FIDE master Orest Popovych [pictured] has passed away.
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Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation
Jim West (USCF 2248) - Orest Popovych (USCF 2301), Toms River Futurity 1986
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.f4 Bb7 9.f5 e5 10.Nde2 Nbd7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Qd3 Qb6 14.h3 O-O 15.O-O-O a5 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Bxd5 Rac8 18.Kb1 Rc5 19.g4 Rfc8 20.Nc3 h6 21.Rdg1 a4 22.h4 Qa5 23.g5 Rxc3 24.bxc3 Nxd5 25.Qxd5 Qxc3 26.Qd3 Qb4+ 27.Ka1 d5 28.Rb1 dxe4 29.Qxb5 Qd4+ 30.Qb2 hxg5 31.hxg5 Bxg5 32.Rh5 f6 33.Qxd4 exd4 34.Rb4 Bd2 35.Rb7 a3 36.Rh2 d3 37.Rg2 Bh6 38.cxd3 exd3 39.Rg1 d2 40.Rgb1 Bf4 41.Rg1 Rc1+, White resigns.
