Friday, December 23, 2016

Thursday Night Action 12/22/2016

Last night, I finished with a score of 2-1-1 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Eric Yuhan Li (USCF 2033) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 12/22/2016

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 Be6 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.g4 b5 12.h4 Nb6 13.g5 Nh5 14.Na5 Qc7


15.Bh3 b4 16.Ne2 Nc4 17.Nxc4 Bxc4 18.Bg4 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 Ng3 20.Qg2 Nxh1 21.Rxh1 d5 22.exd5 Bc5 23.Bd2 Qd6 24.g6 hxg6 25.h5 f5 26.f4 fxg4 27.fxe5 Qxe5 28.hxg6 Rf2 29.Qxg4 Qxd5


30.Rh8+ Kxh8 31.Qh4+ Kg8 32.Qh7+ Kf8 33.Qh8+ Qg8 34.Qh1 Rd8 35.Bg5 Rxc2+ 36.Kb1 Bd4 37.Qf3+ Bf6 38.Bxf6 gxf6 39.Qxf6+ Ke8 40.Qe5+ Kd7 41.Qd4+ Kc8 42.Qg4+ Rd7 43.Kxc2 Qd5


44.Qxb4 Qd1+ 45.Kc3 Qd3#.