Sunday, February 26, 2017

Hamilton Quads 2/25/2017

On Saturday, I drew this game at the quads in Hamilton.

Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Eric Yuhan Li (USCF 2069) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Hamilton NJ 2/25/2017

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O Be6 10.f3 Nbd7 11.g4 b5


12.g5 Nh5 13.h4 Nb6 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Ng3 16.Rg1 Nxf1 17.Rdxf1 Nc4 18.Qf2 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 a5 20.h5 a4 21.Nd2 a3 22.b3 Qc7 23.Ne4 Rac8 24.Rf2 f5 25.gxf6 Bxf6 26.Rfg2 Kh8 27.Qd3 b4 28.Qd2 Rb8


29.Qe2 Qf7 30.Qd3 Qc7 31.Rg4 Rb7 32.Qd2 Qe7 33.Qg2 Rc7 34.Qh2 Qf7 35.Rd1 Be7 36.Rd3 Rfc8 37.Rg2 h6, draw.