Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit
Austin Wang (USCF 1842) - Jim West (USCF 2234), Hackensack NJ 5/11/2008
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nxe4 Be7 8.Ng5 Bxg5 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qxg5 Qxg5 11.Bxg5 c6 12.Nc3 Bxe6 13.O-O-O Nd7 14.Ne2 Ngf6 15.Nd4 Kf7 16.Bd3 Rhe8
17.Rde1 Nc5 18.Nxe6 Nxd3+ 19.cxd3 Rxe6 20.Rxe6 Kxe6 21.Re1+ Kf5 22.Bh4 Re8 23.Rxe8 Nxe8 24.Kd2 d4 25.Bg3 Ke6 26.Ke2 Kd5 27.Bh4 Ng7 28.Bg5 Ne6 29.Bd2 c5 30.g3 c4 31.dxc4+ Kxc4 32.b3+ Kd5 33.f3 Nc5 34.Bb4 Nd7
35.h3 Ne5 36.h4 h5 37.Bd2 b5 38.a3 a6 39.Bb4 Nc6 40.Bd2 a5 41.Bf4 a4 42.bxa4 bxa4 43.Kd3 Na5 44.Bh6 Nb7 45.Bf8 Nd8 46.Be7 Ne6 47.Bf6 Nc5+ 48.Kd2 Kc4 49.Bg5 Nb3+ 50.Kd1 Kd3
51.g4 Nc5 52.gxh5 gxh5 53.Bf6 Ne6 54.Be5 Ke3 55.Kc2 d3+ 56.Kd1 Kxf3 57.Kd2 Ke4 58.Bd6 Nd4 59.Bb4 Nf3+ 60.Kd1 Nxh4 61.Be7 Nf3 62.Bd8 h4, White resigns.
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Round Two: French Defense, Exchange Variation
Jim West (USCF 2234) - Frank Romano (USCF 1926), Hackensack NJ 5/11/2008
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.O-O Bf5 7.Bxf5 Nxf5 8.Re1+ Ne7 9.Qd3 O-O 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 Ng6 12.Bg3 Bxg3 13.hxg3 Nc6 14.c3 Nce7 15.Nbd2 Qd7 16.Re2 Rae8 17.Rae1 Nc8 18.Kf1 Nd6
19.b3 Rxe2 20.Rxe2 Re8 21.c4 Rxe2 22.Qxe2 c6 23.c5 Nb5 24.Qd3 Qg4 25.b4 a6 26.a4 Nc7 27.Nb3 Qd7 28.Na5 Ne6 29.Qf5 Ngf8 30.g4 Nd8 31.Qxd7 Nxd7 32.Ke2 Kf7 33.Kd3 b6 34.Nb3 bxc5 35.bxc5 Nb7 36.a5 Ke6 37.g3 Kf7 38.Nh4 g6 39.f4 Ke6 40.f5+ Kf7 41.fxg6 hxg6 42.Ng2 f5 43.g5 Nf8 44.Nh4 Nd7 45.Kc3 Nd8 46.Nc1 Ne6 47.Nf3 Nd8 48.Nd3 Nb7
49.Nfe5+ Nxe5 50.Nxe5+ Ke6 51.Nxc6 f4 52.gxf4 Kf5 53.Ne7+ Kxf4 54.Nxg6+ Kxg5 55.Ne7 Nxa5 56.Nxd5 Kf5 57.Nb4 Ke6 58.d5+ Kd7 59.Nxa6 Nb7 60.c6+, Black resigns.
