursday, February 6, 2020

FIDE Mondays 2/3/2020

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

Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Nura Baalla (USCF 1992) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 2/3/2020

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O 9.Qd2 Be6 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nh5 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 Rc8 15.h4 f5


16.g6 hxg6 17.Qg2 Qe8 18.Na5 Nb8 19.Be2 Rf6 20.Bg5 Nf4 21.Bxf4 exf4 22.Rdg1 Bd8 23.Nb3 Bb6 24.Re1 Qe3+ 25.Kb1 Qf2 26.Qf1 Qxf1 27.Rhxf1 Kf7 28.Rh1 Rh8 29.Rh2 Nd7 30.Nc1 Be3 31.Nd3 Nb6 32.Rd1 Nxd5


33.Ne1 Nb6 34.Ng2 Bf2 35.h5 gxh5 36.Nxf4 Bg3 37.Rxh5 Re8, White resigns.