Round One: English Opening
Loren Weiss (USCF 1855) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 8/24/2008
1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 e5 3.d3 Nf6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 Bc5 6.e4 d6 7.Nge2 O-O 8.O-O Qe8 9.Bg5 Qh5 10.Bxf6 Rxf6 11.Nd5 Rh6 12.h4 f4
13.d4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.Qxh5 Rxh5 16.Kh2 c6 17.Nc7 Rb8 18.Bh3 Rh6, White resigns.
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Round Two: Sicilian Defense, Dragon Variation
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Tony Blum (USCF 1940), Marshall Chess Club 8/24/2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.O-O-O Nc4 13.Bxc4 Rxc4 14.h5 Nxh5 15.g4 Nf6 16.Nde2 Re8
17.e5 Nxg4 18.fxg4 Bxg4 19.e6 Bxe6 20.Bd4 h5 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Rxh5 Rh8 23.Rxh8 Qxh8 24.Nd4 Bd7 25.Qe2 b5 26.Qxe7 Bg4 27.Nde2 Qh2 28.Rf1 Bf5, draw.
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Round Three: Center Counter Defense
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Mitch Fitzko (USCF 2082), Marshall Chess Club 8/28/2008
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6 6.h3 b5 7.a3 Bb7 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.O-O e6 10.Be3 Be7 11.Qc1 O-O 12.Bf4 Qb6 13.Rd1 c5
14.Be3 Qc7 15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.Bxc5 Nxc5 17.Qe3 Rfd8 18.Qe5 Qxe5 19.Nxe5 Kf8 20.Bf3 Bxf3 21.Nxf3 Rac8 22.Ne5 Nfd7 23.Nxd7+ Rxd7 24.Rxd7 Nxd7 25.Rd1 Ke7 26.Rd4 Nb6 27.Rb4 Rd8
28.a4 Nxa4 29.Nxa4 Rd1+ 30.Kh2 bxa4 31.Kg3 Ra1 32.Rb7+ Kf6 33.Rb6 Rc1 34.Rxa6 Rxc2 35.Rxa4 Rxb2 36.h4 h5, draw.
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Round Four: Philidor Counter Gambit
Jeff Kelleher (USCF 2030) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 8/28/2008
1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Bc4 f5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Nc3 Bd6 8.exf5 Bxf5 9.Bg5+ Kd7 10.O-O-O Re8 11.Nh4 Be6 12.Bxe6+ Kxe6 13.Ne4 Nf6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.g4 Ne7 16.Ng3 Rhg8 17.h3 Bc5 18.Rd2 Rd8
19.Ne4 Bb6 20.Rhd1 Rxd2 21.Rxd2 f5 22.gxf5+ Nxf5 23.Nf3 Nd4 24.Nfg5+ Kf5 25.c3 h6 26.cxd4 Bxd4 27.h4 hxg5 28.Nxg5 Rh8 29.Nf3 c5 30.Kc2 Kg4 31.Nxd4 cxd4 32.Kd3 Kf5 33.Rc2 Rh7 34.Rc8 Rd7 35.f3 Rf7
36.Rh8 Kf4 37.Re8 a6 38.a3 Rf5 39.Re7 b5 40.b4 Kxf3 41.Re6 Kf4 42.Rxa6 Rh5 43.Rf6+ Kg4 44.Ke4 Kxh4 45.Rb6 Kg3 46.Rxb5 Rh4+ 47.Kxe5 Rh5+ 48.Kxd4 Rxb5 49.Kc4 Rb8 50.b5 Kf4 51.Kc5 Ke5
52.b6 Rc8+ 53.Kb5 Kd6 54.b7 Kc7 55.bxc8=Q+ Kxc8, draw.
