Thursday, February 20, 2020

USATE 2020, Day 3

On Monday, I finished with a score of 3-3-0 at the USATE.

Round Six: English Opening

Nikhil Thota (USCF 1501) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Parsippany NJ 2/17/2020

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.f3 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.Qd1 O-O 10.Be3 Be6 11.g4 Qa5 12.Bd4 Rfc8


13.g5 Qxg5 14.Qb3 b5 15.Qxb5 Qf4 16.Be2 Rab8 17.Qa6 Rxb2 18.Rd1 Rxe2+ 19.Nxe2 Qxf3 20.Ng3 Nxe4 21.Rf1 Qg4 22.Bxg7 Nxg3 23.Rd4 Qe2#.