Round One: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation
Jim West (USCF 2207) - Christopher Wu (USCF 1853), Marshall Chess Club 9/27/2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.f4 O-O 9.Be3 Nbd7 10.Qf3 Nc5 11.f5 e5 12.Nde2 Qa5 13.O-O b5 14.Bd5 Rb8
15.a3 Bb7 16.b4 Qc7 17.bxc5 Bxd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 dxc5 20.Ng3 Rb6 21.Nh5 Kh8 22.Qe4 f6 23.Rf3 Rf7 24.Rd1 Bd6 25.Kh1 Rb8 26.Rh3 c4 27.Qh4 Qc8 28.Ng3 Qg8 29.Bc1 a5 30.Ne4 Rd7 31.g4 Be7 32.g5 fxg5 33.Bxg5 Bf8 34.f6 g6 35.d6 Rb6
36.f7 Qxf7 37.Bf6+ Kg8 38.Bxe5 Be7 39.Nf6+ Bxf6 40.Qxf6 Qxf6 41.Bxf6 Rdxd6 42.Rxd6 Rxd6 43.Bc3 Rd1+ 44.Kg2 Rc1 45.Bxa5 Rxc2+ 46.Kf1 h5 47.Ke1 Kf7 48.Kd1 Ra2 49.Bb4 Kf6 50.Rf3+ Ke5 51.h4 Rg2 52.Kc1 g5 53.hxg5 Rxg5 54.Kc2 h4
55.Rh3 Rg2+ 56.Kd1 Rg4 57.Be1 Rd4+ 58.Kc2 Rd3 59.Bc3+ Kd6 60.Rxh4 Kc6 61.Bb4 Rd5 62.Rh6+ Kb7 63.a4 bxa4 64.Kc3 Rd7 65.Kxc4 Kc8 66.Kb5 Ra7 67.Ba5 a3 68.Rh3 a2 69.Ra3 Rb7+ 70.Bb6 Rd7 71.Rxa2 Rb7 72.Kc6 Kb8 73.Rh2 Ka8 74.Bc7, Black resigns.
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Round Two: Philidor Counter Gambit
Justin Karp (USCF 2062) - Jim West (USCF 2207), Marshall Chess Club 9/27/2008
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Neg5 exd4 7.Nxd4 Qe7+ 8.Be2 h6 9.Ngf3 c6 10.O-O Qf6 11.Re1 Bb4 12.c3 Bd6 13.c4 Ne7 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Bb5+ Kf7 16.h3 Rd8 17.b3 Kg8 18.Bb2 Qf7 19.Bd3 Nbc6 20.Bc2 Nxd4 21.Qxd4 Bd7
22.Rad1 Rac8 23.Bb1 a6 24.Ne5 Bxe5 25.Qxe5 Re8 26.Re3 Nf5 27.Qf4 Nxe3 28.Bh7+ Kf8 29.Ba3+ Re7 30.Bxe7+ Kxe7 31.Qxe3+ Kf8 32.Rd4 g5 33.Bd3 Re8 34.Qd2 Bc6 35.Be2 Qe7 36.Bf3 Qe1+ 37.Qxe1 Rxe1+ 38.Kh2 Ra1 39.a4 Rb1 40.Rd3 Ke7
41.Kg3 Rb2 42.Kg4 Rxf2 43.Kh5 d4 44.Kxh6 Bxf3 45.gxf3 Kf6 46.Kh5 b5 47.Rxd4 Rxf3 48.Kg4 Rxb3 49.Rd6+ Kg7 50.Rxa6 bxa4 51.Rxa4 Rb5, draw.
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Round Four: Philidor Counter Gambit
Joshua Colas (USCF 1770) - Jim West (USCF 2207), Marshall Chess Club 9/27/2008
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8 Kg7 11.Bh6+ Kxh8 12.Bxf8 Nc6 13.Qc5 Nd7 14.Qc3 Qxf8 15.d5+ Nce5 16.Qxc7 Qb4+ 17.Qc3 Qxc3+ 18.bxc3 Nb6 19.O-O-O Bf5 20.Be2 Rd8
21.Rd4 Rxd5 22.Rhd1 Rc5 23.Kb2 Nc6 24.g4 Bg6 25.R4d2 Na4+ 26.Kb3 Nxc3 27.Re1 Nxe2 28.Rexe2 b6 29.h4 h6 30.Rd6 Kg7 31.h5 Bf7+ 32.Kb2 Na5 33.Kc1 Rc4 34.Rd7 Ra4 35.g5 hxg5 36.h6+ Kxh6 37.Rxf7 Kg6 38.Rf8 Nc6
39.c3 Ne5 40.Re8 Kf5 41.Kb2 b5 42.Rf8+ Ke6 43.f3 exf3 44.Rxf3 Rf4 45.Rfe3 Rf5 46.Rh3 g4 47.Rh6+ Rf6 48.Rxf6+ Kxf6 49.Kb3 Kf5 50.Kb4 a6 51.Ka5 b4 52.cxb4 Nc6+ 53.Ka4 g3 54.Rg2 Kf4 55.Rxg3 Kxg3 56.b5 axb5+ 57.Kxb5 Nd4+ 58.Kb6 Kf4 59.a4 Ke5 60.a5 Kd6 61.a6 Nc6 62.Kb7 Kc5, draw.
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Round Five: Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation
Jim West (USCF 2207) - Ed Kopiecki (USCF 1904), Marshall Chess Club 9/27/2008
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.Nbd2 Ne7 9.Re1 Ng6 10.d4 Nf4 11.dxe5 Qg6 12.Nh4 Bxd1 13.Nxg6 Nxg6 14.Rxd1 Rd8 15.Rf1 Nxe5 16.a3 Bc5 17.Nb3 Ba7
18.Na5 Bb6 19.Nb3 Nc4 20.a4 a5 21.Rb1 f6 22.Kh2 g5 23.f3 Rh7 24.e5 Nxe5 25.f4 Nf7 26.fxg5 fxg5 27.Bd2 g4 28.Rbe1+ Kd7 29.Bxa5 Bxa5 30.Nxa5 Kc8 31.Re7 Ng5 32.Rxh7 Nxh7 33.hxg4 hxg4 34.Nc4 b5 35.axb5 cxb5 36.Ne3 Rd2
37.Rf7 Ng5 38.Rf4 Nf3+ 39.Kg3 Ne1 40.Rf2 Rd4 41.Re2 Nxg2 42.Nxg2 Kd7 43.c3 Rc4 44.Ne3 Re4 45.Rd2+ Ke6 46.Nxg4 Kf5 47.Rd5+ Ke6 48.Rxb5 c6 49.Rb8 Kf5 50.Rf8+ Kg5 51.Kf3 Re1 52.Ne3 Rb1 53.b4 Rc1 54.Rf5+ Kh4 55.Ng2+, Black resigns.
