Here are the two slow games, with time controls of 30/90 followed by game/60. The first of these is a real Marshall swindle, as I was busted out of the opening but somehow managed to draw.
Round Three: Ruy Lopez
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Ed Kopiecki (USCF 1910), Marshall Chess Club 1/6/2008
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.Nbd2 Ne7 9.Re1 Ng6 10.d4 Nf4
Now I should have played 11.dxe5.
11.Nf1 Nxh3+ 12.Kh2 Nxf2 13.Qe2 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Ng4+ 15.fxg4 hxg4+ 16.Kg1 Qh4 17.Bd2 Qh1+ 18.Kf2 g3+ 19.Ke3 Qg1+ 20.Kf3 Qh1+ 21.Qg2 Qh5+ 22.Ke3 exd4+ 23.Kd3 Qb5+
24.c4 dxc3+ 25.Kxc3 O-O-O 26.Kc2 Qd3+ 27.Kc1 Rd4 28.Bc3 Bb4 29.Qxg3 Bxc3 30.Qxd3 Rxd3 31.bxc3 Rxc3+ 32.Kb2 Rf3 33.Rac1 g5 34.Ne3 Rh2+ 35.Rc2 Rff2 36.Rxf2 Rxf2+ 37.Kb3 Rf4 38.Nf5 Kd7
39.Kc4 Ke6 40.Kd4 Rf2 41.a3 Rd2+ 42.Kc4 Ke5 43.Nh6 Rd7 44.Kc5 Kf4 45.Nxf7 g4 46.e5 g3 47.e6 Re7 48.Kd4 g2 49.Rg1 Kg3 50.Ke5 Kf2 51.Rxg2+ Kxg2 52.Nd8 c5 53.Nxb7 c4 54.Nc5 c3 55.Kf6 c2
56.Nd3 Rxe6+ 57.Kxe6 Kf1 58.Kd5 Ke2 59.Kc4 Kd2 60.a4 a5 61.Kd4 c1=Q 62.Nxc1 Kxc1 63.Kc5 Kb2 64.Kb5 Kb3 65.Kxa5 c5 66.Kb6 c4 67.a5 c3 68.a6 c2 69.a7 c1=Q 70.a8=Q Qe3+ 71.Kb7, draw.
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Round Four: Sicilian Defense
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Nelson Farber (USCF 1882), Marshall Chess Club 1/6/2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.Qe2 d6 8.c4 g6 9.Nc3 Bg7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Rac1 Nc6
12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.f3 c5 14.Rfd1 Nd7 15.Qf2 Ne5 16.Bf1 Nc6 17.Kh1 Rb8 18.Rd2 Nd4 19.Qh4 f5 20.Bh6 Bb7 21.Bxg7 Qxg7 22.Bd3 Rf7
23.exf5 gxf5 24.Qg3 Qxg3 25.hxg3 Rf6 26.Ne2 e5 27.Nxd4 cxd4 28.c5 d5 29.c6 Bxc6 30.Bxf5 Rb6 31.g4 h5 32.b3 a5 33.Bc8 hxg4 34.Bxg4 a4 35.bxa4 Bxa4
36.Re1 e4 37.fxe4 dxe4 38.Rxe4 Bc6 39.Rexd4 Rh6+ 40.Kg1 Rb1+ 41.Rd1 Rb2 42.R4d2 Rb4 43.Bf3 Ba4 44.Rc1 Rbh4 45.Rc8+ Kg7 46.Rc7+ Kf6 47.Rd6+ Ke5 48.Rxh6 Rxh6
49.Rc4 Bd7 50.Rc5+ Kd6 51.Ra5 Kc7 52.Ra7+ Kd8 53.a4 Rh4 54.a5 Ra4 55.Be2 Ra1+ 56.Kh2 Bc6 57.Bf3 Bxf3 58.gxf3 Kc8 59.a6 Kb8 60.Rb7+ Kc8 61.Rb6 Kc7 62.Rf6 Kd7 63.Kg3 Ke7 64.Rh6 Kf7 65.Rb6 Ra4
66.f4 Ra1 67.Kg4 Rg1+ 68.Kf5 Ke7 69.Rh6 Ra1 70.Rh7+ Kd6 71.a7 Ra5+ 72.Kf6 Ra6 73.f5 Kd5+ 74.Kg5 Ke5 75.Re7+ Kd5 76.f6 Ra1 77.Kg6, Black resigns.
