Round One: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation
David Antonucci (USCF 1636) - Jim West (USCF 2202), Marshall Chess Club 5/10/2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 Nc6 6.Qc2 Nxd2 7.Bxd2 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 Qe7 9.e3 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Qxe5 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O d6 13.Qc2 h6 14.Rae1 a5 15.a4 b6 16.f4 Qc5 17.Kh1 Bb7
18.f5 f6 19.Rf4 Rae8 20.e4 d5 21.h3 dxe4 22.Bxe4 Bxe4 23.Rfxe4 Qxf5 24.Kh2 Rxe4 25.Rxe4 Qc5 26.Qe2 Rd8 27.h4 Qd6+ 28.Kh3 Qd3+ 29.g3 Qxe2 30.Rxe2 Kf7 31.Rc2 Rd4
32.c5 Rxa4 33.c6 Rd4 34.b3 h5 35.Rc3 Rd5 36.Kg2 Rc5 37.Rd3 Rxc6 38.Rd7+ Kg6 39.Kh3 Rc3 40.Re7 c5 41.Re6 Rxb3 42.Rc6 a4, White resigns.
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Round Two: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation
Jim West (USCF 2202) - Frank Paciulli (USCF 1915), Marshall Chess Club 5/10/2009
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 Qc7 11.a3 Nbd7 12.f5 e5 13.Nde2 Bb7 14.Ng3 Rac8 15.Nh5 Nxh5 16.Qxh5 Nf6 17.Qf3 Qd7
18.Bg5 Rxc3 19.bxc3 Bxe4 20.Qe3 Bxf5 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Rad1 Be7 23.h3 Be6 24.Bd5 f5 25.Kh1 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Qe6 27.Rd2 e4 28.g3 Bf6 29.Kg2 Be5 30.g4 Qg6 31.Rdf2 f4 32.Rxf4 Bxf4 33.Rxf4 Rxf4 34.Qxf4 Qe6 35.Qe3 Qd5
36.Kf2 Qf7+ 37.Ke2 Qf3+ 38.Qxf3 exf3+ 39.Kxf3 Kf7 40.Ke4 Ke6 41.Kd4 g5 42.c4 bxc4 43.Kxc4 Ke5 44.a4 Ke4 45.c3 Ke5 46.Kb4 Kd5 47.Ka5 Kc4 48.Kxa6 Kxc3 49.a5 d5 50.Kb6 d4 51.a6 d3 52.a7 d2 53.a8=Q d1=Q
54.Qc6+ Kb2 55.Qf6+ Kb1 56.Qxg5 Qd6+ 57.Kb5 Qd7+ 58.Kc4 Qa4+ 59.Kd3 Qc2+ 60.Kd4 Qa4+ 61.Ke5 Qa5+ 62.Kf6 Qd8+ 63.Kf5 Qa5+ 64.Kf6 Qd8+, draw.
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Round Three: Philidor Counter Gambit
Richard Tuhrim (USCF 2078) - Jim West (USCF 2202), Marshall Chess Club 5/10/2009
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Nd2 Nf6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Qe1 Nc6 11.c3 Ng4 12.Bxg4 Bxg4 13.f3 exf3 14.Nxf3 Qd7
15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Rxf1+ 17.Nxf1 Re8 18.Bf4 Qf5 19.Qd2 Bxe5 20.Qxd5+ Qe6 21.Qxe6+ Rxe6 22.Bxe5 Rxe5 23.h3 Be6 24.Kf2 a5 25.b4 axb4 26.cxb4 c5 27.a3 cxb4 28.axb4 Rb5 29.Rb1 h5 30.h4 Rf5+ 31.Kg3 Rd5 32.Re1 Kf7
33.Re4 Rd3+ 34.Kf2 Rb3 35.Ne3 g6 36.Rf4+ Kg7 37.g3 Rb2+ 38.Kg1 Bd7 39.Nd5 Bc6 40.Ne7 Rg2+ 41.Kf1 Rxg3 42.Nxc6 bxc6 43.Rc4 Rg4 44.Rxc6 Rxb4 45.Rc7+ Kh6 46.Kg2 Rxh4 47.Rc6 Ra4 48.Rc5 Ra3
49.Rb5 h4 50.Rc5 g5 51.Rc6+ Kh5 52.Rc5 h3+ 53.Kg1 Ra2 54.Rc3 g4 55.Rb3 Rd2 56.Ra3 Kg5 57.Rb3 Kf4 58.Rb4+ Kf3 59.Rb3+ Ke4 60.Ra3 Rd3 61.Ra2 g3 62.Ra1 Kf3 63.Rb1 Ke2 64.Rb2+ Rd2 65.Rb1 Rd1+ 66.Rxd1 Kxd1
67.Kf1 Kd2 68.Kg1 Ke2 69.Kh1 Kf3 70.Kg1 h2+ 71.Kh1 g2+, White resigns.
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Round Four: French Defense, Exchange Variation
Jim West (USCF 2202) - Michael Ellenbogen (USCF 2116), Marshall Chess Club 5/10/2009
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.c3 Bd6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Re1 Qd7 9.Nbd2 O-O-O 10.b4 Bf5 11.Bxf5 Nxf5 12.Qa4 Kb8 13.b5 Nce7 14.Ne5 Bxe5 15.Rxe5 f6 16.Re1 Nh4 17.f3 Neg6
18.Nf1 Nxf3+ 19.gxf3 Nh4 20.Re3 Qh3 21.Qc2 Rhe8 22.Qf2 g5 23.Qg3 Qd7 24.Bd2 Nf5 25.Rxe8 Nxg3 26.Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.Nxg3 Qe8 28.a4 h5 29.Re1 Qg6, draw.
