Round One: Sicilian Defense, Paulsen Variation
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Anna Matlin (USCF 1929), Somerset NJ 7/26/2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.Qe2 b5 8.Be3 d6 9.O-O Nd7 10.a4 Bxe3 11.Qxe3 bxa4 12.Rxa4 Ngf6 13.Nc3 h5 14.f3 h4 15.h3 Nh5 16.Rfa1 Nb8 17.e5 d5 18.Nb5 O-O
19.Nd6 Bd7 20.R4a3 Nc6 21.Rxa6 Rxa6 22.Rxa6 Nb4 23.Ra1 Nxd3 24.cxd3 f6 25.d4 fxe5 26.dxe5 Nf4 27.Kh1 Qg5 28.Rg1 Qg3 29.Qe1 Qg5 30.Nc5 Nh5 31.Nd3 Rb8 32.Qc1 Ng3+ 33.Kh2 Qd8 34.Qf4 Qe7 35.Qg4 Rb3
36.Nc5 Rxb2 37.Nxd7 Qxd7 38.Qxh4 Ne2 39.Ra1 Rb8 40.Re1 Nc3 41.f4 Qa7 42.f5 exf5 43.Nxf5 Re8 44.Nd6 Rf8 45.Qg3 d4 46.e6 Qe7 47.Ne4 Nd5 48.Ng5 Nf6 49.Rd1 Rd8 50.Rd3 Rd5 51.h4 Rd8 52.Qf4 Nh5 53.Qf7+ Qxf7 54.exf7+ Kh8 55.Ne6 Rb8 56.f8=Q+ Rxf8 57.Nxf8 Kg8 58.Ne6 Kf7 59.Nxd4, Black resigns.
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Round Two: Larsen's Opening
Steve Ferrero (USCF 1866) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Somerset NJ 7/26/2008
1.b3 b6 2.Bb2 Bb7 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 f5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Nbd2 a5 7.a3 Be7 8.c4 O-O 9.Be2 Qe8 10.O-O d6 11.Ne1 Nbd7 12.Bf3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Qg6 14.Qg3 Qxg3 15.hxg3 e5
16.f3 Nh5 17.Kf2 f4 18.exf4 exf4 19.gxf4 Bh4+ 20.Ke3 Rae8+ 21.Ne4 Ng3 22.Rg1 Nf6 23.Nd3 Nfxe4 24.fxe4 Rxe4+ 25.Kf3 Rfe8 26.Kg4 g5 27.Rge1 h5+ 28.Kh3 Ne2 29.Rf1 Re3+ 30.Rf3 Rxd3
31.fxg5 Bxg5 32.Rxd3 Nf4+ 33.Kh2 Nxd3 34.Bc3 Re3 35.Bd2 Bf4+ 36.Kh1 Re2, White resigns.
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Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Scheveningen Variation
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Victor Shen (USCF 2265), Somerset NJ 7/26/2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Be7 9.a4 O-O 10.Nb3 b6 11.Kh1 d6
12.f4 Bb7 13.Bf3 Rfe8 14.Rf2 Na5 15.Nxa5 bxa5 16.Rd2 Bc6 17.Bd4 e5 18.Be3 Rab8 19.b3 Qb7 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 exf4 22.Bxf4 Nd7 23.Qf1 Qb4 24.Bg4 Nf8 25.Bh3 Ng6 26.Rf2 Qe4 27.Rd1 Bh4 28.Bxd6 Rbd8 29.Bf5 Qe3 30.Rf3 Qb6
31.Bxg6 hxg6 32.Bg3 Bf6 33.d6 Qc6 34.Rxf6 gxf6 35.Qxf6 Qe4 36.Rf1 Rd7 37.h3 Re6 38.Qc3 Rdxd6 39.Bxd6 Rxd6 40.Qc7 Qe6 41.Qxa5 Rd5 42.Qe1 Qd6 43.Qe8+ Qf8 44.Qxf8+ Kxf8 45.Rf6 a5 46.c4 Ke7 47.Ra6 Re5 48.Rb6 Re1+ 49.Kh2 Rb1 50.Rb5 f5
51.c5 Ke6 52.Rb6+ Kd5 53.c6 Kd6 54.c7+ Kxc7 55.Rxg6 Rxb3 56.Ra6 Kd7 57.Rxa5 Ke6 58.h4 Kf6 59.g3 Rb2+ 60.Kh3 Rb3 61.Kg2 Rb2+ 62.Kh3 Rb3 63.Ra6+ Ke5 64.Ra5+ Kf6 65.Rb5 Ra3 66.Rb4 Kg6 67.Rf4 Kf6 68.h5 Kg5 69.h6 Kxh6 70.Rxf5 Rxa4, draw.
