Round One: Dutch Defense
Gerald Bailleau (USCF 2290) - Jim West (USCF 2234), Somerset NJ 5/31/2008
1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 a5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 O-O 8.g3 b6 9.Bg2 Bb7 10.b4 Ne4 11.Qb2 axb4 12.axb4 Nc6
13.Rxa8 Qxa8 14.O-O Qa4 15.Bf4 Qxb4 16.Qxb4 Nxb4 17.Bxc7 Rc8 18.Bxb6 Rxc4 19.Ne5 Rc2 20.Ba5 Nc6 21.Nxc6 Bxc6 22.Bxe4, draw.
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Round Two: French Defense, Exchange Variation
Jim West (USCF 2234) - Steve Stoyko (USCF 2260), Somerset NJ 5/31/2008
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.c3 Bd6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Re1 Qd7 9.Nbd2 h6 10.b4 O-O 11.h3 Bf5 12.Nf1 Rae8 13.Ne3 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Nd8 15.Bd2 c6
16.Re2 Ne6 17.Nf5 Nxf5 18.Qxf5 Nc5 19.Qxd7 Nxd7 20.Rae1 Rxe2 21.Rxe2 a5 22.a3 Ra8 23.g3 Nb6 24.Kg2 Nc4 25.Bc1 axb4 26.axb4 Kf8 27.Nh4 Ra1 28.Rc2 Ke8 29.Nf5 Bf8 30.Ne3 Nxe3+ 31.Bxe3 Kd7
32.Kf3 f5 33.h4 g6 34.Rc1 Ra3 35.Rc2 Kc7 36.g4 fxg4+ 37.Kxg4 Ra1 38.Rc1 Ra2 39.h5 gxh5+ 40.Kxh5 Kb6 41.Kg6 Kb5 42.Kf7 Bd6 43.Kg6 Bf8 44.Kf7 Ra8 45.Kg6 Kc4 46.Bd2 b5 47.Rh1 Ra2 48.Be1 Kd3 49.Rh3+ Kc2
50.f4 Ra7 51.f5 Rg7+ 52.Kf6 Re7 53.Bf2 Re4 54.Rf3 h5 55.Kf7 Bd6 56.Bg3 Bxg3 57.Rxg3 Rg4 58.Rh3 h4 59.f6 Rg3 60.Rxh4 Kxc3 61.Ke7 Re3+ 62.Kd7 Rf3 63.Kxc6 Kxb4, draw.
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Round Three: French Defense, Exchange Variation
Jim West (USCF 2234) - Boris Privman (USCF 2243), Somerset NJ 5/31/2008
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 Nbc6 8.c3 Bf5 9.Bg5 Qd7 10.Ne5 Qc8 11.Nxc6 Nxc6 12.Bh4 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Qg4 14.Bg3 Bxg3 15.Qxg3 Rae8 16.Nd2 Qxg3 17.hxg3 f6
18.Kf1 Ne7 19.a4 Nf5 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.Re1 Rc8 22.g4 Nd6 23.b4 Kf7 24.f3 b6 25.Nb3 Nc4 26.Re2 a5 27.bxa5 bxa5 28.Nc5 Rb8 29.Kf2 Nd6 30.Na6 Rb7 31.Nc5 Rb6
32.Ne6 c6 33.Nd8+ Kf8 34.Ne6+ Kf7 35.Nd8+ Kf8 36.Ne6+ Kf7, draw.