USATE Day 2

After two days at the U.S. Amateur Team East tournament in Parsippany, both I and my team Insufficient Losing Chances have records of 3-1-0, going into the last day of the event. Here are yesterday's games.

Round Three: Philidor Counter Gambit

Ron Briggs (USCF 1615) - Jim West (USCF 2200), USATE 2/17/2008

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Qe2 c6 7.g3 Be7 8.Nfd2 Nf6 9.Bg2 d5 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Bd6 12.Nf1 Nbd7

13.b4 a5 14.Ba3 axb4 15.Ne3 Be6 16.Bxb4 Bxb4 17.cxb4 Qb6 18.Qb2 Ng4 19.Nd1 Rae8 20.h3 Nh6 21.Na3 Nf5 22.Nc2 Bf7 23.Qc3 Bg6 24.Nde3 Nxe3 25.Rxe3 Rf6 26.a4 Ref8 27.a5 Qd8 28.Re2 Nb8


29.Ne3 h5 30.Rf1 Na6 31.Rb2 Nc7 32.Qb3 Nb5 33.Rd2 R6f7 34.Qb2 h4 35.Ng4 hxg3 36.Ne5 gxf2+ 37.Rdxf2 Rxf2 38.Rxf2 Rxf2 39.Qxf2 Be8 40.Qb2 Qf6 41.Bf1 Nd6 42.a6 bxa6 43.Bxa6 Qh4 44.Qc3 Nf5 45.Bb7 e3, White resigns.



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Round Four: Caro-Kann Defense, Exchange Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Steve Herx (USCF 1782), USATE 2/17/2008

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qc8 8.Nd2 e6 9.Ngf3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Ne5 Bh5

12.Qc2 Bd6 13.Rae1 Qc7 14.Bg3 Rac8 15.Qb1 Ne7 16.f4 Bg6 17.Nxg6 hxg6 18.Rf3 Nf5 19.Ref1 a6 20.a3 b5 21.Qe1 Qe7 22.Bxf5 gxf5 23.Bh4 g6 24.Bg5 Kg7 25.Rh3 Rh8 26.Rff3 Qc7


27.Rxh8 Rxh8 28.Bxf6+ Kxf6 29.g3 Kg7 30.Rf2 Qc8 31.Nf3 f6 32.h4 Kf7 33.Rh2 Qc7 34.Qe3 Qc8 35.Re2 Re8 36.Kg2 Qc7 37.h5 Qd7 38.hxg6+ Kxg6 39.Nh4+ Kf7 40.Qf3 Rh8 41.Re1 Qc8


42.Nxf5 Bb8 43.Nh4 Qg8 44.Kf2 Qg7 45.f5 Re8 46.fxe6+ Rxe6 47.Rxe6 Kxe6 48.Qf5+ Ke7 49.Ng6+ Kf7 50.Nf4 Bxf4 51.Qxd5+ Ke8 52.gxf4 Qg4 53.Qf3 Qh4+ 54.Ke2 Qh2+ 55.Kd3 Kd7 56.Qb7+ Kd8 57.Qd5+ Ke7 58.f5 Qg3+ 59.Kc2 Qf2+ 60.Kb3 Qe2 61.Qe6+ Qxe6+ 62.fxe6, Black resigns.