Luzviminda Machan Open 7/11/2015

Five players showed up for yesterday's Dr. Luzviminda Machan Open.

Ken Cohen lost to Srihari Nesamani.

Nikhil Kalyanraman won as Black against Sivaramakrishnan Muthukrishnan.

Round Four:  Queen Pawn Opening

Srihari Nesamani (USCF 1619) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Rahway NJ 7/11/2015

1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.c3 O-O 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bd2 d5 7.Nf3 c5 8.O-O cxd4 9.cxd4 Nc6 10.Bc3 Ne4 11.e3 Bg4 12.Qb3 Qd7 13.Rc1 Rab8

14.Nbd2 Nxd2 15.Bxd2 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 e6 17.Be2 Rfc8 18.Bb5 a6 19.Bd3 e5 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.Be2 b5 22.Bc3 Nc4 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Qc3+ f6 25.Qd4 Ne5 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Rd1 Rc2 28.Rd2 Rxd2 29.Qxd2 Qc6

30.f4 Nc4 31.Qc3 Qe6 32.Kf2 Nd6 33.Bf3 Ne4+ 34.Bxe4 dxe4 35.Qb3 Qg4 36.Qc2 Qf3+ 37.Ke1 Qh1+ 38.Kd2 Qxh2+ 39.Kc1 Qg1+ 40.Qd1 Qxe3+ 41.Qd2 Qxd2+ 42.Kxd2 f5 43.Ke3 g5 44.Kd4 gxf4 45.gxf4 h5

46.Ke3 Kf6 47.Kf2 a5 48.Ke2 h4 49.Kf2 Kg6 50.Kg2 Kh5 51.Kh3 e3 52.Kg2 Kg4, White resigns.