Here are my three wins, including a couple of king-and-pawn endings that would probably have been drawn except for my opponents' time pressure.
Round One: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation
Spencer Shen (USCF 1512) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 8/19/2007
1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e5 4.dxe5 Ne4 5.Nbd2 Bf5 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.Ng5 Bc6 8.e4 Be7 9.h4 dxe5 10.Qf3 Bb4+ 11.Ke2 Qf6 12.a3 Qxf3+ 13.Nxf3 Bd6 14.Kd3 a5
15.c5? Bxc5 16.Nxe5 Bxf2 17.Nxc6 Nxc6 18.Bf4 Bb6 19.Rc1 O-O 20.Kc4 Rfe8 21.Bd3 Ne5+ 22.Bxe5 Rxe5 23.Rhf1 Rd8 24.Rf5? Rd4+ 25.Kc3 Rxf5 26.exf5 Rxh4 27.Re1 Kf8 28.Be4 a4 29.Bxb7?? Ba5+ 30.b4 axb3+, White resigns.
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Round Three: Philidor Counter Gambit
Tony Blum (USCF 1861) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 8/19/2007
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.Kh1 Qe8 12.f3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nbd7 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.Bxf6 Rxf6 16.fxe4 dxe4 17.Bc4+ Kh8 18.Rb1 b6 19.Qe2 Qe7 20.Qe3 Raf8
21.Kg1 Rxf1+ 22.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 23.Bxf1 h6 24.g3 Bf5 25.Bg2 Qe6 26.a3 Bg6 27.Kf2 Qd5 28.c4 Qxc4 29.Bxe4 Bxe4 30.Qxe4 Qf7+ 31.Qf3 Kg8 32.Qxf7+ Kxf7 33.Ke3 b5 34.g4 g5 35.h3 Ke6 36.Ke4 a6 37.c3 a5 38.Ke3 Kd5 39.Kd3 c5 40.dxc5 Kxc5 41.Kc2 Kc4 42.Kb2 Kd3 43.Kb3 Ke3 44.a4?? bxa4+ 45.Kxa4 Kd3 46.Kb3 a4+ 47.Kxa4 Kxc3 48.Ka3 Kd3 49.Kb3 Ke3 50.Kc3 Kf3 51.Kd3 Kg3 52.Ke3 Kxh3 53.Kf3 Kh4 54.Kf2 Kxg4 55.Kg2 h5 56.Kh2 h4 57.Kg2 Kh5 58.Kh3 g4+ 59.Kg2 Kg5 60.Kf2 Kf4 61.Kg2 h3+ 62.Kh2 Kf3 63.Kg1 g3 64.Kh1 g2+ 65.Kh2 Kf2,White resigns.
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Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Sarkis Agaian (USCF 2123), Marshall Chess Club 8/19/2007
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7 9.Be3 O-O 10.f4 Bb7 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Bxd5 Qxd5 15.Nf5 Nc6
16.Qxd5 exd5 17.Nxe7+ Nxe7 18.Bc5 Rfe8 19.Bd6 Rac8 20.c3 Nc6 21.Rfe1 d4 22.Rac1 h6 23.Re4 dxc3 24.Rxc3 Na5 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Kf2 Rc2+ 27.Re2 Rxe2+ 28.Kxe2 Nc4 29.b3 Nxd6 30.exd6 f6?? 31.d7, Black resigns.
