Round One: Budapest Defense, Fajarowicz Variation
Wayne Burmett (USCF 1509) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Viking 4-County Open 11/17/2007
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.Nxe5 Qxe5 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O d6 13.Rac1 a5
14.Rfe1 a4 15.Qd4 Re8 16.Bd3 Qxd4 17.exd4 Bd7 18.Re3 Rxe3 19.fxe3 Re8 20.Re1 h6 21.Kf2 b6 22.Ke2 f6 23.Kd2 Kf8 24.e4 c5
25.e5? dxe5 26.dxe5 Rxe5 27.Rxe5 fxe5 28.Be4 Ke7 29.Kc3 Kd6 30.b4 axb3 31.Kxb3 Bc6 32.Bxc6 Kxc6 33.Kc3 h5 34.a4 e4 35.Kd2 Kd6 36.g3 Ke5 37.Ke3 Kf5 38.h3 g6
39.Kf2 h4 40.gxh4 Kf4 41.Ke2 e3 42.Ke1 Ke4 43.Ke2 Kd4 44.h5 gxh5 45.h4 Ke4 46.Ke1 Kd3 47.Kd1 Kxc4, White resigns.
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Round Three: Philidor Counter Gambit
Steve Stoyko (USCF 2273) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Viking 4-County Open 11/17/2007
1.Nf3 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.c3 Qf6 7.d4 Ne7 8.b3 g5 9.Ba3 Ng6 10.dxe5 dxe5
11.Bxf8 Rxf8 12.Nfd2 g4 13.Be2 f3 14.gxf3 gxf3 15.Bxf3 Bh3 16.Re1 Nd7 17.Re3 O-O-O 18.b4 Nh4
19.Kh1 Qg5 20.Qg1 Qxg1+ 21.Kxg1 Rg8+ 22.Kh1 Nxf3, White resigns.
This game won the biggest upset prize of $3.65 (5 cents for each rating point!) in round three.
