!st Saturday Swiss 5/3/2014

NM Sameer Mujumdar won yesterday's tournament.

Round Two: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Brandon Jacobson (USCF 1960) - Jim West (USCF 2229), Rahway NJ 5/3/2014

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 O-O 10.Qd3 Nc6 11.a3 Na5 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Nxb3 14.Qxb3 Qd7 15.a4 Rac8

16.h3 Qc7 17.c3 Nd7 18.a5 f5 19.Ra4 f4 20.Bb6 Nxb6 21.axb6 Qd8 22.Bg4 Rc5 23.Be6+ Kh8 24.c4 Rf6 25.Qc3 Qxb6 26.Rb4 Qc7 27.Qb3 b5 28.cxb5 axb5 29.Rxb5 Rxb5 30.Qxb5 Rf8 31.Qc6 Qa7 32.b4 g6

33.b5 Rb8 34.Rc1 Kg7 35.Qa6 Qb6, draw.

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Round Three: Slav Defense

David Zurawski (USCF 818) - John Lekocevic (USCF 1479), Rahway NJ 5/3/2014

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Ng3 Bd6 7.Qd3 Nbd7 8.Be2 b6 9.Be3 Bb7 10.Rc1 c5 11.Bf3 Bxg3 12.hxg3 Bxf3 13.Nxf3 Qc7

14.d5 exd5 15.cxd5 Rd8 16.Bf4 Qb7 17.O-O Nxd5 18.Qe4+ Kf8 19.Bd6+ Kg8 20.Rcd1 N7f6 21.Qe5 Qd7 22.Bb8 Ng4 23.Qd6 Qc8 24.Qc7 Nxc7 25.Bxc7 Qxc7 and Black wins.

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Round Three: Sicilian Defense, King's Indian Attack

Jim West (USCF 2229) - Roshan Idnani (USCF 1803), Rahway NJ 5/3/2014

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 d6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O Nf6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.a4 Nd7 9.Nc4 Nde5 10.Nfxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.c3 Qb6 13.a5 Qc7 14.f4 Bg7 15.Be3 Bd7 16.Qd2 Bc6

17.f5 e5 18.f6 Bh8 19.h4 h5 20.c4 Bd7 21.Bg5 Qc8 22.b4 b6 23.b5 Bg4 24.Kh2 Re8 25.axb6 axb6 26.Rxa8 Qxa8 27.Bh3 Bxh3 28.Kxh3 Qa3 29.g4 hxg4+ 30.Kxg4 Ra8 31.h5 gxh5+ 32.Kxh5 Qa2 33.Qe3 Qg2

34.Rg1 Qh2+ 35.Bh4+ Kf8 36.Qh6+ Ke8 37.Qxh8+ Kd7 38.Qg7 Rh8+ 39.Qxh8 Qxg1 40.Qg7 Qd1+ 41.Qg4+ Qxg4+ 42.Kxg4 Ke8 43.Kh5 Kf8 44.Kh6 Kg8 45.Be1 Kh8 46.Ba5, Black resigns.