Monday, February 3, 2020

Thursday Action, Round 3, 1/30/2020

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

Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Anthony Kozikowski (USCF 2096), Marshall Chess Club 1/30/2020

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 Nbd7 7.O-O Qc7 8.Bb3 Nc5 9.Re1 Nxb3 10.axb3 e6 11.Be3 Be7 12.f4 O-O 13.Qf3 Bd7 14.f5 e5 15.Nde2 Bc6 16.Ng3 b5


17.Nh5 Nxh5 18.Qxh5 b4 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 Qxc2 21.Qg4 Bf6 22.Qxb4 Qxf5 23.Qxd6 Rfd8 24.Qb6 Rxd5 25.Rxa6 Rxa6 26.Qxa6 Qd3 27.Qxd3 Rxd3 28.b4 Rb3 29.Bd4 Rxb4 30.Bxe5 Bxe5 31.Rxe5 f6 32.Re2 Kf7


33.Kf1 Kg6 34.Ke1 Kf5 35.Kd1 Re4 36.Rd2 Rb4 37.Kc2 Rb7 38.b3 Rc7+ 39.Kb2 Ke4 40.b4 Ke3 41.Rc2 Rxc2+ 42.Kxc2 Kd4 43.Kb3 Kd5 44.Ka4 Kc6 45.Ka5 f5 46.Ka6 Kc7 47.b5 Kb8 48.Kb6 f4 49.h4 g6


50.Kc6 h6 51.Kd5 Kc7 52.Ke4 Kb6 53.Kxf4 Kxb5 54.Ke5 Kc4 55.Kf6 g5 56.hxg5 hxg5 57.Kxg5 Kd5 58.Kf6, Black resigns.