Game One: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation
Mark Powell (USCF 1505) - Jim West (USCF 2202), Westfield NJ 6/10/2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Nxd2 6.Nbxd2 Nc6 7.a3 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 Qe7 9.e3 Nxe5 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O d6 12.Rfd1 a5 13.Nd4 Bd7
14.f4 Ng4 15.Bxg4 Bxg4 16.Re1 Bd7 17.e4 f6 18.Re3 a4 19.Rae1 Qf7 20.Qc2 Rfe8 21.f5 Re7 22.Rg3 Kh8 23.Qe2 Rae8 24.Rg4 c5 25.Ne6 Bxe6 26.fxe6 Rxe6 27.Qf3 Re5 28.Rd1 Qxc4 29.Rxd6 Qc1+ 30.Kf2 Qxb2+ 31.Kg1 R5e7 32.Qd3 Qe5 33.Rd8 Rxd8 34.Qxd8+ Re8 35.Qd7 Qd4+, White resigns.
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Game Two: Caro-Kann Defense, Exchange Variation
Jim West (USCF 2202) - Anatoly Volovich (USCF 2424), Westfield NJ 6/10/2007
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qc8 8.Nd2 e6 9.Ngf3 Be7 10.O-O Bh5 11.Rae1 Bg6 12.Bxg6 hxg6 13.h3 O-O
14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Nd7 16.Bh2 Qc6 17.Nf3 b5 18.a3 a5 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 Rfc8 21.Re3 Ra7 22.Rfe1 Rb7 23.Qd1 Bd6 24.h4 Bxe5 25.Rxe5 b4 26.axb4 axb4 27.h5 gxh5 28.Rxh5 bxc3 29.bxc3 Qxc3 30.Rh3 Qb4 31.Qh5 Qxe1+ 32.Kh2 Kf8 33.Qh8+ Ke7 34.Qxc8 Qb4 35.Rh8 Kf6 36.Rh4 Qd6+ 37.g3 Rb8 38.Qc1 Rg8 39.Qb1 g5 40.Rh6+ Rg6 41.Rxg6+ fxg6 42.Qd3 Qc7 43.Qf3+ Kg7 44.Qe3 Qe7 45.Kh3 Qf6 46.Kg2 Qf5 47.f3 Kh6 48.Qc3 Qf6 49.Qc5 e5 50.dxe5 Qxe5 51.Qf8+ Kh7 52.Qf7+ Kh6 53.Qf8+ Qg7 54.Qd6 Qf7 55.g4 Kh7 56.Qh2+ Kg8 57.Qb8+ Kh7 58.Qh2+, draw.
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Game Three: Philidor Counter Gambit
Sameer Mujumdar (USCF 1960) - Jim West (USCF 2202), Westfield NJ 6/10/2007
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.d3 Nc6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Qd2 Qd7 9.O-O-O O-O-O 10.h3 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd5 Rhf8 13.Kb1 Kb8
14.Bb5 a6 15.Ba4 Qe8 16.Rhe1 Bd7 17.Nb4 Nxb4 18.Bxd7 Qxd7 19.Qxb4 Qb5 20.Qxb5 axb5 21.d4 c6 22.dxe5 Bxe5 23.Nxe5 dxe5 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Kc1 Rd5 26.Re4 Kc7 27.Rg4 Rd7 28.Rg6 Kd8, draw.
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Game Four: Sicilian Defense, Accelerated Fianchetto
Jim West (USCF 2202) - Kevin Dresher (USCF 1842), Westfield NJ 6/10/2007
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 Qa5 9.f3 b6 10.Qd2 Ba6 11.O-O-O Ne5 12.Kb1 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Bxc4 14.Nb3 Bxb3 15.axb3 d6
16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Qxa5 bxa5 18.Rxd5 Rfc8 19.Rxa5 Rc7 20.Rc1 a6 21.Ra4 Rc6 22.Bd4 Bh6 23.Rd1 Rac8 24.Bc3 f5 25.exf5 gxf5 26.g4 e5 27.gxf5 Kf7 28.Rh4 Bf4 29.Rxh7+ Kf6 30.Rd7 Bxh2 31.R1xd6+ Kxf5 32.Rf7+ Kg5 33.Bd2+ Bf4 34.Bxf4+ exf4 35.Rxc6 Rxc6 36.Rg7+ Kf5 37.Kc1 Re6 38.Rc7 Kg5 39.Kd2 Kh4 40.Rg7, Black resigns.
