My Games from USATE 1999

These are my games from the United States Amateur Team East tournament in 1999 that was won by my team Clinton: Insufficient Losing Chances for which I played board one. Naturally my favorite is the Philidor Counter Gambit in round four, featuring a "student body left" mating attack by Black.

Round One: Larsen's Opening

Jim West (USCF 2229) - Eric Mark (USCF 1983), USATE 2/13/1999

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 Nf6 4.e3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.a3 Bd6 7.d3 O-O 8.Nf3 f5 9.Nbd2 Qe7 10.Qc2 Bd7 11.e4 Nf4 12.g3 Ne6 13.Bg2 Bc5 14.b4 Bb6 15.exf5 Ned4 16.Bxd4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Bxd4 18.Rc1 Bxf5 19.O-O Rad8


20.Ne4 c6 21.Kh1 Bb6 22.Rcd1 Bg6 23.h4 Rd4 24.Ng5 Kh8 25.Qb3 Rfd8 26.Qe6 R8d7 27.Rfe1 Qxe6 28.Nxe6 Rxd3 29.Rxd3 Rxd3 30.Rxe5 Bxf2 31.Nf4 Rxa3 32.h5 Bxg3 33.hxg6 Ra1+ 34.Bf1 hxg6 35.Nxg6+ Kh7 36.Nf8+ Kg8 37.Rf5 Bd6 38.Ne6 Bxb4 39.Nd8 Ra5 40.Bc4+ Kh7 41.Rxa5 Bxa5 42.Nxb7 Bb6 43.Kg2 Kg6 44.Kf3 Kf6 45.Nd6 Bg1 46.Ke4 Bb6 47.Ne8+ Kg6 48.Ke5 Bc5 49.Be6 Bb4 50.Bd7 a5 51.Bxc6 Bc3+ 52.Ke4 Bf6 53.Nd6 Bc3 54.Kd5 Bb4 55.Be8+ Kf6 56.Nc4 Ke7 57.Bg6 Kf6 58.Be8 Ke7 59.Bg6 Kf6, draw.



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Round Two: Sicilian Defense

Saul Wanetick (USCF 2168) - Jim West (USCF 2229), USATE 2/13/1999

1.d4 e6 2.e4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.Nc3 h5 8.Qe2 Ng4 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.g3 Bd6 11.Kg2 h4 12.Bd2 hxg3 13.fxg3 Nd4


14.Qd1 Nxf3 15.Rxf3 Rxh2+ 16.Kg1 Bc5+ 17.Be3 Bxe3+ 18.Rxe3 Nxe3 19.Qf3 Rg2+ 20.Kh1 Rxg3 21.Qh5 Rg6 22.Qh8+ Ke7 23.Qh4+ f6 24.Rg1 Rxg1+ 25.Kxg1 Qc5 26.Qf2 Qg5+ 27.Kh1 b5 28.Ne2 Bb7 29.Ng3 Rh8+ 30.Kg1 f5, White resigns.



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Round Three: Center Counter Defense

Jim West (USCF 2229) - Scott Massey (USCF 2266), USATE 2/14/1999

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.Bd2 e6 8.Qe2 Bb4 9.O-O-O Nbd7


10.a3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Qc7 12.Ne5 Nd5 13.Bd2 b5 14.Bb3 Nxe5 15.dxe5 h5 16.Bxd5 exd5 17.Bb4 O-O-O 18.Bd6 Qa5 19.Rd4 g6 20.Qd2, draw.



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Round Four: Philidor Counter Gambit

Greg Acholonu (USCF 2312) - Jim West (USCF 2229), USATE 2/14/1999

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Bc4+ Kg7 11.Nf4 h6 12.Be6 Bb4+ 13.c3 Nc6 14.Qf5 Qe8

15.O-O Bd6 16.Bxc8 Bxf4 17.Bxb7 Bxc1 18.Bxa8 Bxb2 19.Rab1 Ba3 20.Rb3 Bd6 21.Bb7 Ne7 22.Qa5 Qg6 23.c4 Nf5 24.c5 Bf4 25.d5 Rg8 26.d6 cxd6 27.c6 Kh8 28.Rg3 Nxg3 29.hxg3 e3 30.Qxa7 e2 31.Re1 Bd2 32.Rxe2 Qb1+ 33.Kh2 Ng4+ 34.Kh3 Qh1#.



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Round Five: Modern Defense

Jim West (USCF 2229) - Ron Burnett (USCF 2450), USATE 2/15/1999

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 a6 4.a4 d6 5.f4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.h3 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qxd8+ Nxd8 10.Bc4 O-O 11.Nge2 Be6 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.f5 gxf5 14.exf5 Nd4 15.Bxd4 exd4 16.Nxd4 Rfe8+ 17.Nde2 Rad8

18.Rd1 Rxd1+ 19.Kxd1 Ne4 20.Nxe4 Rxe4 21.b3 Be5 22.Rf1 Kg7 23.Rf3 Kf6 24.g4 Kg5 25.Ng3 Rd4+ 26.Ke2 Kh4 27.Nh5 Re4+ 28.Kd2 Rd4+ 29.Ke2 Re4+ 30.Kd2 Rd4+, draw.



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Round Six: Evans Gambit Declined

Jim West (USCF 2229) - Jacob Chudnovsky (USCF 2403), USATE 2/15/1999

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6 5.c3 Nf6 6.b4 Bb6 7.a4 a5 8.b5 Ne7 9.O-O O-O 10.Nbd2 Ng6 11.Bb3 c6 12.Nc4 Bc7 13.Rb1 d5 14.b6 Bb8


15.exd5 cxd5 16.Na3 Ra6 17.Be3 Bg4 18.h3 Bh5 19.Nc2 Qd6 20.Nce1 Nh4 21.g3 Nxf3+ 22.Nxf3 Nd7 23.g4 Bg6 24.Bc2 Rc8 25.Rb3 f5 26.Rb5 Rxc3 27.Bb3 Bf7 28.Re1 fxg4 29.hxg4 Nxb6 30.Ng5, draw.