Tuesday, July 18, 2017

FIDE Mondays 7/17/2017

On Monday evening, I played this game at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation 

Kadhir Pillai (USCF 2172) - Jim West (USCF 2209), Marshall Chess Club 7/17/2017

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 Be6 9.O-O Nbd7 10.a4 O-O 11.a5 Qc7 12.f3 Rac8 13.Rf2 Rfd8 14.Bf1 d5


15.exd5 Nxd5 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Rd2 Bxb3 18.cxb3 Bc5 19.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20.Kh1 Qe7, draw.