I finished the New York March Open, at the Marshall Chess Club, with a score of 2-0-2.
Round Three: English Opening
Sam Barsky (FIDE 2067) - Jim West (FIDE 2094), Marshall Chess Club 3/28/2010
1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bg7 5.d4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 Nce7 8.e4 Nf6 9.h3 a6 10.Be3 Rb8 11.a4 O-O 12.Qd2 Bd7
13.a5 b5 14.axb6 Qxb6 15.Bg5 Qxb2 16.Rxa6 Qxd2+ 17.Nxd2 Nc8 18.Nb5 Bxb5 19.cxb5 Nb6 20.O-O h6 21.Be3 Nfd7 22.Rfa1 f5 23.f3 Rb7 24.Ra7 Rfb8 25.Rxb7 Rxb7 26.Ra6 Nb8 27.Ra2 f4 28.Bf2 Bf6 29.Kf1 Bd8 30.Ke1 Nc8 31.Kd1 Na7 32.Kc1 Kf8
33.Be1 Ke7 34.g3 fxg3 35.Bxg3 Kd7 36.f4 exf4 37.Bxf4 h5 38.e5 dxe5 39.Bxe5 Bc7 40.b6 Bxb6 41.Bxb8 Rxb8 42.Nc4 Nc8 43.Bd3 Ne7 44.d6 Nf5 45.Ra6 Bd8 46.Be4 Bg5+ 47.Kd1 Ne3+ 48.Nxe3 Bxe3 49.Bxg6 h4
50.Bf5+ Kd8 51.Ke2 Bf4 52.Kd3 Ke8 53.Kc4 Rd8 54.Kd5 Rxd6+ 55.Rxd6 Bxd6 56.Kxd6 Kf7 57.Kxc5 Kg7 58.Kd6 Kf6 59.Be4 Kg7 60.Ke7 Kh8 61.Kf6 Kg8 62.Kg5 Kg7 63.Kxh4 Kh8 64.Kg5 Kg7 65.Bd5 Kh8, draw.
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Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation
Jim West (FIDE 2094) - George Berg (FIDE 2054), Marshall Chess Club 3/28/2010
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 b4 11.Na4 Nxe4 12.f5 d5 13.fxe6 fxe6 14.Nf5 Bb7
15.Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.Rxf8+ Kxf8 17.Nb6 Ra7 18.Nd7+ Nxd7 19.Bxa7 Ndc5 20.Qd4 Nxb3 21.axb3 e5 22.Qb6 d4 23.Bb8 Kg8 24.Rf1 Nc5 25.Bd6 Qg5 26.Rf8#.