Round One: Ruy Lopez
Jim West (USCF 2207) - Al Casanova (USCF 1823), Marshall Chess Club 3/8/2008
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 a6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.O-O d5 9.e5 Ne4 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.Qa4 Bd7 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Ng5 c5
14.Qc4 Be6 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Qxe6+ Be7 17.dxc5 Qd7 18.Qxd7+ Kxd7 19.Be3 Rab8 20.b3 Kc6 21.Rac1 Rb5 22.Rc4 Bxc5 23.Rfc1, Black resigns.
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Round Two: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation
Paul Szuper (USCF 2150) - Jim West (USCF 2207), Marshall Chess Club 3/8/2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 e5 4.dxe5 Ne4 5.Nbd2 Bf5 6.Qb3 Nc5 7.Qe3 Be7 8.exd6 Qxd6 9.Nd4 Bg6 10.Nb5 Qd7 11.Qe5 O-O 12.Qxc7 Qe6 13.e3 Nc6
14.Qg3 Rac8 15.a3 a6 16.Nc7 Rxc7 17.Qxc7 Nd4 18.b4 Nc2+ 19.Kd1 Na4 20.e4 Nxa1 21.Bd3 Nc3+ 22.Ke1 Nxe4 23.Bxe4 Bxe4 24.Nxe4 Qe4+ 25.Be3 Nc2+
26.Ke2 Nxe3 27.fxe3 Qxg2+ 28.Kd3 Rd8+ 29.Kc3 Bf6+ 30.Kb3 Qxh1, White resigns.
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Round Three: Nimzovich Defense
Jim West (USCF 2207) - Jay Bonin (USCF 2383), Marshall Chess Club 3/8/2008
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.Be3 e6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nd2 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 d5 10.exd5 exd5 11.a3 Re8 12.h3 a6 13.Qd3 Qd7 14.Rae1 Na7 15.Bf4 Nb5
16.Nxb5 axb5 17.Be5 Qc6 18.Re2 Nd7 19.Rfe1 Nxe5 20.Rxe5 Bd6 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.Rxe8+ Qxe8 23.Kf1 b4 24.axb4 Bxb4 25.c3 Bd6
26.g3 Qe6 27.Kg2 f5 28.Qf3 c6 29.Nb3 b6 30.Nc1 Qe4 31.Nd3 h5 32.h4 Kf7 33.Qxe4 fxe4 34.Nc1 Ke6 35.Nb3 Kf5 36.Nd2 g5 37.hxg5 Kxg5 38.Nf1 h4 39.gxh4+ Kxh4 40.Ne3 Bf4
41.Nf5+ Kg4 42.Ne7 Bc1 43.b3 Bb2 44.Nxc6 Bxc3 45.Ne7 Bxd4 46.Nxd5 Kf5 47.Kf1 Ke5 48.Nb4 b5 49.Ke2 Bxf2 50.Kxf2 Kd4 51.Ke2 Kc3 52.Nd5 Kxb3 53.Nc7 b4 54.Nd5, draw.
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Round Four: Philidor Counter Gambit
Justin Karp (USCF 2000) - Jim West (USCF 2207), Marshall Chess Club 3/8/2008
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Neg5 exd4 7.Nxd4 Qe7+ 8.Be2 h6 9.Ngf3 c6 10.O-O Qf6 11.Re1 Bb4 12.c3 Bd6 13.Bd3+ Ne7 14.Bc2 O-O 15.Qe2 Na6
16.a3 Nc7 17.c4 c5 18.Nb3 Bg4 19.Nbd2 Rae8 20.Qf1 Ng6 21.h3 Rxe1 22.Qxe1 Re8 23.Qf1 Bf5 24.Bxf5 Qxf5 25.cxd5 Nf4 26.Nc4 Ne2+ 27.Kh1 Qxd5 28.Nxd6 Qxd6 29.Bd2 Nd4
30.Nxd4 cxd4 31.Qc4+ Kh8 32.Rc1 Ne6 33.Re1 Qc6 34.Qxc6 bxc6 35.Re4 Kg8 36.f4 c5 37.b4 c4 38.f5 c3 39.fxe6 cxd2 40.Rxd4 Rxe6 41.Rxd2 Re3 42.Ra2 Rb3 43.Kg1 Kf7 44.Kf2 Ke6
45.Re2+ Kd6 46.Re3 Rb2+ 47.Kg3 g5 48.Rf3 Ke5 49.Kh2 h5 50.Rf7 a5 51.bxa5 Rb5 52.a6 Ra5 53.Ra7 Rxa3 54.Ra8 Kf6 55.Rh8 h4 56.Ra8 Ra2 57.a7 Kg7 58.Kg1 Kh7 59.Kf1 Kg7 60.Ke1 Kh7 61.Kd1 Kg7 62.Kc1 Kh7
63.Kb1 Ra3 64.Kb2 Ra4 65.Kb3 Ra1 66.Kc4 Rc1+ 67.Kd5 Rd1+ 68.Ke5 Ra1 69.Kf5 Ra5+ 70.Kg4 Kg7 71.Re8 Rxa7 72.Kxg5 Ra2 73.Kxh4 Rxg2, draw.
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Round Five: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation
Jim West (USCF 2207) - Rodelay Medina (USCF 2271), Marshall Chess Club 3/8/2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7 9.Be3 O-O 10.f4 b4 11.Na4 Bb7 12.e5 dxe5 13.Nxe6 Qxd1 14.Raxd1 fxe6 15.Bxe6+ Kh8 16.fxe5 Ne4 17.Rxf8+ Bxf8 18.Nb6 Be7 19.Nxa8 Bxa8
20.Bd5 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Kg8 22.Rd4 Nc5 23.Rxb4 Nc6 24.Rc4 Nxe5 25.Rxc5 Bxc5 26.Bxc5 Nc4 27.b3 Nd2 28.Be3 Ne4 29.a4 Kf7
30.Kf1 Ke6 31.Ke2 g5 32.Kd3 Kf5 33.b4 g4 34.b5 axb5 35.axb5, Black resigns.
