Round One: English Opening
Donald Battle (USCF 1535) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Cherry Hill NJ 1/12/2008
1.g3 e5 2.Bg2 f5 3.Nh3 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Re1 O-O 7.c4 d6 8.Nc3 Qe8 9.d4 Bb4 10.a3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Kh8 12.a4 Qf7 13.d5 Na5
14.c5 dxc5 15.Ba3 b6 16.d6 Bb7 17.Bxb7 Nxb7 18.dxc7 Qxc7 19.Ng5 Rae8 20.Qb3 Qe7 21.Red1 h6 22.Nf3 Qf7 23.c4 Na5 24.Nd2?? Nxb3, White resigns.
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Round Two: Petroff Defense
Jim West (USCF 2200) - David Newmuis (USCF 1699), Cherry Hill NJ 1/12/2008
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d3 Nf6 6.d4 d5 7.Bd3 Bd6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nc3 c6 10.Bg5 Re8 11.Re1 Rxe1+ 12.Qxe1 Nbd7 13.Qd2 Nf8 14.Re1 Ne6 15.Ne2 b6 16.Ng3 h6 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Nh5 Qe7 19.c3 Bb7 20.Bf5 c5 21.Bxe6 fxe6 22.Nf4 cxd4 23.Nxd4 e5 24.Nf5 Qf6 25.Nxd6 Qxd6 26.Nd3 Re8 27.f3 d4 28.Nf2 Rd8 29.Ne4 Qd5 30.b3 Qa5
31.cxd4 Bxe4 32.Qxa5 bxa5 33.Rxe4 exd4 34.Kf1 d3 35.Ke1 d2+ 36.Kd1 Kf7 37.Re2 a4 38.Rxd2 Rb8 39.bxa4 Rb4 40.a5 Ra4 41.Rd7+ Kg6 42.Rxa7 Rxa2 43.g4 Rxh2 44.Ke1 Ra2 45.a6 Kf6 46.f4 Kg6 47.Kd1 h5 48.gxh5+ Kxh5 49.Rxg7 Rxa6 50.Ke2 Ra3 51.Kf2 Kh6 52.Rg8 Kh7 53.Rg5 Kh6 54.Rg3 Rxg3 55.Kxg3 Kg6 56.Kg4 Kf6 57.f5 Kg7 58.Kg5 Kf7 59.f6 Kf8 60.Kg6 Kg8 61.f7+ Kf8 62.Kf6, stalemate.
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Round Three: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation
Boris Privman (USCF 2256) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Cherry Hill NJ 1/12/2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 Qh4 5.g3 Qh5 6.Qd4 Nc5 7.Qe3 a5 8.Nf3 b6 9.Bg2 Bb7 10.Nc3 Nb3 11.Rb1 Nxc1 12.Rxc1 Bc5 13.Qd3 Nc6 14.Nd5 O-O-O 15.Nf4 Qh6 16.O-O Rhe8
17.Qc3 g5 18.Nd3 g4 19.Nh4 Qg5 20.Nxc5 bxc5 21.e3 Qxe5 22.Qxe5 Nxe5 23.Rfd1 d6 24.Bxb7+ Kxb7 25.Kf1 Kc6 26.Ke2 Rb8 27.Rc2 Rb3 28.Rdd2 Reb8 29.f4 gxf3+ 30.Nxf3 Nxf3 31.Kxf3 f5 32.h3 h5 33.h4 Re8 34.Re2 a4 35.Kf4 Re5 36.Kf3 Re8 37.Rcd2 Re4 38.Rd5 Re5 39.Rxe5 dxe5 40.Rd2 Kb6 41.Rc2 Rd3 42.Ke2 e4 43.Rd2 Rb3 44.Kf2 Kc6 45.Ke2 Rb8 46.Ke1 Rg8 47.Kf2 Rb8 48.Ke1 Rg8 49.Kf2 Rb8 50.Kf1 Rg8, draw.
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Round Four: Sicilian Defense
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Michael Katz (USCF 2262), Cherry Hill NJ 1/12/2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Ndb5 a6 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Nd4 Nxe4 10.Qf3 f5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.O-O d5 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.Qh5+ g6 15.Qe5 Rg8 16.Rad1 Bg7
17.Rxd5 Bxe5 18.Rxa5 Bc7 19.Rc5 e6 20.Rxc6 Rg7 21.Bxe6 Bb7 22.Rc4 Be5 23.Bd4 Bxd4 24.Rxd4 Re7 25.Bd5 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Rc8 27.c3 Rc4 28.Re1 Kf7 29.Rd4 Rxd4 30.cxd4 Kf6 31.Kf1 Rb7 32.b3 Kf5 33.Rc1 Rd7 34.Rc4 Ke6 35.Ke2 Rd5 36.Ke3 Rh5 37.Kxe4 Rh4+ 38.Ke3 Rxh2 39.g3 Rh1 40.Rc6+ Kd5 41.Rxa6 Re1+ 42.Kf3 Kxd4 43.Ra7 Ra1 44.a4 Ra3 45.Rxh7 Rxb3+ 46.Kg4 Ke5 47.f4+ Kf6 48.Ra7 Ra3 49.Ra6+ Kg7 50.Kh4 Rf3 51.a5 Ra3 52.g4 Rb3 53.Kg5 Rb5+ 54.Kh4 Rb4 55.Kg5 Rb5+ 56.f5 gxf5 57.gxf5 Rb1 58.Ra7+ Kf8 59.Kf6 Kg8 60.a6 Rb6+ 61.Kg5 Rd6 62.f6 Rd1 63.Rb7 Rg1+ 64.Kf5 Rf1+ 65.Ke5 Re1+ 66.Kd4 Rd1+ 67.Ke3, Black resigns.
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Round Five: King's Indian Defense
Craig Gross (USCF 1939) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Cherry Hill NJ 1/12/2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.f4 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Nf3 exd5 9.cxd5 Re8 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Ng4 12.Bg5 f6 13.exf6 Bxf6
14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.O-O Ne3 16.Qb3 Nxf1 17.Rxf1 Qb6 18.Qa4 Bd7 19.Qh4 Rf8 20.Ng5 Rxf1+ 21.Bxf1 h5 22.Qf4 Bf5 23.Qe5 Qd8 24.h4 Nd7 25.Qf4 Qf6 26.Kh1 Qe5 27.Qf2 Rf8 28.Bc4 Qd4 29.Qxd4 cxd4 30.d6+ Kg7 31.Nb5 d3, White resigns.
