Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Thursday Action, Round 4, 1/30/2020

On Thursday, I finished with a score of 2-0-2 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Charlie Rosado (USCF 1979) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 1/30/2020

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nge2 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O 9.a4 Be6 10.a5 Nbd7 11.Na4 Bxb3 12.Nb6 Be6 13.Nxa8 Qxa8 14.c4 Rc8 15.b3 Qb8 16.Bd3 Nc5


17.Bc2 b5 18.axb6 Qxb6 19.O-O Qb7 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.Qd2 Nd7 22.Ra3 Nb8 23.Rfa1 Qb4 24.Qxb4 cxb4 25.R3a2 Bc5+ 26.Kf1 Rd8 27.Rd1 Rxd1+ 28.Bxd1 Kf8 29.Ke2 Ke7 30.Ra5 Bd4 31.Kd3 Nd7 32.Kc2 Nc5 33.Be2 Kd6


34.h3 Kc6 35.Bd1 Kb6 36.Ra2 a5 37.Kd2 Bc3+ 38.Ke3 g5 39.g4 h6 40.Kf2 f6 41.h4 a4 42.hxg5 hxg5 43.bxa4 Bxc4 44.a5+ Ka6 45.Be2 Bxe2 46.Kxe2 b3 47.Ra3 b2 48.Rxc3 b1=Q 49.Rxc5 Qb2+ 50.Kf1 Qd4


51.Rd5 Qe3 52.Rd6+ Kxa5 53.Rxf6 Kb4 54.Kg2 Kc3 55.Rd6 Qe2+ 56.Kg3 Qf1 57.Rd5 Qg1+ 58.Kh3 Qf2 59.Rd6 Qxf3+ 60.Kh2 Qxg4 61.Rf6 Qxe4 62.Rd6 g4 63.Rd8 Qf4+ 64.Kg1 Qd4+, White resigns.