Luzviminda Machan Open 4/12/2014

NM Art Macaspac won yesterday's Luzviminda Machan Open tournament.

Round Two: Pirc Defense

Roshan Idnani (USCF 1812) - Errol Singh (USCF 2026), Rahway NJ 4/12/2014

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.f3 Bg7 4.Be3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Qd2 O-O 7.O-O-O e5 8.d5 Ne7 9.Bh6 Ne8 10.g4 f5 11.gxf5 gxf5 12.Bb5 f4 13.Qg2 Ng6 14.Bxe8 Rxe8 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.h4 Kh8 17.h5 Nf8 18.Nge2 Nd7

19.Rdg1 Qe7 20.h6 c6 21.Rh5 Nf6 22.Rg5 Qf8 23.Rg7 cxd5 24.Nxd5 Nxd5 25.exd5 Bf5 26.Qg5 b5 27.Nc3 Rac8 28.Rxa7 b4 29.Ne4 Rc4 30.Qg7+ Qxg7 31.hxg7+ Kg8 32.Nf6#.

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Round Two: Sicilian Defense

Stanislav Busygin (USCF 2296) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Rahway NJ 4/12/2014

1.e4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.Ne2 e5 6.d3 Nge7 7.Be3 Qb6 8.Na3 d6 9.b4 Be6 10.Qa4 O-O 11.bxc5 dxc5 12.Rb1 Qd8

13.Bxc5 Qxd3 14.Rxb7 Bg4 15.Qc2 Bxe2 16.Qxd3 Bxd3 17.Bxe7 Nxe7 18.Rxe7 Rfc8 19.Kd2 Rd8 20.Ke3 Bh6+ 21.f4 exf4+ 22.gxf4 Bf8 23.e5 Bxe7 24.Bxa8 Bc5+, White resigns.

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Round Four: English Opening

Sameer Mujumdar (USCF 2307) - Art Macaspac (USCF 2199), Rahway NJ 4/12/2014

1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 c5 3.e4 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Nf6 6.e5 Nc6 7.Qf4 Nh5 8.Qe3 Ng7 9.Bd3 Ne6 10.a3 Bg7 11.f4 Bb7 12.Nf3 O-O 13.Ne4 d6 14.exd6 exd6 15.O-O Ncd4

16.Kh1 Re8 17.Qf2 Nb3 18.f5 Nec5 19.Nxc5 dxc5 20.fxg6 fxg6 21.Bc2 Nxa1 22.Bg5 Bf6 23.Qh4 Rf8 24.Bxf6 Qxf6 25.Qxf6 Rxf6 26.Rxa1 Re8 27.Bd1, White resigns.

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Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Taran Idnani (USCF 1867) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Rahway NJ 4/12/2014

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

13.h5 b4 14.Ne2 Nc4 15.Qd3 Nxe3 16.Qxe3 Nxg4 17.Qg1 Nh6 18.Ng3 Qc7 19.Kb1 a5 20.Bd3 a4 21.Nd2 a3 22.Nf5 Nxf5 23.exf5 Bxa2+ 24.Kxa2 axb2+ 25.Kb1 Ra1+ 26.Kxb2 Qc3#.