Round One: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation
Mark Kernighan (USCF 2204) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Hamilton NJ 3/22/2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bf4 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Qd2 Qxc5 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 a6 8.Be3 Qc7 9.Bd4 e5 10.Be3 Nbd7 11.a4 b6 12.b3 Bb7 13.Bc4 h6
14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.Bxd5 Nxd5 16.Qxd5 Rc8 17.c4 Nf6 18.Qd3 Qb7 19.Nd2 a5 20.f3 Rc6 21.Nb1 Bg7 22.Qd2 h5 23.Nc3 O-O 24.O-O Rfc8
25.Nd5 Nxd5 26.Qxd5 Qe7 27.Rad1 Bf8 28.Qd2 Qe6 29.Qf2 Rb8 30.Rd5 Qe7 31.Rb5 Qc7 32.Qh4 Be7 33.Qh3 Kg7 34.Kh1 Rb7 35.Rd5 Qd7 36.Qxd7 Rxd7 37.Rfd1 f6 38.Rb5 Rb7 39.Kg1 Kf7 40.Bc1 Ke6
41.Be3 f5 42.exf5+ gxf5 43.Rdd5 f4 44.Bf2 h4 45.Rd1 Rb8 46.Rc1 Kd7 47.Kf1 Kc7 48.h3 Rd8 49.Rd5 Kb7 50.Rc2 Rg8, draw.
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Round Two: Sicilian Defense, O'Kelly Variation
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Dragan Milovanovic (USCF 2279), Hamilton NJ 3/22/2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.a3 Nf6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Qc7 8.Nxc6 dxc6 9.Be3 Bd6 10.Qd2 Ng4 11.O-O-O Be5
12.g3 c5 13.Bxc5 b6 14.Bd4 O-O 15.f3 Bxd4 16.Qxd4 Ne5 17.f4 Nc6 18.Qd6 Ra7 19.Qxc7 Rxc7 20.Kb1 Na5 21.Rd6 Nxc4 22.Bxc4 Rxc4 23.Rxb6 Rd8 24.e5 Kf8
25.Rd1 Rxd1+ 26.Nxd1 Ke7 27.Nc3 Kd7 28.Kc2 Kc7 29.Rd6 f6 30.Kd3 Rc5 31.Kd4 Ra5 32.a4, Black resigns.
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Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation
David Grasso (USCF 2152) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Hamilton NJ 3/22/2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7 13.f5 Nc5 14.f6 gxf6 15.gxf6 Bf8 16.Rg1 b4
17.Nd5 exd5 18.exd5 Bd7 19.Re1+ Kd8 20.Bh3 Bxh3 21.Qxh3 Qd7 22.Nc6+ Kc7 23.Qh4 a5 24.Rg7 Re8 25.Ne7 Rxe7 26.Rxe7 Bxe7 27.Rxf7 Qf5 28.Rxe7+ Kb6 29.f7 Rc8 30.Qg3 Qxd5
31.Qe3 Qh1+ 32.Kd2 Qxh2+ 33.Kd1 Rf8 34.Qd4 Rxf7 35.Rxf7 Qh5+ 36.Kd2 Qxf7 37.Qxd6+ Kb5 38.Qe5 Kc6 39.b3 Qd5+, White resigns.
