Round One: French Defense, Exchange Variation
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Michael Bodek (USCF 1808), Marshall Chess Club 11/2/2008
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 Bf5 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bh4 Qd7 10.Bg3 Nbc6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.c3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Ng6 14.g3 Rae8 15.Nbd2 Kf7
16.Qf5 Nce7 17.Ng5+ Kg8 18.Qe6+ Qxe6 19.Nxe6 Rf7 20.Nxc7 Rc8 21.Nb5 Rc6 22.Na3 Nf5 23.Nc2 a5 24.Ne3 Nxe3 25.Rxe3 Re7 26.Rxe7 Nxe7 27.Re1 Kf7 28.Re2 a4 29.a3 Rb6 30.Nf1 Nc6 31.Ne3 Rb5 32.Nf5 Rb6
33.h4 g6 34.Ne3 Rb5 35.Kf1 Na5 36.Ke1 Nc4 37.Nxc4 dxc4 38.Kd1 Rb6 39.d5 Rb5 40.Rd2 Ke7 41.d6+ Kd7 42.Kc2 Rb6 43.Rd4 Rc6 44.g4 h6 45.Rf4 Ke6 46.Rd4 Kd7 47.f4 b6 48.Kc1 Rxd6
49.Rxc4 Re6 50.Rxa4 Re1+ 51.Kc2 Rh1 52.Ra7+ Ke6 53.Rg7 Rxh4 54.Rxg6 Rh2+ 55.Kb3 Kf7 56.f5 h5 57.Rh6 Rg2 58.gxh5 Rg5 59.Rh7+ Kg8 60.Rb7 Rxh5 61.Rxb6 Rxf5 62.a4 Kf7
63.Kb4 Rd5 64.a5 f5 65.Rb5 Rd2 66.b3 Ke6 67.a6 Rd7 68.Rb7 Rd8 69.a7 Ra8 70.Ka5 f4 71.Ka6 f3 72.Rh7 f2 73.Rh1 Rf8 74.Rf1 Kd5 75.Rxf2 Rxf2 76.a8=Q+, Black resigns.
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Round Two: Philidor Counter Gambit
Ed Kopiecki (USCF 1900) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 11/2/2008
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.O-O-O O-O
12.Rhe1 Bxe5 13.fxe5 Bxc4 14.exf6 Nf7 15.fxg7 Kxg7 16.Rd7 Kg6 17.Bf4 Be6 18.Rxc7 Nd8 19.Rxe4 Bf5 20.Ree7 Ne6 21.Be5 Nxc7 22.Rxc7 Rf7 23.h3 Rxc7 24.Bxc7 Rc8 25.Be5 h5 26.Bd4 a6
27.a4 b5 28.axb5 axb5 29.Nxb5 Rxc2+ 30.Kd1 Rxg2 31.h4 Rg4 32.Bf2 Rb4 33.Nd6 Rxb2 34.Ke1 Bg4 35.Bd4 Rh2, White resigns.
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Round Three: Nimzovich Defense
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Jay Bonin (USCF 2409), Marshall Chess Club 11/2/2008
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.Be3 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Nxd5 Qxd5 8.Be2 e6 9.O-O O-O-O 10.c3 Be7
11.Qa4 Qa5 12.Qxa5 Nxa5 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nc4 15.Rfe1 Nxe3, draw.
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Round Four: Philidor Counter Gambit
Aaron Landesman (USCF 1982) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 11/2/2008
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Nc6 12.Bxf6+ Qxf6 13.Qxf6+ Kxf6 14.c3 Bh6 15.Nd2 Bf5 16.Nc4 Rxh8
17.Ne3 Bxe3 18.fxe3 Rg8 19.Rg1 Ne7 20.Kd2 Nd5 21.Raf1 Ke6 22.Rf2 b5 23.a3 a5 24.Rgf1 Bg6 25.b3 Rb8 26.Rf8 Rxf8 27.Rxf8 Nb6 28.Ke2 a4 29.bxa4 Nxa4 30.Kd2 Nb6 31.Rb8 Nc4+ 32.Kc1 c6
33.Ra8 Nxe3 34.a4 bxa4 35.Rxa4 Nxg2 36.Rc4 Kd6 37.Rc5 Nf4 38.Kd2 Nd5 39.c4 e3+ 40.Ke2 Bh5+ 41.Ke1 Nf4 42.Rf5 Nd3+ 43.Kf1 e2+ 44.Kg2 e1=Q 45.c5+ Ke6 46.Rf1 Qe2+ 47.Kg1 Bf3 48.Rxf3 Qxf3 49.d5+ Kxd5 50.h3 Qg3+ 51.Kh1 Nf2#.
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Round Five: Sicilian Defense, Sveshnikov Variation
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Raven Sturt (USCF 2125), Marshall Chess Club 11/2/2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5, draw.
