Round One: Budapest Gambit Declined
Sam Chatsky (USCF 1700) - Jim West (USCF 2213), Westfield NJ 6/8/2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.Bg5 Bb4+ 4.Nc3 exd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qe3+ Qe7 7.Qxe7+ Bxe7 8.e3 O-O 9.O-O-O d6 10.f3 Be6 11.e4 Nd7 12.Bxe7 Nxe7
13.f4 f5 14.g3 Nc5 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 a5 17.Re1 Rae8 18.Nf3 Nc8 19.Kd1 Rxe1+ 20.Nxe1 Nb6 21.b3 g6 22.Nf3 Ne4 23.Kc2 Nd7 24.Nd4 Ndc5 25.Bg2 Re8 26.Re1 Kf7
27.a3 Nf6 28.Rxe8 Nxe8 29.b4 axb4 30.axb4 Nd7 31.Kd3 b6 32.h3 h5 33.Bf3 Ndf6 34.Ne6 Ke7 35.Kd4 c5+ 36.Kc3 Ne4+ 37.Bxe4 fxe4 38.bxc5 bxc5 39.Kd2 Kf6 40.Ke3 Kf5 41.Nd8 Nf6 42.Nb7 Ne8, draw.
Round Two: Sicilian Defense, Dragon Variation
Jim West (USCF 2213) - Rodrigo Vinluan (USCF 1809), Westfield NJ 6/8/2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.f3 a6 8.Bc4 e6 9.Bb3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Qc7 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Bd4 Nf6 13.O-O-O Rd8 14.Kb1 O-O 15.h4 h5 16.g4 e5 17.Be3 hxg4
18.h5 Nxh5 19.fxg4 Ng3 20.Qh2 Nh5 21.gxh5 d5 22.hxg6 fxg6 23.Qh7+ Kf7 24.Rhf1+ Ke6 25.Qxg6+ Bf6 26.exd5+ Ke7 27.Bc5+ Kd7 28.dxc6+ Kc8 29.cxb7+ Kb8 30.Bxf8 Rxf8 31.Rxf6 Rh8 32.Rc6 Qe7 33.Rc8+, Black resigns.
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Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation
Tim Hall (USCF 2000) - Jim West (USCF 2213), Westfield NJ 6/8/2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Qd3 Qc7 9.Qg3 b5 10.Qxg7 Rf8 11.O-O Bb7 12.f3 Nbd7 13.Rd1 Rg8 14.Qh6 O-O-O
15.Be3 Rg6 16.Qh4 Rdg8 17.Bf1 b4 18.Ne2 Ng4 19.Qxe7 Nxe3 20.Ng3 Nxd1 21.Rxd1 Nc5 22.Nf5 Rd8 23.Qh4 f6 24.Qe1 a5 25.c3 Kb8
26.Nxa5 Qxa5 27.cxb4 Qb6 28.bxc5 Qxc5+ 29.Kh1 d5 30.b4 Qb6 31.exd5 Rd7 32.a4 Rg5 33.Bb5 Rxd5 34.Rxd5 Bxd5 35.Qd2 Rxf5 36.Qxd5 Qd4 37.Qg8+ Ka7 38.Qf7+ Kb8 39.Qe8+ Ka7 40.Qe7+ Kb8 41.Qe8+ Ka7, draw.
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Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Accelerated Fianchetto
Jim West (USCF 2213) - Kevin Dresher (USCF 1981), Westfield NJ 6/8/2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 a5 9.f3 d5 10.exd5 Nb4 11.Nde2 a4
12.Nxa4 Nbxd5 13.Bf2 b5 14.Nac3 Nxc3 15.Qxd8 Rxd8 16.Nxc3 b4 17.Ne2 Nd5 18.O-O-O Ba6 19.Rxd5 Bxe2 20.Be3 e6 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Re1 Bb5 23.f4 e5 24.fxe5 Bxe5 25.g3 Rc8 26.Bd2 Bd6
27.Re4 Re8 28.Rxe8+ Bxe8 29.c3 bxc3 30.Bxc3 Bc5 31.Kd1 Bg1 32.h4 Bf2 33.Be1 Bd4 34.Kc2 Kf8 35.Bc4 Be5 36.b3 Bd7 37.a4 f5 38.Kd3 f4 39.Ke4 Bc7 40.gxf4 Bc6+ 41.Bd5 Bxd5+ 42.Kxd5 Bxf4
43.a5 Be3 44.b4 Ke7 45.b5 Kd7 46.Bg3 h6 47.b6 Kc8 48.Kc6, Black resigns.
