[photo by Joe Renna]
Pictured from left to right are the team members of West Orange Krush: NM Mark Kernighan, NM Jim West, Howard Weiss, and Alberto Martinez. Not pictured is alternate Joe Fortunato.
Round One: Sicilian Defense, Dragon Variation
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Arjun Ganesh (USCF 1747), Parsippany NJ 2/15/2020
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be3 d6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.f3 O-O 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.O-O-O Nc4 13.Bxc4 Rxc4 14.h5 Qa5 15.Kb1 Rfc8 16.hxg6 fxg6
17.Nb3 Qb4 18.a3 Nxe4 19.axb4 Nxd2+ 20.Bxd2 e6 21.Be1 d5 22.Rh4 d4 23.Nxd4 Rd8 24.Nxe6, Black resigns.
