Round One: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation
Bill Freeman (USCF 2250) - Jim West (USCF 2217), Westfield NJ 3/29/2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 Nc6 5.Qc2 d5 6.e3 Bf5 7.Bd3 Nxe5 8.Nc3 Nxd3+ 9.Qxd3 dxc4 10.Qxc4 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 Qd3 12.Bd2 O-O-O 13.Rc1 Bd6
14.Nf3 Qxc3 15.Bxc3 f6 16.Nd4 Bd7 17.f3 Rhe8 18.Kf2 Kb8 19.h4 Be5 20.Rhe1 Bxd4 21.Bxd4 b6 22.h5 h6 23.g4 c5 24.Bc3 Bc8 25.e4 Rd3
26.e5 Bb7 27.Re3 Rxe3 28.Kxe3 fxe5 29.f4 exf4+ 30.Kxf4 Re7 31.Re1 Rf7+ 32.Kg3 Kc7 33.Re8 Bd5 34.Re3, draw.
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Round Two: Larsen's Opening
Jim West (USCF 2217) - Boris Privman (USCF 2252), Westfield NJ 3/29/2009
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 Nf6 4.e3 d6 5.a3 g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.Qc2 O-O 8.Nf3 a5 9. Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Nbd2 Qd7
12.Bc3 Rfe8 13.b4 Nd8 14.bxa5 bxa5 15.Rfb1 e4 16.dxe4 Bxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Nd2 Nc5 20.Bf3 Nc6 21.Ne4 Nxe4 22.Bxe4 Rab8 23.Bd5 Kg8 24.Qa4 Ne5 25.Qxd7 Nxd7 26.Bc6 Rxb1+ 27.Rxb1 Rb8 28.Rxb8+ Nxb8 29.Bb5 f6
30.Kf1 Kf7 31.Ke2 Ke6 32.Kd3 c6 33.Ba4 Kd7 34.Kd4 Na6 35.g4 Nc5 36.Bc2 Ke6 37.h4 Nd7 38.f4 f5 39.g5 Nc5, draw.
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Round Three: Larsen's Opening
Jim West (USCF 2217) - Mark Kernighan (USCF 2203), Westfield NJ 3/29/2009
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.c4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.Nbd2 h6 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.O-O Re8 10.Re1 e4 11.dxe4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Bd3 Bf6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Bxe4 Rxe4 16.Qd5 Nc5 17.Rad1 a5 18.Rd4 Rae8 19.Rxe4 Rxe4 20.h3 Re8
21.Rd1 Qg6 22.Nh4 Qc2 23.Qd2 Qe4 24.Qd4 Qxd4 25.Rxd4 Ra8 26.Nf5 Kf8 27.Rd1 Ra6 28.Nd4 Ke7 29.Nb5 Rc6 30.Na7 Ra6 31.Nb5 Ne6 32.Nd4 a4 33.b4 Nxd4 34.exd4 a3 35.Re1+ Kf6 36.Re3 Ra4 37.Rb3 b6
38.Kf1 c5 39.dxc5 dxc5 40.bxc5 bxc5 41.Ke2 Ke5 42.Kd3 f5 43.Rb5 Kd6 44.Rb6+ Kc7 45.Rg6 Rb4 46.Rxg7+ Kb8 47.Re7 Rb2 48.Re2 Rb1 49.Kc3 Kb7 50.Re5 Rb2 51.Rxf5 Rxa2 52.Kb3 Ra1 53.Rxc5 a2 54.Ra5 Rg1 55.Rxa2 Rxg2 56.Kb4 Rh2 57.Ra3 Rxf2 58.Rg3 Rf6, draw.
