Playing in the one-day schedule, I finished at 2-0-2 which was good enough to tie for third place with NM Yefim Treger, Michael Hehir, and Miles Hinson. Here are my games.
Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit
Lenn Uchima (USCF 1626) - Jim West (USCF 2217), Marshall Chess Club 3/8/2009
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.Bg4 Bxg4 12.Nxg4 Nbd7 13.Qe2 Qe8
14.Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.Nd1 Qg6 16.Bh4 Bd6 17.Ne3 Rae8 18.c3 h6 19.Rae1 Nh5 20.Bg3 Nf4 21.Bxf4 Rxf4 22.g3 Rf3 23.Ng2 Be7 24.c4 a6 25.c5 Ref8 26.Rd1 Qg4 27.Rd2 Bg5 28.Rd1 Qh3
29.Ne1 h5 30.Ng2 h4 31.b3 R8f6 32.Kh1 Rh6 33.Nf4 Qg4 34.h3 hxg3 35.Kg2 Rxh3 36.Rh1 gxf2+ 37.Kf1 Rxh1#.
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Round Two: Philidor Counter Gambit
Yefim Treger (USCF 2268) - Jim West (USCF 2217), Marshall Chess Club 3/8/2009
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 f5 5.d3 Na5 6.Bd5 Nf6 7.Bg5 c6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.b4 cxd5 10.Nxd5 Qd8 11.bxa5 Qxa5+ 12.Qd2 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Rb8
14.Rhe1 fxe4 15.Rxe4 Bf5 16.Ra4 a6 17.Re1 g6 18.g4 Bh6+ 19.Kd1 Bd7 20.Nf6+ Ke7 21.Nxd7 Kxd7 22.d4 Rhf8 23.Ra3 exd4 24.Re4 Rf4 25.Rxf4 Bxf4 26.Nxd4 Be5 27.Nf3 Rf8 28.Ke2 Rc8 29.Kd3 Rc7 30.c4 Ke6 31.Rb3 h6 32.h3 Rf7 33.Ke2 Rf4 34.Nd2 Rf7
35.f3 Bd4 36.Kd3 Bc5 37.Rb1 b6 38.a4 a5 39.Ke2 d5 40.cxd5+ Kxd5 41.Rd1 Kc6 42.Ne4 h5 43.Rd8 hxg4 44.hxg4 Rh7 45.Rg8 Rh2+ 46.Kd3 Ra2 47.Rxg6+ Kd7 48.Nc3 Ra3 49.Kc4 Bb4 50.Nd5 Rxf3
51.Nxb4 Rf4+ 52.Kd5 Rxb4 53.Rd6+ Ke7 54.Re6+ Kf7 55.Re4 Rb1 56.Rc4 Kf6 57.Kc6 Rb4 58.Kd5 Rb1 59.Kc6 Rb4 60.Kd5, draw.
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Round Three: Larsen's Opening
Jim West (USCF 2217) - Yevgeni Margulis (USCF 2201), Marshall Chess Club 3/8/2009
1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 d5 3.e3 Bf5 4.f4 e6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.c4 O-O 7.Nc3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Rc1 Nc6 10.Bb5 Nb4 11.a3 Nd3+ 12.Bxd3 Bxd3 13.Ne5 Ba6 14.d4 cxd4 15.Qxd4 Rc8 16.b4 Bc4
17.g4 a5 18.g5 axb4 19.axb4 Nh5 20.Qd1 d4 21.Qxh5 dxc3 22.Bxc3 Bd5 23.O-O Qb6 24.Bd4 Qxb4 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.g6 fxg6 27.Nxg6 Bf7 28.Qg4 hxg6 29.Qxc8+ Bf8 30.Rc1 Kh7
31.Qc3 Qb5 32.Qb2 Qf5 33.Qc2 Qh5 34.Qg2 b5 35.Qg5 Qf3 36.Rf1 Qe2 37.Qg2 Qc4 38.f5 gxf5 39.Qh3+ Kg8 40.Qxf5 b4 41.h4 b3 42.h5 Qd5 43.Qxd5 Bxd5 44.Rf5 Bc4 45.Bb2 Be7
46.Kf2 Bd3 47.Rd5 Bh4+ 48.Kf3 Bc2 49.e4 Bf6 50.e5 Be7 51.e6 Kf8 52.Rb5 Bd1+ 53.Ke3 Bd8 54.Rb8 Ke7 55.Ba3+, Black resigns.
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Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation
Jim West (USCF 2217) - George Berg (USCF 2082), Marshall Chess Club 3/8/2009
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7 9.Be3 O-O 10.f4 Bb7 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Nfd7 13.Qh5 Nc5 14.Rxf7 Rxf7 15.Nxe6 Nxe6 16.Bxe6 Qe8 17.Rf1 Bf6
18.Bxf7+ Qxf7 19.Qxf7+ Kxf7 20.exf6 gxf6 21.a3 Nd7 22.Bf4 Rc8 23.Rd1 Ke6 24.Rd6+ Ke7 25.Rd2 Ne5 26.Bxe5 fxe5 27.Re2 Ke6 28.Nd1 Rc4 29.c3 Re4 30.Rxe4 Bxe4 31.Nf2 Kf5 32.Kf1 Bd5 33.g3 Bc4+ 34.Ke1 a5 35.b4 axb4 36.axb4 Bd5
37.Kd2 Bc4 38.Ke3 Bd5 39.Nd3 Bg2 40.Nf2 Bd5 41.Ne4 Bxe4 42.g4+ Kxg4 43.Kxe4 Kh3 44.Kxe5 Kxh2 45.c4 bxc4 46.Kd4 c3 47.Kxc3 h5 48.b5 h4 49.b6 h3 50.b7 Kg2 51.b8=Q h2 52.Qb2+ Kg1 53.Qc1+ Kg2 54.Qd2+ Kg1 55.Qe1+ Kg2 56.Qe2+ Kg1, draw.
